While the Portuguese in Lisbon were waiting anxiously, on this day, the King of Spain and his party finally arrived in Lisbon.
On this day, the streets were truly deserted. Everyone, regardless of whether they were able to walk or not, came out to see this grand occasion.
Spain used to be the hegemon on the European continent and was extremely powerful. Previously, the army pressed on the border aggressively and suppressed Portugal's independence.
At that time, even the Spanish cats and dogs were owned by the Portuguese.
However, now, even when King Philip IV of Spain walks on the streets of Lisbon, he looks very flattering and very humble. The position of the owner was changed, which made the Portuguese feel very confused.
Is this really the King of Spain?
In the square where the gate of the Royal Palace is located, Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine and her entourage are present, not to welcome the King of Spain out of respect, but to accept the surrender of the King of Spain under the watchful eyes of all Portuguese.
There was no surprise at all. Philip IV and the Spanish nobles he led all knelt down to Catherine very humbly and were as obedient as they wanted. They did not have the dignity of a Spanish king at all.
"Dear Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine, please accept the surrender of an old man who has repented, and forgive the old man who has returned from his lost ways!"
Hearing Philip IV's words, for some reason, Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine got goosebumps on her back. This is really despicable.
"I finally trapped those Englishmen who rebelled against Portugal." Philip IV saw that Catherine was in a daze and did not agree to his surrender. He became a little anxious and quickly expressed his merit, "This is mine. A little kindness to make up for the mistakes I made before. Please accept this sincerity and let Spain become a dependent country of Portugal from now on!"
According to the news I heard before, these British people are not in Spain. But now that they were presented to Philip IV, he must have really put a lot of effort into catching them.
Thinking of the tragic death of her father and brothers, Catherine's eyes suddenly turned red: These British people deserved death!
With this in mind, she nodded and said: "Okay, based on your sincerity, I agree with your surrender, but you have to tell me first what the specific situation of the Battle of Warsaw will be!"
Upon hearing this, Philip IV was overjoyed. Since Princess Catherine agreed, there was no need to hide the Battle of Warsaw. Anyway, after some time, Lisbon will definitely know about it. The purpose that he tried his best to hide before was to get Catherine to agree first.
So, he told what the soldiers who had fled back to Spain reported.
Philip IV naturally did not know the specifics of the new artillery and muskets. He only described it as a weapon of God that the Ming army had. It only existed in legends. It could destroy the world and destroy the 710,000 European coalition forces. Almost the entire army was wiped out.
Hearing his words, Zheng Zhilong, who was listening on the side, couldn't help but be overjoyed: So that's it, there are such powerful weapons, so the emperor asked this side not to bother, and let the elite troops from European countries rush to Warsaw to die!
Although he was thinking this, he immediately asked: "What is the battle damage of our Ming army?"
It's not that he bet on the handicap or anything, but as a Ming Dynasty man, of course he was most worried about the casualties of his colleagues.
Seeing that it was a Ming army general who asked the question, and after hearing what the interpreter said, Philip IV replied very respectfully: "It seems that no one was killed or injured!"
That's right, the Ming army fired artillery and fire on their own positions from beginning to end, and the pursuit battles that were most likely to cause casualties were also completed by soldiers from the Ming vassal states. Therefore, even if Philip IV had never been to the battlefield, he could have guessed that no one was killed or injured.
Everyone was almost stunned when they heard this.
The 710,000 elite troops from various European countries were completely defeated and almost completely wiped out. However, not a single person was killed or injured on the Ming army's side. Even if the legendary God of War descends to earth, it would be impossible for him to do this!
Imagine the Battle of Warsaw thousands of miles away. The Ming Emperor came with only more than 20,000 people. Including the Ming army that had already arrived, the total number was less than 100,000. Facing 710,000 enemy troops, in the end it was How spectacular it would be to defeat the entire enemy without dying!
After coming back to her senses, Catherine finally understood Philip IV. He was definitely frightened and felt that it was impossible for him to stop such a powerful Ming army, so he surrendered voluntarily, right?
One thing that Catherine did not expect was that the Ming Emperor had said that he could accept the surrender of other countries except Spain, France, Britain and the Netherlands. This means that Spanish surrender will not be accepted.
Philip IV was frightened, and so he took the idea to Catherine. If Catherine accepted his surrender. Then the Ming Emperor should be able to let Spain go. Of course, he couldn't absolutely guarantee this, but other than that, he had no choice.
