Chapter 336 Jaguar Leopard Ride

[Today's third update]

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The situation in Southeast Asia was rapidly changing, and the Dutch eliminated the armies of Spain, Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, and the Holy Roman Empire in just two months, and completed the reoccupation of the Dutch East Indies within four months, which worried the Chinese imperial government.

At the Qinzheng Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, at the court meeting that day, civil and military officials expressed their opinions on the war situation in Southeast Asia. As officials of the Celestial Empire, they obviously don't take the Netherlands seriously. However, there are not many supporters who take the initiative to fight, and they all advocate the Confucianism that people don't offend me, I don't offend others.

After the next dynasty, Deng Haonan left the officials of the military department to wait for the order in the imperial study.

"Tell me what you think"

After Deng Haonan sat down, he looked at Lin Feng, Liu Hu and Chen Yaoming.

The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and Lin Feng said first: "Back to the emperor, the Dutch East India Company did not take any more relevant military actions after retaking the East Indies. Their envoys had already arrived in the capital, urging the Imperial Government to fulfill the established contract as much as possible. Weichen means that it is better to make peace with the Dutch East India Company for the time being, and turn the conflict into a jade silk."

Deng Haonan glanced at Lin Feng, who hurriedly lowered his head.

Deng Haonan calculated in his heart, this Lin Feng has always been very bold in military affairs, and it can be said that he will fight whoever is not pleasing to the eye in any country. Why is there a sudden silence today, and the words of turning hostility into jade silk have come out.

Deng Haonan was puzzled, but he didn't chase after it, and then looked at Liu Hu and Chen Yaoming, the former said directly: "Your Majesty, after this war, the Dutch army has less than 50,000 people, and it is in a period of exhaustion. The Royal Army had eight main divisions in Luzon and Papua, and all the officers of the War Department were confident enough to wipe out the Dutch and drive them out of Southeast Asia. ”

Deng Haonan nodded and said hello.

Liu Hu hurriedly thanked him, and then glanced at Chen Yaoming proudly, and the latter's eyelids were touched, which automatically filtered Liu Hu's eyes.

Deng Haonan looked at Chen Yaoming and saw that he didn't speak, so he asked, "What?" The Admiralty has nothing to say, or is it equally confident"

Chen Yaoming hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the Royal Navy swears allegiance to the emperor, and the emperor will do whatever the navy says."

Deng Haonan snorted, nodded, and suddenly said, "You haven't said whether you support war or peace, I want to know your opinion."

Chen Yaoming coughed dryly, so he said: "Weichen thinks it's better to look at the movements of the Dutch, if the Dutch want to fight, then we will fight."

Deng Haonan shook his eyebrows, and from Chen Yaoming's words, Deng Haonan heard that the Admiralty seemed to have no confidence. Or rather, in the face of the Dutch East India Fleet, the Royal Navy was afraid. Even if you're not afraid, at least you don't have the same hard work as before.

There are some things that Deng Haonan is inconvenient to ask in person, so he said: "Three to two, the Lord and the Lord will make peace."

"The Emperor Shengming"

Deng Haonan nodded, glanced at them, and then ordered the celebrant to inform the cabinet and agree to make peace.

After the decree was issued, he asked for a resignation on the third day, and Deng Haonan sent Liu Hu and Chen Yaoming, leaving Lin Feng.

In the imperial study, Deng Haonan was reviewing the recitals by himself, while Lin Feng was standing beside him. Deng Haonan didn't ask him, Lin Feng thought about it and knew what the problem was, so he said, "The emperor is angry?" ”

Deng Haonan naturally wouldn't admit it, but said unhappily: "Where did I get angry, isn't it good to make peace?" ”

Lin Feng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is in charge of the Ministry of War, and the rivalry between the War Department and the Navy Department has been going on for a long time. Especially when the empire was engaged in colonial wars, the navy, which had always been the Feishui Yamen, was suddenly inferior to the army. ”

Deng Haonan nodded, knowing that what Lin Feng was talking about was referring to the army's colonial plunder, and the dividends were naturally more than those of the navy.

