On the Atlantic Ocean, the coast of Morocco.

It was similar to what Yes Wood thought. When the shipwreck occurred, the first thing that got the news was Sao Tome and Principe, which were specially used in Portugal to detain black slaves and exiled prisoners. After receiving the news, local officials immediately boarded a Truchen ship and came to their capital city of Africa, Luanda.

In other words, Luanda, the capital of Angola in later generations.

At this time, although the canal has been built, due to the existence of the South African Governor's jurisdiction and the demand for some African supplies, there are still many Truchen ships running on the east and west coasts of Africa.

Of course, the frequency of ships is definitely not as high as that of the Ayuqi Canal, but there are still some, at least one ship can be seen every three days.

After the news reached Luanda, Governor Henry immediately boarded a Truchen steamer that happened to be parked in Luanda Harbor, and then drove all the way north to the coast of Morocco.

At this time, Yesmu's ironclad fleet finally arrived at the Algiers sea. The reason for delay was that he received a command from Qitad halfway, asking him to bring the wooden squadron of Malta and provide supplies there.

At the same time, the Spanish in Port Bigo also set off.

The Spanish are sailing boats. Although they are only a short distance from Porto, they need to wait for the wind. The northwest corner of Spain is just between the northeast trade wind belt and the westerly wind belt, and the wind direction is very chaotic.

But anyway, once they started, it was obviously much faster than the Truchen fleet, the Henry ships, which were still on the sea.

So, when the Spanish fleet arrived in Porto, the Truchen fleet was still near the coast of Lisbon, and the Atlantic Tengis was heading to the local area. Since Henry was a "prestigious" guest of the Truchens, he spared some more roads to send it to Lisbon.

The Fourth Fleet arrived in Port Lisbon almost at the same time as this Tengis!

And just as Henry walked onto the dock, all Tengis, who were exercising on the ocean, received a telegram that did not accept any senior Portuguese officials on a boat!

This is just a short step, but it is this step that has caused the situation in Portugal to fall into further chaos.

There is no way to do this, because the news that Henry was still in Luanda had long been mastered by the Truchen people. Although Truchen ships passed by there every now and then, the rules of appearance were not reliable, and Henry might not necessarily return to Portugal.

Furthermore, it is not certain whether Henry will compete for the Portuguese throne. Even if the Maria family dies, the people who can inherit the Braganza dynasty are Anna, Benetita and their children!

Henry has always been intimate with Truchen, so he must know their strength.

However, all people are good at hiding. The Bragansa Dynasty was able to tolerate the existence of the princes of the previous dynasty and has been passed down to the present, which shows that this family is very good at getting along with each other and shows their uncontested nature.

Maybe Henry himself is the same, but he can't stand the misses of ordinary Portuguese aristocrats. They do not miss the Aves dynasty and the descendants of the dynasty, but the more relaxed aristocratic system. Even if Henry is not a descendant of the Aves dynasty, but of any other dynasty, they will push it to the throne without hesitation.

The late eighteenth century was the "reform era" on the European continent, which was called enlightened autocracy. They abolished the serfdom, weakened the church's control over the state, and replaced the mercenary system with military service.

But after all, it was just the beginning. If it were in the 19th century, the Truchens would probably not have this opportunity.

Because they can tolerate descendants of the Aves dynasty, but they can never tolerate a prince from a pagan, even if this prince is related to blood - the church still has a strong influence here.

After Yesmu arrived in Lisbon, he immediately received news from Porto.

"Porto has been occupied by the Spanish, and the whole city has been looted by them!"

"Fleet, the army is advancing south!"

The Spanish appeared in Portugal so early and surprised Yesmu, but what surprised him even more was that Henry was back!

As soon as Henry came back, he immediately caused a huge wave in Lisbon.

Because Cardillo, who prefers Truchen, is the commander of the Navy, this allows the Fourth Fleet to dock in Port Lisbon smoothly. Once the Truchens are allowed to shore, they can go ashore and build a camp on the shore, not to mention that they already have a large warehouse in Port Lisbon.

After Henry entered the city, as the Spanish suddenly broke into Portugal, the old Sebastian no longer expected the Austrians and instead supported Henry. Under the premise that Truchen and Spain were all under the brink of the army, Archbishop Joao also began to be somewhat inclined to Henry, although he was also from the Braganza family.

As the Foreign Minister, Yesmu made his way into Lisbon City. Of course, Anna, Benetita and their children also successfully entered the palace.

Aruna and his group followed them in. They were all female soldiers or female agents, with only thirty people. After entering, Prime Minister Malik closed the city gate.

For the Truchens, it is not entirely bad news. Due to communication problems, and the Truchen fleet has blocked Port of Lisbon, the Spaniards still do not know their existence at this time.

