Chapter four hundred and eighty eighth
Dwarf's madness scared many people.
Whether it was the Ottoman Mustafa Pasha and the Grand Vizier Suleiman, or the consuls of other countries in the Ottoman Concession, or the spies sent by other countries to the Ottomans to find out information, they were all frightened by these short guys.
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So fucking scary!
In particular, Alexander, George III and Franz II, who received the relevant news, couldn't wait to rush to the Eagle Castle of the Habsburg family.
It's too dangerous outside. Maybe only Eagle Fort, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, can give people a sense of security?
Alexander frowned slightly, looked at George III and Francis II and asked: "How are the allies you have contacted? How many are willing to join us?"
However, George III's answer disappointed Alexander: "Who is willing to join us? Yes, you are right. They are indeed worried about being attacked by the Ming Dynasty in the future, but they are even more worried about joining us to resist the Ming Dynasty now.
Leading to their faster demise."
Francis II also poured cold water on him: "Yes, no one wants to join us. The small countries in West Kunlun are now busy dealing with France's attack. They cannot resist the Ming Dynasty with us, and Europa
Those small countries, since England lost to France last time..."
Franz II did not continue speaking, but Alexander and George III knew very well what Franz II meant.
England can't defeat France, and the sand goose also has a czar, not to mention the Habsburg family. With the level of the three of you, do you still want to form a plan to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty?
Anyway, that’s what it means, and that’s what the situation is.
As the saying goes, it is better to die than live. Many small countries in Europe would rather continue to wait and see and continue to be exploited by the Ming Dynasty than follow England, the Sand Goose and the Habsburg family to resist the Ming Dynasty.
Alexander's face suddenly turned black.
Not to mention not winning a single ally, even if the number of allies you win is not enough, it is the same as having no allies.
Just relying on England, Sand Goose, and a half-disabled Habsburg family to fight the Ming Dynasty to the end?
Don't look at George III's previous clamor that he would fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty even if he did it alone, but Alexander also knew in his heart that this brat was just shouting loudly, and he really wanted him to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty alone in England...
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Not to mention whether George III had the courage. Even if he did, how many divisions did England have? How long could it last under the Ming Dynasty's artillery?
When he thought that Sand Goose was not much stronger than England, Alexander's face couldn't help but turn darker.
And George III, who was sitting next to Alexander, wasn't much better - it was George III who boasted about his awesomeness in the first place. Now that he was about to boast about his awesomeness, George III certainly couldn't look good.
In contrast, Francis II seemed a bit normal.
After all, the Habsburg family was first beaten by France, then by Sand Goose, and then by that art student from Austria. They got used to being side by side.
To put it simply, as soon as you think about it, the sky and the earth will become wider.
If the two brothers Alexander and George III could solve the alliance problem, Francis II would naturally not mind joining in the troubles. But if the two brothers Alexander and George III could not solve the alliance problem, it was determined that only three families would turn against the Ming Dynasty.
Then Francis II wouldn't mind turning three families into two.
Franz II asked tentatively: "What should we do now? Should we declare war according to the original plan? Or first..."
Just when George III and Alexander were secretly scolding Franz II for refusing to open and pick up which pot, Franz II's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at George III with burning eyes and asked: "Foolish thief"
Eagle, although the foolish thief eagle is no longer loyal to you England, the foolish thief eagle and your England come from the same origin after all. If you can win over the foolish thief eagle, the problem will be much easier to solve!"
After hearing what Franz II said, Alexander couldn't help but turn his attention to George III: "Yes, you silly thief eagle and England are still a family after all. If you are willing to promise all England's colonies in Yin Di'an continent to silly
Thief Eagle, that silly Thief Eagle will definitely be willing to help us attack the Ming Kingdom."
However, what Alexander and Franz II didn't expect was that George III just curled his lips when he heard this, and said with disdain: "You think I haven't contacted the stupid thief eagle? It's a pity that the stupid thief eagle is full of thoughts now.
