Renscred and the other two colleagues took Jiang Xianyun to the war room and reported the love brought by Field. According to the king's wishes, they did not hide anything. Jiang Xianyun kept frowning and listening. The three Swedish ministers looked at him, but did not see anything gloating in this young face.

The reason is very simple. As the empire's military officer to Rui, he later became the ambassador to Sweden. Whether from national cooperation or personal feelings, Jiang Xianyun reminded Sweden more than once that the iron curtain against Sweden was about to fall on the Baltic Sea, and Sweden was in extreme danger.

After the Grand Duke of Prussia met King Yu in Ceuta, the empire brought Sweden anti-Swiss alliances against Sweden.

Sweden has always been alert to the empire's kindness reminder, because many Swedes, especially these Swedish ministers, believed that the empire was using panic to make Sweden purchase more military equipment from the empire and increase its influence on Sweden.

Overall, Sweden believes that there is such an anti-Swiss alliance, but he never expected that Russia would be one of them, let alone that they had formulated such a radical and comprehensive plan. This is no longer the purpose of traditional wars such as snatching Baltic hegemony and land, but it is to destroy Sweden.

"The king is very young. As his friends, you are also his most trusted ministers. You must be more secure at this time and prevent the king from doing radical things." Jiang Xianyun said slowly.

"You mean, are we asking our king to endure Russia's betrayal and deception, right?" Reinscred said.

Jiang Xianyun shook his head gently, and Levinhop asked, "Do you want us to advise the king to avoid war?"

Jiang Xianyun said: "His Excellency Levinhop, war is inevitable. Russia, Poland, Saxony and Denmark have a population of nearly 30 million. This is an alliance stronger than France. When they launch an attack, Sweden will die without a burial place."

"Then what do you mean?" the three of them asked at the same time.

Jiang Xianyun was still waiting for the answer, but he heard King Carl's young voice coming: "Teacher Jiang suggests that we should start first, but we should choose the right target."

Carl walked in from outside the door. He was wearing a common military uniform of the Swedish Army. His young face was full of fighting spirit and his hair was a little wet. Apparently he had just used cold water to force himself to calm down.

"Teacher, I'm too young after all." Carl bent down gently and said to Jiang Xianyun in Chinese. This was the attitude of the young and energetic king to recognize his arrogant mistake and admit his mistake to the teacher who had made several warnings and suggestions.

Because the Swedish ministers did not like Jiang Xianyun's alarmist words, Jiang Xianyun could only use his personal relationship to make warnings several times. But Carl was still young and energetic after all, and he was very confident in himself and the Swedish army. So he felt that even as Jiang Xianyun said, there was an anti-Swedish alliance sweeping over, he could easily deal with it. Unfortunately, no one expected that there was another Russia in this anti-Swedish northern alliance.

Jiang Xianyun smiled and said, "Wouldn't you let down this energetic age? King, Sweden now needs your youthful spirit, only you can make this country full of fighting spirit."

Carl nodded: "I want to say something about apologies later. Now I need the teacher to tell me what kind of support the Empire can give us once war breaks out with the Northern Alliance."

This stumped Jiang Xianyun. He was the empire's ambassador to Sweden, but the relationship between countries was not something he could decide, especially the promises about war. Only King Yu, who was far away in Ceuta, could make it on behalf of the empire.

"King, I cannot give an accurate answer. But what I want to say is that Sweden is at a disadvantage in the current situation, and among your enemies are Russia and Denmark, so the empire must support you. The possibility of alliances and sending troops is very small, but I think there is no problem in selling or even directly aiding materials and providing military financing." Jiang Xianyun hesitated for a moment and said what he was thinking.

Carl had no disappointment or surprise expression, which was actually similar to what he thought, and he asked: "Is the secret agreement about Iceland still valid now? I mean when Russia will become a member of the Northern Alliance."

"Of course, the Iceland agreement will always be valid." Jiang Xianyun gave a positive answer.

The empire had many interests in the Baltic Sea and coastal coasts, but the Baltic Sea was the only place in the world that the empire could not affect. Given the unstable security situation in Europe, the empire could not establish a long-term alliance with any country, so the best way was to obtain a territory of its own here.

Although Iceland is far away, it also controls the estuaries of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, which is the best choice.

In addition to the long-term interests of Iceland, the empire also has other strategic interests in the Baltic Sea. Two of them are the keys. One is to stop Russia from obtaining the Baltic estuary. The second is to prevent a Baltic overlord from appearing, which will prevent the expansion of the imperial interests here.

Although Russia has a long coastline, what can truly be called an estuary is the Black Sea coast of the Crimean Khanate that they shared with the Empire and Poland. It was expanded based on the original Tatar Kajibey and renamed Odessa.

But in terms of maritime strength, the empire is the overlord of the sea, and in terms of maritime utilization, the Russian ships going to sea were controlled by the Ottoman Empire.

In other words, the interests of the Russians in the Black Sea need to respect the empire's military advantages and the geopolitical advantages of the Ottomans. Because of this, Russia's strategy towards the ocean is not only free, but has always been controlled. To give the simplest example, Russia exports more food to Europe through the Black Sea every year than Poland, and timber ranks first. Nowadays, coal mining has also developed, but most of these export trades are controlled by merchants in the empire and some Italian regions, and the profits earned are also divided into large portions.

Russia has always wanted to get another sea estuary, that is, the Baltic Sea estuary, but the problem is that the empire doesn't want this, because it not only means that Russia's strength will be improved, but also means that the milk produced by this cow is no longer exclusive to the empire.

