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Now, the hotspots on the map have changed from the previous three to four, namely the Mexica Valley, around the city of Leon, around the city of Guadalajara and around the great silver mine of Zacatecas.
Among them, the situation in the Mexica Valley is still the same, and there is a stalemate inside and outside the city.Emperor Leopold and the Spanish imperial army guarding Mexico City refused to leave the city for a decisive battle, and the tiger soldiers of King Montezuma were unable to attack the city. They just smashed churches outside the city and destroyed the estates of Spanish nobles. The local method was used to mobilize the poor and lower-middle Indian peasants oppressed by the Spaniards.
However, the Mexica Valley is the center of Spanish rule in New Spain after all. After all, the "white content" in this place is high. There are not many pure-blood Indians anymore. The Catholic Church is also very powerful. Even white priests shrank. After entering Mexico City, there are still a large number of mixed-race Indian believers outside!
In addition, Emperor Leopold was not the kind of retrograde tyrant. The German foreign bureaucrats under him did not have much interest in Mexico, and they did things more rigorously and seriously.Under their governance, the administration of officials, people's livelihood, and social order in the Mexica Valley have greatly improved in recent years.Under the supervision of these Germans, the local Spanish dignitaries have also restrained a lot, so the mixed-race Indians in the Mexica Valley still have some expectations for Emperor Leopold's rule.
For the Aztecs, the mixed-race Indians in the Mexica Valley in this era can only remember barbarism and backwardness... all kinds of bloody sacrifices to live people, and extremely backward handicraft production.
These mixed-bloods with a high "white content", no matter whether they have a white father who loves them or not, are not willing to regard Aztec as their motherland.The powerful and progressive Spanish Empire is their homeland!
Therefore, King Montezuma's method of dividing the land against God did not work well in the Mexica Valley!
The battle situation around the city of Leon has become favorable to King Mengchuang, because the Duke of Lorraine led [-] Spanish imperial troops to leave Leon and go north to Encarnacion de Diaz.Then take the [-] troops there and nearly [-] whites and mixed-race whites to the north to the large silver mine in Zacatecas, [-] Spanish miles away.This allowed the Aztec army commanded by Huang Feiyu to easily capture Encarnacion de Diaz and completely surround the city of Leon.However, Leon's city defenses were quite strong, and Huang Feiyu's army, like Montezuma's army, lacked the ability to attack fortifications, so they could only deal with the Spaniards in Leon by besieging the city and starving for food.
The situation around the city of Guadalajara is relatively optimistic for the Spanish Empire. After several months of bitter fighting, Eugene von Savoy's army has broken the siege of the city by the Aztec Eagle Legion. .Admiral Eugen himself has now entered the city of Guadalajara, and he is currently busy expanding his army while directing the military operation to clear the stronghold of the Aztecs near the city of Guadalajara—— There are also many residents with relatively high "white content" in Guadalajara. They have experienced the baptism of long-term siege wars, and they are all ideal sources of soldiers.From among them Eugen von Savoy planned to recruit 10 recruits in order to increase his army to [-]!
Things are going great!
And the last one, which is also the latest hot spot, is of course the Zacatecas Silver Mine!
This is also what worries Leopold I and Count Stallenberg the most... because the merchant side from the devil country in the north is here again!
When the news that the Shang Fang State unilaterally ended the temporary armistice and launched an attack on Spain reached Mexico City, Leopold I immediately fell into panic—his Spanish imperial army and the merchant army fought twice. Battle, the result is "big score defeat".The first time in California hit annihilation!A new Spanish deputy king was folded in... Still couldn't stand the torture and committed suicide!When a person dies, the soul is not spared!It's brutal!
The Spanish imperial army, who challenged Shangfang Kingdom for the second time, was defeated in the bay of Colorado, almost completely annihilated. It was only the Duke of Lorraine who had rich experience in the battlefield and dived in time to escape, which saved him from the same fate as the Count of St. Chris!
And this time the invasion of the merchant army was the third battle between the Spanish imperial army and the merchant army!And according to the military report sent by the Duke of Lorraine in the city of Leon, the merchant army that invaded this time is strong, and the number is likely to exceed [-]!
When the news first came, Leopold I planned to evacuate Mexico City for a while, and even left the inner city of Mexico City under the protection of the guards arranged by Earl Stallenberg.But when the Spanish emperor passed by under the Chapultepec Castle, he saw countless citizens of Mexico City crying silently on both sides of the road, and he thought of the scene when he fled Vienna... So he couldn't bear it any longer. I couldn't help but burst into tears on the spot, and after crying, I announced that I would not leave.
