Valley Emperor

In the city of Ceuta, Lieutenant General Qiao Haozhong, the new commander of the 76th Squadron of the Datang Navy, was looking at the huge map of Europe.

Trying to find a new strategic support point for the empire in Europe, as the result of being the first European military supervisor.

He is very clear that the superiors let a vice-admiral of his own go to Europe to serve as the commander of the 76th Squadron, not only because the 76th Squadron is relatively strong, but because the European region is more important than It used to be bigger.

Therefore, he has another title, which is 'Supervising Minister of European Military Affairs'.

This is a position established for the first time. In the past, the Tang Empire did not set up any supervising European Minister of Military Affairs.

Before the Tang Dynasty, there were not many military supervisors established around the world. In Central Asia, there was a 'supervising minister of military affairs for the Western Expedition'. This position was basically held concurrently by the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition.

In addition, there are also ministers who supervise the Nanyang military affairs. However, the Nanyang region has no enemies. With the help of the Tang Dynasty, the various Nanyang native countries have moved to Africa one after another. At present, four Nanyang native countries have dispatched them. The first army arrived in Africa, and there will be more in the future. It is expected that the relocation will be completed in a few years.

At that time, it is estimated that the post of Nanyang Military Affairs Supervisor will also be revoked.

Then come over to supervise the Indian Minister of Military Affairs and the African Minister of Military Affairs.

It is worth noting that in the past, several military ministers overseeing the operation of military affairs were all army generals, such as the minister of the Western Expedition, the minister of India, the minister of Africa, and the minister of Southeast Asia.

Supervising the European Minister of Military Affairs, this is the first time in the history of the Tang Empire that a naval admiral has been appointed as the supreme commander of a theater to govern the army and navy in the region.

Even the establishment of this position was promoted by great efforts within the Navy, otherwise it is estimated that this position would not exist.

Lieutenant Admiral Qiao Haozhong was not regarded as a general with military talent in the Tang Navy. In fact, he had never led a fleet to participate in large-scale operations.

Vice Admiral Qiao Haozhong was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Imperial Navy. In the early days, it was purely because he was old enough. He had already joined the Navy at the age of eighteen. Accumulated seniority is gradually promoted.

However, in the Datang military, regardless of whether it is the army or the navy, it is difficult to pass several thresholds based on seniority and time alone. For example, a captain is promoted to major and a colonel is promoted to brigadier general. Real results.

Vice Admiral Qiao Haozhong has not participated in any large-scale battles, at most he has only fought a few small sampans, but he has served in overseas fleets for a long time and participated in many operations to open up colonies.

How should I put it, he has never participated in large-scale fleet battles, but fighting with indigenous small sampans and carrying out naval artillery diplomacy are his strengths.

He also relied on this point to slowly get up.

He is also very clear that he can serve as the supervising minister of European military affairs, and he also values ​​his experience in gunboat diplomacy.

The superior wanted to obtain another excellent port in the European region and act as a strategic support point with Ceuta. He came to Europe mainly to do this.

Don't think it's easy, it's actually quite difficult.

It is mainly a large number of countries in Europe today. Except for the Tatars, all the others are the younger brothers of the Tang Empire...

You make a lease in your younger brother's country, a small military base is nothing, even if it is the Kingdom of Spain, they don't mind Datang setting up a military port in Cadiz.

But such a small leased land, a small military base is useless.

What Datang wanted was a strategic support point. The second Ceuta could not only station a large number of troops and hoard a large amount of supplies, but also organize immigrants to live in the local area, so the demand for area is still relatively large.

I dare not say that it has a depth of 150 kilometers from north to south like Ceuta, with a total area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers, but it must have a depth of tens of square kilometers, with a total area of ​​several thousand square kilometers.

Not only the area should be large, but also the convenience of shipping, the natural environment should not be too bad, and it should be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Above all, the location must be a key strategic point.

And such places are hard to find.

It's not that there are no places, but some places are not very easy to start with.

For example, in London, England, Vice Admiral Qiao Haozhong thinks it is quite suitable. Across the English Channel, opposite the European continent, relying on the powerful maritime power of the Tang Dynasty, he can cross the English Channel at any time and deal a major blow to the Tatars. .

but!

This place is the capital of England!

Moreover, England is now obedient to the Tang Dynasty. In recent years, they have often sent maids to the distant Tang Palace. They are basically the daughters of the great nobles and the royal family. Their identities are nothing, but they are basically selected. A noble woman of the Tang Dynasty aesthetics.

Everyone just called Datang his father. It wasn't good to grab him directly, and the impact was not good.

It is not uncommon for European countries to send women to the Tang Dynasty Palace~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is not an English family who did this. France, and even Spain have sent noble women to Tang Dynasty to be palace maids.

Marriage is something that both the Tang Dynasty and the Europeans look at more seriously. Even the Tatars sent women to the Tang Dynasty ecological putty in the early years.

Over the years, the number of European aristocratic palace maids who have appeared in the harem of the Tang Dynasty is actually quite large, and it is estimated that there are hundreds of people in total.

However, none of these people are as important as Elizabeth, who is about to go to the Tang Dynasty to marry.

Because she is the third daughter of King Philip II of Spain who has successfully reached adulthood, this woman was determined to be a part of the Hasburg royal family and was sent to Datang for marriage. She also invited a teacher to learn Datang language and Chinese culture in advance. , It is expected that by the end of this year will go to Datang by boat.

According to the traditional practice of the Tang Dynasty to send daughters and relatives to foreign vassals, if it is just an ordinary noble, the daughter of a king of a small country, it is basically the life of a palace maid, at most one talented person.

However, as the direct daughter of King Philip II of Spain, Elizabeth's treatment is still quite high. Although she has not yet entered the palace, the relevant treatment has been finalized. Once she enters the palace, she will be canonized as 'Zhaoyi' .

Zhaoyi is also the highest level of treatment that women from foreign vassal can get when they enter the palace.

The title of Zhaoyi is not given for nothing, because if this woman later gave birth to a son and a half daughter for the Son of Heaven, it doesn't matter whether it is a princess or a prince, then according to the messy European inheritance law, it will already be The Spanish throne, the Portuguese throne and other European thrones, one of the heirs to the title.

It's just that the ranking is a bit backward, but if you kill the Spanish heir to the throne in the front, then the princess or prince of the Tang Dynasty will become the king or queen of Spain.

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