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Chapter 1630 Three European Camps
This winter, the communication between the ambassadors of the European countries has obviously become more frequent, but the war on the European continent has no intention of stopping at all. Under the watchful eyes of China and England, the countries are still constantly attacking for hegemony.

This winter, the Swedish army invaded South Germany and defeated the Holy Roman Empire in the Bredenfeld area.

"King Christian IV of Denmark has declared war on Queen Christina of Sweden!"

An astonishing news reached London, and the relationship between the Danish ambassador and the Swedish ambassador stationed in London suddenly became tense.

For a while, the attention of the ambassadors of various countries shifted from the conspiracy between the Chinese and the Venetians to the Kingdom of Denmark, which suddenly declared war on Sweden.

The war situation in Europe was already very chaotic, the Chinese came to intervene, and the King of Denmark seemed unwilling to be lonely and intervened in the war in Europe.

"The king of Denmark is really reckless. Soon the countries will be able to carve up the Holy Roman Empire. At this time, he actually wants to drag the Swedish army back. This is something that we, France, cannot allow!"

"Christian IV is a stupid pig. Now the enemy of Europe is the Habsburg Dynasty. His behavior has made Denmark small and poor. We, the Netherlands, are willing to support Sweden!"

The ambassadors of France and the Netherlands immediately stood up to support Sweden. They also needed a well-trained Swedish army to defeat the Holy Roman Empire and carve up the German region, and they could not allow the Kingdom of Denmark to stab a knife in the back.

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire supported the Kingdom of Denmark and demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Kingdom of Sweden from Germany.

The two camps of the Thirty Years War formed again, completely forgetting that the Chinese and the English formed the third camp, and the situation was very chaotic.

"The king of Denmark was afraid that the Swedish army would annex many territories of Germany and become the overlord of Northern Europe, so he fought against Sweden behind his back, and finally declared war this time."

The people in the intelligence department sent the collected information to Chu Yun.

The intelligence department had been deployed in Europe a long time ago, and it was already quite large at this time. There were more or less personnel from the intelligence department in each kingdom, and their news could often arrive at the same time as other intelligence sources reached the city of London. .

"This is a good thing for us. The more chaotic the situation in Europe, the better. We will have no fear in our expedition to the Mediterranean next year. They are busy fighting theirs, and we will fight ours." Chu Yun is happy to see Europe fall into a new round of chaos In this way, no kingdom has the energy to intervene in the Mediterranean war.

"Maybe this is our chance to win over the Kingdom of Denmark. We have already found a breakthrough from the Venetians. If we work together and lend a helping hand when the Kingdom of Denmark needs help, maybe the Kingdom of Denmark will also join our camp. Then we will You can enter the Nordic trade circle." When the Minister of Rituals learned that Denmark was about to be beaten by Sweden, the Netherlands, and France, he proposed another route to break the diplomatic deadlock to Chu Yun.

Helping the Venetians against the Ottoman Empire can allow Venetian merchants to trade and open up the Mediterranean market; and if helping the Kingdom of Denmark against Sweden, France, and the Netherlands, it can open up the Nordic market.

There are three major ocean trade circles in Europe, the Atlantic trade circle, the Nordic trade circle, and the Mediterranean trade circle. Taking the Mediterranean trade circle and the Nordic trade circle is equivalent to dominating the oceans of Europe.

The Ottoman Empire declared war on Venice, and Sweden declared war on Denmark. The war gave Chu Yun the opportunity to take advantage of it. It depends on whether he has the strength to win these opportunities.

"At the same time, we declare war on the three kingdoms of France, Sweden, and the Netherlands. At present, we don't have the energy to divide the Ottoman Empire first. The Danes should be able to hold it for two or three years, right?" Chu Yun thought about it, and it is very difficult to fight against the whole of Europe. One stupid thing, there are thousands of fortresses in Europe because of frequent wars, and I don’t know how long it will take to tear down these fortresses.

In addition, there is no need for a full-scale war. It is entirely possible to win over one party to attack the other, let them kill each other, and then continue to fan the flames.

At this time, the 30-year war was coming to an end, and 800 million people across Europe died of war, disease, and famine, most of which were in the German region that became the main battlefield.

Chu Yun intends to carry out his original plan of entering the Mediterranean, split the Ottoman Empire first, win over the Venetian merchants, and then go back and meddle in the affairs of Northern Europe. At that time, he may have to confront France and the Netherlands head-on.

The chaos in Europe was not just wars between France and Spain, the Netherlands and Spain, Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire, Denmark and Sweden, and soon the Spaniard's captain on the island of Cuba brought back Sophia to attack Spain in the West Indies Colonial news.

King Philip IV of Spain was furious when he heard that the English had raided their colony. He accused Sophia of the sneak attack, ordered the confiscation of all the property of the English in the Spanish territory, and expelled them from the country, stopping all trade with England.

If it were not for the two enemies of the Netherlands and France, Philip IV would even immediately declare war with England.

When the Spanish ambassadors who learned that the fallen colonies of Haiti and Jamaica had returned their passports and returned to Spain, the two countries began to feud.

At the same time, Sofia received the Portuguese ambassador and expressed her willingness to follow the ancient England-Portugal alliance oath "Treaty of Windsor", support the independence of the Portuguese, and jointly fight against the pressure brought by the Spaniards.

Chu Yun was also drawn into the "Treaty of Windsor", formally forming a third camp independent of the two camps in Europe.

Originally, the emerging group headed by the three giants of France, the Netherlands, and Sweden and the Habsburg group headed by Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were evenly matched, but now the Windsor Group, which is joined by China, England, and Portugal, broke this balance and made Spain Even more afraid to take the initiative to declare war on England.

Spain's temporary weakness strengthened Chu Yun's confidence in opening up the Mediterranean trade circle first. He judged that Spain did not have the courage to fight against two groups at the same time.

The expedition to Constantinople was still going on intensely, and various materials were carried to the warships in boxes and barrels.

The factories that Western companies had established in advance on royal land in London played an unprecedented role in the preparations for this expedition.They have machines and skilled workers. Chu Yun's fleet this time has brought new technology and machines. A large amount of fish and canned fruits are produced in the factory to provide fresh food for the expedition fleet.

They also began to produce artillery and muskets and ammunition in England, ready to make up for the consumption of the expeditionary force.

(End of this chapter)