In fact, for the current North Sea Kingdom, the contradiction with the Habsburg family is secondary. The most important thing is actually the contradiction with Portugal.

After all, conflicts with the Habsburg family may not necessarily require war, but if the conflicts with Portugal are not handled well, they will really need war.

Therefore, while playing a double act with the Habsburg family, Marin was also actively preparing to compete with the secretly wanted with Grape.

Just as people were generally concerned about the rumors of the disagreement between the Marin and the Habsburg family, 5,000 soldiers from the North Sea Kingdom had quietly boarded the ship and landed in the Port of La Coruña.

In order to prevent the Portuguese from blocking, Marin dispatched most of the ships this time and quietly transported 5,000 people to the Portuguese at one time. When the Portuguese learned the news, 5,000 people had already set up camp outside the city of La Coruna.

Upon hearing this news, the atmosphere in the Lisbon Palace in Portugal was solemn. Obviously, what they were most worried about happened - Marin knew to attack the Portuguese land by using Spain.

This is not counting. What they couldn't accept the most was that Spain actually agreed so readily to let the Beihai Army land. Manuel I angrily questioned Juan III in the name of Queen Maria, but Juan III calmly said that I owe Marin a life, and let the Beihai Army land in Spain once or twice was just to repay the favor debt. Besides, Spain is confident that the Beihai Army will prevent the Beihai Army from harming Spain...

Yes, Spain has this confidence. After all, they dare to fight against France's powerful country and have the confidence to say this. What's more, the Beihai Kingdom sent only 5,000 people, which is really not taken seriously by the Spanish.

However, the Portuguese were uncomfortable. Even if there were only 5,000 troops, it was enough to make the Portuguese frightened. Because, like England later, the army was really bad. Moreover, the later English lobster soldiers were actually not bad, but they could not be compared with the first-class army of Germany and France, and could also be considered second-rate. But the Portuguese army was not even second-rate. You know, in the "Battle of the Three Kings" in 1578, Portugal dispatched 25,000 troops with great strength, but was defeated by Morocco, which was still in the nomadic stage at the technical level, and the king died in the battle... Then, it gave Spain the opportunity to annex Portugal...

Moreover, the 5,000 people sent by the Beihai Kingdom were all elite soldiers selected by the first legion, which was famous in Beihai Kingdom and had never defeated. Even if Portugal dispatched 20,000 people, they would not have the confidence to fight against it. They could only ensure that they could defend several strong cities with their superior forces...

Yes, defend the city with superior forces! This is the sorrow of the weak army. When facing the threat of Spain's invasion, what Portugal can do is to concentrate superior forces to guard several major cities such as Lisbon, and dare not stand in front of Spain.

Historically, when Spain annexed Portugal, it only dispatched 20,000 troops on land, annexed Portugal and ruled Portugal for 60 years. If Spain had not participated in the "Thirty Years' War" for mortality and suffered consecutive defeats, giving Portugal a chance to re-independence, Portugal would have been continued to rule by Spain.

Now, the reason why Spain did not annex Portugal was that the French would not sit idly by the fact that they did not siege several fortresses in Portugal was also an important reason.

In 1580, France had just been rubbed on the ground by Charles V for decades, and its national power declined. Moreover, there was a religious war in the country - the Hugono War. At that time, France was unable to attack Spain from behind to force Spain to return to defense. Therefore, the Spanish king Philip II at that time sent a large army to annex Portugal.

But now it is different. France is not at a disadvantage against Spain now. Although Spain has a lot of money, France has a strong foundation and many elite soldiers. When the two sides fight, as long as they do not use short attacks and give full play to their own advantages, they can still play 50% with Spain.

At this time, if Spain wants to send an army of 20,000 to 30,000 to siege Portugal, its domestic strength will definitely be inferior to France. As long as France takes the opportunity to send a large army to attack Spain's back, Spain will have to withdraw its army.

Therefore, Portugal is not very worried about Spain's annexation of its own at present, but it will still be cautious.

