The African continent is lost!

More than 300,000 French troops in Angola, together with more than 100,000 reinforcements from Britain, Sweden and Denmark were wiped out!

The Netherlands, Britain, Sweden and Denmark were forced to abandon South Africa and withdraw to the continental region.

Their fleet also encountered a sea storm on the Atlantic Ocean. More than 5,000 sailboats were blown away, and less than 5,000 finally fled back to Britain!

Bad news spread to the continental countries, and the entire continental region was suddenly filled with panic.

Of course, these colonial robbers knew what they had done on the African continent, selling slaves, plundering resources, forcing local indigenous people to use their lives to mine, etc., one by one, one by one, was enough to make people smuggle with them.

The West African Kingdom also did the same. All the troops that invaded the continent were caught and fought to the death. The 1.8 million troops were almost wiped out by others!

If it weren't for Moritz, Prince Hendrick and Duke of Weimar, who saw the opportunity quickly, ran away, and the army of 1.8 million would have been gone at this time.

However, even though they ran fast, they were ravaged by the storm at the sea, and in the end they escaped less than 300,000.

The Netherlands is even more unlucky, with the total population now only about 200,000.

The European countries are so panicked now. What if the West African Kingdom crosses the sea to avenge?

They have at least two million troops!

How many people are left in the continent?

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire had only barely gathered a million troops, and there were 400,000 to guard the last colony in the Americas.

France, Britain and Sweden are not much better now, and they can only barely gather 400,000 people.

Not to mention Denmark, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire, they could only gather 200,000 to 300,000 troops at most.

The total population of the Netherlands is only more than 200,000, and there is not enough manpower to control ships.

In other words, there are only more than two million people in the continent at this time. If we include the people that countries need to stay behind, they can't even get two million people together.

In this case, what if the West African Kingdom commands two million troops across the sea to avenge?

They are not a dish. The 1.8 million people who invaded Africa were almost killed by them. Their combat power was only stronger than theirs.

This is not the most terrifying thing, the most terrifying thing is the Ming Empire.

It is obvious that this time the Ming Empire was controlled behind the scenes, and the purpose was to use African mercenaries or the army of West African Kingdom to consume their strength.

Their tactics were also very successful, and they had consumed 1.5 million troops!

If the Ming Empire led the army of West African Kingdom to attack the continent as last time, can they withstand it?

In this case, they can't stand it at all!

They don’t know the existence of the East African Kingdom. If they knew that there was an East African Kingdom that was comparable to the West African Kingdom, they would probably be scared to have a terrible attack.

Although the Duke of Richelieu was not scared to the point of being crazy, his whole body was as if he had been seriously ill and had become much older.

At this time, his mood was just in line with the saying of later generations, that is, he worked hard for decades and returned to the pre-liberation overnight!

Originally, France was almost the strongest in continental Europe under his management.

At that time, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire fell into his trap, and a large army of 600,000 invaded West Africa, almost completely wiped out.

Not only did they retain 400,000 troops, but they also conquered 400,000 troops, 800,000 troops, and nearly 1,000 ships and warships they controlled and more than 1,000 sailing ships and transformed, France's strength could even compete with the Habsburg dynasty at that time.

Unfortunately, Cairo suddenly fell behind, and they went to rescue and were ambushed by others, and the naval ships were almost completely fucked.

Immediately afterwards, Tirena was forced to retreat to Angola, losing nearly 100,000 troops.

However, at that time, the French Army was the strongest in the continent. After all, they had a total of more than 700,000 troops, and they also owned copper, iron ore and rubber resources in Angola.

If they can give them a few years, they are likely to build another powerful naval fleet, and by then they will be the well-deserved continental overlords.

It’s a pity that people don’t give them time to develop at all.

Now Angola has fallen, and the rising star Tirena and more than 300,000 troops have not escaped. They have only 400,000 troops left in France, and their strength is even worse than Britain and Sweden.

What to do?

The Duke of Richelieu stared at the news from Britain and frowned and pondered for a long time before gritting his teeth and getting up and walking towards the palace.

He was not looking for King Louis XIII, but Queen Anna.

Because King Louis XIII was not in charge of the matter, it was useless to find someone, so she could only let Queen Anna come forward to save the situation of defeat.

Queen Anna was also anxious now. Of course she knew how fragile the Continental Union was now. If the Ming Empire rushed over with the army of the Kingdom of West Africa, France and Spain would be the first to be defeated!

Question, what should I do now?

She is the queen, not the prime minister, and she has not had much information as much as the Duke of Richelieu, so she is helpless at this moment.

