The Most Powerful Man in the World

His fists clenched and clucked, and Charles I gritted his teeth and said, "This king knows."

When Archduke Rose walked out of the hall, he heard the sound of banging and smashing things in the hall behind him. Obviously, this was Charles I smashing things to vent his inner anger.

It didn't take long for many ministers in the kingdom to be summoned, and many people had already received the news, so they understood the purpose of Charles I's summoning them, but most people did not have such a channel. , so I don't understand why the king hurriedly summoned them at this time.

When Charles I announced the news of the Mingren attacking the Strait of Gibraltar, many people exclaimed.

Just as the monarchs and ministers of Daming thought that Daming was the upper kingdom of the heaven and the four barbarians were all barbarians, these kingdom ministers were obviously immersed in Spain's invincible past.

In the eyes of these people, although the world is big and there are many kingdoms, few can take it seriously, let alone make them feel a sense of crisis.

But now the king actually told them that someone was attacking the Strait of Gibraltar, and even someone blushed and said, "It's crazy, it's so crazy, do you think my kingdom of Spain is easy to bully?"

Of course, this is not very familiar with Daming, but all the ministers who know about Daming are standing there one by one, their faces are full of contemplation, and they have no intention of opening their mouths.

Charles I frowned, his eyes narrowed and said: "Let's talk about it, what should we do when Ming people invade our country."

"War, what else can be considered, only a war can let Ming people know what a sea power is."

Some people kept silent, while others were clamoring for war. The result was predictable. From the standpoint of Charles I, Mingren had already called at the door. He's going to be laughed at.

The mighty army can be said to be closely following the Grand Duke Rose, but in one day, more than ten kilometers away from the city of Toledo, the flags were covered by the sun, and the smoke was billowing.

Such a big movement naturally alarmed the people of Toledo City. The Toledo City Guards who received the warning hurriedly closed the city gate, and a group of generals gathered on the city wall and looked out from a distance.

I saw a piece of smoke billowing in the distance, and under the smoke and dust was an army of black pressure.

As the saying goes, once the number of people exceeds [-], there are no boundaries. What's more, Yu Dayou brought nearly [-] men and horses to kill them, and tens of thousands of people were spread out, which was really amazing.

Several generals looked at the Daming army formation in the distance, which seemed to be like a divine soldier descending from the sky.

Not long ago, they discussed with King Charles how to mobilize troops and how to rush to the port to stop the Ming people.

In the end, it was only one day, and the army of Ming people had already appeared under the city.

Some generals squinted their eyes, but they were counting the time in their hearts. According to the speed of Grand Duke Qiangwei, it took nearly ten days to rush back from the port, and the army of the Ming Dynasty was only delayed by less than two days. If you do this, there is a lot more to show.

At least from this time alone, we can see a lot of things, first of all, the approximate time when the port fell, and the speed of the Ming people's march.

The more you think about it, the more shocked you are.

At the same time, in the palace, Charles I was taking a lunch break. When the servants shouted from outside the bedroom, Charles I angrily pushed the body of a lady in his arms away, and put on his clothes. Walking out, he shouted angrily: "Didn't you see this king resting, what is it that disturbed this king to rest?"

The attendant said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, Mingren... Mingren is here!"

Charles I was stunned for a moment, with a bit of puzzlement, and looked at the attendant in confusion. It took a while for Charles I to react, and his voice was sharp and loud: "What, what are you talking about, Mingren is here, how is this possible? ."

The attendant was taken aback, apparently surprised by the reaction of Charles I, but the attendant said to Charlie with great certainty: "Your Majesty, the Ming army is outside the capital at this moment..."

"Follow this king out of the palace, but this king wants to see who is pretending to be a ghost, how could they suddenly kill them at such a long distance from the port to the capital? Could it be that these wise men are all The magic weapon can't be made, and it appeared under the city in such a short period of time."

It didn't take long to see Charles I hurriedly appearing above the city wall, and when the generals saw Charles I, they hurriedly greeted him.

Charles I waved his hand, indicating that the generals don't need to be too polite, and then stood at the city wall and looked outside.

Just looking at it, Charles I's expression changed greatly, because in the range of his sight, there were black people's heads, just looking at the size of the army formation, judging from the experience of Charles I, the Ming army under the city at least at this moment. Thousands.

You must know that the defenders in the city at this moment are no more than three or four thousand people. After all, a considerable part of the domestic troops were recruited by Grand Duke Qiangwei and gathered in the port.

As a result, tens of thousands of troops were wiped out in one battle, and the immediate consequence was that the country was empty, and even this important place was guarded by only thousands of soldiers and horses.

