"Duke Xingguo once said that the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy stands and disturbs me, the enemy is tired, and I will fight, the enemy retreats and I will chase!" Theodosio, the King of Portugal, guided his generals in this way, "I also said that if there are land and people, people and land will be lost; if there are land and people, people and land will be lost. When facing a strong enemy, you must remember these words, so that you can win the enemy!"

During his study abroad in the Ming Dynasty, he naturally heard about the rise of Duke Xingguo. Even among the people, there are books and storytelling books about "Biography of Duke Xingguo", which are widely circulated.

As a young man, Theodosio naturally admires Duke Xingguo very much, and of course he knows the experience of Duke Xingguo.

Zhang Mingwei's combat code of guidance to the Dongjiang Army to fight against Jianlu behind enemy lines was now used by him to guide the Portuguese army to fight against the powerful enemy.

In fact, the Spanish army only has an absolute advantage in number. If we really want to talk about single combat power, it is no longer the invincible Spanish army back then. Not to mention, in terms of military weapons, the Portuguese are actually stronger.

The Portuguese army in various places used very famous guerrilla tactics. When all the Portuguese were willing to die and defend their homeland, even if the Spanish King Felipe IV issued a strict order, the progress of his Spanish army could not meet expectations.

Even under the strict order of the Spanish king, his central army was rash and quick to advance. Instead, Theodosio concentrated the Portuguese army, formed a local advantage, and used white gunpowder to use favorable terrain, almost defeating the Spanish central army.

The victory of this war greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the Portuguese and also brought Theodosio's prestige to a higher level. His people believed that their kings had indeed learned the skills in the Ming Empire in the Far East, not just the costumes and etiquette of the East.

After receiving the news, the other two Spanish troops were shocked and immediately entrenched and did not dare to enter again.

After the news came back to Spain, Felipe IV was speechless for a long time.

In the original history, Spain was ultimately unable to suppress Portugal's independence. On this plane, even if Spain concentrated all its troops, it could not deal with Portugal alone!

The disastrous defeat of the Central Army made Spain feel a little more great just now, and it was skinned again, which is awesome!

Felipe IV did not dare to force the other two armies again, and no longer had the intention of taking over Portugal's wealth. He immediately urged other European countries to attack Portugal quickly as agreed.

However, other countries are not stupid either!

The British and French coalition forces that were rushing to Portugal, as well as the Dutch troops behind him, etc. After hearing the battle situation in Portugal, the marching speed slowed down.

Their intention was very obvious. Since they didn't expect Portugal to be stronger than they expected, then Spain would consume a little more Portugal's vitality, so that they would be much easier to attack Portugal.

There are still gaps between countries, especially between original countries. The easier it is to hate this.

Of course Theodosio knew that the enemy he said he would face was far more than Spain. Defeating the Spanish army along the way was just a good start, and the hard war was still behind.

To achieve the final victory, we must also depend on the rescue situation of the Ming Dynasty's Sect Master.

However, when he went to Suez City last time, he saw the excavation progress of the Suez Canal. According to his estimate, it will take at least half a year to complete. If he wants to wait for the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty, he will have to hold on until at least half a year later.

For this reason, he decided to concentrate his troops to crippled the Spanish army and intimidate the troops of other countries. If he really wanted to come to Portugal to take advantage, he would have to pay the price of blood!

Based on this idea, Theodosio once again concentrated his troops and raided the Spanish Right Army, which was mainly based on defense.

This battle was much harder than the first battle, and half of the white gunpowder was consumed, and there were also a lot of casualties. However, in the end, the goal was achieved and the Spanish army was defeated again.

As soon as the news spread, all the Portuguese were even more excited and felt that victory was in sight.

The Spain, which was originally thought to be powerful, turned out to be just a paper tiger with its teeth and claws. It turns out that if Portugal faces Spain alone, it will actually win.

To a certain extent, Portugal is now a powerful country!

This understanding gave the Portuguese great confidence in fighting the invaders.

Correspondingly, the Spaniards all had the intention to retreat, and even Felipe IV was a little afraid to think about fighting.

However, at this time, religion played an important role in it. Under the threading of missionaries, those countries that tried to gain the benefits of fishermen, such as Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, no longer stood by, otherwise Spain would be defeated and they would have lost a powerful accomplice.

