Zhang Bin stepped on the dock, looked around, and then looked at the Portuguese officials behind Svera, and then asked lightly: "What about the British?" Didn't they stay at the dock? ”

"They had a group stationed at the docks, but they ran away when they saw our warship. ”

Zhang Bin couldn't help but be curious: "Ran away?" Where can they run? This is your capital of Portugal, not England! ”

"They have run to the palace, and I heard that the Duke of Cromwell Jr. has been besieging the palace with his army for a few days," said Schwira, in a tone full of humiliation. ”

This is also expected, people even blocked the outside of the port, and it is not surprising to surround the palace, Zhang Bin still asked calmly: "Who is the little Duke Cromwell, and how many men and horses did he bring?" ”

Schwilla explained: "The Duke of Cromwell Jr. was the only son of the Duke of Cromwell, the Protector of England, who led his army to defeat the Royalist army and killed King Charles I. The Duke of Cromwell Jr., with about a thousand British troops, surrounded our palace in an attempt to force our king to sign an unequal treaty. ”

It turns out that this is the case, it seems that this unequal treaty did not exist only in the eighteenth century, and Mi Qing is not the first country to sign an unequal treaty, and Portugal is forced to sign an unequal treaty at this time.

However, these thousand or so people surrounded the palace of a country, it seems to be a bit of a joke, right?

Zhang Bin asked puzzledly, "What about your army?" You don't have a thousand people, do you? ”

When Schvera heard this, he said embarrassedly: "This, we have thousands of people, but most of them are sent to the Spanish border, and there are only a few hundred palace guards left in Lisbon." ”

Zhang Bin fainted when he heard the wrong words, you are also a great power, just a few thousand people.

The British are the same, just send a few super battleships and dozens of armed merchant ships to blockade the port of Lisbon, and even a thousand people dare to surround the palace, which is just like a child's house!

Zhang Bin shook his head helplessly and said, "Can't you transfer the army on the border back to save yourself?" ”

Schvilla sighed helplessly: "Our weapons are not as advanced as the British, and it is estimated that thousands of men and horses are not their opponents when they are transferred back, and they still have a navy, if the navy is transferred, we will not be an opponent." ”

What's going on, such a big colonial empire is helpless by a thousand people from others.

Zhang Bin cried and laughed: "Okay, this prince will send someone to rescue your king." ”

Unexpectedly, Shi Vera said with a panicked face: "Your Royal Highness the Duke, this, you can't be reckless, if they capture our King Majesty as a hostage, it will be troublesome." The British pirates were famous, and they didn't make any sense to be rogues when they wanted to play the scoundrels! ”

Playing scoundrels?

I rule all kinds of scoundrels!

Zhang Bin thought for a while and then sneered: "That's okay, don't come forward, my father will personally lead people to save your king." ”

Hearing this, Shi Vera asked cautiously: "Your Royal Highness, are you really sure?" What if they take our King as a hostage? ”

Zhang Bin said confidently: "Don't worry, as long as you don't come forward, even if they take your majesty as a hostage, it's useless." ”

Schvila was also helpless at this moment, he frowned and thought for a while, so he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Then thank Your Royal Highness the Duke." ”

Zhang Bin said lightly: "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it, come here, prepare a horse." ”

Soon, the guards brought a few horses, Zhang Bin beckoned Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo and other generals to get on the horses, and asked people to send one to Shi Weila, which said coolly: "Where is your palace, take your father-in-law over, it's almost time, you just hide." ”

Schwila gritted his teeth and nodded, made a gesture of please, and then turned his horse's head and ran towards Lisbon City.

Zhang Bin waved his hand directly and ordered: "Spread out for five miles left and right, take the team as a unit, and keep up." ”

With his order, thousands of guards and tens of thousands of Fuguang troops soon dispersed into countless twelve-man squads, which were protected by him, surging forward like flowing water.

There were no walls in the city of Sburn, and there were sparse streets not far north of the port, and there were no regular Portuguese troops here, and all the civilians were almost frightened to run home and hide, but they did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and after less than a quarter of an hour, Svera reined in his mount, pointed to the spire of a tall building in the distance, and said, "Your Royal Highness, that is our royal palace." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he took the telescope in the hand of the guard and observed it carefully, then nodded and said, "Okay, you wait here, this duke will meet that little Duke Cromwell." ”

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the spire of the palace and ordered: "Dingguo, lead the Fuguang army up and surround the palace." Success, gather the personal guards, and line up in front and rear. ”

Li Dingguo obeyed the order, beckoned Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and others to step forward, and commanded the Fuguang army to quickly surround the Portuguese palace in a semi-circular arc, while Zheng Chenggong waved a command, and more than 5,000 personal guards soon lined up in a dense phalanx in front of and behind them.

Zhang Bin was about to wave his hand and order to advance towards the palace, but Shi Vera suddenly coughed: "This, this, His Royal Highness the Duke, don't you need a translator?" ”

Translation?

Zhang Bin thought for a while and asked inexplicably: "Do the British speak English?" ”

Isn't this nonsense, the British don't speak English and say anything, Schwila nodded stunned: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Duke, they speak English." ”

Zhang Bin nodded vigorously and said: "That's okay, my grandfather still knows a little bit of English, there is no need for any translation, you had better not show up, otherwise this matter will be difficult to handle." ”

When Schvera heard this, he could only reluctantly retreat to the side, beckoning his entourage and several Portuguese officials to hide behind a small two-story building.

Zhang Bin saw that Shi Weila was leading people to dodge to the side, and immediately ordered loudly: "Load the gun and put on the bayonet." ”

"Click", a rhythmic sound of metal friction remembered, more than 5,000 guards unloaded the flintlock pistol on their shoulders like a cloud of water, pushed the gun into the barrel, and stuck the bayonet in front of the man.

Zhang Bin nodded with satisfaction, and then waved his hand: "Forward, press up." ”

"Step, step, step", a loud footstep sounded, and more than 5,000 guards slowly pressed towards the direction of the palace with neat steps.

Shi Weila watched Zhang Bin's back slowly move away, and couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, he wasn't worried that this grandfather couldn't do the British, he was still very confident in the strength of the Ming army, not to mention a thousand British soldiers in front, even 10,000, or even 100,000, he wasn't worried that Zhang Bin couldn't do it.

He was mainly worried about the safety of their Majesty the King, and if the British were really scoundrels, then His Majesty would be in danger!