On October 8, 1810, Andrew Desai, who had been resting in Lisbon for two months, was preparing to command his invincible lion and continue on his journey. With a command, more than 20,000 soldiers would be divided into three routes, upstream along the banks of the Tejo River, and heading towards the coalition forces entrenched in central Portugal. The order issued by Desai was originally scheduled to be issued two days ago, that is, on October 6. However, a sudden accident prompted the departure time of the Desai army to be postponed for two days.

On October 3, the Second Division commanded by General Barbanegel was ordered to take charge of the front troops of the army. They walked slowly along the left bank of the Tejo River to 20 kilometers away from Lisbon. In a place called Ukre village, a small team of French scouts had conflicts with local villagers due to the local collection of food and fodder and livestock, which triggered a serious armed conflict. The reconnaissance team was ambushed, five soldiers were killed immediately, and the other six fled back to the camp with injuries.

After the matter was quickly reported to the headquarters, Desai did not ask about the cause of the conflict as usual. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately instructed General Barbanegel to instruct the Second Division to use all necessary means of force to eliminate local anti-French emotions, from the spiritual and ** aspects.

He wrote in his letter: "My general, while completely burning down the village of Ukre, also needs to impose more severe punishments... He needs to hang 50 adult men over 16 in Ukre, and hang their bodies on crosses on both sides of the road until they rot... If the number of people executed is not enough, you should send your troops to the neighboring village to find people to make up for the number. In short, the despicable and shameless Portuguese must repay everything for the misfortune of my soldiers!"

On October 7, under the order of the Supreme Commander, Ukre Village suffered cruel revenge from the Second French Division. The entire village was set on fire. Thirty-two adult men in the village and 18 neighboring village villagers drove towards the gallows, driven by armed soldiers. These corpses were all hung on both sides of the road at the entrance of each village, and the victim's family members were not allowed to come to collect the bodies within three days to show their effectiveness.

At the same time, along the Tejo River, various townships in central Portugal have successively received the "Notice to the People of Central Portugal" drafted by Marshal Desai on October 9, 1810, and ordered the issuance of the "Notice to the People of Central Portugal", which read:

"In several towns along the Tejo River, a group of Ukraine who had no real means of resistance were doing the most violent deviant things. They misunderstood the great army that came to help them, and were desperately resisting an invincible lion traversing the Iberian Peninsula with a hilarious and simple weapon. This incredible madness should be merciful, and these poor people are being led astray, so that they may be led to death.

Based on his devout faith in the merciful God, Andrew Desai has always implemented the basic principle of not fighting against ordinary people and is eager to open a way for the above-mentioned repents. However, anyone who does not put down his weapons within twenty-four hours and does not swear to submit to Madrid once again will be treated as a rebel; their village will be burned. Let the horrible examples of Ukre Village open their eyes! All towns and villages that insist on rebellion will suffer the same, or even worse fate as Ukre!"

The ruthless suppression of the rioters in the middle of the Tejo River is very different from the French military's previous approach to treating the Lisbon people with kindness. During the whole process, Desai did not even ask about the guilt of both parties to the conflict and directly ordered the Second Division to commit cruel revenge, which somewhat disturbed Chief of Staff Rusti. He came to the headquarters and told Desai about his concerns, especially when talking about the Portuguese anti-French sentiment along the Tejo River in the future, just like Spain in 1808.

Desai smiled disapprovingly: "In the war, this bloody and violent approach will calm the rebels for a moment and watch the development of the situation. As long as Wellington is defeated by me again, the wise Portuguese will become docile little sheep. Remember, my chief of staff, a loose guerrilla tactic is not terrible because they lack qualified leaders and external support."

Rusty was still defending her: "Marson, but this kind of riot organized by the people will inevitably greatly restrain part of the forces of the southern line, making it difficult for us to concentrate all our strength to fight the British. At present, intelligence has shown that the coalition intelligence department has sent many spies to participate and tried its best to incite the villagers along the Tejo River to fight against us."

Desai nodded. He had already received a report from the Military Intelligence Agency and had formulated corresponding countermeasures for this. He continued to explain: "From tomorrow, starting from October 8, the Proclamation on Liberation of Black Slaves will be re-implemented in the central Portugal area 20 kilometers north of Lisbon. In addition, a week ago, a self-defense brigade, all black soldiers, was formed near the Monsanto Pass. These black militias will perform certain special duties, including surveillance and suppression of the people in central Portugal."

