All of Europe was drawn into France's impending Seventh War of Religion.

It is widely believed that the letter written by the French king to the king of Navarre to denounce the queen was the trigger for the war, but everyone in it knows that the king of Navarre's green hat is not inferior to that one.

There are very few wars in this world that are caused by women, women are just the fuse, and the deep reason is that men really want to fight.

Chen Jiujing, who was on the verge of this war, could feel the hands of various countries reaching out to him, and this power was extremely powerful, tearing at his mind and making it difficult for him to control himself.

But he has the advantage that if it's hard to control, he simply doesn't move.

He didn't make any real promises to his mistress Margaret, but Margo was put on a tin can, and he practiced in the barracks every day.

After Margot, Acosta of Spain arrives and brings him almost the same information, except that it is more in favor of Henry, Duke of Guise, who fought with Spanish soldiers.

The Duke of Guise launched a Catholic alliance across France, and the noble gentry of various cities rushed to respond. The alliance has extremely strict regulations, and everyone is accountable only to the chief, and even the king cannot change the leader's decision-making and directly exclude the king.

And Guise Henry also found proof that he was a descendant of the Carolingian dynasty, the family that ruled France hundreds of years ago.

In terms of its authority, prestige, and power, far-fetched nonsense, and the turbulent impact on the current situation, it is basically equivalent to He Jin, a general who was granted the power to open a government by the emperor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and was ready to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army, suddenly declared that he was a descendant of the Western Han royal family, and challenged the sparsely populated Valois royal family in terms of momentum.

The Spanish intelligence still adhered to Philip's usual style, secretive, and did not say much about the rebellion launched by the Protestant League, of course, Chen Jiujing felt that it was possible that Philip did not know more about this matter than himself.

But unlike the last time, an armed fleet of four Spanish Great Galen ships with a well-armed Spanish legion was stationed on the other side of the city from Bilbao.

The legion commander named Toledo personally invited Chen Jiu to pass by with an order signed by King Philip.

Fei Lao Er wrote in a high-sounding paperwork, this army has two missions, stating that Duke Guise is an important friend of Spain, and they will protect him from the Ming Empire; Second, Chen Jiujing was also a friend of Spain, and this legion also had to protect it from any French army.

The young General Chen tried to decipher the document, and finally felt that Fei Lao Er had gradually become Elizabeth, and wasn't this a privateering license?

It means that no matter who Chen Jiujing wants to rob, as long as it is not Duke Guise and the Catholic League under his command, this legion will follow him. Of course, the black cauldron of bad reputation must be carried by him Chen Jiujing, if they have a common enemy, they will benefit by their own ability.

On the other hand, if Chen Jiujing wanted to do anything to harm Fei Lao'er's interests, this legion would also be used as a means of counterbalance for Spain, and this legion would be enough to balance Chen Jiujing's 7,000 men in Bilbao or on the French battlefield against Guise.

This is the disadvantage of using mercenaries, if you fight against the Spanish standing army, half of the six Xiyong battalions may defect, and the other half will most likely refuse to participate in the war, which will eventually evolve into Chen Jiujing using the Baishan battalion against the Restoration Army against twice or more Spanish legions.

Then Chen Jiujing found out that Fei Lao Er and Margot were by no means people on the same road, although they had a good personal relationship with the Duke of Guise, but Philip was extremely opposed to the marriage of Margo's younger brother, the Duke of Anjou, to Queen Elizabeth of England, and Margo had an excellent relationship with Anjou.

"If your brother marries Elizabeth, he will be the king of England?"

As soon as Margaret, whose body was wrapped in armor, entered the room, she saw Chen Jiujing, who was sitting by the window, raised his hand and waved the letter in his hand, and said: "I asked Fei Lao Er for a copy of the letters sent back to China by their envoys in England and France for nearly a year. ”

Margaret took off her airtight helmet and shook it gently, her long hair fell like a waterfall over her shoulders, and she frowned and complained about the armor before replying: "The printing industry in Spain is not bad, if you want a thousand books on religion, they can print them for you in three days, but if you have other letters, ......"

Margaret, who is a French princess and queen of the Kingdom of Navarre, has been accustomed to Chen Jiujing using Yi Laoda, Fei Laoer, and Hum Laosan to call the kings and queens of England, Spain, and France.

It could be seen that the training in riding and armor made Margaret feel tired, and she pulled the corners of her mouth to smile, but it was difficult to make people feel happy on her face, and said: "If other letters, hand-copied faster than printing, your empire came into contact with Spain first, and then Europe has the feeling of extreme backwardness, and look at the cathedral that they can never repair, and you will know that other countries are obviously much more enlightened than Spain." ”

"If it weren't for the wars of religion for so many years, France would have been able to accomplish so much."

After laughing, she said: "Elizabeth of England does not want to be married, she is between the young nobles of the nations who pursue her, she is good at playing flirtatious games, no one will be with her, she will be alone all her life, and though I love Anjou, he has neither a heart-warming face nor a demagogic oratoric talent to capture the old queen." ”

"I'm more worried about his safety than I know, Elizabeth had a serious illness last year, Philip persuaded Duke Guise that Guise was going to invade England as soon as she died, this Holy Alliance has always had a problem in the past, Guise couldn't do anything without Philip's money, but now you make Philip rich."

"The miser."

Margaret laughed as she spoke, shook her head and said: "He will never give money to Guise, my husband has always thought that he is fooling Guise and using huge sums of money as bait to get Guise to exert his influence in France, although England is the common enemy of both countries, he does not want England to disappear...... When exactly will we send troops, I will be able to ride a horse for a long time. ”

"My dear General Ming, do you want to wait until I can defeat you with a sword on the horse before sending troops? Narva is already gathering an army, and you have 10,000 warriors. ”

"Others recruit mercenaries to fight wars, how can there be mercenaries like you who regard mercenaries as a standing army, every day I can hear the tinkling of silver coins they eat, and the money spent is enough to fight several big battles, aren't you in a hurry?"

Margaret had a clear understanding of her strength, and the White Mountain Battalion, the Xiyong Battalion, and the Toledo Legion were just over 10,000 together.

Chen Jiujing smiled: "Defeat me on the horse? Then I don't want to go out into the army for the rest of my life, I grabbed a knife from the table at the full moon. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to send troops, let them fight first, I estimate that Narva has 20,000 troops, and the royal army will gather 40,000 troops, so that they can fight until they are about to negotiate with us and then join the war, hoeing the strong and helping the weak."

"As for military salaries, there is no need to worry about this at all, this is where our strength lies in the four seas."

In the west of the New World, money is really money, but when it crosses the Great Eastern Ocean and reaches the Spanish coast, money is no longer money, although the price is high, Li Dan has the most valuable goods in his hands, barter, which is very economical in conversion, even if it is an expensive mercenary for Chen Jiujing.

After laughing, Chen Jiujing said with a straight face: "A month and a half ago, I sent a fleet to the New World, this will be a big war, I need a batch of weapons, it will probably be delivered next year, our spring next year." ”

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