Viscount Santander, the governor of New Spain, was a pampered bag of wine. After the incompetent aristocrats like him lost their support, the cowardice and incompetence in their bones were instantly exposed. Before the Ming army could reach Mexico City, the viscount was scared out of fear and was no longer as arrogant as he clamored to give the Ming Dynasty a little color.

He left Mexico City and ran to Panama in one breath. Viscount Santander only found a sense of security after boarding the Spanish warship. But he had no idea what to do next. Could it be that he would just leave the entire New Spanish colony and run back to his hometown? Although the Governor was as timid as a mouse, he was not a pure fool. If he did this, he would throw away the colony that His Majesty the King gave to him directly. In that way, what would happen if he would wait for him after returning to the country.

In order to solve the current crisis, the Governor had no choice but to ask for help from his subordinates who followed him all the way. Several people closed the cabin door on the ship for a long time before coming up with a solution. This method was nothing else, but to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty immediately, immediately, and now, in hopes of ending this wrong war.

In other aspects, the Governor may lack ability, but at this time he was decisive. After making the negotiation decision, the Governor immediately sent his trusted subordinates to the Ming Dynasty in order to conduct negotiations as soon as possible.

When the Spanish wanted to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty and admitted that the news of the defeat reached France, Louis was furious and cursed his Spanish teammate.

"Your Excellency, the Spaniards are unreliable, what should I do now?" Baptist asked with an anxious look on his face.

Gripping his teeth, Louis now wished he could stop with the Ming Dynasty immediately, and even turned the gun to teach the Spaniard a severe lesson.

What did these bastards do? They went to war with the Ming Dynasty without discussing with themselves. Soon after the war started, they had to fail to achieve any results. Instead, they lost the fleet on the West Coast and the important city of Manzanillo.

This is not counting. The series of progress that followed was even more shocking. Logically, even if Manzanillo was lost, it would be no problem to defend the interior with Spain's military strength in Central and South America. No matter how powerful the Ming navy was, the warship would not be able to run to land. As long as heavy troops were sent to defend the main road from Manzanillo to Mexico City, even if the Ming Dynasty occupied Manzanillo, it would not be possible to go deep into Central and South America.

At the same time, although the main force of the Spanish army fighting against the Ming Dynasty on the front line was not going well, the Spanish still had some advantage in the offensive judging from the situation.

Under such circumstances, the Spaniards were not at all uncontrollable. As long as the Spaniards could calm down, the situation would be irreversible.

According to Louis' original idea, the best way for the Spaniards to deal with it was to mobilize the troops in Central and South America to defend the east and south of Manzanillo to block the Ming army's possible attack on the hinterland of Central and South America.

Secondly, let the front-line commanders continue to attack the Ming Front, at least concentrate their efforts to seize the important stronghold of Sanhe Town, and solve the problems and push the front forward.

At this time, the Spaniards do not need to make a rash move. If they can win on the battlefield, they can fight. If they are not sure, they can continue to be stalemate with the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, France will also strive to launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty Front, using the greatest strength to break through the opponent's defense, thereby cooperating with the Spaniards.

In this way, the initiative on the land battlefield is still in the hands of Spain and France. With this initiative and the captured Ming territory as bargaining chips, we can negotiate with the Ming Dynasty again. In this way, this may be exchanged to force the Ming Dynasty to return Manzanillo, causing the unnecessary war to end in a more decent way.

This is Louis's overall plan and the most suitable method that Louis can think of.

But Louis encountered this teammate of Spain. In order to protect Spain's colony in the New World, Louis tried his best to do anything. After the Ming Dynasty expressed its tough attitude, he directly changed his earliest intention, thus launching a "real" war against the Ming side.

This war was not Louis's original intention, but in the face of pressure from all sides, Louis had to do so. This was Louis' helplessness and his pride in his bones.

But the sudden change in the current situation made Louis, who was originally somewhat confident, completely speechless. The Spanish teammate had to fail to implement it step by step according to his idea. Instead, he collapsed due to the defeat of the fleet and the loss of Manzanillo.

The His Excellency of the Spanish Governor could no longer describe him as stupid. According to Louis, even a pig was smarter than him.

With Viscount Santander's escape in a panic and the spills of Spanish northern army troops on the front line, the entire situation of the war has completely exceeded Louis' expectations, and directly pushed Louis, who was fighting against the Ming Dynasty to a dilemma.

"Santander is a pig! Piles' incompetence has surpassed the bottom line of human IQ. Do those idiots in Paris want to let the blood of the French to flow on this land for these damn Spanish people?"

Louis cursed with a ferocious look, but after the scolding he felt a surge of powerlessness.

Louis didn't want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty at all. This war was meaningless to put it bluntly. Apart from losing the lives of the precious French soldiers, what could France gain in the war?

Unfortunately, Louis was not the decision-maker of France. He was just the governor of France in the New World. He, the governor, had to obey Paris' orders, but the guys in Paris had no ability at all. They made wrong judgments from the beginning and kept using various methods to force Louis.

"Your Excellency, I agree with you, but..."

Before Baptiste finished speaking, Louis waved his hand: "I understand what you mean, dear Batty, this was originally a wrong war, not a war that you and I could decide. Now, as the Spaniards prepare to withdraw from the war first, it is no point in France to continue this war alone. It should be time to end the war."

"But your Excellency, in Paris, there is also the interests of the Spaniards in the New World...?"

"Haha, they don't care, why should I care? Let them go to hell!" Louis gritted his teeth and said, "The worst thing is that I don't take this governor! France inevitably no longer has its former glory in the hands of these people. All I can do is to prevent the children from bleeding and lose their lives for meaningless wars. As for the others, let the men in Paris clean up this mess."

Baptist sighed helplessly. He also felt Louis' powerlessness clearly, but what could they do?

Since the great Sun King was summoned by Lord, the French Empire has no longer been a powerful empire that was once extremely bright. Now the right to control the empire and determine the fate of the empire is not in the hands of sober people like Louis, but in the hands of those great nobles who are in corpses.

Furthermore, Louis's identity was extremely sensitive. Although he was filled with the blood of the Sun King, Louis was not a member of the royal family of the Bourbon Dynasty. Moreover, because of his special identity, Paris was extremely defensive to Louis. It was probably over to be able to give him a colonial governor's position. By the end of this war, Louis might even lose his position as governor, and thus leave the New World sadly.

"Batty, if you send someone to contact the Ming Empire, you will say it's my intention and ask for the restart of negotiations." Louis said in a slightly hoarse and exhausted voice, paused and said, "Send the front line, stop the attack, let the troops retreat three kilometers and garrison on the spot, and then send people to them."

"As for your order, honorable Your Excellency!" Batisti responded, then turned around and left quickly.

Seeing Baptist's figure disappearing at the door, Louis did not take back his eyes, but instead looked in that direction. After a long time, he sighed.

"The Ming Governor was right. He could not decide the beginning of the war, but he could decide how the war ended. It took only a long time before this sentence became a fact. What a pity... It's a pity, France, my dear empire, I can't do much for you..."
Chapter completed!