At this time, Dela Pena felt that the tone of his speech just now was a little heavier. After all, Alisander was the deputy commander of the Expeditionary Force, so he immediately said: "Of course, you can't be wrong at any time, but don't let it go Careful restrains one's courage, I think so, Captain, you leave some people behind, or stay on that island, and lead the fleet to follow, if we can't establish settlements on land, then It’s not too late to retreat to the island.”
Yalisandra could only nod, after all, she was just the deputy commander of the Expeditionary Force and could not be stubborn, so she said, "Okay! Your Excellency Earl, I will go back and arrange it immediately, and then mobilize the fleet to follow." After that, he saluted Delapena and then turned around and walked down the boat building and returned to his boat on a small boat.
However, Alisandra never expected that the real purpose of the expeditionary fleet was not to establish a colony in China, which was completely the result of Dela Pena's own initiative.
It turns out that although the Habsburg dynasty in Spain was prosperous in Europe in the early mid-16th century, it inevitably began to decline due to various mistakes in subsequent development. The demise of the Invincible Armada was the beginning. Although it relied on the foundation laid before. After the destruction of the Invincible Armada, Spain can still maintain its status as a major European power, but it is constantly challenged by new forces.
In 1618, a civil war broke out in Germany, which was the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, which completely pulled Spain into the quagmire of war. Although with the full support of Spain, the Catholic country achieved victory in the first few stages, The war was exhausted. As the Thirty Years War entered its final stage, Spain suffered consecutive losses and now it is urgent to reverse the situation. But at this time, Spain's treasury was empty, and the huge wealth accumulated before was exhausted, and it was impossible to save the defeat. , and Protestant countries also need time to consolidate their results, so both sides entered a short period of truce.
At this moment, someone came up with a plan to conquer China from the old paper pile, believing that if this plan is implemented, you can get huge wealth from China, so that there will be funds to continue fighting. Philip IV also treats this The plan hit me.
However, although Philip IV was short-sighted, with the great discovery of geography and Europe's continuous understanding of the East, he also understood that China was not the mainland of the United States, and that the original plan had no possibility of success, and Spain could no longer organize it. An invincible fleet went to expedition to China. However, if a fleet could be sent to the East, backed by force, or established a trading site in the coastal areas of China, or expelled the Dutch and dominated Taiwan, just as Portugal occupied Macau, not only It can expand trade with China, increase wealth, and also attack the Netherlands' power in the East and weaken the power of the Protestant alliance.
Therefore, after discussing with the ministers, Philip IV also thought that this was a feasible solution. So he sent Dela Pena's fleet to the East, and at the same time he chose the captain of the Manila garrison who was familiar with the situation in the East. Lisandra was the deputy commander of the Expeditionary Fleet. But it was precisely because of the choice of Dela Pena that caused a huge change in the expedition's goals, which almost completely deviated from the original intentions of Philip IV and the ministers.
On the battlefield, De La Pena is indeed an excellent commander. Unfortunately, because his vision and insight are too narrow and his personality are too stubborn, he often cannot see things outside the battlefield.
Moreover, Dela Pena is a typical traditional soldier, and a stubborn military conquest and colonialist, who believes in "talking with guns and using swords to draw maps". At the same time, he served in Manila for a short period of time.
Due to the weakness, obedience and disunity of the Chinese, he had a misunderstanding of China, believing that China is like mainland America, is actually a very easy-to-be conquered country, and thus becomes a firm support for a plan to conquer China.
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After accepting the expedition mission, Dela Pena thought it was a rare opportunity to realize his wish. Therefore, from the day he set out, he had never thought much about how to attack the Dutch's influence in East Asia and expand its influence with China.
Trade, like the legendary figures in history: Cretes (Conquer Messi), Pizarro (Conquer the Inca Empire), and Legaspi (Conquer the Philippines and Manila), became the conquerors of mainland China.
At the same time, Dela Pena was not worried that he would change the king's order without authorization and would be punished after returning to China, because the purpose of Philip IV to send an expeditionary fleet was nothing more than wealth. As long as he conquered China, wealth would naturally roll.
When I come, I will be regarded as a hero by Philip IV and become a legend like other colonial predecessors. At the same time, according to Spanish regulations, whoever conquered the land will be the first governor on the land and can become
The governor of the Chinese colony is a genuine lack of wealth, which is simply a matter of gaining fame and fortune. Of course, in De La Pena's view, there is a lot of confidence in conquering China.