After the Duke of Richelieu came over to greet him, he said directly: "Your Highness, this time I will invite you to go to Spain."

Queen Anna said dejectedly: "What's the use of me going to Spain at this time? Spain is also unable to protect itself!"

Unexpectedly, the Duke of Richelieu shook his head slowly and said, "No, it depends on Spain whether we can turn over this time."

Queen Anna sighed slightly, "His lord, you don't want to cheat Spain, do you?

You should know that if the Ming Empire led the Kingdom of West Africa to attack the continent again, Spain would be their first target.

You are still going to cheat Spain at this time. Are you going to kill everyone?"

Uh, am I like this?

There was no way, the Duke of Richelieu knew how bad his reputation was. All countries in the continent were wary of him, the old fox, and even his own queen.

He could only explain helplessly: "His Highness, I really don't want to cheat Spain this time.

I just want King Felipe IV to order Wallenstein to lead the continental coalition to destroy the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania.”

ah?

At this time, I also went to provoke the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania!

Poland and Lithuania in later generations were not very powerful, so no one cared about their strength. At this time, Poland and the United Kingdom of Lithuania were not very powerful.

Because at this moment, Poland and Lithuania control the later Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Belarus, the entire continental territory is second only to the Holy Roman Empire, and the population is as many as tens of millions.

Moreover, Poland and the United Kingdom of Lithuania rely on their strong strength to bully people everywhere, and they will catch and beat people up at every turn, and have a very bad temper.

Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Sweden, and even the Persian Empire were beaten up by them.

During the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, they even occupied the Tsarist Russian capital Moscow, which tortured them for more than two years!

It is precisely because of their bad temper that European countries don’t like them very much. The Anti-Habsburg Alliance, the Habsburg Dynasty, and the Continental Alliance formed later did not invite them to join.

They don't care.

Anyway, they have a large area and a wealth of resources, so they don’t need to seek help from the European countries. Moreover, they are strong, so they are not afraid that the European countries will cause trouble for them.

Why do you want to provoke others at this time when such a powerful country with a bad temper?

Queen Anna was puzzled and said: "Your Excellency, you should know that our continental alliance is facing a catastrophe. We are still provoking the powerful United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. Isn't this seeking death?"

The Duke of Richelieu shook his head repeatedly and said, "Your Highness, we are not seeking death. It is Wallenstein and his mercenaries who are fighting against it, and it has nothing to do with us.

I believe you know how ambitious Wallenstein is.

Now he has summoned a total of millions of mercenaries, and his strength is the strongest in the continental countries. Do you think he will still work for us or for Spain and the Holy Roman Empire?"

Wallenstein is indeed ambition. The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II saw through him early on, so people would rather defeat the war than use this so-called two continental heroes.

Felipe IV didn't know what was wrong, but he actually fully supported Wallenstein to recruit millions of mercenaries!

Alas, Felipe, you have raised a wolve, do you know?

Queen Anna sighed leisurely: "You also know who Wallenstein is. At this time, if you ask Felipe IV to order him to attack the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, will he be foolish and obedient?"

The Duke of Richelieu said in a silence: "This is simple, we can satisfy his ambitions and make him the king of Bohemia, and all the territory he captured belongs to him. He only needs to promise us one condition."

Raise this evil wolf like this!

Queen Anna was surprised to hear this and said, "We have fattened him like this. If he bite us back, can we bear it?

Now we will face the invasion of the Ming Empire and the Kingdom of West Africa. If this evil wolf takes the opportunity to bite back then, we will not be dead!"

The Duke of Richelieu said in a dark voice: "Your Highness, don't worry, our condition is to let him attack the Ming Empire from the Western Front.

By then, the evil wolf will not bite us, but the Ming Empire.”

Queen Anna still looked puzzled and said, "Why did he agree to our conditions?"

The Duke of Richelieu asked without answering, "Your Highness, do you know what he lacks now?"

Uh, this one.

Queen Anna heard this and thought about it carefully and understood.

At this time, Wallenstein was nothing, he was just a nominal commander of the Continental Union Army and had no resources at all.

The money, food and weapons of one million mercenaries must be provided by Spain. Once Spain cuts off its money, food and weapons, the money, food and weapons will probably collapse in an instant!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but suddenly said: "What do you mean, can we use money, food and weapons to control him?"

The Duke of Richelieu nodded slightly and said, "Absolutely.

However, there is no need for food. As long as he can conquer the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, there will be no shortage of food.
To be continued...