Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1317 The little demon in the temple is very windy ([-])

"Raise the gun, aim, prepare—let go!" Major Lan Guo, the battalion commander of the Army's Third Mixed Battalion, swung down the command saber in his hand, and then saw puffs of black smoke rising, accompanied by the crisp sound of projectile shooting , There was a scream of screams in the Portuguese team on the opposite side.

This is a Portuguese seaside town on the south bank of the Lima River. Opposite the famous Viana do Castelo, there is a Portuguese army of unknown size stationed, but it seems that they have no courage to rush out to rescue the compatriots on the south bank who are being ravaged by the enemy. , can only talk about the momentum through the artillery with one shot after another, but what harm can this do to the people on the east coast?

After the volley of guns just ended, the hastily organized Portuguese militiamen were beaten to pieces, especially since these people were "cared for" by many east coast artillery for a while, and the casualties were not light. If they don't retreat, they are already considering that they are defending their homeland and covering their relatives to retreat-this time, the people on the east coast changed their previous practice and did not carry out large-scale naval cleansing, but focused bombardment ( Bombing solid targets) at the same time, directly send people to land in order to reduce the enemy's reaction time.

The artillery bombardment has basically stopped at this time. It took half a day to complete the landing (meaning that many Portuguese had escaped). The sixth brigade of the Volunteer Army, which was temporarily formed as the core and temporarily organized as a vassal, formed a battle group of about 2000 people and killed the Portuguese towns.

The battle has been going on for about half an hour so far. The Portuguese, who basically have no decent armed forces here, have been beaten to the ground. There are no fewer than a hundred casualties, and the collapse is only an instant thing.At this time, it was the turn of the vassal troops to appear. Soon, Captain Yang Liang, who was known as the "firefighting captain" and "tinker" in the military circles on the east coast, made his debut with the sixth battalion of the Volunteer Army. !

The Sixth Brigade of the Volunteer Army was temporarily formed before the voyage, with a scale of about a thousand people. It is composed of Indian slaves, non-national laborers and even some criminal prisoners. There are whites, blacks, and yellows. It is really a hodgepodge, and its combat effectiveness is naturally very suspicious. Yes, many of them hadn't even touched a gun before they set off.Because of this, when they needed to charge, Captain Yang Liang asked these people to find their chosen cold weapons and kill the Portuguese who had just been "educated" by volleys of guns and artillery.

At the beginning was a group of Qing army captives—it was said that the captives were putting gold on their faces, but in fact they were armed by some gentry and bullies captured during the attack on Huai’an Mansion. At the beginning of the "Red Spear Club", "Hard Belly Club", "Baiji Club", "Buddha Club" and so on, they were all caught by the East Coast people, and then they were packed and sent back to the mainland.Regarding these guys who are not very law-abiding by nature, the May agency and the gendarmerie are all in agreement, that is, let them go to the front line as cannon fodder, so as not to stay in the country and ruin the social atmosphere.

Dozens of big men were shirtless, with white belly exposed, a rag with Tai Chi pattern on their chest, and various patterns smeared on their faces like ghost symbols, and they rushed forward with thunderous roars.Holding 2.7-meter spears in their hands, they seem to be indomitable. The sun shines on their white bellies and dazzles the eyes. It seems that they are really awe-inspiring soldiers and generals.

"I can't get in, I can't get in, the Buddha of the West Heaven will protect me!" Another hundred men rushed up, some of them were holding big knives, some were holding short spears, and some even held a battle axe. Fazi in the scriptures, while shouting slogans, rushed up with a ferocious look.

Behind them, there are unkempt Ross laborers, black slaves from the Congo, Indians, and even some Italians, but they all rushed up with weapons at the same time—fools don’t rush!Those who obey the order will not only get their official status when they go back, but there will also be loot to grab in front of them, fearful!

Ever since, you saw that on the not very wide battlefield, thousands of mobs rushed towards the Portuguese town in a chaotic formation with all kinds of cold weapons.At this time, there is no need for a formation, what is needed is an indomitable momentum, anyway, the Portuguese on the opposite side cannot organize a decent offensive due to various reasons, can they?

