"What, Juarez doesn't have a telegraph line?"

"It is true, Your Majesty, that the long-distance telegraph line in Mexico only reaches Mexico City and the surrounding densely populated states, and as far north as Chihuahua, the capital of the state, and there is no section to Juárez at all."

"Well, that is...... The Mexican side did not yet know that we had been overwhelmed. Richard said thoughtfully, a faint smile on his lips.

Colonel Tian Mantun saluted with a serious look and replied; "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, it should be so, the news has not leaked for the time being, and the speed of the escape of Mexican refugees is not so fast."

"Then it seemed that the plan had to be changed, and the whole army ended its rest ahead of schedule and immediately moved south to take Chihuahua. By the way, remember to arrange for someone to cut off the long-distance telegraph line from Chihuahua to Mexico before the battle begins. Richard immediately stood up and gave the order decisively.

Located 387 kilometers south of Juarez, Chihuahua is the capital of the largest state in Mexico, with a population of about 190,000 and a government garrison of about 1,300 on the surface.

The Mexican government army has always had a bad habit of eating empty salaries, with loose military discipline and extremely poor combat effectiveness, and its role is more that of thugs and accomplices of the local elite than of a fighter on the battlefield.

Richard thought about it briefly;

Juarez is located on the southern border of the Tang Kingdom, Chihuahua is located in the central heart of the state, Juarez and Chihuahua are separated by 387 kilometers, and the cavalry can arrive in three days by one man and two horses.

But six dragoon regiments (mounted infantry) were enough to choke, at least 4 days.

Fortunately, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom launched a timely pursuit, and the carriages of those high-ranking magnates of Juarez who fled were all stopped, and the cavalry established a blockade along the road, and sent a light cavalry brigade to the south along the road.

its purpose

It was to encircle and suppress some of the Mexicans who fled on horseback, and the light cavalry brigade was all equipped with one man and two horses, which could pursue along the way day and night to ensure that the particles returned to the warehouse.

The fleeing crowds scattered in the wilderness did not care, and with their foot strength, even if they kept fleeing south day and night, wading through water and mountains in the wilderness without roads, it would not have been possible to reach Chihuahua in less than a week.

All things considered

Richard decided categorically;

The army rested in place for two days, quickly replenished food and grass, made easy-to-carry jerky and salty dough cakes on the spot, and set off at 4:00 a.m. the next day, waving south, aiming at Chivawa.

The whole army from top to bottom must give full play to the spirit of continuous combat, be fearless of hardships and rushes, resolutely carry out all operational orders of the military headquarters, strictly enforce military discipline, and never forgive violators. ”

"The ministers obey."

Colonel Tian Mantun, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Colonel Wu Degao, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division, Colonel James Kahn, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division, and Colonel Duan Debiao, commander of the 4th Cavalry Division, all clasped their fists in response.

The main force of the southern invasion army was these four cavalry divisions with a total of 16,300 people, who were the vanguard of destroying the city and conquering the city.

As the personal soldiers of the command, the cuirassier regiment of the royal family guards is more responsible for defending the king, and will not be involved in specific battles in idle circumstances.

The fast mobile cavalry corps under the command of Richard himself is strong in combat and well-equipped, and can be said to be the first-class and top-notch cavalry unit in the world today.

Each cavalry division is a sharp knife, and with a strength of more than 4,000 men, it can be said that it is perfect for dealing with the sparsely populated and slower towns of northern Mexico.

February 10, 1850, around 4:00 a.m.

Richard personally led the army south again, and at about 3:00 p.m. on February 13, he led the army to appear on the outskirts of Chihuahua, and the overwhelming cavalry of the Tang Kingdom caused a huge shock to the singing and dancing city of Chihuahua no less than Juarez.

In the midst of a burst of gunfire, great fear spread rapidly, and the streets of Chihuahua City were filled with residents who rushed to the south crying for their fathers and mothers, men who lost their shoes, and mothers who lost their daughters.

In the midst of great fear, everyone began to scramble to escape, and the black and oppressive crowd of refugees spread out of the city, and everywhere was in shambles.

The scene that had happened before reappeared, and Richard was completely speechless about it.

in North America

Not only is public opinion in the United States frantically smearing and demonizing the Tang Kingdom, but the same is true in Mexico.

