"They are worried that I will attack Lisbon?"

The towering Beren Tower at the mouth of the river, in the tall and narrow window, Fu Yuan held the marble windowsill with his arms inlaid with silver dice pipes, and the salty sea breeze blew his face. He spread his hands in surprise and said, "I don't understand why I think this way."

The tall and narrow windows on this tower hanging in the shallow sea have neither glass nor paper common in the Ming Dynasty. They have long been regarded as a fort and a military fortress. At the beginning of the design, they did not intend to install any expensive windshields, and no general even came here to take charge of military affairs.

Do ordinary soldiers need glass?

Paying Yuan is also not needed.

He valued the geographical location here. He hung alone at high tide and loomed at low tide. The five-story Manuel-style high main tower and the lower floor can accommodate sixteen artillery guns and station two hundred soldiers to form an internal space. Although there are numerous stone ropes or religious patterns inside and outside, the fortress built entirely of thick marble is still extremely reassuring.

Standing in front of Fu Yuan was a former monk in Peruvian Governor's district and aide to the Spanish King Acosta. He did not directly answer Fu Yuan's words, but just saluted with his fists and stretched his arms out of the window, facing the west.

In the direction his arm pointed, hundreds of warm brown military tents were arranged in a dense and orderly manner on the golden beach.

In the past, the military tents carried with the Beiyang Army to the east had rotted or destroyed almost in the humid and insectic environment of Mexico. Later, a batch of military tents prepared by Li Wei, Wuqing, had too bad texture, so the military tents they used now were all produced in Changsheng County.

In order to cope with the upcoming autumn and winter season in Europe, the Oriental Military Office prepared new canvas military tents, thick wool blankets and quilts for them; these military supplies are different from the past, and they use a special plant dye from the indigenous people of North Asia. The dyed color is warm brown. In addition to the similar color to the beach, the biggest feature is insect-proofing.

It is difficult to prepare for an expedition across latitude and longitude. The biggest disadvantage of military supplies is that they are thick and airtight, which makes the flag army less willing to hold it in the military tent when it first entered autumn. At this moment, Fu Yuan looked over Acosta's arm.

The soldiers wearing neat military uniforms and bright breastplate on the ground were divided into four fronts and five backs, facing Lisbon's city in the same position - a waist knife hung on the left side of the body, and a bulging canvas backpack and kettle were carried by the next side. The bird gun muzzle was placed forward on the right side of the body, and the bird gun was pressed with a helmet and sat cross-legged.

At the front of each small flag, three people sat in the same posture and faced the city. From their helmets, we can see that the official positions are small flag officials, deputy flag officials, and propagandists. Judging from their appearance, some were holding grenades, small flag arrows or bird guns telling something for the flag army under their command, while others were drawing with gun piercings as pens in the sand.

There are only three types of people who can walk on the beach. One is a general flag officer with a flag behind him. The other is a pennant behind him. The last one is a messenger without a flag on his body, but their armor and helmets are different from others.

The Beiyang infantry's helmets were no longer used. Instead, they were left with helmets with more patterns on the helmets and red long ponytail tassels along the helmets. The breastplate was also decorated with more decorations, protecting the lower edge of the lower abdomen and revealing purple cotton iron armor skirts and two red bright red belts that fell to the knees.

They are the pillars of the army, and they communicate with superiors and subordinates to form the independent combat capabilities of the Beiyang Banner Army.

The distant beach and the city were pulled out by wooden fences and prefabricated iron mesh, which was intermittent and clear and distinct dividing line. The wooden fence was a prefabricated wooden square for the logistics ship to carry a small amount of bridge building. The iron mesh was a simple iron wire, made by the Makino Military Bureau, and each ship was carried several rolls in case of accidents such as strengthening the mast during voyage.

The wooden iron net has no defense ability. Although the flag army engineers will clamp the iron spikes on it, this is not a battlefield, but just to prevent the Spanish from approaching the camp and causing conflicts.

