Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 785 Intimidation Tactics
When Luo Sigong rushed to Xinma City, it was about ten days later.

At this time, the population of the entire Xinma City had swelled to the limit, reaching a terrifying five million.

He couldn't help being stunned when he saw the densely packed human heads and the factories, warehouses, and residential areas that suddenly appeared.

How is this going?

When he came last time, there were only a few hundred thousand people here, how could there be millions of people all of a sudden?

Also, he originally thought that it would take at least a few years for the new horse city to be completed. Judging by the progress, it may be completed in a few months!

He really couldn't understand why there were so many more people in Xinma City suddenly, and he couldn't even understand why the primitive tribes built houses so quickly.

At this time, Taichang has finished discussing with everyone, and the detailed plan has been finalized. He is mobilizing merchant ships to transfer personnel and materials.

Every day, dozens of merchant ships set off here, taking away tens of thousands of people and a large amount of wood and charcoal.

There are also dozens of merchant ships from the West Yindu Islands and North America every day carrying a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep, vegetables, fruits, etc. to rush here.

Also, the Spike warships, octopus boats, and net shuttle boats here are also sending the primitive tribal civilians who stayed here to learn how to grow herbs to the newly opened area west of Juma Kingdom and Xinma City. There are also boats coming and going at the port, and there are boats everywhere.

Luo Sigong was a little dazed when he saw this scene.

My God, these paddling boats are probably more numerous than the Spike Warships. You must know that there are more than 1000 Spike Warships in Xinma City!
The speed of shipbuilding in the shipyard here is too scary.

He was stunned for a while, and then hurried to the Emperor.

Fortunately, Taichang has almost arranged things at this moment, otherwise, let alone deal with Bahia's issue, I'm afraid there will be no time to meet him.

In a study room on the top floor of the Emperor, Taichang looked at Luo Sigong who had rushed over, and couldn't help but ask with great interest: "How is it, the situation on the Bahia side has been investigated almost?"

Luo Sigong quickly took out a map from his pocket, spread it out on the desk respectfully, and then introduced: "Your Majesty, look, this is a sketch of Bahia, and we have almost checked the situation there. "

Taichang lowered his head to take a closer look, his face was full of curiosity.

He pointed to the semicircular area on the map and asked: "What is this, a city? Can the anti-Habsburg alliance army build such a big super city?"

Uh, this sketch is really a bit sloppy. The problem, the detailed map is too big, and he can't bring it with him.

Luo Sigong quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this semi-circular area represents the forest that has been cut down. The army of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance is driving hundreds of thousands of black slaves to cut down the forest like crazy."

Hundreds of thousands of black slaves!
Crazy deforestation?

Is the army of the anti-Habsburg alliance convulsed or what?
Taichang thought for a while, then asked, "Are they doing timber business?"

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, they are not only engaged in the timber business, they are also frantically developing farms.

Their farms have extended to an area of ​​about twenty or thirty miles around this arc, and they are densely packed everywhere. "

What are these people doing with so many farms?
Taichang thought for a while, then asked, "What did they grow on the farm?"

Luo Sigong said without hesitation: "They planted corn, sugar cane, cocoa beans and coffee beans on the farm.

According to Carinho and Desierra, the price of cocoa beans and coffee beans is quite high.

The price of cocoa beans is comparable to silver, and the price of coffee beans is comparable to gold. "

Of course, Taichang knew what cocoa beans and coffee beans were. At this moment, they should be rare and expensive, with prices comparable to gold and silver and normal.

Question, what do these guys want to do after cutting down all the trees and building so many farms?
If it was just for growing cocoa and coffee beans, there would be no need for so much space.

Unless people's brains are flooded and they want the price of cocoa beans and coffee beans in Continental to collapse.

In that case, they would not earn much money for their hard work in developing the farm.

He believed that people must not be so stupid.

Taichang nodded slightly, then pondered: "If there is anything else, please introduce it well."

Luo Sigong quickly introduced in detail: "Your Majesty, we have discovered a very important piece of information.

Prince Kong Dai ordered people to build ironworks and arsenals, and was frantically building weapons and casting artillery.

Moreover, they are not only frantically buying black slaves and arresting local primitive tribes as slaves, but they are also constantly bringing in young men from Europe.

According to Carinho and De Sierra's deduction, those young men should have been pulled over from the warring area of ​​the Holy Roman Empire.

The people over there are the kind who give money to eat and die.

Based on the analysis of these intelligences, I feel that Prince Kong Dai is expanding his army crazily! "

This guy is quite ambitious.

I just asked you to find the Spaniards to do it, but I didn't let you come here to expand the army like crazy!
You are forcing me to deal with you quickly, right?
Naturally, Taichang will not let it develop.

If you don't deal with this guy quickly, you will definitely be in big trouble in the future.

fuck him!

Thinking of this, Taichang asked solemnly: "How about their strength and weapons and equipment?"

Uh, this.

Luo Sigong thought about it, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, they didn't gather together, and it seems that most of their warships and warships were sent to Europe to deliver goods and pull people.

Therefore, the specific military strength is still not available for accurate judgments.

Wei Chen can only make a rough judgment based on the number of black slaves they guarded and the number of convoys guarded, plus the defenders in El Salvador.

