Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1500 Free State and Great Powers Attitude

"How is the situation in Europe?" Ding Yiyu, the president of the Caribbean Shipping Company, asked in the embassy on the east coast of the new capital.He has been staying at the mouth of the Mobile River for a long time, and he can only receive information from the local people once in a few months. In terms of well-informedness, he is not even as good as Kang Youdao, the ambassador to the Free State on the east coast. After all, he has regular diplomatic missions here. letter.

Sitting facing Ding Yiyu were Kang Youdao, the ambassador of the East Bank, and Captain Tian Xing, the leader of the East Coast Aid Free State military officer corps.Of course, maybe we can't forget the leader in ideology, Liang Gang (the third son of Liang Xiangjian), the national teacher of the Free State, Liang Zan (the second son of the Liang family) who controlled the free state power faction, and the commander of the Fengtian City Horse Infantry Army. Liang Qiangdong (the fourth son of the Liang family), who has a considerable part of foreign trade channels and great commercial influence in the state, and the three brothers of the Liang family have been rooted in the Free State for many years, and they are also important pawns for the East Bank to intervene and control this North American slave country.

Such a team, with a total of more than 100 people, is scattered in Xinjing and Fengtian, the two only cities in the Free State, to help them train troops and police, and guide them in various affairs such as diplomacy and trade. Although the "metronome" and "steering wheel" of the Free State Xinjing Wangting also have considerable real power.

And in addition to placing a large number of people in the Free State—although they are all from the East Coast and serve the East Coast government, they have actually helped the development of the Free State, so they are not particularly exclusive—the East Coast people over the years It has also been trying to influence the nearby aborigines, such as Choctaws, Natchez, Mobile, etc., to better expand their sphere of influence.Regrettably, apart from the first batch of dozens of Indians who went back from studying abroad (more than half of them died due to illness and other reasons, which is quite tragic), there were few people sent by those stubborn and ignorant Indian tribes later. Many, and intermittently, they don't seem to care much about everything else except trade with the East Coasters as usual.

And later on, as the black population in the Free State gradually increased and their power gradually increased, they began to advance to the wider world around them, which greatly violated the interests of these native Indians, so the conflict was inevitable at this point.At the beginning of the conflict, Air Canada, the spokesperson of the East Coast Republic in the Caribbean Basin, still had the idea of ​​balancing left and right, focusing on mediating the conflict with the Indians and the Black Eight Banners. As a result, it turned out that this method was very unsuccessful. Instead, It makes me different inside and out, and both parties have opinions on me.

After learning about this situation, the local executive committee immediately issued the latest instruction to Air Canada, asking them to adjust their policies in this conflict and choose a position to stand in. In fact, the intention of this instruction is very clear. It is to let Air Canada support the Black Eight Banners Free State, which is more obedient, has a larger trade volume, and is easier to use in this conflict, so that they can gain a greater advantage in the battle against the Indians.

After this order was issued, Air Canada immediately took action.A large number of armor, spears, sabers, crossbows and arrows, saddlery, horses, guns and artillery (old equipment used in militia training) were continuously transported to Xinjing Port by ships, which greatly strengthened the combat effectiveness of the Free State.In addition, some east bank officers and non-commissioned officers who had led these Black Eight Banners warriors in the Far East and South Africa were also sent over one after another. The old superiors led the old subordinates again, which further improved the tactical level of the Free State.With such a two-pronged approach, the arrogance of the Indians was immediately suffocated. In addition, they were not united internally, so they were quickly defeated by the Free State, which was able to concentrate their forces on fighting. A large amount of land was taken away by the Black Banners to sign a truce The agreement gets more respite.

After the Black Eight Banners defeated the Indian tribes—these tribes lived on the swampy plain near Xinjing Port, especially the Choctaws and the Natchez on the upper reaches of the Mississippi River were the hardest hit, and the losses of the Mobile Minor - a new town was recently built near the original site of Natchez in the United States to show their conquest of the place.