Not only did the emperor not leave, but he went straight to the castle on top of Chapultepec Hill.He also declared that "the emperor will guard the city gate"-he will personally guard the castle on the top of Chapultepec Mountain, looking at the north gate of the outer city of Mexico City.
Of course, "the emperor guards the city gate" is just for outsiders to hear, and Leopold is not so "stupid".He just thinks that the people of Mexico City are popular, and he can take a look. Wait a minute... Let's see how fierce the merchant army of devils invaded New Spain?Wait for the outcome of the battle of Zacatecas.
If the Duke of Lorraine's defeat at the Battle of Zacatecas is not too ugly... then Leopold I will continue to survive in Mexico City.When European reinforcements arrive, he can become a hero who surrounds the Spanish Empire and defends Western civilization.
If the Duke of Lorraine lost miserably in the Battle of Zacatecas, he would immediately abandon Mexico City and lead the entire army to retreat to the port of Veracruz, and then retreat to Cuba by sea.At the same time, deploy defenses in the coastal cities in the tropical rainforest south of the Sierra Madre do Sul—those tropical rainforest areas are areas with a high incidence of malaria, and there are no roads in the rainforest for the army to pass. The climate is humid and hot, and merchants from the north Most people can't bear it... At that time, the Spanish Empire will be able to rely on the protection of the tropical rainforest terrain south of the Mexican plateau, and embrace a small half of New Spain and the entire Viceroyalty of Peru.
Although the loss is not small, the remaining territory can still allow the Spanish Empire to maintain its status as the second most powerful country in Christian civilization!
Thinking of this, Emperor Leopold breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to Count Stallenberg, "Count... is there any new news from Zacatecas today?"
The road from Zacatecas to Mexico City had already been cut off by the Aztecs, but there are countless trails on the Mexican plateau, and it was impossible for the Aztecs to completely block it.
Therefore, the Duke of Lorraine can also regularly report the latest movements of the invading "merchant devils" to Mexico City, usually once a day, and it can be increased to two or three reports in case of emergency.
"No," Earl Stallenberg shook his head and said, "The army of merchants has stayed in Torreon for eight days... There is a whole 140 Spanish miles from their fortress in the south to Torreon. It took [-] days to complete the journey, and several of our fortresses were captured along the way. The troops should be quite tired, and it is normal to rest for ten or eight days. And they still need to travel between Torreón and Zacatecas road reconnaissance, and then a marching plan can be drawn up."
Needless to say, the road between Torreón and Zacatecas must have been destroyed by the Spanish Royal Army, and there may be a large number of Spanish troops fortified along the dangerous road... So the group of devil believers in the Shangfang Kingdom have to do a good job of investigating. Fan, let's sum up how to go, how to fight?
Leopold nodded and said with a smile: "That's good, the longer they stay in Torreon, the more prepared the Duke of Lorraine will be in Zacatecas..."
Before Leopold could finish his sentence, the door of his study was knocked heavily, and then a voice of an aide military officer came: "Your Majesty, the Emergency Army of Santiago de Queretaro City report!"
"What? Santiago de Queretaro?" Leopold was stunned for a moment, and then immediately ordered, "Come in!"
This city is located between Leon and Mexico City, about 30 Spanish miles away from Mexico City, and the normal marching speed is six days and seven days.But what kind of emergency military report can this city send?
"Yes!"
Then I saw a middle-aged man wearing a wig and military uniform push the door in, saluted the emperor first, and then handed an envelope with both hands.
Leopold didn't take the envelope, but just glanced at the undamaged wax seal, and waved at the man: "Go and get the letter to me."
"Yes."
The attendant military officer walked to the edge of the desk, took a paper knife and peeled off the wax seal, then opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside and handed it to the emperor.
The Spanish emperor took the letter, and Count Stallenberg kindly took the crystal oil lamp and held it up to illuminate it for him.
The emperor unfolded the letter paper and looked at it for a while, and his face was clouded.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Count Stallenberg asked.
"The main force of the Aztec army that had besieged Leon suddenly appeared outside the city of Santiago de Queretaro..."
"What?" Earl Stallenberg was taken aback, "The Aztecs want..."
