Taichang weighed the pros and cons and decided to eliminate the 300,000 Spanish Army entrenched in the southeast.

Because Spain has few people left, Spain has basically no resistance if these 300,000 people are eliminated.

Moreover, these 300,000 people were gathering in an area of ​​two or three hundred miles in a radius, and they were easy to encircle and annihilate.

If Portugal moves, these 300,000 troops will be spread throughout Spain, defending the city and resisting layer by layer, it will be troublesome.

At this moment, Lisbon has gathered a total of 1.6 million people on loan. It is not difficult to encircle and annihilate these 300,000 people. The key is to encircle them in a narrow area north of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then pointed to the map and asked, "Okundo, you should be very familiar with this, right?"

He is so familiar with this near the Strait of Gibraltar.

After hearing the translation of the information, Okundo nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I am very familiar with this."

Taichang nodded slightly, then asked again: "Do you think if a million troops in the Kingdom of West Africa take a navy ship, where do you have to land to block the retreat of these 300,000 troops?"

Blocking the road?

Okundo stared at the map for a while before he said carefully: "His Majesty the Emperor, if you want to prevent these 300,000 troops from escaping, you must divide the troops into two groups.

He went north along the Guadal River, occupied Seville in one fell swoop, cutting off their way to flee north.

Through the Strait of Gibraltar, occupy Longda, and cut off their way to escape east."

Do you need to divide the troops into two groups?

This is a bit troublesome. At this moment, Lisbon's ships are seriously insufficient. Even if they are combined, they can attract up to 500,000 troops. The troops are divided into two groups. Wouldn't there only more than 200,000 troops in each group?

Besides, can 500,000 people surround and annihilate 300,000 people?

This seems a bit unlikely.

If the troops divide into two groups and then two trips, it will take too much time.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, and asked randomly: "How many people do you think we can encircle and annihilate these 300,000 people?"

Encircle and annihilate!

When Carinho heard this, he couldn't help but look a little unbearable in his eyes.

After listening to the translation of the news, Ao Kundo was also very confused.

He hesitated for a moment before he said carefully: "His Majesty Emperor, our Spain is not very strong anymore. If we encircle and annihilate these 300,000 people, we may be seriously lacking in labor in the next twenty or thirty years."

It's a war, why are you raising labor again?

Spain is indeed a bit overwhelming, and they have recruited millions of troops in the past few years.

You should know that Spain has only about 5 million people at this time. It is estimated that all men aged fifteen to fifty have been arrested.

The question is, this is the business of Felipe IV, what does it have to do with him?

Taichang said in confusion: "If we don't take the opportunity to encircle and annihilate these 300,000 people, will we still let them retreat to the fortresses in all parts of Spain?

If these 300,000 people were really spread out and the city and fortresses were used to resist layer by layer, wouldn’t there be more dead people?

You should also know that you should not be ruthless in wars. You should act ruthless when it is time to act ruthless."

Of course Okundo knows this.

Problem, Spain is not much stronger.

At this moment, besides Carenho's 300,000 troops, there are only nearly 300,000 new recruits left in the jurisdiction of the Governor of New Spain, and many of them were recruited from the Holy Roman Empire.

If these 300,000 people were beaten to death and wounded, how many young and strong would be left in Spain?

He has fought for decades, and he knows the best in his heart what Spain has fought.

Most of Spain's farmland has been abandoned in the past few decades, and nothing has been produced in the country. If it weren't for the resources of the colonies, Spain would probably have been unable to hold on.

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Can you ruin your home?

Okundo hesitated for a while, and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, why don't I go and persuade me to surrender?"

I must find a way to convince the generals to put down their weapons and surrender, or simply follow His Majesty King Carenho to overthrow the Habsburg rule."

Uh, this one.

If you can persuade the surrender, it is naturally the best.

Not only did he save a lot of trouble, he also saved a lot of time.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I will give them a chance."

