Louis XIV stood on the high ground east of Lisbon and looked at the city of Lisbon, which was surrounded by Allied soldiers.

A million European coalition soldiers are not all in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra are now under siege by coalition forces, and cities large and small are attacking in different numbers. Louis XIV personally commanded the assault on Lisbon on the front line, amassing 270,000 soldiers in an attempt to take the Portuguese capital as quickly as possible.

But even 270,000 people are spectacular, and the outside of Lisbon's walls is crisscrossed by trenches. From a distance, those complex war fortifications are as dense as ants' nests, cutting the land of Europe in winter to pieces, and making people's scalps tingle.

Countless soldiers confronted each other in the trenches.

The course of the battle did not go as smoothly as expected.

The battlefield was full of flames. The explosion caused by the flowering bomb set all the nearby villages and trees on fire, and everyone had incendiary objects in their field of vision. The flames contrast strongly with the snow on the ground, making the whole picture very vivid and dazzling.

Another thing that adds to the atmosphere of the battlefield is the smoke that fills the air. The smoke coming out of the barrels of the guns hung over the positions of both sides, as if it were a fog of war.

Amid the suffocating smoke, a French knight walked to the vicinity of the outer city of Lisbon with a white flag. He walked near the trench and shouted at the Portuguese there, recruiting the southern European soldiers in the trench in Portuguese.

But in response to him were grenades brought in by the Chinese. The Portuguese soldiers, still having the will to fight, threw bolt grenades at him. The explosions frightened the knight into throwing away the white flag and retreating to his position.

After the knights rushed back to the coalition trenches, the European coalition forces retaliated and opened fire on the Portuguese.

The trenches on the perimeter of the city walls were dug by the Portuguese and are now being heavily bombarded by Allied artillery. From time to time, Louis XIV saw flowering projectiles flying through the sky and falling into the trenches of the Portuguese. As soon as the shells landed, the nearby Portuguese soldiers were scared into their heads, and the Portuguese in checkered uniforms dodged the shells as if they were hiding from the plague, but there were always people who were hit by the shells.

The number of heavy artillery pieces of the coalition forces was about 2,500 pieces. Although these artillery pieces all used flowering shells, they were still too dense for the outer moats of Lisbon, which were dozens of miles long and had six or seven layers inside and outside. Another restriction on the use of heavy artillery is the firing angle, which is basically flat-fired, and it is difficult for heavy artillery to hit a trench one meter wide.

And the curved artillery, that is, the European version of the mortar, is only available in Britain, the Netherlands and France, and the coalition forces outside Lisbon have only more than 3,000 of them. At this time, the main attack task was still these curved guns.

The European artillery of the European coalition took about an hour to dissipate heat for about ten shots, and the accuracy of the artillery fire of the coalition army was very limited, so most of the shells failed to smash into the trench and failed to really destroy the Portuguese trench defenses.

Louis XIV suddenly heard a huge cannon fire in the city of Lisbon, and after more than ten seconds, he saw dozens of heavy artillery shells falling on his own position in front of him.

These shells once again proved the sophistication of the weapons of the Portuguese.

You must know that this Russian position is more than ten miles away from the outer walls of Lisbon, far exceeding the range of European artillery. The Chinese artillery in the city of Lisbon was apparently rifled and could shoot at such an exaggerated distance.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Li Zhi's rifled guns were all flowering shells, and huge sparks quickly exploded on the positions of the Russian army, killing some Russian soldiers and Cossacks.

This rifled artillery return fire once again boosted the morale of the Portuguese soldiers, and the Portuguese cheered in the trenches.

Louis XIV frowned and looked through his binoculars at the city of Lisbon in the distance.

William II, the consul of the Netherlands, sneered and said: "Great French king, you once said that you would take Lisbon in a month, but now that it has been two months, the Portuguese still refuse to surrender. ”

Hearing Wilhelm II's taunt, Louis XIV raised his eyebrows.

