After a round of inspection, return to the big stone house.

The Big Stone House is a general term for several rows of stone house buildings, the centerpiece of Denver's main fort, and in the center is a 4.6-meter-high large stone house, which was the main place for Richard to gather courtiers and military officers.

There are only a handful of buildings in the main fort of Denver, where soldiers were barracks and Chinese laborers lived, most of which were in a tent camp outside the castle.

Therefore, the large stone house and several rows of buildings in the vicinity seem empty and lonely here.

The stone bungalows that spread out to the left and right of the large stone house were the residences of Richard and a group of courtiers and officers, and Richard occupied two rooms, one for guests and one for bedrooms, and the conditions were quite simple.

Due to the shortage of housing, the British envoy Baron Granville-Gower could only be assigned a room, and his British entourage ranged from 5~6 people to a room, and each bungalow could hardly fit anything other than three double wooden beds.

However, this is already the best that can be offered at the moment.

in the room

Richard replied to a dozen telegrams, handed them to his subordinates and sent them out at once, then stood up, took a large teapot in one hand, drank two sips of water, and walked two steps to the large map hanging on the wall, and looked at it carefully.

This hand-drawn map of North America is accurately scaled, with North American brown bears, bison, and pheasants in Montana, north of Colorado, and beautifully florally marked as the region's most iconic wildlife.

Richard's gaze wandered over the vast northern expanse that he planned to include in his pocket, not including the more sensitive Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.

The reason is simple

Once this state falls into the hands of the Tang Kingdom, cargo ships and warships from coastal ports can easily reach more than a dozen important cities and towns along the Great Lakes coast of the United States, including Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Green Bay and other large and medium-sized cities in the United States, like a sharp sword piercing the heart.

In this day and age

New York, the largest city on the East Coast of the United States, and Philadelphia are ranked third and fourth in Chicago and Detroit, and the entire Great Lakes region is an important new industrial center in the United States, and it is also the core area with the fastest economic development and the most active industrial capital in the United States.

If the hand of the Tang Kingdom dares to reach in, then it will be an unending enemy with the United States.

Richard smiled coldly, he is not afraid of any old enemy, and he is not waiting to be beaten, if the US military does not come in the past few months, then don't blame yourself for making things bigger.

At present, the first task of the Tang Kingdom is to devote all resources to build the Denver Fortress and stabilize its defenses.

According to the current progress of the project

The first perimeter wall and the Denver Main Fort and Fort Cherry defensive walls are expected to be completed from the end of November to the beginning of December, with basic defensive functions, nearly 40 days ahead of schedule.

After that, the main castle building, sewers, roads, residential buildings, commercial buildings, warehouses and other facilities will be built one after another, and it will take about 2~3 years to complete.

This does not mean that the army of the Tang Kingdom is stuck in the castle of Denver, waiting for the US army to attack.

In Richard's plan;

The first step is to train in battle and clear out the surrounding Indian tribesmen's armed forces, which has already begun and will take half a year.

Colorado, Montana and Wyoming are estimated to have a population of 5~60,000 Native American tribes, with more than a dozen large indigenous tribes and small and medium-sized tribes difficult to count.

But this is only an approximate estimate, and no one has ever counted it accurately.

The main purpose is to plunder the population and materials and eliminate hidden dangers.

Denver's urban construction requires a lot of labor, and it will also take a lot of labor to develop coal mines, iron mines, and land reclamation, and these Indians will be the main source of labor.

This was not because Richard was at odds with the Native Indians, who were mostly nomadic tribes who had been chasing cattle for generations.

The vast tracts of land reclaimed in the upper reaches of Cherry Creek, where large quantities of crops are grown, are considered fragrant and sweet in the eyes of the indigenous Indicians, and it is inevitable that they will come to harm.

It is almost an eternal rule that nomadic tribes will always have a shortage of food, especially in autumn and winter.

Part of the hatred between American farmers and Indians stems from this, and the fundamental contradiction between race, culture, religion, lifestyle, and language is land, despite the incompatibility of race, culture, religion, lifestyle, and language.

In 1783, Washington compared Indians to wolves in a speech; "Both are predatory beasts, differing only in shape".

Lincoln advocated; Every American slaughters an Indian in 10 minutes.

This may have been the fate of nomads and agrarian civilizations, and when Richard occupied this vast land, he did not hesitate to wave his butcher's knife at the indigenous Indian tribes.

Step 2;

After stabilizing the rear, in March next year, when the spring flowers bloom and the ice and snow melt, Richard will take the initiative to lead the cavalry troops to attack in a big way, bringing the flames of war into the interior of the United States, with Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota as the set targets.

He called this the "Northern Front", and the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom traveled all the way north from the vast Colorado Plateau, along the boundless prairies, rivers, forests and canyons, which could provide the cavalry with daily fodder.

With a light cavalry march, the cavalry units were able to sweep through the three states mentioned above in half a month, bringing death and fear to the United States.

