It turned out that the Spanish businessmen in and around Trinity City were very dissatisfied with the orders of Peruvian Governor Guzman and Madrid that harmed their own interests, and the two sides had little contact.
This led to the suddenness of the attack by Jiexuan's fleet. As Guzman became a meat ticket, the entire eastern part of the Viceroyalty fell into chaos after the attack.
In line with the principle of quick military strength, five days later, the well-fed and well-fed Ming fleet set off back with all the prisoners and the captured galleons.
During the stay at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata and the return trip, the fleet captured another twenty-four Spanish armed merchant ships, bringing the total number of plywood ships obtained by Zheng Guangying to nearly one hundred and twenty.
The sunk part can be ignored if the request of the Ming fleet is directly rejected at sea and the attack is carried out.
Then after sinking the target, the Ming fleet will not salvage the Spanish sailors soaked in the sea and let them fend for themselves!
More than twenty days later, the city of Lima, located on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, reappeared in the eyes of the fleet.
But now, the Spanish flag is flying again on top of the city.
It shows that without the help of the Ming Dynasty King, the local indigenous people could not survive for two months.
Facing a group of guys who couldn't hold up the wall, Jie Xuan and Zheng Guangying could only do their best.
Fortunately, the reward of 100 silver coins for killing a Western soldier is not as affordable as braiding one's hair on the mainland, but it is still interesting enough.
It's just that as the last battle before going home, no one wanted to die easily, so the process of attacking Lima was like a snail.
It took half a day just to assemble the steam tank on the beach. Fortunately, it was able to provide saturated artillery fire coverage during this period.
The Spanish defenders, who had not long recovered here, were quickly destroyed. They could retreat to the mountains, but they were unwilling to give up this strategic town easily.
But in the face of the fierce bombardment of the Ming fleet, neither the artillery fire on the city walls nor the artillery fire in the castle were enough to pose an effective threat to the fleet.
Once it is discovered that any shore defense firepower is counterattacking, a violent storm of retaliation will be encountered in a short time.
Since all merchant ships will not have combat missions in the future, the gunners fired in a playful manner this time.
Anyway, the target of the bombardment is not the Ming Dynasty's city, so it doesn't matter if it is destroyed, not to mention the worse it is, the better.
Jiexuan originally wanted to leave the relatively complete city of Lima for Poirot and other natives, but now it seems that this is no longer necessary.
As long as the defenders inside insist on holding on, Jiexuan doesn't mind burying them together with the city!
"The god-given army is back! God has not abandoned us! Warriors, charge! The time for revenge is here!"
After hearing the rumble of cannons and contacting the God-given army at the seaside, Poirot led about three thousand of his defeated soldiers to fight back out of a ravine with great morale.
They did not give up Lima voluntarily. After the fleet of the God-given Army left, they held on for about ten days, during which they repelled no less than seven attacks launched by the Spanish.
Although no less than 300 people were killed, due to the low rate of fire of the flintlock and matchlock guns, they were unable to withstand the assault of the enemy cavalry and were ultimately defeated.
The casualties suffered during the retreat of the defenders, coupled with repeated defeats, resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of troops. If the god-given army arrived later, even this number of people would be lost.
Everyone has begun to doubt that the God-given Army can fulfill its promise. If they are deceived, their fate will be executed like those captured by the Spaniards.
Even if they were hanged, they would have to be cut into pieces and burned to death. For the Inca people who advocated the completion of the corpse, this result could be described as extremely tragic.
As time passed, this idea spread more and more, so that even Poirot could hardly control his troops.
Maybe in a few days, the only army in this land that can resist the Spanish will be disbanded.
Fortunately, the God-given army really came back, and it came very timely. As soon as it came back, it started to launch an artillery bombardment.
Poirot felt that his three thousand men could be used as thirty thousand men, and there would be no problem in fighting a smooth battle.
The local puppet army leaders who had been grateful that they had not participated in the rebellion were now frightened and overwhelmed.
There were more than 20,000 puppet troops stationed in the city of Lima and the surrounding areas, but under the bombardment of the Ming fleet and the push of the landing troops, these things were simply vulnerable.
In Jiexuan's view, the other side collapsed without a close fight. This was worse than the local regiment training, and its combat effectiveness was almost as good as Poirot's troops.
