Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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If it can be delayed for more than ten years, when the second generation of Shang and the second generation of Yin have grown up, Shang Fangguo and the Yin family's Khans will really become stronger!

Therefore, delaying time is also Shang Fangguo's goal.

So this peace talk is a meeting where everyone takes what they need and everyone is happy... Of course, not everyone is happy about a win-win situation, and there are still some people who are not very happy!For example, Cardinal Philip, who was carrying the big golden spear, a Catholic holy relic, was very unhappy, at least in Spain where he saw the number of people coming to the Yin Family Camp at Hewan (the number of Spanish imperial troops who had successfully transferred to the Yin Family Khan) When he was an envoy of the empire, he was still quite anxious.

Regarding the matter of asking the Holy See to pay 100 million to redeem his Holy Spear, to be honest, he was not sure at all...but after all, he still had some expectations, after all, he is a very high-ranking cardinal!

So after Li Guangzu said that he could be redeemed, he never mentioned the matter of going to Daming to seek refuge with the devil. Instead, he recited scriptures and prayed every day, asking God for forgiveness... Finally, the time to decide whether he will go to heaven or hell has come!

"His Royal Highness Cardinal, I have good news and bad news to tell you, which one do you want to hear first?"

In a very strong "wooden fence room" where you can see the situation on all sides, Andre, who came with the Spanish mission, is standing respectfully with one half of his face still holding the gauze, and the other half of his face is frighteningly white before the cardinal, stammering good news and bad news.

He didn't want to take this trip at first, but Cardinal de la Malaga forced him to report the news to Philip. He couldn't afford to offend the Archbishop of Mexico City, so he had to bite the bullet and come.

"Bad news!" Cardinal Philip's voice was a little hoarse. Looking at Andre who was trembling in front of him, he knew that something was wrong, so he asked the bad news first.

"His Royal Highness Cardinal," Andre said, "The Archbishop of Mexico City has just received an urgent notification from the Holy See...the holy spear you brought to America is actually a fake holy spear."

"I see." Philip breathed a sigh of relief, his tone was very calm, and he was still looking forward to it, "Then what is the good news?"

The news of the fake holy spear can be taken for granted, otherwise how to explain the ineffectiveness of the holy spear?Moreover, this is not the first time that the Catholic Church has come across a sacred object that does not work...According to the usual practice, when encountering a sacred object that does not work, it either believes that the sacred object is a fake sacred object, or that the person who uses the sacred object has something wrong in his heart. devil.

Now that the Holy See has determined that the Holy Spear is a fake, then Bishop Philip is still a good bishop.

"The good news is...you will be canonized soon!" Andre stammered.

"What?" Philip was stunned.

"Mexico City and Rome will prepare grand funerals for you, and there will be a St. Philip's Cathedral on the island of Cuba. Your soul will ascend to heaven and be with the Father forever... I think this is a good thing son?"

Wouldn't it be a good thing to have a grand funeral and the soul ascended to heaven?Serving God for so many years, isn't it for the soul to ascend to heaven one day?

But the problem is that Philip doesn't seem to be dead... If he isn't dead, then his soul is still needed, and he can't let his soul ascend to heaven.

what should we do?

"What?" Archbishop Philip stood up abruptly, and yelled, "I'm not dead, only the dead can be canonized, I'm not dead! How can I be canonized?"

"No...Your Highness, are you dead?" Andre looked at Archbishop Philip and said seriously, "You are really dead! Both the Duke of Lorraine and Bishop de la Malaga said you were dead! And the Emperor His Majesty also thinks you are dead. That's why they prepared your funeral and asked the Holy See to canonize you. I think His Majesty the Pope will also think you are dead soon. And the Pope is never wrong..."

"What? The emperor also thinks I'm dead?" Philip heard that this was what His Majesty meant, and he felt as if he had received such a blow. He couldn't stand still, and sat back on the chair.

"Yes, Your Highness the Bishop." Andre nodded and said, "Bishop de la Malaga said that someone must be responsible for the failure... His Majesty the Emperor also meant the same thing!"

Now Archbishop Philip knew that he was completely hopeless, no one would redeem him, and it was impossible for him to really go to heaven and become a saint.This matter is not just a letter from the Holy See, but God's approval.And he said before that he would take refuge in the devil (Zhu Hechi), and now even if he dies, he will not be able to go to heaven.