In fact, if it wasn't for the unlucky Kingdom of Spain being targeted by the Ming army, Spain would be in full swing, with [-] to [-] percent of its troops scattered overseas, leaving only a very small number of troops in the country to sit in. That would be normal, and it would be impossible. There was a case of being attacked by soldiers.

However, Spain happened to provoke the Ming army, and as a result, such a situation emerged.

It is precisely because of the emptiness in the country that Charles I was so panicked when he saw the numerous soldiers and horses of the Ming army below.

In the face of tens of thousands of troops, Charles I was able to establish Spain and lead it to become the monarch of a powerful maritime country. Naturally, he was not a fool. He knew very well that with the thousands of troops in the city alone, he might not be able to defend the city.

Since there is a risk of losing the defense of the city, we must find a way to solve the current problem.

Turning his eyes, Charles I had an idea, and glanced at the ministers around him.

After all, after a while, many of the ministers who received the news rushed over to accompany Charles I one by one.

"Whoever wants to go out of the city to talk to the people of Ming on behalf of this king, whatever they want, even if they say it, as long as we can do it, we will definitely not refuse."

This has been beaten to the door of the house, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about. As long as you can get through the current difficulties, you can gather people and find a way to get back.

As the saying goes, being able to bend and stretch is a man.

Although Charles I didn't know such a sentence, his actions were like this. As the lord of a country, he didn't care whether he would lose face if he begged for mercy. In his eyes, his own safety was more important where his face was.

According to the rumors, Ming people can be described as murderous, and these ministers and generals are not to mention how annoyed they are. If they knew this, it would be better for them to come later. It is better than being stared at by Charles I at this moment. If he was chosen to be a messenger, he would never return.

Whenever Charles I's eyes fell on someone, that person lowered his head, wishing that a crack would appear on the ground for him to hide in.

Seeing the reactions of the crowd, Charles I sighed in his heart and pointed out, "Count Bauhinia, why don't you go out of the city on behalf of this king."

Earl Bauhinia was stunned when his name was called, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face, but he did not refuse, but agreed.

Squeaky, the city gate opened, I saw a few figures walking out of the city gate, and then the city gate closed with a bang, leaving only Earl Bauhinia and his group who walked out of the city.

Several sentries came quickly, staring at Earl Bauhinia and shouting: "Who are you, why did you leave the city?"

Earl Bauhinia tried his best to use the incomparably lame Da Ming official language: "The messenger, we are the messenger!"

It took a lot of time for the guards to listen to the words of Earl Bauhinia and figure out the purpose of this group of people.

In the temporary camp, Yu Dayou looked at the group of Earl Bauhinia brought by the sentry, and sat there, watching with great interest.

Earl Bauhinia, who feels as if he is being treated like a monkey, is not as angry as he is, but the situation is not as good as others. He is here to seek peace on behalf of the king. The bad thing is that he himself will be killed.

After losing a lot of energy and suppressing the anger in his heart, Earl Bauhinia said to Yu Dayou: "Our country and your country are originally harmonious countries, but for some reason it has come to this point. The country provoked a war, and I came here on a special order, willing to negotiate with your country."

The corners of Yu Dayou's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at Jiao Yuan, who was beside him, and motioned for Jiao Yuan to speak with Earl Bauhinia.

Jiao Yuan, who was sitting beside him, nodded towards Yu Dayou, then looked at Earl Bauhinia, and shouted suddenly, "Will you find out the guilt?"

Regardless of whether it was Jiao Yuan or Yu Dayou, in the past few years, he had learned to speak fluent Spanish, so Earl Bauhinia could hear it clearly and clearly.

With a bit of grievance and confusion on his face, he said, "What does this lord mean by this?"

Jiao Yuan waved his hand and said with a bit of domineering: "You and other small countries dare to attack the fleet of my heavenly kingdom at sea. This is not a sin or anything."

"Misunderstanding, this must be a misunderstanding, our country has always liked peace..."

With a puff, Yu Dayou, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but spit out a sip of tea. He saw Yu Dayou looked at Earl Bauhinia with an unbelievable look on his face. After a long time, he said, "I admire, I admire below."

To be honest, even Jiao Yuan deeply admired Earl Bauhinia's cheeky, nonsense, at least he couldn't say such shameless words.

As soon as the table was settled, Yu Dayou stared at Earl Bauhinia and said, "Don't say more nonsense, aren't you here on behalf of Charles I, then you will pass a message to Charles I on behalf of this commander, and ask him to honestly plead guilty. If the city surrenders, this commander will definitely give him a way to survive and preserve his prosperity, if not, hum..."

With a look of distress on his face, Earl Bauhinia said to Yu Dayou, "Your Majesty, His Majesty the King is very sincere, and our country is willing to pay millions of gold coins to pay tribute to your country, and I also ask you to withdraw troops..."