"In this way, now the navy and the army are unevenly divided, and the navy is in trouble."

Lin Feng said: "There are more dividends in the army, and the navy naturally has to be affectionate, but this is not the main reason."

Deng Haonan nodded and motioned for him to continue, and Lin Feng continued: "The main thing is that now that the family has a big business, Chen Yaoming has to be careful in managing the navy, and his small mistake is enough to cause a big mistake in the navy for several years or even longer." Therefore, this time, the strength of the Dutch East India Fleet surpassed that of the Imperial Navy, which made Chen Yaoming feel tremendous pressure, and he was afraid that he would accidentally destroy the navy that the Empire had worked so hard to build."

Deng Haonan seemed to have misunderstood, and thought that the Admiralty and the War Department were jealous, and the Admiralty saw that the Army Department was red-eyed, so the Navy did not go to war and wanted to see the Army's jokes.

"It's wrong to say that" Deng Haonan thought deeply for a while, and said: "I thought that Chen Yaoming didn't fight this time because he wanted to see Liu Hu's jokes."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "The emperor has been worried about the discord between the navy and the army for a long time, and there are different arms and missions, so there is no way to do it. But they don't play tricks in the face of national interests. This time, the main reason was that after the second ship of Dingzhen returned to China, it brought the situation of the navies of the Western powers back to China. The capital ships of Western navies are basically composed of battleships, and the Empire has just moved away from the era of cruisers as capital ships. Officers and men inevitably developed a fear of the navies of the Western powers. This time, the strength of the Dutch East India Fleet far exceeded the total strength of the Imperial Navy, and the consequences of the fight were really unpredictable. The more the emperor attaches importance to the navy, the heavier the courage on Chen Yaoming's shoulders, and he is afraid that he will accidentally lose the emperor's hard work."

Comparing his heart to his heart, Deng Haonan was indeed afraid that the navy would lose the battle, let alone Chen Yaoming. Even, when they arrived at the fleet headquarters, Xie Yi and the others also had this concern.

It's called the cold in the heights

Just like the person below before, he is not afraid of anything, it is called "barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes", but when he has the opportunity to climb up, the higher this person climbs, the more worried he is about falling.

That's how the human heart is

Deng Haonan nodded and said, "You're right, you can't win a battle at any time, but the navy can't be afraid of the other party, otherwise how can it become strong in the future?" ”

"What the emperor said is extremely true"

Lin Feng replied approvingly: "The Admiralty has already assured Wechen that in the case of reciprocity, the Navy is determined to fight and test the strength of the European Navy."

Then seeing Deng Haonan frowning, Lin Feng added: "After all, the capital ships have been replaced by battleships, and the fierceness of the battle is much greater than that of the previous cruiser era, and the Imperial Navy uses battleships to fight for the first time, and it is better to win the first battle than anything else."

Deng Haonan nodded, understanding what Lin Feng meant. After all, they are all ancient people, not like Deng Haonan, who is not afraid of heaven and earth. They believe in the creed that if you win the first battle, you will win every battle, and this creed has lasted for thousands of years, and it is not so easy to change. Of course, the first defeat is not uncommon, and there are many examples of defeat.

"In three months, the second batch of capital ships will be commissioned, and then I will see the results"

"Wechen obeys the order"

Deng Haonan nodded, closed his eyes and pondered, while Lin Feng bowed and retreated.

After a long time, Deng Haonan opened his eyes and thought that maybe he was too demanding, treating ancient people as modern people, and the ancient people might not be able to withstand that kind of pressure.

Steel is easy to break, and a strong navy needs a long baptism. What if the British Navy defeated the Spanish Armada? In the next fifty years, it was still the Spanish Navy that was the boss, and the British still did not dare to provoke it.