This new town was also named by Ding Yiyu, the president of Air Canada, who has a penchant for naming names. He said: "Rehe", which is another very spoofed city name. Of course, the Black Eight Banners officers and soldiers in the Free State did not understand what it meant— —They called the Mississippi River "Mohe", but the superiors of the Eastern Kingdom actually named it "Rehe", which killed many of their pitifully few brain cells, and finally exiled the Ming and Qing masters in the Free State It is far-fetched, that is, it is very hot here, so the name Rehe is quite appropriate.

After the establishment of Rehe City, the royal family of the Mo family in Xinjing distributed it to the veteran banner owner in the Black Eight Banners, and Mo Dashan who followed Marshal Mo in the South and North Wars when he was in South Africa. Anyway, when he fought the Indians here, he was also his headquarters. The men and horses exerted the greatest strength, and the casualties were the heaviest.After the war, under the joint intervention of the East Coast Ambassador and the military officer advisory group, Mo Dashan, who was over 50 years old, got the land without any suspense, and it can be passed on to future generations.

By the way, under the joint efforts of those Oriental masters and Air Canada representatives, the current political system of the Free State has naturally turned to the development of the co-ownership and enfeoffment system, which is actually in line with their national conditions.In the era of the Black Banners in South Africa, each banner and department had considerable independence. At that time, the commanders of the South African Garrison also paid great attention to dividing the Black Banners so that they could not be grouped together and better serve the interests of the east coast.

This kind of political and military system has gone to today, coupled with the mixture of many foreign cultures, it has developed a freak with four different characters on the territory of the Free State: the royal family of the Mo family in Xinjing directly controls the city of Xinjing and its surrounding territories, which is the largest , the most fertile land, the largest population, and of course the wealthiest force, and at the same time the agent appointed by the Supreme Emperor on the East Bank, with a firm, detached and unshakable position, and the princes of the four directions must bear all kinds of taxes, labor, and military service obligation.

Fengtian City was built later. At that time, the three brothers of the Liang family all made great efforts. Among them, the fourth brother contributed money and goods, the third child sent troops to seize the land from the Indians, and the second child had a noble status and was active in the upper class. Then he was canonized as the commander of the Fengtian City Horse Infantry (in any case, the hundreds of soldiers were his own, and it was a good thing for the Xinjing Mo family), and now he is further canonized as the Fengtian Jiedu envoy , there are nearly [-] soldiers and civilians in charge of Fengtian City and the surrounding areas—in fact, it is only a small piece of land on the river bank, and further away is the territory of the Indians. If you rush to open up the past, with the poor strength of Fengtian City, you will probably suffer a loss .

And Fengtian City is so shabby, and Mo Dashan, who has just been canonized as Rehe Jiedu Envoy, is naturally even poorer and whiter.It is basically impossible for his Rehe City to develop into a prosperous military and prosperous place like Xinjing in a short period of time. He can even develop his own territory into the size of Fengtian City in Liangzan (a A small city wall with a mixed civil-engineering structure) is also an extravagant hope. After all, they have brothers who invest heavily. What do you, a black old man in his 50s, have?Is it possible to go to the capital on the east coast by boat, meet the old chief Mo Ming, Liu Ang and others to cry, and then ask for some help?Obviously impossible!

This time, the people on the east coast launched troops against the French colonial islands in the Caribbean Sea. The soldiers of the Free State were recruited in large numbers—nearly a thousand soldiers were recruited after bargaining—and then transported to the French territory by the Air Canada company’s ships. Santo Domingo helped defend in order to help Lieutenant Zheng Dalin who stayed there to stabilize the situation. After all, it is the largest French colony in the Caribbean Sea. A few pirates are coveting, and quite a few of them are inextricably linked with the French, so we must be cautious.

However, after mobilizing [-] capable Black Banners warriors to the Cape of France, the country of the Free State became a little empty.In addition, it is very unfortunate that in recent days, I don't know what the Indians in the vicinity are doing, and they have begun to attack the territory of the Free State again.

Unprepared, the three towns of Xinjing, Fengtian, and Rehe all suffered losses to varying degrees. Among them, Xinjing City with a large population (more than 500) suffered the greatest loss. Citizens were killed, wounded or taken captive, countless cattle and sheep were robbed, even crops were destroyed, and the losses were extremely heavy.