Due to the backwardness of newspapers, telecommunications and other industries, the dark and corrupt ruling class, and the fierce and brutal demonization rumors of the Tang Kingdom are flying all over the sky, and there are all kinds of strange versions.

Those who eat people's hearts and livers raw, those who eat human brains raw, those who are beautified with blood, those who carry deadly plagues, and those who take pleasure in cruelty and murder, are portrayed as legions of hell.

This kind of brainless smear intensified the fear of ordinary Mexicans, and when the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom was overwhelming, the extreme fear instantly exploded and spread, causing this strange wave of refugees in front of them.

The inhabitants of Chihuahua do not want to think: where to flee?

As the capital city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua is located in the heart of the central part of the state, about 291 kilometers south to the town of Colorado on the border between the two states, and almost 627 kilometers south to Cuencame, the nearest important city.

If you run with your legs alone, you won't be able to run even if you die.

Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico, with a total area of 247,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the total area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces plus one Taiwan island.

The vast majority of Mexicans who live here have never left Chihuahua in their entire lives, and everything in the outside world is hearsay and speculation.

When the Mexicans saw the overwhelming cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, their only thought was "Hurry up and escape, escape far away......"

On February 13, the southern invasion army led by Richard once again occupied the important town of Chivawa without blood, which meant that it completely controlled the state of Chihuahua.

After resting in place for three days, the army set off south again, capturing Cuenkame, the capital of the state of Durango, on 23 February.

So far, in just three weeks, the army of the Tang Kingdom has penetrated more than 1,000 kilometers into the northern territory of Mexico, and has occupied the states of Chihuahua and Durango.

After capturing Cuencame, the capital of Durango, Richard boldly divided his forces and attacked Coahuila with the 3rd Cavalry Division to the east, Sonora with the 4th Cavalry Division to the west, and Sinaloa to the southwest with the 1st Cavalry Division.

Until mid-March

The five northern states of Mexico have fallen one after another, becoming the nomadic land of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, and the urgent documents of the northern states are flying like snowflakes, while the government of Mexico City is still in a state of squabbles.

The elected General Soto managed to cobble together an army of 8,500 men and walked north of Mexico City for three days, and the army mutinied after less than 100 kilometers.

The serious mutiny resulted in 10 casualties, and the patchwork army ran more than half of the soldiers, and General Solet was injured while fleeing on horseback during the night mutiny.

He had to relinquish command of the army and return to his estate to recuperate from his wounds.

Some Mexican parliamentarians angrily pointed out that the sudden mutiny in the army was directed by General Lai Soto, and that the culprit should be held accountable and sent to the gallows to be hanged.

More people came forward to defend General Sotho, saying that there were only more than 770 troops directly under General Sotho in this patchwork army, and all the blame should not be placed on his head.

After a fierce uproar, the Mexican government still forgets the biggest threat of the enemy, or deliberately evades it, and has not taken the initiative to respond.

in Mexico City

Some influential views argue that; Taking advantage of the thousands of kilometers of depth in Mexico, the army of the Tang Kingdom can be put in the middle to fight in order to exhaust and drag down the army of the Tang Kingdom.

In other words, with the strong defense of Mexico City, reinforcements from all over Mexico were gathered to fight a decisive battle under the capital.

Leaving aside the question of whether this bizarre strategy worked, it did have a serious impact on the Mexican government's decision-making, resulting in the collapse of large swaths of the northern territories without being able to respond effectively.

Take this opportunity

The Tang Kingdom's southward invasion army further consolidated its existing achievements, and at the end of April, the Rio Rancho-Juárez road was built, accompanied by a large number of reinforcements and correctional services and municipal military police personnel, and began to take over the cities of northern Mexico.

Accompanying the army to the south was the road construction army, and the road from Zihuahua to Juárez, and from Civahua south to Cuencamé, the capital of the state of Durango, was fully widened and strengthened, and it was planned to build a 22-meter-wide flat avenue with trees planted on both sides of the road to set a milestone.

Mid-May

With 15,000 new recruits arriving, Richard had enough reinforcements to send the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division to take the states of New Lai and Zacatecas again, expanding the occupation area into seven states.

