Sinaloa, Guracán Castle.
Don Juan Jose, the regent of the Kingdom of New Spain, strode into his headquarters in neat military uniforms and a wig.
This headquarters is located in Guracan Castle, which is located in the middle of Sinaloa Province. It is a large bastion that was built after the Battle of the Flood Valley. It is also the capital of Sinaloa. The residence of the Governor of Roja.
When Don Juan Jose walked into the headquarters, the conference room was already filled with officers. As Don Juan Jose approached, everyone stood at attention, saluted, and then bowed deeply.
The 30,000 elite New Spanish Legion led by Don Juan Jose left the Valley of Mexico on February 10, 1674. After walking for a full month, they just arrived in Guracan, the capital of Sinaloa Province. The reason why it took so long is that the distance between the two places is not close. There is a full 1,000 kilometers between the two places. If Don Juan Jose had not become the regent, allocated a huge sum of money, and sent really responsible German engineers to supervise the construction, and renovated the road connecting Guasavi and Mexico City, it would not have been completed in a month.
Second, Don Juan Jose deliberately controlled the speed of his march to prevent his army from getting too tired. Because he was always worried about the two ports of Colima and Acapulco - he always felt that Zhu Cihuan, who came through the Sonora Desert, was the decoy of the insidious and cunning King of the United States...
But he walked all the way until he entered Guracán Castle, and the two ports of Colima and Acapulco were still safe and sound. No warships from the United States or the Ming Dynasty attempted to approach, and there were even normal visits from merchant ships from the Republic of Batavia and the United Kingdom - these ships first went to the Gulf of America and Golden Gate Bay, and then to Acapulco. The customs of the United States showed no intention of preventing their entry into Acapulco, as if the war had not broken out at all.
While Colima and Acapulco were safe and sound, the Garching Kingdom's army, which had originally arrived at Guazavi Castle, began to retreat north.
What does it mean?
Is it to plunder and flee, or is it to lure the enemy to the north? Or maybe his good nephew Zhu Hehao, King of Hezhu, didn't want the Jiaqing Kingdom to grow, so he didn't follow up?
Don Juan Jose and De Bescola discussed it all night last night, but in the end they could not come to an accurate conclusion, but they only had more likely options.
It shouldn't be overly plundered. What is there to plunder in Sinaloa Province? It seems like there are only corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes! But the Chinese and Japanese in Xinzhou Continent don’t seem to eat these. As far as Don Juan Jose knows, the Chinese and Japanese in New Zealand are both meat-eating peoples. They mainly eat meat, but also eat fish, shrimp, crabs, pigeons, and some vegetables and fruits. They don't have much demand for grains, and they basically don't eat corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes... It's useless for them to grab a lot of corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes and go back!
As for robbing Indian farmers to serve as serfs, aren’t there enough Indian farmers in Sonora Province? Why go to Sinaloa Province to rob it? If you grab so much, Jiaqing Kingdom won’t be able to use it! How much territory does Jiaqing Kingdom have?
As for luring the enemy northward... there is a possibility, but it is not too great. Since Don Juan Jose's army has already arrived at Gulacan, is it necessary to continue to lead them north? Even if we go a few days further north, how significant would it be to capture the two important ports of Colima and Acapulco?
The defenses of these two ports cannot be broken through in a month or two - just to land enough troops on the beach near the ports will take half a month or even longer, and then they have to break through the dangerous points and besiege them. Bastion.
If King Jiaqing really wanted to hold back the New Spanish army heading north, he should dig trenches north of Guasavi Castle to attract the New Spanish army to besiege!
Since the possibility of plundering and plundering and luring the enemy northward is unlikely, it is more likely that King Zhu Hehao of Hezhong is causing mischief. According to the accurate information obtained by the intelligence department of the Kingdom of New Spain, the United States of New Zealand still has little interest in going south to attack New Spain even though it has already gained control of the Pacific coast. Instead, it is making intensive preparations to march eastward. Obviously he is unwilling to cooperate with the Jiaqing Kingdom in going south! Maybe Zhu Hehao also wants to kill people with a borrowed knife... If this is the case, it will be an opportunity to attack the Jiaqing Kingdom!
