1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 949
September 1678, 11, Buenos Aires.

In the past month, the entire city of Buenos Aires, including the pier not far outside the city, seemed to be a huge relocation site.Countless horse-drawn carriages, rickshaws, and even simple tricycles, all loaded with property looted from various places, were continuously sent to the docks, and then transported to transport ships one after another.

When two merchant ships under the banner of the Qiguo African Trading Company were guided to the port of Buenos Aires by a warship on a guard mission outside the river mouth, they saw a busy transportation scene in front of them.

"Did you encounter the Spaniards on the way here?" An officer of the Gyeongju Army boarded the deck and ordered the sailors on the ship to tidy up the cargo in the cabin so that more space could be freed up and as much as possible could be carried. Materials, shipped back to Gyeongju (Patagonia).

"I didn't meet any Spaniards." Qiao Yuanfu, the shopkeeper of the trading company leading the team, shook his head, turned his head and glanced at the damaged parts of the ship's side, with a gloomy face on his face, "It may be British. In the waters near St. Paul, they took advantage of the night It attacked us. If we hadn't maintained the necessary vigilance, we would have almost suffered a big loss."

"British?" The officer was stunned for a moment, "Are they taking revenge for the British smuggling merchant ship that disappeared in the strait?"

Over the past 20 years, the U.S. colonies in the U.S. have intercepted and attacked no less than [-] passing ships in the straits, and many of the smuggling ships belonged to the British.Could it be that those British have already obtained tangible evidence, and for this they want to take revenge on our Qi merchant ships?
"It's none of your business....Mostly, it's an act of retaliation triggered by the sinking of a British merchant ship by our Qi State expedition to the Mughal Empire two years ago."

"Oh..." The officer stopped asking about this matter, and then waved his hand no, urging: "Hurry up and greet the crew and sailors on the ship, tidy up the cabin, and make room for the transfer of supplies."

"Why, is His Royal Highness King Qing going to vacate this place?" Qiao Yuanfu looked at the busy crowd on the shore, and asked in surprise: "Look at this posture, are you planning to abandon the city of Buenos Aires? ?”

"We can't defend the city of Buenos Aires, so naturally we have to give up." An officer said with a smile: "It is estimated that the next time the Spaniards come to kill, at least 5000 people will come. We can I don't have much capital, so fight a war of attrition with them here!"

"Do you want to give up only the city of Buenos Aires, or the whole of La Plata?" Qiao Yuanfu nodded, thinking that His Royal Highness King Qing's move was very wise, and he was not dazzled by the huge victory in the early stage. , trying to suppress all the strength here, and fight the Spaniards to the death.

"Abandon the whole of La Plata!" said the officer. "We are going to hand over everything here to the gauchos and arm them to play guerrilla warfare against the Spaniards."

"Are those gauchos reliable? Will they wait for the Spaniards to come and surrender to them?"

"Hehe..." The officer smiled, with a trace of disdain on his face, "For more than a month, these gauchos have been having fun, not only looting countless properties, but also harming hundreds of people. The woman who killed a lot of Spaniards and Creoles has already cut off her own way of retreat.... Want to surrender? It’s not that easy! It’s estimated that the Spaniards won’t take them in at all, and they can’t wait to take all of them Everyone hanged!"

Qiao Yuanfu was silent, thinking that His Royal Highness Prince Qing must have forced the Gauchos to do all the dirty work after capturing the city of Buenos Aires in order to submit a certificate of honor.Unexpectedly, King Qing just wanted to grab a hand here, so he wanted to retreat to Qingzhou (now Patagonia), leaving them here to face the anger of the Spaniards alone.

It is estimated that at this time, those gaucho people must be shocked and frightened.
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Thiago Almada rode a handsome war horse, stopped on a hillside, looked coldly at the bustling dock in the distance, and remained silent for a long time.

"Digo, what should we do next?" Julian Alvarez next to him couldn't bear it and asked.

"..." Thiago Almada turned his head to look at Alvarez and several other subordinates, with a bit of hostility on his face, he asked in a deep voice: "What should we do next? What do you have?" good suggestion?"