"I want to surround Mexico City! The letter said that the Aztecs have no signs of attacking the city, and they seem to want to go around the city!" The Spanish emperor still had an unbelievable expression on his face, "They actually let Leon not big , Instead of solving Zacatecas, they came directly to Mexico City! They don’t think they can take down our Mexico City with a large number of people, do they?”
Saying this, the Spanish emperor turned his head to look at Count Stallenberg.
Earl Stallenberg knew what the emperor wanted to ask, so he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it is impossible for them to take down Mexico City...Even if Montezuma can gather 30 Aztec troops, they will not be able to take down Mexico City!"
Leopold laughed. "So we can wear down Montezuma's army just by holding on to Mexico City?"
"That's the theory," Earl Stallenberg nodded, "If Montezuma really gathers hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Mexico City, he won't be able to raise enough food in the Mexica Valley to support him. The army is fighting a protracted war. If he is to attack by force, he will be beaten to the bone against the fortified defenses of Mexico City."
"Okay!" Leopold nodded, "We will defeat Montezuma like this...and I have Eugen, who will soon break through Montezuma's Lake Chapala camp, and then come from the west to replace him." Mexico City out!"
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"Long live King Montezuma...!"
"Long live the Aztecs...!"
"King Montezuma is here... to divide the fields!"
"King Montezuma is here...without pay!"
"King Montezuma is here..."
Outside Mexico City, the sound of cheers resounded through the sky. After a few days of rapid march, the Aztec army that had besieged Leon before finally arrived on August 1695, 8 in the Western calendar!
Countless troops are continuously marching into the Mexica Valley from the northwest, and then gather near the Turtitlan camp just north of Mexico City.Then, while cheering, they set up camp at the designated location.
Near the Turtitlan camp, a scene of Shiba Maten.The great king of the Aztecs, Montezuma, was dressed in the iconic white felt hat, green cloth robe and red cape. He immediately watched his army keep coming in under the feathered serpent flag fluttering violently. The whole thing was extremely excited, and yelled a few times from time to time.
"Fight hard! If we take Mexico City, we will be prosperous! The Spaniards have searched for more than 100 years of wealth, at least half of which are in Mexico City!"
"Shang Fang's soldiers will arrive soon, we just need to surround Mexico City, we can see that we can win a big victory! Hahaha..."
"I want to tell you good news. That stupid king, Leopold, is still in Mexico City. The Holy Spirit is protecting us! We can catch him now!"
And every word of King Montezuma can be exchanged for bursts of cheers from the Aztec officers and soldiers who passed by him!
Chapter 902 I would rather give it to the devil than a house slave!
"Hahaha……"
Leopold's laughter also echoed on the walls of Chapultepec Castle, causing a large group of dignitaries and dignitaries from the Spanish Empire, who were a little pale in fright when they saw the large number of Aztec soldiers, to vote. Surprised eyes——The emperor must have been frightened mad by the military power of the Aztecs, right?That's really embarrassing!
The Spanish emperor was not crazy. Seeing that his laughter attracted everyone's attention, Emperor Leopold smiled and explained: "I'm laughing at Montezuma's confusion. He must have thought that Shang Fang sent troops. He His army will become stronger, and it will be able to take down a fortified city like Mexico City... The merchant army is powerful, that is the merchant army, and his Aztec army is just a group of Indian farmers who took up arms. No matter how many people there are, It is also impossible to take down Mexico City, which has sixty triangular castles!"
Leopold's confidence was not without reason.The current Mexico City dare not say that it is the strongest fortress in the world, but it is definitely not something that the Aztecs can capture.In fact, during the Spanish-Aztec wars in recent years, although King Montezuma's army was large and powerful, they did not capture any large city that was heavily fortified by the Spanish Royal Army.Even in the face of some small and medium-sized cities that were only fortified by militias, the Aztec army would have to spend a lot of effort to defeat them.
And a strong city like Mexico City, even if Montezuma concentrates all his strength, it is impossible to take it down!
Hearing Leopold's analysis, most of the fear on the faces of the officials and dignitaries of the Spanish Empire on the city wall dissipated.
Emperor Leopold saw that the people under his hands felt relieved, so he continued to analyze: "Now he has concentrated all the main forces on the outskirts of Mexico City, and General Eugene von Savoy and Don The legion commanded by Marquis Diego will surely win victory in Lake Chapala and the city of Leon soon! Afterwards, they will march to the Mexica Valley together.
