The towns that were originally part of the Kingdom of Portugal became more and more revolts over time. And on the Lisbon side, the strong call for Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine to send troops to rescue her compatriots is also getting louder and louder.

In the end, Catherine and Zheng Zhilong discussed that the Ming army allocated a part of the military supplies brought by the fleet to arm the Portuguese, and then under the leadership of Anders, they went to recover other towns.

The Spanish defenders everywhere did not know the truth. When they heard that the enemy was coming, they didn't want to defend it at all, so they loaded the goods collected from the whole city into the car and ran away.

If they don't run, unless they kill all the Portuguese in the city, they will definitely echo inside and out. The only way to do this was to evacuate before the war broke out, and the local Portuguese were powerless to stop them.

In this way, the towns that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Portugal were restored with little effort. All of a sudden, the queen's voice was very high. And Anders's prestige has also reached its peak. Even many Portuguese shouted that they would counterattack Spain and take revenge.

The Spaniards were frightened at once, and under the rumors, they felt that they would be attacked by the combined forces of Ming and Portugal at any time. All of a sudden, soldiers and horses from all over the country gathered in border towns. And Philip IV, without waiting for the convening of the Congress of Paris, borrowed troops from France.

This is not a small movement! In addition, there had been joint discussions to deal with the Ming State before, and the British lobbied everywhere, and the news of the Ming army's attack spread as never before.

This time, the countries of Europe were finally scared. The huge fleet of the Ming Kingdom made them finally realize that if they wanted to deal with the Ming army, it was really not something that a single European country could do.

Therefore, the lobbying of the British went very well. One by one, the coastal European countries reacted and promised to assemble their fleets together to face the invasion of the huge fleet of the Ming Kingdom.

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Oran, a seaport city on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, was originally discovered by the Arabs. However, it was conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. According to the original historical development, it would have been taken by the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

However, in this plane, the Ottoman Empire could not protect itself, let alone expand again.

At this time, here in the harbor, there were seven or eight Spanish sail warships. Quite a few sailors were on vacation in bars on the shore.

Men, drinking, and then always talking about big things, not the kind of short things in the family. No, the hottest topic in the whole bar is the situation in Portugal.

"Have you heard? It is said that the Governor has received a decree from His Royal Highness the King, asking him to prepare to abandon this place and lead his troops back home! ”

"I've also heard that the Ming fleet is too huge, and the whole of Europe must be united, so that it can compete with the Ming fleet!"

"So, we have less than ten warships on the Orlan side, and we don't let them go?"

"That's for sure! However, I heard that the Governor is a little reluctant, after all, it is a pity to give up Oran! ”

"yes, that's why we're here to drink!"

"Actually, it's not that the Governor doesn't want to go, I heard that none of the nobles in Oran will let the Governor go. Without our protection, the people of the Ming Kingdom are very barbaric, eating people without spitting out bones! ”

"You think we can protect it? Just us? ”

“……”

While they were discussing, suddenly, a loud voice shouted: "You are all unfounded, will the Ming fleet come to us?" If you want me to say, it must be along the Atlantic coast to the north, sweeping our Spanish coast, or going north to fight the French, or to fight the British. We are the safest here in Oran. Therefore, the Governor ......"

The words are not finished, but the meaning is already obvious. Speaking of which, I actually felt that it was too dangerous to go back to Spain, so there was no movement on Oran's side.

Knowing what this meant, the people in the bar looked at each other and understood each other. I can't say it's impossible to say. Otherwise, it reaches the ears of the governor, and something will happen.

So, all the sailors giggled and stayed here not to face a powerful enemy, of course they were willing. At most, they will not go back until the European countries begin to assemble and the troops are strong enough.

And just like that, they put aside their troubles and drank and speculated about Catherine's situation in the East.

Suddenly, the sound of "boom boom" was heard.

They are all very sensitive to this sound. Suddenly, he put down his glass and ran out. This made the bartender shout loudly in the back: "Checkout, checkout......"

However, no one paid any attention to him.

As soon as the sailors ran out of the bar, they saw the situation in the harbor at a glance. I saw a dense mast and stopped in the sea outside the port. Several of the battleships were closer to the port, where a round of guns was fired.

It is clear that this time the artillery is not a bombardment target, but a warning to Orlan's side. Does it mean that you surrender or not?

Although these Spanish sailors had never seen the Ming banner, with such a large fleet, it was impossible for them to have other forces except for the legendary Ming fleet!