"It seems that I am pulling out the seedlings and fueling them"

It was only at this time that Deng Haonan discovered that he had been vigorously improving the equipment of the navy, making the warships equipped by the navy look excellent in front of the warships of the same level in the West, but he forgot that while improving the performance of the warships, he should also improve the psychological quality of the officers and men of the navy.

However, fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise the Imperial Navy would have grown up all the way without any pressure, and if it was suddenly defeated one day, it would never be able to stand up.

Suddenly, Deng Haonan found that there was an extra cup of hot tea on the imperial book case.

When he looked up, he saw Concubine Xiang leaning aside, holding her chin with her hands, and a pair of elf and strange eyes staring at him.

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at the way you smirk"

Deng Haonan smiled bitterly, didn't care, picked up the hot tea and took a sip, and asked, "Why did you come here?" ”

Concubine Xiang straightened her waist and said, "I suffocated in the harem to come here to breathe."

"You still feel bored in such a big place in the palace"

Concubine Xiang glanced at Deng Haonan and said, "I'm bored because I see a group of pot-bellied women every day."

Deng Haonan coughed lightly and was speechless.

Concubine Xiang suddenly said disagreeingly: "You have to coax me"

“……”

Well, women are coquettish, and Deng Haonan always can't resist. After saying a sweet word, seeing that Concubine Xiang was still dissatisfied, she asked, "Then how do you want me to coax you?"

Concubine Xiang thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Let's go out of the palace."

"It's okay" Deng Haonan said with a smile: "I will take you to the summer resort and go to the hot springs together."

"Think beautifully" Concubine Xiang suddenly guessed Deng Haonan's intentions, and said coquettishly: "This time, let's go out of the palace in micro-suits."

Micro service out of the palace?

Deng Haonan was stunned for a moment, later generations often watched TV, what emperor micro-service out of the palace, micro-service private visit and other bloody plots, in fact, Deng Haonan since he came to ancient times, he already knew clearly, the emperor would not go out of the palace at all. The so-called private interviews with microservers are all fabricated. Because the ancient emperor was only the emperor within one acre and three points of land in the Forbidden City, he could command the world, and after the micro-service was out of the palace, the emperor was not even as effective as a nine-grade sesame official. And it is also very dangerous, so the emperor never leaves the palace in a slight manner.

Deng Haonan naturally did not obey, and shirked in every possible way, but Concubine Xiang resorted to a series of coquettish methods, and under the soft grinding and hard bubbles, Deng Haonan was finally defeated.

"The emperor should bring more Ouchi guards"

"Without it"

Concubine Xiang said: "Take them out, fools know who they are protecting"

Li Xiaoliu hurriedly stopped and said: "The emperor can't make it safe to leave the palace in this micro-suit, and he doesn't bring guards, what if he encounters a bad person?"

"Didn't you say every day that the emperor was wise and martial, and the country and the people were safe a long time ago? Where did the bad guy come from? ”

Concubine Xiang's words suddenly made Xiao Liuzi speechless, saying yes is not right, saying no is not right.

Deng Haonan was about to help speak, but saw Concubine Xiang preemptively say: "Rest assured, the emperor and the concubines are not weak scholars, could it be that there are villains in the capital who kill people in broad daylight?" ”

"That's not going to happen"

"Then let's go"

“……”

Deng Haonan finally said that Concubine Xiang couldn't be heard, so the two changed into civilian clothes and left the palace.

Deng Haonan and Concubine Xiang left the palace with their front feet, and Xiao Liuzi mobilized a large number of internal guards to escort them on their back feet.

"Remember, follow from a distance, don't let Concubine Xiang Niangniang notice, don't disturb the emperor's Yaxing, and make the emperor and the princess happy when necessary."

"Humble Understanding"

As soon as the big internal guards turned around and were about to leave, Xiao Liuzi suddenly shouted: "Wait"

"Father-in-law still has an explanation?"

