Mitsuhisa Shimazu guessed right, the Spaniards' army had already arrived in California!

In the arid southern part of the central valley (Satsuma Valley), a large army of 15,000 musketeers, pikemen, cavalry, baggage men, and a small amount of artillery was rolling along the dried-up riverbed. Due to the poor roads in the central valley, the Spanish army carried not many guns, only six 6-pounder cannons. The reason why they are pulled is to deal with the fortified Satsuma Castle and Honshoji Temple!

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of New Spain, Duke of Florida Don. Huang. José was part of this army. Riding an extremely majestic Iberian horse, wearing a large-brimmed hat to protect himself from the sun, and wearing a black plate armor, he looked imposing.

He was informed of the arrival of the "United King" of the Ming Dynasty in the Americas and left Mexico City with his troops, first going to Acapulco to board the ship, and then arriving at San Francisco by sea. Francissoko.

The reason why it is so troublesome is because if you want to travel overland from Mexico City to San Francisco. Francissoko, you have to walk more than 3,000 kilometers!

At a march speed of 25 kilometers a day, it took more than four months to walk......

To make matters worse, the infrastructure of the Kingdom of New Spain was terrible, the country was too big, the population was too small, and the Spaniards were not very fond of infrastructure.

So in Mexico City and San Francisco. There weren't many decent roads between Francissoko, there weren't many towns, and there were no depots along the way to supply the troops. Therefore, it is simply unthinkable to travel so far by land...... No army can carry four months' food on the road, right?

Therefore, the only way to do this is by sea!

Fortunately, the Chinese navy can now only dominate near the Gulf of America, and there is no way to spread wild along the coast of Mexico and California. Because they don't have any ports south of the Gulf of Americas - because the wind on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean is mostly blowing south, it is easy for the Ming fleet out of the Gulf of America to go south and north, and once they attack rashly, they will probably have to bypass half of the Pacific Ocean to return to the Gulf of America.

And once the large fleet stationed in the Gulf of the Americas goes far away, there will be loopholes in the defense of the Gulf of the Americas, so the main force of the Ming Dynasty fleet in the Gulf of the Americas has not moved south. So Don. Huang. José could transport a large number of troops to San by sea. Francisoco – Most sailing ships in the 17th century could sail against the wind, and the west coast of North America was not without a sea blowing north, but it was a matter of waiting.

For the Ming fleet, which had no harbor to use, this kind of waiting was very dangerous - many famous naval battles in history occurred between the fleet waiting for the wind to anchor and the fleet running to attack.

And the side that sneaks up has an extremely high win rate!

The Spanish fleet, on the other hand, was not afraid to wait, and they could wait slowly in the harbor defended by batteries and fortresses.

But Don. Huang. José knew that his advantage of being able to transport troops by sea would not last long. Because the Spanish Empire could not afford to update its own fleet, the Ming Dynasty Navy would soon complete the update!

In front of the new battleships, armed with large-caliber bombardments, the battleships of the old multi-deck guns are probably fragile and tattered......

Once the Ming Dynasty's fleet was updated, St. Francissoco's fortress of Presidio may not be able to stop their large-caliber bombardment!

A hurried sound of horses' hooves interrupted Don. Huang. José's thoughts. When he looked up, he saw several Rangers carrying the news rushing towards him, and the first one on the horse was a Germanic man with blond hair, who was supposed to be a German mercenary. Huang. Under the temptation of Jose's knighthood and manor in the Kingdom of New Spain, there have been many mercenaries who have little future in Europe in recent years.

"Your Excellency! Letter from the governor of de Berasco. "That German mercenary to Don. Huang. José gave a military salute, then handed over a letter that had been rolled up and sealed in wax.

Tang Dynasty. Huang. José took the letter, tore off the seal, unfolded it, looked at it, and then smiled.

"Duke," asked Garcia, who was riding beside him, with a smile, "has the United King been fooled?" ”

This Garcia is the commander of the Eastern Armada who lost the Battle of Kagoshima Bay. Although he was not arrested by King Philip and put in prison, he had no way to return to the navy, so he followed Don. Huang. José came to the New World together and served as Don. Huang. José Staff Officer.

"The king of the United States did not come...... "Don. Huang. Jose laughed, "It's his uncle, the younger brother of the Emperor of China. ”

"The younger brother of the Emperor of China?" Garcia frowned, "Is it the Acting King or the King of Ninan?" ”

When he was in the East, he heard that Zhu Cihong had two very powerful brothers, namely Zhu Cijiong, the acting king, and Zhu Cizhao, the king of Rinan County.

"It's not them," Don. Huang. Jose said, "What's the weight...... King Qing is said to be a fool. ”

"It seems that the fifth brother of the Emperor of China is not as smart as the third brother," Garcia paused, "but he must not be a fool by our Spanish standards......"

The Ming Dynasty legally forbade marriages with the same surname and cousin marriages, the former blocked the mouth of cousin marriage, while the latter did not even allow marriage between cousins and cousins. Of course, there are still some folk cousin marriages. But there is no one in the palace, so the probability of the prince of the Ming Dynasty being a fool is relatively low.

Even if it is a son like Zhu Cihuan, if King Philip gets it, he will definitely be moved to tears.

Tang Dynasty. Huang. José sighed: "I really can't imagine what Spain governed by Carlos would be like......"

The Carlos he was talking about was the future Carlos II, the last fool crown prince Philip. Prosper died two years ago. But in Philip. On the fifth day after Prosper's death, Prince Carlos, who looked even more stupid, was born!

Although the prince was more stupid, his epilepsy symptoms were better than those of Philip. Prosper, who was lighter and less frail, was likely to grow up and inherit the throne of Philip IV.

"Duke," said García, "thankfully, New Spain will be under the rule of a very wise monarch!" ”

Tang Dynasty. Huang. Jose glanced at Garcia and didn't speak, just urged the war horse under his crotch and continued to move forward.

......

Zhu Cihuan had already entered the Benxun Temple at this time, not with great fanfare, but mixed with the vanguard warriors and entered the Benxun Temple.

The reason for this arrangement was the fear of being ambushed on the way to the temple - in the opinion of Masaki Hoshina, as long as he entered the temple, there was nothing to worry about.

With the sturdiness of the temple and the number of muskets and ammunition carried by Zhu Cihuan's escort samurai, it was impossible for the Shimazu family to break through it - even if only seven or eight hundred people entered, it would be enough to protect themselves.

So he divided the 2,000-person guards into three teams, and led the front team to take the lead and escort Zhu Cihuan to enter the Benxun Temple first.

The middle and rear teams were stationed in the flood valley with the Yellow Dragon Banner, waiting for the signal from the front team to come in turn.

In the eyes of the people of the Shimazu family, the front team is of little value, and if they really want to attack Zhu Cihuan, then they should ambush the latter two teams.

If the middle and rear teams also enter the temple safely, then you can rest assured...... The Shimazu family is not a fake surrender, but a real surrender.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, I have already seen the Yellow Dragon Banner of the squadron!"

A samurai rushed into a side hall where Zhu Cihuan was resting and loudly reported what the lookout post had discovered.

Zhu Cihuan smiled: "Now you can rest assured!" ”

Baoke Zhenghui also breathed a sigh of relief: "There should be no problem...... Now it's time for Mitsuhisa Shimazu to come and meet and hand over the hostages! ”

"Hostages?" Zhu Cihuan asked, "Aren't his family all in Tokyo (Edo)?" Who else can be a hostage? ”

"It was one of his daughters, named Shimazu Nokichi...... What a beautiful woman! ”

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