Wei Chen felt that their pawns should have reached about [-].

Moreover, their ships are still going back and forth between Europe and Bahia, and they are constantly attracting people. Wei Chen estimates that there should be no problem with their average increase of 1 horses per month.

By the way, their military factory seemed to be insane. They even chopped up thigh-thick and even waist-thick wood for charcoal, and even the peripheral branches didn't bother to process and transport them.

This proves that their funds should be relatively sufficient, and they are preparing for a large-scale military expansion. "

No need to ask, this guy definitely wants to expand the army on a large scale.

However, this is not the point.

The point is that tens of thousands of them did not gather together, and most of the warships and warships were absent.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then asked: "Are their infantry scattered, and how scattered are they?"

Luo Sigong quickly pointed to the semi-circular arc on the map and said: "Within this arc of more than a thousand miles, there are about [-] infantry leading more than [-] black slaves to cut down trees. There are forty or fifty people in this team. .

In addition, there may be hundreds of teams transporting timber, and each team consists of more than fifty infantry escorting thousands of slaves.

Moreover, these infantry escorting timber are still taking turns to rest. "

In this way, isn't most of the anti-Habsburg alliance army scattered outside?
It is not bad to have 1 horses guarding the main city of Salvador.

very good!

Taichang pointed to the black line near the arc and asked, "Is this a river?"

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the boundary river between Bahia and Pernambuco, but when it flows here, the river suddenly turns south and enters the territory of Bahia.

By the way, Your Majesty, you said that the name of the place on the side of Pernambuco is for the minister to find a way to get it.

The Weichen has been taken, and the original Pernambuco colony is called Silla.

The word Luo was taken from the Petrolina Fortress, and this river was directly named the Silla River by Wei Chen. "

Uh, Silla?
Isn't that a country that appeared in the history of North Korea?

Of course, this is not the point. The Silla Kingdom is the Silla Kingdom. Anyway, there is no Silla Kingdom on the North Korean side at this moment.

He really didn't bother to think about the place names.

Taichang pointed to the Silla River in Bahia again: "Is the river wide enough here, can the Spike ship pass?"

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said: "The river here is a mile wide, and there is no problem for the Spike warship to pass by.

This humble official has personally tried it by boat. If he hadn't worried about scaring the snake, large fishing boats and armed merchant ships could have sailed there. "

Taichang thought for a while and asked again: "How is the progress of their deforestation, how long do you think they will be able to see near the Silla River?"

Luo Sigong reckoned: "Because they drove the slaves and felled purely by hand, the progress of felling is not fast, and it is estimated that they can't advance one mile in a day.

And they are about fifty miles away from the Silla River.

Wei Chen reckoned that it might take them another two months to cut down to the vicinity of the Silla River. "

That's it.

Taichang pointed to the Silla River in Bahia: "You build ten rows of wharves for the Spike warships in this section. At that time, you and Ma Xianglin will lead [-] soldiers from the Shenwu Battalion and [-] Indian tribes. Land here and give them a big surprise."

Ah!
Why disperse so many troops to frighten others?

Luo Sigong was stunned for a moment, and then said cautiously: "I dare to ask, Your Majesty, why don't we concentrate our forces to besiege Salvador, the main city of Bahia?

The defenders there are estimated to be around [-], and even including the rest of the infantry, it will not exceed [-].

If we lead an army of [-] to encircle it in one fell swoop, coupled with the artillery of the naval fleet, it will not be difficult to take El Salvador, right? "

What do you know.

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "Our purpose is not to eliminate them, not to force them to go all out to make a killing.

You also know how tense our troops are now.

Do you know how much we will have to pay if we force people to desperately destroy the [-] to [-] anti-Habsburg alliance troops equipped with muskets and artillery?
Not to mention being the same as others, it is very possible that tens of thousands of people will be killed and tens of thousands of people will be injured, and it is also possible that thousands of people will be killed in battle.

In this way, wouldn't more than half of the [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion be casualties?

We will be able to transfer the [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion right now. If more than half of the casualties are lost in this battle, what should we do next?
In such a large area of ​​South America, we still have to take care of it. The soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion cannot suffer such heavy casualties.

Besides, the King of Spain wants us to fight to the death with the anti-Habsburg coalition army. We can't be fooled by them and help them eliminate the enemy, but also suffer heavy casualties.

Didn't I tell you that the struggle for hegemony in the entire world is a very big game of chess.

We can't think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world, whoever is caught beats whoever is caught, and let them bite the dog, we preserve our strength is the kingly way.

We can't be like dogs and end up biting wildly, let others watch the show! "

When Luo Sigong heard this, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "The emperor is wise.

Your Majesty, what do you mean, we gather an army to frighten them, just scare them away, right? "

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Yes, this is called intimidation tactics. We first drive all their people into an area, and then put on an overwhelmingly superior force, and suddenly appear in front of them, scaring them into panic.

Remember, don't make them separate and encircle them.

It's easy to cause accidents like this. If someone's brain suddenly heats up and fights us desperately, it will not end well.

Ours first drives them into an area so that they can communicate with each other, and then puts out an absolutely superior force to frighten them.

In this way, I believe that as long as people are not mentally ill, they will not fight us desperately. "

(End of this chapter)