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"General Lan Bai, first of all, this envoy is not here to persuade General Lan Bai to give up attacking France."

"Then I would like to ask your Excellency the Ambassador, why did you come in a hurry?"

"At Windsor Castle I was hospitablely received by General Cromwell and General Ranber, and a good friendship was formed. As a friend of General Lanbeth, I personally feel that now is not the best time for His Excellency to attack France. ”

General Lan Bai smiled faintly, he didn't listen to Zhang Haoran's words at all, in his opinion, Zhang Haoran is simply a full man who doesn't know that the hungry man is hungry, you emptied the Louvre, and forced France to cede Marseille and the surrounding Blue Bank area, and also got two million taels of war reparations, which made a lot of money.

A few hundred of you have entered Paris, and I am now coming with a few thousand troops, and I happen to have Charles II, the exiled king, as a pretext for starting a war, and you are telling me that it is not the right time to come and tell me at this time, what are you kidding?

"General Lan Bai, in our Daqin, there is such an idiom, which is called the snipe and the clam compete with each other, and the fisherman profits. If you think about it, General Lanbeth, if Britain attacks France on a large scale at this time, then the greatest benefit will inevitably be Spain, Britain's old enemy.

Throughout France, there are rich plains in the north, Alps, Pyrenees and other mountains in the southeast, and the capital Paris is located on the banks of the Seine;

Philip IV's personal conquest, although it may have put great pressure on the south of France, but as far as France is concerned, even if the mountains of the south are lost, it is nothing;

However, the rich plains in the north must not be lost, therefore, in the face of the simultaneous attack of your country and Spain, France must concentrate its heavy forces and deal with your attack first, then your country and France will become a struggle between the sandpiper and the mussel, and the ultimate benefit will only be Spain, the old enemy of Britain.

In our Daqin. There is also an idiom called praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind. Forgive me for being disrespectful, General Lan Bai is now like a praying mantis bent on pounced on the cicada, but he forgot that there was a yellow finch staring at him behind him.

The rise of Britain's naval power has greatly affected the hegemony of the Netherlands, and I believe General Lan Bai knows better than me why the previous naval battles between your country and the Netherlands started.

It was with the strong support of France that the Netherlands were able to resist the Spanish army and become independent from Spain. In other words, France was gracious to the Netherlands.

Putting aside the so-called great favor, if your country is caught in the war of France and cannot be resolved quickly, will the Dutch warships gather in the English Channel? I don't know, I believe that General Lan Bai is more predictable than me.

In short, if I were General Lanbai, I would probably declare war on France first, but I would certainly not attack France at this time. I will wait for Mazarin to transfer the army to the south of France and fight to the death with Philip IV, who is the king of the army, and wait until both sides are exhausted, and then hahaha"

In Zhang Haoran's laughter. Lan Bai's face turned red and white for a while. Thinking about it carefully, Zhang Haoran's words are reasonable, if Britain attacks France at this time, France will definitely do its best to deal with the British invasion;

This not only cheapened Philip IV. And once the war fell into a stalemate, there was little doubt about the Netherlands, which was fighting for maritime supremacy with Britain. There will be troops to blockade the English Channel, or fight to the death with the British Navy.

In short, after listening to Zhang Haoran's words, Lan Bai really didn't dare to act rashly.

However, Lan Bai is holding back his strength and is ready to do a big job, if you stop temporarily, it will make the family uncomfortable, right?

In this world, it is often not enough to just block it, and it is only right that you have to do some guidance. Like Lan Bai at this moment, you have to find something for him to vent.

Zhang Haoran continued: "General Lan Bai, the importance of the Strait of Gibraltar, I believe that there is no need to say more about it, General Lan Bai is also very clear in his heart. Whoever controls the Strait of Gibraltar controls the throat of Europe.

