Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 867 Open champagne in advance to celebrate, the undercurrent of the servant army is raging
After marching for more than half a month, Zhu Cijiong led his troops to the base camp named Changhu Village by the Ming army in the south of Chihuahua.

"The long and narrow lake to the east is Changhu, and Changhu Village was originally a large village with nearly a thousand natives living in a concentrated population.

Later, the Spaniards came here, kidnapped young men and women as slaves, killed old people 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 eradicate in September, there was Changhu Village.Of course, Westerners don’t call this place Changhu Village. I forget the specific name, but it doesn’t sound good anyway. "

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

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

The leader of the North American capital is a general named Fang Yuanzhang, a native of Zhejiang, and a native of Zhejiang Wuju during Chongzhen.

It has a battalion of soldiers from the North American Capital Division under its command, and its equipment is similar to that of the domestic garrison of the Ming Dynasty, but most of the soldiers have retired from the frontier defense army.Of course, the main source of soldiers is the Ming garrison.

The combat effectiveness of this battalion of the Ming army is slightly stronger than that of the battalion of the Dingwang's army.

In addition, there is another battalion of "Min Yong", which is actually composed of mercenaries from various business groups who came to North America to open up, with more than 3000 people.

The firearms equipment rate of the mercenaries has also reached [-]%, but the combat effectiveness is uneven, there are many small groups inside, and the overall combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as that of Prince Ding's army.

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

The smallest camp belongs to Yongwangling.

Led by Yu Guowang, the general of Yongwang's army, there is only one battalion of Yongwang's army under his command.

However, in addition to the Ming army, the three camps also employed local peasant husbands, and there were more than [-] people in total.These people will not go to the battlefield, but are only responsible for some soil work, or cooperate with the escort of materials, and even assist in the collection of prisoners after the war.

After setting up camp and resting for the night, Aimee Zhu, wearing a set of heroic military uniform, went to King Ding's tent to attend the military meeting the next day.

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

It's just that only Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Yu's companions knew about this matter, and the others didn't know about it.

In the next battle, Zhu Cijiong was the commander in chief, and Fang Yuanzhang, the general of the North American capital, was the deputy commander. The generals, soldiers and horses of each battalion were dispatched by the two.

There is a large military map hanging in the tent, and Fang Yuanzhang is explaining the frontline military situation at this time.

"According to the intelligence analysis gathered by the sentinels of the Military Intelligence Department, this time the Westerners sent [-] regular troops and [-] servants; the French sent [-] regular troops, and the Portuguese only sent [-] regular troops.

In terms of the total number of soldiers and horses, the Spanish-French-Portuguese coalition forces are two to three times ours; but when it comes to the number of regular troops, the Spanish-French-Portuguese coalition forces are not much larger than ours.

However, because many strongholds have been lost one after another, the coalition forces are coming aggressively this time, carrying a lot of artillery and cavalry, this is what we need to pay attention to..."

Following Fang Yuanzhang's explanation, it turned out that Auntie Zhu, an amateur military enthusiast, had a good understanding of the military situation, not to mention the other generals in the tent.

Afterwards, under the discussion of a group of military staff, a general military plan appeared.

The confrontation between the coalition forces this time is a frontal battle, so the military plan is only to arrange defensive positions and offensive targets for the various ministries, and there are no complicated or surprising actions.

Well, except for 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-style camp, which was the station of the West-French-Portuguese coalition forces.

In a cramped native chief's house, the Spanish army commander, who is also the commander of the Spanish-French-Portuguese coalition this time, Juan is studying the situation of the Ming army and how to fight this battle.

General Antoine of the French Army scratched the tendrils on his face, and said: "Although our people have not been able to find out the exact number of the Ming army, they probably know that it is only over 2.

In this case, let the Indians test their firepower first, consume their ammunition and energy, and then we send troops, and we will definitely defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop!
And when you actually fight, your Spanish army can be in charge of the front, and I will lead the cavalry to attack the side of the Ming army.

As for General Domingo, your Portuguese army is small, you can try to go around and raid the back of the Ming army, and maybe you can get a miraculous effect. "

Juan was a little dissatisfied with Antoine's outrageous speech, and said with a gloomy face: "Our Spanish infantry phalanx is the most powerful in Europe, and of course it is no problem to be responsible for the frontal attack.

But you have more than [-] cavalry from France, and [-] infantry. Are these [-] infantry also following you to attack the Ming army from the side? "

"And what does General Juan want?" Antoine asked.

Juan looked around at the few people and said, "It's very simple. Let me dispatch your three thousand infantry. In addition, Domingo is going to go around and attack the Ming army. You don't need too many troops. Fifteen thousand should be enough." .

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

After some debate, several people finally agreed with 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 strength of the Ming army is more than twice that of ours, and this is a great opportunity for us to defeat them.

As long as this battle is won, not only will the Ming army dare not go south to compete with us for New Spain, but we will even be able to take the opportunity to march north to compete for the places that the Ming army has developed.

I heard that King Ding of the Ming Dynasty wanted to establish a kingdom here, so that those natives became very rich. If we can go there and grab a piece, wouldn't it be much faster than mining, planting sugar cane, tobacco leaves, etc. here? "

Antoine nodded after listening, "General Juan is right, as long as the Ming army is defeated in this battle, everything will be fine. For victory, for wealth, let's toast!"

"cheers!"

When Juan and other coalition generals celebrated their victory in advance, they didn't know that an undercurrent had already surged in the servant army.

Speaking of which, the Spanish servants were recruited from various Indian villages and tribes that belonged to the Governor of New Spain, and they were also given certain treatment. Logically speaking, these servants should cherish this opportunity very much, and their loyalty is also high. There will be no problem.

But everything is afraid of comparison.

In the night, in a simple tent in the servant army barracks, a dozen people were listening to a person speaking in a low voice.

Halfway through the man's speech, many people showed expressions of disbelief.

"Hua Leopard, Mingren is really as good as you said? Help build a house, and teach you how to plant?"

"Of course. The 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 enough food for two people every day.

But in the north, as long as you are willing to work for Ming people, even the most relaxed and simple ones can earn three or four people's rations a day. "

Hearing this, many Indian warriors showed envious expressions.

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

"Why? You'll understand when you see Mingren. Mingren is the same as us, with yellow skin and black eyes, and looks alike.

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

"Ice? What is ice?" someone asked.

These Indian warriors are almost all from Central America, and no one has seen snow and ice at all.

But some people have heard it and explained: "It is said that when water is very cold, it will become as stiff as a stone, that is ice.

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

Everyone admired the existence of Bing, and the topic was a bit crooked.

Seeing this, Hua Bao, who was lurking in the servant army with a heavy responsibility, hurriedly said: "If you want to see the ice, you can go to the north in the future. Now, it is time to consider whether to give your life to those white demons.

I can tell you with certainty that once there is a fight, those white demons will definitely let you charge first, using your lives to consume the guns and ammunition of the Ming army.

The Ming army has a lot of guns, which are very powerful. You will die if you can't get in front of the Ming army. It is worthless.

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

Thinking of what happened when they entered the mine, these Indian warriors suddenly hated and feared.

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

In the darkness, Huabao smiled and said, "It's very simple, all we need is this..."

(End of this chapter)