But the Beihai Kingdom is different. This country is not bordered by France, and France has Spain, and England and the Habsburg family are restrained. If the Beihai Kingdom dispatches troops to attack Portugal through Spain, France will not be easy to do. After all, if the Beihai Kingdom is annoyed and the Beihai Kingdom makes up its will to join forces to siege France with Spain, England and the Habsburg family, France will not be able to bear it.

Moreover, the North Sea army did not need to conquer Portugal. They only needed to burn, kill, loot and sabotage all over Portugal, and make big destruction, so that Portugal could not afford to take advantage of it.

Portugal did not have the ability to invade the Beihai country's mainland, and at most it would attack the Beihai country's maritime power. However, the Beihai country's army, with the 5,000 elite troops from A Coruna, could make trouble in Portugal, causing great losses to Portugal.

No matter how you calculate it, Portugal is at a disadvantage. Therefore, the previous idea of ​​attacking the Port of Emden and burning down ships in the North Sea Kingdom was difficult to implement.

Moreover, after all, this incident was caused by Rui Silva's idiot. Afterwards, the Beihai Kingdom did not make too fierce moves, but just snatched the spices that made up for their losses and sent troops to rescue them without any extreme actions. The only additional loss was probably that it deliberately caused damage on San Miguel Island and San Jose Island when it attracted the warships of the Hero Port to leave the port.

Originally, the Portuguese government and opposition wanted to breathe a sigh of relief and establish a prestige with the Beihai Kingdom. However, unexpectedly, the Beihai Kingdom was still a difficult opponent to deal with. If he really established his prestige with the other party, he would also be established by the other party. In particular, the damn Spain actually agreed to the Beihai Kingdom Army to land and borrow...

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After all, the Portuguese government and the people felt that this matter was very unfavorable. Therefore, they could only give up hatefully.

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At the same time, in England, Marin took advantage of this conflict with the Portuguese to recruit sailors in England, saying that he wanted to form a "North Sea Fleet" to protect the security of the local coastal areas of the North Sea...

Since the great development of the wool textile industry in England, the land enclosure movement has emerged, and 200,000 to 300,000 refugees have nowhere to be resettled all year round. This time, Marin recruited sailors from these refugees, which was also considered a way out for them to survive.

Before, considering that there was no excuse, Marin specially withdrew from the measures to buy fishing boats with loans, encouraging these refugees to go fishing at sea, and then after training, they were pulled into their own naval forces.

But this conflict with the Portuguese gave Marin the excuse to fight for the rightful position. Marin simply did not beat around the bush and told Edward Ming about his grudges with Portugal, demanding to recruit 5,000 sailors in England.

Edward was very unhappy because the stronger Marin's military strength, the greater the threat to him. Originally, England had a maritime advantage. Even if the North Sea Kingdom had a strong army, if it could not cross the sea, it would not threaten England's mainland.

However, if the North Sea Kingdom had 5,000 sailors and a powerful fleet, England would lose its maritime advantage. If the North Sea Kingdom had transported troops to land without any scruples, England would have no resistance.

However, he also heard about the conflict between the North Sea and Portugal. Moreover, Marin was sincere and well-founded, and Edward could not find an excuse to refuse. Therefore, he could only accept it helplessly, and only required these 5,000 sailors to be stationed in the North Sea and not in England.

Marin naturally agreed, and he didn't have to make a fuss with Edward in this matter. When the 5,000 sailors were trained, wouldn't he go wherever he wanted?

You should know that on a 500-ton warship, there are only 180 crew members and 5,000 people. They can control 28 warships, and they can completely form a powerful fleet.

After learning about Marin's recruitment of 5,000 sailors in England, Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, proudly said to his friends and princes:

"Look, I'm right? That guy Marin is indeed planning to take action in England. The new fleet created by these 5,000 sailors is clearly to cover the 10,000 legions of troops landed in England to participate in the war!"
Chapter completed!