The Don army came in Puerto Vallarta in the posture of a liberator. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although at the beginning of the war, the slogan of the Tang people was still revenge on the Kingdom of Spain, in practice, the internal propaganda of Mexico was still against Spain's cruel rule of the colonies and gave dignity and freedom to the Mexican people. Therefore, when the Tang army arrived in Vallarta, the Vallarta Civic Autonomous Government, which had only been established for a few hours, decided to join the Tang Republic with a delegate vote, become part of the Tang Republic, and implement the relevant laws of the Tang Republic.

The major general Ju Guochong, who represented the Tang Dynasty, also issued a statement to the citizens later, once again emphasizing that Vallarta implements the laws of the Tang Dynasty, abolishes all slavery that restricts personal freedom, and that any eligible citizen has basic political rights, and at the same time, Ju Guochong also announced on behalf of the Tang Dynasty government that Vallarta and other Mexican citizens who joined the Tang Dynasty will be exempted from taxes for three years and boost the local economy.

These new statements and policies were a great encouragement to the locals, especially for some of the enslaved aborigines, who had spent hundreds of years basically dismantling their old primitive social form, turning them into slaves and performing all kinds of heavy manual labor. The living conditions of Indian slaves were extremely harsh and the mortality rate was extremely high. Naturally, the Indians were extremely dissatisfied with this, and from time to time there was a riot, and as soon as the Tang people came, they announced the emancipation of the slaves, and naturally they were supported by almost all the Indian slaves.

Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the original slaves were equal in personality to the native-born whites, peninsulars, and even the Tang people. They have the right to choose their own lives, to choose their jobs freely, and their children to have access to education, as well as political rights. to decide one's own destiny (Don-style democracy), it's almost a dream thing.

Needless to say, the native Indians, who were ordinary slaves, even the majority of native-born whites welcomed the arrival of the Tang people. For them, oppression is also present, and the people of the peninsula have always enjoyed a higher status, both economically and politically. If there are peninsulars in a position, it is not their turn to be native-born white. Moreover, economically, Spain was expropriating from the colonies, and this wool was mainly from them. All native-born whites have heard propaganda from Mexico's National Revolutionary Party, and Datang will not be as exorbitant as Spain. In fact, Datang is also a country with a high tax system, but because the tax system is set more scientifically and reasonably, and it takes into account fairness and protection of the interests of low-income people, coupled with its own high income, Tang people will not have too high tax pressure.

Although the Tang and the native-born whites are two completely different peoples, they are comparable to the credit of the Spaniards. Native whites still trust the Tang people who are of a different ethnicity than themselves. Because of their business and dealings with the Tang people over the years, most Mexicans can trust the trust of the Tang people, and they have never heard of how the Tang people oppress their own people. For people in this era, the Tang Republic has no royal family, a complete republican form of government, and there is no aristocracy or anything like that in the country, so Mexicans, who are not fully evolved enough, cannot find an interest group to target, in this case. They naturally thought that the Tang Dynasty was much more advanced and would not have all the drawbacks of Spanish rule. Because people will naturally know. The colonial government, which plundered a lot of wealth, was in the service of the impoverished royal family.

The Tang Army made a preliminary rest in Vallarta, and the first to arrive was the absolute elite core unit of the Tang Army, the Second Brigade of the Army. With the exception of the cavalry regiment of the 2nd Brigade, which was drawn to the Colorado Plateau, the rest of the troops arrived at Puerto Vallarta. However, the second brigade is a heavy unit. To the east of Puerto Vallarta was the endless Sierra Madre Occidental (part of the Rocky Mountains), and the Spaniards had neglected to carry out road transportation in the area, so it was difficult for the 2nd Brigade to reload completely.

Of course, in fact, the main target of the Second Brigade is not to expand from the west bank to the mountains, but the Second Brigade will mainly be in the narrow plains along the coast of the west coast, accompanying the landing fleet of the navy. Capture various towns. As for the task of moving inland, it was left to the 3rd Brigade and the reserve brigade that was replenished. The two light infantry regiments of the 3rd Brigade, as soon as they arrived at Vallarta, set out on the march, where they could not be assisted by enough mules and horses like the 7th Brigade to make a long trek over the mountains, and the soldiers had to use their own footboards to get out step by step. However, the Third Brigade did not complain about this, even though the Tang Army was a luxuriously equipped and tactically advanced army from the beginning, the fine style of hard work has been passed down by generations of soldiers of the Tang Army.

On the other hand, the 25,000-mile Long March of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was world-famous, and the Tang Army, which was built after the crossing, would have similar forced marches and training every year, and the Tang Army would set off from its own station, climb through the Sierra Nevada, and enter the vast desert. In some years, they even carried equipment and supplies on foot, traveled thousands of kilometers, and then carried out high-fidelity exercises.

The general admiration for soldiers in Datang is not only because they defend their homes and the country and are full of honor, but also because even if the Datang army does not fight, it is all practiced with their lives, and those who can persist in the army are worthy of admiration.

Therefore, having just gone through the bumps of the sea, and before getting off the ship and resting in Vallarta for a while, the two infantry regiments of the 3rd Brigade and the Xiandeng immediately took their own supplies and set off.

More than 200 kilometers from Vallarta across the mountains, Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city, is also an important target in the entire military campaign of the Tang Dynasty. The two infantry regiments of the 3rd Brigade were considered to be the vanguard troops, although they were only about 3,000 men, but they were strong enough. Intelligence from the Don Army in Guadalajara indicates that there is a force of 2,000 men. Of course, just like in Vallarta, the National Revolutionary Party has its own presence in Guadalajara and has the ability to organize local citizens and workers.

The Tang Army is also full of confidence, and the only place that can be regarded as a disadvantage is that it is difficult for the two regiments of Zhichong and Xiandeng to bring relatively heavy artillery in a short period of time, and they may suffer some losses in the face of the defenders of Guadalajara, who have a good artillery. (To be continued.) )