Chapter 1904： Recruit five thousand sailors

In fact, for the current North Sea country, the conflict with the Habsburg family is secondary. The most important thing is actually the contradiction with Portugal.

After all, the conflict with the Habsburg family does not necessarily need to meet with the soldiers, but with the Portuguese contradiction, if one is not handled well, it is really necessary for the soldiers to meet.

Therefore, while playing an oboe with the Habsburg family, Marin is also actively preparing for a secret contest with the grapes.

At the time when people were generally concerned about the rumors that the Marin and Habsburg families were at odds, the 5000 soldiers and horses of the North Sea had quietly boarded the ship and landed in the port of A Coruña.

In order to prevent the Portuguese from blocking, Marin dispatched most of the ships this time and quietly transported 5,000 people to the port of A Coruña in one go. By the time the Portuguese learned the news, 5,000 people had already camped outside the city of A Coruña.

Upon hearing this news, the atmosphere in the Royal Palace in Lisbon, Portugal was dignified. Obviously, what they worry most about happened-Marin knew that Spain was attacking Portugal.

This is not enough. The most unacceptable thing for them is that Spain has so readily agreed to allow the North Sea Army to land. Manuel I angrily questioned Juan III in the name of Queen Maria, but Juan III said calmly-Lao Tzu owed a life to Marin and let the North Sea Army land in Spain only once or twice to pay the human debt. Besides, Spain is confident to stop the army of the North Sea country from harming Spain ...

Yes, Spain has this confidence. After all, people dare to toughen France's power, and have this confidence to say this. What's more, the number of people sent by the North Sea country is only 5,000, which is really not in the eyes of the Spaniards.

However, the Portuguese are uncomfortable. Even if there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to scare the Portuguese. Because, like Portugal and later England, the Army really sucks. Moreover, the later English lobster soldiers were actually not bad, but they could not be compared with the first-class army of Germany and France, and they could be considered second-rate. But the Portuguese army is not even second-rate. You know, in the "War of the Three Kings" in 1578, Portugal dispatched a force of 25,000 troops, and was defeated by Morocco, which was still technically nomadic. The king also died ... Then, he annexed Spain Opportunities in Portugal ...

Moreover, the 5,000 people sent by the Beihai Kingdom are all elite soldiers selected by the First Army, which is famous in the Beihai Kingdom and has never fought a defeat. Such a force, even if Portugal has mobilized 20,000 people, it has no confidence to fight against it, and can only guarantee that it can hold a few solid cities with its superior strength ...

Yes, defend the city with superior strength! This is the sorrow of the weak army. In the face of the threat of Spanish invasion, Portugal can only do so by concentrating its superior forces to guard several large cities such as Lisbon.

In the history of the Spanish annexation of Portugal, only 20,000 troops were dispatched on the land. They annexed Portugal and ruled Portugal for 60 years. If Spain had not participated in the "Thirty Years' War" and died defeated repeatedly, giving Portugal a chance to regain its independence, Portugal will continue to be ruled by Spain.

Now, the reason why Spain has not annexed Portugal is that it is also an important reason that the French will not sit idly by in addition to the siege of several fortresses in Portugal.

In 1580, France had just been rubbed on the ground by Charles V for decades, and the country was in decline. Moreover, there is a religious war in China-the Hugeno War. At that time, France was unable to attack Spain from behind to force Spain to return to defense. Therefore, the then king of Spain, Philip II, assuredly sent a large army to annex Portugal.

But now it is different. Now France is not in the face of Spain. Although Spain has a lot of money, France has a thick foundation and many soldiers. As long as the two sides fight, as long as they don't take short shots and make good use of their own advantages, they can still fight with Spain.

At this time, if Spain wants to send 20,000 or 30,000 troops to siege Portugal, the domestic power is definitely not as good as France. As long as France took the opportunity to send a large army to storm behind Spain, Spain had to withdraw its army.

Therefore, Portugal is still not very worried about Spain annexing itself, but will still remain cautious.

But the North Sea country is different. This country is not bordered by France, and France, Spain, England and the Habsburg family are pinned. If the North Sea country dispatches a large army to attack Portugal through Spain, Spain is not very good at it. After all, if the Beihai Kingdom is offended, the Beihai Kingdom has decided to join forces with the families of Spain, England and the Habsburgs to siege France.

Moreover, the army of the North Sea does not need to capture Portugal. They only need to burn and loot all over Portugal and wreak havoc, and Portugal will not be able to eat around.

And Portugal does not have the ability to break into the North Sea country, and hit the North Sea country's maritime power at most. However, with the 5,000 elites of A Coruña, the army of the North Sea country can make waves in Portugal and cause great losses to Portugal.

Whatever it is, Portugal is losing money. Therefore, the previous idea of ​​attacking the port of Emden and burning the ships of the North Sea was difficult to implement.

Moreover, this time, after all, it was the thing that Rui Silva caused by the idiot. But afterwards, the North Sea State did not make too fierce moves, but just snatched the spice to make up for their losses, and sent troops to rescue their people. There was no excessive move. The only additional loss is probably the deliberate destruction caused on the islands of São Miguel and São Jorge when the Heroes of Heroes port was attracted to leave the port.

Originally, the Portuguese government and opposition wanted to breathe a sigh of relief and used the North Sea State as a prestige. However, I did not expect that Beihai is still a tough opponent. If you really want to take the opponent's power, you will also be defeated by the opponent. In particular, the **** Spain actually agreed to the North Sea Army landing by borrowing ...

After all, the Portuguese government and the public feel that this matter is very unfavorable. Therefore, I can only give up in a hatred.

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At the same time, in England, through this conflict with the Portuguese, Marin publicly recruited sailors in England, saying that he wanted to form a "North Sea Fleet" to protect the security of the North Sea country's homeland ...

Since the great development of the wool industry in England, the enclosure movement has risen. Marin recruited sailors from these refugees this time, and counted them as a way out.

Before, considering that there was no excuse, Malin also specifically withdrew from the loan to buy fishing boats, encouraging the refugees to go fishing at sea, and then pull into their navy team after exercising.

However, this conflict with the Portuguese gave Marin an excuse to fight for it. Marin simply did not turn around and talked to Edward about his grudges with Portugal, demanding the recruitment of 5000 sailors in England.

Edward was unhappy in his heart, because the stronger the military strength of Marin, the greater the threat to him. Originally, England still had a maritime advantage. Even though the North Sea country had a strong army, if it could not cross the sea, it would not threaten the homeland of England.

However, if the North Sea State has 5000 sailors and a strong fleet, England will lose its maritime advantage. If you let the North Sea countries transport troops without any fear to land ~ www.novelhall.com ~ England will have no resistance.

However, he also heard about the conflict between the North Sea State and Portugal. Moreover, Marin was sincere and well-founded, and Edward could not find an excuse to refuse. Therefore, he could only helplessly accept, but only required these 5000 sailors to be stationed in the North Sea country, but not in England.

Marin naturally promised that he couldn't make trouble with Edward in this matter. When these 5000 sailors are trained, don't you just go where you want?

You have to know that on a 500-ton battleship, the crew is only 180 people and 5,000 people. You can control 28 battleships, and you can build a powerful fleet.

After learning of Marin's recruitment of 5000 sailors in England, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, proudly said to his friends:

"Look, am I right? The Mariner was planning to start in England. The new fleet of 5,000 sailors clearly protected the 10,000 soldiers from landing in England!"

"Sir Frederick is wise ..." The princes slap their **** ...