Two years ago, the Spaniards seemed quite brave and even dared to defend their capital, New Madrid!
The first time, we actually managed to defend it, but we lost more than 70,000 people, and the price was quite heavy.
After repelling the Ming army's attack, the Spaniards celebrated their victory and decided to dig trenches to block the enemy's second attack.
After the Ming army came back, they didn't attack the city immediately. They didn't even bother to use artillery. They were very considerate and helped the opponent dig two more trenches outside!
The siege took a long time and seemed very boring, so I dug two more in my spare time to form a five-ring pattern, which made the Spaniards in the city stunned.
None of them expected such a result. What was even more frightening was that not only were there more trenches, they were also dug much deeper than themselves, making it impossible for vehicles and horses to pass.
Now even if reinforcements arrive, the defenders in the city will not be able to implement the internal and external tactics.
The city of New Madrid has become an isolated island. Those inside cannot get out and those outside cannot get in.
The Ming army, led by Wang Yun, did not intend to go in. When the time came, the other party would surrender obediently.
You can fight if you want, but we guys will stay with you until the end. We have plenty of ammunition, so we can keep it full!
It would be great if the Spaniards had this kind of backbone, but it's a pity that they were beaten to pieces last time and ran away with their heads covered.
The reinforcements that the defenders expected were actually very difficult to come to King Qin.
On August 6, the forty-fourth year of Haojing (1687), New Madrid was again surrounded by the First Army and the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force.
Five armies, the Fifth Army, the Seventh Army, the Ninth Army, the Eleventh Army, and the Thirteenth Army, totaling 125,000 men, landed in Mexico.
Five strategic towns, Culiacan, Durango, León, Guadalajara, and Moreria, were lost one after another in just one month.
Except for New Madrid, no city could withstand the long-term violent attack of a full force of the expeditionary force.
In these five battles alone, the expeditionary force achieved the small goal of annihilating tens of thousands of enemies in total.
By New Year's Day 1688, there were as many as ten expeditionary armies fighting in the area south of California.
Carlos III had a standing army of 100,000 and an armed force of 400,000 soldiers. If the situation was urgent, he could also be mobilized, and the total force could reach one million.
Although it can completely overwhelm the Ming Empire's expeditionary force in terms of quantity, in terms of quality, especially in terms of firepower, it is far from the opponent of the expeditionary force of less than 250,000 people.
The ten armies are equipped with more than 3,000 steam tanks, tens of thousands of machine guns, more than 1,000 aircraft, more than 300 heavy artillery, and 2,000 missiles.
This directly led to the fact that even if the Spanish troops from various places were gathered together and the strength reached 40,000 to 50,000 people, it would be difficult to resist the attack of any expeditionary force.
With the powerful advantages established by modern weapons, the Spanish army almost instantly lost the ability to fight in the field with the Ming Expeditionary Force.
The situation was exactly the same as that of the braided army in the Northeast back then, except that the latter was not willing to fail, and worked hard many times in an attempt to make a comeback.
The Spanish army was smarter than the Braided Army in that after losing nearly 100,000 people in New Madrid and other battlefields, it realized its own shortcomings and no longer planned to fight in the field with the opponent.
This is directly related to factors such as Spain's excessive consumption in Europe and the continuous increase in weapons and combat effectiveness of the Ming army. In the Northeast at that time, maybe it could have struggled like the Braided Army.
In North America, the Spanish did not intend to surrender. Instead, they held on to various cities and sent a large number of cavalry to attack the opponent's supply lines. They planned to use a combination of retreat and attack tactics to turn defeat into victory.
But these two tactics are of little use to the expeditionary force. If they cannot hold on and the city is breached, it will directly lead to the failure of the turtle tactics.
Because of the existence of steam tanks, the cavalry's attack tactics did not make a profit, but instead used precious cavalry.
It can be said that the Spaniards have already used the tricks that the Spaniards can do, and they are more skillful than the former.
Unfortunately, even so, they were defeated repeatedly by the Ming army's tactics of combining infantry and tanks.
After the siege of New Madrid lasted for two years, the defenders in the city could no longer endure the humiliation.
Being beaten by a yellow-skinned monkey at the door of my house and still being blocked at home is simply a shame and humiliation.
After entering February, the defenders launched three breakout operations, but all ended in failure.
Not to mention the loss of troops and generals, the already low morale fell into a low state.
