Mexico City, Grand Palace.

Don Juan Jose had been standing in front of the huge map hanging in his office for several hours, from afternoon until dark. One of his secretaries was holding a candlestick and lighting it for him.

The most outstanding military strategist in contemporary Spain found a way to defeat the enemy from the picture in front of him.

It’s really painful to think about it! How powerful was Spain, the favor of God, back then? With the crown of two continents, it was an empire on which the sun never set, and it was a hegemon on land and sea. There was an invincible fleet on the sea, and the Spanish phalanx on land, with famous generals.

Not only are they as handsome as the clouds and the sea, they are also in groups.

It's better now, because only Don Juan Jose is struggling to support it... From the European continent to the New World, in such a large empire, he seems to be the only one who can fight.

And this Don Juan Jose who can fight actually doesn’t have any outstanding records...

Don Juan Jose didn't know that his secretary was doubting his military ability-his military ability was beyond doubt. In fact, he had already made the right decision regarding the possible invasion of Sonora Province.

deployment.

Count Iturvid's three to four hundred knights could not defeat the Japanese of the Kingdom of Jiaqing no matter what - those knights were all Indo-European mixed race, and they had never seen bloody battles on the European battlefields. At most, they were in New Zealand.

Spain fought against the Indians, and not against the Apaches in the north, but against the Indians who grew corn...

As for the militiamen recruited by the knights from the Indian serfs, they basically had no combat effectiveness. They only joined the army so that they could do less farm work and have enough to eat at the same time.

But Don Juan José, who had outstanding military talents, formulated a very simple response plan for the somewhat simple-minded Count Iturbide...burn down the towns where grain was stored, and then bring the whites and mixed-race whites with him.

Just run away to Puerto Guaymas!

There are strong fortresses there, and they can receive naval support at any time... Even if the navy is unable to support them, there is no problem in holding the fortress in Puerto Guaymas for a month or two, and we will definitely win by then.

Because it is impossible for the Japanese who came from afar to carry heavy artillery and walk such a long way to Puerto Guaymas. It would not be fast to walk and run. It would not take them three or four months to walk from San Diego to Puerto Guaymas?

What to eat? Cactus from the Sonoran Desert?

The correct plan had already been given to Count Iturbide, but after learning that the Jiaqing Kingdom's army was invading, this fool took all 300 knights he could muster and headed north to fight without a second thought.

And what's worse is that the idiot earl was led into an ambush by the red lancers of Jiaqing Kingdom. Among the 300 knights and himself, a total of 301 people were killed, 295 of them, including himself...

...In the end, only 6 were left and ran back.

At this time, the entire Sonora Province was completely paralyzed. Not only did it no longer have the military power to confront the invading enemy forces, it also lost the administrative ability to organize retreats and burn towns and important supplies... In feudalism

Under the system, the military and administration were basically integrated. The knight who died inexplicably in battle controlled hundreds of manors. Count Iturbide's administrative orders were conveyed to each manor through them. Once these people died, the province of Sonora

The administration was completely paralyzed.

Many estates only knew that the damn war had come when the enemy arrived at their doorstep. Before that, the people living there were not mentally prepared at all - why Sonora? There are only deserts and cacti here, so many

Why did the Gyeongju Army come in? This is what Don Juan Jose wants to understand at this moment!

They clearly have control of the sea and have a large fleet in the Golden Gate Bay...but why not use the large fleet to transport the army directly to Colima, Guerrero or Acapulco?

Isn't it much closer to march to the Valley of Mexico from there? Moreover, the logistical pressure of marching by water is not that great. There is an entire fleet to help transport food, so there will be no problems at all.

But why didn't they take the sea route?

Just when Don Juan Jose was confused, there was a knock on the door of the office, and then he heard de Bescola's voice: "His Royal Highness, de Bescola, please see me."

"Come in, come in quickly!"

De Bescola is now also a count, and has been sealed in the Valley of Mexico. He was previously sent by Don Juan Jose to Europe to mobilize reinforcements, and reached an agreement with Louis XIV to jointly oppose the Ming Empire. He returned to New Spain

Later, he was reused and became the Admiralty Minister of the Kingdom of New Spain.

But now on the Pacific side, the Kingdom of New Spain no longer has a navy... At most, it can only send some privateers. However, since the Ming Dynasty's fleet is still in Kinmen Bay, the privateers dare not approach the coastline.

.And in the vast Pacific, it is not easy to encounter a fleet suitable for robbery - privateers usually wait near enemy ports or important straits instead of wandering around the ocean. These days

Without satellites or radar, it would be difficult to search for targets in the ocean with just a monocular telescope.

Therefore, the privateers de Bescola sent out had no results. When he walked into the regent's office and was still thinking about how to explain it to Don Juan Jose, the regent of New Spain had already been thrown to him.

An urgent military report was sent.

"You're a China expert, look what's going on here?"

Debescola took the military newspaper, read it, and took a breath: "How is this possible? How could they..."

Don Juan Jose looked at De Bescola, "My Lord of the Navy, I need a reasonable explanation!"

"This..." Debescola groaned for a while, "If this news is accurate, then I think King Jiaqing is making a huge gamble!"

"A big gamble?"

"Yes! I bet on the national destiny of Jiaqing Kingdom!"

Don Juan Jose didn't understand, "Why would he do this?"

"Because he was originally a gambler!" De Bescola said, "It was because he lost all the Ming Emperor's pension money by participating in stock speculation in Shanghai that he had to go to the New World to try his luck.

Later, he used himself as a bet and deceived the heiress of the Shimadzu family, and then became the winner of the Battle of Flood Valley!"

"But this time he obviously doesn't have to gamble!" Don Juan Jose said, "Isn't there a safer route of advance?"

"Yes," De Bescola thought for a while and said, "but he...has always had a conflict of interest with the King of the United States!"

"Isn't he the uncle of the King of the United States?"

"That's right!" De Bescola said, "This is the source of the conflict... King Jiaqing is also qualified to ascend the throne of the United States!"

"What?" Don Juan Jose was stunned, "Does the King of the United States have no son?"

"Yes, many!" De Bescola said, "But the rules of succession of the throne of the Orientals are different from ours. In their eyes, it is legal for an uncle to seize the throne of his nephew by force!"

"Really?" Don Juan José said to himself: Is it legal in the eyes of Easterners for an illegitimate brother to seize the throne of a fool brother?

“As far as I know, the relationship between the King of United States and King Kaqing has always been relatively cold,” De Bescola said. “There are also rumors that the relationship between the King of United States and King Kaqing’s personal Shimazu Noyoshi is very close...

In addition, the Kingdom of Jiaqing is actually a colonial country established by the Japanese... although King Jiaqing is the prince of the Ming Dynasty. The United States is a colonial country established by the Ming Dynasty, so the relationship between Jiaqing and the United States is not what it seems on the surface.

So good."

Don Juan Jose seemed to understand a little bit, "You mean, the King of United States was unwilling to use the navy to help King Jiaqing, so he had to risk marching by land?"
Chapter completed!