The weapons supplies Zhang Xianzhong's troops received from the Ming Dynasty were limited, and they could only maintain their own territory.
If you want to expand externally, especially to seize Spanish territory, you must rely on continuous victory in battles to seize spoils of war.
The muskets now equipped by tens of thousands of troops, together with some personal belongings, were pulled from Spanish prisoners and dead people.
The local war horses in North America are also much better than the ponies from the Ming Dynasty. Not only do they have a higher carrying capacity, but they also sprint faster. The only drawback is that they are particularly edible...
But right now, we can't care so much. We finally managed to get a fleet from the mainland to help us clean up the west coast.
As long as you lead the chiefs to kill the reinforcements sent by the governor of New Spain, you will be considered a staged victory.
Zhang Xianzhong plans to eat at least half of California, as well as Nevada and Utah, and the rest can be eaten away slowly.
I have to say that California is really a good place. As the army moves south along the Sacramento River, the climate is getting warmer and warmer.
When they arrived in Long Beach, the soldiers even saw palm trees, which was very different from Canada, which was very cold in October.
Many people feel that it is appropriate for their Emperor to make his capital here, at least he won't have to endure the biting cold wind in winter.
After this matter reached Zhang Xianzhong's ears, the emperor of the Dadong Empire also felt that it made sense.
After the Ming fleet destroyed most of the Spanish ships, the remaining ones did not pose much of a threat.
Moving the capital to southern California is indeed a good choice. Just in case, you can set the capital twenty or thirty miles inland.
It is not too far from the seaside, so it is relatively convenient to receive supplies from the mainland. If there is an enemy attack from the sea, it can be warned as soon as possible.
Of course, there is still a small problem, that is, the Long Beach Castle has not been defeated yet...
Zhang Xianzhong was also reluctant to adopt the tactic of storming, and for the time being he still focused on siege, striving to achieve siege and reinforcements.
As for everything except the shore, Zhang Xianzhong ordered his men to clean up everything. This was the capital of the Dadong Empire.
In the future, it depends on how much benefit you can get from Daming in exchange for Shenzi gadgets.
All property, including people and livestock, must be carefully counted. Anyone who dares to line his own pockets should not be blamed for being ruthless.
After arriving in North America, the first thing Zhang Xianzhong did under the advice of two military advisors was to strengthen discipline like the Ming Dynasty official army.
In particular, many of his subordinates were converted from rogue bandits into officers and soldiers, thus achieving the regularization of the tribe.
Stragglers can never become a force, so Zhu Yuanzhang's men also have strict military discipline and will not torture the people like bandits.
Here in North America, the common people are all family members of the soldiers. Torturing the common people will cause rebellion, which is tantamount to asking for death.
Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong strictly ordered his men to completely prohibit robbing people's property. Anyone who violated the rules would be punished on the spot once verified.
Then, they used some novel products to win over the local indigenous people on the grounds that they could fight against the Spaniards, and made three rules.
Zhang Xianzhong would not seize the territory of each tribe. The land he conquered could be used as pasture for the tribes as long as it did not require city construction or farming.
If you capture a Spanish soldier alive, you can go to him to receive a reward of fifty silver coins per person, with no limit on the quantity. The money and goods will be paid in full during the transaction, and there will never be any default.
For powerful tribes, the two sides formed an alliance, and for weak tribes, they could join the Dadong Empire and join hands to fight against Spain.
With these three points, and the fact that Zhang Xianzhong's troops are indeed very good at fighting, the victory rate can be more than half every ten battles, and the remaining battles will not be lost. It is nothing more than a lose-lose situation.
The Indian tribe saw that the legion from afar was so capable of fighting, and showed enough respect for the fundamental interests of their own tribe. After no offense, they were willing to fight alongside them.
The most important thing is that Zhang Xianzhong took out the information prepared by a certain new emperor, which showed that the Indians were the descendants of the merchants.
After the demise of the Shang Dynasty, some merchants fled north and their whereabouts are unknown. However, through research in the fairy world, it was discovered that these merchants finally arrived in North America through the frozen Arctic Strait.
Thousands of years later, it has spread all over North America, and all Indian civilizations that can be recorded in writing also show a certain relationship with the Shang Dynasty.
After understanding this, Zhang Xianzhong, under the guidance of two military advisors, formed blood alliances with many chiefs.
We are all descendants of merchants. Naturally, we must work together to defend against the enemy and not let the Spanish barbarians succeed.
Although Zhang Xianzhong only wanted to achieve his goal based on the principle of utilization, if we go back further, people in China do regard the Shang Dynasty as the orthodoxy.