The Prime Minister of the Caribbean, Count William von Baden, will also complete the formation of the Cuban-German Legion within two or three months. There will be [-] fighters from Germany and other European countries joining this legion. They will also equip Sweet powder bombs and shells from Cuba and new artillery from England and the Netherlands will be equipped on the battlefield, as well as flintlock guns, rifles and war horses from Europe!As soon as the Cuban Legion arrived, the army assembled by Montezuma was bound to suffer a disastrous defeat in the Mexica Valley.
At the same time, our commander-in-chief Lorraine and Charles V, Duke of Barr will surely lead his army to stop the merchant army in the Zacatecas silver mine.In fact, those greedy demon believers came here for the silver in Zacatecas. Even if they captured the silver mine, they would not be able to travel a hundred Spanish miles to the Mexica Valley to help the traitor Montezuma... Because I have authorized the Duke of Lorraine and Barr to cede the Zacatecas Valley and all the land north of it when necessary, in exchange for peace from the merchants. "
Upon hearing that Leopold had authorized Lorraine and the Duke of Bar to betray the country and beg for mercy, a group of Spanish lords finally felt relieved... Although many of them were born in the New World, they had never even been to Spain.But in their minds, the motherland will always be Spain!
And New Spain is just the property that their ancestors snatched from the Indians, so it doesn't hurt to cut it off now... Of course, it also depends on who it is cut off to?
It is the least distressing to cede to New England and New France, which are also European white colonists.In the New World, these first-class whites and second-class whites are actually a family!
It's okay to give it to the Shangfang devil... Although the Shangfang Kingdom is mysterious and may have come earlier than the Europeans, one thing is certain, they are also colonists!
The transfer of land between foreign colonists does not give hope to the native Indians... as far as the white people of New Spain know, the merchant countrymen (East Asians) also regard Indians as second and third class people Yes, they even outright called Indians 'savages'!
But the Aztec country that wants to cede land to the Indians will not work!Because it would hallucinate other Indians - so can the Aztecs!If the Indians turned against each other, the world would be in chaos... This is called giving to the devil rather than domestic slaves!
Now the Spanish lords on Chapultepec Castle finally had their backs, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed. Some people even began to chatter about the issue of land cession and compensation.
"If you want me to say, it's time to make peace with the merchants..."
"That's right! The Earl of St. Chris shouldn't have sent people to Shang Fang to release smallpox... This is simply treating a powerful foreign civilization like an indigenous barbarian in the New World!"
"That's right, the Battle of the Bend in Texas after that was even more absurd! To think that the Yin family's Khans were the Incas...the races are different!"
"I think it's better to cede the land and pay compensation...Anyway, early compensation and late compensation are all compensation!"
"There is no need to rush this matter. Emperor Louis has already come forward to talk with Daming. I heard that he even married a legalized illegitimate daughter to King Shang Fang!"
"Emperor Louis the Great..."
Leopold's long face sank when he heard the people below stepping over Louis XIV... This Louis XIV is really hateful!The one who ceded the land was the Spanish Empire, and the one who paid the indemnity was the Spanish Empire, but it was he, Louis, who married his daughter, and he had to marry in the name of the Spanish princess!
I knew it would happen, Leopold... Leopold still didn't move!Because Leopold believed in God, he would not have as many royal mistresses as Louis XIV, so he did not have an illegitimate daughter to marry the little devil of the merchant.
Leopold, who was irritated by the people below, was not in the mood to continue watching the Aztec army approaching on the wall of the Chapultepec Castle. He snorted, turned and left, went down the wall, and returned to himself. A palace in Chapultepec Castle.
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"Military division, when will Shang Fang Shangguo's reinforcements arrive?"
At the same time, at the position of the Aztec army in the north of Mexico City, Montezuma, who had already played King Meng Chuang, asked Huang Feiyu, who had just arrived with his troops, about the reinforcements from the merchants?
In fact, his heart is still a little empty... The main force of his Aztec army has entered the Mexica Valley!If Mexico City cannot be defeated, it is very likely that the success will fall short, and even the whole army will collapse under Mexico City.
And the key to taking down Mexico City is not actually his 30 million Aztec army, but the reinforcements from Shangfang Kingdom!Because his Aztec army simply couldn't take down a strong fortress like Mexico City.
"It's coming, it's coming... There's still half a month at most!" Huang Feiyu shook his feather fan and said with a smile, "Xi Bohou's personal letter said that the [-] troops led by Master Celing and Marquis Jizhou will leave from Tuo Reon goes east, then across the Sierra Madre Oriental, then down the Gulf Coast, and then east into the Mexica Valley!"
