Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 797 The duel between the Portuguese

More than [-] li to the west of El Salvador, Luo Sigong and others were on the top of the mountain where they were investigating the enemy's situation.

Taichang turned the binoculars and carefully scanned the surrounding situation, and couldn't help but sighed secretly.

The surrounding forests have been cut down by the anti-Habsburgs driving the black slaves, leaving only a short section of the Silla River.

Now that it is like this, it is definitely impossible to restore the jungle here.

There is no way, the area east of the Silla River can only develop agriculture.

This side is different from the Amazon River side, because this side is no longer a tropical rainforest, and the precipitation is not very abundant. Even in the season with the most rainfall, it is not bad if it rains every few days.

In other words, if we want to develop agriculture here, we must build new water conservancy projects, otherwise, the food production here will not increase at all.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then asked, "How far is it from the edge of the jungle in the north to the Silla River?"

Luo Sigong said without hesitation: "There are still more than 300 miles."

Taichang then asked again: "The roads and cities in Xinzhang Kingdom are almost built, right?"

Luo Sigong still said without hesitation: "Yes, Your Majesty, the roads over there are basically repaired, and the city is almost built, but some houses are still under construction."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Are the forty machines for cutting trees and logging trees unusable?"

Those [-] machines for cutting trees were really useless, because the roads between Xinyi and Xinluo already extended in all directions, and the emperor didn't say that he would build any city there.

After the roads and cities of Xinzhang Kingdom were almost built, the forty machines for cutting trees basically stopped working.

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, those machines have been stopped for several days."

That's it.

Taichang said without hesitation: "You order Xin Zhangguo to drive all the logging machines to the port of Recife in the south of Aolin, and then strengthen the wharf where armed merchant ships can berth.

I will send an order to Xinma City to have a merchant ship that specializes in transferring machines over there, and transport all the machines to Bahia.

When the time comes, you and your troops from the Shenwu Battalion will cut down all the trees from the south of the Xinluo River to the passage you opened. "

Oh my god, how many trees are those?
Although the jungle here is not as dense as that of the Amazon River, the deforestation area is several times larger than that of Xinma City!

Luo Sigong really didn't understand why the emperor wanted to cut down all the trees in such a large area.

However, he still bowed his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said to De Sierra: "From now on, this will be the logistics base of your Portuguese Legion, and I will bring you all the Portuguese in the Brazilian Viceroy's jurisdiction.

Work hard on your own, and reclaim all the areas where the trees have been cut down into good fields.

At that time, I will send officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to teach you how to dig canals and bring water from the Silla River to irrigate the farmland.

I estimate that in such a large area, at least 400 million mu of fertile land can be developed, and it will not be a problem to feed 80 million people.

However, you can no longer catch any slaves to farm for you.

That is the act of robbery, which will make your subjects develop the bad habit of only knowing how to plunder and not engage in production.

This is not good for the development of a country, you must make your subjects get rid of this nausea completely. "

He is asking De Sierra to manage all the Portuguese here, so that they don't have to be distracted.

Moreover, this has the advantage of separating the Portuguese from the Indians of the primitive tribes here.

In this way, there will be no situation where the Portuguese rely on their own civilization to be more advanced than the primitive tribes here, and try their best to squeeze others or even plunder their resources.

He doesn't want the Portuguese and the primitive tribes here to become enemies because of this kind of thing, and then they will fight hard.

After all, the Portuguese and the primitive tribes here are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

When Desiera heard this, he naturally cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "I understand."

He finally has a piece of land that belongs to him, and this piece of land is several times larger than the mainland of Portugal.

When Carinho heard this, his face was indeed full of disappointment.

Alas, he, the governor of Brazil, is still a polished commander. As for the king of Spain, he is even more out of reach.

Now, De Xie La has a territory and has [-] people under him, but he still has nothing. How can it not be disappointing?
Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help smiling and said: "Carlino, you don't have to worry, this is the territory of the Portuguese after all, and there are no Spaniards at all.

Your Spaniard's colony is much larger than here, and by then your men and horses will definitely not be less than Desierra's.

However, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. We have to help De Sierra take control of the entire Governorate of Brazil before proceeding to the next step. "

Hey, I'm the governor of Brazil, okay?
Carinho couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, isn't there nothing for me, the Governor?"

Taichang couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile and said: "Tell you there is no need to rush, when the time comes, you will not only be the governor of the Governor's District of La Plata, but also the Governor of the Governor's District of Peru, and the Governor of the Governor's District of New Spain.

In short, the Spanish colonies in America will eventually be your jurisdiction, and you are the Governor of America! "

Well, the cake is so big that Carlinio couldn't even look forward to it.

He couldn't wait to ask: "Your Majesty, what shall we do next?"

Taichang said without hesitation: "Of course the next step is to kill the fake governor, Duke Braganza."

Uh, I only have a few people under my command, what should I do?
It's not bad if people don't kill me!
Carlino was speechless.

Alas, this guy has only one advantage, being sensible.

However, being a puppet has this advantage enough.

