Laoshan Palace, Huangji Palace.
It is the ninth day of September in the ninth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, our Chahar cavalry really tried their best in the battle of Urzaisekan Mountain. If 1,000 Rakshasa shooting troops hadn't suddenly appeared and defeated the Chahar cavalry with heavy muskets, our Chahar cavalry would have been defeated. The Ha tribe has annihilated the Chechen Khan tribe and the Horqin tribe in one fell swoop..."
It was Chahar Gu Harun who placed the responsibility for the defeat of the Chahar Ministry on the "Santa Clauses". He looked tired and tired, and he was more than a circle thinner than the last time I saw him in Tianjin Wei! It seems that he also suffered a lot during the battle in Mobei.
Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty stood in front of a map hanging on the wall with his arms folded, his brows furrowed tightly, and his face gloomy and scary.
During this time, he would receive bad news every once in a while!
First, the Dinghai anchorage was raided by the Spanish fleet, and all twelve Galenic warships were burned!
However, the Dinghai general reported that he destroyed five Spanish warships with 12 24-pound cannons and captured about 300 Spanish who fell into the water. This news sounds a bit false! So people from the Navy Department don’t believe it and have already sent people to investigate, but the report hasn’t come yet...
Then the expedition fleet that attacked Manila Bay sent a report through the Hong Kong Navy Commander-in-Chief, saying that they had failed in Manila Bay, so they had to find a small bay outside Manila Bay to occupy, and named it Chenggong Bay - that place seemed like It's Subic Bay. It's a nice place, but it doesn't seem to be of much value at the moment.
Then came bad news. The Spanish fleet that raided the Dinghai anchorage also attacked the Ryukyu Kingdom and expelled the Ming Dynasty's business supervisor!
Moreover, there are signs of collusion between Japan's Satsuma Domain and Spain!
And today, another report of defeat came on the Khalkha Mongolian battlefield, and at the same time, news came of the Rakshasa Kingdom sending troops to intervene!
"What clothes are those Rakshasa soldiers wearing? What kind of weapons are they using?"
The person who asked the question was Prince Kong Dai. He now had the title of Duke of the Ming Dynasty and the official position of advisor. Although it is all fictitious, the face is as good as the salary, and you can also attend meetings at the Generalissimo's Mansion.
Before listening to Chahar Gu Harun's report today, Zhu Cixiang summoned him to the Huangji Hall of Laoshan Palace.
"Those Rakshasa soldiers are all red robes and red hats, and the weapons they use are matchlocks and battle axes."
What? Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment, red robe and red hat? What kind of outfit is this? The prototype of Santa Claus? Also using a tomahawk...how to use it? Is it slashing or throwing?
"How do they use their battle axes?" Prince Kongdai asked again.
Prince Kong Dai has stayed in China for many years and can already speak Nanjing dialect fluently.
"It's used to hold guns," Chahar Gu Harun replied, "They put the matchlocks on the battle axes."
Using a big ax to hold a gun? Emperor Zhu looked back at Prince Kong Dai, as if wanting to hear what he had to say.
"They are the Tsar's Shooting Army!" Prince Kong Dai said, "The Shooting Army is the elite soldiers of the Rakshasa Kingdom. They have very strong combat effectiveness and are especially good at dealing with the steppe cavalry... They are more powerful than the matchlock soldiers of the Ming Army, but not as good as Not as good as the Fusiliers.”
Arquebusiers are always inferior to fusiliers because the latter fire faster and can form a tighter formation to increase the density of firepower.
"So speaking of which, the Rakshasa Kingdom really intervened in our war with Khalkha?" Zhu Cixi still couldn't believe it.
The Ming Dynasty is so awesome, but the Tsar actually dares to come and fight. Isn't he so smart? He is indeed the biological father of Peter the Great!
"It should be the Kingdom of Spain that is causing trouble!" Prince Kongdai said, "Without Spain's instructions, it would be impossible for the Rakshasa Kingdom to assist the Mongols in starting a war with the Ming Dynasty."
"Will the Rakshasa people listen to Spain?" Emperor Zhu was still a little doubtful.