"Your Royal Highness, you and I are well aware that the rifle that the Portuguese are using now is Li Zhi's breech-loading gun. This rifle has four times the rate of fire of our Mini rifles, and if we rush it, it will cause huge casualties. Our advantage now is the number of artillery, and the only way is to blow up the Portuguese with artillery until they abandon their positions. ”

Louis XIV waved his hand and said: "Our artillery strength has an absolute superiority, the morale of the Portuguese on the opposite side is close to collapse, as long as it is bombed for another month, at most a month and a half, the Portuguese will definitely surrender." ”

Hearing Louis XIV's words, the surrounding European nobles whispered.

Louis XIV's tactics were time-consuming, but generally workable.

Other tactics are completely impossible. The Portuguese soldiers' breech-loading guns were so heavy that several tentative Allied charges were repelled by the intense fire of the new rifles.

Although Li Zhi did not sell the Gatling guns to the Portuguese, nor did he sell the most advanced rear-loading guns without magazines, the eliminated rear-loading guns without magazines were basically dumped at Portugal at cost price.

After losing thousands of rushing warriors, the European coalition forces did not dare to continue to rush the trenches and die.

Louis XIV decided to use artillery to bombard the trenches opposite. The Portuguese had only more than 20,000 soldiers in Lisbon, and the combined number of cannons and small cannons did not exceed 1,000, which was an absolute disadvantage in numbers.

The king of Switzerland, who had been holding his hands on his two-handed greatsword, could not help but say: "I support the tactics of the French king, as long as we hold on, soon the Portuguese will surrender." We really don't have any other way now. ”

Queen Christina of Sweden said, "Your Highness Wilhelm, you need some patience. The defeat of the Portuguese is within a month or two, and we will soon be able to punish the cowards who betrayed Europe. ”

Wilhelm II snorted coldly when he saw that the nobles were all on the side of Louis XIV.

"However, according to the information from the Dutch merchant ships, Li Zhi's reinforcements are coming."

Christina said softly in French, "Your Highness William, we shouldn't be afraid of Li Zhi's reinforcements. He brought in a maximum of 100,000 men, and there were many more soldiers in our rear who were ready to go. Europe is so big, it is not a problem to gather another million people. As long as we persevere, victory will be ours. ”

After a pause, Christina said, "If Li Zhi sends more than 100,000 people, he will only come to die." ”

Wilhelm II was somewhat uncomfortable with the words of the Queen of Sweden. Cristina was a beautiful woman and the daughter of the great monarch Gustav II. Being a conceited Dutch ruler and being refuted by a beautiful and noble-born woman made Wilhelm II feel very gloomy.

With a sneer, Wilhelm II said: "However, according to the intelligence of the Netherlands, Li Zhi himself will also personally conquer Europe. ”

Hearing Wilhelm II's words, the surrounding nobles couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't react.

Li Zhi wants to go to Europe in person? What does Lee Sik do? Is he sure of victory? He is ready to use more than 100,000 men against more than two million European coalition troops?

Louis XIV frowned and exclaimed, "This is impossible! Your Highness William, are you joking? ”

Wilhelm II glared at Louis XIV and said: "The intelligence system of the Dutch does not need the French to suspect. Li Zhi's personal expedition to Europe is the exact news from India, I am afraid that in two months, Li Zhi will stand on the walls of Lisbon with his yellow reinforcements! ”

Everyone froze.

What does Lee Sik want to do? Conquer Europe with a hundred thousand men?

Even Louis XIV, who was extremely confident, could not understand the logic of this and looked at Wilhelm II in amazement.

For a long time, Christina's laughter broke the silence of these nobles.

The queen from Northern Europe covered her mouth and smiled: "The emperor of China has been carried away by victory after victory. Any great empire will collapse one day. I think what Wilhelm II said is good news. If we kill the yellow emperor in Lisbon, China's expansion will be over! We in Europe will regain world domination. “

The nobles looked at each other and finally agreed with Christina.

Wilhelm II also did not understand why Li Zhi came to Europe and was silent.

Louis XIV regained his composure.

"Her Royal Highness Christina is right, Li Zhi will definitely die here when he comes. Lisbon will soon become the graveyard of the Han Chinese emperors! “nt

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