"Onboard! Onboard!"

In the green desert everywhere, the densely packed Gyeongju warriors gave out loud cheers. Standing high on a tower were Jiaqing King Zhu Cihuan and his two wives, the main concubine Shima Jinnokichi and the side wife.

Feishina and Naomi both showed satisfied smiles.

The three of them were all in full military uniforms, painted red and wearing some Japanese-style plate armor. They looked majestic.

And around the watchtower where they were, there was a large section of the border wall that had been blasted with gaps one after another by artillery. These border walls were easy to deal with small groups of Japanese bandits, but more than 10,000 heavily armed,

In front of the samurai legion, which was dragging more than ten cannons, it looked like paper!

As soon as the soldiers arrived and the cannons fired, in less than an hour, the guarding Sonora militiamen could not withstand the blow. Some surrendered and some fled. Not only did the border wall cost Don Juan Jose a lot of silver pesos,

They all were thrown to the invading Gagyeong warriors, and all the corn flour stored in several watchtowers was thrown to the invading Gyeongju warriors.

This was an unexpected surprise. Originally, these Gyeongju Japs who didn’t bring enough rations were planning to eat cactus if they couldn’t survive (they had already tried eating the saguaro cactus in the Sonora Desert, and it seemed that they couldn’t kill anyone), but now they can

Okay, there is enough corn flour to steam the steamed buns and eat them!

The border wall located in the Sonoran Desert was not built against the Gyeongju City (San Diego) of the Kingdom of Gakyung.

The harbor is still 1,200 miles away.

Moreover, the Sonora provincial militia stationed at the border wall will also send cavalry to patrol the desert north of the border wall.

Therefore, the defenders of Sonora's border wall had enough time to burn their food reserves and then escape.

But contrary to Zhu Cihuan's expectations, the Sonora provincial militiamen stationed at the border wall actually chose to stick to their shabby border wall when facing more than 10,000 Gyeongju samurai troops... The result was of course helping Zhu Cihuan.

A big favor.

Because this attack by the Gyeongju Samurai Corps was actually a battle without logistics!

This is the basic foundation of the Jiaqing Kingdom... If you don't count those who hold the status of Jiaqing nobles but do not live in the Jiaqing Kingdom, the real number of Jiaqing people is only one hundred thousand - this is not Ding Zhuang.

number, but the total population!

If the population had not been too small, the Kingdom of Jiacheng would not have implemented the one-armed system with only warriors and no civilians! However, the one-armed system could only solve the problem of insufficient military resources in the Kingdom of Jiacheng, but it could not solve the dilemma of weak national power.

.....In fact, a comprehensive system is only a short-term emergency solution, not a long-term solution at all.

What is accumulated through this system is not the real national strength, but only the strength of a war. Even this battle cannot be fought well, because all the strong men are warriors. Therefore, once the strong men go to war, most of the production in the rear will be paralyzed.

At best, they can barely maintain a living for the elderly and weak. It is simply impossible to support the front line.

Therefore, the King of Jiaqing could only lead an army without logistical support, carrying only enough rations for 30 days (the Jiaqing army did not have many horses, and it would not be able to carry more), and began a battle that was almost a gamble on life.

expedition.

As the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Jiaqing King Zhu Cihuan was shocked when he heard this plan from Shimazu Noyoshi - to carry 30 days of food and walk 2,000 miles, he would have to walk more than 60 miles and almost 70 miles every day.

, we still have to fight in the meantime!

Although Count Iturbide, the Governor of New Spain in Sonora Province, was a veteran with no brains, the border wall built by the New Spain in the Sonora Desert was no different than paper.

But the New Spanish soldiers can also use the method of fortifying the wall and clearing the field to deal with the invading Garching Army - if Count Iturbide can see through the Garching Army's intentions, he can also gather his troops to defend the port of Guaymas...

..Once the Jiaqing Army cannot seize this supply port, more than 10,000 people will have no choice but to eat cactus in the desert.

