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Chapter 742 Graphic
Shao Tingda had a painting in front of him, in which was a mountain surrounded by mountains.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a road running from east to west. On both sides of the road, tall sticks are erected every ten or twenty steps. The two sticks are far apart, and there is a beam in the middle. The top is covered with thin steps to shade, and the bottom of the shed is also covered with pieces of rectangular cloth.

Surrounding these sheds are vast plantations and busy mines. The reason why Shao Tingda can tell where is the mine and where is the plantation is not because of Hei Yunlong's superb painting skills, but because Lao Hei directly Write on the picture.

'Cotton Field', 'Sugar Cane Field', 'Tobacco Field', 'Mine'.

Further up is like a watershed, with wooden sheds, warehouses, stables and small towers. There are also a few small figures holding sticks in the picture.

Even if he didn't ask, Mang Chong understood that what Hei Yunlong meant was that there were soldiers here.

The huts are more beautiful if they go up. There is a towering church under construction on the top of the mountain. The black general wrote "It is estimated that Xiyi will not be repaired before being expelled from Asia." Next to the church is the Weapons Square, with the text "The garden is very beautiful Matching red and yellow', there are also a few little people with big heads holding wooden sticks.

Under the church and Plaza de Armas, there are row after row of small two-story buildings with the text "white walls and orange tiles". The layout is familiar to Shao Tingda, who has seen Portuguese houses in Haojing. I heard from my brother that Chen Mu said it was a 'Baroque' style building.

But what exactly does "Baroque" mean, Shao Tingda doesn't understand.

For this reason, he also specifically asked Bishop Haojing, but the bishop who is proficient in Spanish and Portuguese cultures has never heard of it. If the old man said that there is an adjective in France that has a similar pronunciation and refers to "vulgar and messy", it is called "Emote" ', he felt that Brother Mu was bragging.

It's really messy.

The key to the picture sent back by Hei Yunlong is not the picture, or even the location of the mine and plantation. For Shao Tingda, the most important thing is the words.

For example, the corn field is taller than a human being and can hide horses, which mountainside the artillery needs to be transported to accurately threaten the garrison, what is the height of each mountain, and which direction should the hundreds of households encircle after entering from the official road, Which way can the people on the mountain go if they want to escape.

From the picture, although this place called Taxco does not have strong city defenses, the two-story buildings on the mountainside are all natural gun bunkers, which can be called easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It is difficult to take down such a place, but once it is taken down, you can overlook more than ten surrounding hills and control four hundred miles of land.

As for silver, Shao Tingda really didn't take it to heart. Even if there is a mountain of silver, they can't dig it out in a short time. At most, they can reward each of their subordinates with a few taels of silver. As long as they know that there is a mountain of silver, that's enough. .

After the war, Yinshan was only meaningful to the Ming army. Now it is enough to only look at the military significance of the terrain.

If you win the war, you win everything; if you lose the war, you get nothing.

"You can give it a try."

No matter how you say it, the eldest nephew drew very well. Shao Tingda patted the drawing twice, stepped back half a step without showing any traces, and removed his belly on the table, raised his eyes and asked, "How about your general, why didn't you come back?" ?”

This question is difficult for Hei's servant to answer. The young and strong servant pursed his lips and looked like a pissed off daughter-in-law. He thought for a while and said, "The general said that he would investigate there for two days to disturb the morale of the army and wait for Shao Shuai Send troops to attack."

Shao Tingda scratched his head, he didn't plan to attack Taxco yet!

"Are you tired? If you are not tired, go back and send a letter to your general."

Hei's servant heard the words with a solemn expression, clasped his fists and said: "I'm not tired, I'm used to drilling forests in Liaodong, it's not a problem for a hundred miles, just change a horse."

"Okay, after you have eaten, pick a few riders from the camp to go with you. The two horses will go over to deliver a letter to your general first, and a hundred cavalry will follow. The black general will know after reading Shao's letter. What to do next."

Hei's servant clasped his fists and left, while Shao Tingda remained silent as he stared at the topographic map.

After a while, the sick boy signed up for the account with a letter in his hand, and wrote: "Father, the scouts from the west have returned. Our infantry chased for a hundred miles, and Zhen Baihu chased and fought all the way. In the end, only four More than ten people fled to the official road."

"One group is going east, probably towards Mexico City, and another group is going south, I don't know where they want to go-oh, who drew this picture?"

The sick man's return interrupted Shao Tingda's thinking. He subconsciously took the letter but didn't read it. He put the hand on the desk and moved his hand pressing the topographic map, pushed it to the sick man and said, "You came just in time. It's the topographic map sent by General Black from Taxco, take a look."

"Hey, there are words attached to this!"

This topographical map is so unique that Shao Bianjiao, who has always been unsmiling, uttered modal particles one after another. After taking a look, he clapped his hands and said: "This is a good place. It is not easy for Westerners to defend, but if it falls into our hands, As long as two wooden walls are erected, it is the key point that is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"Four hundred households are stationed here, and the enemy will not be afraid of another legion."

Shao Tingda frowned, his godson's mentality was a bit crazy after a battle, and he rolled his eyes and asked, "What do you say?"

"Westerners have fewer guns and lighter guns, and more spearmen and swordsmen. However, the governor said that most of the Western mercenaries in Mexico City used crossbowmen to fill their guns, but even so, they are not more than my guns."

Shao Bianjiao really fought against the mixed-blood army, and he could clearly see how strong or weak the enemy army was, and said: "Their army formation is really powerful, but with more blunderbuss, there will be fewer spearmen. Without spearmen, they will If your guns don’t have thorns, you can’t defend against cavalry, and the army formation is useless.”

"From the picture, the terrain of the mountain city is high, there are only two mountain roads, and the mountain roads still merge into a road to the top of the mountain. The intersection is a must for military strategists. Only two hundred infantrymen and 160 guns can keep him. 3000 people can’t get in.”

"The second floor is full of bunkers, and there are some barriers on the road to prevent horses from falling apart."

"As for the enemy's artillery, I've seen the captured Francophones. They are far inferior to the naval guns on the western ship. They are so small that they can't hit them accurately..."

Shao Tingda raised his hand to stop Yanger's analysis, and moved the topographic map aside with his palm down, saying: "Our troops have been stationed here for nearly ten days, and the news of Herrera's defeat will spread back to Mexico City no matter how slow it is. The Westerners didn't move at all, they were too calm."

"I don't know if the Westerners have moved at this time, it should be to increase troops to Acapulco. If there is no action, the garrison in Acapulco will not come to attack my rear, so the garrison has fewer troops... …Even if Brother Mu’s fleet and Western reinforcements are coming soon, we can take down the harbor first, and then we can defend the coast, which may cause some trouble for the enemy’s reinforcements.”

"So I plan to send a hundred cavalry to Taxco to confuse the public. The main force will retreat to the coast and attack the port of Acapulco to the south to take down the fort and not to attack Taxco."

Sick Yanger nodded slowly in a daze, and then his eyes became firm. For him, the retreat is not about attacking the harbor, but about being able to determine whether the Western Army has made any moves. If there is no action, it means that the Western Army has been defeated. The battle against the white horse was frightening, and the subsequent battle will be much easier.

"Where is the black general?"

"I've already sent him a letter, so he won't be able to beat Taxco down for me in just a few hundred rides, right?"

Shao Tingda made a joke, shook his head and said: "It's okay, when the army comes to help, the silver mine will be ours sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)