"Not only Spain, but also the Holy Roman Empire! As long as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is still a member of the Habsburg family, Spain has quite a strong influence on the European continent. And between the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire There are irreconcilable contradictions. Once they end the war with Poland, they will plunge into the conflict with the Ottoman Empire. At this time, the Rakshasa Kingdom will need the support of the Habsburg Dynasty."
"The war between them and the Poles is over?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
"It is almost over," said the Prince of Condé, "perhaps it is already over! For the war between Sweden and Poland is about to begin...perhaps it has already begun."
"Sweden and Poland, oh, I remember them!" Zhu Cixiang nodded. He remembered Henry Sienkiewicz's trilogy "Fire and Sword", "The Torrent", and "Mr. Volodyowsky". The three films tell the sad and tearful history of the Poles in the mid-to-late 17th century. Among them, "The Flood" tells the story of Sweden's invasion of Poland.
Prince Kongdai didn't know that Emperor Zhu had read "The Torrent", and thought he knew something about the shit between Poland and Sweden. So he nodded and said: "Because the girl king of the Swedish Vasa dynasty suddenly wanted to go to Rome to become a nun, which brought an end to the rule of the Vasa dynasty in Sweden. And the heir chosen by the girl king was not a member of the Polish Vasa dynasty. Therefore, the friendly relations between Poland and Sweden ended, and there is still a succession dispute between the two royal families.
John II Casimir of Poland made a claim to the Swedish throne...in fact, he was the legal heir to the Swedish throne! His grandfather Sigismund III held the throne of Sweden and Poland at the same time, but due to the conflict between Catholic faith and Swedish Protestantism, he was deposed by the Swedish Parliament, and the throne fell to the girl king's grandfather, Karl IX.
The girl king had a weird temper and was unwilling to marry, so she had no children. And after abdicating, he passed the throne to his cousin Carl Gustaf... This was obviously a wrong decision! "
Zhu Cihong said: It turns out that the war in "The Torrent" was caused by a Swedish girl! And this Swedish girl had a sudden idea and made the Rakshasa Kingdom escape from the war with Poland and turn into an enemy of China... Is this butterfly effect too big?
Of course, if Alexei I, the father of Peter the Great, knew what Zhu Cihong was thinking now, he would definitely cry and cry that he was wronged!
Because Alexei I never escaped from the Western Front, how could he tolerate Karl X (King of Sweden) seizing the throne of Poland? In fact, when the Swedish army invaded, the nobles of the Republic of Poland thought that Karl X wanted to be the king of Poland. , so they did not want to fight the Swedes to defend the Vasa dynasty in Poland, and were already preparing to elect Karl X as king.
However, Karl X was unwilling to convene the Polish Congress. His purpose was to divide Poland and let Sweden eat a piece of it... However, Alexey I did not know what Karl X was thinking, and he also Like the Polish nobles, they thought that Karl X was going to be the king of Poland.
If Poland and Sweden share the same monarchy again, will the Rakshasa Kingdom survive? Therefore, after the armistice with Poland, Alexei I threw himself non-stop into the war with Sweden...Sweden was a major power in Europe at that time, and its army strength was only comparable to that of France. How could the Rakshasa Kingdom at that time challenge Sweden and go to war with the Ming Dynasty at the same time?
Don’t think that the Ming Dynasty can’t reach the Rakshasa Kingdom. The Ming Dynasty’s vassal Zhungeer is right next to the Rakshasa Kingdom!
Zhu Cixiang frowned and began to think: "In other words, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Rakshasa Kingdom may have concluded an alliance aimed at opposing the Ming Dynasty?"
"Yes!" Prince Condé nodded heavily, "Obviously, the Ming Dynasty is not the only enemy. France and the Ottomans are also the targets of this military alliance... and maybe the United Kingdom!"
"Britain?" Zhu Cixiang asked, "Is it because Britain is trying to get involved in the Caribbean?"
In October 1654, the British sent an expeditionary force to the Caribbean in an attempt to occupy Haiti. After failing, they occupied Jamaica instead.
This move is undoubtedly touching Spain's bottom line! Therefore, the war between Spain and Britain was inevitable, and the relationship between France and Britain quickly became closer.
In Europe, the international pattern of the Anglo-French alliance against Spain is taking shape!
Prince Condé received a personal letter from Louis XIV not long ago, hoping that he could help Ming Dynasty join the Anglo-French Alliance to jointly fight against the Spanish World Empire!