The losses of Fengtian and Rehe are slightly lighter, because their population is relatively small, and they add up to more than 4000 people, and the proportion of soldiers is relatively high, and they have not been transferred by Air Canada, let alone Indians. They were the focus of the attack, so they were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe, but the continuous loss of personnel added up to more than two hundred people, which was quite heartbreaking for Liang Zan and Mo Dashan.

And the Free State has suffered such a big loss, so it is natural to ask "East Coast Dad" for help!No, Ding Yiyu, the president of Air Canada who got the news, also took a small caravan and rushed from the Mobile Commercial Station to Xinjing Port, and then met with the members of the Mo family, comforted them, and made promises He also stated that the Indians searched and suppressed on Huaiyuan Island in the later period will also be sold to the Free State (in exchange for grain, meat, fruits and vegetables, to reduce the pressure on the mainland to send materials to Huaiyuan Island) to supplement their losses Only then did this suppress the matter a little.

Kang You, the ambassador of the East Coast to the Free State, and Tian Xing, the leader of the military officer corps, also met with the Mo family in Xinjing and provided some help within their ability. After all, they did not want the emperor to be brought down by the Indians so soon. , so the people on the east coast will become a big joke around the Caribbean Sea!In particular, Captain Tian Xing, who was originally an intelligence officer of the Gendarmerie, brought a group of staff officers from the officer corps to Xinjing. More than 1000 soldiers (almost all young and middle-aged men were wiped out, and agricultural production can only relying on the old, the weak, women and children to support them), and provide tactical guidance to them so that they can deal with the Indians in a more targeted manner—fortunately, this wave of Indian raids is still mainly of a looting nature, not to kill or injure many people , so after working for a while and finding that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, they slowly retreated, which made the whole Free State heave a sigh of relief.

And the retreat of the Indians, the people on the east bank were obviously relieved. After all, it was their fault that they dispatched the elite soldiers of the Free State to Santo Domingo, France. If this caused the three towns of Xinjing, Fengtian and Rehe to suffer heavy losses (In fact, the loss is not light now), but they also have to bear certain responsibilities.It would be best for the Indians to retire, and everyone is safe and sound, so there is a gathering to chat about the situation in Europe, which is thousands of miles away. In their view, the Caribbean side is coming to an end. , It still depends on how things are going in Europe, especially the attitudes of countries other than Spain and France, such as the United Provinces, Austria, England, Sweden and other countries.Well, maybe there are consortiums and banking consortiums of Italian states such as RNY, which are becoming more and more wealthy, and they are now indirectly involved in this war through loans to the Kingdom of Spain.

"It's still the same bird as before." Captain Tian Xing answered ahead of Ambassador Kang Youdao. This man who has a close relationship with Air Canada (his wife is one of the shareholders of Air Canada) has also been paying attention to the situation in Europe recently. Therefore, after listening to Ding Yiyu's question, he immediately said: "France and Spain are still fighting to death on land, and Brussels, the last city in the Southern Netherland, also surrendered. Franche-Comté, Lorraine, St. Lasbourg and Luxembourg were captured by the French army one by one. Even in the Pyrenees in the south, the French army defeated the Spaniards and occupied some towns. It can be said that the French have no opponents on land. Now their peak has faintly touched the Drenthe area under the United Provinces and the territory of the former Principality of Brabant. Even though they are allies with the French, the gentlemen of the United Provinces should not be able to sleep well. .”

"The situation at sea is not optimistic for the Spaniards." Kang Youdao, the ambassador of the East Coast to the Free State, answered next. He only heard him say: "The Spanish Mediterranean Fleet was defeated by the French Eastern Fleet. Our Navy's Spanish Provisional Task Force had to Some ships were dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea to help the Spaniards stabilize the situation (of course, they did not want to loot the French, because the Mediterranean coast has not been robbed yet...), but in this way, the blockade of the west and north coasts of France will be unsustainable Yes. What we can currently ensure is mainly the safety of our own merchant shipping routes. As for the task of blocking the French coast, it is indeed close to failure, but it doesn’t matter.”

"So the key to ending the war is still in the hands of the United Provinces, England, Austria, Sweden and other big powers, and they are the decisive force?" Ding Yiyu finally concluded.

(End of this chapter)