Therefore, this kind of no-return combat plan is basically gambling with the lives of more than 10,000 people! As long as there is a slight accident, the expeditionary force will run out of food and be defeated, which means the entire army will be annihilated!

And what's worse is that Zhu Cihuan himself is also on the "blacklist" of more than 10,000 people. He must lead the expedition in person, and he must be brave enough... to lead more than 10,000 people to fight a war.

In a war where most people would starve to death on the front lines, it would be impossible to be stupid or crazy.

Jiaqing King Zhu Cihuan was neither stupid nor crazy. He rejected Shimazu Noyoshi's suggestion on the spot. But this woman was cruel enough and even threatened to commit seppuku!

If Shimazu Noyoshi alone wanted to commit seppuku, Zhu Cihuan would probably not give in, and he didn't believe that Noyoshi would actually commit suicide... But his other wife, Naomi, the daughter of Masaki Hoshina, actually wanted to follow

Let’s make a fuss together and commit seppuku!

This is not possible!

Naomi Hoshina was the one Zhu Cihuan watched growing up, so he knew this girl's stubborn temper... If she said she wanted to do it, she would do it!

Moreover, this girl only entered Zhu Cihuan's room on behalf of the Baoke family after the death of Zhu Cihuan's other side room, Baoke Zhenghui's sister.

Zhu Cihuan knew his true status in the Jiaqing Kingdom very well!

The Kingdom of Jiaqing was actually a colonial country founded by a group of "Samurai Dinyu" who had no future in Japan through his trademark!

He, the king, was just a memorial tablet. The two samurai families, Shimazu and Hoshina, were really in power.

Among them, although the governor of the Shimazu family is Nobu Shimazu, most of the Shimazu people listen to Nokichi Shimazu.

The governor of the Baoke family is Baoke Zhenghui, and he is Zhu Cihuan's staunchest supporter... It is said that the relationship between the two is extremely unusual!

If Zhu Cihuan loses Shimazu Noyoshi and loses the support of Hoshina Masaki, then his role as the King of Jiaqing will come to an end.

So even though he knew it was a gamble, Zhu Cihuan had no choice but to risk his life!

I didn’t expect that this life-threatening battle would start so smoothly!

According to the quartermaster's report, the corn flour seized was enough to feed more than 10,000 Gyeongju warriors for 10 days... With 10 more days of steamed buns, King Gagyeong would be more likely to win the battle.

Increased.

If he is defeated and starves to death in the Sonora Desert, there is no doubt that he is a mad king and a stupid king. But if he wins the bet...then this "war without food" will go down in history.

, he will be the founding hero of the Jiaqing Kingdom and the invincible king of war!

After announcing the "good news of Wotou" to the entire army, he was greeted by fanatical shouts.

At this time, Baoke Zhenghui, who was also wearing a red plate armor, had already hurried up the watchtower, arrived at Zhu Cihuan's side, and reported in a low voice: "Your Highness, according to reports from the scouts, hundreds of New Spanish cavalry are rapidly approaching.

Here we come! The distance is about 30 miles."

"What?" Zhu Cihuan was stunned, "Hundreds? That's right?"

"It's unmistakable," Masaki Hoshina said, "it was the Takeda family's cavalry who discovered that their...maximum number was 500 cavalry."

"Your Highness," Shimazu Noyoshi interjected, "the Spaniards must not have thought that we would send out a large army to march from the land. They must have thought that we were sending out only a small group of troops, so they marched rashly... This is what we will do

A chance to defeat him in one fell swoop!

There are not many Spanish knights in Sonora Province. If 500 of them really come, they will basically be here. As long as we can destroy them, there will be no force in Sonora Province that can resist us!"

"Okay!" Zhu Cihuan made a decisive decision this time. He only saw him pull out his samurai sword, raise it high above his head, and point to the south. The cheering warriors below all silenced their voices and looked at them.

The "Lord of War" held his breath.

Zhu Cihuan shouted loudly: "Gentlemen... hundreds of Spanish cavalry are just 30 miles away! Destroy them, and no one in the entire Suozhou can stop us... take Suozhou."
Chapter completed!