In order to prevent Russia from expanding in the Baltic Sea, the empire should support Sweden. But the problem is that Sweden is the strongest among the Baltic coast countries. If you blindly support Sweden, this country will dominate the Baltic Sea. This is not in the interests of the empire at all.

Therefore, the empire's strategy has always been to support Sweden, but only a little bit.

Carl stood in front of the sand table, looked at the flat land in Russia, and said, "Okay, Teacher Jiang. Although I know that it is a bit too much to ask your country to form an alliance with us, I must do my best for the sake of Sweden.

I know that your country's foreign national strategy is now under the responsibility of the noble His Highness Yu, and I have already decided that I will send four ministers of the Privy Council to Ceuta to meet His Highness Yu. I will beg him to give us more help and negotiate all cooperation matters.

But you also know that the senior officials of the Privy Council have never dealt with His Highness Yu, and they are not even familiar with the diplomatic etiquette and norms of the empire, so I would like to ask you to accompany you. And for the years of friendship between you and me, we will provide necessary assistance."

"Yes, since war is inevitable, I must report directly to His Highness Yu. Fortunately, Lord Duan Yi is in Cornisburg as the representative of King Yu. I will go there first and let him temporarily take all the powers of the empire in Sweden." Jiang Xianyun agreed without thinking.

Carl nodded. The Empire not only had an embassy in Sweden, but also a businessmen association, and a military teaching team of 140 people. These people cannot be commanded without people.

"Okay, I will have someone offer you the necessary letters of state and official documents tomorrow morning."

"Then I will prepare first. Good luck, Your Majesty the King. I hope that I can hear the news of your victory overseas." Jiang Xianyun said.

"Yes, teacher, I hope you can bring more good news to me and Sweden, too," said Carl Wen.

Soon, Jiang Xianyun left the war room. The two of them had been talking in Chinese. Among the three kings' confidants, only Renscred understood a little, but he was confused. However, with Jiang Xianyun's departure, he was sure that in the subsequent war, Jiang Xianyun could no longer stay in the decision-making level of the Swedish Kingdom.

"Your Majesty, Lord Jiang is a talented officer, especially in the army. How can you let him leave? In the war that follows, he can serve as your military adviser." Renscred said.

In fact, Jiang Xianyun had never participated in the war, but the problem was that these confidants trusted by Carl XII also had no war experience. The difference is that Jiang Xianyun had received the imperial orthodox military academy education and was one of the best. Now the Swedish army, especially the elite troops, are all organized according to the standards of the Imperial Army.

King Carl shook his head slightly: "Now we are facing a critical situation, we must rely on China's help, but we cannot rely entirely on China. The interests and demands between us are different. The more we are at this time, the more we must keep the distance between me and Teacher Jiang."

Stanbok, who had been silent, asked, "So what are we going to do now?"

"Ren and Stanbok, I need you to cooperate with the Privy Council to carry out a comprehensive war mobilization in Sweden. Since war is inevitable, we must do our best." Carl said first, then looked at Levinhope.

During the years when the Swedish Army learned from the empire, many new armies were formed, and the King's Legion commanded by Colonel Levinhope was the most special one.

This is a corps drawn from the Imperial Guards. All the instructors came from the Imperial Army, and some of them were even retired army officers who were recruited. The special thing about this corps is its equipment.

The name of the King's Legion comes from the tradition of Gustav II, but it is actually a brigade-level unit equipped with separate artillery, cavalry, etc. Unlike other armies, the two infantry battalions of this army are all equipped with rifled guns.

"Col. Levinhope, you go to Denmark with me and the Navy. The first thing we have to kill is the bold Danes." Carl said.

Renscred asked, "Your Majesty, do you really need a comprehensive mobilization?"

"Yes! This is the will of the king. This war is extraordinary. Sweden is either strong or perished. We must not seek a middle way." Carl said.

Throughout the seventeenth century, Sweden's army was extremely brilliant, not only Gustav II's outstanding performance, but also Sweden's conscription system ahead of the world.

As early as the Middle Ages, all Swedish men living in rural areas had an obligation to protect their kingdom, but at that time, the law stipulated that these recruits were merely wars to protect the kingdom.

Two hundred years ago, the law changed, and militias also had to participate in foreign wars, and there was no limit on the consignment period, but each consignment required permission from rural representatives.

In the era of Gustav II, the royal family and peasant representatives repeatedly negotiated in parliament due to military service issues. The royal representatives must explain the legality and necessity of the conscript and the specific measures for the conscript. The two sides must also agree on the number and scope of the conscript.

In the early seventeenth century, the scope of conscript was limited. At that time, Swedish farmers were divided into self-cultivating farmers, tenant farmers under the name of the royal family and tenant farmers under the name of the nobles. Because self-cultivating farmers and royal tenant farmers had the power to elect their own peasant congressmen, ordinary tenant farmers did not, they had the obligation to serve in the military. Therefore, at that time, only self-cultivating farmers and royal tenant farmers accepted the conscript. Later, as the war expanded, tenant farmers belonging to the nobles were also recruited.

However, fifteen tenants and self-cultivated farmers in the royal family sent out one army, while one of the noble tenants in the noble family sent out one army, which was later adjusted to ten and twenty.

During the Thirty Years' War, in order to enhance the enthusiasm for recruiting soldiers and ease the contradictions, the Swedish government withdrew from a more popular military service system, that is, no longer recruiting soldiers according to population, but using the amount of land they own as the standard for recruitment.

If a self-cultivated farmer and a royal tenant farmer have ten pieces of land, one person will be expropriated to serve as a soldier, while an ordinary tenant farmer has twenty yuan, and he will serve in turn.

This advanced military service system has continued until now, and no generations of kings have been adapted.
Chapter completed!