Chapter 363: The Iron Fist Finally Falls

Historically, Inácio Zaragoza was proud to defeat the French and pursued him and was eventually captured by the French.

He then surrendered to the French and later joined the French-backed government of the Masimiliano Empire.

In this lifetime, Inácio Zaragoza's record was even more brilliant, and at the same time, his contradictions with Mexican President Juárez intensified.

The focus of the contradiction is, of course, the United Mexican States' long-standing arrears of salaries to government forces, and even successive victories have not been rewarded with real economic rewards.

It is not a day or two that the Mexican government's finances are on the verge of collapse, otherwise they would not have had to take huge risks to default on the three major powers.

Latin American military has a tradition of corruption, greed, and relative competence in the 19th century, 20th century, and 21st century.

It can even be said that an officer who is not corrupt is not a Latin American officer, and a general who does not want to set up an independent government is not a Latin American general.

Thus, after a private contact with the French, Inácio Zaragoza soon swallowed a sweet silver bullet offensive.

This time, Napoleon III temporarily shelved his plans to encourage the Habsburgs to become emperor in Mexico, promising Inácio Zaragoza to become president of Mexico and putting a large sum of money into his bank account in Paris......

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Mexico City was almost basking in the joy of victory, and the rebellion broke out without warning.

The rebels soon captured several fortresses and stormed the presidential palace.

Historically, President Juárez has been very courageous.

After the destruction of Mexico City, he went to the mountains for five years to fight guerrilla warfare, and finally successfully restored power by hanging the puppet emperor of the French.

This time, though, he wasn't so lucky.

Suddenly, the rebels appeared, and Juarez was caught off guard.

Despite the heroic performance of the Guards and the time they had gained, Juárez was surrounded by rebels in a valley after fleeing Mexico City in a hurry.

Just as he was looking up at the sky and praying in despair, suddenly a strange force descended from heaven and rescued him.

"You are...... The Aztec Tigers? ”

In Antonio's camp, Juarez, who had drunk a little water and regained his spirits, was shocked.

Only then did he notice that these people were all wearing poorly made green camouflage, and an armband was embroidered with a tiger.

The Aztec Tigers are a pagan guerrilla group that has only emerged in the last six months.

They attacked churches, destroyed church property, and even killed several respected old priests.

Antonio had given several orders to eradicate these guerrillas.

However, it is clear that they have the backing of foreign imperial powers behind them.

All evidence shows that the Aztec Tigers were inextricably linked to the Ming imperialists.

On several occasions, they even fled to the side of the Ming Empire, which discouraged the Mexican Mounted Police.

Juarez never imagined that it would be such a group of guys who would save him in the end.

"Tell me, what do you want? Although I have Zapotec blood, I will never betray God and my people! ”

True, Juárez also has Indian roots.

But again, like Benito Pablo Juárez García, the authentic Castilian Spanish name, Juárez is already a pure Latin, both in thought and deed.

For such people, Antonio has seen a lot.

Kicking Juarez over, Antonio stepped on his back and said calmly: "Your Excellency, I don't want you, nor do I expect you to become a progressive Aztec. ”

Bending down and flicking the cigar ash an inch in front of his eyes, Antonio continued: "I don't think you are a comrade with the same skin color, we are not saving you, but arresting you, and next, you will be escorted to the beacon of the world, the eternal and brilliant Ming Empire, to be transformed by labor education!" ”

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Soon, Juarez was taken to Xinsui overnight.

There, the First Army of the Ming Dynasty and the Third Army, with a total of 100,000 soldiers, were already waiting for them.

At the same time, an unknown number of brocade-clothed guards also frequently haunted the Ming-Mo border.

It can be said that the smell of war is so strong that even the crows in the sky can smell it.

Juárez was numbly washed and redressed, and then under the remote command of a bayonet and rifle, dozens of photographs were taken at the camera.

Among them are pictures of him waving his fists and glaring at the camera;

There are photos of him raising light and brotherhood with senior officials of the Ming Dynasty;

There are even photos of him crying bitterly and angrily denouncing French imperialism for bullying people too much.

Although Zhu Fugui has P-map technology that is ahead of the times, he is still willing to use normal methods to take photos that can be taken with normal methods.

Well, it's certainly normal to point a gun at your face for facial expression management.

In the fourth year of Dewu, from September 15 to September 25, 1866, a series of news that shocked the world appeared on the front page of the "Daming Times".

[Mexican President Juárez went into exile in the Ming Empire, formed a government-in-exile, and declared that he swore to fight the French invaders to the end! 】

[Juárez's government-in-exile issued a manifesto "God is dead, only Zhu Fuguiism can save Mexico."] 】

[The Ming Empire issued a statement expressing close attention to the humanitarian catastrophe in Mexico and warning the French government to hand over the Mexican traitors as soon as possible and withdraw from Mexican territory. 】

[The Ming Empire warned the French government for the second time, Mexico is a friendly neighbor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also where the interests of the Ming Dynasty lie, and the French government's behavior is on the verge of danger. Don't be unpredictable. 】

[Emperor Daming edict said: He has a legal state, arbitrarily acts tricks, does not follow good customs, does not abide by public law, arbitrarily arrogants, provokes from the other, and the public opinion is obvious. I have clearly valued peace, and I have repeatedly exhorted me, and I have done my best to be benevolent; However, the Franco-Chongqing alliance provoked the provocation, which was extremely unreasonable, and it was difficult to tolerate it again.

I declared war on France, hundreds of bureaucrats have divisions, it is appropriate to be considerate, the king and the division are driven by land and water, Zhengqi uses each other, and works together, once the defeat is wiped out, the foreign country is swept away and the neighbors are appeased, and the whole empire is glorious and eternal. 】

The news was also quickly picked up by the Western media and, unsurprisingly, made headlines.

Several media outlets that were bribed by Zhu Fugui vigorously advocated the justice of the Ming Dynasty's war to aid Mexico.

In this day and age, justice is worthless.

But it costs a lot of money to preach justice.

It's ironic.

This time, Daming put on an upright role in accordance with international practice and did not engage in any sneak attacks.

It's not that Zhu Fugui has any moral fetishes.

On the one hand, this war will be a key battle for the Ming Dynasty to establish its status as a world-class power, and the French are obviously prepared, and it is of little significance to use a sneak attack.

On the other hand, the reason why the Ming Dynasty procrastinated for more than half a month to intervene in the war in Mexico was precisely to allow time for the French to completely destroy the ruling foundation of the United Mexican States.

There is only a broken Mexico, which is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Ming set out to completely change Mexico's culture and religion.

No one knows what kind of strange country a reformed Aztec pluralism Mexico will become.

It is still necessary to make a plan early.