The fall of Constantinople not only brought great shock to West Asia, but also caused European countries to fall into unprecedented panic.

Constantinople was once a shadow of Western European countries, and the Ottoman Empire even attacked Vienna. Such a powerful empire was actually captured by people and signed the humiliating Treaty of Constantinople.

Since even the Ottoman Empire ended like this, any country could be the next Ottoman Empire.

At the Louvre in France, the Archbishop of the Cardinal Mazaran met King Louis XIII with the Spanish ambassador's armistice letter.

Richelieu, the premier of Cardinal, passed away. Now his successor, Mazaran, served as the prime minister of France, assisting Louis XIII.

"Your Majesty, Philip IV, the King of Spain, intends to talk to us to end the war on the European continent. We France have replaced them as the most powerful kingdom on the European land."

"Is the Spaniard finally unable to hold on?"

"Portugal has broken away from Spanish rule. Our Prince Conde defeated Spain's most elite Flanders. The Spanish no longer have the energy to fight with us and the Netherlands at the same time. In addition, Queen Sofia of England sneaked into the Spanish colonies in the West Indies. Spain wanted to give revenge on the English and was eager to restore peace with us."

"Sophia took away my niece Princess Anne's throne, and the account needs to be settled clearly. No matter what, if you defeat the Spaniards, you can just clean up the Holy Roman Empire, right?"

"Not exactly that, Your Majesty."

The Archbishop of the Cardinal Mazaran paused for a while: "If the people from the East did not appear in our Europe, we could easily defeat the Holy Roman Empire and become a great empire. However, the Orientals had already captured Constantinople in the Mediterranean, and the limelight even overshadowed us to defeat the Kingdom of Spain. Continuing to fight the Habsburg family will only cause us France, Spain, and Holy Roman Empire to suffer losses, and we may end up like the Ottoman Empire." Mazaran said.

"I understand what you mean, and then we will negotiate with them on the basis of helping us France to gain benefits, so that we France will become the most powerful kingdom in the continent." said Louis XIII.

"Your Majesty, we will stop the unification of the Holy Roman Empire, and let Spain recognize the independence of the Netherlands and weaken its influence. As long as Spain is weak and the Holy Roman Empire continues to be divided, we France will be the most powerful country in the continent." Mazaran said.

"What should we do after peace?" asked Louis XIII.

"If Spain and England are in a terrible relationship, we can join forces with all the kingdoms of Europe to put pressure on England. This time we support the Spanish, demanding that England hand over the Haiti and Jamaica they took away, and at the same time let Sophia hand over the throne of England and let Princess Anne be the Queen of England."

"Behind Sofia is the Chinese. They will not let the queen they support step down easily, as it would not be in their interests."

"What if all the kingdoms of Europe put pressure on them? Tsarist Russia had conflicts with the Chinese. Spain and the Netherlands were stolen by the Chinese to varying degrees. The Swedes have always stood on our side. France, plus Spain, the Netherlands, and Sweden have the most powerful army in Europe. If we join forces to target England, England will definitely suffer heavy losses and have to compromise with us."

"Do we have a chance of winning in the Chinese intervene in the war?" Louis XIII was a little uneasy.

The news of the French ambassador from Constantinople that the coalition forces captured Constantinople made Louis XIII frightened.

Even the Ottoman Empire fell, and France dared not say that it could perform better than the Ottoman Empire.

"The fall of Constantinople did show their strong military strength, but they came from afar and had a fatal flaw, that is, their lack of logistics. They could not bear the protracted war. Their battle to attack the Ottoman Empire was entirely a matter of quick battles and was supported by a group of small countries in Italy. If the whole of Europe targeted them in an all-round way and sent privateers to destroy the merchant ships of England and Chinese merchants, they would definitely seek peace because they could not bear such losses." Mazaran said.

"This matter still needs to be cautious, secretly contacted Spain, Austria, Sweden, and the Netherlands. If they are also uneasy about the Chinese and the English, then they can consider forming an alliance to deal with the threats posed by the Chinese and the English to the European continent."

"I will use the opportunity of peace talks to contact countries in order to protect the continental affairs."

The fall of Constantinople made the Thirty Years' War end faster than the original progress. France and Spain ceased, and the Holy Roman Emperor also began negotiations with the princes.

The continent, with constant wars, began to restore peace, but new contradictions were brewing.

The wars of France, the Netherlands, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire were coming to an end, and they began to regard England and outsiders as threats. The camps that hated each other privately wanted to join forces to meet the enemy. It can be said that there are only eternal interests between countries but no eternal friends.

On the Nordic battlefield, Sweden and the Netherlands joined forces to attack the Kingdom of Denmark. King Christian IV of Denmark led the Danish fleet to fight the Netherlands and Swedish fleets in the waters near the Isle of Femane. The King of Denmark temporarily defeated the Netherlands and Swedish fleets with his tenacious will.

However, Swedish commander Thorstensen led the Swedish army to occupy the Jutland Peninsula. The Danish king lost one eye in the naval battle and could only rely on the fortress and a heavy loss of fleet to defend, and was forced to negotiate with the Netherlands and Sweden.

For a moment, the European continent seemed to have achieved peace that had not been around for a long time. The Mediterranean, Western Europe and Northern Europe were in peace talks, and the Thirty Years' War, which killed millions of civilians in the German region, ended early, and everyone saw the dawn of peace.

It was against this background that Chu Yun led a huge expeditionary fleet back to England.

After the fleet returned to London, he received unparalleled cheers. Queen Sophia brought the cabinet ministers and members of Congress to greet him!

This expedition, the English received compensation of 1 million taels of silver and also divided the land in Greece, which greatly boosted their people's hearts and more supportive of Queen Sophia's rule.

War is such a strange thing. If you can win or expand your territory, you can easily gain the love of civilians. On the contrary, if you lose the war or the situation is unfavorable, you will immediately complain.
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