Poirot's troops can only do anything else, but, under the leadership of more than a thousand Zheng troops, chase the nearly defeated puppet army and beat them hard...
The two thousand or so Western troops in Lima wanted to retreat now, but it was too late. The Ming Dynasty's army had already completed the siege of the city on three sides.
Because they were all cavalry plus a lot of artillery, and the subsequent reinforcements had never fought against the Ming army, they did not believe in the Ming army's superior firepower and combat effectiveness.
After the steam tank appeared and showed its hand, it was simply impossible to fly far away.
In the first blocking battle alone, the Ming army destroyed at least 300 Spanish cavalry.
Counting the wounded, the defenders lost almost half of their strength in just one battle.
At dusk, only about two hundred people managed to break through at most, and the rest were forced to turn back into the city.
The guy who ran out of the encirclement would not go back to rescue easily. Everyone knew that good luck did not come often.
Those partners who are still surrounded must rely on their own efforts to avoid becoming dead bodies or prisoners.
Due to the collapse of the puppet army, the Western Army itself was no longer able to hold on to the actual city of Lima, so it could only retreat to the place where Governor Guzman once held...
When the Western Army besieged the city of Lima, the angry Inca followed the tactics of the God-given Army and cut off most of the flesh from the governor's torso, leaving only a skeleton, but did not chop off the head.
Then according to traditional etiquette, he tied it to a plus-sized shelf and placed it in the most conspicuous position at the top of the city, as a true expression of his emotions at that time!
Later, the even more angry Spaniards did the same, thinking that this would greatly deter the Incas with ulterior motives.
But they never expected that retribution would come so quickly...
The "God-given Army" as the Incas call it is here, and as the rulers here, they are actually besieged!
What makes them even more desperate is that they can't defeat those humble and despicable yellow-skinned monkeys!
To the defenders, the fleet on the sea was simply a replica of the Invincible Fleet.
When it fires, it's like the roar of a thunder god, making it completely unbearable for mortals like them.
For the rest of the time, the two sides returned to a traditional and interesting game...
After Poirot defeated his colleagues opposite him, he ordered to collect coconuts quickly, because the god-given army was going to avenge himself.
This game was loved by even the Incas. It not only kept oneself hygienic, but also made the enemies in the castle extremely disgusting.
The defenders finally enjoyed the treatment given to Guzman, the former Governor of Peru. Fortunately, Vidal ran faster this time and was not caught.
When he saw the defenders being besieged by yellow-skinned monkeys on the mountain, he had a premonition of what might eventually happen.
Then I was lucky that I ran fast enough. If I were caught again, I would probably end up with the same fate as Guzman.
Because of this encounter, Vidal also made up his mind that he would never return to this hellish place like Lima in his lifetime.
If this was a place frequented by those yellow-skinned monkeys, it would be like hell to the Spaniards.
Anyone who has fought with those yellow-skinned monkeys will know that there is no hope of winning the battle in the city.
Those yellow-skinned monkeys are not only good at field battles, but also like street fighting, and their combat effectiveness and various skills are higher than those of the imperial troops.
Considering the huge population of the Ming Empire, Vidal couldn't help but feel a little scared...
The empire had France as a powerful enemy in Europe, and it had to face the Netherlands at sea.
If the Yellow-skinned Monkey Kingdom forms an alliance with France and the Netherlands, then the future of the empire will be very unoptimistic!
But these are issues that His Majesty the King should consider. As the commander of the Lima garrison, he has fulfilled his duties.
With such a small number of defenders to resist the attack of an invincible fleet and a landing force, and to hold on for such a long time, no one can do better than themselves.
Vidal had already thought of various reasons. In short, the defeat had nothing to do with him. It was entirely Governor Guzman's fault.
If he could listen to himself and retreat early, he might still be able to preserve the power to fight back against the yellow-skinned monkey.
pity……
Since His Excellency the Governor died in battle, that means he died without evidence!
At midnight, the city remembered the sound of intensive gunfire again, and the defenders huddled in the castle obviously couldn't bear the overwhelming stench.
It was immediately decided to take advantage of everyone's morale before it was completely low, and carry out another breakout under the cover of night.
It's just that the whole process was not as smooth as imagined, and it was not smooth at all.
Poirot's men had dug horse traps around the castle. The Western cavalry could not see the condition of the road ahead, so they stumbled one after another.