However, after arriving in Manila, Dela Pena did not dare to issue imperial edicts randomly, because many people in the expeditionary fleet knew the king's real mission, so he could only choose to occupy an island along the coast of China and then use the island as a
The base gradually expanded, triggering conflicts between the expeditionary fleet and the Chinese government, and slowly achieving its goals.
But when the fleet was stationed in Taiwan, Dela Pena learned that a rebellion occurred in Zhejiang, China, and immediately thought it was a good opportunity. He concealed the news that the rebellion was pacified from the soldiers, and instead encouraged the soldiers to take advantage of this opportunity
, conquered China, established a colony, and promised that once China was conquered, it would be distributed to the soldiers with a large amount of wealth. Because he was the commander of the Expeditionary Fleet, he was also attractive to huge wealth, and the glorious experiences of the conquerors in his early years
Spain has always been talked about by people. In the minds of Europeans in this era, China is a famous world of gold. Therefore, under his instigation, the soldiers and soldiers agreed to follow De La Pena to conquer China together with De La Pena.
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As a result, the purpose of the expeditionary fleet changed from supporting force to expanding trade to conquering China by force and establishing new colonies.
Alisandra left the Galaxy Battleship and rode on her own boat "Rose on the Sea". Then she conveyed Delapena's orders to her soldiers.
This order immediately caused a riot among the officers and soldiers. A tall young officer shouted: "Miss, is Count Dela Pena crazy? I thought that relying solely on more than 10,000 people could conquer the entire Chinese land.
I know that physiological people are twice as many as the entire European population, and they also have a large number of troops and also use muskets."
Another shorter young officer also said: "It doesn't matter if he is crazy, but we have no obligation to accompany him to go crazy. If I listen to the command of a lunatic and take ten thousand people to conquer China? I think I should have Crazy."
Another old officer said, "Pique, Moya, pay attention to your attitude of speaking. To say that Count Dela Pena will damage the image of our family." He turned to a middle-aged officer beside him and said, " Ah Weiss, what do you think?"
Although wearing the same military uniform, Aves did not look like a soldier, but had a bit of a scholarly temperament. He pushed his glasses on his nose and said, "Mr. Morent, I think Drape Earl Na is a man who has lived for the last century, otherwise he would not have proposed such an arrogant plan."
At this time, the short Moya said again: "If I really lived in the last century, then the Battle of Graflin would make him wake up. Unfortunately, if there is a Battle of Graflin in the Far East, then Too bad.”
The tall Pique also said: "I think I'm going crazy too, in order to wake a madman up and start a war with almost no chance of winning."
Although they are all Spanish soldiers, the four of them are private soldiers of the Alisandra family, so they do not respect Dela Pena much. At the same time, they also know some of the situation in China than Dela Pena, so they all I can't help complaining.
The Thirty Years War was a major period of change in European history. It not only changed the political structure of Europe, but also caused a fundamental coup in the military of European countries. The countries in the war began to implement the conscription system, which changed the past. The situation of relying on the private soldiers of the nobles under his command to fight. A standing army and logistics system was established so that the army could engage in protracted warfare. The army was gradually streamlined to meet the requirements of mobile warfare.
But now the Thirty Years' War has not yet been fully formed, so the old nobles and princes of various countries still hold a considerable amount of private soldiers. This is how Yalisandra's family was, when Yalisandra was appointed as the military officer of the Manila garrison. , and brought a large number of private soldiers and warships. They only followed the orders of Alisandra, and the others could not control them.
At this time, Alisandra said, "Okay, everyone, put away your vicious tongues now, and keep your energy to deal with the enemy. The commander gave the order with the scriptures, and we can only choose to obey. And Delapena The Count did not order the abandonment of Dinghai Island. Therefore, I ordered, Mollent, Pique, you two led the infantry to guard the camp of Dinghai Island. Alves, Moya, you follow me, fight with the fleet, and land on mainland China. .I hope you won’t let the family lose their glory.”
When the other four people saw Alisandra's order, they immediately stood attentively and saluted, saying in unison: "Ode to the Lord."
After several days of preparation, Yalisandra took Alves and Moya to the deep sea in a small boat and boarded his ship "Rose on the Sea". After boarding the deck of the ship, Yali Sandra cut a cross on her chest and said silently: "God, please bless the Gonzalez family."