Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 948 The Battle of Lisbon

"Your Highness, something serious has happened!" the guard reported in panic, "We are reporting back in detail in Spain. The Spanish army is gathering at the border. I am afraid that they are going to attack Portugal!"

After the transfer of Spanish soldiers from the north to the south, they couldn't hide Portugal's secret work after all.

"What?" Joao IV was startled when he heard it, and the piece of silk he was touching immediately slipped off without knowing it. He just stared at the urgent report that the guard quickly handed over, and asked at the same time, "What's going on, Aren't they at war with France, do they want to fight on two fronts?"

While speaking, the urgent report was handed to him, and he opened it immediately to read it.

After reading ten lines at a glance, he became even more panicked immediately. He looked up at the guards and asked, "Where did Spain get so many troops?"

The secret work was to send out the news as soon as it discovered that the Spanish troops were gathering on the Portuguese border.Therefore, in addition to estimating the approximate strength of the troops, further information needs to be followed up.

Of course the guards couldn't answer, so King Joao IV immediately took action and issued orders continuously.

"Immediately send envoys to France to inform the cardinal of the situation, and let them take this opportunity to increase their efforts to attack Spain. With such a response from the north and the south, Spain will definitely not be able to survive."

"Recruit troops immediately and march to the border to resist the Spanish invasion and defend our Portuguese freedom!"

"..."

Lisbon tensed up as the order was issued.

But generally speaking, whether it is Joao IV or other Portuguese, apart from being panicked when they heard the news at the beginning, they generally calmed down afterwards.

Because in their view, according to the previous news, Spain has been defeated by France in a row, and now King Philip IV of Spain is even more brain-twitched, and he even wants to fight on two fronts under this situation.How much strength Spain can have depends on how long they can last!
Even Odori and others from the British royalist party didn't take it seriously, except that they were a little gloating at the beginning.

However, the development of things suddenly took a sharp turn as time passed.

The border town of Portugal soon fell, and the Spanish army's frontiers soon penetrated into Portugal and headed straight for Lisbon.

Until this time, further news came, leaving João IV and other Portuguese stunned.

The commander-in-chief of the Spanish army turned out to be Condé the Great. Didn't he fight France in the north?And those Spanish troops, didn't many of them say they were also in the north?

At this time, more and more evidence showed that the Spanish army that attacked them was the same army that fought against France!
At this time, Joao IV almost guessed it: Portugal was betrayed by France again, and became a victim of some kind of agreement between France and Spain.

As a result, Joao IV panicked.He has no confidence in Portugal alone against Spanish invasion.A lot of previous efforts were made in the hope that France could pull Portugal.

Panicked, he couldn't help looking up to the sky and asking, "Why, why is the Ming army still so far away from Portugal?"

At this moment, Joao IV felt that only Daming in the Far East was an ally worth relying on.As for other countries in Europe, they are all white-eyed wolves.

In fact, at this time, the Battle of Bitlis was over, and Emperor Chongzhen had already embarked on his return journey.As far as the current level is concerned, it is already jaw-dropping to continuously defeat the Ottoman army and the Persian army, destroy Persia, and capture many Ottoman territories.

After Joao IV complained, he immediately ordered to send a ship to the American continent to ask for help from the Ming army there.Then he ordered a national mobilization and called on the people to resist the Spanish invasion.And tell them, as long as they persevere, the Ming army will come to rescue, and at that time, it will be the time when Portugal wins!
With the hope of foreign aid, the Portuguese no longer want to be ruled by the Spaniards, so they are naturally motivated to resist the Spanish invasion.

However, this time the Spanish army was led by Condai the Great.This is a man of great military talent, although he has been very unlucky in the past few years and has been defeated continuously by his lifelong enemies.But now it's easy to come over and bully Portugal.

In less than half a month, Condé led the Spanish army to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.Along the way, the Spaniards hated the Portuguese's rebellion, and envied their wealth from selling oriental specialties. Burning, killing and looting were inevitable.

Perhaps this is also the case. The Portuguese finally fled to Lisbon and gathered all their strength to resist the Spanish.The final decisive battle between Portugal and Spain kicked off in Lisbon.

King Philip IV of Spain came to Lisbon immediately after knowing the situation.Looking at the piles of loot, looking at Lisbon, thinking that this city is definitely richer than other places in Portugal, I can't help but feel good.He made a promise to Grand Condé: "As long as Lisbon is conquered, no matter what wishes you have, Gu can satisfy you!"