There was very little food left in the city, and the city minister asked the yellow-skinned monkey to retreat.
Others also thought it was a reasonable request, so they sent two people out to deliver the letter.
Wang Yuncheng could only laugh it off. He didn't expect Xiyi to daydream like a fool!
I ask you: Do you want to surrender?
You ask me: Do you want to withdraw?
If I don't retreat, are you willing to surrender?
If you don't surrender, there's no need to talk. Let's continue the confrontation!
If he hadn't considered that the high temperature might bring diseases, Wang Yuncheng would have really wanted to starve all the barbarians in the city to death!
Wang Yong also likes "hunger therapy" in his heart, but New Madrid is a big city.
Yimin will definitely move in and settle here in the future.
After we take over the city, we will definitely be able to save a lot of money on building houses.
In this case, uncivilized methods cannot be used, and persuasion to surrender must be the main method.
If the other party does not listen to the advice, then continue to confront each other until the other party is hungry enough to surrender...
If you think about it carefully, recruiting surrender is much more profitable than massacring the city. You can earn at least one million silver coins.
Then let the Spaniards suffer in the mines of the new Inca Empire. It is really refreshing!
Seeing the yellow-skinned monkey outside the city flatly rejecting his request, everyone in the city was very angry.
Everyone hopes that those yellow-skinned monkeys will be hanged alive!
But I just thought about it, the actual situation is just what I thought.
The second time we sent people out to negotiate, everyone's demands were not as excessive as before.
I just want to ensure personal safety so that everyone can go wherever they want.
In return, New Madrid can be given to the other party.
We spent so much effort to help the Spaniards dig four trenches, but ended up with an empty city?
It seems that this negotiation is a waste of time. If you have this time, you might as well sleep.
Wang Yong had no intention of considering the other party's proposal and sent the guests off directly.
Negotiations took another week, and there was even less food left in the city.
If this continues, within a month, they will be able to use each other as food for each other.
Carlos III's attitude on this matter is not important anymore, because His Majesty the King ran away overnight after the yellow-skinned monkey made a comeback.
The defenders and people in the city were abandoned by Carlos III. Now it was time to make a decision on their own.
Everyone didn't want to be caught as a miner, but they forced their way out of the siege. Obviously, the trenches outside the city could make people feel desperate.
The yellow-skinned monkey refused to retreat again, and the food would soon be exhausted, which made things very contradictory and difficult.
There are people sneaking away every night, but facing a trench that is deeper than a person, running away is actually not easy at all.
If he is not discovered by the yellow-skinned monkey, and if he can climb over five trenches with tools, he may indeed be able to escape.
However, there are very few such people, and most of them are soldiers with quick hands and feet. If they were ordinary people, it would be equivalent to taking the initiative to go and be captured.
Fortunately, the yellow-skinned monkey did not issue an ultimatum, but after thinking about it, there was no need for them to do so.
The only food left in the city is an ultimatum, eat it up and it's time!
The defenders no longer looked at the people all day long. Everyone ran around casually. If they could cross the ditch and escape the encirclement of the yellow-skinned monkeys, then they were capable people.
On March 3, the grain stored in the city's warehouses was completely depleted. Some families still had some food, but they could not hold on for long.
No reinforcements came to relieve the siege, and the final outcome was obvious.
After another day, everyone couldn't hold on any longer and began to leave the city in groups.
Seeing that the yellow-skinned monkeys did not launch an artillery attack, they took it for granted that they acquiesced to everyone's breakout.
This made everyone even more unscrupulous and began to fill in the trenches and create a path first. No one wanted to climb over and get hurt.
After passing five trenches, we discovered that the yellow-skinned monkey was waiting for everyone on the outermost side with a loaded gun and live ammunition.
The Spaniards protested that it was their freedom and right to break out!
Wang Yong's soldiers said that the freedom and rights of the Ming Dynasty's masters were part of the capture of the other party. Either go back or be a prisoner, otherwise they would be shot by me!
Of course there were those in the crowd who were dissatisfied. With tens of thousands of people behind them, they rushed directly towards the Ming soldiers and tried to snatch the guns in their hands.
Then there is no need to coddle these Spanish uncles. The machine gunner on the tank directly pulled the trigger.
Spanish aunts and uncles were thrown to the ground one after another, wailing incessantly.
If you understand what the new owner means, just do it. If you don't understand, then use the "universal language" to let you understand!
