Chapter 867 Open the champagne in advance to celebrate, and the undercurrent of the servant army is surging

Author: Linglinghou

Chapter 867 Open the champagne in advance to celebrate, and the undercurrent of the servant army is surging

After marching for more than half a month, Zhu Cijiong led his troops to the base camp in the south of Chihuahua, which was named Changhu Village by the Ming army.

"The long and narrow lake in the east is Changhu, and Changhu Village was originally a large village where nearly a thousand native people lived.

Later, the Spanish came here, kidnapped young men and women as slaves, killed the old and children, and then built a colonial stronghold here to mine a nearby silver mine.

Among the three Western strongholds that I led the troops to extirpate in September, there was Changhu Village. Of course, the Westerners did not call this place Changhu Village. I have forgotten the specific name. It doesn’t sound good anyway.”

When the army set up camp in Changhu Village, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Aona were stationed on a mound, overlooking the surrounding landforms, and introduced the origin of Changhu Village.

The Ming army camp built around the existing ruins is divided into three camps, two large and one small. The other two are the North American Dusi camp and the Yongwang's army camp.

The leader of the North American Dusi side was a general named Fang Yuanzhang, who was from Zhejiang. He was a member of the Zhejiang Military Academy during the Chongzhen period.

He had a battalion of North American capital officers under his command. Their equipment was similar to that of the Ming Dynasty's domestic garrison, but most of the officers had retired from the border guards. Of course, the main source of soldiers was the Ming Dynasty garrison.

The combat effectiveness of this battalion of the Ming army was slightly stronger than that of a battalion of Prince Ding's army.

In addition, there is another battalion of "people's braves", which is actually composed of mercenaries from various business groups who came to open up North America, about 3,000 people.

The firearm equipment rate of the mercenaries has also reached 100%, but their combat effectiveness is uneven and there are many small groups within them. The overall combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as that of Prince Ding's army.

These people belong to the North American Capital Division and are temporarily under Fang Yuanzhang's dispatch.

The smallest camp belongs to the Yongwang Territory.

It was led by Yu Guowang, the general of Yongwang's army, and had only one battalion of Yongwang's army under his command.

However, in addition to the Ming army, the three camps also hired local people, totaling about 30,000 people. These people will not go to the battlefield, but are only responsible for some soil work, or cooperating with escorting supplies, and even assisting after the war.

Taking custody of prisoners and other matters.

After setting up camp and repairing it overnight, the next day Zhu Aoshan, dressed in a heroic military uniform, went to King Ding's tent to attend the military meeting.

She had a camera on her chest and portable radio equipment, which allowed Zhu Yuluo and Hao Guangming to see the military meeting.

However, only Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Yueshan's companions knew about this matter, and no one else knew about it.

In the next battle, Zhu Cijiong was the commander-in-chief, and North American Capital Division Staff General Fang Yuanzhang was the deputy commander-in-chief. The generals, soldiers and horses of each battalion were at the disposal of these two men.

There was a large military map hanging in the tent, and Fang Yuanzhang was explaining the military situation on the front line.

"According to the intelligence analysis compiled by the military intelligence department's sentinels, this time the Westerners sent 10,000 regular troops and 20,000 servant troops; the legal persons sent 5,000 regular troops, and the Portuguese only sent 3,000 regular troops.

In terms of the total number of troops and horses, the Spanish, French and Portuguese Allied Forces are two or three times more than us; but when it comes to the number of regular troops, the Spanish, French and Portuguese Allied Forces are not much larger than us.

However, because many strongholds were lost one after another before, the coalition forces are coming with great force this time, carrying a lot of artillery and cavalry. This is something we need to pay attention to..."

Following Fang Yuanzhang's explanation, even Zhu Yushan, an amateur military enthusiast, had a sufficient understanding of the military situation, let alone other generals in the big tent.

Subsequently, after discussions among the military staff, a rough military plan emerged.

This confrontation between the coalition forces is a frontal battle, so the military plan only arranges defensive positions and offensive targets for each unit, and there are no complicated or surprising actions.

Well, except espionage.

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At the same time, a dozen miles away, on the ruins of another village, there was also a temporary fortress-like camp, which was where the Spanish, French and Portuguese forces were stationed.

In a cramped house of a native chief, Juan, the commander of the Spanish army and the commander of this Spanish-French-Portuguese coalition, was studying the situation of the Ming army and how to fight this battle with several others.

French general Antoine scratched the tendrils on his face and said: "Although our people have not been able to find out the specific number of the Ming army, they probably know it, which is more than 20,000.

