The Han Empire broke through the Tucson fortress, and the two armies swept through the northern region of Mexico, and the most shocked was not the Spanish colonial government in Latin America, because Latin America was too far away from the mainland of the Han Empire, and the territory of the Mexican region, or the Viceroyalty of New Spain, was almost the same as the territory of the Han Empire, and the ethnic composition was complex. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If the Han Empire wants to swallow the entire Viceroyalty of New Spain in one bite and completely digest this territory, it is absolutely impossible in a short period of time!

Of course, the greatest confidence of the Spanish authorities in Latin America is still the current Kingdom of Spain, which has not participated in the quagmire of war in Europe, and the Han Empire can fight without falsehood, but no matter how much the Kingdom of Spain declines, it is impossible to be completely defeated by a regional power in the Americas!

The war between the two countries is fought by national strength, financial resources, and manpower, not by a few battles!

The Latin American independence wave in Zhao Dutian's previous life led to the collapse of Spanish rule in just a few years, because Spain itself was occupied by Napoleon's army and reduced to ruins!

The rise of Napoleon almost destroyed the Kingdom of Spain, and if it had not been for the defeat of Napoleon's expedition to Russia, perhaps the Kingdom of Spain would have disappeared......

Therefore, the Spaniards in the three major viceroyalties of Latin America have optimistically estimated that Zhao Dutian's troops will reach Panama at most, and they will be stumped by distant logistics and huge occupation areas, and they will not be able to concentrate their troops!

In such a big land, one or two hundred people stationed in one town is enough for the 100,000 troops of the Han Empire to 'disappear'......

As long as Zhao Dutian wants to annex in the true sense, it is certain to garrison troops in various places, after all, the Mexican region is not a vast and sparsely populated Louisiana, and there are countless people who need to be managed!

Unless Zhao Du naively intends to be a national liberator, beat away the Spaniards for the Mexican people, and then withdraw the army!

Zhao Dutian as a national liberator?

This joke can also fool the low-class people who are closed to news!

The Spanish colonial army in Latin America, after analyzing and comparing the strength of the two sides, naturally placed the counterattack near Panama City, where the Spaniards could mobilize troops from the Viceroyalty of Peru, the Viceroyalty of New Granada, and even the West Indies to wait for the counteroffensive to be divided with most of the troops to consolidate the results of the Han Empire!

In the expectations of the Spaniards, they did not necessarily have to win, as long as they severely damaged the offensive momentum of the Han Empire, it was enough!

If the Han Empire is defeated, it will naturally allow Zhao Dutian to spit out all the colonies that he swallowed, even if the Han Empire is mighty and victorious with a small number of troops, it will inevitably lose a huge amount of materials and troops, and if you want to enter the New Granada Governorate, you will die yourself!

This kind of space-for-time tactic is also the best countermeasure that the Spanish Kingdom can come up with, and several previous battles have proved that the combat effectiveness of the elite army of the Han Empire, if they want to curb the expansion of the Han Empire, they can only consume their small manpower to achieve the goal!

Unlike the Spanish colonial government, when the Han Empire raised the banner of liberation of the Americas and tax exemption, and easily conquered various Mexican towns with muskets and cannons, the position of Hidalgo's rebel army suddenly became awkward......

Zhao Dutian's people, in the slogans they shouted, except for not proposing independence, the other treatment is not much different from the rebel army's sincerity!

As for the distribution of land, the Han Empire also did a very generous job!

You must know that when the two armies marched, not everyone was so cooperative, and the absence of a battle does not mean that there was no murder and no blood!

Many large estate owners and landlords who participated in the uprising and wanted to share the cake may not have a very bright brain, thinking that the Han Empire would not do anything, and then they did some stupid acts......

Without the support of the people at the bottom, these rich whites, who occupy a minority, do not even have the ability to inflict casualties on the army of the Han Empire, so naturally they are not considered to be fighting......

The wealth of the white estate owners and large landowners who had to prove themselves was confiscated, and the land that could not be moved was equally distributed with the land of the Spanish colonial government to the Indian slaves who supported the army of the Han Empire!

To be honest, there is really not much land allocated to everyone, but this kind of practice of equalizing land, whether it is ancient or modern, is a proper political correctness and an act that has won the hearts of the people!

This kind of tangible benefit is a hundred times stronger than the empty independence and freedom!

Zhao Dutian naturally learned this trick from Taizu in his previous life...... Well, I won't talk about the specifics......

In the past, there was a declaration of emancipation and exemption from tribute, and then there was a simple and rude land equalization, and wherever the army of the Han Empire went, the Indian slaves at the bottom and even the white-skinned poor raised their hands to celebrate, eating pots and wine!

The management team sent by the Han Empire then carried out the administrative work smoothly on the spot, using the wealth obtained from the government's 'small treasury' to recruit reliable locals to assist on the spot, and selected members of the security forces from the poorest Indian slaves, and organized training and brainwashing in a unified manner!

At the same time, the monks of the Han Protestantism also came with the army and initially started brainwashing work!

In order to stabilize the rear, the army of the Han Empire did not adopt the practice of violently demolishing churches as soon as they came up, but only used Han Protestantism to seize a place in the spiritual beliefs of the occupied areas, and it was enough to let the locals know that there was such a thing!

The white lords of the big estates who supported the power of the church have all been cleaned up, and naturally no one dares to exclude the foundationless Han Protestantism!

It's just that, after all, Christianity has ruled this region for hundreds of years, and it will be difficult to make progress for a while and a half, but the Han Empire is busy expanding its territory to stabilize the rear, and religious matters can only be put back, and when it is completely stabilized, there are ways to make Catholicism withdraw from the territory of the Han Empire!

The reason why the Han Empire achieved such great results was not only by slogans and the division of land, but also by the greatest advantage they had over the rebel army, which was a large number of muskets and cannons!

It has to be said that most of the local rebels who laid down their arms surrendered because of the weapons in the hands of the Han Empire army......

The progress of the Han Empire quickly pushed the Hidalgo rebel army, which was in a good situation, to a dead end, and Mexico City was far stronger than imagined, and most of his soldiers who only had cold weapons could not break through Mexico City at all!

At this time, the elite of the Han Empire led by Wang Qiming was about to reach Dolores, the first place of the uprising!

That is the foundation of Hidalgo, and once it is lost, Hidalgo's core rebel brothers will have an unstable position! (To be continued.) )