Due to the overwhelming force of the Truchens, with Malik's acquiescence, the army in Portugal also tolerated the existence of the Spanish army. The Spanish have occupied a large city and are no longer interested in the cities along the way. They are pushing towards Lisbon with all their might.

There is also good news.

Anna and Benetita have not returned to the Lisbon Palace for five years. When the palace housekeeper Castillo fell in love with the two princesses who were so beautiful and elegant, the princes and princesses.

The Castillo family has been the chief of the palace since the founding of the Braganza Dynasty. He also has a palace guard. Although the number is not large and there is only one battalion, it is enough for a small palace.

When the two princesses entered the palace, they naturally carried a lot of salutes, which were obviously not all of them, but quite a few of them were Aruna's.

In addition to the thirty female soldiers and agents, more than a hundred people who looked like servants were accompanied, all of whom successfully arrived at the palace.

However, there is another Army delegate in Lisbon under Malik who has just been formed according to the regular military system. Malik also serves as the Landing Marshal and is now the direct controller of this division.

This teacher is very important, for Malik, and for the old Truchen people.

Don't forget Ambassador Bogler, he has not been idle these days.

Truchen Embassy.

Yesmu, Baogler was talking to a person, and saw that he looked like a typical Portuguese, about thirty years old, wearing casual clothes.

The three of them were talking nervously in a secret room in the embassy.

Although this is the embassy, ​​it is said that they are all Truchens, in order to show their friendly relations with Portugal, the embassy also hired some Portuguese like later generations, because some physical work such as cleaning cannot be completed by Truchens.

"Juniore, do you say only 30% of people support Truchen?"

It turns out that this person is named Junior, who is a battalion commander of the Lisbon Division. After the Lisbon Division was formed, it was not organized completely according to the military brigade battalion like Truchen. It is mainly organized in battalions. Units above the regiment only appear in wartime. This is a customary practice in Europe today.

In addition to saving money, all officers above the regiment were appointed by the former nobles. Most of these battalion leaders were ordinary farmers, sailors, and craftsmen. Although Sebastian carried out reforms, the aristocratic consciousness in his bones obviously would not make him a person who was completely on the side of ordinary people.

The fear of the rebellion of the lower classes still enveloped the traditional aristocracy. The reason why they reformed was not to please the lower classes, but to get rid of the constraints of the nobles and increase national strength.

But when they really fought, they obviously trusted officers from noble origins more.

Masters like Cardillo who are born into sailors are not common in Europe nowadays.

However, once some things are released, they will not be stopped, not to mention Truchen, a big country that has long been common as a role model.

Europeans are hostile to Truchen, and in addition to religious factors, there is obviously this factor.

"A country without aristocratic tradition is really terrible"

This is what they really think.

Junior is one of the officers that Baogler has won over in recent years. There are thirty officers like him. Originally, Yesmu thought that he would not say all of them, but at least 60% could win over. But according to what Junior just said, there were only ten!

This made Baogler look a little bad, but Yesmu, a Truchen master who is from both diplomatic and intelligence, didn't care.

"Although it is a bit reluctant, the consciousness of the 'Portuguese' has been formed. For them, whether it is Spain, Austria, or Truchen, they are all foreigners, even for the new army who are from poor backgrounds."

"What's more, in their shallow understanding, I thought it was the king who saved them"

People like Junior, without exception, were people who worked in the Truchens' ships, docks, and workshops, and later joined the Lisbon master.

They are willing to do things for Truchen, not because they yearn for Truchen, but because Truchen is too powerful and does not want to go against them at all.

"Also," Junior continued: "The fast horse that reported the news has flew out of the gates of Lisbon. It must have notified the castles. Most of these castles support Henry. In order to respond to Henry, the nobles of each castle will lead the garrison to Lisbon as early as three days and ten days at the latest."

This reveals a key.

Although Sebastian reformed the military system and the garrisons in various places had commanders, they had to obey the command of the nobles in each city during the war, and the knights of the nobles became upper-level officers at the same time!

The Portuguese new army also used Truchen's loans. According to the number of loans, the Truchen people had long calculated the scale of the new army - 50,000 people!

The three of them chatted for a while, and Junior left.

Yesmu said: "Bogler, you have been here for five years, and you are the first person to receive the news. I guess you have already had an idea"

Bao Gel nodded, "There is only one of the most critical figures at the moment. As long as he comes forward, he can turn the situation around."

"Oh?" Yesmu, who had served as ambassadors in many countries, his eyes lit up, and he quickly guessed who this person was.

At the same time, Sebastian, Malik and others who met Anna and Benetita were also a little scared after seeing them. They obviously did not dare to hurt them, but they also realized the danger.

They also thought of someone.

Archbishop Joao!

Malik quickly sent a company of troops there on the grounds of maintaining order in the cathedral, and Yesmu and Baogler were also on their way to the cathedral!
Chapter completed!