Colorado River Bend, the headquarters of the Yin family's Khan tribe.
The battlefield outside the stockade was full of corpses of the Spanish Imperial Army. Battalions of prisoners of the Spanish Imperial Army feebly walked off the battlefield under the escort of the Yin family's Khan warriors.
Surrounded by a group of soldiers, Sering Dunduobu rode his horse into the west gate of the village with great satisfaction - the gate had been bombed, and the corpses inside and outside the gate had not been cleared away, and they filled up the outside of the gate in layers. The trench is paved with the passage into the west gate of Dazhai. One of the fiercest battles in the Battle of the Reach was fought here. The Spanish royal officers and soldiers, encouraged by Archbishop Philip with a big golden spear, launched seven or eight rounds of swooping attacks here, with the firepower of revolvers and grenades. Thousands of Spanish royal soldiers died here. , and hundreds of Yin family warriors died here... For the Yin family Khan tribe with a total population of tens of thousands, this loss is really not small.
Ce Ling Dun Dobu's horse hooves stepped on the corpses of the Spanish Imperial Army until they entered the gate of the camp. The inside of the door is full of craters, all made by 3-pounders and 12-pounders. The corpses of the Yin family warriors wrapped in white cloth were neatly placed there - these were the corpses of the Yin family warriors that were carried off the battlefield by the captured Spanish Imperial Army under the guidance of the officers and soldiers of the Yin family's Khan tribe. The quantity is not small either! Cering Dunduobu counted more than two hundred and forty bodies!
In addition, some wounded people have also been carried down, and they are being treated by doctors from the Yin family's Khan Department - all authentic Mongolian doctors!
However, their garlic medicine is all genuine, and they have received training from the public hospital. They know how to disinfect, how to treat wounds, and how to remove the bullet that entered the body - use a knife to cut the flesh near the wound, and then use your fingers to stretch out They go in, take out the bullet, clean the wound, suture it, and finally apply garlic medicine to sterilize it... The whole process is a torture!
Although the operation process is very barbaric, it hurts just looking at it! But the effect is still good, most people can survive, and amputation surgery to cut off hands and feet is rare.
Compared with Western medicine at the same time, "commercial medicine" is indeed too advanced!
The half of Cardinal Philip's face was also rescued by "commercial doctors" using medical sugar cane wine and garlic medicine. It is now wrapped in gauze, so it should be saved. But Phillip was still disheartened - what's the use of saving his face? The soul is gone!
As the chief exorcist of the Holy See, although he has no magic power and cannot use magic power, and has never successfully expelled a demon, he has sufficient theoretical knowledge and knows that he has lost his soul!
When he shouted "Don't kill me, I want to see the devil", he had already made a deal with the devil... Now that he had made a deal with the devil, his soul already belonged to the devil and was just waiting for him As soon as he dies, the devil will take away his soul and his soul will fall into hell!
Now even if God is willing to forgive him, there is no way he can be saved unless God catches the devil into the lake of fire for him... But the problem is that the devil on the Shang side does not seem to be Lucifer, but someone with a "bazooka" ", "Grenade Hammer" and "Flying Sword" are the three most holy magic treasures. I’m afraid it wouldn’t be easy for God to catch him, right?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but start crying again. He cried so sadly!
"Emperor of Spain, stop crying, our Shangfang Kingdom will not kill you..."
Just when Cardinal Philip was crying, he suddenly heard familiar Latin words in his ears, and also mentioned the Spanish Emperor!
Philip was stunned and thought to himself: "Leopold was also captured? Can't it? He ran so fast that the Sultan couldn't even catch him..."
Thinking of this, he quickly covered his face and looked back, only to see a big Inca man who looked and dressed like a Mongolian. Together with a small merchant wearing a cross-collared cloth, he opened the tent curtain and came in.
