Daming Military Empire

Chapter 307 The Situation in Continental Europe

Although Zhu Cijiong has no intention of helping Portugal compete for the Gold Coast, he found that this way of learning Spanish is quite effective. It is no doubt a surprise that he can understand simple Spanish after learning Spanish for less than a month. Harvesting, he simply summoned the envoys of the European Continental Mission, and everyone communicated in the way of combining the Western and Han Dynasties. Of course, this time they will no longer discuss the issue of the Gold Coast, but analyze the situation in Continental Europe.

These few people, how should I put it, Shivira has long surrendered to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and the envoys of the European Continental Mission were also impressed by the power of the Emperor of the Ming Empire this time, so they naturally dare not disobey Zhu Cijiong Willingness is also very pertinent when analyzing the situation in Europe, and never talks nonsense, but everyone except Shivela is very cautious, and basically they will not speak unless they are asked.

Zhu Cijiong doesn't really care about this point. Asking more questions is also a form of exercise. If they don't take the initiative to speak, they should ask more questions. It just happens to practice more spoken English. Zhu Cijiong's Spanish has improved by leaps and bounds these days, but the situation in Europe has made him more I'm getting more and more worried.

Based on the analysis results of these people, the current situation in Continental Europe can be summed up in one sentence: Almost the entire Continental Europe is against the Habsburg Dynasty!

The Habsburg dynasty can be said to be the most extensive royal family in the history of continental Europe. They have successively ruled the Holy Roman Empire, the Principality of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal, as well as several Italian principalities and The former Netherlands.

During the heyday of the Habsburg dynasty, it ruled nearly half of the territory of continental Europe, plus the colonies around the world. It can be said that the Habsburg dynasty ruled almost half of the world. Now, in the 11th year of Chongzheng, except for Ned Netherlands has become independent as the Netherlands, and all the above-mentioned territories are still under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty. That is to say, the Habsburg dynasty has just passed its peak period in recent years, but it is still in its heyday.

The so-called prosperity must decline, precisely because the Habsburg dynasty was too powerful, so it attracted the envy and hatred of the great powers, and the 30-year war in Europe was caused by the competition between the European powers and the Habsburg dynasty for European hegemony.

The cause of this war was that the old powers France secretly supported some Protestant princes under the Holy Roman Empire to resist the rule of the Habsburg dynasty. The final result was that the princes who believed in Protestantism formed the Protestant Alliance, and the princes who believed in the Old Church formed the Catholic Alliance. , the Holy Roman Empire, the most powerful country under the Habsburg dynasty, was suddenly on the verge of splitting.

The fuse of this war was the outbreak of an uprising against the Habsburg dynasty in the Czech Republic. This Czech Republic is the Bohemia mentioned above. In fact, the uprising against the Habsburg dynasty in Bohemia could only It is said that it is an internal war of the Holy Roman Empire, because the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is also the king of Bohemia, so the suppression of the Bohemian uprising by the Holy Roman Emperor has nothing to do with other countries, but the European powers use this As an excuse, a war was launched.

France has been trying to compete with the Habsburg dynasty for European hegemony. Denmark and Sweden do not want to see their neighbors, the Holy Roman Empire, back to strength and threaten them. Britain is trying to compete with the Habsburg dynasty for control of a duchy. , and the Netherlands has long been fighting with Spain because of its independence, so these five countries formed an anti-Habsburg alliance, and a war that swept across the European continent officially broke out.

First of all, Britain, France, and the Netherlands contributed money and weapons, and Denmark sent troops to directly attack the northwestern region of Germany controlled by the Holy Roman Empire.At that time, the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II was caught off guard, and the imperial army was retreating steadily, and he was about to be unable to withstand it. At this time, he thought of a genius: Wallenstein.

This Wallenstein was the chief servant of the former Holy Roman Emperor Matthias, and he was extremely loyal to the empire. At this time, he was suppressing the uprising against the Habsburg dynasty in Bohemia.That kind of small uprising is not painful, let them go and make trouble, the Danish army is deadly, so Ferdinand II directly ordered to recall Wallenstein.

Wallenstein immediately led [-] mercenaries back from Bohemia after receiving the emperor's edict. He really lived up to his reputation as a genius. His mercenaries did not need equipment or food, and the more they fought, the shorter In a short time, it became an army of [-]. To be precise, it was an army of [-] locusts. They supported wars with wars and grabbed them wherever they went. It was like locusts crossing the border.

Naturally, such a genius Denmark can't do it, so they left in a hurry. Such a genius will definitely be jealous. In the end, under pressure, Ferdinand II dismissed Wallenstein from his post, and Wallenstein was also depressed. gone.

It seems that the war ended like this, but how could the anti-Habsburg alliance give up easily? Britain, France, and the Netherlands continued to contribute money. This time it was Sweden who sent troops. At this time, Sweden also had a military genius. The most illustrious King Gustav II.

This Gustav II lived up to the name of a genius, and led the Swedish army to drive straight in, defeating the army of the Holy Roman Empire, even Count Tilly, the commander of the imperial army, was killed by him, and the Holy Roman Empire was in jeopardy.

The desperate Ferdinand II had to reactivate Wallenstein, who had been driven back to his hometown to farm. Now those who were jealous of Wallenstein stopped talking, and Wallenstein regained control of the imperial army. A great battle broke out.

The two geniuses, Wallenstein and Gustav II, have yet to decide who is better, because their first encounter was a farewell. In the battle of Lützen, Wallenstein was repelled, but Gustav II Staf II was killed!
Genius is always lonely. Gustav II was killed in battle, the Swedish army collapsed, and Wallenstein was already invincible; but genius is also inevitably hated by others. Even Ferdinand II believed it, so the officers loyal to the empire left him one after another, and the soldiers loyal to the empire rushed directly into his bedroom and killed him!
The performance of the two geniuses came to an end, and the Holy Roman Empire won again.

The two protagonists have both left the scene. It seems that this war should be over. However, there are never many pretentious people in this world. Such people generally think that they are the protagonists.

For example, the prime minister of King Louis XIII of France and the conspirator Duke Richelieu who has been manipulating the war behind the scenes think so. You little boys and supporting actors can't do the Habsburg dynasty, so only the protagonist will appear in person up.

The protagonist's debut is naturally extraordinary, he directly declared war on the entire Habsburg dynasty, including the Holy Roman Empire, including the Kingdom of Spain!

(End of this chapter)