Gulf of Mexico, on a estate outside Veracruz

Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, commander of the 2nd U.S. Expeditionary Force, was enjoying his dinner, and the manor house was filled with the best cooks in Mexico, as well as countless young and beautiful maids, all of whom were decorated in extravagant luxury, and even the handrails of the stairs were gilded with gold.

This made him sigh if the former owner of this manor could use the money for the navy. Then now the United States is expected to be able to capture a fleet of battleships!

To be honest, Winfield Scott was leading troops to fight on enemy soil, but he was neither panicked nor in a hurry.

Because its vice president, Joaquín de Herrera, has declared Tasan Anna treason and has already announced his inauguration as Mexico's new president in San Luis City.

Joaquín de Herrera co-opted General José Apt Delka of the Mexican army, and now they had nearly 80,000 troops at their disposal, accounting for eighty percent of the army left behind by Tasan Anna.

But siege warfare was a chore, and Winfield Scott didn't intend to do it himself. As a result, the two lackeys who decided to be loyal to the United States naturally took the initiative to take over the United States to eliminate the "rebels".

Winfield Scott's approach had three intentions: first, he was really too lazy to ask for someone to do it for him, second, to test the dog's loyalty for President John Taylor, and third, as a puppet of the United States, it should not be too strong.

The thwart of Jose Apter's army had been expected by Winfield Scott, but the latter would not act immediately at the former's request, and he had to ensure that the enemy was in the weakest condition, and then let his officers who were waiting for the gilding to pick peaches.

This includes the future famous "Bloody Hands Massacre" Grant, all thanks to his father who became mayor.

The war was like an outing for Grant, who flew in a luxurious first-class cabin and landed in the home of a wealthy local Veracruz man.

At this time, the future famous general was not very interested in fighting, and he was still in love. Even the sea could not stop this fiery love, and one after another, his love letters were sent across the sea to his lover Julia.

Grant's boss, Colonel Dent, didn't like how to look at this high-achieving student from West Point, and if he knew that the former's lover was his daughter, his expression would be even more exciting.

As a result of this approach of Commander Winfield, the soldiers and officers of the Second Expeditionary Force appeared unusually lazy and began to grind foreigners.

The soldiers at the bottom are not treated well, but this does not prevent them from being lazy. But what they don't know is that the course of the war is about to change dramatically.

José Apte's army was at first overwhelmed, burning and looting, but when it reached Mexico City, it was as if it had hit an iron plate.

Whatever the reasons used by his soldiers and officers, they refused to let them into the city and shot at them.

Annoyed, Apt ordered a storm, but after so many years of operation by Tasan Anna, Mexico City had long since become impregnable, and more than half of Mexico's artillery was on the walls of the capital.

José Apter's army consisted of nothing more than gendarmerie and security forces in various places, or strong men who were temporarily captured, not to mention sieges, or the battlefield was the first time.

As soon as the cannon sounded, some people turned around and ran, and when they saw some people fleeing, others did the same.

As a result, three attacks were launched in a row, and none of these men rushed to within three hundred meters of the Mexican wall. Enraged, Jose Apter's whip snapped, and he drew his pistol and ordered.

"Whoever dares to take a step back, I will collapse him now!"

Several New Mexico Army soldiers dressed as peasants looked back at the commander who spoke, and smiled reassuringly when they saw that he only had a "small gun" in his hand.

Jose Apt snorted two white breaths from his nose.

"Where's the Warlords?"

Immediately, a group of neatly groomed "New Mexico" soldiers ran over, these people were his descendants and his hole cards.

It's just that Jose Apt didn't expect that he, a "civilized person", would have to rely on such barbaric means in the end.

At the urging of the warlords, the procession finally marched, and at the same time the sound of artillery fire on the city walls gradually became quieter.

As the distance between the queue and the city walls continued to shrink, this gave José Apt great confidence and immediately shouted "Fight for freedom!" Down with the tyrant Tasan Anna! ”。

Then it so happened that the cannon on the city wall rang out again, and it was not known if the other side was responding to him. It's just that this time it was not a solid bullet, but a shotgun and a high-explosive shell.

The cannonballs exploded in the air, sending puffs of blood and spraying the ground as the gates of Mexico City opened. But what came out of it was not the magistrates who had come to surrender, but a group of howling Indian cavalry.

"Wow la la !!!"

The line infantry, who had been stunned by the shells, were still in a daze as they watched their comrades lying in a pool of blood, but as the familiar voice came to their ears, these peasants with guns immediately chose to turn around and flee.

In the face of the rout of the army, the overseer team of several hundred people really had no way at all. Soon they were also caught up in the rout, and the unlucky ones were knocked down and trampled to death.

The lucky ones will be chased around like ducks by the Indian cavalry, and of course these riders will not dare to chase too far, after all, they are outnumbered.

The main reason is that the military discipline of the Indians is also terrible, and the white officer in charge of commanding them has made a lot of effort to call this group of hot-blooded guys back.

On the first contact between the two sides, Jose Apte suffered an unprecedented rout. However, although the scene was very bad, the damage after the fact was not large.

The next day, José Apt chose to have an artillery battle with the defenders of Mexico City, and the result was predictable, 200 to 30, high and low, not to mention that the defenders still had cover.

Jose Apter was defeated again. After that, every day the "New Mexico" marshal tried to attack the city in various ways, and the losses were not big anyway, and he felt that he was getting better and better.

But what he doesn't understand is the loss of morale that is more terrible than the loss of troops. There is a high level of non-payment of wages in José Epte's army, and the so-called pensions are even more illusory.

A large number of wounded were left in the assault for several days, the barracks were in dire need of medicine, and even worse than that, the military rations were also run out.

The supplies promised by Joaquín de Herrera did not arrive as expected, because the new president did not take them to heart.

Instead, he focused all his attention on looting the treasure and at the same time did everything he could to get it out of the country.

Joaquín de Herrera promised to be a pragmatist, and he chose to surrender to the Americans because the latter promised to make him president of Mexico, to support his dictatorship, and to make him prosperous and prosperous in the future.

But now the Americans looked like emperors, and Joaquín de Herrera was superficially submissive, but when he returned home, he threw the medal issued by the Americans to the ground.

"The eldest husband lived between heaven and earth, how could he be depressed and live under people for a long time!?"

(End of chapter)