In this case, we first let the Indians test their firepower and consume their ammunition and energy, and then we send out troops. We will definitely defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop!

And when it comes to actual fighting, you Spanish troops can take charge of the front, while I will lead the cavalry to attack the flanks of the Ming army.

As for General Domingo, you Portuguese army has a small number of people, so you can try to attack the Ming army's rear formation by going around the back, and you may get miraculous results."

Juan was a little dissatisfied with Antoine's pretentious speech, and said sullenly: "Our Spanish infantry phalanx is the strongest in Europe, so of course it is no problem to be responsible for the frontal attack.

But you from France have not only 2,000 cavalry, but also 3,000 infantry. Are these 3,000 infantry going to follow you and attack the Ming army from the side?"

"What does General Juan want?" Antoine asked.

Juan looked around at the few people and said: "It's very simple. Leave your three thousand infantry to my disposal. In addition, if Domingo wants to go around and attack the Ming army, he doesn't need too many troops. One thousand and fifty should be enough."

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We are responsible for the frontal attack, and we must have enough people to attract the attention of the Ming army, or even directly defeat the Ming army from the front!"

After some debate, several people finally approved Juan's arrangement.

At the end of the meeting, several people opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate in advance.

Juan smiled and said: "Everyone, this time the Ming army's strength is more than twice that of ours. This is a great opportunity for us to defeat them.

As long as this battle is won, not only will the Ming army no longer dare to go south to compete with us for New Spain, we can even take the opportunity to march north to compete for the areas that the Ming army has developed.

I heard that King Ding of the Ming Dynasty wanted to establish a kingdom here, thus making the natives very rich. If we could go over and grab a piece of it, wouldn't it be much faster than mining here, growing sugar cane, tobacco, etc. to make money?

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Antoine nodded after hearing this, "General Juan is right, as long as we defeat the Ming army in this battle, everything will be fine. For victory and wealth, let's drink a toast!"

"cheers!"

When Juan and other coalition generals celebrated their victory in advance, they did not know that an undercurrent had already arisen among the servants.

Speaking of which, the Spanish servants were recruited from the Indian villages and tribes that had surrendered to the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and were given certain treatment. Logically speaking, these servants should cherish this opportunity and be loyal.

There won't be any problem.

But I am afraid of comparison in everything.

In the night, in a simple tent in the servant army camp, more than a dozen people were listening to someone speaking in a low voice.

Halfway through what this man said, many people showed expressions of disbelief.

"Huabao, is Akito really as good as you say? Helping you build a house and teaching you how to plant?"

"Of course. Ming people still hire us to work, and the wages they pay are not low. Now you are fighting for the Spaniards, and you only give us enough food to feed two people every day.

But in the north, as long as you are willing to work for Mingren, even the easiest and simplest work, you can earn enough food for three or four people a day."

Hearing this, many Indian warriors looked envious.

But some people said: "Both the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards came from the sea, how could they be so good? I don't believe it!"

"Why? You will understand when you see Akito. Akito is the same as us, with yellow skin and black eyes, and he looks similar.

It is said that we came over the ice of the far north from the land of the Ming people, and they have the same ancestor as us!"

"Ice? What is ice?" someone asked.

Almost all of these Indian warriors came from Central America, and no one had ever seen snow or ice.

But someone has heard it and explained: "It is said that when water is very cold, it becomes as stiff as stone, which is ice.

In the far north or far south, ice will appear when the weather gets cold, but we don't have it here."

Everyone admired Bing's existence for a while, but the topic was a bit skewed.

Seeing this, Hua Bao, who had the heavy responsibility to lurk in the servant army, quickly said: "If you want to see ice, you can go to the north in the future. Now, it is time to consider whether to work for those white demons.

I can tell you with certainty that once a fight breaks out, those white demons will definitely let you rush in first and use your lives to consume the Ming army's guns and ammunition.

The Ming army has many guns and they are very powerful. You will die before you can get in front of the Ming army. It is worthless.

Think about it, if you die, what will happen to your wives and children? The White Devil will not treat them well just because you died in the battle, but may turn them into slaves and send them to the mines!"

Thinking of what happened when they entered the mine, these Indian warriors were immediately filled with hatred and fear.

Then a person suddenly said in a deep voice: "We can't just die for the White Demon - Huabao, since you said this, there must be a way. Tell me, what should we do?"

In the darkness, the leopard showed a smile and said: "It's very simple, we just need this..."
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