In addition, the Ming army was responsible for guarding in batches, just to prevent these prey dogs from jumping over the wall. Now they were caught.
In the breakout operation of more than a thousand people, less than 400 people escaped in the end, and the rest were either captured or died on the spot.
After dawn, the Ming army used airships and cavalry, and with the cooperation of Boluo's troops, began to conduct large-scale sweeps in the surrounding areas.
The more than 500 Western troops who successfully broke through twice were eventually wiped out by nearly half of the Ming army and the indigenous people.
The rest of the people were running to the north or east without a care in the world. Like Vidal, they never planned to return to Lima.
Over the years, this very simple word "Lima" evolved to mean "failure" in Spanish.
The reason is simple, these are only the first two defeats of the Spanish in Lima...
Swallowing the entire Inca Empire, the Spanish troops did not lose many people.
However, in order to defend Lima, more than 4,000 soldiers had been deployed in the first two battles alone.
These are all Spanish soldiers, not counting the puppet troops who serve for them, otherwise the number would be even more astonishing.
"Good luck to you, my friend!"
Jiexuan believes that the evil-minded Spaniards will come back again, but this expedition will end here, and the rest will depend on the efforts of Poirot and others.
As local people, if they want to survive with dignity, they cannot count on the so-called "God-given army" at any time. They must learn to be self-reliant and feed war with war.
"I hope you and your God-given army will come back as soon as possible. My compatriots and I will welcome you and your God-given army with great enthusiasm!"
Poirot knew that the God-given army was really going to return to the homeland this time, and would not help him for a long time.
He hasn't made up his mind yet on what to do next, but at least he must survive as tenaciously and tenaciously as a weed.
After the fleet was resupplied, it sailed from Lima in early March and arrived in Long Beach in less than April.
After the notification, Jiexuan did not wait a few days before he met the young emperor Zhang Xianzhong who had returned from the front line.
Zhang Xianzhong was naturally very happy to see Jiexuan and Zheng Guangying again, otherwise he would not have come in person.
The Governor of New Spain, Cuva, still refused to give up the lost territory. After the Ming fleet went south, he launched two large-scale counterattacks, but both ended in failure.
Jiexuan brought two pieces of good news to Zhang Xianzhong, one false and one true.
In the former, Governor Guzman of Peru was killed, and the natives in the southern governorate had already begun to make trouble.
In the latter, the fleet brought a large amount of captured loot, which could be bartered as long as Zhang Xianzhong thought it could be used.
What Zhang Xianzhong could get away with was very limited, only gold, silver, jewelry, animal skins, captives and ores.
Fortunately, except for gold and silver, these things can be cashed in immediately if they are shipped to the mainland, and Jiexuan will take them all as ordered.
The total transaction volume between the two parties reached half a million silver coins, and the supplies unloaded from the ship covered the entire beach.
Since the place is like summer all year round, and considering that the other party was very cooperative on these two occasions, Jiexuan gave Zhang Xianzhong an ice cream machine on the ship, along with a refrigerator and a generator.
This made the latter overjoyed. As long as he had sugar, milk and other raw materials, he could eat this delicious and refreshing delicacy every day.
At least when entertaining many tribal chiefs, it is very honorable to serve ice cream to the guests.
Zhang Xianzhong expressed his willingness to purchase a batch of ice cream machines, refrigerators, and generators. Jiexuan promised to report the facts truthfully after arriving in the country. He believed that there would be results soon.
"Soon" means one year from now...
All barter transactions with Zhang Xianzhong must be registered and accounted for, and the part of the fleet that they make themselves is the extra money for fighting in the south.
However, an expedition to America can bring back gold and silver jewelry worth millions of silver coins to the court, plus a bunch of captives. This is definitely much more affordable than the original voyage to the West.
The Zheng family has also benefited from hundreds of large plywood boats. This can be regarded as the best of both worlds, making both the court and the Zheng family very satisfied.
When the fleet arrived at Chongguo via the Arctic Strait, it loaded up the goods that Chongguo had temporarily borrowed on credit last year.
The Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Fleet arrived at Dengzhou Naval Base in early August and completed the feat of conquering the Americas.
When the warships entered the port one after another, they were warmly welcomed by the ladies and sisters from all over the city...