At this point, the Tang Kingdom had occupied nearly one million square kilometers of northern Mexico with a mere 35,000 troops, and had to stop its march to consolidate and digest the fruits of victory.

Early July

The 387-kilometer and 22-meter-wide standardized highway from Juarez to Chihuahua has been fully completed, serving as the main artery from the north to the south, which has greatly improved the ability of the Tang Kingdom to transport materials to the south.

Mid-July

In the mountains of northern San Luis Poto, the largest fighting between Tang and Mexico since the beginning of the war broke out.

Yes

The eastern and central regions of Mexico brought together 47,000 troops, led by General Héctor dos Santos, in the mountains of northern San Luis Poto.

This became a stumbling block to prevent the Tang Kingdom army from continuing southward, and behind this army was New Mexico City, hundreds of kilometers away.

Richard personally led the 1st Cavalry Division and the 4th Cavalry Division, as well as a corps of 5,600 recruits, with a total of 14,600 soldiers.

In terms of the size of the troops, the Mexican army was three times that of the Tang Kingdom, occupying a clear advantage in strength.

But in the actual matchup

The army of the Tang Kingdom with bright armor had a strict lineup and murderous spirit, revealing an invisible huge oppressive force, but it had the upper hand in terms of morale and confidence.

The two armies are in front

The army of the Tang Kingdom was stationed outside the wide valley, with 9,600 infantry in the center, and 2,000 cavalry from the 1st Cavalry Division and 2000 cavalry from the 4th Cavalry Division were on the left flank and the right flank respectively.

The royal flag fluttering behind the infantry array, this is the central cluster of the royal guard's cuirassier regiment, the king of golden helmets and golden armor Richard sat on a pure white Suffolk horse, looking proud and ignoring the other party, and the king's domineering spirit was fully revealed.

The Mexican army was in the valley, and built defensive fortresses and walled walls along the valley, as many as 47,000 troops wearing various military uniforms, the huge valley was crowded, full of pits and valleys, swords and guns like a forest, as if facing a great enemy.

People who don't know the inside story will think that they are wrong, the defender with a large number of people, and the attacker with a small number of people.

"Report to Your Excellency General, the army of the Tang Kingdom has been sent out to challenge, please instruct whether to respond to the battle."

"Don't bother with it, if you want to attack, just come and attack." Admiral Héctor dos Santos waved his hand and flatly rejected the other side's request to fight.

His actions made the senior Mexican generals around him pout, and the silent eyes passed to each other seemed to be saying these three words; "Coward".

Regardless of whether Admiral Héctor dos Santos is a coward or not, he is at least the most experienced general in the current Mexican military circles, and the experience of defeat is also experience.

In the Mexican-American War

Admiral Héctor dos Santos is an experienced veteran who has been involved in hundreds of battles with the U.S. military, having followed former Mexican President Santos Santos.

Former Mexican President Santa Anna and current President Santayo are both hard-liners who are fighting hard, but the former has always been at the forefront of the battle to participate in the command, and has done his best to fight the US military to the end.

Although it was ultimately defeated, it was not a battle.

By contrast, the current president, Santayo, is an incompetent cannon, fluctuating between war and peace, with neither the prestige to dominate the government's decision-making, nor the determination to fight to the death.

He's just a clown who was pushed to the foreground by chance, greedy for a moment to bring disaster to the forefront.

The current President Santayo's enemies are all over the government and the opposition, and there are many Mexican elites who want to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, and there are many people in the upper echelons of the government who have been ruined by him, but now is not the time for reckoning.

Stand on the fortress fortress

The gray-bearded Admiral Héctor dos Santos ignored the strange look in his eyes, and decades of military ups and downs had already worn out his sharpness.

In the face of the fierce Tang Kingdom army, he now does not seek merit, but seeks no fault.

Don't look at the Mexican army in the valley as many as 47,000 people, these troops come from more than a dozen states, many of them are freshly captured people, wearing all kinds of military uniforms, some of them are not even fully armed, they are a rabble gathered.

For such an army, it is okay to stay in the valley for defense, but if you want to go out of the valley to fight, it is tantamount to looking for death.

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