Don Juan Jose sat down with a smile. Looking at the questioning eyes of his officers, he nodded and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"I, the Duke of Florida, the Regent of New Spain, Don Juan Jose, have made up my mind to use the main force to defeat the Garching Kingdom's army that is retreating north, and push the battle line into the province of Sonora! The battle plans of each unit , then issued, asking all ministries to work together and fulfill their duties... God will be with us, New Spain, and Spain!"
As soon as the order was given, the whole house was naturally excited.
"May God bless us!"
“God is with us!”
The morale of Don Juan Jose's army was not very high at first, but because of Zhu Cihuan's initiative to retreat, everyone in the army realized how powerful they were!
Don Juan Jose nodded with satisfaction, and looked at De Bescola who was accompanying him on the expedition... The key to this battle lies with the King of the United States. If you guess his intentions wrongly, , then the next battle will be difficult to fight.
The results analyzed by Don Juan Jose and De Bescola after staying up all night were actually quite accurate!
The King of Hezhu, Zhu Hehao, was not a good person to begin with, and he was very dissatisfied with the fact that a group of capitalists in his country always had close ties with the King of Jiaqing next door.
King Jiaqing is his uncle!
Isn't it Zhu Ming's "tradition" that an uncle seizes his nephew's empire?
With this tradition, could Zhu Hehao not be wary of his good uncle? Moreover, there is a snake-like woman Shimazu Noyoshi next to King Kaqing!
Shimazu Noyoshi did not know that the "confession" she wrote had been sent to Nanjing by Zhu Hehao, and Zhu Hehao also proposed the execution of Shimazu Noyoshi. I hope Zhu Cixi can issue an edict and order Shimazu Noyoshi to commit seppuku.
But Zhu Cixiang vetoed this proposal...Zhu Cixiang knew his son's skills and was not worried about him being harmed by Shimazu Noyoshi.
Without the support of Zhu Cixiang, the local tycoon king would certainly not be able to openly attack the Jiaqing Kingdom, so he would have to resort to underhanded tactics.
After learning that the Jiaqing Kingdom's army had ventured to attack the Sonora Desert, he immediately set off for Kinmen Bay and personally asked Zheng Jing not to dispatch a fleet to cooperate with King Jiaqing's actions.
However, after King Jiaqing's gamble won, Zhu Hehao immediately changed his stance and sent two United States battleships to escort merchant ships to deliver supplies and arms to the Jiaqing army.
Although it was unjust for him to seize the fleet and refuse to cooperate, there was nothing wrong with it in the eyes of the "profiteers" in the United States. Because King Jiaqing has not proven that he is worthy of investment... Yes, everyone has the intention to invest and has signed an agreement. But as long as the money is not really invested, there is room for regret. There is nothing wrong with observing King Jiaqing's ability, so there is nothing wrong with King Hezhu not taking action!
After all, everyone voted for the King of Jiaqing, not the King of Hezhong.
But after King Jiaqing won the bet, it would be wrong for King Hezhu to do more mischief... He couldn't block everyone's way of making money!
Blocking people's way of making money is like killing their parents. Everyone is a filial son!
So the King of United States simply joined in, spent a lot of money, and sent warships to help - so that he could get a share of the pie after defeating the Kingdom of New Spain.
But unexpectedly, after the investment from the King of the United States and the profiteer group of the United States, the King of Jiaqing encountered the main force of Don Juan Jose and began to be "defeated like a mountain".
These Zhu Hehao were dumbfounded!
It's not that he feels bad about losing the little money he invested, but that a group of profiteers who invested in the company are begging him to save the market through various connections.
Everyone has invested so much money, we can't just watch King Jiaqing's army be wiped out!
