The Marquis of Mendoza left in despair. This Marquis who was loyal to the Spanish Empire and the Emperor would never have the chance to be the Vice-King of Peru again, because he simply could not complete the mission entrusted to him by Emperor Leopold...

However, the mission of French Foreign Minister Leodo and Cardinal de La Magarra continues!

"Your Majesty," Cardinal de la Magarra said, "the Catholic Church has never attempted to conquer China. We only hope to spread God's message peacefully in China..."

"Uh!" Zhu Heji's eyes widened and he looked at Drama Gala fiercely.

The latter shuddered, remembering that he was probably discussing with the devil about spreading Catholicism... Even if the devil could agree, he couldn't agree! Agreeing would be making a deal with the devil!

"Forget it, we the Catholic Church have given up!" Cardinal de la Magala said, "We only want to be able to preach freely west of the Strait of Malacca."

"It's west of Myanmar!" Zhu Heji corrected, "In addition, the Catholic Church is not allowed to go deep into the snowy plateau... No Westerners are allowed to enter there!"

"Okay, okay..." Cardinal de la Magala shrugged, "If you don't let us go, we won't go."

French Foreign Minister Leonhard said: "We can guarantee that no Westerners or Catholic missionaries will be allowed to enter the snowy areas... If anyone does not comply with the regulations, France - the Frankish Empire will not be responsible for their safety

any obligation.”

Cardinal de la Magala added: "The Church will have nothing to do with them."

Zhu Heji nodded with satisfaction. The statements of Leonardo and Drama Gala meant that Westerners had recognized the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty!

Now all it takes is a Spanish emperor who is dead or has lost all of Mexico to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty. In the next one hundred or even one hundred and fifty years, no one will dare to directly offend the Ming Dynasty.

However, the long-term peace between Eastern and Western civilizations guarding their borders is not what Zhu Heji wanted... It is a beautiful imagination to be prepared for danger in times of peace. In most cases, people will forget about dangers in times of peace.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty needs an enemy that can promote its own progress!

But it is best not to start a direct war between Ming Dynasty and this enemy...the main force is out of reach!

Thinking of this, Zhu Heji said to Leonard: "Minister of Foreign Affairs, the long distance between the Ming Dynasty and France - the Frankish mainland determines that it is unlikely that our two countries will go to war directly in the foreseeable era!"

He spoke very slowly, as if he was carefully considering every word. After finishing a paragraph, he stopped, waiting for the recording and translation to be completed.

"Your Majesty, you are right," Leonard finally smiled and said in Latin, "Confrontation between our two countries can be completely avoided."

"No!" Zhu Heji interrupted Leo Na directly and said in Chinese, "War should be avoided, but confrontation is impossible to avoid! Our two countries should control the scale of the confrontation and prevent it from escalating into a war.

A long-term and difficult-to-win war. Perhaps, the two of us can have a cold war!"

"A cold war? Your Majesty, you mean..."

Zhu Heji said: "What I mean is that we don't really want to fight, but we can use all means other than direct war to fight!"

He paused and then said: "In order to prevent confrontation from escalating into a war, we'd better demarcate one or two frontier areas...such as the New World, such as the Indian Ocean, or the Balkan Peninsula, North Africa, and West Asia.

!

In addition, both of us should maintain a policy of non-alignment or careful alliance... The Ming Dynasty will not ally with the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Persia, the Hindustan Empire, and the Aztec Kingdom. I also hope that France-the Frankish Empire will not

Form an alliance with Great Mongolia and exercise restraint in America."

Hearing Zhu Heji's words, Leo knew that his trip to the East had been a success! And Louis XIV's bastard daughter was not given away in vain, because the policy proposed by Zhu Heji was exactly what he wanted.

It's what France - the Frankish Empire needs.

France - the Frankish Empire also needs a great dynasty that can be seen but cannot hit the enemy!

Only if we can see it, Europe can remain united. If we can't fight it, France - the Frankish Empire can be invincible! If we can fight it, it's hard to say...

Thinking of this, Leona said to Zhu Heji: "Your Majesty the Emperor, your request is acceptable to the French Empire. Can we sign an agreement?"

