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- Today, Madrid, the capital of Spain, has been captured and the French occupy the Spanish capital.
When the Portuguese saw this result, although they were not very satisfied, they could only accept it.
With Portugal¡¯s current strength, it is unrealistic to fall out with the French.
At least, the Portuguese now occupy more than one-third of the Spanish territory, which is much larger than the original Portuguese territory.
It will take time for the Portuguese to digest just these lands, right?
??And now the successful uprising not only restored the country, but also expanded the territory.
With the fall of the Spanish Empire, there were also various struggles for power among the rebel organizations.
These problems alone are enough to give the Portuguese a headache.
Fortunately, the first and second most important figures in the Portuguese rebel army were supported by the American Song Empire.
And with their relationship, they can borrow money from the Song Empire to stabilize Portugal's domestic economy, so the status of these two is still very solid now.
However, the struggle for power by those below has made it impossible for the Portuguese army to continue fighting.
Therefore, they can only watch the French take away the biggest piece of cake, which is a last resort.
Furthermore, what is now before the Portuguese and French is to immediately delineate the border and then begin to clear out the Spanish royal family and the remaining troops. Only in this way can they completely occupy Spain.
At the same time, both Spain and France have to face pressure and censure from European countries, as well as troubles from the church.
Yes, after the fall of the Spanish Empire, the strength of the French increased greatly.
And the Portuguese have also become an emerging power.
This is not good news for other European countries.
It¡¯s just that the countries in eastern Europe are still stuck in the Netherlands War and cannot take care of the French and Portuguese.
But if they support the Spanish royal family, this matter will be quite difficult.
Therefore, now the Spanish royal family must be found and then detained.
This is the most important thing.
The church is also unwilling to see the rise of the French and Portuguese, because it will not be good for the church.
First of all, France has always been at odds with the church, and it is not as respectful to Jiaohong as the Spanish.
Therefore, after the rise of the French, it did not benefit the church at all. On the contrary, it gave the church a powerful enemy.
The same goes for the Portuguese.
Therefore, when the capital of the Spanish Empire was captured and the whereabouts of the royal family were unknown, the church still united the governments of the small group and issued a statement saying that it did not support the French and Portuguese occupation of Spain, and demanded that they withdraw their troops immediately and move Spain Give up the country of man.
¡°Neither the French nor the Portuguese accepted such a statement.
It is very unrealistic to spit out the meat you put into your mouth just because you screamed twice.
¡°Everything these days is based on strength. It¡¯s really impossible for your church to get things done just by talking.
Unless the church gathers a large army and defeats France and Portugal, it will be possible to help the Spanish royal family restore its original appearance.
But now the Holy Roman Empire, controlled by the church, has been dragged to death on the eastern border of France by the American Volunteer Army, and cannot help the Spanish at all.
Therefore, the church could only watch helplessly as the Spanish capital was captured, and the whereabouts of the royal family were unknown after they fled.
When the church faces such a situation, it is really painful.
There is no other, because the Spaniards are definitely the gold medal thugs under the church, and they are still in the category of always preparing their own dry food.
"The leader of the church must be unhappy if such a comfortable little brother is gone all of a sudden.
¡°If there are people who are disobedient in the future, they won¡¯t even have a younger brother. Will the church still have authority?
This is a very real problem.
However, the army could not break through the eastern border of France and could not help the Spaniards at all.
At the same time, the army of the church military group was still confronting the Protestant coalition forces in the Netherlands.
There is simply no way to spare more military power to help the Spaniards.
Therefore, now the church can only shout angrily twice, hoping to scare the French and Portuguese.
But the problem is that these days, words are not as effective as fists, so the church's plan is completely useless.
Mary also recognizes the current situation clearly. She is very clear that the current church is just a cry, and they can't take any practical actions.
The military standoff in the Netherlands looks like it will take a long time to end, and there are American volunteers on the eastern border of France to withstand the military offensive of the Roman Empire.
So, France will be safe for a long time.
Therefore, what the French have to do now is to quickly conclude a new alliance with the Portuguese. Establish an offensive and defensive alliance, and then clearly define the border, freeing up your hands to clean up the remaining Spanish military forces and stabilize the newly occupied land.
After the war in the Netherlands ends, the French and Portuguese can fully deal with the counterattack of the church coalition.
?You know with your butt that the church will definitely not let Spain collapse like this.
"The French and Portuguese have become stronger, which is not good for the church and European countries.
Even the Protestant coalition countries do not want to see such a situation.
Although the French and Portuguese attacked Spain, they could be regarded as helping the Protestant coalition, which greatly reduced their pressure in the Netherlands.
But in line with the balance of interests between countries, the Protestant coalition countries also do not want to see a superpower in Europe.
France originally had a large land area, but now that it owns half of Spain¡¯s land, its territory has expanded a lot.
There is already a vague trend of European powers.
This is what no one wants to see.
The people who are most concerned about this situation are the British.
As an island country separated from the European continent, what the British fear most is the emergence of a superpower on the European continent.
This is definitely not a good thing for the British.
Therefore, the British actively contacted the church and the Protestant side, and began to lobby them for an armistice in the Netherlands.
In this way, the church-military coalition was freed up to deal with the French and Portuguese.
Even the British have stopped their naval battles with the Dutch in the North Sea and have reduced their forces to prepare to attack the French and Portuguese coasts.
Regarding the British proposal, the church and the Protestant coalition did not give a reply, because both sides have a concern for the time being.
Before there is unity of thought, it is unlikely that the British plan will be realized.
