In the palace of Paris, France, the big-nosed King Francois was looking at the map of Europe, with a smile on his face.
"Haha, Charles V of Spain is finished now. This time it's not just France and England. Even the Holy Roman Empire has joined the war against Charles V."
"They wantonly killed nobles and annexed their land and property. This seriously violates the aristocratic spirit and tradition of Europe. This is the opposite of the whole of Europe."
"I think that soon, many principalities and states in Italy will join the war. When the time comes, we will attack from all sides. I will need to see how long you, Charles V, can hold on."
Francois looked at the map, which clearly marked the two main forces.
One is a large army composed of many states of the Holy Roman Empire attacking the Netherlands, which Spain has just recovered, and the other is the navy of England and the French navy attacking the Netherlands directly from the sea.
As for France himself, Francois planned to attack Spain from two sides at the same time, attacking the Netherlands from the north, and directly crossing the Pyrenees Mountains from the south to attack the Spanish mainland.
"This time the scale of the stand is far greater than the previous two. The many states in the Holy Roman Empire alone have formed more than 300,000 troops. This is the first batch. If necessary, we can continue to recruit troops.
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"England is also very powerful this time. It dispatched more than 200 ships and tens of thousands of troops, which can at least blockade the English Channel."
"Even the Holy See called on other countries to send troops to Spain, and we are all equipped with a large number of new Ming Dynasty firearms and artillery."
"Hey, this time, we in France will get back everything we lost in the previous two battles with capital and profits."
Francois couldn't help but clenched his fists when he thought of this.
He ascended the throne at a young age and never had any power. It was not until recent years that he grew up and began to gradually take power over France.
The humiliation of the previous two wars was still fresh in his mind. For this reason, he had been working hard and working hard, in order to strengthen the strength of France, make France great again, and defeat Spain to become the most powerful country on the European continent.
However, because of the support of the Ming Empire, the Spanish Empire was becoming increasingly powerful, and it also had vast colonies. France did not have a single colony. In contrast, Spain was becoming increasingly powerful, which made him worried and anxious.
He clearly realized that France alone was no match for the Spanish Empire, especially now that Charles V was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
I just didn't expect that this Charles V would be so tossing.
He actually believed in the words of some small nobles who had returned from studying in the East, and actually wanted to imitate the Ming Empire and establish a strong centralized dynasty.
Abolition of the nobility's territories and taking back a large amount of power in the hands of the nobility seriously violated the interests of the European nobility, and also made Charles V stand on the opposite side of the ancient nobility throughout Europe.
This is simply suicidal!
Even though the Spanish Empire was powerful and had the support of the Ming Empire, it was not enough to fight against the nobles of the entire Europe. Failure was inevitable.
Francois believed this very much.
"Your Majesty, envoys from England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Holy See, and Italy have all arrived."
At this time, a minister came to Francois I and reported to him.
"welcome!"
When Francois heard this, he quickly said.
Soon, the Duke of York sent by King Henry VIII of England, Duke Branden of the Holy Roman Empire, Cardinal Paul of the Holy See, and Duke Aigley of Florence, Italy came to the palace.
Francois exchanged pleasantries with them, and after asking each other about the king's physical condition, they quickly entered the main topic.
"Charles V of Spain acted wantonly, caused serious damage, and violated the aristocratic system and chivalry that we have always had in Europe. He was an extremely cruel, greedy, and bloody monarch."
"Not long ago, the lowlands were occupied by his powerful army. Wherever they passed, the blood of the nobles dyed the Danube red, and the corpses filled the lowlands."
"He has no aristocratic spirit, and he appoints lowly common people wantonly. He also pollutes the ancient noble bloodline, imitating the emperors of the East, and wantonly canonizes women of minor noble origin as concubines, and even marries commoner women as concubines.
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"He is a demon from hell, a complete tyrant. Nobles and knights throughout Europe are facing severe challenges."
"All our nobles and knights in Europe must unite to jointly defend the honor and status of nobles and knights, and defend our spirit that has been passed down for thousands of years."
"We must not let the devil Charles V continue to bring harm to the world and Europe. We must send him to the guillotine!"
Francois angrily pointed out the many crimes of Charles V.