In my opinion, Spain is now very empty when it has to deal with the Ottoman navy on the one hand, and Philip IV himself conquers France, and this is the best time to seize the Strait of Gibraltar. ”

Hearing this, Lan Bai said disapprerovingly: "Your Excellency, you have probably forgotten one thing, Philip IV personally conquered France and did not use his navy. ”

General Lan Bai is still more sensible, for the time being, Britain's naval power is not necessarily stronger than Spain, but because the Spanish Navy is pinned down by the Ottoman Navy in the Mediterranean, if the Spanish Navy goes all out to fight the British Navy, it is not yet known who will die.

Even if the British Navy can win in the end, it will probably only be a miserable victory, and it will be difficult to guarantee that there will be no situation where the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch will follow. The Dutch are eager for England and Spain to fight to the death.

Zhang Haoran smiled faintly and said: "Philip IV's personal expedition, although he did not use the navy, but the war was fought for money and grain, and the Spanish treasury was already on the verge of bankruptcy.

So in this case, will the Spanish navy still be able to fight with General Lambeth hungry? What's more, General Lan Bai is not fighting alone, except for us, General Lan Bai, please see, what about those Portuguese warships? ”

Two hundred Qin troops were able to invade Paris and capture the French king, the queen mother, and the prime minister, although there was an element of coincidence, but if the Qin army did not have strong combat effectiveness, no matter how good the chance was, it would be impossible to accomplish such an amazing feat.

Therefore, Lan Bai did not dare to despise the four warships and hundreds of troops of the Qin army in the slightest. If we add to this the entry of Portugal into the war, then the defeat of the Spanish navy and the capture of the Strait of Gibraltar will become very likely.

General Lan Bai was immediately moved, the Strait of Gibraltar was too important, it was like a tempting piece of fat, and Britain was already salivating over it; Hell-bent on defeating Spain and seizing Gibraltar.

Zhang Haoran's words are actually to his liking, so he is very convincing, and General Lan Bai himself will find reasons to convince himself, which is the reason why doing what he likes is often the most effective.

"Your Excellency, Distinguished Ambassador, are you really willing to give our full support to us, Britain? And can you convince the Portuguese to join in the war? ”

"Has General Lanbai forgotten that Portugal and Spain are already at war, and if they can defeat Spain, Portugal should be the happiest."

When Lan Bai heard this, he was a little embarrassed and a little dark. Who doesn't know that Portugal and Spain are at war? Who doesn't know that Portugal would be happy to see Spain defeated?

Was it difficult to convince Portugal to send troops together to attack Spain? It's not difficult at all, without Zhang Haoran going, Lan Bai is confident that he can convince King João IV of Portugal by going by himself.

In other words, if the Spanish navy is defeated and the Strait of Gibraltar is captured, then to whom will this strait belong?

If Qin and Portugal were only to support their allies and conquer Gibraltar, Britain would only have to give them some other benefits;

If Qin and Grape were not in the name of supporting Britain, but in the name of the three countries jointly sending troops, then after the Strait of Gibraltar was conquered, wouldn't it be necessary for the three countries to share the interests equally.

If that's the case, why don't you fight it yet?

Lan Bai finally managed to be a little more subtle, Zhang Haoran pretended to be stupid, could he really not hear this meaning?

"Your Excellency, let's just say that if we defeat the Spanish Navy and seize control of the Gibraltar Navy, how will our three countries divide the benefits?"

This time it was straightforward enough, Zhang Haoran was amused in his heart, and he said quietly on the surface: "I think it should depend on the number of troops dispatched by various countries, and the role they play in actual combat, such a far strait, I Daqin is not very interested, but how to divide it specifically, I think we should discuss it with the Portuguese, after all, we are allies, and it is difficult to closely coordinate operations in actual combat without first agreeing on a plan of action." ”

After discussing with the Portuguese, Lan Bai was a little reluctant in his heart, Portugal was only a small country that had not been recognized, and Lan Bai felt that Portugal was really not qualified to be on an equal footing with the British.

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