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Chapter 979 Lautaro

Chile, Laozi City.

Under the tall clock tower in the center of the flat and empty Plaza de Armas, there are donkey carts full of crops, and in the distance is the stone statue of the Spanish colonist Pedro de Valdivia, and the two teams wear array hats Japanese ashigaru patrolled back and forth under the leadership of the small flag officer, and merchants shouted one after another from the fixed stalls on the edge of the square.

A troop of Ming troops came from the wide market in the south of the city, and the team was symmetrical. The first four were cavalrymen wearing red tasseled horsetail helmets, and red uniforms under breastplates carved with rhinoceros.

The two cavalrymen in the middle each hold a long-handled brow-pointed saber, with the tip of the saber half a foot off the ground; the two cavalrymen on the left and right are holding vertically on their cavalry spears, carrying a wide scarlet squirrel flag, which slowly bumps and undulates with the cavalry's horse steps.

The four cavalry were separated by three steps, and there were six infantrymen in each row, a total of three rows of infantry wearing red-tasseled iron hats, breastplates carved with seahorses, and purple cloth jackets holding spears; Three rows of shooters carrying bird guns on their shoulders.

This is the front row.

Purple flower cloth is a special product from Songjiang Prefecture to South Zhili. The name has nothing to do with the color. The cotton used is purple kapok, so it is called purple flower cloth. Therefore, purple flower cloth is not only not purple, but also has no flowers on the jacket. This fabric is light, breathable, Strong skin affinity, without dyeing, it will naturally appear light ochre, brownish red close to white color.

Another World In the next 200 years, purple flower cloth was sold all over the world and became a rare luxury.

The Spaniards and Portuguese are more knowledgeable and call it "Songjiang Cloth", while the British call it Nanjing Cloth.

In 1819, the export volume of Matsue cloth was 330 million pieces.

Madame Bovary, a petty bourgeois woman described by French writer Flaubert, wore a skirt of Nanjing cloth, which made Leon's heart flutter when he saw it; the Count of Monte Cristo in Dumas's works wore pants of Nanjing purple cloth.

But in this world, because Songjiang has the highest output of purple flowered cloth, and the imperial court received the most purple flowered cloth from taxes, most of the military uniforms of the Ming army are made of purple flowered cloth, so the orthodox military uniform is called purple flowered cloth jacket.

The layout of the rear formation was the same as that of the front formation, and among the eighty banner troops, each of the 110 officers rode forward in vertical formation. An atypical Beiyang infantry marching map of [-] men.

The reason for SARS is that there are five aboriginal Mapuche cavalry with tattoos, barebacks, western-made breastplates, and Toledo steel swords on the waist and hips in the army. The one who walked was the warlord Shao Tingda who held the rein in one hand and rode the horse with his belly in the other.

"It used to be called Santiago by Xiyi. I changed it to Laozicheng. Go back and tell your followers not to call it Santiago anymore."

The military formation was entering the Armed Forces Square from the street, and the field of vision suddenly widened. Shao Tingda raised his arm and pointed at the collapsed statue, saying: "They invaded our land, named the city blindly, hum, and dared to make a stone statue of themselves. broke."

The leader of the Mapuche people looked at the Armed Forces Square, squinted his eyes for a while, and there was a flash of hatred in his eyes, and he said in jerky Beizhili official language: "That person was killed by Lautaro 25 years ago. Killed, but the Mapuche will forever thank you, General Shao."

"There is no need to be so polite. The emperor appointed the Dongyang Army Mansion to save the common people." Shao Tingda, who was slowly pacing the horse, smiled and said, "Isn't it strange to call my name like that? ? When we first arrived here, we still regarded you as father and son."

The leader of this generation of the Mapuche people is also called Lautaro, which means a swift long-legged eagle in the Mapuche language. Before he became the leader, he did not call this name. The name change means that he hopes to be like Lautaro He led his troops to fight the Spaniards tenaciously to the end.

As a result, the Spaniards suddenly withdrew within three months, and then he got to know Shao Tingda.

