The ruins of Kashrek were very quiet under the panic. There were only a few pieces of worker corpses left here, and were covered with snow. Fortunately, the broken wall was still there. The dragon cavalry arrived here and set up camps under the broken wall. The broken wall blocked the strong wind, but could not cover the heavy snow in the sky. The tent seal was covered with snow, but there were many poplar trees nearby. Many soldiers took axes to cut down poplars to use as firewood, burned some hot water and soaked their feet. This originally ordinary thing came here, but it was an extraordinary enjoyment.

The bonfires in the tent are rising, and people are warming each other in the tent. The bad weather in Siberia is even worse than that in Liaodong. What's more, this is winter. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a drop of water to turn into ice. If the soldiers cannot rely on each other and support each other in this severe winter, they would probably have collapsed long ago. Fortunately, the Ming army focused on educating unity and mutual assistance when training new recruits, especially for low-level officers such as hundreds of households and seniors. Therefore, each hundred-man team is equivalent to a pound, a united team, everyone lives together, eats and sleeps together. Although there are occasional frictions, this sincere relationship between comrades-in-arms has been imprinted into the blood of every soldier.

In the center of the tent, a large brazier was jumping with flames. Bai Cheng and a few kilograms. The officer carefully looked at the map on the side of the brazier. This time, Bai Cheng was the first time to officially lead the army. In fact, he certainly understood that the Royal Dragoon was given the word "Royal", which was actually somewhat inconsistent with the name. At least, other major legions do not recognize it. Even if it is a diary, people reported that the Royal Dragoon only used the word "Royal Crane". The Ming army had a strong sense of honor, and they envied those who looked like the Royal Guards.

Such a unit composed of soldiers who were famous for their merits were naturally unwilling to admit it for those newly formed troops. Therefore, for Bai Cheng, this time, not only was it a battle to establish his authority in the Dragon Cavalry, but also a battle to prove his ability. He calmly browsed and kept calculating the journey and the towns he passed through. In fact, Bai Cheng had already been familiar with this map drawn jointly from the Jinyiwei and the envoys of the foreign vassals, but looking at this map has become his habitual action.

"Along the way, the entire Siberia is deserted, and it must be as different as the emperor said. There are very few Russian troops here. Since this is the case, we should speed up and arrive at our destination in one fell swoop before the enemy is prepared."

Several officers nodded, but one fell into deep thought, and then said, "Governor, it's cold and the soldiers are probably at their limit. If we speed up, it's probably "Besides, the fleet that will be able to reach the coast will take at least two months to reach us. Even if we arrive first, we have to wait for the navy to come in the city. When the Russian army saw that we occupied their city, they would not be willing to give up easily. Without the navy's support, we would have to stay one more day and be more dangerous. It would be better to act according to the original plan."

The reason why Bai Cheng asked for speed up was quite eager to make contributions. In addition, as the first time as the head coach of the combat, he did not expect many details. When he heard the officer's advice, he immediately gave up his thoughts and patted his forehead: "I did not expect this, and I almost forgot. Since this is the case, then everything should be done according to the original plan."

He stroked his short beard and then said, "Everyone, it's getting late now. All officers from all battalions will go down to patrol the camp."

The patrol patrol was a system of the Ming army and also the military discipline set by Zhu Jun. All officers must enter the barracks to patrol before the soldiers go to bed. Usually, low-level officers check the camps every night, but in wartime, officers from the governor to the generals, guerrillas, thousands of households, and hundreds of households, must bear joint and several liability. Before the soldiers go to bed, officers must never sleep.

In the waters of North Africa, a huge fleet swam on the water and headed south. At the highest point of the mast, the king flag of the Branetssa dynasty in Portugal was waving in the sea breeze, and seven large warships were divided into waves by more than 40 small and medium-sized warships.

The Portuguese Navy was in line with the Spanish Navy. As early as the Roman period, several tribes lived in the Iberian Peninsula in Portugal in 1,000 BC. Subsequently, the Romans defeated the local indigenous people in BC and controlled the central and southern Portugal. During the six centuries of Roman rule, the introduction of Portuguese and customs belonging to the Latin family also laid the foundation for the introduction of Christianity.

Immediately afterwards, the Roman Empire was in slight situation in the third and fourth centuries AD, which jointly affected the rule and rule of this region.

In the breast year of AD, the Visigoths of the Germanic people crossed the Pyrenees to Portugal, and introduced Christianity during the Imperial Period.

Soon, the Muslims invaded and overthrew the Visigothic dynasty and established the Kingdom of Ayrandus in Cordoba. Although the Muslim rulers did not exclude Judaism and Christianity, many Christians converted to Islam. The Heart Century was the most prosperous period of Islam. After nearly four centuries of Islamic rule, there are still many Islamic architectural landmarks in Portugal, as well as many customs originating from Islam and Arabia, which also influenced the local dialects.

