Wild North America 1846

Chapter 200 Great Expansion of Territory

Nov. 1851, 8

After a delay of nearly two months, the army of the Tang Kingdom gathered in Jinling City marched southward, marching towards Mexico City, more than 400 kilometers away.

Along the way, several states were invincible, and they couldn't stop the army at all.

ten days later

The army of the Kingdom of Tang set up a temporary camp about 16 kilometers north and west of Mexico City, with a total strength of about 3.2 troops, including two Mexican servant divisions with a total number of 1.2.

The Jinling City in the rear was guarded by the third cavalry division. With the reinforcement of thousands of Chinese Musketeers this month, it was enough to prevent a large-scale sneak attack by the Mexican government forces, if they still had the ability.

When the army of the Tang Kingdom marched southward, tens of thousands of refugees scattered around Mexico City had retreated to the south like a tide, leaving behind messes and corpses everywhere.

No way, the war hasn't started yet.The army of the Tang Kingdom had to use food to hire the young and strong among the thousands of Mexican refugees, and to clear all kinds of messy shacks, messes and corpses day and night.

Sometimes, seven or eight corpses could be dragged out from a dilapidated shack, and each of them was starving and skinny.

The Tang Kingdom used food to hire young and strong refugees, which attracted tens of thousands of refugees who lingered and couldn't even be driven away.

In the face of extreme hunger, death is not terrible.

three days later

The battlefield under Mexico City was cleaned up, and the army of the Tang Kingdom used the temptation of a full meal every day to lure the young and strong in Mexico to fill the trenches with soil and fill up all the trenches leading to the fortress.

Tens of thousands of Mexican refugees were like ants, carrying soil to and from the city. On the tall city of Mexico City, the defenders shot and shot arrows angrily, knocking the refugees who rushed to the front to the ground.

after a brief retreat
The Mexican refugees carrying soil bags rushed up again like a tide. The compatriots in the city of these surviving refugee teams were full of hatred. The upper-class dignitaries and big manor owners sent troops to guard the city gate to prevent the refugees from flooding in for a way out.

Refugees don't care if there is another hell in Mexico City. Since you are not benevolent, then I am not righteous. I can help the invading army for a bite.

These Mexican refugees are much more realistic than the obedient citizens of the Qing Dynasty, at least they know they want food.

Ten years later, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beiping, the common people along the way carried burdens and carts to send the invading army to Beiping.

from start to finish
Two Mexican servants were organizing refugees to fill trenches with soil and build mountains. The Chinese army of the Tang Kingdom supervised the battle from a distance, and all the Mexicans were fighting on the front line.

Those refugees who were beaten to death by the Mexican defenders and fell to the ground were not dragged out, but the soil was dumped directly on it, and people and soil were buried directly in the mound.

Seeing that something was going wrong, the Mexican defenders mobilized dozens of cannons from various places and began to fire wildly at the Mexican refugees. The corpses were all over the place, and no one dared to go up.

Seeing this scene, Li Cha waved his hand, and more than 100 cannons of the Tang Dynasty's siege troops were placed in formation, aiming at the enemy troops at the top of the city and firing violently. The wave tossed into the air, and then fell down heavily.

Datang Kingdom's new Colt breech-loading artillery has a range of up to 1.8 kilometers. Compared with the Mexican artillery, which generally has a range of only 900 meters or 1.2 kilometers, it is not a little bit more powerful.

The key is the long range. It can bombard the Mexican defenders on the top of the city from a safe distance, cover the refugees and pile up the earth hills to a height of more than ten meters.

After repeated battles until the fifth day, the Mexican servant army drove a large number of tens of thousands of Mexican refugees with knives and guns to the top of the city, and then flooded into the city.

Nov. 1851, 8

On the 20th day when King Li Cha of the Tang Kingdom led his army southward, he captured Mexico City on a large scale. Hundreds of thousands of refugees followed the army and poured into Mexico City. The city was full of shouts and cries, like the end of the world.

The chaos lasted for two full weeks. President Santayo, who had uttered wild words at the beginning, was captured alive. Under the leadership of a group of captured Mexican high-ranking officials, President Santayo admitted defeat and signed the "Mexico Treaty," which humiliated the country.

There are 21 articles in the Treaty of Mexico, of which 5 are the main contents;
First, Mexico admitted defeat and solemnly apologized to the Tang Kingdom in the name of the government, that is, kneeling.

Second, the Mexican government agreed to cede the eight northern and central states as war compensation, expressing its utmost sincerity for peace.

Thirdly, the people of the Kingdom of Datang enjoy special protection in doing business and buying property in Mexico, and have consular jurisdiction, and the local government has no right to interfere.

Fourth, the north of Mexico City is designated as a concession, and Datang Kingdom has the right to send no more than 2000 police gendarmes to maintain security and stability in the concession.

Fifth, the Datang Kingdom paid 120 million Tang yuan for the northern and central Bazhou, paid in three years without interest.

After the "Mexico Treaty" was signed, Li Cha led a group of entourages to return to the army in triumph and returned to Chang'an Maple Leaf Palace after staying for more than a month.

