Of all the business partners, the Spaniards were not the first to place orders, but the most anxious. Because after more than a week, they finally got the news from Mexico. Their news came a little slower, but more specific than what Lucien had learned—after all, they themselves were on the belligerents.

Of course, because of this, their message must contain a lot of information for dumping. Generally speaking, after messing up something, the first important thing is never to clean up the mess and reduce losses, but to quickly find an object to dump the pot and throw the pot out!

But no matter how you throw the blame, whether it is to the church (the leader of the rebels is a member of the church who has studied in the seminary of the church. Or dumping the pot on the Indians, or the disloyal and unrighteous native-born whites, and dumping the pot itself will not solve the problem. It's as if no one knows how to throw the pot across the Pacific better than the king.

But the pot can be shaken off, but the king of the new crown can't be shaken off. The same is true in Mexico. The pot can be thrown at the Catholic Church, it can be thrown at the "damned French", but if Mexico City loses it, it really loses it.

Yes, as Joseph predicted, Mexico City simply could not hold. Moreover, for the first time, the Spaniards showed high military qualities, and immediately adopted the strategy advocated by Joseph, immediately abandoning Mexico City and moving towards Veracruz. It's just that they moved so fast that they forgot to destroy the artillery that was left behind in Mexico City that was difficult to take away quickly.

But they remembered that all the horses they had time to see, whoever they were, were requisitioned in the name of God and the King. This action caused a lot of trouble for the Mexican Revolutionary Army. But these guys did this trick, but it caused a lot of trouble for the revolutionary army, because they could not find enough horses to transport artillery and all kinds of baggage for a while.

However, the Spaniards did not do this out of military considerations, they did it purely to be able to transfer their property as quickly as possible. The Spaniards who retreated to Veracruz brought with them a large number of wagons, each loaded with large and small chests. Needless to say, these boxes are full of valuable things.

Shortly after the Spanish withdrew from Mexico City, Father Hidalgo entered Mexico City with the Revolutionary Army. In fact, the Spaniards who fled did not run fast - after all, they brought too many valuable things with them. But Father Hidalgo did not immediately send an army in pursuit. This is not because Father Hidalgo did not think of this, but because Father Hidalgo and his friends were not able to control the troops.

As Napoleon had predicted, the staggered victory did not increase Father Hidalgo's prestige, but rather greatly reduced the influence of Father Hidalgo and Allende in the army. Those soldiers generally felt that their superiors were fools and that they could win if they didn't listen to them. And those company platoon commanders who were close to the soldiers at the bottom gained greater authority, so the army quickly turned into a mountain.

After taking Mexico City, Father Hidalgo was unprepared for how to take over Mexico City because he did not expect it to open without blood, so he could only leave it to his subordinates. As a result, his men were busy looting—ah, receiving all sorts of things that the Spaniards had left behind in Mexico City. Although Commander Allende kept suggesting that an army should be sent to pursue the Spaniards at once, as soon as the army entered Mexico City, it immediately scattered and no one could be found. Even, if the Spaniards are bold enough, at this time to kill back, I am afraid that things will be big immediately.

It took a lot of effort for Father Hidalgo to reunite his army, only to find that after the revolutionary army had liberated Mexico City without firing a single shot, it had suffered a staggering attrition - the number of troops had been reduced by almost a half!

Such attrition, of course, was not due to fighting, but to a large number of people who became deserters.

And the reason why there are so many deserters is said to be because after entering Mexico City, some soldiers confiscated a lot of valuable things in the houses of the peninsulars, and then they thought that they would take these things, and then go directly to Louisiana, sign a document of allegiance to France, and they can live a happy life, and what kind of war can they fight. So, well, something like this happened.

Fortunately, there are many poor people in Mexico, and it is not difficult to pull out new people, but those damned deserters still ran away with weapons, and as a result, the revolutionary army has greatly decreased in terms of both numbers and equipment. And this decline has further caused a decline in morale. In general, it confirms Napoleon's prophecy that "winning a war is worse than losing".