"What suggestions can we have?" Julian Alvarez looked at each other with several companions, shook their heads and said: "Now the Qi people are going to give up Buenos Aires, and even the whole of La Plata. Go back to the desolate Patagonia area to avoid the conquest army that the Spaniards are about to send. Although we have robbed a lot of things and obtained a lot of weapons from the people of Qi in the past month or so, But the strength is not enough to fight against the incoming Spaniards. Or, we also follow the Qi people to retreat to Patagonia in the south?"

"Once we leave La Plata, are we still Gauchos?" Tiago Almada revealed a trace of helplessness and bitterness, "If we follow the Qi people to Patagonia, we will definitely be split up by them. Individuals, reduced to their vassals and servants."

"However, they promised to give us equal status, and also allocate a large piece of pasture with rich water and grass to each of us to enjoy a free and independent happy life." A tall man in his forties said with longing.

"Lauro, my dear brother." Thiago Almada couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile when he heard this, "Do you really believe what the people of Qi say? You must know that absolute freedom, equality and independence are in this It doesn’t exist in the world at all. More than a month ago, the Qi people attacked Buenos Aires. Who were the soldiers who kept rushing to the front? Don’t you see? Hundreds of special soldiers with spears and swords The Welches, Pevenches, and Mapuches fell under the guns of the Spaniards one by one, while the Chinese and Europeans calmly hid at the back, waiting for the Spanish defenders to reveal their defensive gaps , before launching the final fatal blow."

"Digo, do you think we follow the people of Qi and become their cannon fodder in the future?"

"what do y'all think?"

"Then why did we agree to them and launch an armed uprising behind the Spaniards, so that the Qi people took advantage of the chaos to attack Buenos Aires?" Julian Alvarez asked in surprise: "And , We have burned dozens of hundreds of manors and killed so many Peninsulars and Creoles in this more than a month, so that we are completely on the opposite side of the Spaniards?"

"Because I have a dream in my heart." Thiago Almada looked at the vast grassland in the distance, with infinite desire in his eyes, "I hope to establish a The country of the gauchos. A country where all of us gauchos can ride horses and fly freely, everyone can have their own pastures and cattle and sheep, our children can grow up happily and freely, our citizens And live a happy and leisurely life.”

"Establish a country that belongs to our Gauchos?" The dozen or so Gauchos around were shocked when they heard this, "But..., but the strength of our Gauchos, no matter in front of the Spaniards, In the eyes of the people of Qi, they all seem so insignificant... I am afraid that we will not be able to build a country, right?"

"Do you know how many Qi people occupy the southern Patagonia region?...Well, they are the real Qi people." Thiago Almada glanced at the crowd, and then said solemnly: "According to As far as I know, there are less than 5000 Qi people at their core. In addition, there are more than 1000 Europeans, and the rest are all natives of the Patagonia region. Their current strength is nothing more than A mere 20 years. The Takahashi people distributed in the vast Pampa grasslands, there are at least... there are thousands of people, but they have always been in a state of being scattered and independent from each other, so that they were wantonly bullied and humiliated by the Spaniards. "

"However, after the battle in Buenos Aires, we have united hundreds of brave gauchos around us. This is a powerful force, and it is a hopeful force. We can first integrate All the gauchos in the vicinity twisted them into one rope. Then, swept across the Pampa grasslands, while destroying the Spanish manors and destroying the vitality of Spain, all the scattered and independent gauchos were summoned together .In the end, with our own strength, we will establish a kingdom that belongs to our gauchos."

"..." Everyone was inspired by Thiago Almada's words, with excited expressions on their faces, and their breathing became short of breath.

Build a kingdom of our own, and then, those of us Takahashi who the Spaniards call rough, loafing, and mean, will become respected nobles, um, and have a huge wealth and vast tracts of land.

"Diego, our king!" The crowd shouted to Thiago Almada: "Please lead us to defeat all the enemies we are about to face and establish our Gauchos kingdom! For you, for the Gauchos kingdom , we are willing to dedicate our lives and everything!"

"For the establishment of our kingdom, for our gauchos!" Thiago Almada drew a sharp saber and held it high in the air, "Warriors, follow me to conquer the whole of La Plata, conquer the vast Pampa Grassland!"
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On December 12, Hengzhou Fort (now Viedma, a city in south-central Argentina).

"This line of the Xiang River (River Negro) is where we must stick to it." Qi Zibo stood on a towering watchtower, pointing his finger to the north. Si City) is no exception, we must strengthen and re-strengthen all the city defenses, and make these two fortresses the key to the entire Xiang River. In this way, we will be able to completely control the rich land on both sides of the Xiang River."