After paying the price of dozens of casualties and breaking through the last wave of interception, these "ghosts and snake gods" greeted the cold weapons in their hands to the top of the Portuguese, cursing loudly, slashing and killing, venting their anger. While I was full of hostility, I also defeated the last group of Portuguese militiamen who defended the country.

The ensuing battle was simple. These guys rushed into the town in batches, while searching for the Portuguese residents who hadn't escaped in time, they robbed property everywhere. The chaos was a mess—a certain Portuguese veteran organized more than a dozen young people to take advantage of the chaos After a counterattack, they were able to throw them into chaos. The chaos of the order at that time can be seen from this-only a few [-] volunteer soldiers were restrained by the officers in every possible way, and then followed the escape route of the Portuguese , Advance in-depth search to the inland area.Of course, they didn't dare to go too far, because they might encounter some unpredictable risks. Everyone is here to make a fortune, not to fight head-on with the Portuguese, so there is no need to fight them.

During the service, the people on the east bank captured more than 900 Portuguese residents nearby, as well as a large amount of livestock, grain, wine, spices (herdsmen stored them for curing meat in autumn), oil, fruits and vegetables, and the officers and soldiers who landed also got The per capita bonus of four or five yuan per person made everyone smile and morale was extremely high.

On August 1662, 8, following the successful landing last time, the East Coasters landed in the coastal area of ​​Coimbra and successfully plundered two Portuguese towns, capturing thousands of residents.Although the Sixth Battalion of the Volunteer Army killed and injured more than 24 people when they were retreated by a Portuguese cavalry with a size of more than [-], overall the deal was not too bad.

On August 8, the fleet bombarded some villages and towns off the coast of Porto. When it tried to land, it encountered a Portuguese cavalry that was coming quickly. Captain Yang Liang decided to abandon the landing and retreat back to the ship.

On September 9, the fleet unexpectedly arrived at the Faro region at the southernmost tip of the Kingdom of Portugal. After a routine bombardment, troops were sent to land. The capture was insignificant, and only dozens of people were killed or injured.

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It didn't take long for the news of the East Coast Fleet raging in the coastal waters of Portugal to reach Palermo.East and Portugal, which had just interrupted the third round of talks, reacted differently after hearing the news. Zheng Yong, the special envoy of the East Bank, seemed confident and calm, as if he had expected such things to happen; while the Portuguese special envoy, Prince Pedro, He looked frustrated and sad, especially after learning that a large number of Portuguese people had been taken captive, and the navy was huddled in the mouth of the Tejo River and did not fight. He was very angry, and he didn't know who he was angry with; Paul from the Doria family seems to have foreseen that this is a good opportunity to break the deadlock in the negotiations between the two parties, so he started working between the representatives of the two parties.

On September 9th, Paul Doria first approached Prince Pedro and pointed out to him that the business and banking circles, like most people in the Kingdom of Portugal, wanted immediate peace, and only the court, nobles and priests insisted on continuing the war , because they seem to be expecting further assistance from countries such as Britain and France.But Paul clearly pointed out, "Don't place too much hope on foreign aid, it will only harm the long-term interests of the Kingdom of Portugal."

Prince Pedro didn't respond to Paul's words, because he had also learned some domestic news from other channels these days.The Duke of Mallor, who held the power of the government, looked forward to England's assistance, and publicly stated many times that "with the assistance of Britain and France, I believe that the war will end with Portugal's victory" and "good luck will not always favor the people on the east coast." .

Paul Doria was very disappointed with Prince Pedro's reaction. After returning, he said frankly to his left and right: "Portugal should suffer a few more military setbacks, then they will give up their illusions and sign a peace treaty under reasonable conditions. "

After 20 days, more news came out about the east coast navy raging in the coastal waters of Portugal. Among them, many battleships on the east coast even sailed to the mouth of the Tejo River, sank a Portuguese warship, injured six ships, and forced them to retreat again. The sensational news of the harbor caused a great shock to the Portuguese negotiator mission.

