Chapter 174: The East Coast of the Pacific (4)
Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong are also very happy that Yidao and Bull are so knowledgeable, so that this narrow coastal area has become another overseas territory of the Ming Dynasty. However, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong did not intend to treat Yidao and Bull badly, and planned to occupy the Peruvian area on the return journey to the north and completely solve the Spanish colonies on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, but they did not tell them this idea now, and wanted to see their reaction. Niu Jinxing has actually coveted this narrow coastal area for a long time, but he has promised them a knife to let them return to their hometown and establish their own country, but now it seems that this matter is a bit of a loss, and he is embarrassed to bring it up himself, so he tried it in this way, and the result is that Yidao and the bull happily invited Li Shaoxian to drink, and also handed over the ruling power here to Li Shaoxian, so Niu Jinxing made up his mind to lay down another piece of land and hand it over to them to manage.
The day of return was set, and through the efforts of the craftsmen who accompanied the ship, the ship had been repaired and resupplied, and the ship carried many high-yielding crops from South America, as well as a large amount of treasure taken from the Spaniards, and some of the merchants were to return home, and their earned wealth was to be brought back with them, and the bull Venus did not even charge a fee to encourage them.
At the time of departure, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong called a knife and a bull to the boat, and asked them if they would like to go to Peru in the south, but they didn't expect these two people to cry, they told Niu Jinxing that they came from there, this is their hometown, but Peru is their hometown, and their fathers moved here with a prince of the Inca Empire, and that was when the Inca Empire was at its most prosperous.
In this case, Niu Venus no longer feels guilty, it turns out that this is not the homeland of the Indians, they are also considered conquerors here, send them back to their hometown, let them return to their homeland with honor, maybe they will be more willing, as can be seen from their tearful faces.
The fleet sailed north, and within a few days arrived at Lima, now the largest city on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, which is the political and economic center of South America ruled by the Spaniards, with a large number of local Spanish natives, and its urban area is relatively large, located along the Rimac River, from which Lima derives its name. To the northeast is Monte San Cristobal and to the west is the port of Callao on the Pacific coast. The climate is humid and pleasant, with temperatures rarely exceeding 31 degrees in summer and rarely falling below 13 degrees in winter. With year-round sunshine, sea breezes, and lush greenery, the city is known as the "Garden City" of South America. Lima is named after the River Rimac, Rimac is the name of the god, it is said that there used to be a large statue of the god here, when people worshipped, the monks hidden in the idol spoke loudly, people thought that the idol was talking to them, so people named the place after the name of the god, which means "the god who can speak". Founded on January 18, 1535 by the Spanish colonizer Francisco Pizzello, Lima is a major site of Spanish culture in Peru, with famous Catholic buildings including the 16th-century Cathedral and the National University of San Marcos.
But the city had no walls, only coastal batteries along the Rimac River, along which the small warships of the Ming army attacked, and the fortresses were destroyed by ship-borne artillery everywhere they passed, and then the well-trained Ming soldiers began to enter the city.
Since it was the political, cultural, and economic center of Spanish rule, and now the largest city, it was naturally home to the largest number of Spanish colonial soldiers, but they were still stationed in barracks. The Governor of Toledo had lived comfortably for so long that he never imagined that there would be war here, and the Indians, who had revolted in 1751, were quickly suppressed by the Governor. Since then, there have not been too many Indian rebellions in the area, so his daily job has been to collect taxes and send troops to open up the colony. The southern coastal area has not been transported back for more than two months, and he feels a little abnormal, but he doesn't care too much, he just wants people to urge him, the mountains are high here, and he can live comfortably, who will worry so much.
Yu Hualong's battle to occupy Santiago was carried out perfectly, and not a single soldier or merchant ran away, because these people were confident that the fort was very safe, and they had no idea how powerful the infantry artillery and mortars of the Ming army were, plus a knife and a bull, and their more than 2,000 Indian soldiers moved very quickly, so the clearance there was very clean, no one ran out, and naturally no one sent a letter to the Governor of Toledo, so this attack was relatively sudden, and the Governor of Toledo was directly defeated.