"You're going to wear this, and you're going to change right away."

"Preparing for Humble Duties"

A large internal guard was replaced by all kinds of people, blended into the flow of people in the capital, and secretly protected.

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In North America, Fort Seattle and Fort Fog City form a 500-kilometer-long stretch of the Coast Range. The mountains kept the Spaniards and Indians out of the sight of the two fortresses hidden on the Pacific coast.

The Seattle fortress Tunza, two heavy cavalry of jaguars and jaguars, led by Ma Guangyuan and Shi Tingzhu, crossed the Spokane Mountains and traveled south along the vast and narrow Spartan Prairie.

Along the way, most of the people I met were Indians.

In the Americas, north of Mexico, the Indians are huge, with a population of about four million.

Originally, the number of Indians here was 10 million, but since the Spanish invasion, the Indians have been slaughtered in the southern Mexican region of North America.

Previously, there were two major tribes of Native Americans in North America, two kingdoms to be exact. The Chichmec and Aztec alliances.

The latter was exterminated by the Spaniards, who established a Mexican colony on their land.

In the 11th ~ 12th centuries AD, the Aztecs moved from the north to the central valley of Mexico, and built the city of Tenochtitlan on the western island of Lake Texcoco in 1325. In 1426, the Aztecs, Texcoco and Tlakopan formed the "Aztec League", led by the Aztec king Izkoatl, and their power grew and established their hegemony in the valley. By the beginning of the 16th century, its territory had reached the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast from east to west, bordering Cechimec to the north, and to present-day Guatemala in the south, with a population of about 3 million.

In 1519, the Spanish colonizer Hernán Cortés took advantage of the internal conflicts of the Indians to attack the Aztec state, and Montezuma II wavered in front of the invaders and finally became a puppet of the Spanish colonists. In June 1520, he was wounded and killed by the crowd while persuading the people to surrender. After escaping for his life on the so-called "Tragic Night", Cortés made a comeback in 1521 when the Aztecs, led by the new king Quautmoc, fought to the death against the besieging Spanish colonists, and were defeated by the lack of food and water, as well as the smallpox epidemic. In August 1521, the Spaniards captured Tenochtitlan, massacred and destroyed the city, and founded Mexico City on its ruins.

More than 100 years later, when the jaguars and leopards of the Chinese Empire set foot on the land, they encountered a different situation than the Spaniards.

At this time, the Chichimec tribe in northern Mexico was still fighting the Spaniards. This war lasted in history until the great development of the western part of the United States after independence. The Indians, at the cost of their tens of millions of sacrifices, resisted the Spanish invasion for more than 300 years.

After the tiger and leopard landed on the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean, they could not see any civilization on the Pacific coast at all, and after crossing the mountains, there was no road to go in the endless prairies and deserts.

It was under this extremely difficult situation that the tiger and leopard cavalry forcibly expanded more than 30,000 square kilometers of land inland as a future settlement for immigrants.

After expanding into Spotron, the cavalry warriors of the empire encountered the Indians. Due to the language barrier, there were many conflicts at first. However, the Imperial Cavalry warriors were able to fight against the Indians with cold weapons and improve their combat effectiveness.

After almost a year of fighting, the Tiger and Panther Cavalry approached the outskirts of the Indian capital, Cichmecktekga. This is the heart of the Chichimeks, and the approach of the Imperial tigers and leopards has finally scared the Indians.

At this time, most of the main forces of the Indians were in the Mexican border area, constantly harassing the Spaniards and capturing the Spaniards alive.

The Chechmec chieftain, Grand Chief Tezegisk, fearing that the heavy cavalry of the Chinese Empire would destroy the last of the Indians' holy city, began to send people to contact the other side, hoping to reach a settlement.