After hearing this, Da Kongdai really had an idea.At this time, he had already thought clearly.The reason why he was defeated by his old enemy in a row when he was fighting against France was not that his command ability was worse than that of his old enemy, but that he, as a French prince, went to attack France. This kind of behavior was unpopular, so he Eat defeat.

And this time suppressing the rebellion for Spain, he once again displayed his military commanding skills, winning consecutive battles.Therefore, he was tired and wanted to go back to France, no longer tossing about.

Hearing this, Philip IV was silent for a while, then agreed to his request, and immediately sent envoys to Paris to negotiate for the Great Kongdai.

For Philip IV, although a military genius is missing, Spain will also lose a powerful enemy.Over the years, he has realized that Spain is not as powerful as France, and now that it has no colonies in the American continent, it is even more difficult to fight France, so it is better to improve relations.

Seeing that Philip IV was so open-minded, Condai couldn't help but shed tears of gratitude, and he became even more concerned about the war against Lisbon.

However, no matter what, Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. Not only is the city strong, but it is also far more abundant than other towns in terms of materials and manpower. Even if Condeta tried his best to attack, it is impossible to capture Lisbon in one fell swoop.

Later, Philip IV also learned from the captives that Joao IV had asked for help from the Ming army in America.If Lisbon could not be defeated, the situation might change drastically once Ming reinforcements arrived, which made him very worried.

No matter how he fought against France, he had heard of the outside news to some extent.Not to mention the American continent, in Eastern Europe, Tsarist Russia was maimed by the Ming army, Persia was destroyed, and the Ming army was still attacking the Ottoman Empire. All these rumors prove that the Ming army is extremely powerful today.At this time, Spain had already lost its confidence and felt that it could defeat the Ming army.

Therefore, Philip IV began to urge Condé to conquer Lisbon before Ming reinforcements arrived.

But Grand Condé has indeed tried his best, and whether he can beat Lisbon is no longer up to him.King Joao IV in the city was also desperately resisting.

As a result, the war in Lisbon continued to be stalemate, and there was no hope of winning Lisbon in a short time.This made Philip IV very dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.

On this day, the battle to attack Lisbon failed again. The soldiers who dug the tunnel and blasted suffered heavy casualties and returned in embarrassment, which annoyed Philip IV who was watching the battle.After returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, he vented his anger.

After venting, he sat there a little dejected, thinking whether to forget it or not.If it continues like this, Spain will only lose more.Anyway, I have already robbed a lot of things, and taught the Portuguese a big lesson...

He was thinking about it, when suddenly Da Kongdai rushed forward, with a look of surprise on his face, and told him: "Your Highness, there is good news!"

"What good news?" Philip IV immediately stared at him when he heard it, and asked expectantly.

Dakondai answered him excitedly: "I just captured a prisoner, who is said to be British. They were bullied by the Portuguese and are willing to become our internal agents."

"Ah, well, well, where's the person?" Philip IV was overjoyed when he heard that, and asked hastily.

While he was talking, his guard escorted a person in.

Needless to say, this person was the British Royalist in Lisbon.After seeing the ceremony, he said to Philip IV: "We have more than 1000 people in the city. As long as His Royal Highness promises us and gives us a sum of money to fight against that damned Cromwell, we are willing to fight for His Royal Highness." At your service!"

Of course Philip IV was dissatisfied with Cromwell who executed his own king.This is treason. If more people follow suit, the position of the king will be too dangerous.

It's just that Cromwell's ability is indeed very powerful, and it's also the kind of Lien Chan Lian Jie. At least he still has the final say in Britain today.But he certainly liked it when these British royalists wanted to make trouble for him.

If these British can really serve as Spain's internal agents and take down Lisbon, not only can these rebellions be wiped out, but also Lisbon's wealth can be captured again, and a part of it can be given to the British. This kind of deal is very cost-effective.

Thinking of this, Philip IV agreed without hesitation.Therefore, the two parties began to discuss the specific details, and agreed on internal and external cooperation before sending the British back to Lisbon by sea.

For all this, Joao IV was unaware.I was very happy to see that I had defeated the Spaniard's attack again.If the stalemate continues like this, once the Ming reinforcements from the American continent arrive, it will definitely turn defeat into victory.

As long as you persist, you can win the final victory!

(End of this chapter)