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Chapter 1039 Brothers
"Not ashamed to speak."

After the envoy left, Chen Jiujing was still full of sarcasm about the truce agreement, and sent someone to bring Huang Xi, who had been waiting for a long time, to come over, which aroused Margaret's question: "Aren't you afraid that the other two troops will come to besiege Bordeaux together? "

This surprised Chen Jiujing: "Are you afraid? I'm afraid you were so calm just now."

"Pretending." Margaret was quite frank, spreading her hands and smiling: "In our habit, even if the negotiation is defeated, we must maintain dignity. I don't want to be besieged by three troops in the small city of Bordeaux, but what? What's the solution? They're here."

This is the idea that has been making trouble for a long time.

"Don't worry, those two troops won't come, and at most they will be two partial divisions. If they both come, don't you care about the rebellion in other places?"

Chen Jiujing only had time to comfort Margaret in this way, and Huang Xi, who had been waiting on the street for a long time, reported to the door, clasped his fists and said: "General, I have received the luggage from the French at the river mouth in the north of the city."

"What are they all?"

It is interesting to say that Chen Jiujing fought in Bilong here, but the city of La Rochelle in the north brought him luggage. It was also an important seaport in France, but he did not join the rebellion against the royal family.

"Two hundred matchlock guns, one Francois cannon, 120 swords, 360 spearheads, hammerheads, five large barrels of gunpowder, more than two thousand nails, some of which were English Protestants aiding La Rochelle Huguenot Some were prepared by the people of La Rochelle themselves, but because their uprising did not receive the support of the majority, they sent their weapons to us."

"There are also three bags of gold collected by the Huguenots of La Rochelle, which they said were used to make the king of Navarra pay the mercenaries." Whether King Valla is in Bordeaux or not, he sent the money."

"France is so lively."

It sounds like Marguerite didn't like the support from La Rochelle, she didn't even know her position, she just complained to Chen Jiujing: "This is obviously France, but you can see seven or eight countries here army."

Only seven or eight?
Chen Jiujing pouted, but did not answer.

I'm afraid to be able to say this, Margaret did not count his people.

The composition of the mixed army under his command alone is enough for the number Margaret said.

He just comforted: "It's okay, soon England won't have the energy to take care of overseas affairs."

Margaret slowly shook her head and stood up. She didn't know much about England, she only knew that it had always been the enemy of France. She invited Chen Jiujing, "I'm going to see Henry, will the general come with you?"

"Uh……"

Chen Jiujing, who has always been calm and composed, was stunned for a rare moment, then looked in Huang Xi's direction, and said to Margaret: "I still have some military matters to discuss with General Huang, you go first, I will try my best to look after the matter is over." To see him."

"Well, if he wakes up and sees you, he will be very happy. I'll go first."

After Margaret left, Huang Xi looked confused and asked cautiously, "What is the general going to discuss with the humble officer?"

He really didn't remember what Chen Jiujing had told him.

Only Chen Jiujing shook his head in silence, which made him not know what to say. The embarrassment of dead silence lasted for a long time, only to see Chen Jiujing raised his head again and said: "Let's go, order someone to lead the horse, let's go out of the city and go to the front line to see , The Xiyong Battalion is not good at defending positions."

This is of course just an excuse, although it is true that the Spanish soldier is not used to defending the trenches, but he does not have to go to patrol the front now.

He just didn't know how to be as natural as Margaret was to his meeting with Henry of Bourbon, as if it wasn't a very problematic arrangement.

The problem is getting bigger!
Chen Jiujing is now afraid to see Henry like a child who has made a mistake. Ever since the patient who was 'paralyzed in bed' woke up, something is wrong with him.

Because he felt that he did make a mistake.

Outside the stinking trenches outside Bordeaux, Chen Jiujing frowned and stared at the trenches, muttering to himself: "If it smells bad, dump it elsewhere...Kanggulu."

He turned his head and asked Kanggulu, who was also riding the horse: "What do you think about sending Navarra and Margo to Bilbao now? No, they should be sent to Cahors."

To Cahors?

