<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngaphambi kokuba uRichelieu athathe izintambo, ingxenye enkulu yeYurophu yayibambeke eMpini Yeminyaka Engamashumi Amathathu 16181648. IFrance yayingalwi ngokusobala nabakwaHabsburg, ababebusa eSpain naseMbusweni Ongcwele WamaRoma, ngakho iminikelo kanye nosizo lwalunikezwa ngasese kubaphikisi babo. Wayebheka iRiphabhuliki yaseNetherlands njengomunye wabangane ababaluleke kakhulu baseFrance, ngoba yayihlangene ngqo neNetherlands yaseSpain futhi yayiphakathi neMpi Yeminyaka Engamashumi Ayisishiyagalombili neSpain ngaleso sikhathi. Ngenhlanhla yakhe, uRichelieu wayengumuntu we-bon français, njengenkosi, owayesevele enqume ukuxhasa amaDashi ukulwa namaSpanishi ngeSivumelwano saseCompiègne ngoJuni 1624, ngaphambi kokuqokwa kukaRichelieu njengoNgqongqoshe Wokuqala ngo-Agasti. Ngawo lowo nyaka, iqembu lezempi, elalixhaswa ngemali ngasese yiFrance futhi liholwa uMarquis de Coeuvres, laqala isinyathelo ngenhloso yokukhulula iValtelline ekubusweni yiSpain. Ngo - 1625, uRichelieu wathumela nemali ku - Ernst von Mansfeld, umlawuli wamabutho aqashiwe odumile owayesebenzela amaNgisi eJalimane. Nokho, ngo - May 1626, lapho izindleko zempi cishe seziwonakalisile amaFrance, inkosi nomkhadinali benza ukuthula neSpain ngeSivumelwano SaseMonçon. Lokhu kuthula kwaphazamiseka ngokushesha ngemva kokungezwani ngenxa  <response>: Impi Yokulandelana KwamaMantua. 