How could such a large fleet be able to fight?

None of the sailors had the will to run to the battleship, and after a moment of daze, they all fled to the city. The sailors who were still on the battleship did not fire their guns to meet the attack, but also jumped out of the battleship, and almost crawled to the shore with a roll. Even a few unfortunate ghosts who were thrown into the sea immediately swam ashore and fled to the city.

Not long after, the city was in chaos. Everywhere there were well-dressed headless flies running around, and when they arrived, the crowd ran south of the city, out of the city, and into the interior.

The general of the Ming army on the flagship of the sea was Zheng Zhilong's brother Zheng Hongkui, who was not surprised at all when he saw this. This harbor town was predestined to serve as a supply point for the Ming fleet.

The fleet began to dock, and a total of 2,000 Ming troops and 100 Portuguese troops came down from the Fu ship, and went ashore to receive Oran.

The soldiers of the Ming army walked all the way and found that the ground was full of discarded things. Other than that, not a single figure was seen. The houses on both sides of the street are all closed. Obviously, if you haven't fled, you're hiding in the house.

As we made our way to the Doge's Palace, I could occasionally hear the cries of children coming from the houses in the streets. However, then he was covered and his crying stopped.

In this regard, the officers and men of the Ming army did not care, and began to gradually take over various warehouses and other facilities. Speaking of which, it really scared the Spaniards, and a lot of supplies were too late to take away, which cheapened the Ming army.

As for why it was not burned, according to the speculation of the Portuguese soldiers, it is estimated that it was afraid that it would anger the Ming army, so it was deliberately not burned.

"Hehe, it seems that the Spaniards know each other very well!" The soldiers of the Ming army came to such a conclusion.

Subsequently, the banner of the Ming Dynasty was raised everywhere in Oran City.

Oran will be Ming in the future!

Obviously, the officers and men of the Ming Navy are practicing the grand wish of planting the Ming flag at the end of the ocean.

The expected breaking in, smashing and robbing anything, or even the so-called cannibalism without spitting out bones or something, did not happen in the end. Three days later, the people of Oran finally understood what kind of army the Ming army was, and Oran finally became angry again.

It was only at this time that Zheng Hongkui led the fleet to continue eastward along the southern shore of the Mediterranean. His goal was to reach the easternmost edge of the Mediterranean Sea and join the Ming army there.

And this kind of slow eastward advance is naturally impossible to conceal the news. After some time, news of this finally reached the northern shore of the Mediterranean.

For the Ming fleet in Lisbon chose to go to the Mediterranean to the east, European countries also immediately guessed that this was to join the Ming army on the Ottoman side. Thinking that if the Ming army over there drove continuously along the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to Portugal, the strength of the Ming army would also increase greatly, which was obviously not what European countries wanted to see.

As a result, the landlocked countries of Europe, which originally wanted to see the situation, also became active in the matter of joint resistance against Ming. The second Paris Conference was convened at an unprecedented pace.

Moreover, the level of participants representing various countries this time is much higher than the first time. Louis XIV again presided over the meeting himself, and there was no incident in which he walked away.

The two most important topics of the conference were the following:

First, where are the fleets of various countries assembled, what are the logistical materials to be handled, and who will command them, or in other words, will they command them?

Second, the armies of various countries should also be assembled, where, where are the supplies, who are the commanding generals, how many troops are sent by each country, and which is the target of the army's attack?

Even if the delegates of the participating countries want to reach an agreement on these two issues as soon as possible, it does not mean that they can reach an agreement at once, because the stakes are too great.

At this time, the representative of the king of Spain, the same one before him, Don Juan José of Austria, the king's illegitimate son, was admonished by Philip IV and strongly advocated that the armies of all countries should be assembled in Spain. However, as long as the elite troops, a country cannot exceed 5,000, and the logistics can be borne by Spain for a month.

As for the navy, he didn't say much. More of the cries were for a fleet on this side of the Atlantic, assembled in France. The supplies were brought by the countries themselves, but the French also had to provide supplies, and in return, the commanders were appointed by the French side.

In addition, the fleet in the Mediterranean went to Austria to assemble. When you are ready, you can attack Portugal at the same time.

After some haggling, it was probably settled.

Subsequently, orders from various countries were sent to various places, and both fleets and land forces began to assemble.

However, the unexpected happened again!