Lautaro knew that the majestic general in front of him was joking, but he just smiled and did not answer, but asked instead: "Speaking of father and son, the general just said that this city is called Laozi City, which should be what father meant. Coe I've heard it said that you all love being other people's fathers."

"Why is the city called this name?"

"You don't understand that, the name doesn't mean that."

God Shao Tingda waved his hands on the ground, and just about to speak, he closed his eyes and searched his brain with poor culture, and then said according to the script: "Lao Tzu, named Li Er, wrote the Tao Te Ching, and my elder brother also wrote a copy of it." The book with the same name is written like this, Dao Ke Dao..."

Shao Shuai tried his best to recite a paragraph to let Lautaro know his profound literary skills, but he didn't know what to recite after saying three words.

After racking his brains and thinking, he suddenly remembered the inscribed Chapter 9 on the right arm of Chen Mu's battle armor, and he recited: "It's not as good as it is to hold it and make it full. It's not as good as it is. You can't keep it if you keep it sharp. There is no way to keep gold and jade in the house." Guard; be rich and proud, and leave the blame on yourself. After meritorious deeds retire, this is the way of heaven.”

"Laozi City means the city obtained because of reason."

It's just that Shao Tingda didn't explain to Lautaro what was in his mind.

The Banner Army escorted them to the west side of the Armed Forces Square, which used to belong to the tall and wealthy mansions of Spanish dignitaries. The defense was taken over by Shao Tingda's own army, and the hundred households who led the army saluted Shao Tingda and retreated. Then they led the subordinates to the east to the location of the church Go, it has now become their barracks in the city.

For no other reason than the ready-made stone.

After getting off his horse, Shao Tingda led the Mapuche leader into the mansion, crossed the threshold and said: "Lautaro, you got me a crying tree and gave me a lot of raw rubber. My brother in Changsheng has always asked me to pay attention to this kind of thing. Something called a rubber tree, that helped me a lot."

"You are good at learning Chinese, and the people obey your teachings. Do you want to live in this city? We have received more than 400 houses from the Spaniards, many of which have very good houses, and the leaders of various ministries can live in them."

"I'm here today. Apart from delivering the goods, I do have something to ask the general. I have already mentioned it in my letter."

Shao Tingda heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, sat down on the chair in the hall and let Lautaro sit down, and then said: "I know, you want to buy some blunderbuss, armor, and artillery from me, and go to Peru to continue fighting with the Spaniards." to fight, but I cannot give it to you."

"This is a military order. The Eastern Army has negotiated peace with the Westerners. My brother promised them not to seize Peru and the West Indies. I can't let you use my cannons to fight them. Besides... your territory is no longer threatened. It is time for the common people to recuperate, why bother to fight to the death?"

Lautaro didn't speak, just looked at Shao Tingda.

His tribe is safe, but the Lautaro name is more than that.More tribes in the north were still sent to the mines to die under the oppression of the Spaniards, and he wanted to make himself worthy of this name.

Shao Tingda shook his head helplessly.

"I can give you four Francois cannons, but wait until the craftsmen erase the inscriptions; two hundred or three hundred Spanish-made muskets, and some of their mail and armor, I can't give you now, we Also raising horses, you have to survive to wait for me to give you horses."

"But if you wait here, you will be close to death. The Western Kingdom returned a large area of ​​land to us, and the troops were all shrunk to Peru. There was indeed a rebellion there last year, but the last rebel army was defeated four months ago."

"Even if you want to raise an army, don't be in a hurry. You can send an army to Laozi City."

Shao Tingda admired these Mapuche people in his heart, especially Lautaro who dared to die. He said: "We have a general named Lin Manjue. I asked him for some officers and asked them to train soldiers for you here and teach you Some things suitable for guerrilla use, such as tree cannons, division and outflanking, scouting, and ambushes."

"You can't use Ming's guns, but the gunpowder is not inscribed. I can provide you with gunpowder. If you can beat it, you can conquer the city. If you can't beat it, you can retreat to Chile. When you enter the border, the Spaniards dare not come in."

Shao Tingda let out another long breath, took out his hand under the general's belly, tapped twice on the table, and said, "Without my brother's order to declare war, I can only help you with this."

(End of this chapter)