open sea

Chapter 777
The Ming army did capture Mexico City, and the feat did not go to any well-known general.

On the contrary, it was a group of unknown people who captured the capital of New Spain, [-] guerrilla flag troops from Pingyuan County at the junction of Guangdong, Fujian, and Huguang provinces.

Their leader is Zeng Xishun, who holds many positions and has many honorary titles, such as the head of the township Yongqian in Pingyuan County, the captain of Zhongwu, the deputy commander of Xiaolinying in Guangdong, etc., or the most popular coastal script "Nanyang" in recent years. Supporting role in Heroes.

In the book, the "Five Tigers of Pingyuan" Lin Xiao, Zeng Xishun, Han Jinhuan, Chen Yuhan, and Lin Dayuan fought bravely under the command of Lin Manjue, the commander of Lin Lai, and defeated the enemy.

In fact, when Zeng Xishun actually landed on Linlai Island, the war was almost over.Before landing on the island, he was sent by Lin Manjue to leave the fleet and go back to rescue soldiers, and he did not kill any enemy in that battle.

And after that, as Lin Manjue's subordinate, following Chen Mu's support of novelists, he gradually promoted Nanyang stories in the market by promoting scripts. .

Because of this, when Lin Manjue proposed to visit Mexico City separately, Zeng Xishun readily accepted the task and led his troops to the legendary Mexico City.

In the giant valley of Mexico, there is a large lake surrounded by mountains, which stretches as far as the eye can see. A majestic city stands majestically in the lake, and farmland is built on the lake outside. Corn, amaranth and flowers are planted in the fields. The city in the lake and the land rely on boats and bridges communicate.

As the former capital, this city on the Great Lake once had a population of 20.

The Aztecs had an extraordinary civilization, and they were not weak. This behemoth died of various states with their own ulterior motives.

The city has no walls. Its past owner, the Aztec emperor, thought that no walls were needed. The lake and his warriors were the best walls.

It's a pity that the lake and the Aztec warriors failed to stop the Spaniards last time.

This time, they failed to stop the Ming Dynasty people.

Not everyone among the aborigines is willing to participate in the "Spanish battle". They always think that the war between the old governor of New Spain and the new governor is not something they can get involved in. However, when the Ming army entered the vicinity of Mexico City, the situation became serious. Not the same.

The aboriginal hunters on the west bank of the great lake discovered the Ming army and gathered their men. The aboriginal army, which was several times larger than theirs, surrounded Zeng Xishun's troops in the riverside jungle, but the battle did not start—Lin Manjue had jaguar warriors under his command.

Through the simple words of 'overthrow and liberation', the two sides reached a consensus that the aborigines called to open the suspension bridge, summoned more manpower, and easily allowed the Ming army to enter the city and take down various key passes.

There were many Spaniards in the city, but not many were able to fight. Bernal almost summoned all the Spaniards who could pick up weapons to go to the battlefield with him.

The advance of Zeng Xishun’s guerrilla flag army of the Ming army into Mexico City is like a signal. I don’t know which street Zeng Xishun led his army to capture. The first aboriginal slave broke free and strangled his master who was about to escape with an iron chain. The guerrilla flag Everything in front of the army became chaotic.

The sudden attack made it impossible for the Spaniards in the city to form an effective organization. Chaos occurred in every street and lane. People fought and killed each other regardless of skin color and race. No one was safe.

Even Zeng Xishun couldn't control all this, until the bell of the cathedral in the Armed Forces Square rang, the Spaniards finally organized an effective defense, and assigned various teams to go deep into the streets and alleys to rescue the trapped Spaniards everywhere.

Those crazy aborigines don't care about the Ming army, they have their own goals of action, some people take this opportunity to revenge and get a fortune in the robbery, these people dare not attack the Ming army, and the Ming army ignores them, they meet them on a narrow road So he hid in a place where the Ming army had not been to, and took the next revenge.

But where the Indians gather, they have their own leaders, and even have very clear claims.

In the prestigious Spanish royal silk factory in Mexico City, more than [-] aboriginal weavers killed the Spanish manager, took Chinese silk shirts from him to make a flag, and shouted the name of the last emperor Guatemuz to the cathedral March, they will avenge every Spaniard.

But more people are not as brave as them. Although they have been oppressed, most of the aborigines will close their doors and wait and see, praying to Feathered Serpent God and Jesus that this chaos will not affect their lives.

There is no clear claim, even if the number is just a mob, at this point even if the Spaniards are much smaller than them, they still have a huge advantage.

On the armed square outside the cathedral, the remaining Spanish sergeants assembled their troops to form a phalanx. The infantry corps, a new form of organization that replaced the feudal knights under horses in the Old World, had almost perfect resistance to pressure in the face of this situation. A Spaniard is a good phalanx as long as he has a spear and a musket.

Coupled with the fact that some mixed-race soldiers who were ignorant and didn't know what to do in the chaos naturally surrendered, without the intervention of external forces, even the strongest rebel team would not be able to win the final victory.

However, the Sergeant Major of the Spanish Legion who held high the flag and gave orders was killed when Zeng Xishun led his troops close to the cathedral. He shot the blunderbuss from [-] paces away and smashed them into a sieve. Then came the phalanx commander, the chief priest, and the company who replaced the flag. sir.

Everyone who wants to raise the flag of New Spain will be killed by a musket while raising the flag. When the last monk wearing a breastplate dies under the flag, the phalanx composed of ordinary citizens will also crumble. , It took less than 1 minutes for the No.5 soldier to drop his spear and escape, and the entire phalanx fell apart.

The Spaniards who fled from Mexico City to the east coast were chased and killed by the aborigines, vying for the canoes and galleys on the lake. I don’t know how many people were drowned. In the end, only a few hundred people managed to escape from the huge city in the middle of the lake, but this magnificent The chaos in the city did not return to calm due to the departure of the Spaniards.

The aborigines who drove off the colonists turned their malicious eyes on the Ming army and their own people who were still in the city. After only one exhausting night, they started to set fire to the cathedral where the Ming army was resting, and talked about food. On the matter of looting, and trying to steal the firearms that snatched the Ming army.

Compared with the aborigines, Zeng Xishun's subordinates were too few to suppress this red-eyed and irrational city. Although the aborigines' malice towards them did not form a high-intensity battle, this situation was clearly revealed to the Zeng Xishun is a dangerous signal.

If they stay here, they will not be able to get out of this city alive.

What these people did made Zeng Xishun clearly feel their thoughts, as if after driving out the Spaniards in the city and then driving out the Ming Dynasty people in the city, the city would belong to them forever.

Zeng Xishun withdrew from the city on the third night after capturing Mexico City with great precautions, and on the second day after he left, a Spanish defender from the east coast approached Mexico City.

At the same time, Duke Alva of the Old Continent led his powerful fleet to the east coast.

　I'm really sorry, I was sick and uncomfortable all day yesterday, so I didn't make it in time to post it in the evening, so I made it up today.

　　
　
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