open sea

Chapter 1246
After all, the plague failed to pass through the vast Atlantic Ocean by boat. The customs were locked for more than a month, and there was no news of the epidemic in any part of Asia. Chen Mu, who hurried back to Mexico City to preside over the overall situation, was relieved.

In fact, he didn't do anything. The county magistrates Yang Tingxiang, Zou Yuanbiao and others handled things very well, and Zhao Shizhen coordinated in the middle. In Mexico City, he can add a little confidence to everyone's hearts.

After all, the Black Death that Ou Luoyi talked about was not smallpox, this time they did not have the vaccine, only flesh and blood.

The plague did not come, but the revenge war in Peru, which was about to end, came to a stalemate. Due to side effects, the follow-up troops failed to enter Peru in full after the year... The perfect time difference between Asia and Spain was broken.

"Just let him land in Daxi Port, the entire fleet, and everyone on the small island northeast of Daxi Port, and send them some water and food every ten days, and drag him for a month first."

Chen Mu had just returned to Mexico City from Daxigang, and just stepped into the Armed Forces Square. Yang Tingxiang, who was sticking to Daxigang, sent his riders to follow him into the city, bringing the news he didn't want to hear the most.

The envoy of Philip from Spain came, intending to restart negotiations with Daming on the Peru issue.

Chen Mu is not afraid of negotiating with the Spaniards. The truth is pinned on his belt. The Governor of Peru Toledo is also living in Changsheng. All of them have much more chips than Fei Laoer.

Diplomacy is backed by force, using words to achieve the purpose of exercising force.

The backing is not solid enough, and it is useless to let the emissary no matter how eloquent his tongue and his long sleeves are.

There was only one reason why Chen Mu didn't want to meet the Spanish envoy - he was waiting for information from Peru.

As soon as Chen Mu had finished speaking, Zhao Shizhen, who greeted him at Armed Forces Square, said to the emissary: ​​"They won't see the commander in chief. They just came from Spain. Who knows if there is any disease on the ship. Let's use this as a prevarication for a few days. If you use other excuses, such as the commander-in-chief went to the mountains to play and take refuge, it must be delayed for two months."

After finishing speaking, he tugged at Chen Mu, hesitating to speak: "The commander-in-chief rode all the way to Lao Dun, let's go back to the Governor's Mansion first."

As soon as Chen Mu heard it, he knew that Zhao Shizhen had something to do.

There will be nothing else at this time. It must be that the latest news from Peru has been reported, and it may not be good news, so he is so eager.

Sure enough, as soon as the two of them and the guard entered the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Shizhen couldn't wait to say: "There is news from Peru, and the situation is not good."

"It's not good. Bad news is bad news. Good news is good news. How can you say it's not good?"

Chen Mu had heard too much bad news in Daxigang. At this moment, he had enough resistance to the bad news, and the Ming army, which deployed force all over the Great East, sent back all the bad news.

The Black Death was raging in Europe. The Chen Jiujing Department of Baishan City blocked the port. The plague landed in the French seaport. Following the French king's army, it went south to wreak havoc. The two big cities of Chefort and Angoulême were still overtaken by the plague in the battle with the pursuers. In just three days, the six hundred households who were in charge of the breakup lost contact. The Ming army was defeated for the first time in Europe. Form fled back to Baishan City.

Li Mao, who was trapped in the Azores Islands, was also in a mess. The islands were short of water and food. Yang Ce led a fleet to Seville to replenish the news that the plague was raging in Seville. Before asking for supplies, there had already been internal strife with the Spanish-Portuguese United Fleet also stationed in the archipelago due to water, food and plague. It is not the most terrible thing to have casualties between the two sides, but the most terrible thing is that casualties will bring hatred.

The Azores, which has never been an independent geographical unit, has become an isolated island in the Atlantic Ocean because of this plague, and the people on the island are fighting like beasts.

The situation in England is even worse. Starting from Plymouth, the latest news that the Black Death has appeared in many seaports, but the city of Plymouth, where the plague first occurred, is close to containment, but the news is not good, because the English royal family suffered from the plague. Inaction, the officials and people in the city elected Cao Changqing, the head of the Dragon and Tiger Road, to serve as the magistrate of the county. Wang Jinzhong, Li Changlai, Joseph Hua, Alan Muming and other merchants proclaimed themselves Zhongxian Xiaowei, and practiced independence and self-government.

On the other side of the island, the great independent cause of the Kingdom of Aylan also encountered obstacles. Zhu Xiaoen did not want to be intimidated by the plague, and insisted on leading the National Restoration Army to fight against the plague to start the siege of Dublin. send back.

Fu Yuan, who was stranded in Spain, asked Chen Mu to act cheaply. He could hardly hold back the troops who were about to fight with the Spanish garrison. Since Mingxi's incident in Colombia in Mapo, the foundation of mutual trust between the coalition forces has gradually been lost. Soldiers from both sides were in Lisbon There have been many physical conflicts, mutual abuse, and fights almost every few days. It is only because they have so many people that they have not seen a fight until now.

If the situation worsens, Fu Yuan has no way to mobilize the fleet back to Asia. He plans to divide his troops into Daming Port and go north to Baishan City. Enough for two naval battles and three months for land battles.

These places were more or less affected by the plague. Chen Mu could understand that the situation was deteriorating, and it wasn't all bad news. For example, Cao Zhi County in Plymouth did a good job.

The most important thing is that the plague did not land in Asia at all, which is the best situation for the Oriental Army.

The vast sea is the best protective layer to keep out the black death, a severe infectious disease, and the ports along the entire European coast have been blocked one after another, making stories of ghost ships spread in the sea.

Some ships were unable to dock, and the sailors on board were infected with the plague. The mania and thirst brought about by the plague made people desperately want to drink water. Once the clean water on the ship was drunk, the mania, isolated islands, and voyage without purpose would make people become Crazy, eventually jumping into the sea like swarms of city rats jumping into a well.

When Chen Mu sat on the chair in the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Shizhen said with great concern: "The indigenous riots in Peru are difficult to restrain. Our ship was unable to set sail due to the plague. A large number of Western nobles asked for asylum in Lima Daming Port, and civilians suffered heavy casualties."

Chen Mu blinked, and couldn't believe Zhao Shizhen's words: "Where's the Spanish army?"

The Spaniards have garrisons in the city of Lima. Two and a half legions are enough to suppress the area outside the Daming Port in Lima. They have been useless for such a long time?

Can't even control the slave uprising?

"A legionary commander was killed in the chaos. His company occupied four places in the city and managed to hold its ground. Another Inca legion didn't suffer much losses. It withdrew from the city and went east."

"What about Daming Port?"

Chen Mu is also intentionally conniving, no matter what happens in the end, the Ming army will be the pinnacle of peace in Peru, as long as they are there, there will be no big troubles.

As for Spain's influence in Peru, it can be reduced as much as possible, and it is better to disappear without a trace.

Don't worry.

Zhao Shizhen clasped his hands and said: "So I say it's not bad, Daming Port has not suffered any loss, and now the Spanish nobles in the city are good at recognizing a Daming father for their children, in order to save their lives."

　good afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)