It was dusk when the Ming boat reappeared on the shores of Bordeaux, and the setting sun cast a vivid red over the sparkling shores.

The first fleet to arrive was huge, and four Spanish galens of more than 800 tons flew the flag of the royal family of Valois, France, with huge sails covering the sky and the sun, carrying bronze light cannons like four flying castles.

Behind the four armoured main ships of Spanish spearmen and musketeers, twelve classic Clarks followed, a Spanish fleet full of sailors and soldiers, following the undulating waves closer and closer to the shores of Bordeaux.

Close enough to make the workers in dirty linen shirts at the seaport fortress west of Bordeaux raise their heads and shout for the uninvited guests who suddenly appeared at sea.

The gaps in the façade of the fortress and the loose masonry that had been used by the explosion made it difficult to repair this very important coastal fortification, and Bordeaux paid a higher price than it had been looted by Chen Jiujing.

Especially in the chaotic situation, it was difficult to gather workers who were willing to work hard, and it was even more difficult for the aristocracy and monks who were keen on politics to be qualified for the job of architects.

But the Spanish fleet, flying the French royal flag, was very well-behaved, and their regimental commander, Toledo, sent the friars to the shore with letters rowing three small boats to the shore to make representations, saying that they were going to Paris to assist the royal family at the invitation of the royal family of Valois.

"Don't be afraid, we just want to dock for a day off, buy some food and water at the port, and continue north."

The friars from Spain looked convincing, but the gates of Bordeaux were locked, and the gentlemen deliberated in the city for nearly an hour, and finally agreed that the Spanish legion would rest outside the city.

Of course, people didn't believe the, the Toledo Legion, and it didn't even matter if the words were true or not, the Spanish Legion's loose discipline was as loud as their name for the First Army of the European Army, but they really couldn't help it.

The majority of the city is still Catholic, and the Huguenots make up only 30 percent, which is already very high, and only one sixth of the Protestants in the whole of France.

One in six means that there is one Huguenot for every six people, and Catholics are born out of a mother's womb, and Protestants are developed later, and it is already very frightening to occupy this ratio.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at the end of the Qing Dynasty was much smaller than this number.

The more cohesive Protestants were more like secret societies, and it was up to the Catholics to make the decision, and it was a count in the city who had been captured in the battle of Siyong half a year ago who said a word: "What are you afraid of? Marshal Billund's army, forty miles away on the Dordogne, went to inform him. ”

The li he said was fari, which was close in length to the Spanish ligue, and one fari was nearly eight miles from the Ming system.

Less than four hundred miles, not far away, not close, they had time to recruit defenders, and even if the Spaniards wanted to storm Bordeaux, they would have enough time to garrison until Marshal Billund arrived with his army.

This is the only confidence they can rely on.

What else could you do? They could imagine the consequences of refusing the Spaniards' demands, and promising them to rest on the spot might have avoided fighting, but not agreeing would have cost Bordeaux a catastrophe.

After all, the Spanish legions were notoriously undisciplined, and they launched a madness to rob even their own towns, let alone those of France.

The Spanish army is terrifying, but for Bordeaux, which had just destroyed several warships by Chen Jiujing half a year ago, the Spanish Great Galen ship was even more terrifying at sea.

The Ming-Western War only raised the momentum of the Ming Dynasty in Europe, and did not hurt Spain's rising prestige in Europe...... There are few fools in power in Europa who have gone through the dark Middle Ages, and no one thinks all day long, 'I can do it', especially France.

The Duke of Guise in the north has a Spanish legion under his command, which is the capital of his tripartite relationship with King Henry and Navarra Henry, and I have not heard of anyone beating that legion on the battlefield, so this legion is naturally not good.

The commander of the Toledo regiment led his men to hum a little tune and beat a small drum, and marched towards the outside of Bordeaux under the guidance of the standard-bearer and the accompanying clergyman.

Born into the Spanish Mesta class, the Spanish nomadic aristocracy in the Ming army, Toledo was not only a beloved legionary commander but also a seasoned warrior who served Spain on the Iberian Peninsula.

His legion was formed seven years ago, after the Duke of Alva in the New World learned the lessons of the Mingxi War last year, and sent a summary report to the country, under the auspices of King Philip, the Toledo Legion was one of the first three legions to implement reforms, and the Ming army uniform that Chen Mu gave to Alvana to equip a company was also transferred to his command.

The Toledo Regiment strengthened the ratio of musketeers, and in addition to the regular mixed company of two light and heavy muskets, the spearmen of three other companies were replaced by mixed musket companies, so that even the formation of the phalanx was different from that of the past.

In the past, musketeers were mixed with spearmen and sword and shield infantry in the four corners and a large square in the middle, but now the musketeers are still in the four corners, and the middle phalanx is a mixture of four spear companies, three musket companies, and one sword and shield company, and the proportion of musketeers without helmets has been significantly increased.

The Spanish musketeers wore no armor other than muskets and swords and daggers, and only wore a high helmet to protect their heads, but there was also a type of musketeer that did not wear a helmet and only wore a soft hat with feathers, and they were heavy musketeers.

Carrying a heavy musket that is 1.4 meters long and weighs 18 pounds, and then hangs 20 rounds of ammunition in wooden barrels, don't underestimate the weight of 20 rounds of ammunition, each cartridge weighs 1 pound and 4 taels, and each heavy musketeer weighs 40 pounds without other equipment.

It is obviously difficult for the strong to let them wear armor again.

Toledo was ordered by the king to follow Chen Jiujing for two purposes, one was to shoulder the hope of the court and find the secret of the Ming army's strength in Chen Jiujing's troops...... He had already found that this mission could not be achieved, who would have thought that Chen Jiujing would use Spanish mercenaries to fight?

But he can also accomplish the second purpose - to better sell the wool, this year, his family hired an 'accountant' from the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the accountant can only speak proficient Chinese and weigh the wool with a scale, but because of his employment, the family of more than 30,000 merinous sheep sold 160,000 catties of wool.

He also received a gift of a hundred silk horses from Li Dan.

Now the commander of the Toledo army didn't know what he could gain in this war, but he knew that it was definitely not bad to get along with Chen Jiujing, so he even kept silent when Chen Jiujing dressed Marguerite in clothes that only a man could wear, and obediently led his troops to block all the roads to the south of Bordeaux.

Because on the south coast of Bordeaux, the Blue Sails that terrified Europa's navigators are slowly docking, and one team after another of the best warriors are stepping on the land.

Their leader, Chen Jiujing, rode on the back of a Persh horse that was so tall that it looked like a monster, slowly upside down with a spear in his hand, took off the Nanyang iron armor to reveal a smiling face, and smiled at Queen Navarre, who was also a knight next to him and was dressed in a special iron sheet: "Oh, it's strange, I've only been here once, but how can I feel like I'm coming home after getting off the boat." ”/14_14088/