Chapter 156: The wall falls and is pushed by 10,000 people
It didn't take long for the Indians to sprinkle the leaflets in Monterrey that not only Santa Ana in Mexico City knew about it, but even Rafael Carrera in Guatemala knew about it.
I don't know what kind of verification method he used, maybe he just asked his own wizard, and then he brazenly sent troops to annex the small northern country of Belize.
Shocked, the scalp rushed back from Brazil overnight to admonish: "President, this thing can't be done!" ”
Rafael Carrera asked: "Why not? ”
Scalp said: "At this time, the United States is dominant, and it is a good time for our countries to put aside their past grievances and work together to move eastward!" How can there be infighting at this time? Isn't this the force that divides us? ”
"Hahaha!" Carrera laughed and said, "Scalp brothers, it's a fact that the American family is dominant, they have established themselves in the East, and this is not something that can be shaken by one or two victories!" Don't look at your turtledove's morale now, but he can be the king and hegemon in the west, will he dare to send his troops across the Mississippi River? ”
"So what?" Scalp felt that Carrera didn't respect the turtledove very much, so he was not very happy.
"Don't be angry, Brother Scalp, I'm 10,000 convinced of turtledoves!" Carrera said: "It's just that the situation on the North American continent in the future, if it is still a situation in which the United States is dominant, then today's Mexico is the Indian Union in the future - the reason why I decided to annex Belize is to make Guatemala a little stronger, to end the situation of American dominance, do you understand?" ”
Scalp frowned, trying to think.
It's easy to deal with enemies, but it's quite troublesome to deal with your own people, which is really a bit out of step for the scalp.
Carrera continued: "In North America in the future, there should be at least four evenly matched countries, one of course the United States, one is Canada, one is the Union of Indians, and one is Mexico...... These countries are holding each other back, and our Central American Federation can live a good life! ”
"Then what are you doing in Belize?" Scalp asked.
Carrera spread her hands: "I heard an interesting proverb from a Far Easterner: when the wall is about to fall, many people will push it, and when the drum is about to break, many people will hammer it, and who said that the British will not be able to manage the affairs of the Americas?" I occupy Belize, and what can it do with me? ”
Scalp cursed hatefully: "Warlord! ”
"Thanks for the compliment! But rest assured, Guatemala is still too weak to pose a threat to either the Union of Indians or the United States - but can you help me ask Turtledove if I need to send troops north? ”
Scalp looked at him suspiciously: "Are you willing to send troops north?" ”
It would be great if Guatemala could send troops north at this time and form a north-south flank attack on the troops of the American Union!
The scalp had been persuaded many times before, but they were all prevaricated by Carrera. In the end, it was agreed to dig trenches here to defend against a possible American attack, in exchange for the Indian Union helping it to open a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
For this condition, Carrera readily agreed - because in his judgment, it was impossible for the American army to go south!
The fact is indeed as he expected, it was mid-June, and the US troops still did not go south.
"Why am I reluctant to send troops north?" Carrera said: "I hate the American military much less than you!" ”
"What do you want?" Scalp asked. He's a seasoned 'old' diplomat who knows how much someone can't be so kind to help for nothing.
"You don't have to give anything," Carrera said, "just agree to give me the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico!" ”
"You want to carve up Mexico with us?"
"Don't say it so badly, Scalp Brother!" Carrera said: "The people of the Yucatan Peninsula are so pitiful, I want to save them - what are you looking at me like that?" I also believe in Christ! This kind of thing, the Americans do, I can't do it? ”
……
If Winfield in his hospital bed had known that the Indian leaflets were so powerful, he would have regretted that he hadn't cleaned up the leaflets all over the floor in the first place!
He is an experienced veteran general, and he has fought a battle of bullets and bullets all his life, but he has never fought this kind of 'leaflet war'.
Santa Ana in Mexico City is clearly much more experienced than he is in this regard.
On the same day that news of Winfield's illness reached Mexico City, Santa Ana instigated the parliament to grant her supreme command of the army, the right to decide on the start of war and treaty, and the irrevocable appointment of the president for life.
The day after the flyers from Monterrey flew to Mexico City, and the day John Wool took command of the battlefield from Winfield—a pure coincidence—Santa Ana staged a mutiny, expelling the American representatives in the Mexican government while calling on all Mexican people to come and defend Mexico.
Santa Ana's slogan is: "Mexicans, never be slaves!" ”
For a tattered country that has just experienced the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of people, this slogan is simply straight to the heart!
In addition, Santa Ana kept guaranteeing that every Mexican who joined the army would have something to eat, and within a few days, he actually pulled up more than 100,000 troops in Mexico City!
Considering the tragic situation of Mexico at this time, this is nothing short of a miracle!
With such a force in hand, there was no other enemy in all of Mexico except Juarez in the north.
……
Juárez also received a flyer from Monterrey.
A thick stack, varied, and a rumor at first glance.
But he held the thick stack of 'rumors' and laughed for almost half an hour.
His subordinate Zaragoza asked him: "General, these are rumors, they are not credible!" ”
"Rumors?" Juarez patted his thigh and said happily: "Haha! Lao Tzu believes in rumors! ”
After three years of growing mulberries in Chihuahua and Baja California, Juarez's goal in life was not to become a mulberry dealer working for the British Northwest Company.
"Zaragoza, our good days are coming!"
"Oh? Do you think the U.S. federal army will fail? Zaragoza asked.
"The federal army is too big, and it remains to be seen whether it will fail - but now, Winfield's force is absolutely dead! Mexico is about to change! Zaragoza, gather your men, let's attack! ”
"Sortie? Where to go? ”
"Monterrey, of course!" Juarez said: "Grab the money! Grab the food! Grab the turf! How much land we can occupy now, how much land we will have in the future! ”
"Then I'll go right away!" Zaragoza said excitedly.
Over the years, under the compulsory education of Juárez and Jerónimo, the Mexican people have loved farming, and they have a great dream to promote this great cause to the whole world!