Fu Yuan was very satisfied with the performance of his flag army, but the more he was satisfied with the flag army, the more dissatisfied with the accusations from Philip's court from Acosta: "I have tried my best to restrain my subordinates. They were locked on the ship by me for two months, and only had half a day to disembark in the Azores. Now Fu someone must give them five days each on the shore, just this sandy land."

When talking about the two months of ups and downs at the sea, even Fu Yuan, who had an independent captain's office, was still scared. The mentality of the flag army huddled in the small flag soldiers' cabin can be imagined.

You, do you think His Highness the King blames you for not restraining soldiers?

My Spanish army soldiers walked to Lisbon and sat quietly. They just didn't burn all the fires in the countryside. What else could they not be satisfied with?

This is not an exaggeration. They really did this in the brief battle of the Duke of Alva's sweeping Portugal.

Their king just repaid interest on loans from several bankers in the past two years of Mingxi trade, reducing wage arrears from generally six months to one year to three months, which is the great progress that has just been achieved this year.

The Spanish Legion has never been known for its strict military discipline.

Acosta took his arm back from the windowsill, and seemed to want to slap in front of him twice, but he stopped talking and let his hands just wave meaninglessly in front of him. Finally, he rubbed his forehead and said, "In fact, it is the soldiers of the Ming Empire who are well-trained that make the palace generals nervous."

"I know you sent the best soldiers on board, but others don't know, I say they don't believe it, people worry that you are going to France is an excuse, and the real purpose is to attack Lisbon or the whole of Spain... your army is too many."

"Even if the general only sent two thousand people ashore, there were 1,000 soldiers and fleets on standby at the port, and two squadrons at sea controlled the estuary, not to mention that the information from the Azores came, the Ming army occupied two islands there; and after you landed, you requisitioned the Beren Tower to drive the company stationed here ten miles away, and also occupied this beach; let Spain prepare the baggage but still did not pay homage to the king until today. It was difficult for the court to believe that the Ming fleet was not hostile."

well!

Fu Yuan sighed a long sigh, looking at the old acquaintance Acosta who was struggling to run for the king, put down his pipe and patted his shoulder, and smiled helplessly, then said: "If the Ming and Western countries were going to start war, they would have started war long ago. When Alva was still in Mexico City, you know that our reinforcements had arrived. If you want to attack Spain, wouldn't it be the best opportunity to conquer the 30,000 veterans of Dingxi in one battle?"

"Every year, the only one of the Ming and Western trade is not only your kings, but also the Eastern Military Palace. In the past, King Philip could not make so much money by governing the country, and even if we conquer Spain, we could not make so much money. Why do we have to start a war? Isn't it good to make money together to spend it?"

The reason why Fu Yuan laughed was that before he went to war, he found the Western military training books he seized in his early years and read them twice. The extreme disdain for the Spanish Navy was also happening at that time.

Not to mention that Chen Mu's order to him was not to attack Spain, even if he was asked to attack Spain, he would have a mentality of underestimating the enemy against the Spanish Navy; this underestimation of the enemy does not come from the ship, but only comes from a subtle regulation: Spanish ships have two command systems, divided into sailors and sailors and army.

Once a war occurs, both sailors, sailors and the army must participate in the battle; but before the battle begins, sailors and sailors are not allowed to pick up weapons.

This regulation can already reveal many things.

Due to Fu Yuan's understanding of the character and experience of seafarers in Spain and Portugal, the army was holding weapons and firearms on the ship, and in addition to fighting on the board and landing, they were also ready to deal with crew rebellion at any time.

"Fu is in military affairs, so I'd better wait for me to return to the king. Please rest assured King Philip. Fu will not lead troops to stay in Lisbon for more. As long as the Western Kingdom gathers enough food and grass, the flag army will be on vacation, I will set off for Beishan immediately."
Chapter completed!