Ma Guangyuan and Shi Tingzhu didn't like the Indians either, because the Indians were too poor to grab anything valuable. Just as a colonial exploration, to explore where there are suitable places for human habitation on the American continent, and areas where there are abundant products. It was the Indians who blocked the way that the conflict broke out.

The Indians took the initiative to negotiate, and Ma Guangyuan immediately sent someone to negotiate. After more than a year of campaigning, because the Indians often came out to make trouble, Ma Guangyuan had already prepared an Indian translation.

After negotiating with the great chieftains of the Indians, the two sides understood each other's true intentions. The Indians were hospitable and territorial, and they only hated whites before, but they were still very polite to the yellow race.

After learning that the Indians and the Spaniards were mortal enemies, Ma Guangyuan and Shi Tingzhu exchanged views and decided to unite with the Indians against the Spaniards. Because the main task of the American Dispatch was to loot the richest Spaniards, with a focus on Mexico.

When the Great Indian Chief learned that the Chinese Empire and Spain were at war, he was overjoyed and thought he had found an ally. The Indians did not have advanced weapons, and they were basically unable to inflict heavy damage on the Spaniards simply by maneuvering with the Spaniards in the jungle to attack each other.

But with the Chinese Empire it was different. After the Indians saw the strong lineup of the Chinese Imperial Jaguar and Leopard Cavalry, they were already very impressed by the combat effectiveness of the other party. I believe that with the addition of Haw and Panther Riders, it will definitely be able to hit the Spaniards hard.

Thus, the Chinese Empire finally found its first ally in the Americas, the Chichimec tribe.

The Chichimec tribe is the last large tribe of the Indians, with a population of more than three million, but it is very scattered, the farthest one lives in the Canadian region, and there are only a few hundred thousand people in the holy city, which is much more backward than the Aztecs who were destroyed by the Spaniards, and there is too little oil and water, no wonder the Spaniards are not interested in them and have not continued to invade north.

However, the Chichimeks are treasures in Ma Guangyuan's eyes.

These native Indians can lead the way for the Imperial Americas, quickly control the terrain and landforms of North America, and explore the route for the future immigration of the Empire to the Americas. At the same time, the Imperial Dispatch Army did not have to build a stronghold, because there were not many craftsmen, and most of them were built by army soldiers. With these industrious and unpretentious Indians, it was different. There were so many Indians that they only needed to give their chief a vase or a jar of wine, and let them help with the work for free—a million benefits, and third, the Indians walked in the inaccessible jungles, rivers, mountains, and swamps all year round, and their experience could reduce the unnecessary non-combat attrition of the Imperial army by seventy percent. In particular, the secret medicine of the Indians, which treats many diseases, such as the special medicine for malaria of the Indians, the Kdache cream, can reduce the infection and death of ninety percent of soldiers in North American expeditions.

Finally, the Indians were natural scouts, and they were used to reconnoiter the movements of the Spaniards, and then the Imperial army could take them by surprise and carry out raids.

The Indians helped the imperial army with almost everything unconditionally, which made Ma Guangyuan and them feel embarrassed. Therefore, Ma Guangyuan decided to give the big chief some luxury goods, and firmly control the big chief, so that the entire Chichimek tribe will always serve the empire.

Led by the Indians, the Imperial Tiger and Panther rode quickly through the Chichimec settlement to the northern border region of Mexico.

On this day, Ma Guangyuan received a report from the Indians that the Spanish troops near the San Giorgio area of Mexico had moved away.

Ma Guangyuan observed the terrain near St. George's and found that the nearby Glen Gorge was a huge place to hide soldiers, where it was more than enough to garrison fifty or sixty thousand cavalry, the canyon was surrounded by prairies on both sides, and the mountains and mountains were in the north, from where it was very convenient to rush to the St. George's area, and it was easy to retreat.

Therefore, Ma Guangyuan sent another team of scouts, under the leadership of the Indians, after making a detailed map of the terrain around St. George, it was decided that the first stop in the looting of Mexico was set in the St. George area. E