Paul Doria, who still has not given up persuading the Portuguese, visited Prince Pedro again, pointing out that the previous stage of the war showed that the people on the east bank "may spread the war to the Portuguese mainland", and now the Kingdom of Portugal can only do two things The first thing is to buy some newspapers in Amsterdam (regular bulletins, which publish more business information), so that the price of Portuguese public bonds will not plummet in the exchange, which will affect the next borrowing; At present, Special Envoy Zheng Yong is still staying in the Port of Palermo, and there is still time for the Portuguese to change their attitude.

Moreover, Paul Doria told Prince Pedro with the keen sense of a business family that now whether it is London, Amsterdam or London, the funds in the market are still abundant (the money is relatively loose), but he thinks In the next one to two years, there may not be such an abundance of currency in the market, because many people are saving funds to meet possible huge expenses, such as the Dutch navy, which is building large ships, and is also trying to Great Britain that increased its naval spending.

Prince Pedro was a little shaken by Paul's words. Although he still said strongly, "Facing the unjust aggression and intimidation of the pagans on the east coast, he will never back down for a moment", but in private However, they sent confidant officials to try to return to Lisbon by fast boat, get in touch with the King, Queen Gusmão and Duke Meror, exchange views on the latest situation, and discuss whether it is necessary to revise the previously formulated negotiation strategy.

Paul Doria, who knows everything about Palermo like the back of his hand, is a little happy and satisfied that the Portuguese are finally willing to make changes. The opportunity of prestige is also a golden opportunity for the Doria family, so he and the family behind him are really very concerned about this match-making negotiation-to be exaggerated, they even the **** Negotiations between East and Portugal hope to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

On October 1662, 10, Prince Pedro, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Portugal, requested to reopen the negotiations. At this time, they had already learned about the situation of overseas colonies such as Angola, Mozambique, and Macau, that is, Macau had fallen; Anda was occupied (fortunately, some towns in the interior were not lost); Mozambique Island, Lorenzo Marquis and other places fell, and the mainland—especially the Zambezi River Basin—had not been seriously encroached; Fallen; the south of Brazil is basically finished, and the people on the east bank have implemented a complete military occupation.In addition, the coastal sea dominance of all the above areas has undoubtedly been controlled by the people on the east coast, and the Far East trade routes of the Kingdom of Portugal have suffered great damage (merchant ships even dare not go near the sea, and there is also a lack of supply and maintenance ports). War, for the Kingdom of Portugal, is indeed a huge loss. Not to mention, the loss of merchant ships and other property intercepted by the people on the east coast alone is as much as millions of cruzas. It is no wonder that the merchants are eager to rush Enter the palace and ask His Majesty Alfonso to order an immediate end to the war.

After being "persuaded" by Paul Doria, Zheng Yong, the special envoy of the East Coast people, also "reluctantly" returned to the negotiating venue, and started the fourth official negotiation between the two sides with the Portuguese.There has been some progress in this negotiation. The Portuguese mission headed by Prince Pedro stated that it can include the general San Vicente (including) and the land to the south, Lorenzo Marquis (including) and the south The land will be handed over to the East Coast Republic for management, and at the same time, a symbolic compensation of 60 Cruzado military expenses will be transferred to the East Coast people together with the Almeida family’s 20 fine. I hope that the East Coast people can accept these conditions and cooperate with Portugal The kingdom quickly concluded a peace treaty, because this is the greatest sincerity they can show at this stage.

The conditions given by the Portuguese were naturally unacceptable to Zheng Yong. He still insisted on ceding all the Brazilian territory south of San Salvador. One cannot be missing.For this reason, they can consider returning Macau to the Kingdom of Portugal, and reduce the demand for military compensation to 400 million cruzados. Anything other than this is unacceptable.

Negotiations have reached an impasse.

(End of this chapter)