Without a heavy artillery siege, the Ming soldiers quickly advanced to the city of Lima, and soon attacked the governor's palace of Toledo, where they finally met the belated Spanish soldiers. Their combat methods were still relatively old, and they lined up in dense formations, trying to use the dense platoons to shoot the attacks of the Ming soldiers. Relatively speaking, it shows that the offensive line of the soldiers of the army is very scattered, and they are all attack points in small groups, which is a new tactic formed after the artillery appears on the battlefield, otherwise a platoon of artillery will definitely suffer heavy losses.
The group's platoon bullets will definitely not be able to shoot bullets in a dense formation, but the machine guns of the fire team can solve this problem, and the * that covers it is a huge killing weapon. When the hand-cranked machine gun began to call, and the sky was full of * smashed over, the Spanish soldiers completely collapsed, this is a formation they have never seen before, seeing a large number of comrades who were pierced by bullets and blown away by shells, no one could suppress the formation, all they could do was to run back as fast as possible, completely out of this death zone, such a rout happened to all the Spaniards against the Ming army, their only goal was the barracks, they thought that maybe the strong stone walls there could be sheltered.
The soldiers were defeated so quickly that before the governor of Toledo, who was packing up the gold and silver treasures, could wrap up his things, the soldiers of the Ming army had already pointed their guns at Toledo's chest, and he had to obediently raise his hands and surrender to what he thought was the Indian soldiers. The soldiers who had lost the Governor naturally became much less resistant, and when the Governor of Toledo with a knife and a bull rushed to the barracks to shout, the commander of the garrison quickly reached an agreement with him and surrendered to them with nearly six thousand soldiers. The Governor of Toledo looked like a straw bag, the commander of the garrison was even more of a gentleman, and the King of Spain sent two men to rule the place, which seemed to be the biggest failure, losing the coastal colonies in a short period of time.
After seizing here, Niu Jinxing didn't plan to fight, Yu Hualong told him that he must leave enough ammunition to deal with the situation that may be encountered on the return journey, after all, the cannon shells on the ship must be replenished in the Ming Dynasty, Yu Hualong is afraid of encountering any unexpected situation, in case the shells are finished, then he can only hit the ship, which he is reluctant.
Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong left, leaving more than 20 warships led by Li Shaoxian, enough cannonballs, and many craftsmen, many of which were students from the Daming Institute of Technology, and more than 3,000 Daming soldiers, and the soldiers left behind were more brothers in the family, and young people who were not married, because a knife promised them all to find wives, in fact, there was no need to worry about a knife at all, it was easy for these young men to find a wife, everyone knew that they were handsome and capable, They are all trying to ask someone to marry them.
The population here is relatively large, and it is easier for them to recruit soldiers with a knife and bull, and his troops were expanded to more than 8,000 people, and then handed over to the 3,000 soldiers led by Li Shaoxian, so that they could train them hand-in-hand, as for the 3,000 recruits, after a simple practice of using the captured Spanish muskets, carrying these weapons to his hometown of Cusco, it is said that the Spaniards there were swept away.
In addition to fighting, it is more important to build a homeland, a knife their Inca civilization does not have a very good written record, they are like the indigenous people vigorously promote Chinese, the local language and Chinese are the official common language, but the written records are in Chinese, the paper and pencils used for learning are provided by the Ming Dynasty for free, and the school established is still free of charge for two full meals, which makes many children from poor families like it very much, in short, the development here is basically the same as the model of the new Chang'an.
After helping a knife and a bull to establish order here, Li Shaoxian's job is to quickly build a factory in New Luoyang, the cannons and shells of the Ming Dynasty must be produced here, the rifles cannot be manufactured, the firing guns must be in sufficient quantities, and the simplified version of the mortar must also be made, there may be wars here in the future, this is much closer to Europe than the Ming Dynasty, there will be a steady stream of colonists and adventurers will come here, in order to compete for resources, everyone will arm their own soldiers, this is a way to make a fortune. The coastal mountains of New Luoyang not only have high-grade copper mines, but also a lot of other minerals, and more valuable is a large amount of saltpeter, which is the treasure that Li Shaoxian values more.