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Chapter 1071 The First Battle

The Ming people began to take root in the American continent.

Just looking for the aborigines is a laborious task, but one good thing is that the European colonists all landed from the east of the American continent. In the past ten years or so, it happened that the Central American tribes declined or even died out. During this period of time, their ethnic groups migrated to the west coast.

The Ming army happened to be heading in the opposite direction to the American colonists, so there was no need to worry about encountering fierce battles as soon as they arrived.

With A Da and others as guides, and Ming army generals such as Guan Jing who had swept the American continent, it became much easier to complete an attack inland.

"Sir, shall we sail across?"

After Zhu Hao arranged the plan of attacking troops, Lu Song asked Zhu Hao a question.

Zhu Hao glanced at the creek in the distance, smiled and shook his head: "The main purpose of the ship is to help us reach this land, and to transport people and goods to the south and north, and even provide transportation for us to return to Daming in the future It is a tool, but if you go deep into the inland to fight naval battles, the effect will not be good. One is that the enemy sets up artillery on the shore and bombards the river. It is difficult for ships to dodge. On the other side of the mainland, it is impossible to bring ships over to fight us in a short time."

"Then we're going to go all the way to the east coast and fight the Frangbots?"

Lu Song asked worriedly, always feeling that he hadn't used all his strength and was too aggrieved.

Zhu Hao shook his head again: "Let's get a foothold first, and then talk about other things. Next, we will capture a city. According to the captured natives, there is a city about a hundred miles away from here, with about 5 residents. , there are more than [-] soldiers stationed in the city defense, which is a very difficult task for us.”

Coming up to attack the city?

And you said you have to stand firm first?

Lu Song was a little anxious.

But soon his son Lu Bing gave him some confidence: "Father, I beat their village before, and they only threw stones out, and they couldn't even use bows and arrows. It was too easy to defeat them."

"It's just an ordinary village. If it is protected by a city wall...how could it be so easy?" Lu Song seemed incomprehensible.

Lu Bing hesitated, and said uncertainly: "The situation should be similar."

Zhu Hao unfolded the simple map in front of Lu Song, pointed to the northeast and said, "It's about a hundred miles to the north from here. If everything goes well, it can be reached within two days, but the horses have to go through the dense forest. Easy, give you ten days, five hundred cavalry, can you take down this city?"

"A city of 5 people? There are still [-] soldiers stationed?"

Lu Song's eyes widened in disbelief.

Just give me five hundred cavalry?
Can you still play like this?

Zhu Hao said: "The weapons I gave you are all the best muskets, and the ammunition is allotted in full. In addition, it is equipped with ten light Fran cannons. If you find it difficult to attack after you reach the gate , you can send a letter back to ask for help, and I will send another thousand soldiers and horses. The manpower that can be transferred to you at present is 500 people... There are no horses in this place, and our cavalry is very precious, so don't let me down."

"Yes."

Lu Song took the order in embarrassment, and didn't know what to say.

Zhu Hao said to Lu Bing again: "Cooperate well with your father. This battle can be regarded as our first tough battle in the New World, and it is all up to you father and son!"

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Zhu Hao did not choose to lead the fleet to the south, but first aimed at a bone that looked hard to chew, and captured a city. At present, it seems that this city should still be...

This is just speculation, because the Aztecs are likely to have been destroyed, and this way of people is likely to encounter European colonists.

Therefore, in the mission Zhu Hao gave to the Lu family and his son, it was clearly stated that if they found that the other party used firearms to fight back, they would retreat immediately and send back the news in time, and Zhu Hao would send a second team to reinforce them.

But Zhu Hao was not too worried, because he knew that, like the army he brought, the European colonists also liked to "win more with less". Perhaps they all felt that the aborigines in the American continent were too easy to bully. Hundreds of people came to claim the throne.

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The Lu family father and son set off.

Four days later, the Lu family father and son sent back news that the attack on the city had begun, but it seemed that it was not as easy as imagined.

"Young master, do you want to send someone to reinforce?"

Seeing that Zhu Hao has been busy leading people to build the camp these two days, Lou Suzhen couldn't help asking worriedly.

Zhu Hao said: "If it's just local residents, then there's nothing to worry about. I need aboriginal people very much now, and I hope they can bring them back."

Four days later, the Lu family father and son returned with their troops.

At the same time, he brought less than [-] "captives". Lu Song went on an expedition. When he returned, his eyes were bloodshot and he felt extremely haggard. However, his return still made the camp on the coast cheered. After all, this was the first time after landing. A decent battle is considered a victory.

Good omen!

Watching a large number of captives being escorted into the camp, soldiers and craftsmen who had built a temporary wall on the coast all ran out to watch.