Since he can't go to heaven anyway, and he can't go back to Europe, then there is only one way out before him... to take refuge in the devil!Although he didn't stay in the New World for too long, as the chief judge of the Inquisition, he always paid attention to collecting intelligence, and his Inquisition also kept many spies.So he has a good understanding of the Spanish Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Holy See, the Kingdom of England, the Federal Republic of the Netherlands, and the intricate diplomacy of Europe!

The Daming Devil will definitely welcome him very much!

Thinking that he would cast himself into the devil and go to hell from now on, Archbishop Philip, who had served God for most of his life, couldn't help crying bitterly.

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"Your Majesty the Emperor, we have finally reached a temporary and just armistice agreement with the Shangfang Kingdom and the Yin Family Khan without agreeing to cession of land, compensation, and unequal conditions. And we and the Aztecs The war is still not within the scope of the truce... Now we can finally concentrate our forces to encircle and suppress the Aztecs!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we will soon be able to redeem the 5000 captured at the Battle of the Bend...With these troops, plus the troops recruited and trained in recent months, we can at least Collect an army of 15 people to encircle and suppress the Aztecs!"

In the Grand Palace in Mexico City, the Duke of Lorraine and the Bishop of de la Malaga both looked like they had taken a big deal, and they were pouring ecstasy soup on Leopold I while avoiding the seriousness!

Leopold I, on the other hand, was frowning as he looked at the draft text of the signed armistice agreement... At first glance, this agreement seems to have not suffered a loss for the Spanish Empire.The land was not cut, the money was not compensated, and the princess was not married.But upon closer inspection, it seemed that he was given as much as he should have been given. It was just a swollen face to pretend to be fat, which is a nice way of saying it.

The Spanish emperor was a little dissatisfied and wanted to veto the agreement.At this time, the "Spanish Empress" Treze said: "Your Majesty, according to this agreement, you have not reached any deal with the merchant's devil country... You just removed Texas from the map of the empire, You didn't cede it to the merchants. You just gave a bonus to the officers and soldiers who retreated to the land controlled by the devil believers so that they could pay high food expenses.

As for the Countess Maria Elizabeth who is still unknown...she doesn't belong to you, and you can't make a deal with a follower of the devil.

What are you dissatisfied with such a perfect armistice agreement?Don't you forget that the Aztec army has grown rapidly during this time and has already approached Leon? "

The full name of Leon is Leon de los Adamas. It is an important town in central Mexico. It is located on the fertile plain of the Turvio River. It is less than 75 Spanish miles (more than 300 kilometers) from Mexico City. It is said to be the gateway to Mexico City. Not too much.

The land around this Leon is fertile, the agriculture is developed, and there are several gold and silver mines with average output. The surrounding handicraft industry is also very developed, and of course the population is also large.Definitely a great place to base yourself!

If this Leon is occupied by King Montezuma, then "Montezuma's Hell" will be placed at the gate of Mexico City.Can Emperor Leopold rest in peace?

Queen Therese said solemnly: "Your Majesty, we must destroy Montezuma's hell country near Leon!

Otherwise, once they gain a foothold in Leon, Mexico City may be surrounded by them!

Would you like to make Mexico City a second Vienna? "

Upon hearing the second Vienna, the pale face of the Spanish Emperor instantly flushed red.

He has already been the running emperor once, and he must not wait for the second time!

And the recent development momentum of King Montezuma, a devil believer, is too good.

Although Leopold ordered the news to be suppressed, the news of the Texas Bend defeat and the capture of the Holy Spear by the devil is still spreading everywhere!This also caused the morale of the army on the Mexican battlefield to be shaken, so King Montezuma fought more smoothly.

And this King Montezuma didn't go anywhere else to fight, so he came to Mexico City with all his strength.It seems that they want to coerce a large number of people into a wave!

Leopold nodded: "Yes, we must wipe out Montezuma's army near the city of Leon! Duke of Lorraine, I order you to take full charge of the battle of Leon!"

"Of order, my lord." The Duke of Lorraine nodded heavily.

Leopold said to the Bishop of de la Malaga: "Your Highness, Cardinal, I approve this armistice agreement... In addition, I also agree to hold a war between Ming, Spain, France, England, and Portugal in the Ming Empire. , the business side, the Holy See, the Netherlands and other parties participated in the peace meeting. Bishop, this peace meeting will be entrusted to you and the Marquis of Mendoza. I hope you can start the meeting slowly and talk about it for three to five years. It doesn't matter!"

"Yes, my majesty!"

Chapter 872 Meng Chuang Wang, please use all-or-nothing strategy!

Mexico, north shore of Lake Chapala.

At this time, a huge camp had appeared between this plateau lake and the third largest city in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, as well as Guadalajara, the capital of the New Galician Colony.

