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Chapter 149 Lisbon Riots and Repression (Part 1)

For the Lisbon people, perhaps most of them do not like French soldiers, but they do not dislike them too much. After all, this "miscellaneous French army" commanded by Marshal Andrew Desay is much better than the French army led by General Juno three years ago, and does not bring too much panic and uneasiness to the peaceful residents of the city.

These French soldiers took part of their own war bonuses from the battalion company's military officers, so they took advantage of their actions. In addition, they were strictly restricted by military law. They usually trade fairly, speak kindly, and have relatively friendly attitudes. The terrible speculations of Lisbon citizens at the beginning of the period, such as burning, killing, looting, rape and promiscuous women, did not happen. Of course, this contribution was also due to the large number of armed military police patrolling back and forth uninterruptedly in bustling streets and traffic intersections every day.

As a result, the whole of Lisbon showed a prosperous scene of singing and dancing in an occupied state. The merchants looked joyful, the citizens looked carefree, the cafes were packed, and young people were free to talk about love in the park. At the same time, the white Portuguese people continued to oppress and use the unmanned black slaves.

This situation continued until the arrival of the Madrid envoy, Marquis de Urquiho. With the successful signing of the Treaty of Merger between Spain and Portugal, Marshal Desay immediately ordered the French troops on the southern front to evacuate all the Lisbon city and retain only a small amount of troops in the prisoner-of-war camp in the northern suburbs of the city. His main force rushed north to participate in the final showdown against the Wellington coalition.

According to the provisions of this agreement, 5,000 Spanish troops, led by the Marquis of Portugal, Deulkiho, were stationed in the Barrelu area on the other side of Lisbon. In addition, the Portuguese Proposal also successively rebuilt a National Self-Defense Force (Portugal soldiers released by the French army) with a number of 30,000 people to maintain the public order in central cities such as Lisbon, Faro, Beya, and Setubal. Among them, the capital Lisbon has deployed about 8,000 security police, but their morale is low and their equipment is not in place.

Marquis de Urquiho was a noble politician and was not good at disciplineing arrogant officers. Similarly, officers were unable to restrain their subordinate soldiers. Because Spanish soldiers (mercenaries) obviously did not receive decent rewards from Madrid and Marquis de Urquiho, they felt short of money during their private visits in Lisbon. So the soldiers used their swords and guns to "exchange" free food and free services, which inevitably led to the inevitable outbreak of conflicts between Spanish soldiers and local Portuguese.

Lieutenant Silva continued to state: "After the conflict between the two sides began, hundreds of angry Portuguese gathered outside the restaurant, besieging five Spanish mercenary soldiers who refused to pay the meal and injured the owner. At this time, the Portuguese security forces who rushed to the side were also watching coldly, and seemed gloating... After the Spanish soldiers who felt the great humiliation of the Portuguese returned to the Barrelu camp, they incited their comrades to privately take up weapons and prepare to rush to Lisbon to take revenge...

At this time, Mario didn't know where to learn about the conflict between the Spanish and the Portuguese, and he felt that it was a great opportunity. So without notifying the Military Intelligence Bureau, Mario alone encouraged some like-minded people from the Lisbon Anti-Black Slave Association, and when the Spanish soldiers came to Lisbon to retaliate, they were preparing to take the opportunity to lead some black slaves to trigger a riot..."

Since Lieutenant Jacques was going north to Azamboya with Marshal Desay, the intelligence affairs in Lieutenant Silva of the Gendarmerie were temporarily handed over to Lieutenant Silva of the Ministry of Gendarmerie. After learning about Mario and others' actions, he did not stop him. Instead, he stepped up printing a large number of pictures and leaflets about the liberation of black slaves and handed them to the Anti-Black Slave Association, allowing them to distribute them to various black slave gatherings near Lisbon. In order to lead the disaster to others irresponsible, Silva suggested that Mario put forward the slogan of supporting the white Spanish people and secretly...

The next morning, when more than 100 fully armed Spanish mercenaries landed at the Lisbon Pier, they unexpectedly received warm welcome from dozens of black slaves. Mario represented the black slaves who wanted to liberate and looked forward to joining the Spanish army and willing to act as a guide party to avenge the former slave owners. This move was immediately praised by the arrogant people.

A Spanish captain who wanted to make a fortune in Lisbon, after dispersing a team of security police stationed in the port under his command, allocating a batch of simple weapons to the slaves, including old flintlock rifles, bayonets, fire axes, sticks, and heavy hammers. The captain ordered the slaves to lead the mercenaries to rush into the richest noble residence of Lisbon and plunder the latter's wealth.

The first Lisbon nobleman who suffered was Desai once visited a local count. This extravagant Portuguese nobleman actually paved a large piece of golden floor with gold, which naturally became the ideal target for robbers. Half an hour later, when the Lisbon police arrived after hearing the news, the count's official residence had become a slaughterhouse. The nobles and other wives and children, and the servants were slaughtered by the thugs, and several women were also treated inhumanely, and the property in the family had been swept away.

Just when the police in Lisbon vowed to search the whole city and bring this vicious Spanish gangster to justice, in the Barrelu military camp, five thousand Spanish soldiers heard a horrifying bad news: This morning, a group of comrades led by a captain and officer went to "peaceful negotiations" to find the Portuguese who hurt Boze, but they were unexpectedly ambushed by countless despicable people on the way. More than 100 soldiers and officers were collectively killed by Portuguese thugs and finally threw the body into the Tejo River.