"Really?" King Montezuma was very happy about this, "The merchant army doesn't want the Zacatecas silver mine?"
Huang Feiyu smiled and said, "Conquering Mexico City, a small silver mine is not something you, the Aztec king, can say?"
"Yes, yes, yes..." King Montezuma agreed happily, but he felt a little pain in his heart - can it not hurt?The Zacatecas silver mine is the wealth of the Aztec country!
He, the Aztec king, has given the benefits of "equal land and no tax" to the Indians below in exchange for their support!If he doesn't want to renege on his promise and get fat, he can only count on the "mine tax"...and the Zacatecas silver mine is the largest silver mine in New Spain!
If the silver mine was ceded to Shang Fangguo, how would he, the Aztec king, live in the future?Although there are still some silver mines and gold mines on the Aztec land.However, without the income from the Zacatecas silver mine, the Aztec Kingdom can at most maintain a bleak business situation by relying on those small mines alone, and it is impossible to become stronger!
And to be strong, the Aztecs must build a new army, build a navy, open factories, engage in education, develop overseas trade... and even support the Indians in South America to overthrow the colonial rule of the Europeans and become the leader of the Indians Lun's country.
To achieve the above goals, it is necessary to spend gold and silver!But Shang Fangguo now wants to take away all the gold and silver from the Aztecs. It's a bit...
Huang Feiyu didn't know what King Montezuma was thinking, so he continued to follow Zhou Peigong's instructions: "His Boss asked us to keep Leopold I in Mexico City as much as possible! He hasn't escaped yet, has he?"
"No, no!"
"That's good," Huang Feiyu said, "Let's divide up our forces and besiege the city. Let's first set up four large camps in the southeast, northwest, and four sides of Mexico City!"
"Okay, it's all according to the military division!" As he spoke, Montezuma raised his head and looked at the castle on the top of the mountain in the distance, frowning slightly, wondering what he was thinking about?
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"Honey, the New World has arrived!"
"My lord, we have arrived!"
"My lord, is that our new home?"
"My lord, we are finally here..."
"Your Majesty..."
"..."
While the Aztec King Montezuma was looking at the Chapultepec Castle thoughtfully, a Pacific-style sailing boat on which Zhu Yimei, King of the Shang Dynasty, had already arrived outside the Fuguimen Strait!
The king of a country in the Shang Kingdom is also looking at his land at this time!
And beside him, surrounded by seven beautiful girls who are as beautiful as flowers and jade—he is really very attractive to women.When he left Nanjing, he took with him a concubine, a concubine and three servants, a total of five women.But when he arrived in the New World, there were two more candidates, and there were seven women in total. In his words, he had gathered a "seven fairies"!
The two extra women were of course not mermaids fished out of the Pacific Ocean, but Aoi Hime and Tokugawa Hime obtained in Osaka Castle and Edo Castle respectively when passing through Japan.It was all done by Zhu Yimei "by virtue of her ability". When he was in Osaka City, he "occasionally" saw a daughter of Aoi Antou. After showing his heroism again, he was fascinated by the daughter of the Aoi family, and recommended himself as a pillow that night... and that Tokugawa Hime is Tokugawa Mitsuki's granddaughter, and she knew Aoi Hime.When Zhu Yimei fell down in Edo, Tokugawa Hime came to visit her good sister, but bumped into Zhu Yimei, and was captured on the spot by this heroic king who was like a heavenly man!
With the company of these seven fairies, Zhu Yimei's journey is really not lonely at all. The voyage of three or four months is over after "a dozen rounds", and there is still more to say!
However, this little Zhu Demon King also has expectations for the New World——Sophie Maggiske told him that there are many beauties in Mexico City, and it is said that they are still passionate and very interesting!
Therefore, King Shang Fang had already made up his mind on the road. If Mexico City had not been breached, then he must personally lead an army to attack the city!
Let all the beauties in Mexico City see the might of King Shang Fang!There must be many beautiful women who will be fascinated by this king, right?
Not long after, King Shang, who was determined to send troops to Mexico City, finally set foot on his land—he landed on the pier outside Xinchaoge City!And those who greeted him on the pier were two of the seven princes of Yin and Shang, Zuo Lingyin Li Guangdi and Right Lingyin Chen Tingjing, as well as some ministers and soldiers who stayed behind, and of course some people in the country.All of them stretched their necks, eagerly looking forward to His Royal Highness who came from afar.
Shangfang Kingdom has been in business for so many years, and finally there is a king!