open sea

Chapter 754
When the monks and kingdom advisors in Madrid gathered at the court to study the specific operation method of tribute, Magui's army had already arrived in Acapulco in the New World.

This means that the Ming army has assembled more than [-] troops [-] miles away from Mexico City.

The [-] pure soldiers and military craftsmen are not included.

There were a small number of eunuchs who made mistakes in the Jing army, but more of them were eunuchs who were illegally exiled into the army. The court law forbade the self-castration of the people, so most of these people were hard-working people. Compared with the Forbidden Army and the Beiyang Army, they did not have tenacious fighting power.

Under Chen Ju's command, they served as missions similar to supply soldiers and civilian husbands. Although they accompanied the army, they were not included in the elite troops.

The generals in the Ming army are also studying how to use the time difference between the assembly and delivery of the Western army to defeat all the enemies.

"The former army encountered not many Western Army corps, and they were at a disadvantage when they brought Fran cannons and shot at our troops. However, there were a few armored and light cavalry, who charged fiercely without fear of death or injury."

"At the same time, the cavalry and armored cavalry rushed in when the formations were shooting each other, and the light cavalry guerrilla squeezed our troops into one place. The artillery team in the distance fired all at once, with sophisticated tactics."

Shao Tingda brought back the information he knew, and he still has lingering fears about the great victory: "If Lao Hei hadn't led the horse army to copy his artillery, the result of the battle might be a rout for our army."

Chen Mu and many generals have already obtained all the battle reports of the Battle of the White Horse. The whole process is very clear in the battle reports. The infantry contributed the most in the whole battle, but it is not the infantry that decides the outcome of the war.

The battle is often not evenly matched, and tends to be an asymmetrical war. The strengths of the banner army in infantry battles can gain an advantage, but their inherent weaknesses in artillery and spears will be known to the enemy in tentative attacks, which can lead to a rout.

Shao Tingda used the blood and lives of his banner troops to tell the Eastern Army a truth.

Chen Mu put down the battle report and gave an order to the banner officers of all ministries: "Generals of all ministries, from now on, you must carry armored artillery teams in battle, and you are not allowed to enter rashly. Anyone who violates the order will be shot regardless of his official position."

The Battle of the White Horse was considered a victory regardless of the loss of both sides, strategic intentions, and allies, but it was definitely not a big victory, but a miserable victory.

Regardless of their strength or luck, whichever is worse, the infantry will be defeated by the Western Army. Once defeated, facing the enemy with cavalry, the outcome of the battle can easily be reversed.

In the spacious conference room, almost all the generals of the Ming army with more than a thousand households were sitting. Of course, besides the Ming army, there were also two chiefs of the White Horse tribe named after tiger and eagle in Spanish, as well as the Spanish governor of Almansa and Almanza. Brother Costa.

Yang Tingxiang walked into the conference hall at the right time, walked quickly to Chen Mu and whispered: "Marshal, the craftsmen have already made the map, and now send it?"

Following Chen Mu's nod, two flag soldiers entered the hall, and distributed two engraved maps on the table in front of each person, one on the left and the other on the right. One map depicted the Spaniards' understanding of the entire New World. Derived from Acosta, another map is more detailed, and it is Shao Tingdabu and Lin Manjue who drew most of the map between the northeast of the port and Mexico.

"We'll have three battles, the waters off Acapulco, the field and siege of Mexico City, and the occupation of Peru."

As soon as Chen Mu finished speaking, he informed the Governor and the monks in Spanish through an interpreter. The expressions of the two were stiff. Almansa said: "General, we don't need to occupy Peru. As long as we obtain Mexico City, I can make them go back."

The generals were a little embarrassed. Many felt that they were using Almansa, and felt wronged in their hearts, so they could only turn their heads away.

But Chen Mu won't.

"What if not? If the three Peruvian legions landed on our way to Mexico and cut off our retreat, the governor intends to make my army die for you?"

Almansa was a little afraid of Chen Mu. After all, he was the one who caused New Spain to lose [-] troops in the Battle of Guam, and he had long been notorious.

When Shao Tingda was with him, Almansa often sat next to Shao Tingda, very forward.

But now that Chen Mu is in front, Shao Tingda can only sit near the back. Behind him is Acosta, and behind him is the chief of the White Horse Department. The seats are all ahead of him, and such a seat arrangement would have brought great pressure to him.

"Although I personally sympathize with Your Excellency's efforts to reach an agreement with Daming and the price you have endured, and I am willing to use force to help Your Excellency regain control of Mexico City, but we are not mercenaries."

"I am loyal to the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Empire, and I have been ordered to manage Asia. I have given enough respect to the monarch of your country in diplomacy, and tried to open up territory for the emperor with a mutually beneficial agreement, and try to avoid war with the Western Kingdom."

"I know that most people in Spain and Portugal think that Chen is domineering, but they have enough respect for King Philip of your country, so what made us get involved in the war, eh?"

Chen Mu put down the bamboo whip pointing the map, stood up and said, "Your Excellency has no restraint on New Spain, and even wants to use Ming Dynasty to deal with your country's new aristocrats here. So far, we haven't exchanged the flag that our army bestowed on Chief Zheng Tu, and even brewed As a result of this disaster, the two sides confronted each other on the west coast and the dividing peninsula, and started a war."

"Your Excellency knew that such a thing would happen at the beginning of the negotiation, so you fled to the demarcation peninsula to seek the protection of our army. Now our army has more than [-] casualties, and Spain has suffered unwarranted losses several times more than me."

"Such an indiscriminate disaster imposed on the two countries, do you still think that the Ming army is a mercenary hired to clean up Spain's chronic illness?"

"with all due respect."

Chen Mu paced past the long conference table, walked to the opposite of Governor Almansa, leaned forward slightly with both hands on the back of General Hei Xiao's chair, looked directly at Almansa, and said: "At this moment The war, whether it is Daming helping Spain to stabilize the rebellion, or whether it is a war between Ming and Spain, does not depend on you or me."

"It's war and rebellion suppression. It's up to the king of your country to decide whether to fight against the Heavenly Army. Before that, Chen must think about my brother's life and property, and destroy the enemy, all enemies."

"If the Peruvian army approaches our coast today, I will sink them at sea today; if His Royal Highness Philip decides to send an army to land tomorrow, I will destroy them on land tomorrow."

"As long as someone dares to raise a weapon against my banner army, I will let them swallow the weapon. No matter who the enemy is, no matter how many enemies there are, I will fight with them forever until the victory belongs to my emperor!"

Chen Mu slammed his hand on the table, and Almansa couldn't even breathe. He could only watch the commander of the Ming army turn and walk towards the main seat without saying a word. Paddle to order.

"Our army first defended against Mexico City's attack, and met its northward Peruvian fleet at sea. This fleet ranged from [-] to [-] large and small warships and merchant ships. We tried to force it to divide its forces during the voyage and sink them. "

"The battle can be divided into three areas, weakening in the open sea, ambush in the near sea, and a decisive battle in the bay. No ship will let them leave..."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)