In December 1700 AD, just as the filial sons and grandsons of Emperor Chongzhen were returning to Yingtian Mansion to attend the great funeral of the century. Here in Europe, Carlos II, who was only 38 years old, had also reached the end of his life.

Unlike Chongzhen's death, his death was widely expected!

In European history, it is probably difficult to find a king who, like Carlos II, had countless people looking forward to his death from the day he was born...

Of course, people wanted him to die not because of hatred, but because of their love for God and Spain...

"God's Favored Spain" has suffered enough from the monarch who lacks intelligence and is not mentally normal!

Compared with the previous "cursed" monarchs of the Habsburg family, Carlos II was even dumber and more abnormal, and his health had been poor since childhood. It was a miracle that he could grow up to be an adult.

Moreover, he did not have the ability to raise children like Emperor Chongzhen, and could not give birth to a bunch of highly capable sons. He lived for 38 years, but he did not leave even a son and a half daughters.

Therefore, the several kingdoms and principalities he owned could only be passed on to his former enemy, the Roman Emperor Louis I.

However, this arrangement is a good result for the Spanish nobles who have had enough of the idiot king and the lunatic king.

So when he was seriously ill and bedridden, no one in Spain prayed for his health, only people prayed for his soul to ascend to heaven.

If he had normal intelligence, he would be sighing for his tragic fate now.

Fortunately, he is just a poor person with insufficient intelligence, so he can die peacefully now.

When the death knells of all the churches in Madrid wailed together, all those who prayed for Carlos II (praying that his soul could ascend to heaven as soon as possible) could finally heave a sigh of relief.

The news of Carlos II's death seemed to have taken wings and flew to the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris where Louis the Great lived in the shortest possible time.

Louis the Great was in his office at this time, lowering his head and carefully reading a letter sent from Moscow.

The letter was written in French, and the person who wrote it was Tsar Peter I of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

In his letter, Peter assured Louis the Great that when Louis the Great sent troops to attack Hungary and the Czech Republic, he would send troops from Ukraine south to attack the Crimean Khanate... If things went well, Peter I hoped that the Rakshasa Army could keep moving south.

Hit Constantinople!

Constantinople!

Emperor Louis the Great put away the letter, exhaled, and thought: This young tsar of the Rakshasa Kingdom is really ambitious!

He is already thinking about regaining Constantinople. Does he want to turn the Rakshasa Kingdom into Eastern Rome?

At this moment, footsteps sounded quickly, and then someone was heard shouting outside the door: "Your Majesty, urgent notice from Madrid!"

"Madrid... come in quickly!" Emperor Louis the Great had already thought of something and quickly ordered his adjutant to come in.

"Your Majesty the Emperor!" Louis' adjutant came in and bowed, "Urgent message from Madrid, summoned by God, the King of Spain, the King of New Spain, the King of Naples, the Grand Duke of Milan, and the monarchs of other territories, Habu

Carlos II, the leader of the Castello family, has left his people and his country!"

"Carlos II...is dead? He, he is finally dead!" Emperor Louis the Great took a breath, "He is dead, and the war in Europe is about to begin, but who should I let command the powerful Roman legion to destroy it?

What about the Ottoman Empire?”

Although Louis the Great now has the second strongest army in the world, the famous generals who fought for France in Europe in the past, such as Prince Condé, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Marshal Dourenne and others, are no longer alive. Only General Vauban remains.

General Villars, Duke Vendôme and other minor characters and figures back then.

Emperor Louis frowned a little when he thought that there were no generals available.

Without the Prince of Condé, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Marshal Dureny, who could command the many legions of the Roman Empire to fight to the death against the brutal Ottomans?

"Your Majesty, maybe I can command a legion for you"

The one who volunteered was the adjutant who informed Louis the Great about the death of Carlos II. This was a man who was very good-looking and could please ladies. His name was John Churchill. He was an unlucky second-generation British royalist and a member of the Kingdom of New England.

The person recommended to the Roman court by Queen Hortense Mancini was probably one of Hortense's faces.

Louis looked at that very handsome face and thought: If Philip (referring to Louis' brother Duke of Orleans) was the emperor, he might like you very much. But I need a commander like Prince Condé, not a man.

Friends!

"John," Louis smiled bitterly, "I can recommend you to go to Austria. Archduke Henry always complained that his army did not have good commanders. If the war breaks out, the Ottomans will definitely raid the Grand Duchy of Austria as soon as possible. He is very likely to

It will be impossible to defend it. If you can help Henry defend his country, then I will give you a Roman legion."

"Well, Eugen, John, you two are probably the last hope of the Austrian people. If Mehmet IV cannot guarantee Austria's neutrality, I hope you can lead the Austrian army to resist for at least a month."

Archduke Henry de Mancini of Austria now had to go all out to prepare for the war. Although he asked his daughter to go to the funeral, he also roped in the Black Prince of the Indian Ocean and a Turkmen Khan to show Muhammad IV

The unity of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ottoman Empire, being pushed into a corner, still has a high probability of forcing the Grand Duchy of Austria to disarm and provide huge military expenditures. After all, the Grand Duchy of Austria is still a vassal of the Ottomans in theory!

Therefore, Muhammad IV had the right to do this, and the Ming Emperor far away in the east would probably not interfere, as long as Muhammad IV did not depose Henry as the Grand Duke.

But Henry had to resist because his people all hated the Ottoman Empire and wanted Rome. If Henry showed too much weakness, he would definitely be overthrown by the Austrians.

"Your Highness, please rest assured that our Austrian army has been preparing for a decisive battle with the Ottomans for the past twenty years! We have stockpiled a large amount of arms, trained and equipped an elite army of 15,000 people, and also through popularization

The method of education has established a conscription system. As long as you give an order, the army can be expanded to 100,000 at any time!"

Eugen François, who was small in stature, was confident and patted his chest to assure his Grand Duke.

"His Royal Highness, it is the Ottoman Empire that is facing destruction now, not the Grand Duchy of Austria! But your Grand Duke's throne comes from the Ottoman Empire, so at this critical juncture, you must show enough toughness! You must not bow to the Sultan, and you must

Be prepared for a big war. I suggest you issue an order for general mobilization immediately. The sooner you mobilize, the sooner your army can become combat effective. And defeating the Ottoman Empire will win you the support of the entire Grand Duchy of Austria!"

The person who said this was John Churchill, a young boy who had served in the army of Marshal Dulleni and later fought against Indians in America. Other than that, he had no military experience.

Henry looked at the little dwarf and the pretty boy in front of him, not to mention how much he regretted it. If he had known earlier, he should not have become the Archduke of Austria! How wonderful it would be to go to Henry Island in the South Pacific!

But there is no regret medicine in the world. Money can’t buy it. I’d have known it before!

Archduke Henry was also a man who dared to make big bets. He made up his mind at that moment and said loudly: "Okay! Then let's mobilize or fight with the Sultan! You go and gather the army, I want to fight with Leo

Like Pod I, he went out in person to fight!"
Chapter completed!