During the Eastern Expedition, Alfonso, a nobleman from the border of Grape Kyle, declared his independence and claimed to be the first king of Portugal. With the assistance of the army, he defeated the remaining Muslims in Alethichocigarwe in the year of the thugs. At this point, he completely regained the ruling authority of this place.

In order to have greater autonomy, Dinis I promoted the use of Portuguese to replace Spanish. In the early years, he signed the Treaty of Okanisesch with Spain, which was still occupied by Muslims at the time, and established national boundaries, becoming the first independent country in Europe in the 14th century.

During the Avez dynasty, Portugal's unprecedented prosperity also laid a solid foundation for future territory expansion and economic growth. In order to strengthen national strength, the Winser Treaty was signed with the United Kingdom to establish a permanent alliance.

The thug Chiji was the golden period of the sea power era. Under the leadership of Juo's son Prince Henry, Navigator, Portugal became the world leader in marine technology and exploration. The footsteps of Portuguese adventurers ranged from Morocco, the Madeira Islands to the uninhabited Yar Islands, and entered the African continent for slaves and wealth.

A thug, Ma Nian, under the command of Prince Enrique, the Portuguese navigator who came out of Cape Roca crossed Cape Bojador on the coast of West Africa. Before that, this was the end of the known world.

By the thug, Xu Nian, the west coast of Africa, which was painted by Portugal on a map, had reached a force kilometers.

After the thug of the AD, Pengnian Bartholomeu Dias, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa, the world changed. He not only opened the door to the east, but also opened the entrance to the Portuguese spice trade. Although Portugal missed a match with Columbus, he still led the first expeditionary fleet to India in the 8th year of the culprit, and captured many colonies in East Africa and Indonesia. Two years later, Perjo Verishkabuo took Brazil and established the vast Portuguese medicine empire.

During the Hapsburg and Branetssa dynasty, the thug of the AD, the AVIVI dynasty, lost power. Spanish King Philip II said that he had half of the Portuguese royal blood, which made the rule of the Iberian Peninsula return to the hands of a country. During the reign of the Hapsburg dynasty in Spain, Portugal was dragged into several wars. The worst was that in the year of the nephew of the US, Spain forced Portugal to join the Invincible Fleet and defeated the United Kingdom. Finally, it weakened.

Subsequently, Philip IV, who resisted Spain's Branetssa dynasty, declared independence and fought several wars with the Spaniards. The relationship between the two countries deteriorated. Finally, after the Spaniards announced their reversal to the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese turned to the Dutch without hesitation.

The main ship of the fleet was Prince Enrique. In this huge battleship, Portuguese Admiral Bobby Duke held the ship's side facing the south, and the triangular hat on his head was slightly tilted by the sea breeze. This time, the mission from the Portuguese was to go to North Africa, where he attacked the Ottoman fleet.

There, Egypt was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and it was Aunt Seri I, the ninth Ottoman Sultan, who attacked Egypt at that time. This sultan was known for his coldness. Before his father died, he fought for the throne with his brother Ahmed, and seized Edirne by force, forcing his father to cen to him. After ascending the throne, he immediately sent troops to pursue his brother's forces. The following year, his two brothers Ahmed, Kaulkud and his nephew were killed. Serim suppressed dissidents. In the first year of his rule, more than 40,000 people from the tribe of Shiites Kezlebash were beheaded. He continued to use troops to expand the empire. In the Battle of the Dabik Grassland north of Aleppo, Syria, he defeated the army of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt, and then captured Cairo in January 1517, becoming the master of North Africa.

Due to the expansion of the Ottomans, Islam also flourished in Egypt. Time gradually passed, and the Ottoman Empire's control over Egypt gradually weakened. Although Egypt still belongs to the territory of the Ottoman Empire, the real defense force has not exceeded 20,000 people, and there are even fewer warships. This also made the Portuguese, who had been trapped in the Spanish naval battle, come back to their senses. The Spanish were suppressed in dust. From the overall strategy, the Portuguese Xunya obviously gained the upper hand. However, although the entire Dutch alliance was strong and almost swept the anti-Dutch alliance countries in the Atlantic, it had a fatal weakness. While the navy was strong, their army was really not large and had more defense, but their enterprising power was obviously insufficient. Therefore, although they could suppress the coast, they wanted to use their army to occupy the city ports after being bombarded, but they really did not have this strength.

The two sides were in a deadlock, the navy was so strong that it could not go to the land, but the strong anti-Dutch alliance, but without the assistance of the navy, often did not dare to act rashly. In the end, the Portuguese finally found a bully object. The Ottomans were trapped in two fronts. The original navy was not strong. Now a piece of Egyptian enclave is far away from overseas. If such a large piece of fat is not taken, wouldn't it be a pity?

After careful planning, the Portuguese Navy finally decided to act alone and not inform the allies, because once the Dutch were notified, the Dutch would probably have a shot in Egypt, and the Portuguese were unwilling to let someone get a shot. Therefore, they secretly sent a fleet to the government, a North African territory.