The Chief of Staff frowned, "Is this contrary to the agreement you reached with the Lisbon Parliament?" Because according to the compromise plan that both sides had drafted, the Lisbon Parliament acquiesced to the east of the Monsanto Mountain Pass, the Lisbon Parliament acquiesced to black slavery is being deposed; and to the west of the Monsanto Mountain Pass, that is, in the Lisbon region that actively surrendered to the Desay Division, the current status of the black slavery system remains unchanged.

"Only the winner can have the final right to annotate the treaty's paragraphs!" This is a Desai-style explanation. "The violent anti-French incident that occurred in the village of Ukre has fully demonstrated that in central Portugal, most of the people along the Tejo River have not yet surrendered to our army. Therefore, the vast area 20 kilometers north of Lisbon is not suitable for the common agreement between the two sides in early August. On this point, I have sent someone to explain to the Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament, Marquis Biyero, and obtained the understanding of Lisbon."

After hearing this, General Rusty said nothing more. He knew that the superiors had made preparations, including a quick response mechanism for various emergencies. The chief of staff believed that Desai was intended to use the Ukre Village incident to instruct the Military Intelligence Agency to carry out some conspiracy activities in secret. After all, the Lisbon nobles with vast colonies were too rich, with diamonds, gold and silver piled up in their luxurious palaces, and the Regent would always rack his brains to gain more wealth by "legal means".

Rusty stood up and left, and Lieutenant Mazar Girlovsky, the deputy commander of the guard, came in. He gently placed today's "Military Information Compilation" in the upper right corner of the marshal's desk.

"Huh, where is Jacques?" Desay asked with his head raised. According to confidentiality regulations, the responsibility for military information reporting is subject to Lieutenant Jacques. Unless this full-time intelligence officer goes out for some reason, the two guards of the marshal can make a guest appearance once or twice.

"He came back very late last night," the Pole explained softly, but his hesitant expression betrayed himself.

"This is not a reason, tell the real reason!" Desai didn't believe it at all. Once he entered a state of war, he could work in a state of energy for 48 hours, and the same was true for his adjutants.

"Your Highness, it seems to be related to women!" The guard officer carefully spoke in rigorous French. He continued: "After the joint operation with the military police last night, Lieutenant Jacques brought back a Portuguese lady named Donna from Sintra, saying that she would find a temporary residence in Lisbon. She might not be able to return to the barracks until the afternoon."

Desai smiled and thought to himself, "That's right, young people with strong spirits don't like beautiful women." After occupying Lisbon, his intelligence officer never imitated other officers and searched for flowers and willows. All day long, in addition to working, they were also working, and even when going out, it was related to intelligence work. For this, the superiors once worried about Jacques' sexual orientation.

However, the last words of the Polish guards made Desai suspicious. Looking for an apartment in Lisbon for his mistress? What a joke! It would be normal if others say this, because they don’t understand that a large-scale riot is brewing in Lisbon. But Jacques will not be unclear, because he himself is the planner and early participant of the secret operation, putting his woman in a dangerous city in a turmoil. This is obviously not a ridiculous thing that a responsible man should do.

When Desai thought of this, he quickly understood. I believe that Jacques himself did not dare to speak directly to him, so he asked the deputy guard commander Mazar Girlovsky to help. So Desai said to the guard officer: "You go and tell Jacques, just say that I agree with his request that the Portuguese woman named Donna can be temporarily placed in Dr. Kava's battlefield hospital."

Gillowsky felt a little confused, but he was not going to ask His Royal Highness what to do. Before leaving the room, the guard suddenly remembered something, and he turned around to report: "Your Highness, there is a self-proclaimed Papan Feich outside the military camp. An American businessman about 40 years old has been waiting for you for 5 hours. He hopes to get your reception."

"Oh, an American businessman in his 40s, what is he here to do?" Desai asked casually.

"He said he would sell you a ship to His Highness, yes, a steam boat that does not require sailings," said the Polish guard.

Papan Feige Time Traveler thought about it for a long time, but he could not recall that there was such a person in the history of modern ships. Of course, if the person coming was Robert Fulton, Desay had been famous for a long time (from history textbooks) and was very willing to meet with him, including investing in his steam-powered ship.

"Well, I need to read today's military information compilation, so let him come in in one hour."
Chapter completed!