908 Saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao will arrive
The Continental Union began to send troops, and whether it was the anti-Habsburg countries, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, were mobilizing their troops wildly.
London in southern England, Aarhus in northern Denmark, Gothenburg in southwestern Sweden, Marseille in southern France, Valencia in eastern Spain, Hamburg in northern Holy Roman Empire, Antalya in southwest Ottoman Empire, etc. are densely packed with army everywhere.
The Dutch armed merchant ships, the British pirate ships, the Continental Union ships, etc. all ran out, running around the continent and pulling people everywhere.
They gathered their troops so blatantly that they could naturally not escape the spies scattered across the continent of the Ming Empire.
What do these guys want to do?
When Taichang received the news, his face couldn't help but look ugly.
Because he had just sent a loan of five million pounds of silver to someone and was waiting for him to pay the compensation.
At this time, people gathered their troops like this, would they want to struggle to death or even fight to the death?
If this is the case, it will be a big trouble.
Because the business of the Atlantic merchants and the Daming Money House has just begun in various European countries, if they retreat, not only will the hard work of the past six months be wasted, but many goods will have to be given to others for nothing, and there is no time to take them away.
Moreover, they had just lent five million pounds of silver to others, but they didn't even pay them a single one.
By this calculation, their losses will probably be as high as hundreds of millions of taels of silver!
Of course, this loss is not much for the current Ming Dynasty, and the European countries will not benefit from any favors.
At this moment, there were only fifty fake armored warships in the Continental Union. Other ordinary ship warships and sail warships were even more overwhelming in front of the Ming Navy, and it was not worth mentioning at all.
In other words, now, the Ming Dynasty can at least rely on the advantages of the navy to occupy all port cities in continental countries.
If the Ming Dynasty is really annoyed, the Ming Dynasty can also mobilize millions of Indian tribes in North and South America to push it over. Not to mention flattening the entire continent, at least Spain, France, and Britain, the three most developed continental countries now, will be pushed to death by them.
At this time, the Continental Alliance will definitely not be able to beat the Ming Dynasty. It will only lead to both losses in the fight. Moreover, the Continental Alliance will at least be seriously injured by the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty may not be injured too much.
Doesn't the Continental Union know this?
Why are they gathering their troops so carelessly?
Are they impatient to live and really want to die?
Taichang was puzzled.
Of course, he wouldn't take it lightly.
He quickly sent a flying dragon warship to send a command from the continental region, ordering the shopkeeper of the Atlantic Businessman of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty Money House and the Jinyiwei who pretended to be a waiter to be prepared to retreat at any time. Once the situation is found to be wrong, don't care about anything and hurry up.
At the same time, he also ordered the defenders of the Lisbon Concession to be prepared to persevere. As long as they can hold on for a month, reinforcements will arrive.
After receiving the news, he immediately set off with the accompanying dreadnought, ASCHS and two thousand wolf-toothed warships, and headed straight for Xiyin Capital.
Although this battle was a bit hasty, he was not panicked.
It is impossible for the Continental League to win the Ming Dynasty at this time. They will definitely win, but it is still unpredictable how long it will take to play and how much the losses will be.
He was about to start working, but the result was indeed a bit funny and irritating.
The Emperor had just arrived at the port terminal of Xiyin Capital. He had just gotten off the ship. Sun Chuanting brought Zheng Zhilong, Sheng Huaixuan and others to come up quickly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that the Continental Alliance is not trying to start a war with us.
Their army was gathering towards Cadiz, Alciras and Antalya, and their target seemed to be Africa."
Sheng Huaixuan also bowed and said, "Your Majesty, news has been heard from the semicolons of various European countries, and they have begun to pay compensation."
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Taichang was stunned when he heard this.
He only knew Antalya, and he really didn't know what this and that, because these two were not famous port cities.
What is going on?
He was stunned for a moment and waved decisively: "Let's go, let's get on the boat and say."
Immediately afterwards, he said to Cao Huachun on the side: "Ziru, I ordered people to find the map of the continent."
Soon, everyone came to a conference room, and Cao Huachun also spread a detailed picture of the continent on the conference table.
After Taichang greeted everyone to sit down, he pointed to the map and asked, "Boya, where are the Cadiz and Alciras you mentioned?"
Sun Chuanting quickly pointed to the map and introduced: "Cadis and Alcilas are two port cities north of the Strait of Gibraltar. Cadiz is here and Alcilas is here.
The men of Britain, Sweden and Denmark seemed to be gathering for Cadiz on Dutch merchant ships, while the men of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were gathering for Alciras in armored warships.”
Cadiz and Alcilas were originally two small ports in southern Spain. One was opposite Ceuta, less than one hundred miles from North Africa, and the other was outside the Strait of Gibraltar, less than three hundred miles from North Africa.
Of course, these two places are not far from Lisbon, Cadiz is less than a thousand miles away from Lisbon, and Alcilas is only about one thousand miles away from Lisbon.
