open sea

Chapter 741 Red Fruit
When Shao Tingda ordered Heiyunlong's cavalry to send scouts to the Silver City of Taxco, 160 miles to the east and north, to investigate the military situation and terrain, Governor Almansa's face seemed to convulse.

Swipe and swipe.

"This person is Chen Mu's brother!"

Almansa has always known that Yincheng is not far from them, and it is located on a high ground, with towns but not many guards, and enough population for mining and smelting. It is undoubtedly the most suitable strategic location for the Ming army.

But he couldn't tell Shao Tingda, and even hoped that the Ming army could march southward and approach Mexico City directly through the avenue.

The less the Ming army knew about the land, the better.

For this reason, he also specifically told Fu Geer not to use the name Silver City, or even the name Taxco, just say it is a plantation.

In the end, Fuge'er's servant still leaked his words. He first said the word Yincheng, and after Shao Tingda asked carefully, he mentioned Taxco, which made Shao Tingda even more interested.

Taxco means tax in Spanish.

Silver City, taxation, it's hard not to think of wealth.

This time Hei Yunlong went out in person, and sent scouts on foot and cavalry to fan out to investigate forward, while he led a team of more than ten cavalry to go straight to the official road to Taxco.

Hei Yunlong wanted to see if that Taxco was really worthy of the name Yincheng.

In fact, at this time, Bernal still had no intention of sending troops to attack Shao Tingda. His mind was wandering between defending Mexico City and waiting for reinforcements and gathering troops to attack Shao Tingda.

There was nothing to hesitate about. After his wife gave him verbal and strategic help, he made up his mind two nights ago to recruit mercenaries wandering in Mexico City, make up the two legions, and use the superior force to clear away Shao Tingda first. A landing Ming army.

But his wife said she was pregnant.

It was scary, like raising a flag.

Although there was no such thing as setting up a flag during the Wanli period.

In this era of Spain, knightly novels are almost crazily circulated. As a knight, he naturally likes knightly novels to be circulated.

For example, the heroic knight learned that his wife was pregnant before going out, and those who said they would wait for him never came back.

Bernal felt that it was too inauspicious for him to go to war at this time, and he was unwilling to give up the fighter opportunity at his fingertips, so he kept swaying from side to side—he wanted to be the governor, become famous in Spain, and drive away the foreign invaders from the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't want to die.

Under this mentality, it seems more appropriate to stick to Mexico City.

Anyway, counting the days, it will be a few days before the reinforcements from the Viceroyalty of Peru arrive.

Taxco is not a 'city' in the oriental sense, but a mountain surrounded by mountains.

A road built in the Aztec era passes through here to connect the east and west directions. The road is paved with black stones from the nearby mountains, and narrow canals have been dug on both sides for irrigation. There are white stones piled between the road and the canal. low bar.

Only knee high.

Hei Yunlong didn't dare to take the official road after getting the news from the scouts of his subordinates, he ordered his subordinates to wait beside the temporarily safe official road, and took two followers to climb halfway up the mountain from the jungle, but he was not in a hurry to leave. Look at this mountain city from a very long distance.

Hei Yunlong was busy pulling out the thorns.

Since they landed from the north of Acapulco, everywhere they looked, there were strange green plants, some very tall, some very short, some very round, some very green. Very long, covered with thorns, and some can bear red fruit.

"This thing looks dangerous, dare to stab me, do you think it can be eaten?"

Heiyunlong's trouser legs and armor skirt were pierced with several thorns. As he was talking, he pulled out the thorns, drew out the short knife on the boot shaft, and cut off the thorns of a strange plant beside him. He picked a red fruit and held it in his hand. Sniffing in the nose: "There is no strange smell."

The follower didn't know what to say, so he saw General Hei's throat bobbing up and down, making a 'gudong' sound of swallowing saliva.

There was no time to dissuade him, this black guy had been playing with knives for half his life, his movements were so fast, the red fruit was sliced ​​open, revealing the juicy red flesh inside.

He took a sip, and the expression on General Hei's face was extremely exciting. At first, he pursed his mouth slightly and made a serious test, then his eyes quickly raised, he swallowed his saliva and nodded one after another, his eyes lit up, like a child of 160 Ming Jin , I almost clapped my hands and danced for a while.

"Hey! Sour and sweet! Delicious! Find a captive to feed this thing to him for three days. You can eat it if you don't die. Thanks to our ancestors, we have something to eat!"

Ugh.

The young soldier silently sighed in his heart, and the two soldiers looked at each other, and they both clearly saw the lovelessness on each other's face.

However, Hei Yunlong, who ate sauce cakes all day long and was afraid of the saltiness, enjoyed it for a while. Since entering the Xuanfu Lecture Hall, Hei Yunlong has never eaten food like the one after passing through the Heishuimohe Islands in this expedition.

Before passing the archipelago, at least there are bean sprouts to eat, but after passing the archipelago, the whole day is meat, rice, salted fish, sauce cakes, sesame seed cakes, and the endless cycle.

Finally, the aborigines got some yellow sticks, and let the stupid cook grind the flour into big cakes, not to mention how much he missed the food before the long voyage.

After enjoying himself for a long time, Hei Yunlong found that the two soldiers did not join in the music, so he looked from left to right with his mouth curled and frowning: "Is there anything wrong with this general?"

"General, we are afraid that something is wrong with you. What are you stuffing your mouth with thorns all over your body? If you are sick, where will you be treated? Are you afraid that Shenxian Chen will cut it for you if you find a military doctor?"

I have been stationed on the bank of the Baima River for less than a ten-day period, and it can be regarded as a military doctor who has made a name for himself. On weekdays, the kind-hearted military doctor stays in the military doctor camp without saying a word. basket.

It made these Beiyang Banner soldiers who were trained to kill all have awe of the military doctors.

"Don't talk nonsense, they are all from a good family. There are people in the Banner Army who are not willing to let go of their guns to kill people. Ordinary people who are willing to do what Dr. Chen did are all orders from a strategic plan and cannot help themselves."

"Go back and tell Biaoxia, whoever dares to tell the military doctor is wrong, whoever farts like this counts as one, and all the horses are tied to the ass of the camp three times."

As Hei Yunlong said, he rubbed his short knife against the soldier's clothes, stuffed it back into his boots, and frowned while grinding his chin and beard: "But it's really not a problem for Dr. Chen to do this. I heard people say that people in the military medical camp have nightmares every night. , Yesterday I saw him leave the camp and stand by the river for a long time."

"That look is like a hungry wolf, don't turn around and lose your mind again, people have suffered all these things so that we can all survive - go back and see if this thing can be eaten, if you can eat it, send it to the doctor It's sweet and sour."

The soldiers were scolded for a while, and they didn't bow their heads until this sentence and said: "Can you eat this and ask the people in the White Horse Department?"

"Hey, your grandpa's, why didn't I think of it, you are the only one who is smart? Didn't you tell me that you were smart?"

Snapped!
The slap and slap on the head resounded loudly.

Hei Yunlong dropped the fruit, took off his backpack, and took out a set of paper and pens. Seeing this, the soldiers quickly set up a bracket with three wooden legs.

General Hei clapped his hands and said, "Work!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)