This camp is quite different from the camps of the Shang Fang Army, the Yin Family's Khans, and the Spanish Royal Army.

The camps of Shangfang, Yin’s, and Spain’s camps were all very rigorously built, with outer moats, fences, parapets, and watchtowers all available, and some large camps were built layer upon layer, no less than a fortified city.

But the big camp in front of him seemed to be unorganized and sloppy, the trenches were narrow and shallow, and the fences were also sloppy.Only the watchtower has really worked hard, and it is so tall and big that people standing on it can see at least tens of miles in good weather.

In addition, the order in this big camp that is a bit ridiculously large and can accommodate at least 40 to [-] people is also a bit chaotic.There were not all fully armed soldiers in the camp, there were also many women and children, which seemed a bit like the Yin Family Khan, but the Yin Family Khan who also brought their families was much stricter than them.Moreover, the women of the Khan tribe of the Yin family and the slightly older children were also armed and organized accordingly.In wartime, it can completely undertake the task of guarding the camp!However, the women and children in this camp were basically unarmed, and the organization was not very good. Because of their village, the whole camp seemed very noisy, which seemed like a mob.

In the center of this huge camp, hung high up two large banners bordered with red teeth, one of which was the feathered serpent magic.And on the other big banner are the three big characters "Dameng King"!

That's right, this is the old camp of King Mengchuang!

This time, King Mengchuang used the method of coercing the Indian people to join the army. All the way south from the ghost gate, the team swelled all the way. When his army entered the colony of New Galicia, the number was close to 30!

Although the number of troops expanded rapidly, the combat effectiveness of the Meng family army did not increase accordingly.Because the people who were coerced by King Meng Chuang to join the army were old and weak women and children who had no combat effectiveness...it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were a mob.

However, King Mengchuang's opponent, the Spanish Royal Army, is not too far behind... The Spanish Royal Army's regular army is too small, and they all voted in Curia Castle, Zacatecas (Mexico's No. [-] silver mine), Mexico City, Acapulco (the most important trading port on the Pacific Ocean), Texas and other places.There are very few troops that can be used to defend Galicia, so they can only rely on a small number of regular troops and a large number of militias to defend important strongholds such as the city of Guadalajara and Banderas Valley Port (Pacific Port).He didn't dare to divide his troops to fight against King Mengchuang's army in the field.

Therefore, King Mengchuang broke up many small towns in New Galicia, but he was also unable to attack important towns such as Guadalajara and Banderas Valley Port, so he could only set up his old camp in the North shore of Lake Chapala.

And the already isolated city of Guadalajara is also difficult to contact Mexico City, so I don't know the determination of the Spanish emperor, let alone whether the "Devil Country of Merchant" has already entered Mexico?

This person's heart is also too flustered.But because of their belief in God and their dislike of a hellish country where "all races are equal and the land is equal", the whites and mixed-race whites in Guadalajara still put on a stance and repelled several temptations sexual aggression.

However, under the circumstances that the city of Guadalajara and the port of Banderas Valley could not be captured quickly, there were only three ways out for King Mengchuang.

One is to continue to besiege the city of Guadalajara until it is broken, and then use this big city, which is eight or nine hundred miles away from Mexico City, as the basis to manage the two territories of New Galicia and New Andalusia.

The second is to march southeast, take La Barca, Morelia, and then enter the Valley of Mexico to attack Mexico City, the capital of the Spanish Empire.

The third is to march to the northeast, take Leon first, cut off the connection between Mexico City and the large silver mine of Zacatecas, and then decide whether to attack the silver mine or Mexico City according to the situation.

King Montezuma, who was still dressed as King Chuang, was standing next to a map spread on a large table with his arms folded, staring at it intently, as if thinking hard.

And in the king's tent where he was, there was still a large group of Aztec generals in green clothes and felt hats. They saw their King Mengchuang lost in thought, so they discussed it first.

"The Spaniards suffered a disastrous defeat in Texas, and the hearts of the people in Mexico City have long been in turmoil! In my opinion, we should go straight to Mexico City! As long as we get outside Mexico City, that Leopold I will definitely run away! As long as he runs away, Mexico City It belongs to the king."

"But now the Spaniards have negotiated a peace with the merchant country, and there is not much time left for us! And there are more than 80 Spanish miles from Lake Chapala to Mexico City... At our current marching speed, it will take a month to go No end! Now Leopold is expanding his army crazily, and there may be [-] troops in Mexico City in a month! In my opinion, we'd better take down Guadalajara first, with Guadalajara As a stronghold, the family members can be settled, and the soldiers can go out with peace of mind."

