Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1621, Philip III ya mutu kuma ɗansa ya gāji sarautarsa a matsayin Philip na Huɗu. Sojojin yanzu suna da iko sosai. A shekara ta gaba, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke na Olivares, ya maye gurbin Zúñiga, mutum ne mai iyawa wanda ya gaskata cewa cibiyar dukan wahalar Spain tana cikin Holland. Bayan wasu matsaloli na farko, Bohemians sun ci nasara a
White Mountain a shekara ta 1621, kuma a Stadtlohn a 1623. An sake sabunta yaƙin da Netherlands a 1621 tare da Spinola yana ɗaukar sansanin soja na Breda a 1625. Shiga tsakani na sarki Danish Christian IV a cikin yaƙin ya damu da wasu (Kirista na ɗaya daga cikin sarakunan Turai kaɗan waɗanda ba su da damuwa game da kuɗinsa) amma nasarar da Janar Janar Albert na Wallenstein ya yi a kan Danes a Dessau Bridge da kuma a Lutter, duka a 1626, sun kawar da barazanar. Akwai bege a Madrid cewa Netherlands a ƙarshe za a sake haɗa ta cikin daular, kuma bayan an ci Denmark, Furotesta a Jamus kamar an shawo kansu. Faransa ta sake shiga cikin rashin kwanciyar hankalinta (sanannen Siege na La Rochelle ya fara a 1627), kuma ikon Spain ya zama kamar ba za a iya musantawa ba. Count-Duke Olivares ya tabbatar da cewa "Allah ɗan Spain ne kuma yana yaƙi da al'ummarmu a kwanakin nan".