Chapter 723 Aztec Musketeers
"Brother Wenshan, don't you recognize me anymore? I am Liang Chongru!"
The Ming Empire sent Liang Chongru, the ambassador of the special order and plenipotentiary power of the Europa countries and the Atlantic Governor.
He and the Ming Empire delegation to visit Europe took two "New World" class warships to float on the sea for more than two months, and finally arrived at Yinshan Port on the fifth day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Tiandao. Then, it took another five days to arrive from Yinshan Port to Shenzhou City, which seemed to be surrounded by hell.
Now, those who drink chocolates with him in the Governor's Mansion Hall are Yang Aguo from the Mingzhou Grand Priest and Liu Minzhong from the Shenzhou City Grand Priest, the members of the Ming Dynasty Mission, Sofia, Chen Chongguan, Nicollo and Matteo, and a young Ming Army Major General. Among them, Nicollo and Matteo were both Semite slaves. Later, they taught courses such as Latin, Great Fresh Language and Europa History at the Mingdu Tiandao Academy. Not only did they gain freedom, but they also became professors of the academy. This time, the identity of an official from the Ming Dynasty's Foreign Ministry returned to Europe with Liang Chongru and others. It can be said that he returned home in glory!
Seeing that there were outsiders present, Wen Tianxiang couldn't ask any more questions, so he had to temporarily suppress his anger, crossed his hands at Liang Chongru, and said, "It turns out it's Brother Yi Fu, I haven't seen you for a long time."
He suddenly discovered that the purple official uniform on Liang Chongru and the black gauze on his head were both the public uniforms of Damingwen officials, and they were also purple robes that only officials above the third rank or above were wearing.
"Brother Yifu, you are..."
Liang Chongru was also looking at Wen Tianxiang, who was also wearing official uniforms, which were in the scarlet Song Dynasty civil servants' uniforms.
"Brother Wenshan, I am now the special envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to Europe," Liang Chongru pointed to the few people around him, "This is General Chen, and he is the deputy envoy with Chairman Liu from Shenzhou City. This is Sophia, the princess of the Kiev Rus..."
Liang Chongru introduced one by one, Wen Tianxiang could only meet and greet them one by one. Meng Qi saw that Wen Tianxiang had already suppressed his anger and changed into a gentleman look. He was relieved and Chen Dexing explained in his secret decree to him that he could not hurt the top scholar Wen.
This corrupt scholar was sent out to Europe and asked him to go to Europe. Didn’t he want to go there long ago? Now, he finally has a chance.
Meng Qi saw Wen Tianxiang and everyone greeting him, and had already found a chair to sit down. He laughed and said, "Mr. Wenshan, Governor Zhou wrote a letter from Zama City a few days ago. He said that thirty-two spinning boats had been built in the Zama boat yard, although it was only a small boat with a load of 1,000 stone. However, it was quite strong and could be used to cross the ocean. In addition, the five "New World" class that bypassed Nanmingzhou has also arrived in Zama... The sailors trained by Governor Zhou can also get on the boat and go out to sea. Why not set off as soon as possible and have a trip to Europe?"
This is to drive people away! Humph, I must have thought that I had seen his evil deeds here.
Wen Tianxiang thought this in his heart, but nodded stiffly, "Governor Meng, I do intend to go to Europa, but Zhama City is currently in a plague... I am a Muslim guard. How can I leave at this time?"
Meng Qi said, "Zama City has Governor Zhou guarded it, how can a mere plague be? Mr. Wenshan, this time the Ming delegation visited Europe to support Europe and fight against Mongolia. The military situation is urgent and there is no delay."
"Aid Europe and fight against Mongolia?" Wen Tianxiang was also stunned. Didn't the Mongolians ask Chen Dexing to fight away? Why did he run to Europa again? Kublai Khan ran far enough!
Liang Chongru's result was a topic of topic. He sighed and said, "Kublai, this thief, ran to the Western Regions, first defeated Aluhu of the Chagatai Khanate, and then took advantage of Hulagu's death to death to suppress the Ili Khanate. More than half a year ago, Beerghan of the Golden Horde died of illness and sent troops to Salay to defeat Manggetemuir. Now, maybe he has integrated the Ili Khanate and the Golden Horde. He will soon enter Europa. If we cannot arrive in Europa early and see the sect leader of the Grand Duke Church and the Eastern Roman Emperor, we are afraid that the people of Europa will be killed by the Mongols again. By then, tens of millions of people will die..."
Wen Tianxiang showed a sense of worry, but thought to himself: "Mengqi has killed a lot in Mingzhou. If this plague is included, I am afraid that it will kill more than one million people... Who will the Mexicans and Mayans seek to seek justice? Chen Dexing? Humph. Maybe Mengqi, Yang Aguo and Zhou Xiaoqi were following his orders to kill people with smallpox!"
Yang Aguo interrupted, "The mission will set out to Zama tomorrow, and then head north along the east coast of the Beimingzhou continent, and then cross the ocean. If it is fast, we will be able to reach Europa in six months."
