A huge fleet of steamers slowly approached the Lisbon pier.

The rifled guns of ironclads had the lethality of the ruling class in this era. Although a steamer sailing alone could be intercepted by a European sailing ship, after all, the hull of a cargo steamer is too thin to withstand heavy artillery bombardment. But as long as there were some ironclads in the steamship fleet, the wooden battleships of the Europeans did not dare to come up and challenge them at all.

The huge fleet with the Tianjin as its flagship had more than a hundred steamships, including fifteen ironclads and more than ninety steamships. The fleet sailed from Dagu to Lisbon without encountering any resistance along the way, and successfully reached the inner port of Lisbon.

Liu Jun walked off the bridge of the ship with his carrying gear and rifle and stood on the pier of the outer port of Lisbon to take a look.

Lisbon has been surrounded by European coalition forces for more than four months, and the atmosphere in the city is very calm. Due to the joint naval blockade of the British, Dutch and Spanish navies, Lisbon was largely cut off from the outside world. The huge port was very depressed, and there were no piles of goods or barrels to replenish fresh water on the docks, and there was not a single merchant that should have been everywhere on the docks.

A large number of Portuguese merchant ships were docked at the berths, apparently unable to go to sea because of the blockade.

Even the dock workers who were carrying the goods did not know what to do, and were probably requisitioned to the side of the city wall to assist in the defense of the city. The men were largely invisible near the docks, and it was clear that the defenses around the perimeter of the city walls were tight. Instead, a large number of local Portuguese women greeted the yellow race from afar with jugs and wine glasses.

The Portuguese women all seemed to be a little malnourished, their faces were yellow, and it was clear that life under siege was not easy. However, Portugal has been glorious for more than 100 years in the Age of Discovery, and its family foundation is very thick. Some of the young Portuguese girls were beautiful, which made Liu Jun can't help but take a few more looks.

As a young man who has just gotten rid of his military status, Liu Jun has always felt that beautiful women are unattainable. In the past, in the military town, girls with a little beauty would look down on poor soldiers like Liu Jun. Liu Jun has always doubted whether he can marry a daughter-in-law in this life.

However, when Liu Jun walked off the bridge, a Portuguese girl with a big golden braid handed Liu Jun a glass of wine. According to Liu Jun's standards, this Portuguese girl has a small and straight nose, big eyes, and a tall and plump figure, which is simply beautiful.

The Portuguese girl was smiling all over her face, obviously very welcoming to the Chinese who came to the rescue of Portugal. She said something out loud in Portuguese, but Liu Jun didn't understand.

Liu Jun was stunned and looked at the deputy squad leader behind him.

The deputy squad leader laughed and said, "Liu Jun, you are the most handsome in our class, and the girl will take a sip if you want to drink." ”

Liu Jun's face flushed, he looked at the beautiful Portuguese girl, took the wooden cup and drank it all.

The Portuguese girl laughed and took back her wooden cup. The girl stared at Liu Jun's eyes for a while, and found that Liu Jun's eyes were a little stupid, and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile. She took out a dagger from her waist and stuffed it into Liu Jun's hand.

Liu Jun was stunned and saw that the dagger was engraved with the girl's name.

The deputy squad leader laughed, pushed the willow army, and let the ignorant soldiers merge into the advancing team and walk towards the barracks in the city.

Liu Jun looked back, but was blocked by other Portuguese women nearby, and lost the girl's figure. He tiptoed to his heels, stunned, trying to find the blonde girl again.

However, he still failed to find the girl's location, only to see the King of Portugal welcoming Li Zhi in front of the flagship "Tianjin".

In the middle of the quay, João IV put on the largest symphonic marching band, playing the magnificent Portuguese military music non-stop. João IV was surrounded by all the nobles of Portugal, including a few dukes and a dozen counts. These aristocrats were dressed in gorgeous costumes and looked like a group of old kings on playing cards.

The bridge had already been installed on the side of the Tianjin.

The Tianjin is the largest ironclad ship in Daqi, with a tonnage of 1,500 tons, which can be said to be a rare giant ship in this era. From João IV's point of view, the Tientsin looks like a hill standing on the edge of the pier. The heavy ironclad of the ironclad was awe-inspiring, and it seemed that nothing could penetrate such a battleship.

Of course, what made the Portuguese king even more daunting were the rows of rifled guns on the side of the ironclad. João IV understood that with a single salvo of these rifled guns, any European battleship would be reduced to pieces in an instant.

Joao IV waited for a long time, and the first to get off the ship was Marshal Daqi, Marquis Zhongfeng, Marquis of Zhenguo.

Zhong Feng walked off the bridge in a gorgeous marshal's suit, and looked at the European harbor under his feet with a contemptuous expression, his eyes full of disdain. But when he reached the bottom of the bridge and saw the Portuguese soldiers with sabers, the disdain on his face subsided a little—he was a battle-hardened general, and it was clear at a glance that these Portuguese soldiers were brave and good soldiers.

The Portuguese are slightly taller than the Chinese, and they are all very strong. These Southern European soldiers were resolute, as if they were ready to die for the king.

João IV humbly walked up to Zhong Feng and bowed to the Marshal of Great Qi. After all, Portugal is only a small country, but Zhong Feng is the founding minister of Daqi. In terms of power, Zhong Feng far surpassed João IV.

Zhong Feng nodded, but didn't bother to say anything, and walked to the welcome area arranged by João IV without saying a word.

João IV brought more than thirty young Portuguese aristocratic ladies to the welcome area, these aristocratic girls were the most beautiful women in Lisbon, all dressed up at this time, and looked at the heroic Zhong Feng with autumn eyes. However, Zhong Feng is not a woman, so he didn't look at these beautiful European women much, but turned over and rode on the war horse prepared for him by the Portuguese.

Seeing that Zhong Feng didn't look at them, the girls were so disappointed. But one of the most beautiful aristocratic girls suddenly ran over and straightened the horse rope on the bridle for Zhong Feng. The girl was obviously very confident in her appearance, and ran back in three steps, attracting Zhong Feng's attention for a while.

After a while, Li Zhi was in front of the bridge.

Zheng Kaicheng, the Marquis of Pingguo, smiled and accompanied Li Zhi.

Seeing Li Zhi, Joao IV blushed and waved his hand, so that the shore defense artillery on the east side of the pier began to fire a salute. Originally, the highest standard of the European salute was 21 shots, but João IV directly let the coastal defense artillery fire more than 50 shots.

At the same time, the military band played the most passionate movement. More than a hundred Portuguese knights in costume, genuine knights, rushed to the bottom of the bridge with their sabers in their hands, and stood on either side of the welcoming procession.

Hearing the deafening salute, the Portuguese in the port all looked at the ironclad ship Tianjin and saw Li Zhi in military uniform on the ironclad ship.

Li Zhi stood on the side side and looked at the appearance of the port of Lisbon and did not speak.

João IV trotted all the way along the bridge to the ironclad ship, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Zhi, and his blood-red eyes seemed to be shining.

He knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "I know that Your Majesty will never abandon Portugal!" With His Majesty here, Portugal will never perish! ”

Li Zhi looked at Joao IV and nodded.

Looking at the city wall in the distance, Li Zhi raised his right hand and asked slowly, "William of the Netherlands and Cromwell of the United Kingdom are both outside?" ”

João IV replied loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, they are all here, they are all outside to command the siege." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, I'm disgusted with these two people, so let's catch them all here." ”