Chapter 1139: Compassion
João IV looked at the battlefield dominated by the Tiger cannon and opened his mouth wide in surprise.
When he saw Li Zhi's confident demeanor just now, he guessed that the new artillery that Li Zhi brought this time must be very powerful and could help Lisbon hold its position. However, what he did not expect was that this kind of artillery could completely change the situation on the battlefield, turning the already precarious Lisbon defenders into an attacking side.
Not only was it the attacking side, but now the Tiger Army and the Portuguese defenders were literally trying to eat the European coalition forces.
João IV had been to Tianjin, seen all kinds of incredibleness in Tianjin, and seen the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the Han people under the idea of public morality, but he did not expect that the Han people could rely on these things to kill in Europe. João IV hadn't slept well for months, fearing that the country the Portuguese had been desperately trying to recover would suddenly die again. However, at this time, when the situation of the Lisbon defense was getting better and better, he could not say a word.
He opened his mouth, but he felt that his vocal cords were stuck by something, and he couldn't express anything but shock.
João IV was shocked, and the Portuguese nobles in the small castle were terrified.
This is the first time they have seen the power of Li Zhi.
These aristocrats were seventeenth-century Europeans, descendants of the glorious Kingdom of Portugal during the Age of Discovery, who had always thought that Portuguese civilization was already advanced. Most of these people have the pride and self-confidence of the nobility, and they are not interested in the yellow people in the East from the bottom of their hearts.
For João IV to defect to Li Zhi and become Li Zhihu's servant of the country, these nobles have always complained a lot. They have never been to Tianjin, and they have never witnessed the magic of one town and nine provinces. So they really can't accept the fact that the proud white country is subordinate to the yellow race.
However, standing on this castle today, looking at the devastated Tiger cannons on the battlefield, they realized how ridiculous their past obsessions were.
This feeling of a shattered worldview is not something that everyone has experienced. Only one person who has gained the recognition of tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people with forty or fifty years of ups and downs, obtained the social status, wealth and identity that others envy, and established a very solid worldview, and then completely shattered this worldview in one day, can understand the feelings of these Portuguese nobles at this time.
João IV felt himself almost hear the heart-shattering of these nobles.
The nobles of Portugal watched the battlefield with wide eyes, their faces filled with fear. Faced with the brutal lethality of the Tiger cannon, their faces were filled with fear.
They finally understand that Li Zhi is the most terrifying person in the world, and Li Zhi can easily change the technology of the times and create weapons that completely change the shape of warfare. The Han Chinese, led by Li Zhi, are the most terrible people in the world, and the aristocrats, who originally thought that the whites could compete with the Han Chinese, now understand that all this is a fantasy.
The nobles were now only worried about whether Li Zhi would start to clean up the ranks of the Portuguese nobles after Li Zhi's victory over the European coalition forces. Will the nobles who oppose João IV's defection to the Chinese be liquidated and stripped of power? You must know that many of these nobles have openly opposed alliances with the Chinese.
In the cold north wind, many Portuguese nobles had cold sweat on their heads.
Li Zhi glanced lightly at the Portuguese kings and nobles and shook his head.
He said slowly: "I could not have imagined that white Europeans could be so vulnerable. ”
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the Portuguese on the top of the small castle were very embarrassed. They are also white, and Lee Sik's naked contempt makes them embarrassed. However, they couldn't find any reason to refute Li Zhi, let alone have the courage to refute Li Zhi.
All bowed to Lee Sik in humiliation, showing their obedience and loyalty with their actions.
João IV's face was blood-red, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty is so great, Europe will definitely surrender to Your Majesty and be controlled by Your Majesty." ”
Li Zhi did not answer him.
Zhong Feng looked at the position of the Europeans in the distance, turned to Li Zhi and said, "Holy Lord, the Europeans are out of the trench. ”
Li Zhi smiled and said lightly: "The kings of Europe lost their breath so quickly, I thought that these military nobles would stay calm under the heavy blow and slowly retreat." ”
Li Zhi made no secret of his discrimination against European kings.
In fact, if the European coalition forces immediately withdraw the encirclement and the whole army retreats, they can still withdraw the main force. Even if some of the palace troops were defeated by the pursuit of the Tiger Ben army in the process of retreat, it would only lose a small part. Europeans could retreat to France, or even to the mountains of Germany and Italy to play games.
If these European aristocrats could accept reality, they should run away. Guerrilla warfare can cause great trouble for Li Zhi.
But Louis XIV and the kings of Europe lost their cool in the face of the King Tiger artillery, and they did not accept the drastic changes in the situation on the battlefield and the fact that the European coalition forces were defeated by the Tiger Army. They chose to charge with all their might into the trenches of Lisbon.
Li Zhi shook his head again and said, "Then let's show these white people what real power is." ”
Hearing Li Zhi's words, João IV didn't know why his heart suddenly trembled.
He began to tremble in an instant, feeling that all his pride and reliance had become worthless in an instant. In front of the powerful Li Zhi, he was just a small leader of an alien race who could be pinched to death or erased at any time, and he was extremely weak.
João IV fell to his knees with a thud and bowed to Li Zhi with his hands, like a prisoner awaiting a verdict. He never betrayed Li Zhi, but at this time he felt deep fear because he was a white European, a foreigner in the eyes of Han Chinese.
None of the Portuguese nobles and the Portuguese soldiers on the castle dared to stand, and they all knelt down in front of Li Zhi one by one, throwing themselves to the ground of this incredibly powerful Han leader.
Li Zhi didn't look at these Portuguese.
Portugal is a docile subordinate country, and Li Zhi will treat these Portuguese well. But China is getting stronger, and Li Zhi will not give these weak Europeans the respect they deserve.
Li Zhi just looked at the European coalition forces in the distance lightly and said, "Then let's smash them." ”
Zhong Feng heard Li Zhi's words and gave Li Zhi a respectful military salute. Then he turned around and shouted at the flag commander behind him: "The Tiger artillery unit is in a state of full speed fire, and it is bombarding the enemy infantry group!" ”
When Joao IV heard this, he raised his head and looked at Li Zhi in surprise.
Full speed firing state? The artillery unit has not used all its strength just now?
Li Zhi just looked faintly at the European coalition forces in front of him, and at the European soldiers who rushed out from five or six miles away.
The white soldiers seemed to have some fear on their faces, but they were even more courageous. They were tall and muscular, warriors who had survived thousands of years of non-stop wars in Europe, warriors born for war. No nation in the world can surpass the unity, selflessness, mutual assistance and sacrifice that war requires.
Carrying colorful flags and carrying mini rifles stolen from the East, they jumped out of the trench one by one and strode towards the position on this side.
The ancient and pathetic European war song resounded from the positions of the European coalition forces and turned around on the scorched battlefield.
The soldiers of Europe are amazing soldiers.
They have the strongest courage, discipline and organization of their time. They can launch a decisive charge with tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, and they can line up to shoot with arquebuses like raindrops of bullets. If Li Zhi had not appeared, these powerful soldiers would have swept across the earth in the next three hundred years, conquering countless lands, exterminating hundreds of millions of indigenous peoples, and turning the lands of ancient peoples into their new homes. Spread the blood of the white man to every continent of the world.
But Li Zhi crossed over.
This is the end of the history of Europe.
In the face of the absolute power of the Han Chinese, these brave and fearless European soldiers were as pitiful and ridiculous as Don Quixote who stormed the windmill.
João IV subconsciously turned his head and looked at the European warriors who were bravely charging, and his eyes were suddenly full of compassion and helplessness.
The deafening sound of artillery rang out on the battlefield.
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