Kang Gulu curled his lips and said: "It's nothing to send the queen back, but the little thing is injured and can't go that far. As for the quack doctors under him, except for the gates of Bordeaux... oh! The general wants to send That little thing killed it?"

The breastplate of the general of Baishan Battalion was pounded loudly, his big eyes stared, and he wrinkled his face with a strong sense of strength and said firmly: "Wrap it on me, and teach him to break his neck tonight!"

"No way! I don't want him to die."

Chen Jiujing sighed, helpless, he didn't know how to clearly express his thoughts to his subordinates, so he could only wave his hands and said: "You are right, Henry's physical condition is not enough for long-distance marching, it will kill him if he travels for hundreds of miles."

In fact, it is not a question of how far to march, the key is that no one in the Ming army trusts European doctors, especially Chen Jiujing.

He saw that Bourbon Henry was about to die, but these people found a priest for him to read a curse in his ear... Not to mention that Zhu Yuke was removed in the fifth year of Longqing, even if it was not removed, Zhu Youke The doctor has to wait until the patient is awake before he can affect the patient's aura and psychology.

Not to mention that this is a golden trauma, and it's not some strange and terminal illness with no visible symptoms, so it's not worthy of Zhu You.

"Why do you always call him a little thing? Henry must be 50 or [-] years old. Even if he wants to call him something bad, he should be called an old thing, right?" Chen Jiujing curled his lips and said, "It's rare for him to be very strong at his age. "

"Four 50? His people tell me he's only 27."

Chen Jiujing blinked, recalling that Navarra's beard and hair were all black, and said: "It's too anxious to grow."

To be precise, it is brown, but Chen Jiujing is too lazy to analyze the color of other people's hair... anyway, it will be black sooner or later.

When saving people, I didn't think too much about it. I just thought that since Navarra said that "the kingdom is a sanctuary for Margot and her loved ones", he should also give Navarra asylum. But at this moment Henry woke up, instead Subtle thoughts.

He knew very well in his heart that he had done something bad and shameful to Bourbon Henry.

What scene will they get when they meet?Bourbon Henry drew his sword and rushed towards him. Should he shoot him with a gun, or should he shoot him with a gun?
Rather than that, it would be better not to see.

Apart from avoiding it for the time being, Chen Jiujing couldn't think of a solution.

The defensive line is not doing well.

The three Xiyong Battalion regiments stationed in the trenches were not used to staying in the trenches. They covered the outside of the city with beige tents. Although they worked very hard to arrange wooden stakes and traps and build small watchtowers, they were just disobedient.

They were not used to fighting as the Ming army required, and only when Chen Jiujing was reprimanded for patrolling the defense line would they send a few companies into the trenches.

However, Chen Jiujing couldn't move them for the time being, but the most troublesome general of the second battalion, Salazar, Chen Jiujing planned to send him back to Spain after the siege of Billund was over.

But sometimes, the more you avoid something, the sooner something will come to you.

When he returned to the Governor's Mansion in the city, he just got off his horse when he heard Kang Guru turn around and whisper: "General, that little thing is here!"

He turned his head, and Bourbon Henry, who was wrapped in a cotton bandage on his upper body and a cotton blanket, and wearing tights on his lower body, staggered towards him with an ecstatic face and opened his arms. Chen Jiujing's first reaction was Bourbon Henry Henry didn't hold a weapon, and the vigilance in his heart was slightly relaxed. He just touched the handle of the gun at his waist when he was given a big hug by Bourbon Henry.

Then the king of Navarra raised his head and pouted his bearded mouth very quickly and kissed Chen Jiujing.

Yes, his target is Chen Jiujing's lips, so it's a kiss.

But then his movements were forced to stop, and his face was raised high, because his chin was held up by a pistol, and there were two "clicks" that came to his ears one after another. It was a flintlock. The sound of the trigger being fired.

Two side-by-side gun barrels are pressed against the chin, two flints are held in the two faucets, and the two triggers are held by Chen Jiujing's index fingers. A pair of dark eyes are slightly lowering their heads and looking steadily at the nose-to-nose distance. with him.

"I, I heard from Margo that you saved my life, and I must come to thank you, my brother!"

Chen Jiujing blinked, brother?
He was a little confused.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)