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Chapter 725 Confidence
"Herrera's Legion and the Indians, the natives you say, are fighting."

Almansa's words were not so easy for Shao Tingda to understand. He stared at a pair of copper bell eyes and asked: "It's Herrera, not New Spain, not Bernal?"

This is not right, no matter how you think about it, Shao Tingda feels that once New Spain loses control, the aborigines should unite with Herrera and another mixed-blood legion to attack Bernal!
All right, what are you doing to provoke Herrera?
"Bernar felt that there was not enough troops to fight against the Ming army, and the south risked sending all ships to Peru to transport three mixed-blood regiments, and at the same time sent three legions to recruit Indians to join the war within their jurisdiction."

Almansa looked at Shao Tingda for a while, realized that General Ming was confused, and clapped his hands: "This means that the rebels have fully shrunk their defenses! Abandon the Governorate of Peru, and fully reduce the control area to within the jurisdiction of the three legions middle."

Shao Tingda couldn't see why Almansa was so excited and happy. He asked eagerly, "When did Gnar send the warship to Peru?"

The serious expression diluted Almansa's joy, he paused and said, "Ten, ten days ago?"

"It's not good news."

Shao Tingda nodded slowly and slightly, even with a little frustration on his face, he turned his head and said to the sick man: "We will not be able to reach the retreat camp in 20 days."

They couldn't get to the retreat camp, but the Spanish reinforcements from the three Peruvian legions were able to rush back to Acapulco, which meant that they would face the siege of [-] Spanish troops in a month.

In addition, Bernal had to recruit countless natives to fight for him.

There was no warmth on the sick boy's face, he gritted his teeth lightly, nodded and said: "Father, their enemy is not us, they are preparing for the war against Ming Dynasty."

Bernal was not fighting to defeat the more than two thousand imaginary enemies of the former army fleet entrenched on the demarcation peninsula, not even to defeat the entire Eastern Army, and even fighting the Eastern Army did not need to do so.

Shao Tingda asked Almansa: "Did Naer ask Spain for help?"

"He didn't." Almansa shook his head very decisively, and said: "The West India Committee has asked for help from the country, so don't worry about them."

The situation was very optimistic in Almansa's heart, and he said easily: "Your Majesty the King can even negotiate a truce with those Turks. He will not be willing to go to war with Ming at this time, especially if he receives my letter first. The court envoys are here, and these rebels should be sent to the stake to be burned to death!"

"But you were burned to death before they were burned to death. You should know more about the organization of your six legions than Shao."

Shao Tingda raised two fingers: "2 people!"

The depression in his heart had passed, and the reason for his unpleasant tone was because he felt that Almansa should not be blindly optimistic like a fool.

"The most important thing is that the general doesn't know yet, but don't be intimidated by their strength. 2 people will be the strength of the entire New Spain in a month, but it's not like this now."

Almansa still happily explained to Shao Tingda: "The three legions are recruiting soldiers in their respective jurisdictions, which shows that the scope of the legion's activities has not changed. At least in the northwest of Mexico, the general is only facing the Herrera Legion. Now they are fighting against the natives. , a great opportunity to defeat its main force."

"This is just the first advantage of the general. The second advantage is that the general has some knowledge of the surrounding terrain and roads. We know where they are, but they don't know where we are."

"Herrera's army has 2 troops, and the general has [-]. The difference in strength is not big, but the Ming army is very capable of fighting. In Guam, your general Lin used hundreds of people to deal with [-] people. You can definitely help me Defeat these traitors!"

The most interesting thing for Shao Tingda was not the predicament that seemed to be encountered by the mixed-race Herrera Legion of Westerners, but that Almansa accepted it with a very normal attitude and firmly believed that the Ming army was much stronger than the Western army.

Isn't the gap of nearly half of the troops not too big?
The steeds carried the Beiyang cavalry wearing bright breastplates across the woods. The rotten leaves were soft and made the horse's hooves sink an inch with every step. The forest path in the distance is moving forward.

The horse team was the scout leading the way, splitting the bushes with axes and machetes to open the way for the teams behind them.

After the horse team are the two-wheeled artillery carts and rocket carts with donkeys and mules in front. In the dense forest, these support beasts that can cross the battlefield have become the most difficult things to move. Troops out of touch.

The news that Herrera's Legion and the natives are fighting in the east is the best news for the former banner army because the official roads that are farther away will inevitably be neglected because of this.

Long-distance marches are extremely dependent on roads. If there is a good road network, the cavalry is scattered and commanded by a hundred households, and they can cover hundreds of miles in a day. However, if four hundred cavalry go together, they can only travel eighty or ninety miles a day. In addition to the infantry artillery, it can still maintain a speed of fifty miles a day.

But without mules and roads, the artillery team would be a burden. Without roads, it would be difficult for the horse team to move quickly unless they were on the plains.

When Shao Tingda asked again why the Herrera Legion met the natives, Almansa finally showed a Spaniard's stance, saying: "That mixed blood is stupid like a Frenchman, Bernal asked him to recruit As many Indians as possible, he can recruit, if one tribe fails, recruit another tribe, there will always be those who are willing to fight for Spain."

The Spaniards have fought against the French for decades, with more victories than defeats. In this era, they look down on the French very much. Even the name of this national has been extended to mean stupid, rude, and low in the context.

"But he doesn't think so. Although he looks down on the Indians, he still thinks that he is the boss of the Indians, and we, the peninsula nobles, think they are the bosses of the Indians, tsk!"

Almansa sneered: "He doesn't even think about it. They don't even respect their own compatriots. I'm not just talking about the war. In our war with the Indians, because of the low birth of the early new nobles, they did a lot of bad things here. Good thing, but after peace we treat the Indians as inferiors working for Spain and only a few will abuse them."

"Frother Acosta even organized the priests to put pressure on New Spain to give the Indians the same rights as us. We don't care. It is the mixed blood that is most opposed."

"Such lowly souls, even God can't save them, how can we think they are the leaders of the Indians, maybe in the eyes of Ming people, we are bad people to the Indians, but the real peninsula nobles respect the swift long-legged eagle Indian heroes like that."

"A few Indian chiefs couldn't understand the political changes in New Spain. They believed that their own people beat their own people. They didn't want to intervene in the affairs between brothers, just as they didn't want us to intervene in the affairs between Indian tribes. This is according to Their thinking is very normal, just find a tribe that is willing to help Bernal."

"As a result, Herrera's 'Frenchman' killed those tribal chiefs, which not only destroyed Bernal's plan, but also caused even greater disasters. Now the tribes in northern Mexico don't respect them. Attempt to take the opportunity to confront."

"I have a hunch that this will cause heavy losses to New Spain. Maybe when the dust settles, I will still need the assistance of the Ming army. You know, what I mean by heavy losses is asking the Ming army to pay for my recovery of the lost land—I heard Said that General Chen is the brother of General Shao."

Almansa looked at the artillery team marching in the forest and the cavalry who were still proud even though their strength was weak, and said to Shao Tingda: "After this incident, General Chen will definitely open his mouth. Is that what you said?"

"I have only one condition. The interests of the Habsburg royal family must be guaranteed in the previous contract. My king needs this money and supplies."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)