This time, we did not mention the grudge between France and Spain, but raised it to a higher level, violating the spirit of chivalry, destroying the tradition of the nobility, and seriously damaging the long-standing order in Europe.
No matter which one this was, it was enough for the European nobles to guillotine Charles V together.
"Your Majesty is absolutely right. Our great King Henry VIII of England very much supports and agrees with your point of view, and is willing to work with the French nobles and knights to fight against the devil, safeguard the honor of the knights, and defend the spirit and blood of the nobles!"
The Duke of York from England stood up and said very solemnly.
"On behalf of the many states, autonomous cities, and principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, we express our willingness to work with everyone to overthrow the brutal rule of Charles V and end the evil."
"Charlie V was a tyrant, a devil, a complete bastard, a lowly man without any aristocratic spirit or chivalry."
Duke Branden also quickly expressed his stance.
In fact, everyone had already used telegraphs to communicate with each other, and agreed and discussed with each other to send troops to Spain together.
The telegraph invented by the Ming Dynasty was very easy to use and could quickly contact people across long distances.
The armies dispatched from various places are already on their way, and they are just here to conclude alliance agreements and sign relevant covenants.
"Not only did Charles V violate the spirit and tradition of chivalry and massacre nobles, but he also wanted to imitate the Ming Dynasty and subordinate the divine power to the royal power. He even wanted to cancel many of the powers of the church like the Ming Dynasty."
"He is a demon from hell and a traitor to God. He has betrayed the Lord and will be punished by the Lord."
Cardinal Paul from the Holy See also angrily criticized Charles V on behalf of the Holy See.
In the process of strengthening centralization and imperial power, Charles V also realized that the church must hold a large amount of wealth and power in its hands, so he also carried out reforms in this area.
Following the Ming Dynasty, he confiscated the church's land and property, canceled the church's power to tax, and strictly prohibited the church from selling indulgences, etc., thereby not only consolidating his imperial power, but also gaining a large amount of wealth and land.
But there is no doubt that this has greatly touched the interests of the Holy See of Rome, so it has also been strongly opposed by the Holy See of Rome. Now the Pope of Rome is calling on the European nobility and believers to resist the brutal rule of Charles V.
"Everyone, I propose that we all join together to establish a Knights Alliance to defend the honor and spirit of the nobility and knights!"
Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Francois also suggested.
"We in England are willing to join the Knights League~"
"We, the Holy Roman Empire, are also willing to join the Knights Alliance~"
"Many countries in our Italian region are also willing to join the alliance!"
"The Lord will bless everyone and the knights who defend honor and spirit. His great Pope will fully support everyone!"
The establishment of the Knights Alliance was very smooth, because the basic contents and treaty had been confirmed through telegrams in advance. Everyone just went through the process and signed the relevant agreement.
"Everyone, Charles V now has more than half a million troops in his hands, and all the troops use firearms and artillery purchased from the Ming Empire. According to the news, Charles V also hired many retired Ming soldiers.
Train your own army."
"The army in the hands of Charles V is very powerful in combat effectiveness."
"It only took them a short time to completely conquer the Netherlands. The powerful artillery from the Ming Empire was enough to easily tear apart any castle or city."
"The sharp muskets are enough to tear apart the armor of the knights. If we want to defeat Charles V, we must also have equally powerful muskets and cannons."
After signing the alliance agreement, Francois began to discuss with everyone the matter of jointly fighting against the Spanish Imperial Army.
When talking about this matter, everyone suddenly started to frown.
The Spanish Empire's army is indeed very powerful, mainly because it uses a large number of arms and weapons from the Ming Empire. It also uses retired soldiers of the Ming Empire to train its own army, and there are also Ming soldiers who help with planning and commanding the army.
In contrast, although the alliance's army is much stronger than before, most of the arms and weapons used by everyone are still old-fashioned firearms and cannons produced by themselves, which are incomparable to those made by the Ming Dynasty.
"Everyone, don't worry. I have contacted the Ming Dynasty businessmen in Hong Kong. They said that as long as we have money, they can sell us as many arms and weapons as we want."
"When it comes to European affairs, the people of Ming Dynasty are absolutely neutral!"
Hearing this, everyone was speechless. Only a ghost would believe what the Ming Dynasty said.
But as long as the people of Ming Dynasty are willing to sell arms and weapons, it will be easy to say.