The two servants who followed the Datang Kingdom to capture Mexico City were disbanded on the spot, and turned into the new Mexican government army that supported the pro-Datang Kingdom government, and their forces penetrated into the police agencies in Mexico City.

A flamenco teacher became the Minister of the Interior of the Mexican government, made a lot of money during the turmoil in Mexico City, and became one of the powerful factions of the new government through the armed forces he controlled.

Another division commander, Dos Santos, became the commander-in-chief of the Mexican government's army. He quickly expanded his troops to more than 4 by recruiting refugees, and infiltrated his forces into the police agency, taking control of Mexico City, a powerful department.

The white gloves cultivated by the two Tang kingdoms became the real power figures in Mexico City, and during the two-week turmoil in Mexico City, tens of thousands of refugees flooded into the city, during those turbulent and bloody years Here, many refugees broke into civilian houses with knives and guns and replaced them, which had a huge impact on the original structure of Mexico City residents.

Under the joint promotion of General Dos Santos, the commander of the Mexican Army, and Minister Flamingo, the Mexican emergency government passed the "National Reconciliation Act", which pardoned and granted legal status to these thugs who broke into their homes.

The "National Reconciliation Act" temporarily covered up the bloody turmoil that Mexico City experienced, covered up the tens of thousands of robbery and murder cases, and covered up the crimes of the past, prompting the rapid stabilization of the largest city in Mexico.

But there are endless troubles, which will be revealed one by one in the future development.

As outsiders, General Dos Santos, the commander of the Mexican Army, and Minister Flamingo urged the passage of the National Reconciliation Act, which won the full support of more than 4% of the residents in Mexico City. They really gained a firm foothold and won the largest Benefit.

What really allowed these two outsiders to take root in Mexico City and become powerful figures in the country was the funds given by the Tang Kingdom, in accordance with the provisions of the "Mexico Contract";

Datang Kingdom should pay a total of 120 million Tang Yuan for three consecutive years starting from now, as compensation for the acquisition of a total of 100.75 square kilometers of land in the eight states in northern and central Mexico.

The money, after being converted into a large amount of food and supplies, was sent to the Mexican government one after another, that is, the area controlled by General Dos Santos, the commander of the Mexican Army, and shared by him and Minister Flamingo.

Other high-level Mexican government officials basically don't see the slightest smell of oil.

These massive supplies ensured that Admiral Dos Santos and Minister Flamingo won the support of most residents in Mexico City, and also helped the Mexican government rush to plant and harvest disaster relief and restore agricultural and animal husbandry production.

The affluent northern area of ​​Mexico City was originally a military-occupied area, but now a large concession has been drawn up, housing thousands of Chinese businessmen, 2000 Chinese garrisons and their families, and a large number of local wealthy families and manor owners in Mexico City. become the least affected area by the war.

In this concession, the Mexican military and police had no right to enter, and the police department under the Leasing Administration maintained law and order, and the Chinese garrison guaranteed its independent status.

Mexico City, once the largest, most populous and most prosperous city in North America, its influence has plummeted after this catastrophe. As the largest city in Mexico, it still has a decisive influence in the country.

However, these are not things that Datang Kingdom has to consider.

After two years of war between Tang and Mo, the Tang Kingdom cut off the northern and central eight states from Mexico, covering a vast territory of 100.75 square kilometers and adding eight provinces.

This includes the provinces of Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Coavena, Sonora, Zacatecas, Tepic and Jinling. The administrative divisions are converted from the original 8 states For 8 provinces.

Thus

The mainland of the Tang Kingdom has expanded from 14 provinces to 22 provinces, plus the two overseas provinces of Hawaii and Panama, a total of 24 provincial-level administrative regions.

The total area of ​​the Tang Kingdom has increased from 449 million square kilometers to 559.3 million square kilometers (note, the increase includes 1.75 square kilometers in Hawaii Province and 7.55 square kilometers in Panama Province), second only to Brazil and the United States in the third largest country in America (including North and South America and Central America).

With an area of ​​851 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in the Americas.

The territory of Datang Kingdom is slightly smaller than the land of 599 million square kilometers in the United States (note; plus the territory of 67.8 square kilometers in Texas, the territory of the United States is 573 million square kilometers, plus the states of Tijuana and Montenegro ceded by Mexico. Leizhou has a total of 26 square kilometers of land, with a total of 599 million square kilometers), ranking third.

So far, the situation in North America has changed from three heroes side by side to a two-strong hegemony situation, and Mexico is completely out.

In just 6 years, two large-scale wars spread across the country. Mexico, which had a population of more than 600 million, suffered heavy losses repeatedly. The population and economy are no longer enough to support its status as a major power in North America.

With the disastrous defeat of foreign wars, Mexico's domestic conflicts have become increasingly acute. Rodriguez, the former Minister of Finance of the Mexican government who fled to the south, and General Reto, the former commander-in-chief of the Mexican government's army, are two powerful figures, relying on the traditional leadership in the south. The power of the manor owners revived.

They were not satisfied with their rights being replaced by new forces. They rearmed with the intervention of foreign forces headed by the United States, and caused division and restoration in the southern states. Chaos appeared for a while, and so on.

(End of this chapter)