The Spanish soldiers who were indignant were angry. Instigated by some officers with ulterior motives, they broke through the obstruction of the law enforcement team in groups and broke into the warehouse full of weapons. After obtaining ammunition supplies, the soldiers ran out of the barracks, rushed to the Barrelu Ferry, and snatched more than 20 ships from the dock, and rowed towards Lisbon on the opposite shore.

It was too late to hear the news. Although there were still 3,000 soldiers in the barracks who were rational, the other two thousand soldiers were now holding weapons in their hands, landing ashore at the Lisbon Pier, and rushed into the bustling city center. The unprecautionary Portuguese police were caught off guard, their courage was suddenly depressed, and they fled everywhere.

In this way, a conflict caused by occasional events gradually turned into a large-scale military riot.

After successfully dispersing the weak resistance of the Portuguese security police, the Spanish riot army, led by a few black slaves, began to commit organized revenge. The beautiful Lisbon became a hell on earth, and various crimes of robbery, rape and murder continued to be staged in this harbor city. There were the sounds of the nobles begging for mercy, the crying of the women, and the cheers of the thugs.

A Spanish soldier who participated in the looting operation said proudly to his comrades who arrived later: "The purses on our clothes were no longer enough to carry all kinds of valuable items, so he had to find a batch of large pockets, but they were filled again not long after, because all the houses of wealthy families and their shops were opened to us, and all the things inside were moved out... Some of us snatched too many things, so we threw them on the road, so that the streets were filled with many valuable materials, and some even dropped the expensive silverware because they were too heavy..."

When the riot occurred, the Lisbon Parliament tried to control the situation in the city. On the one hand, they sent people to issue a request to the Marquis de Urquijo, the Governor of Portugal, to send troops to suppress the Spanish officers and soldiers involved in the riot. On the other hand, the nobles actively organized the city residents to take up weapons and defend themselves. However, this military riot did not develop as imagined by the nobles.

After cooperating with the French military operation team to eliminate more than 100 Spanish soldiers, Mario and others took advantage of the opportunity to fight to various gatherings of black slaves in defense of the empty defense, and then incited the blacks there to bravely stand up and resist the whites. Mario and his comrades publicly proclaimed among the crowd:

"The lowly niggers in the minds of white nobles, your revenge day has finally come today... Please hold the bayonets and spears in your hands, and follow us to rush into the luxurious villa of the past masters, so that the white Portuguese nobles who are usually domineering in their daily lives can taste the power of our niggers, and let the racial resentment of hundreds of years be vented in the burning anger!"

The speechless clamor of the black leaders immediately won the echo of many slaves. They grabbed a handful of iron tools and flocked to the neighborhood where whites gathered. Soon after, the released black slaves gathered one after another, gathering into a vast army of tens of thousands. During this period, many (mixed-race) Latino people who were also dissatisfied with bad life and the superior nobles, and committed themselves to dirty, simple and sewage-ridden slums all day long, joined the black slaves' resistance army. That was because they received the promise of the leader Mario to reap their own spoils.

These people had red faces and ferocious faces, shouting the slogan of "kill the nobles", holding blood-stained weapons in their hands, and followed the strange flags of tattered clothes held by the front row. Looking from afar, their ugly faces seemed to grow horns, and rushed to every noble family in the neighborhood.

The front yard storm has not subsided yet, and a fire suddenly broke out in the backyard.

Just as the parliament organized the army to turn around and suppress the black rebels, even greater misfortune appeared again. The 3,000 Spanish troops sent to Lisbon to suppress the rebellion suddenly turned against each other, because these soldiers were surprised to find that their comrades in front of them had gained a lot. They not only took turns playing with the extremely noble Portuguese ladies, but their pockets were filled with all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry.

Human nature is evil! Inspired by the former saying by Pize, the Spanish soldiers who arrived later couldn't help but start to get ready. Especially when they learned that the rebels snatched property from the rich Lisbon homes within one day, which was worth their income for two years, they finally made up their minds and simply joined the rebels collectively and actively participated in the robbery game against the wealthy Lisbon nobles.

Lisbon, which was attacked by the enemy, eventually lost control. After the thugs of public security police and ordinary people were defeated by the thugs, the city was in chaos and filled with a large number of fugitives. They carried their backpacks, pulled their little ones, drove their carriages or hiked on foot, like headless flies, with panic and aimless movements.

Whether the rebellious white Spanish people or the self-salvation slaves, the thugs rushed into the villas of the nobles or the shops of the rich. While killing all the male members, they also opened treasure chests of the upper-class people and took out valuable things from the warehouses and cellars. Even if the silver-plated cross of Jesus was broken down and resisted on their shoulders.

They were dressed in colorful and gorgeous clothes, drank valuable Porto wine, ate candied ham that only rich people could enjoy, and spoke unpleasant slang and native dialect. In the end, everyone had to line up to "take care of" the nobles' wives and daughters. Countless thugs took turns to press on their once noble bodies, and enjoyed unprecedented happiness while the women struggled desperately.
Chapter completed!