Just doing business with the two princes of the Ming Dynasty, and scalping those barbarians at the same time, how could they have the courage to resist the Ming Dynasty?"
Franz II was immediately disappointed, and then he frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice: "You can't beat me directly, and you can't find helpers. Otherwise, you can just break up and count the balls. You England will defend the three islands alone, and you Sand Goose
Let's carve up the Polish cousins with the art students, so that our Habsburg family can continue to pretend to be dead."
George III glanced at Franz II coldly, and then squinted his eyes slightly and pretended to be dead. Of course, George III wanted to speak righteously and angrily to Franz II, but he just thought of his current strength.
, and then thought about the fact that fighting Franz II would not only do no good, but might provoke another enemy for England, George III simply decided to endure this tone.
On the contrary, Alexander was more stubborn and spoke unceremoniously to Franz II: "Mr. Franz, as you said, England can defend the three islands alone, and we sand geese can fight with that damn art student.
Let’s carve up Poland together, but your Habsburg family’s plan to pretend to be dead is about to come to nothing.”
"Whether it is the French frog who has always been hostile to the Habsburg family, or the art student who never knows how to be satisfied, or the Ming Dynasty that is about to occupy and rule the entire Ottoman Empire, do you think they will allow you, the Habsburg family?
Pretending to be dead?"
"Or looking at it from another perspective - if it was your Habsburg family that gained power today, would you easily let go of Louis XVI and that damn art student? If your Habsburg family could defeat the Ming Dynasty, would you still
Will you let the Ming Dynasty continue to attack the Ottomans? I'm afraid you will march on the Ottomans first!"
As Alexander's words fell, the room once again fell into an eerie silence.
Whether it was George III or Francis II, both of them knew very well that Alexander's words were addressed to both Franz II and George III.
Moreover, the two of them could not find any reason or excuse to refute Alexander.
Seeing George III and Francis II both speechless, Alexander sneered and said: "I remember that people in the Ming Dynasty had a book about monkey stories, and there was one in it that always liked to hold back.
Pig—that pig wants to divide the property as soon as it encounters the slightest difficulty, but never thinks about solving the problem."
Franz II's face suddenly darkened, he stared at Alexander with an unkind expression and said, "Are you scolding me?"
Alexander curled his lips disdainfully and said with a sneer: "You might as well take a guess?"
Franz II sneered, and his expression became even more gloomy: "Alexander, it seems you haven't figured out one thing yet? This is the Eagle Castle of the Habsburg family, not your royal palace!"
Alexander then sneered and asked: "So what if it's Eagle Castle? So what if it's not Sand Goose's palace?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, George III quickly stood up and smoothed things over: "Look, what are you two arguing about? Our biggest problem now is how to deal with the Ming Dynasty. If we start fighting among ourselves,
Wouldn’t that make it even harder to deal with Mingguo?”
Alexander glanced at George III and snorted coldly: "Then let me make a statement: now that things have reached this point, no matter what you do, I will immediately march on the Ottomans and declare war on the Ming Dynasty - but
What about you? George III, what did you say before? What are you going to do now?"
George III was suddenly forced into a corner.
Don't look at George III who vowed and clamored during the last meeting that England would declare war on the Ming Dynasty alone even without an ally, but the clamor was still clamoring after all.
In George III's view, as long as he made a good gesture and shouted his slogans louder, there was still hope that he could fool several European countries into resisting the Ming Dynasty.
However, the crux of the problem is precisely that no European country is willing to respond to George III's call.
Declaring war on the Ming Dynasty again when not a single ally can be won over?
George III was somewhat unwilling to be the one who stood out.
Seeing that he was being bullied into a corner by Alexander's words, George III had no choice but to retreat and simply snorted: "Of course we in England have nothing to say, and we will definitely declare war on the Ming Dynasty according to the original plan."
Alexander nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his attention to Franz II: "What about you? What did you say?"