Tomorrow morning, you can take the Dragon Battleship to try it.

If they were willing to surrender, they would be fine whether they put down their weapons and went home or follow Carenho to overthrow the Habsburg rule.

If they are unwilling to surrender, don't blame me for being rude.

You should also understand that both legs cannot escape the ship. If they dare not surrender, I will immediately send troops to encircle and annihilate them."

Okundo nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, I will do my best to persuade them to surrender."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then ordered: "Xianglin, Dale, you will each choose 250,000 elite troops and gather near the port terminal. If people do not surrender tomorrow, you will set out by ship to occupy Seville and Malaga the day after tomorrow, and cut off their retreat."

Ma Xianglin and Zu Dale hurriedly bowed and said, "I will understand."

Taichang thought about it, and then said to Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen: "You will send someone to Madrid in a hurry and contact Goodman and let him try his best to find a way."

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."

It seems that I can only wait for tomorrow's result next. If it really doesn't work, it will take some trouble.

Taichang thought about it carefully before waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's retreat. If you have any questions, please wait until General Okundo comes back tomorrow."

Everyone quickly stood up and left, but Desera's face was full of loss and his movements were half a beat slower.

He originally thought that he would start the act soon, but who knew that the emperor suddenly focused on the 300,000 troops in Spain again.

The blood was boiling, but suddenly a basin of cold water poured down.

To be honest, he was really uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Taichang patiently advised: "Don't worry, it's only ten days or half a month to solve the problem of the 300,000 troops at most. You have been waiting for these past few years. Do you still care about these ten days?"

Well, I am indeed a little anxious.

That's what he was. He has been waiting for several years. So what if he waited for more than ten days?

Desera couldn't help but bowed awkwardly, "I understand, I am not in a hurry."

He really doesn't need to worry, because the area where 300,000 troops in Spain gathered is only five or six hundred miles away from the harbor south of Lisbon.

Whether it was Ao Kundo to persuade surrender or send troops to encircle and annihilate it would not take much time.

The reason why Taichang asked Okundo to take the Dragon Battleship was that he wanted Okundo to fight back and forth that day.

This time he didn't hide it anymore, and directly sent out a dragon battleship with armor.

He was worried that Okundo would ride in a dragon warship without armor, and as soon as the other person fired, Okundo would be in danger.

In fact, his worries were unnecessary.

Spain is already in panic now.

Because they have lost too many colonies in recent years and have suffered too many blows.

The Indian Tribal Alliance in America and the West African Kingdom in Africa took turns to push them to the ground, making them a little suspicious of their lives.

At this moment, they dared not take the initiative to fire at the warships of the Ming Empire. As long as they did not send a fleet to attack them, they would burn high incense.

Okundo was really not too familiar with the Strait of Gibraltar. He knew the equipment of the command post of the 300,000 troops.

At this moment, the Army Commander of the Continental Union, Wallenstein, had already gone alone, and he, the Navy Commander, had also disappeared.

After a few months, the Spanish garrison on the north side of the Strait of Gibraltar was so headless that it was slashed in panic.

When he appeared on a boat at the port dock near the command post, he even attracted a burst of cheer!

Well, these people thought he was here to take over the command of the army.

As for the battleship he was riding on, it doesn't seem to matter.

To be honest, his prestige in the Spanish army was really unmatched. He didn't even have to call people to summon him, and the generals here rushed over.

Okundo couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he looked at these generals with hopeful eyes.

Alas, everyone probably spent this period of time in pain.

OK, I hope everyone can get rid of it sooner.

When he saw that the generals leading the troops had almost arrived, he directly asked everyone to join the ship with him.

The generals followed him and walked onto the boat without thinking much.

However, when they walked onto the boat, they were a little stunned.

They originally thought that this was a warship captured by Okundo, who knew that except for the few personal guards of Okundo, the others were all from the Ming Empire!

This situation feels like a pirate ship.
To be continued...