The entire Gyeongju area (Patagonia) has relatively harsh climate conditions and is known as the Fengtu Plateau.The continent is narrow and located in the leeward position of the Andes Mountains, and the ocean currents on both sides of the east and west sides are cold currents.Affected by their combined effects, the desert reaches the east coast, but the continental characteristics are not very strong, and there is no extreme low temperature and high temperature in winter and summer.However, precipitation is scarce, and the average annual precipitation does not exceed 300 mm, and it shows a decreasing trend from west to east.Moreover, the wind here is strong, often blowing gusts with a speed of more than [-] kilometers per hour, and there are constant dust storms.

The hydrological conditions in this area are also quite unique. Although the desert is vast, the inflow area is narrow, and the inflow area is limited to the narrow area between the Xiang River and the Nixi River (now the Chubut River in Patagonia).The rivers in the rest of the area have become outflow rivers due to the supply of mountain ice and snow melt or ice-eroded lakes.But after all, restricted by the arid climate, among the many rivers in this area, only the Dasha River (Colorado River), Xiang River, and Nixi River have sufficient water for navigation and irrigation. They have become the valley plain bases for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in this area.

However, from a simple comparison, it can be seen that there is no suitable port at the estuary of the Dasha River, and it is further north, where it will face the attack of the Spanish. Moreover, the soil is fertile and irrigation is convenient, so it is suitable for becoming an agricultural and animal husbandry production base in Gyeongju.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I will lead my troops to defend the two places, and I will definitely do my best to ensure that the Xianghe River is safe." Niu Guanwen, the governor of Hengzhou, said solemnly: "Judging from the experience of fighting the Spaniards in the past few years, they are lacking in the battle. The necessary means of attacking the fortifications are rigid, and the morale of the officers and soldiers is not very high. In addition, in the past few months, in addition to driving the Spanish captives to continuously strengthen the city defenses, I have also conscripted a large number of local natives to build Several peripheral defense facilities. Even if the Spaniards call in an army of [-], they will never be able to conquer these two fortified cities!"

"Very good!" Qi Zibo patted Niu Guanwen on the shoulder, and said with relief, "Father Tiger has no sons! Your father was the founder of our Great Qi Army and created an invincible iron army. I hope , you can inherit the behest of your father's generation and build our Gyeongju Army into a strong army, and establish an eternal merit in this American continent."

"Your Highness, I will not disgrace my mission." Niu Guanwen bowed and promised, "However, I am worried that the Spanish army will come from the south, and when they cannot attack the city, they will use the method of long-term siege to force me to run out of food and grass. Fight and lose."

"We started from Buenos Aires to Fort Junzhou (now the Port of Blanca, Argentina), and carried out a large-scale clearing of the [-]-kilometer coastal area, burning all the Spanish towns and strongholds along the way, and completely destroying them. , so as to lengthen the supply line of the Spaniards." Qi Zibo said: "And your Hengzhou and Linxiang cities have stored food, ordnance and other war preparations, enough to last for more than a year. Do you think the Spaniards consume too much energy?" up?"

"Your Highness..." Niu Guanwen hesitated for a moment, and reminded softly: "The Spaniards have lost several battles in a row, lost thousands of soldiers, and more than ten warships, large and small, and let us capture Buenos Aires. I believe that Spain will definitely not let it go, and the next time it attacks again, it will be carefully prepared, with the mentality of not giving up until the goal is reached. I believe that we still need to make preparations for a long-term battle, and we must not underestimate the enemy."

"Well, very good." Qi Zibo looked at Niu Guanwen, and nodded with satisfaction, "Stop arrogance and impetuosity, don't rush, don't rush, you already have the demeanor of a famous general."

"Your Highness is wrong."

"If the war drags on for a year or two, the Spanish family has a big business, and it is deeply rooted and solid in this American continent. We really can't afford to waste them." Qi Zibo said leisurely: "But we are not alone and helpless. What to rely on. A month ago, the king sent several waves of messengers to the mainland of Hanzhou and South Africa respectively. At that time, they should send some reinforcements to the king. I heard that a year ago, the navy was in South Africa A squadron has been stationed, and there are four professional warships under it. If they can rush over, it will also be a strong deterrent to the Spaniards!"
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(End of this chapter)