As far as European practice is concerned, countries also fight against each other. However, as long as one country surrenders, the other country will not be particularly embarrassed. This is a European tradition.
Sure enough, Catherine agreed. Of course, this has a lot to do with Philip IV's very humble attitude. After all, this was the most powerful Spanish king in Europe. He has such a low profile, what else can he do?
Of course, he would not interfere with Zheng Zhilong's decision about the Crown Princess. At this time, he was more shocked. When did Ming Dynasty have such powerful weapons?
Although he didn't know the details, one thing he was sure of was that it definitely had something to do with the emperor!
Philip IV's words were not loud. But it spread to ten people, and eventually the Portuguese in Lisbon and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all knew about it.
Whether it was the size of the Ming army or the ratio of battle losses between the Ming army and the enemy, it was all beyond their expectations. Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine accepted the surrender of the Spanish King over there, but so many people watching were silent because they were all stunned by the result.
Even for the handicap with the highest odds, I never thought of this possibility!
After a long time, they came to their senses and immediately burst out into the craziest cheers. At this time, when they looked at the soldiers of the Ming Army, their eyes were filled with admiration.
Is the power of the Ming Dynasty really something that humans can have? Even if all of them are Guan Erye, there is no way they can be so powerful!
Portugal has the Ming Dynasty as its backer, isn't it going sideways in Europe? From now on, the Portuguese no longer have to look at other people’s faces!
Since Portugal became independent, it has been humiliating when seeking support from other countries, being betrayed as a bargaining chip for others, etc. Even ordinary Portuguese people can feel these things.
But now, it's completely the opposite. One can imagine how happy they would be.
At this time, they immediately thought that their future king would be the Ming Prince, the son of the future emperor, and they were all very happy. The king used this move to marry Princess Catherine to the Ming Dynasty. It was really great!
Later, Catherine announced that all those British people who hated her would be cut into pieces to commemorate the victims of the Battle of Lisbon, including of course Joao IV. Philip IV personally knelt before the tomb to repent and wept bitterly.
Subsequently, at the urging of Philip IV, the Portuguese formed an army to go to Spain and occupy part of the territory. Spain will also change its flag to the Portuguese flag.
In the midst of this, news from Warsaw finally reached Lisbon. The King of Spain was not exaggerating at all, it was basically what he said.
Even if they had been shocked once, even if they had celebrated crazily once, when the news came back, the Portuguese celebrated crazily again.
At this time, the Portuguese drank oriental rice wine and learned the oriental etiquette to greet each other. If they didn't look at their Western faces, they would have thought they had arrived in the Ming Dynasty.
Originally, the Portuguese were the first to learn everything from the Ming Dynasty. With the victory in the Battle of Warsaw, this trend reached its extreme. Many people even wish that their skin belonged to people from the Ming Dynasty. In short, everything from the Ming Dynasty is the most fashionable!
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Philip IV made a decisive decision, and he really did the right thing.
The armies of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the situation to attack various European countries, just like a group of extremely poor people who suddenly faced the possibility of getting rich. They were a little restrained at the beginning, but later they began to rob and do bad things without hesitation.
All European countries, including their elites, were lost in the Battle of Warsaw. Secondly, the soldiers who fled back brought back news, which made them feel that the Ming army with new weapons was unable to resist at all. Therefore, even under the attack of the Ottomans, Tsarist Russia and other countries, they did not dare to put up much resistance.
Later, when the Ottoman and Tsarist Russian armies caused outrage in the occupied areas, the remaining countries finally began to resist.
But by this time, only a few countries have not yet fallen.
Regarding this situation, Emperor Chongzhen, who had been in Warsaw, waited for the subsequent replenishment of the army, especially the supply of ammunition, and then finally began to march westward to clean up the excessive vassal country troops.
As a result, all European countries hoped that the Ming army would pass as soon as possible, and people's hearts immediately turned to the Ming side.
When such a situation occurred, some people speculated afterwards that this was done intentionally by the Ming Emperor. Let those vassal states be the bad guys, and the Ming army can be the good guys, changing the local people's resistance to the occupying forces.
However, this statement has no factual basis. Because Emperor Chongzhen never let those vassal states do bad things, they drove them out themselves, and Emperor Ming upheld justice and dealt with them!
As the army advanced westward, only France and the Netherlands were left.
No country had ever been able to capture Paris until France surrendered.
For the glory of France...
