The huge uniform flag gradually rose and flew over the city of Lisbon. The morale of the soldiers inside and outside the city walls suddenly changed drastically.
The Portuguese soldiers immediately understood that Chinese reinforcements had arrived and cheered in the trenches. They persisted under the bombardment of the coalition forces for more than four months and were killed by tens of thousands of people. They could no longer hold on. Now the reinforcements from the East were
Arrival, this is undoubtedly the best news for Portuguese soldiers - after all, the Tiger Army is a powerful army that can win every battle, and even the Portuguese know how powerful this ally is.
However, the morale of the European coalition forces was suddenly hit hard as if someone had punched them hard - Lisbon, which was about to be captured, suddenly appeared with such a powerful reinforcement force. Was the previous few months wasted?
William II, the ruler of the Netherlands, looked at the yellow soldiers in the trench opposite and took a nervous breath.
He subconsciously felt a little nervous, for no other reason than that the Dutch had lost to Li Zhi too many times over the years. The Dutch had lost from Formosa, to the Jiangbei Army, to Indochina, and to Jakarta.
, lost in India. In recent years, the Dutch have been losing to Li Zhi, whose sphere of influence has become smaller and smaller.
Facing Li Zhi's Tiger Army, the European coalition had absolute numerical and logistical advantages. As long as necessary, the European monarchs could mobilize another million people to Portugal to besiege Li Zhi at any time - in fact, they did just that.
Orders to increase troops have been conveyed to all corners of Europe.
But William II subconsciously felt a little scared.
Past history told William II that the more the Dutch felt they had a chance to win, the more miserable the Dutch would lose.
The British ruler Cromwell glanced at his Dutch allies, walked over and said: "Your Highness William, you don't need to worry too much. Li Zhi brought at most more than 100,000 people. We still have an absolute numerical advantage. And don't
In two months, we can add a second batch of troops to Lisbon. By then, there will be more than one million people fighting 200,000, and Li Zhi has no chance of winning."
William II smiled awkwardly.
"Mr. Cromwell, you are right."
He felt a little ashamed of his panic. After all, he was also the leader of a powerful European country, but he was so afraid of the yellow emperor. He tried to show a confident side in front of Cromwell, but he looked at the word "Qi" on the city wall.
Flag, but his heart sank again.
"Mr. Cromwell, victory belongs to us in the end...but...but...but that's Li Zhi..."
The war history between the British and Li Zhi was relatively short, and they did not lose many times. Cromwell could not understand William II's fear of Li Zhi, and looked at William II in surprise without speaking.
Louis XIV put down his telescope and frowned at William II. He felt ashamed of the cowardly William II. This was not the cowardice that a proud European monarch should show.
"Bart, did Li Zhi bring an infantry fighting vehicle?"
Now Louis XIV is the commander-in-chief of the Lisbon battlefield, and he controls the scout intelligence system of the European Allied Forces. His general Bart is the chief intelligence officer.
Bart bowed and said: "Your Highness, Li Zhi brought fifty infantry fighting vehicles. But this number is really not worth mentioning. This is Europe, and we have more than five hundred heavy artillery of over fifty pounds outside Lisbon.
If Li Zhi's infantry fighting vehicles dare to come out, our artillery will definitely beat them into scraps."
Louis XIV nodded and asked, "What did Li Zhi bring?"
Bart replied loudly: "Your Highness, Li Zhi has brought artillery, and a large number of artillery is being transported to the trench. The caliber of these artillery is not small, they are probably all twenty-four-pounders, and they appear to be breech-loading guns."
Louis XIV asked loudly: "How many doors are there?"
Bart replied loudly: "According to our estimate, there are about a thousand doors."
Louis XIV touched his nose and pondered for a moment.
"Li Zhi wants to defend Lisbon with a thousand artillery pieces?"
His confidence suddenly surged and he laughed: "This is a ridiculous joke!"
William II also heard the conversation here and opened his mouth in surprise - Li Zhi only brought fifty infantry fighting vehicles, which was not enough to influence the situation of the battle! You must know that the artillery quality of European countries is much stronger than that of the Ottomans
With Persia, if Li Zhi displays only fifty chariots here, he will be saturated with artillery attacks.
William II felt that since Li Zhi personally conducted the expedition, he would be sure of victory. But he really didn't know what kind of medicine Li Zhi was selling in his gourd.
Louis XIV glanced at William II with disdain, deeply despising the cowardice of the Dutch ruler. He raised his telescope and began to observe the situation on the enemy's position.
On a small castle outside the city of Lisbon, Li Zhi and King Joao IV walked to the top of the castle.
Li Zhi looked at the huge battlefield around him and began to use his binoculars to carefully observe the Tiger Soldiers in the trenches.
John IV also followed Li Zhi to observe the battlefield at first, but after following Li Zhi's movements for a while, he felt something strange. What Li Zhi carefully observed was the arrangement of the various officers of the Huben Army and the combat readiness level of the soldiers of the Huben Army.
The enemy on the opposite side, Li Zhi, never looked at it, as if this was an exercise by the Tiger and Ben troops.
After a long time, Li Zhi took a casual look at the European coalition forces opposite.
Putting down the telescope, Li Zhi asked Zhong Feng: "Are all the artillery in place?"
Zhong Feng nodded and replied: "Your Majesty! All the artillery is in place! We can launch an attack at any time."
Hearing Zhong Feng's words, King Joao IV was shocked.
What do the Chinese mean? Enemies several times larger than here are surrounding the city of Lisbon. The situation is clearly that Portugal and the Tiger Army are at a disadvantage. At this juncture, Li Zhi stood on the commanding heights but did not look at the situation of the European coalition forces at all, as if this
War is just a training exercise for the Tiger Army.
And Zhong Feng actually said that the Huben Army was going to launch an attack!
You must know that after several reinforcements, the European coalition forces outside have a total of 420,000 people. However, the Tiger and Ben Army now only has 120,000 reinforcements arrived. Adding in the 40,000 remnant troops that were bombed to the point where they are barely organized, the Lisbon side only has 160,000 troops.
Ten thousand people. And Li Zhi, with these 160,000 people, was ready to launch an attack without a unified battle plan with the Portuguese side.
Could it be that in the eyes of the Chinese, Europeans are all papery?
As a European, John IV felt that he was deeply despised by Li Zhi. Europeans were stronger and taller than the Chinese. In fact, in the previous centuries, Europe had achieved greater glory than the Chinese.
However, in Li Zhi's eyes, the whole of Europe, united together, seemed to be just a bunch of chickens and dogs.
King Joao IV licked his lips and said: "Your Majesty, do we need to unify the battle plan before launching the attack?"
Li Zhi turned to look at John IV, and then remembered that he had forgotten to tell the Portuguese the battle plan.
Li Zhi nodded, and there seemed to be a trace of apologetic expression on his face, but this expression only flashed across his face.
"Don't worry, King of Portugal, our shrapnel cannons will blow the enemy to pieces."