I will help you with the rest.

Taichang simply said to De Sierra: "Next is the duel between you and the Duke of Braganza, as long as you kill him, you will be the biggest force in Portugal, and the king of Portugal is none other than you!

How about it, have you thought about how to kill Duke Braganza? "

Uh, of course I thought about this.

De Xie La nodded without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I have already considered this clearly.

We took Minas Gerais first, and surrounded Espirito Santo from three directions: southwest, north, and south.

Then cooperate with the navy to siege on all sides, the Duke of Braganza will be defeated, and he will not be able to escape. "

Alas, you Europeans are really speechless.

How many troops will be lost in such a hard attack? You only have 2 troops under your command, and others have 5000 troops, and they are still on the defensive side.

To put it bluntly, just relying on your small force to surround others so recklessly, and you will be defeated one by one every minute, so use your brains and tactics, can't you?

Taichang couldn't help but sighed helplessly: "You are going to become the lord of a country after all, you can't expect Daming to help you in everything, and it's impossible for Zhen to protect you all the time.

Think about it, if you are allowed to go up by yourself and surround others with your little force, what will happen? "

Uh, in the end, it is very likely that Espiritu Santo will not be won, and there is a possibility of being defeated by a counterattack!

De Sierra still has this common sense. If he only led 2 troops to attack Espiritu Santo, which was guarded by 5000 troops, he would be defeated in all likelihood.

He froze for a moment, then said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, what should we do then?"

You fool!

Taichang could only patiently teach: "Sometimes you don't have to fight desperately, you can also use your brains.

Have you read "Sun Tzu's Art of War"?
There is a paragraph above, which is to teach you how to use soldiers.

The law of the husband's military use is that the whole country is the top, followed by the destruction of the country; the whole army is the top, and the destruction of the army is the second; Wu followed.

That's why winning a hundred battles is not goodness; defeating the enemy's soldiers without fighting is the goodness of goodness.

Therefore, the upper army attacked the plan, the next was the attack on the cross, the second was the attack on the soldiers, and the second was to attack the city. "

Therefore, before any war, you have to think carefully.

Fighting a war is not about rushing forward and fighting recklessly.

You have to think about how to win with the least loss, and that is the best way to win without fighting.

If you don't think about anything, just rush forward and do it, that's a reckless man!

Think about it, how many people do you have to fight?

Even if you don't care about other people's city defenses, your losses will be the same.

After taking Minas Gerais with a hard attack, you have [-] left, and then with Espiritu Santo, you have [-] left, and with a hard attack, you can take Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Paraná , you basically have no one left.

Do you think you can still be king by doing this? "

When Desiera heard this, she couldn't help but blushed.

It's not bad if he can save his own life by doing this.

He thought about it for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, are we going to carry out a sneak attack?"

He saw Luo Sigong use this move several times, and every time they won without any loss.

sneak attack?

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Apart from desperately trying, will you sneak attack this move?

There is no way, he can only continue to teach: "Sneak attack depends on the situation. Generally, if the number of enemies is not large or the defense is not very strict, sneak attack is a very good tactic.

However, if there are a large number of people or the defense is tight, sneak attacks are generally difficult to succeed.

Think about it, the Duke of Braganza has 5000 people under his command, how many people do you bring into the city to attack in order to win? "

Uh, this, at least 1 people, right?
The problem is that 1 people are densely packed into a big area, even people who are blind can see it!

This trick obviously doesn't work.

Deixeira frowned and pondered for a while, but still couldn't think of a good way.

He could only bite the bullet and continue to ask: "Your Majesty, what trick should we use?"

Alas, you have to use your own brain more.

Taichang simply pointed out: "Think about it, what advantages do you have, if your advantage happens to be the disadvantage of the Duke of Braganza, then you can consider using corresponding tactics to deal with him.

This is called knowing yourself and knowing the enemy, and never ending a hundred battles. "

Uh, what advantage do I have?
Right time and place.

I seem to have a military advantage!

Is this an advantage?

They also have a geographical advantage.

After all, they are the defenders of the city. According to the book of war, the attacking side must have ten times more troops than the defenders to be called an absolute advantage.

His military strength is less than twice that of others. What kind of advantage is this?
In other words, he has no advantage against the Duke of Braganza.

Deshaira only felt that the inside of his head was about to turn into a paste.

He froze there not knowing what to say.

This kid doesn't look like a general, let alone a handsome guy.

All right, I just want you to be a puppet.

If you can’t teach it, then forget it and don’t teach it.

Taichang explained helplessly: "Do you know that your greatest advantage is the hearts of the people?
You are a commoner, the Duke of Braganza is a nobleman, and almost all of his men are commoners.

These civilians are just like you, more or less resentful towards the nobles, you can use this to win the hearts of the people.

The so-called those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the hearts of the people are your greatest advantage.

You only need to let the people under the Duke of Braganza know that if you follow you, you can overthrow the rule of the nobles and be your own master. They may even capture the Duke of Braganza and give it to you. Do you believe it? "

(End of this chapter)