Zhu Heji shook his head and said with a smile: "No agreement is needed... We can jointly issue a joint statement announcing the bottom lines, goals and codes of conduct of our two countries."

Leona smiled and nodded: "This is the best. Let's make a statement... I believe that the whole world will benefit from the restraint and goodwill of our two countries."

...

Leopold I is dying!

He's about to commit suicide!

Although Big Devil Zhu and Little Devil Zhu on the other side of the ocean have already made harsh words to take his life, there are no telephones, telegraphs, or trans-Pacific communications these days. The speed of trans-Pacific communication is March. If you miss it in the summer, the wind and waves in the North Pacific will be smaller.

In this season, the boat carrying Demon King Xiaozhu has been drifting on the sea for half a year, and it is still uncertain.

Therefore, it is not Zhu Heji or Zhu Yimei who can really decide the life or death of Leopold I. Of course, it is not people like Montezuma, Huang Feiyu, Serington Dobu, Su Zhanyang, and Zhou Peigong - they may have the power to defeat Li.

Opold, but it was almost impossible to kill Leopold unless Leopold committed suicide himself.

And when Emperor Zhu and Demon King Xiao Zhu said harshly that they would kill Leopold, Montezuma's army had not yet completed the siege of Mexico City!

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In fact, King Mengchuang did not have the troops to surround Mexico City. Mexico City is a very large city, and the perimeter of the outer city wall is close to ten Spanish miles (55

kilometers). Although Leopold did not have enough troops to guard such a long city wall, along the outer wall of Mexico City, there was a triangular solid fort every two to three hundred yards, and there were cannons on the fort that could fire shotguns!

And there are two wide trenches outside these triangular forts!

As long as Leopold's men defended dozens of triangular solid forts, they could ensure that the outer walls of Mexico City would not be lost.

And Montezuma's army was only tens of thousands. Facing such a large castle, it was really powerless. It was impossible to siege or break the city, so he had to capture a castle called Turtitlan north of Mexico City.

Small town - this is the fiefdom that King Montezuma gave to the Spaniards when he was a count. Then he built a large camp based on this small town to confront Mexico City.

In other words, if Leopold wanted to leave, he could leave at any time under the escort of one or two thousand German cuirassiers. Although Montezuma's tiger soldiers were capable of fighting, they were all fusiliers, not

Cavalry. The Indians under King Mengchuang were almost all former serfs. The military advisors sent by the Shang Fang Kingdom could teach them to line up and shoot them, but it was difficult to turn them into cavalry that could compete with the German cuirassiers.

So Leopold could leave at any time if he wanted to.

But Leopold, who had already lost an imperial capital, was now really interested in Mexico City - although this city did not have the status of a capital, and the current Spanish Empire did not have an official capital, in Leopold

In Germany's mind, Mexico City is another Vienna. He has already lost one Vienna and must not lose a second one.

Of course, it doesn't mean he will die if he doesn't leave Mexico City... because he can still "call for help", call the Duke of Lorraine in Leon City to lead troops to rescue him, or call the people who are in Guadalajara.

Eugen von Savoy, who was pulling hard outside the city, came to the rescue.

As long as one of the two Spanish imperial armies returned to the Mexica Valley, King Montezuma would have no choice but to retreat with his tail between his legs.

But the problem is that as soon as the Duke of Lorraine retreats, Leon will be gone! And once Leon is lost, the Zacatecas silver mine will be lost too... That is the second largest silver mine in the world!

And as soon as Eugen von Savoy retreats, the city of Guadalajara will be lost! This city is one of the largest cities in New Spain. The handicraft industry in the city is very developed, and it also controls several countries in the Pacific.

Dagang.

Once Montezuma captures the city of Guadalajara, his strength will immediately reach a higher level, and he can also easily obtain military aid from the Ming Dynasty through the ports on the Pacific.

So Leopold was reluctant to reach Guadalajara!

And the situation in the Mexica Valley looks pretty good...