"Sir, when we went into the city, we thought there were many residents there, but after entering the city, we found out...the city is desolate."

When Lu Song spoke, there was still some worry in his words, "Through the guide, I probably asked about the situation. They made gestures and said that last year, some people rushed into the city. Eighty to ninety percent of their residents died. The remaining residents were originally They all ran away, but they had nowhere to go, so they returned to the city. Then...we killed them..."

Lu Song couldn't bear it.

At first, he worried that the Ming army would encounter fierce resistance when they attacked the aboriginal fortress.

But when the aborigines in the city found that the colonists had returned, and their weapons were more advanced than before, they just made a symbolic resistance, and then surrendered. Just leave the blood of their ethnic group, and don't hesitate to be a slave.

"It's too miserable." Lu Song said.

Zhu Hao said: "Lu Qianhu, you should let go of all your prejudices. As I said, the purpose of our coming here is to cooperate with them. Otherwise, with the people we bring, we want to open mines and build a city-state from nothing. , which is unrealistic.”

Just at this moment, Ah Da was brought to Zhu Hao's place.

"The city lord wants to see you..."

Ada didn't know how to express it. In fact, Ada and the residents of this indigenous city-state did not share the same language.

This reflects a unique feature of Central America, that is, the aborigines living here are divided into different tribes, and the different tribes continue to conquer each other, which is equivalent to the end of China's primitive society. Today you hit me, tomorrow I will fight you, and continue to fight However, no common language and culture have been formed, and because the land is fertile, the climate is pleasant, and resources are abundant, there are corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, and the people can eat enough with a little effort, so there is no willingness to climb the technology tree at all, resulting in extreme productivity. behind.

As the center of the world, Europe and China have had constant trade exchanges since ancient times, and even frequent technological exchanges. With mutual promotion, the productivity has long been far ahead of the isolated continent of America.

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Zhu Hao met the so-called city lord, or the native king.

I don't know his name, it's too long-winded to read, so Zhu Hao asked someone to name him "Jingjing Er", not because he had to give him such a name, but because Zhu Hao heard the complicated and awkward title, his head was big. So, simply abbreviate it according to its pronunciation.

The main body of this city-state is not the Aztecs, but more like a small vassal country free from the rule of the Aztec dynasty.

The way of communication between the two parties is almost entirely based on pictures. It seems that Jing Jinger is very "good at" this. Based on his paintings and the content relayed by Ah Da, it is probably known that they had contact with European colonists and paid a certain amount of money. Taxes, gold and silver and other items were exchanged for the temporary peace of the European colonists.

But two years later, when the European colonists came again, they directly led troops to wash their city-states with blood.

"awful!"

Like Lu Song, Ah Da also uttered this word.

Precisely.

That is, the European colonists did not intend to take root here for a long time, and there may not be any gold and silver mines around this city-state, so they chose to slaughter the city directly. According to Jing Jinger’s description, there are about 2000 European colonists. The weapons they carry are very similar to those of the Ming Dynasty army, but they are obviously behind.

In short, the residents of this city-state have been directly reduced from 6 to [-] people to only [-] to [-] today.

Fortunately, young and strong among them escaped, and more old and weak women and children were slaughtered. They also had a small city in the deep mountains and dense forests, with hundreds of people living in it. The small town was taken down.

"I'm afraid the people inside have already run away?"

Zhu Hao said something to Lu Song who was lamenting the cruel living environment in the New World.

Lu Song was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The humble officer failed to understand what they meant in time, otherwise we should take down that small city first."

"It's okay, these 5000 people are also a good addition to us." Zhu Hao said, "Ask him, how many families are there for the remaining people?"

After complicated communication, the result is that more than 5000 of the four 3000 people are men, and only about 1000 are women, plus a small number of children and the elderly... Families are actually difficult to build, and many of them are after the city is destroyed. , re-established family.

After undergoing the bloodbath of the Frang machine, without Zhu Hao reorganizing the order, they completed the reconstruction of the internal order by themselves.

In this way, as long as Zhu Hao can give them shelter, allowing them to have food and survive at the same time, it seems that people in this city-state don't mind being citizens of Daming.

"I've seen the castle, it's okay...it's just a city wall made of stone... I'm afraid it's hard to resist even ordinary gunpowder." Lu Song was actually a little worried.

He understood that Zhu Hao might want to send troops to take over the city directly.

But according to Lu Song's meaning.

There is no need to garrison that fortress at all.

The city walls alone could be trampled down casually. As for the houses inside, they were basically made of wood. When the enemy attacked, the city fortress would not only be unable to provide help, but would also become a drag on the actions of the armed forces.

(End of this chapter)