The person who spoke Spanish just now was the little Shangfang native. He was also a new Shangfang native. His surname was Li. He was the youngest son of Li Guangzu, the Chaozhou rich man Li Youcai who followed Zhu Heji to conquer the world in his early years. Because the old man has no great ability and little credit. He just became an earl based on his qualifications and has not yet obtained the hereditary iron certificate. Therefore, as the youngest son, Li Guangzu could not get much glory, and he was unwilling to abandon his official position and engage in business according to the old man's arrangement. Although Chaozhou people like to do business, as a second generation prince, he also came from a family of heroes who restored the country. The third Li Guangzu was not willing to be a profiteer, he still wanted to make contributions. However, it seemed that there was not much merit for him in East Asia, so after graduating from Guangzhou Haijing University (formerly Haizhu University), he relied on the old man's sponsorship to become a minister of Shang Fang Kingdom, and then traveled across the ocean. He came to the New World to join his old classmate Su Zhanyang from Guangfu No. 3 College.
Because he had attended university and could speak fluent Latin - although Ming Dynasty's "natural magic" developed rapidly due to the efforts of Zhu Heji and Leibutsny, it was ahead of Europe in many aspects. But there is still a lot of knowledge in mathematics and natural philosophy in Europe that is necessary for the development of "natural magic". Moreover, European mathematics has now developed to calculus. Zhu Heji could not, did not have the ability and need to develop a set of Eastern arithmetic. The best strategy is to absorb European mathematics and then use this tool to accelerate the development of Ming natural magic. After all, Zhu Heji is a "magician", not a mathematician. To absorb European natural philosophy and mathematical knowledge, mastering Latin is still necessary. After all, European knowledge in this era was recorded in Latin.
In addition, Latin was also the diplomatic language of Europeans in this era. The monarchs, ministers, and diplomats of various countries can generally speak fluent Latin. Even Peter I of the relatively backward Rakshasa Kingdom can also speak Latin.
Therefore, it is easier for a Ming Dynasty student who masters Latin to become a diplomat. With the support of his friend Su Zhanyang, Li Guangzu became the Dianke Si Cheng of Shang Fang Kingdom. He was also assigned to the Yin Family Khan Department and was responsible for the Yin Family Khan Department's diplomacy with Westerners.
This professional diplomat opened the curtain and walked into the tent where the Spanish Emperor was held. As soon as he saw the so-called Leopold, he immediately knew that he had made a mistake... How could Leopold wear the clothes of a cardinal? ?
"Master Marquis, he is not Leopold!" Li Guangzu quickly said to Celing Dunduobu next to him in a Chaozhou accent "Shang dialect", "Looking at his clothes, he should be a cardinal... .I don’t know if it’s a cardinal from Mexico or a cardinal from Cuba?”
"What? It's not Leopold?" Celingtunduob was very disappointed, but he still didn't give up, "Uncle Li Fang, ask him again!"
"Yes!" Li Guangzu took the order and asked in Latin, "That man in red, who are you? Why are you pretending to be the Spanish Emperor? Be honest!"
Impersonating the Spanish Emperor? Do I have it? Cardinal Philip quickly denied: "I have not pretended to be the Emperor of Spain. When did I say that I was the Emperor of Spain? I am the chief exorcist of the Holy See and the chief judge of the Inquisition, Cardinal Philip."
"Master Marquis, he said he is a cardinal, or some kind of exorcist of the Holy See and the chief judge of the Inquisition." Li Guangzu immediately conveyed Philip's words to Ce Ling Dun Dobu in "Chaozhou Business Dialect".
"Exorcist? Judge of the Inquisition? What is he doing in Texas?" Tserendun Dob asked, "We don't have devils here, and no one wants him to decide cases."
Li Guangzu's face was straight: "Tell me the truth, what are you doing in Texas? There are no devils here."
No devil? Aren’t you all!
Phillip wanted to tell the truth, but he held back.
"Yes...His Majesty the Pope thinks that your Shangfang Kingdom's army has magic, so he asked me to bring the Holy Spear to the New World to fight with you."
"Master Marquis," Li Guangzu said, "he said that he came to the New World with the Holy Spear of Catholicism to fight with our Holy Saint."
"Holy Spear?" Celing Dunduobu thought for a while, "It's that big golden spear! Come on, go to Lord Danjin and ask him for the big golden spear... That's the Catholic Church The sacred object can be exchanged for a lot of money, so don’t let it go bad!”
"yes!"
A soldier of Celing Dunduobu responded and hurried out of the tent to go to Danjin Emu to ask for the "holy spear".
Seeing that his men were looking for the big golden spear, Cering Dunduobu said to Li Guangzu: "Uncle Li Fang...it's time to talk to him about business! How much should this cardinal ask for?"