Franz II also snorted coldly: "Of course I'm declaring war on the Ming Kingdom just like you!"
After the three people had finished their discussion, they discussed how to go back to their respective homes and find their own troops to announce the start of the film.
But when George III secretly returned to London from Eagle Castle, he received news that completely broke him - the fleet sent by England to Sri Lanka to support the British East India Company was encountered in the waters near Mugudushu and the Ottoman Empire.
The Ming Empire's Tianzi fleet attacked and the entire fleet was wiped out!
George III was immediately confused.
After the last battle with France, England's navy has suffered heavy losses. The fleet sent to Sri Lanka to support the British East India Company has been regarded as the last source of England's navy. Now even this little fortune has been wiped out.
After the fall of Korea, what would be left of England's navy? What use would the remaining small sampans have?
After coming to his senses, George III simply grabbed Fox and asked angrily: "Why? Why did the Ming Dynasty's Tianzi fleet attack the fleet we sent to Sri Lanka? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty Emperor had already declared war on us first?"
Fox shook his head slightly, struggled to break away from George III's hands, and then replied with a tangled face: "Dear Your Majesty the King, we don't know why the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered an attack on our fleet. The only thing that can be determined now is that we will finally
The fleet has been destroyed and Sri Lanka cannot be saved."
George III suddenly became even more upset. Looking at Fox and other nobles, the ministers shouted: "Yes, I know, I know Sri Lanka cannot be saved. You don't need to remind me again and again. I hope you can come up with solutions to the problem."
Attitude - I have already discussed it with Alexander and Francis II. The three of us will declare war on the Ming Dynasty together. You should also be prepared to declare war!"
But after George III finished speaking, Fox's eyes lit up.
It's just that Fox looked at George III with a somewhat unkind look: "Dear His Majesty the King, are you saying that you have already discussed with Alexander and Francis II to declare war on the Ming Dynasty?"
George III snorted coldly and said: "Yes, since the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not even care about the face of the five good people and slapped our England in the face like crazy, then there is no need for us to tolerate it again and again."
Fox did not continue, but frowned and asked: "So, may I ask, Your Majesty George, when did you start contacting Alexander and Francis II? And where did you discuss it?"
George III was stunned for a moment, then stared at Fox with an unfriendly expression and asked, "What do you mean by this? You mean that my discussions with Alexander and Franz II were leaked?"
Fox nodded slightly: "According to time calculation, the time when those dwarfs started to attack Sri Lanka crazily should be the time when you and Alexander met for the first time, and the time when the Emperor of Ming Dynasty ordered the Ming Dynasty Emperor fleet to attack our English fleet.
, it also happened to be the time when the Ming Dynasty took action against the Ottomans, but the envoys of England and Sand Goose promised without authorization to secretly fund ordnance for the Ottomans."
After a fierce analysis, Fox frowned slightly and said: "If you calculate it this way, someone will definitely leak the secrets of your discussions with Alexander and Franz II this time to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely also
Take targeted retaliation in advance.”
After Fox's words fell, Old Sir Richard, who was in charge of the English treasury, sighed: "As the news of the East India Company being besieged in Sri Lanka spread, England's stock market has fallen again and again. If England finally
News of the destruction of a fleet also spread..."
Fox nodded, turned to look at George III and asked: "Your Majesty George III, the subjects of England need you to explain why, as one of the five good people in Xiaopoguo, you take the initiative to provoke the Ming Dynasty?
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PS: I have a cold. On the first day, I had a sore throat and started coughing non-stop. Taking medicine cannot be said to have any effect, it can only be said that it has little effect. On the second day, I started to have a low fever and cough, and on the third day,
Today, I was sweating all over my body and coughing non-stop. My throat, throat, and chest hurt when I coughed. This is just a common cold, caused by catching a cold.
So, if a common cold can kill half of your life, how serious should those big colds that make silly noises sound like?
Chapter completed!