The situation is easy to understand. If you obey, you will survive. Otherwise, you will either be beaten to death or starve to death. There is no third way!
After killing nearly five thousand escaped meat tickets, the remaining people finally recognized the reality.
It is impossible to run away in front of the yellow-skinned monkey, so you can only catch it without any help.
After counting, the expeditionary force captured nearly 70,000 prisoners in New Madrid.
In fact, more people can be captured, and those unclaimed old immortals can be ignored.
If they were left to waste food, they might turn into pathogens and infect healthy people.
Including men, women and children, 70,000 captives can be exchanged for more than 1.5 million silver coins.
The imperial envoy sent by the new Inca Emperor Polo had been lying outside the city, waiting to take away tens of thousands of miners!
No matter how many captives Wang Yong can give him, he will always pay in cash. The wealthy mining country is so generous in doing business!
The capture of New Madrid by the expeditionary force meant that the Spanish army south of the city was completely cut off from the north.
With the loss of naval ships, the chances of stragglers from all over the country trying to escape to the north are approaching zero.
Either hide in a certain rainforest or island and become a savage, or flee to the north in a small scale before the expeditionary force begins its large-scale sweep of the southern region.
All the major cities in central Mexico have been captured by the expeditionary force, and the Japanese soldiers who stayed behind finally realized the joy of being an uncle.
The samurai and ashigaru who were initially ordered to stay in the local area were not happy, because only by continuing to fight could they obtain more loot.
However, due to various reasons, such as illness, injury, and even the birth of a child by the ocean horse they played with, these people were forced to stay as managers.
This was a kind of superior treatment that I had never enjoyed in Japan. It only took about a week from being uncomfortable at first to being very comfortable later.
The local natives showed their respect for eating and drinking, which made the samurai and ashigaru who became the uncle full of emotion.
If there is a chance, it would be quite good to be able to exchange the trophies and military exploits for the qualification to move to Mexico.
Carlos III had already arrived in San Luis Potosi and fled to the northern town of Monterey.
He has been deploying troops here, hoping to gather his troops and go south to defeat the damn yellow-skinned monkey, then regain the lost territory and relieve the siege of the capital.
However, after fighting for more than two years, the result was that the area of lost land was expanding like wildfire burning the mountains. Not long ago, news came that the capital defenders had surrendered.
This hit Carlos III very hard and he was in a very bad mood. In addition to being furious, he also broke a bunch of valuable porcelain.
Immediately afterwards, more bad news came. The yellow-skinned monkey was approaching Monterey.
In order to avoid the scene in New Madrid, the advice discussed by the ministers was to go to Juarez as soon as possible.
Carlos could only reluctantly run away for the second time, and asked how many ships the navy had.
If possible, he would rather go to Africa than stay in North America.
As the emperor of North America, he was chased around by yellow-skinned monkeys like a sheep. It was really humiliating.
Despite repeated defeats, Carlos III believed that after general mobilization, at least more than half of his million-strong army could be left.
With 600,000 to 700,000 imperial troops defending the country, can't they still defeat a mere 100,000 yellow-skinned monkeys?
The original intention was good, but the actual situation was not at all what Carlos III thought...
In the early stage, the Spanish army did not dare to fight in the field, and in the later period, they even did not dare to fight with the expeditionary force during the day.
Unknowingly, I learned how to attack at night, steal if I can, and run away if I can't, as long as I don't get bitten by the opponent.
What was considered a shameful tactic in the past is now irrelevant to face, as long as it brings benefits, everything else is ignored.
The main reason why the expeditionary force was not in a hurry to go north to attack Monterey was that they had been busy killing Spanish guerrillas in the central region as many as locusts!
If this clumsy tactic had not been used to hold back the expeditionary force, Carlos III would have fled to California more than a year in advance!
Wang's uncle and nephew also promised to prepare the gift for Abe Shinichi after the city was broken.
The latter had already participated in the siege of Monterey led by Wang Zhilun.
The Fifth Expeditionary Force, plus Shinichi Abe's troops, had about 40,000 people. They came out from San Luis Potosí and marched eastward to the port of Tampito for simple supplies.
Then go north along the coast and turn inland to Monterey.
At this time, this place has become a quasi-empty city. Except for some old people, everyone who can reach Juarez follows Carlos III.
Wang Zhilun's troops occupied the city without any bloodshed, and at the same time found out the whereabouts of the biggest fish that had slipped through the net...
