After all, the words did not reach Philip's ears, and on his way back from Brazil, the envoy arrived at an archipelago called the Azores in the Great Eastern Ocean, which was 6,400 miles west of Daming Muye County and 2,350 miles east of Lisbon, and was once a Portuguese overseas colony.

Today, the islands remained unannexed to Spain, thanks to the fact that many of the officials who did not want to surrender when the Duke of Alva entered Lisbon and fled westward by boat, and the remnants of Antonio's troops fled to the island.

This time, because he had already learned the firepower of the defenders of Rio, he did not dare to respond when he saw the larger Ming fleet, and he was wronged by the interrogation, and when he arrived in the Azores, he was already extremely angry, and as a result, he was still shelled by the armed merchant ships of the local residents.

What kind of ship was that, little Caravall, with a displacement of no more than 100 tons, with four roundabout guns on board, and daring to bombard his ship to show his might?

When the fifteen guns of the St. Mateus' sidechord opened fire in unison, the Caravel was beaten like a leaf on a lake in a rainstorm, and fled to the island, where the St. Mateus gave chase, but the limited tonnage was a little slower until the ship entered the harbor.

If they left at this time, there would be nothing, but the army generals on the ship wanted to lead more than 70 infantry and more than 70 sailors to take the third largest island belonging to the Azores, Terceira, for the king.

At this time, they did not know that the island was well fortified and that the inhabitants were good at raising bison.

In the evening, they rowed the small boats of the battleships to carry down the men and two guns in batches, and if their marching spirit was overwhelming, there was no doubt that the island of Tessera had one of the most lush bamboo forests in the world.

Toward early morning they saw oxen, many of them, full of cattle on all sides, bowing their heads and holding their horns as they were driven towards them by the shepherds.

The army that had not yet assembled was trampled by the cattle, and the second attack was followed by the inhabitants of the island, led by the Portuguese veterans, who pursued frantically with spears, short knives, bows and arrows, and the rest of the people were killed and wounded, and the deserters who got lost and wandered on the island could still leave a life for the time being, and the people who fled to the shore were less and less in the pursuit.

The men who remained on the ship saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly sailed away, but the lack of sailors slowed the big ship, and as soon as it started, it was surrounded by the small Portuguese boats that surrounded it, and fired a cannon salvo and then there was no one to carry the shells, and the last large Galen capital battleship of 750 tons was captured by an archipelago.

On the other hand, Antonio, the Portuguese king-in-exile who was far away in Paris, did not expect that the news of his surrender of Brazil to France had been known by Spain and reached the ears of the Ming Dynasty, and he had never heard that the Ming Dynasty had coveted Brazil, but this did cause the Ming army to intend to side with Spain.

This made Antonio full of worries, to the Portuguese, the Oriental military government is a strange word, but Chen Mu and his army are familiar names, and even from a certain point of view, the Portuguese resented Chen Mu's nobles much more than Philip.

If there is one person who is dissatisfied with King Philip of Spain, then there must be ten people who are dissatisfied with Chen Mu, and the proportion is just the opposite among the lower classes, because most of the people can't tell whether Chen Mu is a general of the Ming Dynasty or a businessman.

This came from Portugal's overseas trade, which, like the Ming Dynasty's military expansion, was led by the king and the emperor, with the difference that the Ming had enough people to profit from it, while Portugal had only the king and the domestic nobility who could profit from it.

The more upper-class Portuguese aristocrats are, the more they know what Chen Mu has done.

In fact, Chen Mu of the Oriental Military Government was indeed an option for Antonio to return to the country at the beginning, but although most of Antonio's supporters were low-level citizens and new nobles, people of insight among them all thought that asking Chen Mu for help was seeking help with the tiger.

Just flip through the records and see how the Portuguese who have a relationship with Chen Mu are doing, you can easily get this result.

Therefore, the bishop of the diocese of Macao has a large estate on Shangchuan Island, and hundreds of Luzon servants serve, but the diocese of Macao is gone; Therefore, the Governor of Goa has a large estate in Goa, and there are three merchant ships that can run the Macao route, but the Strait of Malacca and the Viceroyalty of Goa are gone.

In this way, Chen Mu looks like a bad person.

But if you skip the cooperation between Chen Mu and Daming, in fact, the situation is even worse, in East Africa, in the Persian Gulf, in the Arabian Sea, in Myanmar, those Portuguese have disappeared without even having the opportunity to enjoy them.

The Portuguese are not stupid, they can think of what will happen to Chen Mu or directly to Daming for help, looking for Chen Mu, Antonio will definitely get excellent treatment, but Portugal is gone; Looking for the Ming Dynasty, Antonio is gone, and Portugal has become the Ming Portuguese Viceroyalty District.

What's the difference between that and being united by Spain? Not to mention that the Ming may not be willing to go to war again for Portugal and Spain.

In this way, France and England are the best options for them, France is mired in the Huguenot wars, and England is a small country with no ambition.

They were all able to provide limited help without the danger of being annexed.

But that doesn't mean Antonio is willing to mess with the big Mac.

Antonio's worries were obvious to Queen Mother Catherine, but she was also worried.

The Valois family was indeed willing to fight for Portugal, and they would not hesitate to fight for it as long as Portugal handed over Brazil.

Who can see the good of the colonies, France almost racked its brains for the colonies, but it was neither a big country nor a maritime power, and could only watch Spain and Portugal divide the world and bring back countless wealth, how could they not be tempted?

Finally managed to get an Antarctic France, but within two days the Portuguese ran away, and it was a golden opportunity to occupy an estuary from Quebec to trade beaver skins, but it was also annihilated by the Ming army.

Seeing that all the territories that could be occupied had their owners, and that France, which was deeply divided in religion, could not afford to wage a war with other countries, one can imagine how uncomfortable they were.

For Brazil, which is delivered to the mouth, it is determined to win.

Thinking of this, Catherine couldn't help but envy Elizabeth, everyone was vying for the colonies, but England was not robbing, they were smart and geographically good, let others run the colonies, and they went to rob other people's treasure ships to make themselves rich.

It's as if everyone has gone to pan for gold, and the English are robbing others on the road they must pass, and others have gains and losses, and he must not lose.

But France did not have that unique advantage, and France had to do the same thing ruthlessly, such as snatching two Philippe's treasure ships, and the next day the Spanish army would be killed from the sea.

Therefore, Catherine did not want to provoke Philip too much, and even supported Antonio, only instructing the generals to act in their private name...... But now, the threat has risen.

Not only did they have to face Spain, but they also had to face the Ming army, which suddenly intervened.

Driven by the devil in her heart, Catherine comforted Antonio like this: "Don't be afraid, we can unite the fleets of England and the Netherlands, we have seen the Ming army, France will provide you with more fleets, the Duke of Anjou will go to Germany to recruit some mercenaries to join you, and we will achieve a brilliant victory." ”

Catherine did not lie, the lords of France did see the Ming army, there were Mongols, there were Jurchens, there were Koreans, there were Japanese, there were Portuguese, there were Spaniards, and Africans from Han China, Arabs, Ottomans, Persians, Burmese, Luzon...... Soldiers from almost all over the world are included.

However, that army did not have the regular army of the Ming Dynasty.