On 18 December, hundreds of Daming ocean-going ships appeared on the edge of the coastline off the west coast of the American continent.

Yan Yingyuan, as the commander of the attack on the American continent, personally led the 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army as the first batch of troops to land on the American continent.

As the ocean-going ships gradually landed in the selected coastal shoals, the 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army prepared for the landing.

"Bang!" The ship gradually touched the sand and gravel on the bottom of the sea, making a sound.

"All troops landed!" Yan Yingyuan calmly ordered.

The soldiers of the Fourth Army began to land in the shallows from the boats.

Although Europe discovered the American continent very early and established colonies very early, due to geographical reasons, in North America, the colonies of European countries are located on the east coast facing the Atlantic Ocean, while the west coast facing the Pacific Ocean is still under the control of the Indians.

Of course, the so-called control is only that the power of Europe has not yet arrived, and in fact the power of the Indians is not strong, or the Indians in the Stone Tribal Age are too backward compared to other civilizations to be threatened.

Yan Yingyuan and the other 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army easily completed the most preliminary landing, and no Indians even came out to make trouble from beginning to end.

After the 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army landed, they simply camped on the shore.

At the same time, choose the right place and build a bridge to facilitate the transportation of supplies.

In less than a day, a bridge more than 20 meters long was built, which could be used for ships to dock and transport supplies.

Bags of supplies were unloaded from the ship and transported to the shore for storage via the bridge.

This is the first stage of supplies, including ammunition and food tents.

Although the Ming army has landed on the west coast of the American continent, the Indians on the American continent are too backward, all of them are tribal, and it is extremely difficult for the Ming army to replenish anything on the spot, so it must first build a rear stronghold on the mainland, and then gradually occupy the mainland through this stronghold.

"Pay attention to patrols, don't slack off!" Yan Yingyuan sternly ordered the officers and men of the Fourth Army under his command.

Even if he knew that the Native Americans were bound to be backward, he had to be careful, after all, he didn't want to let the natives rush into the camp because of the slackness of the soldiers.

After the Fourth Army landed, it only established a stronghold and garrisoned it, and did not do anything.

The East China Sea Fleet, which was escorting the ship, unloaded the soldiers of the Fourth Army and the supplies on board, and immediately returned to Hawaii Island to transport new soldiers and supplies.

Hawaii Island served as a springboard for the Ming Dynasty to occupy the American continent, and the soldiers and supplies from the Ming Dynasty were transferred from Hawaii Island.

In about a month, the planned 100,000 soldiers of the Ming Army also landed on the American continent smoothly after transiting through Hawaii Island and joined Yan Yingyuan.

At this moment, the scale of the Ming soldiers under Yan Yingyuan's command reached 100,000, and the first stronghold of the Ming Dynasty on the American continent also expanded to a radius of 3,000 meters.

In the past month or so, the indigenous Indians have also come to attack this stronghold of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the Indians are too backward, even if they attack as many as 10,000 people every time, but under the guns of the Ming Dynasty that are much more advanced than those of European countries, the Indians can only hit their heads and bleed every time, and after three times, the Indians no longer dare to continue to attack the strongholds of the Ming Dynasty.

After completing the landing of the first batch of 100,000 soldiers and a large amount of supplies, the Ming finally began to start the plan to occupy the American continent.

"Recently, the Native Americans no longer dare to attack my stronghold, but according to the emperor's order, the army should first subdue the Indian natives, then attack the colonists of European countries, and finally completely occupy North America!" Yan Yingyuan said to the officers and soldiers under his command.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the habit of slaughtering the natives, the natives of Australia, Hawaii, Siberia, etc., the Ming Dynasty adopted a strategy of slow surrender and assimilation, and generally did not take the initiative to attack and slaughter the aborigines.

However, this is just because the number of natives in Australia, Hawaii and so on is actually not much, like Australia, such a large continent, only a few hundred thousand aborigines, the Ming Dynasty has time to slowly surrender and assimilate, and there is no need to take the initiative to attack and slaughter.

However, the American continent is different, there are no less than 20 million indigenous Indians in North America alone, and even if they have been continuously attacked and slaughtered by European countries over the years, the number of indigenous Indians in North America is not less than 10 million.

With so many natives, if the Ming Dynasty still slowly recruits and assimilates like it did with Australia and Siberia, as well as the Hawaiian natives, the Ming Dynasty does not know when it will be completely resolved.

The so-called, in order to solve the aborigines of North America as soon as possible, and then attack and drive away the British and French colonial forces along the east coast, and then completely occupy North America, the Ming can only take the initiative to attack the Indian natives.

Under the leadership of Yan Yingyuan, in addition to 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army who stayed behind to guard the stronghold on the west bank, the other 90,000 soldiers were divided into 18 routes, from west to east and north, and took the initiative to attack the Indian tribes.

In the face of the Ming attack, the Indian tribe had only two options, the first was to surrender and accept the placement, and the second was to resist and be mercilessly slaughtered.

The Indian tribes throughout the western and central regions of North America were in disarray, and they were unable to resist under the attack of a dozen powerful Ming troops.

Either they fled to the east, or they were surrounded and captured by the Ming army.

As the Ming army continued to advance, more and more Indian tribes were forcefully flattened, and countless Indians were captured.

In just one month, more than a dozen Ming troops advanced to the middle of the Indian tribes, close to the territory of the thirteen British North American states, and at the same time, no less than three million indigenous Indians were captured by the Ming army, and a large number of natives were killed and wounded by the Ming army in the process.

The remaining Indians and natives were afraid, they were first driven to the central part of the continent by the British and French European colonizers to the western area, originally faced with the threat of European colonists, it was difficult for them to survive, but after the Ming army landed from the west bank, their living space was suppressed again, and the Ming army was not panicked much more than the European colonists, and the advance speed was more violent, and countless tribes had been broken.

The remaining Indians were fearful and desperate, and under the compression of the Ming army on the west bank and the European colonists on the east bank, they had little room to survive.

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