First of all, the two sides in the Netherlands seem to be tied now, but there are many reasons for this.
On the one hand, the Spanish mainland was attacked, which led to the disadvantages of the Spanish regiments in the Netherlands.
At the same time, the Holy Roman Empire's army was originally intended to support the war in the Netherlands, but due to the Spanish, it instead attacked France.
But they were defeated by the American Volunteer Army, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses.
It is not impossible for the Protestant coalition forces not to understand these things.
If the above two conditions did not exist, the Protestant coalition forces would have been defeated long ago.
How could they still be leisurely engaging in military confrontation with church groups in the Netherlands?
It¡¯s impossible to even think about it with your butt.
It can be said that the French, Portuguese and American support forces saved them.
Now the Spaniards were crippled, their capital was lost, and there was no news that their royal head had fled.
This is totally a good thing for the Protestant coalition.
But considering that France became stronger, it would have bad effects on the Protestant coalition forces, so they are now very confused about whether they should agree to the British request.
After all, if they agreed to the British proposal to armistice in the Netherlands.
??Then the church military group will be free to deal with the French and Portuguese.
But after the French and Portuguese were defeated, looking back, their Protestant coalition would definitely have to face war again.
By that time, without the help of the French and Portuguese, it was absolutely impossible for these people to withstand the attack of the Rendezvous military group just by relying on the Protestant coalition forces.
It is precisely because of taking this situation into consideration that the various countries of the Protestant coalition are very entangled.
Unlike the struggle of the Protestant coalition, the military groups affiliated to the church all agreed to the British proposal.
However, they also have several problems to solve.
That is, we must first find the Spanish royal family.?
In this way, they can have a righteous name to send troops.
When the time comes, after helping the Spanish defeat the French and the Portuguese, the Spanish can also provide military expenses, right?
Otherwise, who they want to go for military expenses.
Fighting in vain, no idiot would do such a thing.
And if you want to deal with the French and Portuguese, you need to have a truce with the Protestant coalition forces.
This is the main thing.
Fighting on two fronts, the church military group does not yet have such military strength.
Especially when the Spanish capital was captured, the royal family lost news, and the tens of thousands of troops of the Holy Roman Empire on the eastern border of France were defeated by American volunteers and collapsed.
Formulate a new battle plan, and the Holy Roman Empire will recruit troops again, and find ways to deal with the American volunteers guarding there.
In addition, how many troops each country will send and who will provide supplies first, these are all issues that need to be considered and solved.
If we don¡¯t solve these problems, how can we turn the gun around?
The British also know that these situations do need to be resolved, so even though they are extremely anxious, they have no other way.
Today, the British American colonies are completely lost, and they continue to find some new sources of income.
Therefore, Portugal and France are a good choice.
The British planned to help the church military group to defeat the Protestant coalition, and then engage the Portuguese and French to obtain new colonies from these two countries to supplement the domestic economy.
As for the Song Empire in America, the British did not dare to offend it.
Not to mention the Atlantic Ocean, the Song Empire¡¯s sharp warships and army were enough to make the British drink a pot.
The British, who have suffered many losses, are much smarter. They don¡¯t think about America at all now.
As long as the Song Empire exists in America, Britain also knows that it is impossible to gain a foothold.
Of course, the reason they don¡¯t think about it now is because they know they are weak and not as powerful as the Song Empire.
But they felt that if they could unite other European countries to deal with the Song Empire, wouldn't it become easier?
After all, the British still have their own plans.
However, they cannot say this plan out yet. What they have to do now is to first establish a good relationship with the church and plan this matter step by step.
The British have already received news about the Song Empire's plan to seize the Caribbean Sea.
The British were very happy about this news.
This is not because of the Song Empire, but because the Song Empire not only seized the Spanish Caribbean colonies, but also seized the Dutch colonies.
In this way, the Song Empire even offended the Dutch.
"As for the church in Manhattan, the British also got news.
Well, not only did it offend the Dutch, but now it also offended the underground "Godfather" churches in Europe.
Is there a good in the Song Empire?
The British couldn't help themselves.
¡°Obviously, the Song Empire had an agreement with the French and Portuguese, and they sought to seize Spain and divide it up.
The Song Empire seized the colonial interests of the Spanish in the Caribbean, and everyone got what they needed.
What I didn¡¯t expect was that the Song Empire had a huge appetite.
It not only seized the colonial interests of the Spanish in the Caribbean, but also drove away the British and seized the colonies of the Dutch.
This person is not very courageous, and his appetite is not very strong.
And if the Song Empire did this, it would definitely offend the Dutch.
And then, let the Dutch accept the British's own proposal.
What¡¯s more, the Dutch power on the sea is now rising, and the future sea coachmen have already begun to show their talents.
If it weren¡¯t for the flapping of the wings of a little butterfly called Zhao Hongyu, which caused some things to go awry in history, it would be impossible for the Dutch colonial interests in the Caribbean to fall into the hands of the Song Empire.
But now that it¡¯s over, what else is there to say?
For a time, various European countries experienced some changes due to the occupation and division of Spanish territory.
The war in the Netherlands was originally going to last for many years, but now there are signs of an armistice.
Of course, if there is really a truce, there are still things to be resolvedThere are many.
However, I think that with the coordination of the British, these things should be resolved soon.
Because the British are right to say it out loud. If everyone continues to waste time like this, then the French and Portuguese will be able to digest the Spanish territory. At that time, it will not be so easy to deal with them. .
Now is a good opportunity to deal with them, because they have just occupied Spanish land, and the resistance of some Spanish people is still continuing (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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