"However, the city of Guadalajara is very strong. The officers of the guarding force are all Germans and have rich experience in guarding the city. We can't do it a few times! I think it's better to fight Leon. There are not many defenders in Leon. , if they are defeated by us, we will take Leon as our home and go north to fight the big silver mine in Zacatecas... With the silver mine, we can win!"

The opinions of these three aspects are quite reasonable, but they also have problems.Mexico City is not easy to play, and Guadalajara City is also not easy to play.Although there are not many defenders in Leon, the Zacatecas Silver Mine is not easy to fight-if Leon is defeated, the Zacatecas Silver Mine cannot be defeated, Mexico City, let alone City of Guadalajara.That Leon is an isolated city...

Thinking of this, King Meng Chuang turned his head to look for his backbone, Huang Feiyu, among the crowd!

After looking for it, I found an Indian with a feather fan and a scarf swaying on a chair and shaking his fan... This man is Wu Chengbo Huang Feiyu. Turk Zhuge Liang!

"Military division... What's your opinion?" King Mengchuang asked humbly.

When he asked this question, everyone stopped talking and looked at the Aztec Zhuge Liang.

That Aztec Zhuge Liang didn't even get up, just sat there waving his American goose feather fan, shook his head, and counted on his fingers: "My lord, now is the time to put all your eggs in one basket. The rise and fall of the Aztecs Fight here!"

King Meng Chuang's eyes lit up: "Military division, how can you put all your eggs in one basket?"

Aztec Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, we can divide our troops into two groups... I will lead the brigade to march to Leon, and put on a posture that I want to take Leon first, and then attack the big silver mine in Zacatecas, so as to attract people from Mexico City." The army goes north to Leon. Your Majesty, you can lead [-] to [-] elite soldiers and go southeast into Mexico City. As long as you capture Mexico City in one fell swoop, I, the Aztecs, will have a great deal!"

Isn't this a foolish gamble, there is still a plan to attack the south, and I don't know if it can cover the Duke of Lorraine, Lieutenant General Churchill, and Champions League Savoy, the famous generals on the side of the Spanish Empire?

When King Meng Chuang was overjoyed, he slapped his hands fiercely and said, "Okay! Let's follow the strategy of the military division! Let's divide our troops into two groups and seize the country of Leopold!"

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In the winter of 1693 in the Western calendar, Shangfang Kingdom, within the territory of Xinchao Gefu.

On both sides of the road, there are undulating mountains and huge trees.A team is slowly marching on the road from Haiyuan City to Xinchaoge City.And Philip, who was "dead" and probably already canonized, had already put on a merchant's cross-collared cloth robe at this time, riding a Mongolian horse and marching in the procession.

This team composed of dozens of Yin family cavalry and several Shangfang Dianke Temple officials specially escorted Philip to Xinchaoge - he is now a "big traitor", he was a cardinal "before his death", The Cardinal of the Catholic World is more than the Prince!And his status "after death" is even higher. Not long ago, Pope Urban IX of Rome had officially canonized him as a saint...so he is now St. Philip!

In theory, Pope Urban IX is not as old as him now!

And the apostasy of the saints must be the first time in the history of Christianity.

Cering Dunduobu, who presided over the military affairs of the Yin Family Khan, also had to be treated solemnly.Not only sent dozens of Yin family warriors to escort them all the way, but also greeted Tongbei Mansion, Xibo City and Haiyuan Mansion along the way, so that the locals could entertain them, and St. Philip could not be neglected.

Therefore, St. Philip's journey not only allowed him to stay in the three castles in the northeast, west and Haiyuan that were not open to the public at all, but also settled in the enclosures of the merchants and savages passing along the way.

Therefore, this St. Philip also got the opportunity to observe the society and humanities of Shangfang Kingdom up close.

With this observation, St. Philip discovered a very unusual phenomenon.

This country of Shang Fang is too young and full of vigor, and it does not look like an ancient country with a history of 600 years.And it's more like a newly established, vibrant colonial country in the New World!

If the three castles of Tongbei, Xibo, and Haiyuan are all newly built, it is normal that the buildings inside are brand new.But when St. Philip and his party entered the territory of Xinchaogefu, they stayed in the surrounding buildings that were built like small castles along the way. They were all brand new, and many of them were even under construction, which was too abnormal.

Doesn't Xinchaoge have a history of 2000 years?Then why is there not a small castle around it that looks like it has been built for more than ten years?

In addition, the roads in Xinchao Songfu are brand new, even so new that they haven't been fully built yet!

