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Chapter 1022 Good News
Chen Jiujing was really in a hurry to fight because he was about to run out of money.

In addition to the military pay reserved for the mercenaries of the Xiyong Camp under his command, the construction of camps, the purchase of land, the armed forces, and the purchase of more than [-] muskets in Bacchus Province for Yang Ce, the gains from selling and looting the suburbs of Bordeaux are all left. Not much.

This is still under the condition that he does not need to pay the military salary. The hard currency silk used to pay the military salary is directly allocated by Li Dan from the tax of Dadongyang Trade. If this is included, Chen Jiujing is actually losing money.

He had already joined in this war, but he did not send troops.

Since Margaret told him that the war in the north was about to start again, Carlos, the general of the Western Camp, was ordered to select fifty eloquent and thoughtful subordinates from the army to pretend to be bards, bagpipers, businessmen and other various Infiltrated into France to collect intelligence for him.

This is also a helpless move. His nominal allies, no matter Philip of Spain, Guise of France, or Marguerite, their little lover, they will only tell Chen Jiujing what they want Chen Jiujing to know.

Chen Jiujing also thought about it, everyone was just taking advantage of each other, and he didn't have to be loyal.

He is blind to Europa, and a blind man will not end well if he is led along by a few wicked men.

Fortunately, there was Margaret, a lover who was willing to introduce him to French relationships. Chen Jiujing was now at best amblyopic, and he was no longer blind.

The weather is getting colder at the end of the year, but even if others say that the two months after Christmas are the coldest in Spain, Chen Jiujing thinks that's not the case.

His Baishan camp came from a place of bitter cold, and they were resistant to freezing. Even if the water didn't freeze at night, they could bear the low temperature.

On the contrary, the Fuguo Army who came from Changsheng, even though they were wearing thick military uniforms under their armor, were still shivering from time to time due to the cold.

Even Zhu Xiaoen said that General Chen left them here due to military needs. If they went directly to Ireland, some of them would freeze to death this winter.

These soldiers of the Restoration Army who mastered superb combat skills and were physically strong due to training and meals were all Zhu Xiaoen's treasures, and they were absolutely reluctant to be frozen to death.

Despite the anxiety in his heart, as if roasting on the fire, Chen Jiujing remained calm, accepting Margaret's soul torture every now and then: "When will you be willing to send troops!"

While waiting for the best opportunity to intervene in the war, the young General Chen is also playing tricks on his lover Margaret.

He had to try his best to look like he didn't have much desire for war, so that when he finally agreed to send troops, Margaret would feel indebted to him.

"She lost her composure, which has something to do with Navarra's frustration in besieging Cahors."

On the school grounds, Chen Jiujing looked around with his hands behind his back and a pipe in his hand, and seeing no one around, he whispered to Zhu Xiaoen who was walking side by side: "Women born in the palace are very troublesome, I really shouldn't let her live in, in my heart Conspiracies and tricks everywhere, I was worried that I would be heard by her when I spoke in my own camp."

"Last night, this princess who grew up in the palace actually started to guide me in military affairs, saying that many wars that should have been won were ultimately lost because of hesitation and indecision. Hey, she will also say indecision!"

Zhu Xiaoen responded with a smile: "This is the general's good teaching. The more she owes the general, in the future...the king of France may really belong to the general."

"It's not king, I don't care and it's impossible."

Chen Jiujing picked up the obsidian pipe and put it on his mouth, smiled lightly, with the helmet clamped under his right arm, looked at the noncommittal Alan Wang Zhu Xiaoen, and said, "Sincerely, if Margot is a princess from Nanyang or Western countries, even It's a small country, and I'm happy about it. Who wouldn't want to be a king? But she's a French princess, and I don't want to, even if she doesn't have a husband."

"The king of France wants to kneel to the bishop and kiss the pope's feet, the pope." Chen Jiujing, who was smoking a pipe, sneered, and said to Zhu Xiaoen with a smile: "I heard that he only relies on a Swiss army for protection, He Dehe can?"

Zhu Xiaoen curled his lips, shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. He believed in Druids and was also a pagan in Europe. He was not interested in how many legions the Pope had, and only cared about the upcoming war. He asked: "Navarra The king sent troops?"

"The troops have been dispatched." Speaking of business, Chen Jiujing took down the pipe in his mouth and nodded heavily, saying: "The day before yesterday, an envoy came back and told me the news. It was said that he knew about it a day earlier than Margot. He led an army of nearly two thousand, and the soldiers Proceeding to the city of Cahors, they used the sound of thunder to blow open the city gate and enter the city at night, but they were frustrated in the street fighting."

"Margot's news is more accurate than mine. It is said that when King Bourbon Henry of Navarre left Montauban, there were only twelve of his own people, all of whom were nobles from Navarre, and the others were all sent by the King of France. Watching his envoys and guards of honor, the king told the envoys that he was going out of the city to hunt."

"Outside the city, twenty infantry and thirty cavalry joined the ranks, the royal guard."

"They passed Movala, joined by a nobleman with a hundred cavaliers; at the Gerre, a second detachment of more than a hundred; across the Garonne, joined by three hundred cavalry from Puymirol; They reached Montlois the night before, and the next day there were 500 more troops."

"Rozet had 600 people join, and the envoy sent by the King of France to monitor saw that in their land, the King of Navarre was supported by people, so many nobles and soldiers joined Bourbon Henry's team like paying tribute along the way .”

Chen Jiujing said, with a yearning expression on his face, he suddenly turned his head and said: "By the way, I almost forgot that in the city of Montjugue, which is very close to the city of Cahors, the locals did not send soldiers, but offered four to Bourbon Henry. Field guns, Franco guns, and then they raided Cahors outside the city."

"The guard's name is Vesin of Cahors. There are two thousand defenders, and the city's militia people. The battle is very hard. Bourbon Henry has two thousand Huguenot reinforcements on the way, but they may be coming soon. , or may not have set off, and may never have set off."

"King Henry of France is much wiser on this point. Four hundred miles away from the city of Cahors, the commander-in-chief of France, Baron Armand of Billon, has [-] troops. He will lead his army to the back of Henry Bourbon in a short time. If he hadn't taken Cahors by then, he would have been attacked from the front and back, and he would be dead."

Zhu Xiaoen smacked his lips lightly, his nose twitched slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a smile, and he said relaxedly, "Then the queen became a widow, which sounds like good news."

"This is indeed good news, but it does not mean that the queen will be widowed, but that I am going to war."

Chen Jiujing stopped, knocked his pipe on the pomegranate tree in the garden, turned his head and said: "They have no relationship between husband and wife, but they share weal and woe, and have love. Bourbon Henry asked Margo for help, and she naturally begged me to help her." A helping hand, even if there is love, I must not make her hate me for the rest of my life."

After all, Chen Jiujing, who was standing upright, put away his pipe, slowly put on his helmet, and asked Zhu Xiaoen with a smile on his face: "Master Xiaoen, will your National Restoration Army go out with me, or wait for Han in the camp?" Convergence of the National Navy?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)