If he denies that he is a descendant of merchants, he is tantamount to admitting that he is one of the Nanman, Dongyi, Beidi, and Xirong.
Although Zhang Xianzhong was born in northern Shaanxi, everyone knows that this area was only recovered in the Qin Dynasty.
The local people can only migrate there from Qin or the Central Plains, which makes complete sense.
Zhang Xianzhong is a descendant of merchants, and so are many chiefs.
So everyone treated each other as brothers, it was just that the chiefs had darker skin than Zhang Xianzhong.
We are facing a formidable enemy, so this time we can't be as imaginary as we were at home, and we can just plan on going with them if nothing happens.
As long as he is within reach, whenever the chiefs come to ask for help, Zhang Xianzhong will generously send troops to help.
It’s okay if you can’t eat California. Oregon is a front line and must not be lost.
Further north is Washington, and beyond here is the capital, Vancouver.
Zhang Xianzhong did not want to be driven away by the Spanish barbarians to the hinterland of Canada to become a savage.
Therefore, joining forces with various Indian tribes became an established strategy, especially after seeing a certain new emperor borrowing troops from the Japanese country.
Zhang Xianzhong followed suit and asked his troops to lead warriors from various Indian tribes to fight the Spaniards.
These indigenous warriors were not afraid of death, but they knew how to fight fiercely and did not even know some tactics that could reduce casualties.
Zhang Xianzhong could only ask his subordinates to be teachers patiently and teach the chiefs a few lessons in a practical way.
How to sneak attack and how to fight an ambush are almost taught step by step.
After playing a few times, each tribe will be basically mastered.
Casualties were greatly reduced when fighting the Spanish, and the results were fruitful.
Zhang Xianzhong also established a certain prestige in the hearts of the tribal chiefs by keeping his word.
Although he was unfamiliar with the place, the weather, the right location, and the people were all different, relying on correct strategies and tactics, Zhang Xianzhong still opened up the situation with his former subordinates.
To this day, he doesn't even want to vomit out the results of the bloody battle with his men.
The borders of the Dadong Empire can only move further and further south and east, and the amount of loot and prisoners can only increase.
A hundred years from now, he will be Emperor Taizu of the Dadong Empire, and his son Zhang Tianbao will continue to work hard.
It took nearly a month for the news of the siege of the three castles to reach the ears of the governor of New Spain, Cueva, and the entire Mexico City was extremely shocked.
What was shocking was not that Zhang Xianzhong's troops went south, but that the distant Ming Empire sent a powerful fleet, and there were many armored ships in the fleet!
This means that most of the sea control power previously in our own hands may be lost, or completely lost.
The Ming Empire's fleet could cruise along the west coast at will, completely preventing Spanish warships from rushing to the castle.
Couva had heard that France had purchased ironclads before, but he believed that steel could not float on the sea.
France must have been deceived by the cunning yellow-skinned monkey and is still obsessed with it. It is really ridiculous.
However, emergency letters sent from the commanders of the three castle guards showed that the ironclads could not only float on the sea, but also show amazing combat effectiveness.
Even though the Spanish warships were at a numerical disadvantage in every naval battle, none of the enemy ships were able to sink or even be seriously damaged, which illustrates a certain problem.
Is it true that wooden battleships are no match for ironclad ships? Already an obsolete battleship?
If this hypothesis is verified correctly, it would probably take one or two hundred wooden warships to sink more than a dozen Yellow-skinned Monkey armored ships.
There are so many armed merchant ships in the Gulf of Mexico, and the number is as high as three to four hundred, but the question is how to get there?
If we take the established route, we can only detour to Cape Horn in South America and wait until next year to reach California waters...
If you want to immediately relieve the defenders of the three castles, you can only send out cavalry, and you have to send out all the troops.
Are those yellow-skinned monkeys ambushing them? What will happen if there are heavy casualties?
Couva was unwilling to take this risk, so he asked his confidant Baron Castelio to lead the army.
Ten thousand cavalry plus ten thousand minions, each with a horse, also carried a hundred heavy cannons, corresponding weapons, ammunition, and baggage and supplies.
Couva believed that there was no reason why Castelrio should not achieve a brilliant victory, and he was already preparing to write a report on the victory.
After filling in the results obtained on the front line, you can send them to Madrid...
It would save time if only the cavalry was dispatched, but the minions were scattered everywhere and needed to be mobilized.
As a result, the army's assembly speed was very slow, and due to the need to mobilize food and ammunition, the final time for dispatching troops was early October.
Before setting off, Castrio had thought of sending a group of troops to sneak attack the yellow-skinned monkey's lair.