Standing on the Chapultepec Castle on the top of Chapultepec Mountain in the north of the outer city of Mexico, Leopold I put down the telescope in his hand, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to the Mexico City Defense Commander beside him: "S

Count Talenberg, have you seen that? Montezuma's traitor who surrendered to the devil is in trouble. He is unable to attack at all and can only build fortifications outside Mexico City. This shows that the advantage lies with me... now

As long as the Duke of Lorraine or General Eugen wins, glory and victory will belong to Spain!"

Count Stallenberg frowned deeply: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I still recommend that you move to the Port of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico... You can wait for reinforcements from Cuba there, and then bring them with you

Let them help resolve the crisis in Mexico City."

Emperor Leopold looked very unhappy after hearing this, "Crisis? Where is the crisis in Mexico City? Count, can't you defend Mexico City?"

"No, it's not..." Count Stallenberg shook his head, "Unless we get enough reinforcements, before Mexico City's reserves are exhausted, it is impossible to rely on Montezuma's troops to fight in Mexico.

The city wins."

Leopold said confidently: "There is enough food in Mexico City to last for a year!"

The situation in New Spain is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. The land originally lived by tens of millions of people was used by millions of people, so the food supply was relatively sufficient, especially in the Mexica Valley where agriculture was quite developed.

Leopold asked again: "Then you are worried that the Duke of Lorraine and Eugen Savoy will be defeated?"

"No, it's not that..." Count Stallenberg shook his head and said, "The war progress in Leon and Guadalajara is very slow... I guess it will have to be fought.

It will take many months or even a year to determine the winner."

The current war in Mexico is more or less like a fight between novices. The Spanish Imperial Army on the Mexican battlefield is actually a "puppet army". It is a small number of white-skinned officers escorting mixed Indians into battle, and they cannot fight a tough battle at all. And Monte

Although Zuma's side is full of reborn Indians with high morale, there are too many new recruits and too few officers and veterans.

Without veterans to accompany the new recruits, they would be just as prone to chaos on the battlefield, and it would be equally difficult to fight a tough battle. Therefore, Montezuma, under Huang Feiyu's suggestion, could only build a stronghold and fight tough battles while allocating fields to the Indians.

Turn a military war into a political war!

So now there are three stalemates on the Mexican battlefield - in the Mexica Valley, City of Leon and City of Guadalajara, there are fortresses on both sides, and there are defenses that are conducive to defense.

, the battlefield situation is not conducive to offense. This is also the characteristic of novices pecking each other. After all, offense is more difficult than defense, and it is not suitable for novice-level armies...

"Then what are you worried about?" Emperor Leopold looked at Count Stallenberg.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Your Majesty the Emperor, I am worried...worried that the merchants in the north will send troops!" Earl Stallenberg considered it for a moment and then said, "I think

, the outcome of the Mexican War will depend on whether European reinforcements arrive first or whether the Merchant Kingdom joins the Aztecs in the war first.

Your Majesty, I propose to temporarily transfer the ownership of the Zacatecas Silver Mine to the Merchant Kingdom, and allow them to lease the Zacatecas Valley for a few years in exchange for their true neutrality."

"No!" Leopold immediately shook his head and said, "I can't give up the second largest silver mine in the world... because that will greatly increase the national power of Shang Fang! Moreover, Shang Fang is a devil.

believers, I cannot make a deal with them, and I firmly believe that European reinforcements will arrive soon! In fact, they are already on the way. The expeditionary force led by the Duke of Vendôme and Admiral Churchill has left Europe and is on its way.

Come!"

Although Louis the Great sent a bastard daughter to King Xiaozhu and fully expressed his sincerity in the "Cold War" to the Great Tomorrow in advance, he still ordered the dispatch of "NATO coalition forces" to the New World after the Versailles Conference. This

The NATO coalition is composed of the armies of Britain and France, with a total strength of approximately 15,000. Including the British troops that have arrived in the New World, the total strength can reach 20,000.

In addition, many Germans also arrived in Cuba. So Leopold was not completely hopeless... As long as these white veterans with rich war experience and well-equipped equipment arrived in Mexico, he would

I can really sit back and relax.
Chapter completed!