This crossing was actually a great geographical expedition, which was to explore the east coast of Beimingzhou. We were preparing to dispatch 5 "New World" and 32 "Maya" class (thousand-stone sailboats made by Zama). In addition to transporting the delegation and 5,200 Aztec Green Camp soldiers, we also planned to transport a group of military household soldiers and Indian Eight Banners soldiers who had just been transferred from the Ming Dynasty to build a colonial site in Beimingzhou.
"6 months?" Wen Tianxiang heard something wrong, "How come it was so long? The Atlantic Ocean is so wide? And... can the ship be filled with 6 months of food and fresh water?"
"It takes three months to train before landing in Europa." Meng Qi replied with a smile, "I still need to create some equipment."
"Train?" Wen Tianxiang asked, "What to train?"
"Of course it was the Aztec Green Camp soldiers." Meng Qi said lightly, "This time, a lot of Nanfen steel and coercines were transported from the middle of the country, and some were taken for the Aztec Green Camp soldiers... It was also for the Europeans to know that our Ming army was strong, so that they would not covetously towards Mingzhou."
I was still thoughtful. The Ming Dynasty's power in Mingzhou was still very weak. The army that could fight was the 24,000 Eight Indian Banners and several thousand Aztec Green Camps. In addition, three or four thousand military soldiers were transferred one after another, most of whom were with their families, with a total number of about eight thousand. Most of them were placed in Jinshan City, Yinshan Port and Shenzhou City, and the small half would be equipped with some Eight Indian Banners, which would sprinkle pepper on the east coast of Beimingzhou. As for Nanmingzhou, I can't take care of it for the time being.
Such a rich continent, there is only such a little army defense, which is of course not enough. Although the newly established Western fleet is somewhat powerful, there are only 5 main battleships and 32 Thousand-Stone Boats without cannons. This strength is enough to fight a sea decisive battle with the Europa. However, it is not enough to control the entire Atlantic Ocean. The ocean is too vast. Five main battleships cannot defend at all. If the kings of Europa are attracted by the wealth of Mingzhou and send troops to fight for it. Zhongmingzhou can be defended here, but there are so many small islands on the Maya Sea on the east coast of Beimingzhou and Nanmingzhou, and there are so many small islands on the sea.
Therefore, the solution that came to mind was to show strength and the Europa. If necessary, choose a country and strike it to establish authority!
We must let the Europa people know that Mingzhou is the Mingzhou of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has enough power to defend Mingzhou! It can not only defend Mingzhou, but also deploy troops to countries on the European continent. If anyone wants to make Mingzhou's idea, they must be prepared to be captured by the Aztecs and sacrificed with blood!
To this end, the weapons and equipment of the Aztec Green Camp soldiers sent to Europa must also be fully upgraded. With shields, spears, bows and arrows, it is enough to deal with the natives in Mingzhou, and it is probably not enough to fight the Europa people. Therefore, it was decided to equip these Aztecs with breastplate not everyone, only a few spearmen and all spears and shields have it. A total of 1,500 pairs of breastplate will be created. The Aztecs who do not have breastplate will receive leather armor. The same is true for helmets, 15
The remaining 00 pairs of steel helmets were made of Mingzhou bison leather. In addition, Mengqi would extract 1,000 of the 5,000 combs, arm an Aztec musket corps, and eliminate bows and arrows. Because the Aztec archers all became monks halfway, there were no good bows and strings here in Mingzhou, so the archers of the Aztec Green Camp soldiers bullied the Mayans. It would definitely not be easy to use when they arrived in Europe, so they would rather replace them with muskets.
In addition, the 5,200 Aztec green camp soldiers will undergo strict training and reorganization. They will form a strengthened infantry brigade, including a musket brigade, two spear brigades, and one gun shield brigade. They will also be assigned enough Han officers in this army. Chen Chongguan, the young master of the Ming Dynasty, will serve as the brigade commander. Let's see how much authority he has in Mingzhou after seeing the arrangements.
After hearing Meng Qi's adaptation plan, Wen Tianxiang's face turned slightly blue. Meng Qi was trying to seize his military power! It's not that Wen Tianxiang couldn't bear to leave these 5,200 Aztec soldiers, but that he had long regarded these Aztec soldiers as Song troops.
Although the Song Dynasty lost its orthodox tradition, there are still two remaining branches of the world...
Meng Qi seemed to see through his thoughts, and just smiled faintly, "Mr. Wenshan, this Aztec Green Camp soldier is not a Ming army, but a mercenary from the Third Governor's Office in Mingzhou... If Mr. Wenshan sends a letter of loyalty to Queen Song and asks her to ask her to propose to the saint, it is not impossible to classify them into the Song army. But at present, this soldier will be handed over to the Atlantic Governor's Office."
The Atlantic Governor's Office is also a short Governor's Office. The Governor is Liang Chongru, and its territory is some islands in the Atlantic Ocean (excluding the Mayan Sea). What is the concession on the west coast of Europe? If there are no 5,200 Aztecs, it is hard to say whether they can rent the land.
Wen Tianxiang gritted his teeth. If he was loyal to Zhao Lin'er, then what was the difference between him and Zhong Daming? This authenticity of the Song Dynasty should be "Real Song"?
Chapter completed!