But leaving Long Beach Castle, which was very close, to rescue the siege, and letting his men travel thousands of miles, was a bit inappropriate no matter how you thought about it.
In the end, they gave up on this idea and decided to concentrate their forces and first deal with the yellow-skinned monkeys besieging Long Beach Castle.
The army was completely assembled in the southern border area of California. Before entering the army, Castrio also announced rewards and punishments in public.
The most important incentive is that for every yellow-skinned monkey killed, you can get two silver coins as a reward.
The price could have been set higher, but Governor Couva was concerned it would put too much pressure on finances.
Therefore, the extra reward that the army will get must be achieved by looting with their own hands.
Whatever you grab is what you get, there is no restriction on the category, and you can even make the yellow-skinned monkey your slave.
As for Zhang Xianzhong himself, he must be captured alive, then taken to Mexico City, and burned at the stake after trial.
The city ministers must see this abominable and cruel heretic executed in public, in order to completely appease people's hearts.
Once this yellow-skinned monkey and his monkey men are eliminated, the scope of the Viceroyalty of New Spain will be expanded to the North Pole!
This would be the largest viceroyalty in the world, more than twice the size of all of Europe.
In order to realize these two wishes, Kuva believed that it was very worthwhile to send an army of 20,000.
The army entered southeastern California from southern Arizona and then headed straight to Long Beach.
On October 21st, the main forces of both sides finally met.
After cutting off Long Beach Castle's connection with the outside world, Zhang Xianzhong's main force did not go far at all, but camped about thirty miles away.
Because it was separated by a mountain and there were horse traps and Zhang Kewang's men and horses outside the castle, the castle defenders could neither see nor get out, so they had no way of knowing the actual location of Zhang Xianzhong's main force.
"Hi~! The Spanish barbarians are evil!"
Zhang Xianzhong looked at the opponent's mountainous cavalry and the heavy artillery that had been unloaded and put in place, and couldn't help but gasp.
"Your Majesty, you are the one here!"
Prime Minister Zuo Pan Dubie reminded him in a low voice to avoid making a joke.
"Haha! That's right! The person who comes this time is not good and the good person doesn't come! It's very interesting!"
Zhang Xianzhong had the support of the Ming fleet this time, so he was not too afraid of the Spanish main force coming to help.
"Your Majesty, the barbarians are coming fiercely this time. It is best for the king to adopt a defensive counterattack strategy. After the barbarians' energy is weakened, they can then launch a large-scale counterattack. This may get twice the result with half the effort!"
The Prime Minister on the right, Xu Yixian, was not like the one opposite him, so he took advantage of the situation and said business.
"Yes! Your Majesty's words make sense! According to my order, Di Sanpin's troops will be in the vanguard, He Jiuyi's troops will be on the left, Bi Dengyun's troops will be on the right, Feng Shuangli's troops will be in the center, Wang Ziyu's troops will be in the rear, and Zhang Hualong's troops will be responsible for providing support."
"I will obey your orders!"
The warriors led by the chiefs of each tribe have automatically divided into three teams: left, center and right. As soon as they see the red signal bomb rising into the sky, they will whip their horses and whip towards the enemy's formation.
In this battle, the Spanish army was mainly cavalry, but Zhang Xianzhong's troops had a large number of infantry. Fortunately, they got a lot of steam tanks, which could withstand them for a while.
To show their appreciation, Jie Xuan and Zheng Guangying also came with their troops. Their combined troops numbered 5,000, but they had fifty steam tanks and many horse-drawn tanks.
Since there is no engine compartment, this thing does not have the ability to attack independently and can only be used as infantry defense, but it is still much better than using a spear to prevent enemy cavalry assault.
Zheng Guangying had not planned to use this batch of weapons before, and had always kept them in the cabin in the form of parts. They came in handy now. After the master returned to the court, he also gave an explanation to the emperor, his uncle, and his father.
Both films are directed by Jiexuan, and Zheng Guangying is here to gild. It is best to win unscathed, and to have in-depth communication with the Ocean Horses again when they return...
Participating in the war was certain, but since most of his men were infantry, Jiexuan let his five thousand men occupy a mountain, deployed bronze cannons on the top of the mountain, and dug horse pits at the foot of the mountain.
It's okay for the opponent to attack, but it's very difficult to attack the top of the mountain. It's not easy to climb on horseback, so you can only go on foot. This allows your subordinates to use rifles to "call names" one by one!
The seaside was full of Ming warships and armed merchant ships. If the Spanish cavalry dared to approach the beach and tried to outflank them, they would be violently bombarded.
It only takes a matter of minutes for a war horse to turn into bacon...