However, the situation on the Spaniards' side was not good, after the defeat, the Spanish morale was low, and the officials became more and more unable to trust their subordinates, because they were all mudbloods, and they were native-born. And it is true that the native-born whites were not loyal to Spain, so the Spaniards did not immediately organize an army to counterattack after they ran to Veracruz, although in Mexico there were still many troops who still theoretically obeyed the orders of the Governor-General. But Governor Gomez understood that these armies had not yet rebelled, and that it was only because Spain was still paying them. If they were dragged out to fight now, they would most likely have defected before the battle, considering that the bottom of these armies were almost entirely native-born.

Of course, it is impossible to rectify the troops at present, and once they are rectified, they are afraid that a mutiny will occur immediately. Only by continuing to let them stay in their respective stations and continue to receive military salaries can they barely maintain the appearance that Spain is still ruling these regions. As for the reconquest of Mexico City and the elimination of the rebels, it will only depend on when they are transferred from somewhere else, preferably from the mainland, a truly reliable army.

The Spaniards urgently transferred part of their troops from Cuba and Colombia. This part of the army is slightly more reliable than the army in Mexico, after all, they are outsiders. But to say that they had the intention of sacrificing for Spain, it is certainly not. So at most, they can only be used for defense, and as for the counteroffensive, let's wait for now. Governor Gomez was confident that an expeditionary force would soon be sent from the mainland.

Indeed, Spain could not afford to lose the Americas. So sending an expeditionary force is almost certain. Considering that the news sent back by the governor of Gomez emphasized that the rebels were far more advanced in weaponry, far surpassing the troops that were still loyal to Spain, the Spaniards decided that this time they must grit their teeth and equip the expeditionary force with new weapons, at least new civilian weapons.

Ambassador Juan went to Talleyrand again early in the morning and told him that Spain was willing to discuss with the French about the transfer of land in Panama and the transfer of ports on the Pacific coast. It took about half an hour for the two sides to reach an agreement, and then the discussion began on taking a stake in the Panama Railway.

The matter was much more complicated, and in the afternoon the two men went out of the Foreign Office together, got into the carriage and went straight to the "Moulin Rouge", where they met Lucien, and then talked for another night, and only then could they barely reach an agreement.

The rest of the matter went very quickly, and the Spaniards quickly sent an expeditionary force of 30,000 men. At the same time, Father Hidalgo was able to establish an independent Mexican government, but he immediately ran into a big problem: they had no money for it.

Where does the government's money come from? In general, nature comes from taxes. But collecting taxes is actually a very laborious thing. And this year's taxes, the Spaniards have already collected them, and now that the revolutionary government wants to collect them again, how can everyone live? Collect less, not enough; If you collect too much, then what is the revolution for? As for fighting local tyrants and dividing the land, it is not easy to do it, because many native-born whites are themselves small landlords. If you want to play this game, the revolutionary government itself will have to fight first.

Hidalgo initially wanted to raise money like people who supported the revolution. But the most revolutionary bottom has no money at all, and those who have money are not very willing to give out. Even some so-called smart people who supported the revolution made this suggestion to Hidalgo:

"Mr. President, do you know why people are reluctant to lend money to your government?"

"Why?" Hidalgo asked.

"Because the stakes are too high. You know, you haven't really been able to defeat the Spaniards yet...... I know you're going to talk about the last battle, but in that battle your army defeated only a fraction of the Spanish forces. There will definitely be an expeditionary force in Spain, and the expeditionary force will certainly be more effective than the Spanish armies you have defeated before. So people are not optimistic about you. Unless you can defeat the Spanish Expeditionary Force, they won't dare to lend you money. ”

"If I can defeat the Spanish Expeditionary Force, why should I borrow money?" Hidalgo Road.

"Isn't it, Mr. President. You see, there's a strange circle here. But it's not impossible. The smart man laughed

"What's the solution?"

"You start by getting the big, reputable banks to lend you money. If the big banks are willing to lend you money, it means that they are optimistic about your prospects, and lending you money is a good deal to do. That's why other small banks will be willing to lend you money. ”

"So, how are the big banks willing to lend us money?"

"Let's say you have a loan agreement with the Development Bank of Louisiana at an interest rate of 15 percent per annum and borrow 1 million. After the news spreads, other banks will be willing to lend you money, and when the money arrives, you will return the money you borrowed from the Louisiana Development Bank with interest, and the money borrowed from other banks will be divided into two parts. Well, you see, isn't there the money? The wise man replied.