Will they be fiddling and then turning around to attack Lisbon?
Taichang looked at another assembly point and quickly denied the idea, because Antalya was tens of thousands of miles away from Lisbon and more than a thousand miles away from North Africa.
They obviously want to attack Africa
This is understandable.
Because America is not a place for them to colonize now, the Indian tribes in North America have already established twenty countries, and the Indian tribes in South America have also established more than ten countries.
Indian tribes in the Governor General of Peru, Governor General of La Plata and Governor General of Granada are also discussing to establish their own country.
After these countries were established, they would definitely not let the continental colonial robbers robbers robbers robbers robbers robbers robbers robbers robbers. Their population is no smaller than that of continental Europe, and their army has already exceeded one million.
If the continental colonial robbers still want to plunder across the sea, they will definitely pay a heavy price and will not be able to get anything.
It would be great if they could defend the jurisdiction of the New Spain Governor General at this moment.
They must also know that it is unlikely to colonize other parts of America, and most parts of Asia are under the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty. They go there and seek death. Therefore, they can only continue their robber-style plunder by colonizing Africa.
In fact, in history, almost all Africa was occupied by continental colonial robbers, but these colonial robbers plundered Africa more than one hundred years later than the time they plundered America.
As for the reason, roughly because most parts of North Africa are deserts, and the huge Sahara Desert is enough to discourage them.
The southernmost point of Spain is less than a hundred miles away from Africa, and they must have known about the existence of the African continent for a long time.
Question, what are they plundering in Africa? Are they going to grab sand in the desert?
It can be said that the Sahara Desert has protected Africa for more than a hundred years.
However, after colonial robbers gradually set foot in central and southern Africa, they discovered that in fact, the African continent is not full of deserts. There are jungles, fertile fields, gold, and mineral resources in central and southern Africa.
Therefore, in history, Africa could not escape the fate of being plundered by colonial robbers.
Of course, it's different now.
Because the Black God Army had already gone to Africa, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, they could also resist the invasion of continental colonial robbers like the Indian tribes in the Americas.
Taichang stared at the map and frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Feihong, how is the business over the continental region during this period?"
Zheng Zhilong hurriedly replied: "Master, business on the continental side is normal during this period. The business of the semicolons of various countries is growing steadily. The continental alliance really doesn't mean to go to war with us."
That's right.
If the Continental Union really wants to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's Atlantic business of the semicolon business located in various continental countries will definitely be abnormal.
The European Union is about to start a fight with the Ming Dynasty, how could it be normal?
People either buy and buy crazy, stock up on more goods, or buy nothing, just wait for the war to start and grab it directly.
This situation is enough to prove that the Continental Union does not want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, but wants to continue colonizing and robbing in Africa!
Taichang nodded slightly, then asked again: "Boya, how many troops did the Continental Union gather in Antalya, Cadiz and Alcilas? Did Zhongyong and others have received exact news?"
Sun Chuanting said carefully: "Your Majesty, there is no exact news yet. According to the latest news, the forces gathered by the Continental Union in Antalya, Cadiz and Alciras seem to be similar, both of which are about 500,000 or 600,000."
There are three agglomeration points, each of which is 500,000 or 600,000 people, which together is nearly 2 million people.
It seems that the Continental Union wants to swallow Africa in one bite!
How are Zuma and Atlanti?
When will their battle with the Delta-Dutch Kingdom and the Oyo Empire end?
Taichang discovered that he did ignore Africa during this period. He had been busy with South America. He had not even learned about the situation in Africa for several months.
The Continental Union has assembled nearly two million troops. Can Zuma and Atlanti stand it?
He frowned and pondered for a while, then asked, "Boya, have Zuma and Atlanti been sent back in the past few months?"
Uh, this one.
Sun Chuanting said embarrassedly: "More than two months ago, Mingshi sent back news that Zuma and Atlanti were advancing smoothly. They have led their troops to defeat the main forces of the Delta-Dutch Kingdom and the Oyo Empire respectively.
However, because the area there is too wide and communication is not convenient, Zuma and Atlanti led their troops into the Delta-Dutch Kingdom and the Oyo Empire, no news came back.
Weichen felt that their march should be smooth. If there is any problem, Mingshi will definitely repay it."
This is indeed a bit troublesome. There are no telegraph lines in Africa, and the territory of the Delta-Dutch Kingdom and the Oyo Empire is very large.
It took thousands of miles to travel around the horse, and it would take a month to fight back and forth. Zuma and Atlanti did not send the news back in time.
Question, how did they fight?
It’s just that things in the world are like this. Cao Cao will arrive.
While they were talking about Zuma and Atlanti, Cao Huachun walked in quickly and bowed and said, "Master, Zuma and Atlanti are asking for a meeting."
Taichang was stunned when he heard this.
Zuma and Atlanti actually ran back!
Chapter completed!