"This..." Li Guangzu thought for a while, "The cardinal is a prince, and the golden spear is a sacred object. The two together cost half a million silver dollars, which is not much. We also captured many prisoners. ..... Keeping it will also cost food, so why not let them redeem it with money?
As for the territory in Texas, I'm afraid we have to figure it out separately. "
Celing Dunduobu thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, just tell him this! He, plus more than 10,000 Spanish prisoners, and the big golden spear, must be given at least two million silver dollars. If I lose a piece of gold, I will cut him into pieces! Also, let the Spaniards get out of Texas quickly!"
"Yes!" Li Guangzu nodded heavily, and then said to Philip in Latin, "Philip, our Lord Celing has said that you should quickly write a letter and ask the Holy See and Emperor Leopold to redeem one million silver dollars. You still have that holy spear! There are also tens of thousands of captives. Each one is given two hundred, and the total is three million. This total is four million silver dollars. If you miss one, you will be killed!
In addition, Texas is the inherent land of our Great Shang Yin family. You tell the Spaniards to get out of here...or our Great Shang Tianbing will go to Mexico City to kill Leopold! "
.......
With a bang, Emperor Leopold had lifted the desk. The young and handsome guard and Queen Therese were so frightened that they both trembled, looked at each other, and then quickly looked away.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
Just after returning to Mexico City by sea from Curia Castle (disembarking in Acapulco), Cardinal de la Magarra asked a trembling question.
During this time, the Aztec "King Mengchuang" became more and more troublesome, and it is said that it has attracted a team of 200,000 people! And Lieutenant General Eugen's feint attack at the gate of hell is of no use... That "King Mengchuang" seems to have gathered enough strength to attack Mexico City! Could it be that the army of "King Mengchuang" is approaching Mexico City?
"Failed, defeated! The Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip were defeated in Texas..." Emperor Leopold's face turned red, with tears in his eyes, "More than 20,000 people were lost... ....The eight brigades were almost completely wiped out! Even Archbishop Philip was captured by the Inca, and the Holy Spear was snatched away by them!"
Emperor Leopold suddenly roared: "Damn it, Charles, give me back my army..."
There was a dead silence in Emperor Leopold's office, and everyone realized that the problem was really serious!
The Spanish Empire had a total of hundreds of thousands of combatable troops in the Americas. Now it has lost more than 20,000... more than ten percent of them are gone!
This is not the worst. The worst thing is that the Holy Spear of Catholicism and the chief exorcist of the Holy See were broken in Texas!
This means that the Indians and mixed-race Indians in the two territories of New Spain and Peru will soon face a crisis of faith! Your holy spear has been snatched away by the devil. How can the faith of ordinary people not be in crisis?
The Spanish Empire's rule in the Americas relied on the Catholic faith.
I don’t know how long it took, but Queen Therese finally reacted. She frowned: “Your Majesty... we should try to seek peace now... at least we can’t negotiate with you at the same time. The Fang and the Aztecs must maintain a state of war. Otherwise we are likely to lose the entire New Spain!"
Leopold said calmly: "The captives released by the Incas brought a personal letter from Philip... He said that the Incas and merchants asked us to give us four million Ming silver coins or wait for We must pay the price of pesos to redeem all the captives and the sacred spear. In addition, the merchants and Incas also asked us to withdraw from Texas! I will never accept this humiliating peace!"
A humiliating peace was nothing...but a deal with the devil might have cost Leopold his soul! When it came to the whereabouts of his soul, Leopold did not dare to give in.
As his pillow, Queen Therese certainly knew that the emperor loved his soul more than his country, but she still hoped that the emperor could make a deal with the devil of the Ming Dynasty. So she thought carefully and said to Leopold: "Your Majesty... Of course we cannot make a deal with the devil, but the Bible does not stipulate that we cannot negotiate with the devil. We can completely negotiate and delay in exchange for time to rearm. .
Leopold looked at Cardinal de la Magarra again: "Your Highness, what do you think? Can I negotiate with them? My soul..."
De La Magala glanced at Queen Therese and found that the other party's eyes were quite sharp, so she nodded and said: "Your Majesty, you can only make a deal with the devil if you reach a deal. If the deal is not reached, your soul will naturally not be endangered. .”
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