The depressed morale of the Spanish soldiers was also revived under the agitation of religion to judge this heresy in Portugal.

The leaders of other armies, such as Cromwell, Conde, Tirena, etc., also attached great importance to the Portuguese army and began to regard Portugal as their real opponents, rather than the targets they could bully at will.

As a result, when the British army, French army, Dutch army, etc., under the leadership of their famous generals, learned from the lessons of the Spanish and attacked Portugal one after another, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Portugal's resistance became difficult.

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Before this, naval battles broke out in Lisbon.

The Spanish Navy fleet had no news on land, and it was less vigilant and fearful. After rushing to Lisbon, it immediately launched an attack on the capital of Portugal.

In the Spanish Navy, in addition to purchasing steam paddle ships from Portugal, they also made their own counterfeits. Although they were not as good as the original warships, they finally had them. Their steam paddle ships reached 30, and the sailing warships had 75.

A fleet of this size was already a very large fleet in the original European naval battle. This is also the reason why Felipe IV dared to let his fleet attack Lisbon directly, and it was also a reason why he felt that the navy could give him face.

After all, there is no complicated road conditions on the sea than on land, and it depends entirely on strength.

As a result, the result of the naval battle once again lost all the face of Spain.

All of the Portuguese warships were steam paddle ships. Because of their wealth, they had eliminated the warships that had relied on sails, with a total of fifty sail warships.

In this naval battle, we first fought a battle with Portuguese warships in the outer sea, consuming some of the Spanish warships, and then pretended to have no supplies and retreated to the port of Lisbon.

When the Spanish fleet saw it, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that the Portuguese fleet was seeking death and lost the empty waters where the steam paddle ships could best exert their combat power, just blocking the Portuguese fleet.

However, relying on its own financial resources, Portugal deployed a large number of shore defense artillery on the shore. Their firepower advantages far exceeded the Spanish fleet's estimates, which caused the Spanish fleet to suffer a great loss.

At the same time, the Portuguese fleet turned back and pounced on the chaotic Spanish fleet.

In the end, only about half of the Spanish warships saw that the situation was not good and fled quickly, so they could avoid the consequences of feeding fish and shrimps.

The victory of this naval battle agreed to inspire the morale of the Portuguese, especially the people of Little Nanjing.

But, like wars on land, the enemy of Portugal soon made a comeback and became even more powerful.

The Dutch fleet that had been bullying Portugal at sea and seized Portugal's overseas colonies, the British fleet that had previously gained the upper hand in the Battle of the British and Dutch, revealing its hideous appearance, and the French fleet. Although it was not very good during this historical period, there were at least dozens of warships.

Together, these fleets of various countries have as many as 130 steam paddle ships, including those purchased from Portugal and the imitations of various countries themselves, not to mention, as many as 400 sail warships.

Such a huge fleet gathered on the coast of Lisbon one after another, and soon blocked Lisbon.

However, the fleets of various countries were afraid of Lisbon's powerful shore defense artillery and did not attack immediately. For them, they were not in a hurry. They just blocked Lisbon and waited until the land army came over.

The severity of this situation is beyond Theodosio's estimates, even though it is all over the country.

He was only in his early twenties and had just succeeded to the Portuguese throne and encountered such a severe challenge.

Originally, Theodosio was optimistic about the battle situation. Even if he could not defeat the multinational coalition forces by land, he could still withdraw from the sea, go to the South American colonies, or simply go to the Arabian Peninsula, with the protection of the Ming army.

However, this plan, with the blockade of the huge multinational joint fleet, has no possibility.

What worries him even more was that in the face of such strong external pressure, it is questionable whether Portugal can survive the arrival of the Ming reinforcements under the attack of sea and land.

Take a step back and say that even if the Ming reinforcements arrived, according to his understanding, the Ming fleet on the Red Sea was actually just more than fifty steam paddle ships, and it was basically impossible to defeat the multinational joint fleet outside Lisbon.

It can be said that in Portugal's current situation, although Theodosio has tried his best and the people of Portugal have also tried their best, the gap in strength is still a little bigger.

What is the final outcome in Portugal?
Chapter completed!