In the heyday, Spain was really strong, not only did they have a sea invincible fleet, the army also ranked first in the continent, after the succession of Philip IV, although the Spanish maritime strength has sunset, the army strength is still quite strong.

In order to defeat the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, he once expanded the army in a frenzy, and the Spanish army even exceeded 300,000 in his heyday!

At the beginning of the Battle of the European Land, the Habsburgs controlled Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were in fact overwhelmingly dominant, because the anti-Habsburg alliance was only Denmark, Sweden, and France, and France was still holding the idea of fishing and profiting, and instigating Denmark and Sweden to send troops, while they did not shoot themselves.

Denmark and Sweden were powerful countries at the time, but they were still a certain gap with Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, and it was only a Holy Roman Empire that could hold them, and Spain sent another army to help, and Denmark and Sweden were quickly defeated.

At this time, France finally shot, he not only shot himself, but also gathered Britain and the Netherlands together, from both the sea and land at the same time to launch an attack, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands began to intercept the Spanish treasure ship in the Atlantic, while France began to fight with Spain on land.

In this way, Spain suddenly can not resist, under the joint attack of land and sea, the Spanish economy began to decline seriously, Philip IV had to increase taxes, resulting in the Catalan uprising, France took the opportunity to assist, Spain suddenly was in trouble, Portugal also took the opportunity to get rid of Spanish rule.

This European war before and after nearly 30 years, the Spanish Army also from the opening of the 300,000 to now even 150,000 is not, and morale is extremely low, the anti-Habsburg alliance is more and more, morale is strong, Zhang Bin will not come again, Spain really can only cut the ground to peace.

Thinking of this, Philip IV sighed: "Now the French-led anti-Habsburg army has reached the region of Catalonia, and their alliance with the local insurrectionary army is quite difficult to deal with."

Zhang Bin did not know that the battle had been fought like this, and he could not help but frown: “How many more troops do you have?”

Philip IV did not conceal, "We have less than 150,000 troops in the army."

Zhang Bin frowned again and asked, “Where is the anti-Habsburg coalition?”

Philip IV estimated that "they had at least two hundred thousand, and the Catalan insurrection estimated at least twenty-five thousand."

This difference is a little different, the number of enemy troops is almost twice as many as them, no wonder Spain even Portugal's thousands of miscellaneous army is not free to clean up, they have reached a critical moment, accidentally may be hit to Madrid!

Now, Zhang Bin finally fully understood the mood of Philip IV, he was going to never come again, and this guy was expected to surrender!

No, we have to help Spain reverse its immediate decline, otherwise they don’t think it will take long.

Zhang Bin thought about it and then solemnly said, "Your Majesty the king, can you bring me the latest map to let me know."

Philip IV heard the news, did not hesitate to let people take the map, and personally explained the current situation for Zhang Bin.

Zhang Bin asked carefully to the map, his eyebrows could not help but wrinkle deeper, from the current situation, if he did not help the soldiers, Spain could not resist it!

The Spanish forces were already smaller than the anti-Habsburg coalition, but they had to disperse to surround the Catalan region, because the enemy could not break through from any direction, and Spain could fail.

Less than 150,000 people go to the family of more than 200,000 troops, this situation can be imagined, in fact, surrounded by no encirclement, because as long as people concentrate their forces from a point of breakthrough, all of you can do, not to mention that you less than 150,000 horses are still scattered on the front line of nearly a thousand miles.

Zhang frowned and mused for a moment, then pointed to Zaragoza between Madrid and Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia: "If the anti-Habsburg coalition attacks are the most likely to attack here?"

This is obvious, because there is a big road between Madrid and Barcelona, and Zaragoza is just stuck on this road, and the 200,000 troops of the anti-Haibsburg alliance will definitely choose here if they really want to launch an offensive.

Because the other directions are far from the mountains, but also the mountains and mountains, and they are all small roads, their grain and grass delivery will have problems, and more importantly, to force Spain to surrender to threaten Madrid, the attack in other directions is not strategic.

Philip IV nodded cautiously: "Yes, if they launch a general attack, they will take Zaragoza first."

Zhang Bin then asked, “How many troops have you deployed in Zaragoza?”

Philip IV said helplessly: "The remaining 50,000 army elites are stationed there, but if the anti-Habsburg alliance attacks, it will be difficult for these 50,000 elites to resist."

Fifty thousand elites on the city and can not resist the attack of 200,000 enemy troops, this sounds a little absurd, the Spanish weapons and equipment and anti-Habsburg alliance are not much different, why Philip IV so lack confidence?

The reason is very simple, because the mainland does not have a wall like Daming, they are basically repairing bastions, building a bastion on the high point of a city for defense, and elsewhere, basically no walls!

Like Zaragoza, a city with only porcede and no walls, 50,000 Spanish elites can't keep it, but the elite of the 50,000-plus-wide army will certainly stay, because the weapons and equipment of the Fuguang Army are stronger than the armies of the European countries, and if the Fuguang Army is only dead, it can also be properly equipped with more than a thousand pounds of flame guns to make them stronger.

Zhang Bin thought about it and then solemnly said, "His Majesty the King, if you have believed in our Ming Empire, please leave Zaragoza to us for defense, and your 50,000 elites can be transferred to Huesca in the northwest, and if you transfer the super battleship to Tarragona to help defend, it will be difficult for the anti-Habsburg coalition to break through your defense."

Daming Empire is willing to send troops to help is naturally the best, the problem is that our 50,000 elite can't withstand, can you stay with 50,000 elites?

Philip IV said somewhat doubtfully, “Your Royal Highness, are you sure that fifty thousand of you will be able to withstand the 200,000?”

Zhang Bin confidently said: "Of course, no problem, our Ming Empire's 50,000 elite standard field guns have two thousand, and I can also allocate at least 100 heavy guns from the Navy to Zaragoza's highland magistration as fire support, the enemy without more than a hundred heavy guns, it is impossible to break through our defenses."

Is there anti-Habsburg artillery?

Of course, there are, but the European countries have not yet equipped with field guns, the army is basically based on muskets, more than two thousand kinds of artillery, enough to bomb 200,000 anti-Habsburg coalition can not find the north!

Well, there are the Ming Empire of the 50,000 elite to help them guard Zaragoza, the war instantly reversed, they do not have to worry about the anti-Habsburg coalition will hit Madrid, the more Philip IV thought of the more excited, he even began to think about how to counterattack, defeat the anti-Habsburg alliance!