Admiral Bobby felt that this time the mission might not have any good signs. This was his sixth sense. Despite this, he still carried out the orders of the Navy. Although the expeditionary force composed of 9,000 people was not many, they were all well-equipped. According to preliminary estimates, their opponents should be around 15,000 to 18,000. The number of people was large, but their warships were old and their weapons were simple. His grandson "was very low in the citations. Because the Ottomans were involved in the Central European war, the elite troops stationed in Egypt had long been transferred to their homeland, which was also the reason why the 9,000 Portuguese dared to attack a colony that was several times more than their own territory.

"Old Admiral, we will be able to arrive in North Africa in another seven hours. According to the information obtained by the merchant ships along the way, the Ottomans had already known the situation here. They gathered all the ships on the coastline to the Port of Abu Sultan and were ready."

Bobby smiled contemptuously. He did not have much respect for the Ottoman navy. In fact, one or two worlds ago, the navy of these Islamic Ottomans were still very strong. The Arabs even sent 50,000 people to land in a fleet in Spain in the eighth century AD and occupied the entire Spain and Portugal. However, now, Bobby's impression of the Ottomans can only be described as broken wooden boards. Even if they were ready for battle, the Portuguese could immediately bombard them into the sea.

"What else? Did the Dutch show our intentions? Is there an anti-Dutch alliance navy in the Mediterranean?" This is the key to Bobby. This operation is secret. If the Dutch show their intentions, it may take some effort to explain it. Of course, Bobby is a soldier, so this diplomatic matter is naturally not his turn to have a headache. What he is most worried about is that he has been docking in Sardinia, the Mediterranean, and the anti-Dutch alliance fleet in the Principal of Modena.

Italy was divided at that time, including the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Principal of Palma, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Principal of Bama, the Principal of Modena, and the Pope. Although the two Sicily kingdoms were divided, the two major camps in Europe fought and thugs. The powerful Kingdom of Sardinia announced its joining the anti-Dutch alliance, because the Kingdom of Sardinia was located in the lower part of France and was always threatened by the French army. If it joined the Dutch alliance, the weak Kingdom of Sardinia would be strong at any time.

The French army annihilated, while the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Principality of Palma, the Principality of Bama, the Principality of Modena, the Pope, and the two Sicily kingdoms declared neutrality. However, although they chose neutrality in diplomacy, they did not mean that they had no position. Due to fearing the pressure of the Kingdom of Sardinia and France, almost all kingdoms except the Pope, except for the Pope, although the Principality did not send troops to participate in the war, they signed a treaty with France and the Kingdom of Sardinia to allow the anti-Dutch alliance's naval stationed in various places.

The country's ports and provided a certain amount of supplies. After the fleet of the Anti-Dutch Alliance suffered heavy damage in the early stage, it borrowed a large loan to purchase warships from the Ming Dynasty, which had formed a sufficient scale, including more than 100 large warships. However, all countries understood that with these warships and the Dutch Naval Alliance naval battles, they were still inevitably defeated. The biggest constraints were sailors and maritime combatants. In order to preserve their strength, they did not allow the anti-Dutch Alliance seas.

The army was wiped out by the Dutch in one fell swoop. The countries decided to park their warships in the Principality of Bama, the Principality of Modena and the ports of the two Sicily kingdoms. The Dutch, given that these three countries adopted a neutral attitude, did not send fleets to attack the ports of these countries stationed in the anti-Dutch alliance warships. On the one hand, they had no confidence in winning. On the other hand, once they attacked the ports of these countries, they would inevitably involve these countries in a blatant way and completely push the other side to the direction of opposition.

The entire Europe formed an extremely interesting scene. The coast of the Anti-Dutch Alliance was constantly hit by the Dutch Alliance fleet, but their warships were parked in the ports of neutral countries and did not dare to go out to sea. But because of this, the Anti-Dutch Alliance maintained a great deterrent force in the Mediterranean. This time, the Portuguese had to pass through the Mediterranean to fight in Egypt. This time, the Portuguese had to pass through the Mediterranean. This was also the reason why General Bobby was uneasy. They were not afraid of the Egyptians, but were very afraid of the huge fleet of the Anti-Dutch Alliance that had not participated in the war and hid in the neutral country. In addition, this time, they did not inform the Dutch and acted alone. Once these ships were exposed by the Anti-Dutch Alliance fleet and surrounded from the back, there would be a danger of annihilation at any time.

"Your Excellency, everything is normal. We have not found any anti-Dutch ships. I believe they are basking in the sun in the ports of the two Sicily countries." The officer who came to report had a relaxed smile on his face.

Bobby didn't dare to be careless. His every move maintained the survival of the fleet. He frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the officer's attitude, and then said: Be careful and speed up."

"Yes, Your Excellency General."

The sunset is setting, the sun shines brightly, and the sea is shimmering. Dozens of ships of different sizes are fighting on the sea, leaving traces of waves."

With the shouts of countless sailors, the ship was sailing rapidly, but these optimistic sailors and sailors did not know that their danger did not come from the Mediterranean, but the target they were about to attack.

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Chapter completed!