Holding the teacup, Yu Dayou ignored Earl Bauhinia and just tasted the tea quietly, but Jiao Yuan got up and stretched out his hand towards Earl Bauhinia and said, "There's nothing else to talk about, so please send a few words back to the city."

Earl Bauhinia couldn't help but shouted to Jiao Yuan and Yu Dayou: "Two, two, we are sincere, war is inhumane, if you are not satisfied with the compensation, we can talk, we can talk..."

He glanced at Earl Bauhinia with disdain, only to hear Yu Dayou's slow voice: "Tsk tsk, your country is really sincere, and you are only willing to give out a million gold coins, I am afraid that any big noble in your country's family property will be lost. It won't be less than a million gold coins."

During the conversation, Yu Dayou had a look of fear on his face, and waved his hand: "Master Jiao, see off the guest for this handsome!"

Earl Bauhinia said with a flustered face: "What do you want, we can talk about it again!"

For Yu Dayou's unreasonable playing cards, Earl Bauhinia is very uncomfortable. When he wants to come, Yu Dayou must want more benefits. As long as Yu Dayou is willing to talk about it, it is not impossible for them to give more benefits, but the premise is To be able to talk.

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At this moment, Yu Dayou made it clear that he didn't want to talk to them. How could this not make Earl Bauhinia worried.

The situation in the country at the moment, Earl Bauhinia, as a high-level figure in the kingdom, is naturally all too clear. If it is really impossible to hold off the Ming army through peace talks, it is really unrealistic to rely on the thousands of people in the city to defend the capital. .

Once the capital is breached, not to mention whether the kingdom will be destroyed, even if the kingdom can be rebuilt afterwards, but what will happen to these nobles, even if the Earl of Bauhinia has toes to think about it, he can imagine.

Therefore, the Earl of Bauhinia did not hesitate to go out of the city as an envoy to negotiate with Mingren when Charles I named his name.

However, the reaction of the celebrities was beyond the expectations of Earl Bauhinia. In Earl Bauhinia's imagination, Mingren should have peace talks with them.

After all, the ultimate goal of all wars is to gain benefits. As long as they are willing to pay huge benefits, a war can be completely avoided.

However, Earl Bauhinia was thinking badly. Yu Dayou and the others didn't seem to have any intention of negotiating peace.

Earl Bauhinia, who was dragged by several soldiers, said loudly to Yu Dayou: "We are willing to negotiate, we are willing to negotiate, what do you want, but say..."

It's a pity that Yu Dayou was unmoved by it. He sat there and said slowly: "If I want something, I will take it myself."

After saying this, Yu Dayou said impatiently, "Send them back to the city."

Soon the despairing Earl Bauhinia was sent to the city by a team of soldiers, and then those soldiers left Earl Bauhinia and others under the city and turned away.

Above the city wall, Charles I looked at Earl Bauhinia with some anticipation and said loudly: "Earl Bauhinia, come up quickly."

Soon a hanging basket was seen hanging down, and Earl Bauhinia glanced at the direction of the Ming army camp behind him with a bit of unwillingness, and then he gritted his teeth and got into the hanging basket.

Above the city wall, Charles I watched Earl Bauhinia come out of the hanging basket. Not only Charles I, but the generals and ministers on the side also looked at Earl Bauhinia.

"How is it, what did Akira say?"

"Are they asking for gold and silver compensation? We can give them gold and silver, as long as they are willing to retreat."

"Yes, they should be content after spending millions of gold coins."

A group of people, you say something to me, your tone is relaxed and a little disdainful, as if they can give away some gold and silver casually, they will be able to retreat the Ming army in front of them.

However, Earl Bauhinia slowly shook his head, and amidst the doubtful eyes of the crowd, he said to King Charles I: "Your Majesty, Mingren asks His Majesty the King that you go out of the city and surrender to them in person..."

"What, absolutely not, they are so crazy, they dare to even make such an unreasonable request!"

A general loyal to Charles I could not help roaring loudly.

Many ministers also had angry expressions on their faces, as the so-called humiliation and death of ministers. Although they said that Western countries do not pay attention to these, they still understand the principle of one glory and one loss.

The Ming people demanded that Charles I surrender the city, which means that the capital will be destroyed by itself, and these people will most likely become prisoners.

Thinking of this, these people are a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, you must not agree, the big deal is that we will fight with them!"

"Yes, we fought!"

Some people demanded a deadly battle with Daming, and some people also persuaded Charles I to open the city to surrender, and the last two factions almost fought on the city wall.

Charlie I, who had always had a cold face, suddenly shouted, "Enough, aren't you in a mess? It's already time, and you still have the heart to quarrel here."