On the battlefield of the Northern Front

There are many small towns and private farms in the United States, which can provide abundant supplies and almost no defense, and the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom can come and go freely, making it the most ideal cavalry battlefield.

About 870 kilometers east of Denver, Kansas City, an important transportation hub in the middle of the United States, was called the "Eastern Front Battlefield" by Richard, and the conditions were much harsher.

After the Hugo Oasis was burned down, there was no large forest between Denver and Kansas City, only barren mountains, deserts, and Gobi terrain.

With such harsh geographical conditions, it is difficult for the US army to fight over, and it is also difficult for the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom to fight over.

This is because Kansas City, as a key defense area in the United States, although there is no decent castle fortress, it has hoarded a large number of cavalry and armed militia, and the defensive intensity is much higher than that of the "Northern Front Battlefield".

Kansas City is surrounded by railroads in all directions, highways extend north to the densely populated Great Lakes region, east to the more developed eastern states of North America, and south to Texas, with a dense long-distance telegraph network and very fast message transmission.

As a result, it is even more difficult to storm Kansas City.

Once a foreign invasion is discovered, the U.S. military in Kansas City can easily gather tens of thousands of armed militia and completely overwhelm the small cavalry force of the Tang Kingdom.

Therefore, if the cavalry troops of the Tang Kingdom do not reach the scale of more than 10,000 people, don't think about touching the tiger's buttocks.

With the current strength of the Tang Kingdom, the ideal thing is to avoid the eastern front of the US army, attack the northern front and "fight the grass valley", and reduce the war pressure on Mexico while triggering civil strife in the United States.

"Your Excellency, I just received the latest military briefing from Mexico."

"Oh, bring it on."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Richard walked back to the table with the large tea jar in his hand, put the large tea jar down, took the document and waved his hand, and the confidential officer gave a military salute and retired.

This Mexican military intelligence report came from the British Canadian colonial governor's palace, and there was an unobstructed long-distance telegraph line between Quebec and the eastern part of the United States, and it was difficult for the US military operations on the southern front to hide from the eyes and ears of the British.

The British knew it, and the Tang Kingdom naturally knew it.

As for Mexico, the current Mexican government has never recognized the independence of the Tang Kingdom, treating it as a rebellious province. It's just that because the United States is pressing the border, it is unable to send troops to suppress the rebellion.

The two overwhelming victories of the Tang Kingdom Army's Western Expeditionary Force were regarded as victories of the Mexican government, thus greatly boosting the confidence of the Mexican army and people in resisting the invasion.

Mexican President Antonio López de Sant'Anna categorically rejected the British representations, saying that "strongly oppose the recognition of the so-called "Tang Kingdom" by European countries, and the government will never admit the evil act of stealing Mexican territory, nor will it recognize the Tang Kingdom and the so-called King Richard, this is just a clumsy method played by a small group of mobs, and the government will suppress ...... with strong means"

I have to say that the confidence of Mexicans is really high.

It is impossible for the Tang Kingdom to get any information from Mexico, nor can it get any aid and materials, and Mexico has not even officially declared war on the Tang Kingdom.

In their opinion, is it necessary to declare war to suppress civil strife?

Oddly enough

After Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries successively recognized the Tang Kingdom, the Tang Kingdom declared war on the United States, and the United States also declared war on the Tang Kingdom two days later.

The United States, Mexico and Tang are now in a strange and chaotic relationship, the Tang Kingdom is trying to share the pressure of the war for Mexico in the north, Mexico does not recognize this rebellious province, but is willing to share the glory of victory.

The United States did not officially recognize the Tang Kingdom, but officially declared war.

The relationship between the three countries in the war affects the whole body, but Mexico and the Tang Kingdom have a sense of not getting along with each other, although they are jointly responding to the aggression of the US military, but they may fight back at any time.

Richard had the latest military intelligence bulletin in his hand, and after reading it, he couldn't help but think;

After the second round of war mobilization, American reinforcements arrived in the southern theater one after another, which brought the number of troops in General Taylor's hands to 36,000, with more than 200 artillery pieces and more than 4,000 cavalry, which greatly strengthened the strength.

Therefore, the U.S. military has launched several small-scale battles, capturing some small towns, aiming directly at Monterrey, and plans to launch the Monterrey campaign in the near future.

Once the U.S. military succeeds, the next step is to target the city of Saltillo.

Mexican President Santa Anna, who is sitting in Buena Vista, is mobilizing troops to strengthen the defenses of the two places, and is determined to fight a bloody battle with the American army.

See here

Richard put down the secret document in his hand and frowned with some headaches.

Are these Mexicans pig brains?

In the case of the pressure of the American army, the troops are divided to defend everywhere, so it is destined to be impossible to hold everywhere, leaving General Taylor a good opportunity to break through.

He can understand the determination of the Mexican government not to lose an inch of territory, maybe such a decision, there are also factors from internal pressure, but it is really stupid!

Originally, its strength was inferior to that of the U.S. military, and it was still divided into troops to defend it everywhere, isn't it the rhythm of madness to death?

Daddy!

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