More than half a month has been war in Xinming. General Piles' army decided to bypass Sanhe Town after a long period of time and left a force to continue to siege. The main force passed through the northwest valley and attacked the Ming territory in the north.

In General Piles's view, such tactical adjustments are necessary. Although Sanhe Town's geographical location is important and if it can be won, it is excellent as a bridgehead and transit place for Spain to attack the Ming Dynasty territory. However, Sanhe Town's tenacious resistance made General Piles powerless in a short period of time. As time goes by, Spain's main force cannot consume too much time in Sanhe Town. Once time continues to waste time here, it will be extremely unfavorable for Spain's plan to go north.

In desperation, General Piles could only adjust his tactics and lead the main force to bypass Sanhe Town to go north. The remaining troops continued to attack Sanhe Town.

From the beginning, General Piles' northward tactics were well executed. He spent a few days passing through the valley and arrived at the area leading to the northwest. From here, he continued to attack forward and could directly hit Xinming's hinterland. Unfortunately, General Piles' speed was still a step slower. At the same time he arrived, the Ming army was already waiting for the front.

This time, General Piles could not take a detour like Sanhe Town. The Ming army was located on the important road for the Spanish army to advance like Sanhe Town. If the Spanish army continued to take a detour, then the Ming Dynasty could directly cut off the Spanish side's later passage, causing the Spanish army to lose supplies and lead to collapse.

Faced with such a situation, General Piles had to order an attack in the hope of using powerful firepower to solve the Ming army.

But in the subsequent battle, although the Ming Dynasty defenders were not as strong as those of Spain, their tenacious fighting will be the same as those of Sanhe Town. The Spanish army that could not be captured for a long time suffered a lot of casualties. This result made General Piles irritated.

When the war reached this level, General Piles no longer had the arrogance he had when he was sending troops. He originally thought that the real battle would only begin after entering the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and it was a dignified battle, that is, the kind that was known as "queuing up and shooting".

But he never expected that the Ming military's combat method was different from what he expected. The Ming Dynasty used one after another to strictly guard it, but did not fight with him in a dignified manner and adopted such tactics to resist.

What's even more terrible is that as the attacking party, Spain has an advantage in military strength, but it consumes a lot of shells, gunpowder, and other materials. In addition, the Ming army continued to send troops to harass and attack Spain's rear route, which made the Spanish army even more worried.

General Piles felt as if he was trapped in a quagmire. At this time, he regretted not completely solving Sanhe Town.

In desperation, it is unrealistic to return to the army to fight Sanhe Town now, so General Piles could only continue to attack with his teeth.

While using all his strength to attack the front, General Piles ordered the troops in the rear who were still attacking Sanhe Town, requiring them to take down Sanhe Town as soon as possible and clear the rear. In addition, in order to deal with the elusive sneak attack of the Ming army, the Spanish army also specially sent more than 1,000 elite troops to clean up the surroundings.

At this time, while General Piles hoped to break the deadlock, he also hoped that France could do something. If France's offense could achieve practical results, it would not only restrain the Ming Dynasty's military strength and gain an advantage for its own side.

In addition, if the French army could directly break through the Ming border and open an attack channel from east to west, it would be even more intimate for Spain.

But when I waited left and right, I could not see any movement from France. The Ming army on the opposite side was becoming more and more tenacious, and Spain suffered more casualties day by day.

When the war reached nearly a month, Spain was exhausted, and the rising casualties caused Spain's morale to begin to fall.

"What are these French guys doing? Do they think the battlefield is going to a banquet?" General Piles cursed at his camp. His mood became more and more irritable as the progress was progressing in the past few days. He had no time to take care of the wig on his head, which seemed a little messy. Moreover, the wig was consumed because of the perfume he carried, and it smelled smelly.

Cursing the French, General Piles cursed his army in Sanhe Town again. After so many days, Sanhe Town still did not take it down. This result was something he could not accept no matter what.

The Sanhe Town could not be taken, and the Ming Dynasty was like a nail that was stalked on the main road ahead of Spain. Spain not only had to send precious military forces to continue attacking this place, but also brought great problems to Spain's logistics transportation.

The logistics impairment became more and more serious as time went by, just like he lacked perfume to spray his wig, the shells and gunpowder transported from the rear in the past few days could no longer satisfy the offensive consumption. In desperation, the Spanish army could only weaken the offensive strength, which would not allow the Ming army's defense to be broken.

Perfume is just a small matter, and it can be tolerated. However, the lack of necessary supplies is a big matter. If the attack continues to be fruitless, the war will end with a start and abrupt end.

But General Piles could never tolerate such a result. As the army general of the Governor's Office of New Spain, he was one of the leaders of the war against the Ming Empire this time. If the war had no result or was even defeated, General Piles could imagine what the consequences would be.

At this time, the "war" between the French Empire and the Ming Empire was still continuing.

"Your Excellency, why are you here?"

When Commander Baptister learned that Governor Louis was coming, he hurried to greet him. The first thing he said when he saw Louis was asking.

"Come and take a look." Louis jumped out of the carriage, flipped up the lace edge that covered his wrists, and walked towards the barracks with elegant steps.

Baptiste took Louis to inspect the military camp and reported to him the current situation. Louis listened while walking, nodded slightly from time to time, and then he came to the command post with Baptiste.

"The Spanish are not in good condition." After sitting down, Louis asked the others to go out first, and then spoke.

"Yes, I heard about it, Your Excellency." Baptiste nodded with a wry smile. The Spaniards provoked the war, but due to the unfavorable progress, the current situation is very embarrassing. Not long ago, the Spaniards had sent letters of urging to France several times in succession. Baptiste, as the actual commander of the French army, naturally received it.

"Although the Spanish are arrogant and overestimated, no matter what, Spain is France's Spain." Louis said with a complex expression and sighed.

"If it weren't for these idiots..." Baptist complained a little.

Before he could finish speaking, Louis raised his hand to stop him and continued: "Batty, even if he is a fool, he is a fool of the French Empire. You must understand this!"

"Yes, I'm sorry." Baptist apologized to Louis with some shame. Louis said very clearly. As the Chinese said, even a foolish son is his own stupid son. I can beat him and teach him a lesson, but others cannot beat him. Whoever attacks him is a provocation to him. It would be strange if he doesn't fight with you!

"Spain is France's Spain!" Louis repeated this sentence again.

Baptiste stood quietly aside, waiting for Louis to continue talking.

"The Spanish are not in good condition. As a member of France, we must think of ways that if Spain is defeated, it will not be a good thing for France."

"If this happens, Paris will be in trouble. Batty, you send someone to the opposite side. I think you should have a good talk with our friends in the East at this time." Louis said.

"As for orders, my lord, I'll make arrangements now." Although Baptiste didn't know what Louis was going to talk to the Ming Dynasty, as a pure soldier, Baptiste didn't need to understand these things.
Chapter completed!