Chen Jiujing was indeed in a hurry to fight, because he was running out of money.

In addition to the salaries of the mercenaries of the Xiyong Battalion under his command, the construction of the barracks, the purchase of land, the armed forces, and the purchase of more than 600 muskets for Yang Ce in the province of Bacchus were sold and looted.

This is still under the condition that he does not need to pay military salaries, and the hard currency silk used to pay military salaries is directly allocated by Li Dan from the taxes of the Great Oriental Trade.

He had already joined this war, but he didn't send troops.

After Marguerite informed him that the war in the north was about to begin again, Carlos, the general of the Cion battalion, was instructed to select fifty eloquent and thoughtful subordinates from the army to infiltrate France under various identities such as bards, bagpipers, and merchants to collect information for him.

This is also a helpless move, his nominal allies, whether it is Philippe of Spain, Guise of France, or his little lover Marguerite, they will only tell Chen Jiujing what they want Chen Jiujing to know.

Chen Jiujing also thought about it, everyone was just using each other, and he didn't have to be loyal.

He was a blind man to Europa, and a blind man would not end well if he was led by a few bad eyes.

Fortunately, with Marguerite, a lover who is willing to introduce him to French relationships, Chen Jiujing is now at most amblyopia, and he is no longer blind.

The weather at the end of the year is getting colder, but even if others say that the two months after Christmas are the coldest in Spain, Chen Jiujing feels that it is not enough.

His Baishan camp came out of the bitter cold land, and it was frost-tolerant, and they could stand the low temperature even if the water did not freeze at night.

However, the Restoration Army from Chang Sheng, even if they were wearing thick military uniforms under their armor, they were still shivering from the cold from time to time.

Even Zhu Xiaoen said that General Chen left them here for military needs, and if they went directly to Ireland, I am afraid that some of them will freeze to death this winter.

These soldiers of the Restoration Army, who have mastered superb combat skills and are physically strong because of training and meals, are all Zhu Xiaoen's treasures, and they are reluctant to freeze to death.

Although he was anxious in his heart, as if he was roasting on a fire, Chen Jiujing remained silent, accepting Margaret's soul torture every once in a while: "When will you be willing to send troops!" ”

The young General Chen was waiting for the best time to intervene in the war, and he was also looking at his lover Special Envoy Margaery.

He had to do his best to act like he didn't have much desire for war, so that when he finally agreed to send troops, Margaret would feel indebted to him.

"She couldn't hold her breath, and it had to do with the frustration of Navarre's siege of Cahors."

On the school ground, Chen Jiujing looked left and right with a pipe behind his back, and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Zhu Xiaoen, who was walking side by side: "The woman born in the palace is very troublesome, I really shouldn't let her live in, my heart is full of intrigues, I am worried that she will listen to me when I speak in my own camp." ”

"Last night, this princess who grew up in the palace actually began to guide me in the military, saying that many wars that should have been won were ultimately defeated because of hesitation and indecision. Hey, she'll also say undecided! ”

Zhu Xiaoen smiled at this: "This is the general's good teaching, the more she owes the general, the more she will ...... in the future It is possible that the King of France may indeed be a general. ”

"The king is not the king, I don't care and can't be."

Chen Jiujing picked up the obsidian pipe and put it to his mouth and smiled softly, his helmet was tucked under the rib of his right arm, and he looked at Zhu Xiaoen, the noncommittal King of Ailan, and said: "Sincerely, if Margo is the princess of any country in the South or the West, even if it is a small country, I will be happy because of it, who wouldn't want to be a king?" But she's a French princess, and I don't want to even if I don't have a husband. ”

"The king of France wants to kneel down to the bishop, and he wants to kiss the feet of the Pope, Pope." Chen Jiujing, who was smoking a pipe, sneered and smiled at Zhu Xiaoen: "I heard that he only relies on a Swiss legion for protection, how can he be?" ”

Zhu Xiaoen pursed his lips, shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, he believed in druids, and he was also a pagan in Europe, and he was not interested in how many legions the Holy See had in the Pope, and only cared about the next war, he asked: "Did the king of Navarre send troops?" ”

"Troops are dispatched." Speaking of business, Chen Jiujing took the pipe from his mouth and shook his head heavily, "The day before yesterday, a messenger came back and told me the news, and I knew about it one day earlier than Margo." He led an army of nearly 2,000 troops to the city of Cahors, and at night he blew open the gates of the city with the help of thunder, but was defeated in the street battle. ”

"Margot's news is much more accurate than mine, it is said that Henry Bourbon, the king of Navarre, was only twelve of his own men when he left Montauban, all of them nobles from Navarre, and the others were all envoys and guards of honor sent by the king of France to monitor him, and the king told the envoys that he was out of the city to hunt."

"Outside the city, twenty infantry and thirty cavalry joined the ranks, the royal guard."

"They passed through Muwara, and a nobleman joined him with a hundred and ten good men; On the Gères, the second team was more than 100 people; Crossing the Garonne, three hundred horsemen from Piermirol joined; They arrived in Monroy the night before, and the next day the troops were five hundred more. ”

"Rozet was joined by six hundred men, and the envoy sent by the king of France to watch over them saw that in their land, the king of Navarre was embraced, and so many nobles and soldiers joined the ranks of Bourbon Henry as if they were paying tribute along the way."

Chen Jiujing said, with a yearning look on his face, and suddenly turned his head and said: "By the way, I almost forgot, in Mongugue City, which is very close to Cahors City, the locals did not send soldiers, but they presented Bourbon Henry with four field cannons, Furlong machine guns, and then they launched a surprise attack on Cahors outside the city. ”

"The defender's name was Wezan of Cahors, and there were two thousand defenders, as well as the militia and civilians of the city, and the battle was very hard. Bourbon Henry had two thousand Huguenot reinforcements on the way, but they may or may not have arrived, or they may never have set out. ”

"At this point, Henry, the king of France, is much wiser, four hundred miles away from Cahors City, the French general officer Baron Billon, General Armand, has 10,000 troops, or it will not be long before he leads his army to the back of Bourbon Henry, if he has not captured Cahors by then, he will be attacked on his back and die."

Zhu Xiaoen smacked lightly with his mouth, his nose twitched slightly, the corners of his mouth looked like a smile, and he said easily: "Then the queen became a widow, which sounds like good news." ”

"This is indeed good news, but it is not that the queen will be widowed, but that I am going on a campaign."

Chen Jiujing stopped, knocked his pipe on the pomegranate tree in the garden, turned his head and said: "They don't have any husband and wife feelings, but they share hardships and hardships, and they have the love of robes, Bourbon Henry asked Margo for help, she naturally begged me to help, even if the dew is lovely, I can't make her hate me for the rest of my life." ”

After that, Chen Jiujing, who was standing tall, put away his pipe, slowly buckled his helmet, and asked Zhu Xiaoen with a smile on his face: "Lord Xiaoen, will your Restoration Army go with me, or will you wait for the Han Navy to meet in the camp?" ”/14_14088/