What made St. Philip even more incredible was that he hadn't seen an elderly Chinese man in Shangfang!And he has never seen a young Chinese.The people of the business side are either young adults, or children under the age of twelve or thirteen.The age structure of the savages in Shangfang, that is, the Indians, looks relatively normal.Young and old, all age groups.

Moreover, in the territory of Xinchaogefu, which claims to have been developed for 2000 years, St. Philip also discovered the common feature of all New World colonies-few people!

Not only are there few people, but there are also very few traces left by human activities.An "old place" of 2000 years, even if the population has been greatly reduced due to various reasons, there should be a lot of relics left by humans in 2000 years, right?What's more, Shangfang is still a highly civilized country.

However, in the sparsely populated Xinchaogefu, St. Philip did not see any relics of civilization. Instead, he found several abandoned "savage" villages, which looked similar to the Indian villages he saw in Texas. , very primitive and impossible to preserve for a long time.At the same time, he also found some newly built "savage" enclosures, which seemed not as tall and strong as the "Chinese" enclosures, and the materials were relatively sloppy. The outer walls were made of logs and sandbags, and the outer walls were the same Dig trenches... Obviously, these savage enclosures were built in the same way as the Chinese enclosures.Compared with those abandoned savage villages, the construction technology has almost jumped for thousands of years!

And when St. Philip arrived outside the "new ancient city" of Xinchaogefu City, he was completely sure that this Shangfang country, at least Xinchaogefu, did not have a long history at all—because when he arrived, Xinchaogefu Songfu City is expanding the outer city. There are many merchant savages working on the construction site, and many merchant savages are driving horse-drawn carts to deliver stones and wood to the city... and most of these merchant savages can't speak "Shangyu" ", only those savages who are responsible for the leadership can communicate with the Shangfang people!

If the Shangfang savage and the Shangfang native had lived together for 2000 years, it would be impossible for them to not even speak the language!

So there is only one truth!

It's just that the Spaniards were deceived so badly, this Shangfang country has just arrived in the Xinchaoge area... They are even colonists who migrated from the Ming Empire more than ten years ago!It may be because of the fear of being attacked by the concentrated forces of the Spanish Empire, so it packaged itself as an ancient country merchant that migrated to the New World 600 years ago.And this kind of not very clever lie actually deceived the Spaniards.

These Spaniards are too stupid!No, even I and the Pope were fooled, it's not that the Spaniards are stupid, but the devils in the business side are too smart!St. Philip said in his heart: "It seems that I am right to turn to the devil!"

"Crackling, crackling, crackling..."

Just when St. Philip discovered the truth, the sound of firecrackers welcoming guests suddenly rang out, and a group of merchant officials headed by Zhou Peigong, Chen Tingjing, and Li Guangdi, who had already led the accompanying merchant soldiers, appeared in Xinchaoge City outside the south gate.

Chapter 873 Philip, you really have the talent to be a devil!

"Xibohou, Dongbohou, Beibohou, you are not from Shangfang, you are from China!"

In Xinchaoge City, Fuyafang, and the second hall of Lingyin's Mansion, the feast for St. Philip just started, and this living saint began to show his supernatural powers!

He spoke Latin, and the three masters present could understand it, so before Li Guangzu could translate it, his expression changed slightly.Although the expressions of the three of them changed very slightly, they were still captured by St. Philip, who was good at observing words and expressions.

St. Philip waited for Li Guangzu to finish the translation, and then rushed to speak: "You don't have to deny it...I am the former chief exorcist of Western Catholicism and the judge of the Inquisition, a cardinal!"

What he meant by this was: "I, Philip, also have the right way!"

Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi, and Chen Tingjing are all believers in the theory of immortality, so of course they believe that this Saint Philip is upright.It would be a bit contemptuous to speak nonsense in front of a wise person.Besides, the surrender faction of St. Philip is too big, and Shang Fangguo cannot accommodate him. The Shang Fang Lingyin Mansion has already prepared a Pacific-style sailboat. If there is nothing particularly important, it should be delivered early tomorrow morning. He gets on board.Then head west all the way without looking back, and when you disembark again, you will arrive at Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture.

And when you arrive in Shanghai County, you are not allowed to walk around casually. People from the Yousi and Jinyiwei of the Daming Military Division will pick it up together, and send it directly to Nanjing to see the saint.

So what he said in the Second Hall of Lingyin's Mansion in New Chaoge City could not reach the ears of other foreign devils... In fact, there is no second foreign devil in Chaoge City except this St. Philip.