Dominate the Country

At the end of the eighth year of Chengtian, which was January of 1783, China and Britain signed a secret treaty in Jinghai [Andaman Islands]. Chen Han promised to completely defeat the Spanish army within the next year, and Britain promised to continue fighting with France and Spain in the next year.

The British saw a glimmer of hope for a comeback from the Sino-Western War that broke out on the west coast of North America.

They had fought too badly before.

Winning first and then losing was a complete reversal of their situation in the Indian War.

However, God will not destroy Great Britain. The outbreak of the Sino-Western War lit up a bright light on the gloomy road ahead for the British. The British gritted their teeth and chose to fight in the new year instead of admitting defeat - losing the Thirteen Colonies.

Chen Ming asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact the British in the summer. Although the latter was still unwilling to give Chen Han any extra sweetness, the British did hope to reach a certain alliance with China.

The two sides hit it off.

In the history of the original time and space, in January 1783, London had lost confidence in winning the North American battlefield, and the thirteen states of North America could officially declare a ceasefire. In late January of that year, the United States and Britain signed a comprehensive treaty in Paris.

Just as February began, Great Britain announced a ceasefire. The war can almost be said to be over.

The British exchanged North American interests for a turning point in the Indian war. The Kingdom of Mysore lost the support of France and the Netherlands behind it. Although the newly succeeded Tipu was resolute and daring to fight, he still ended the war two years later. Great Britain survived the most deadly crisis in its colonial history in India.

If the current time and space were the same period of normal history, the North American War could declare the thirteen states victorious. The new thirteen states could cheer for victory as citizens of the United States, and Paris could be filled with light laughter. After the humiliation of the Seven Years' War, even though the French spent the last penny of their treasury and owed a huge debt that the government could not solve at all, their national self-esteem was once again sincerely strengthened.

But Chen Ming did not think that the British really had no chance of winning. They were at the end of their strength. The French and the Spanish who accompanied the French were the same? Even the United States was not truly stable.

In later China, many people knew that Washington took the initiative to resign as the commander of the Continental Army and returned the military power. He was praised as the embodiment of the "Steel Spirit". But who knew that in March 1783, the Continental Army broke out in a far-reaching Newburgh crisis, which could perhaps be described as the "Newburgh Rebellion-Military Coup".

When the war was about to end and the preliminary peace documents had been signed, but had not yet been delivered to America, the Continental Army stationed in Newburgh had an incredible event that had a profound impact on American history. At this moment of victory, some officers responded to the instigation of an anonymous companion and gathered together to consider a rebellion against the current government.

The Newburgh Conspiracy was the closest event to an uprising or a coup in the history of the US Army in the original time and space plane. It exposed the fragility of the relationship between the military and the people in the early days of the country. If the army got rid of civilian control at the critical moment of the birth of the country, it would be impossible for the next few generations to establish a national army. March 1783. Behind the Newburgh incident, there was a complex conspiracy, involving not only some military leaders, but also some congressional leaders. More importantly, these people involved had to take on the responsibility of building the US military in the years to come, and their actions directly destroyed the weak trust relationship between the army and the people.

Whether the poor situation of the US military before World War I was deeply affected by the Newburgh incident, outsiders really couldn't say for sure.

In the final analysis, this is power.

Facts have proved that the temptation of power is the most delicious poison in the world.

The only difference is that some people are clearly aware of the harm and have built a solid cage for the beast of power; while others are completely controlled by desire.

Behind the Newburgh incident was the embarrassing salary issue of the US military officers and soldiers at that time. This problem had already erupted in the military camp in the summer and autumn of 1782. The officers had not received their salaries for several months. More importantly, there was evidence that Congress wanted to cancel their promise in 1780 to give the Continental officers and soldiers a pension equivalent to half pay.

The US Congress did not really want to break its promise, but at this time, the power of the country was in the hands of the state governments. The state governments had long denied the payment of pensions. In 1782, the old tune was repeated again, and the responsibility was shirked by all kinds of obstacles, which in itself seriously hurt the feelings of the Continental officers and soldiers.

Chen Ming, who knew the course of this incident clearly, certainly would not think that the Newburgh incident would continue to erupt in March 1783. After all, the plane was different, and the British chose to continue to insist instead of surrendering. The vision of the founding fathers of the United States was not that short-sighted. Even if they wanted to cross the river and then destroy the bridge, they had to wait until they crossed the river first.

Chen Ming only focused on the factors confirmed by the occurrence of this incident in history - the economic tension of the American military and the many internal contradictions.

Therefore, as long as the British continued to persist, when Chen Han really defeated the Spaniards, Chen Ming could not say what kind of changes would happen to the situation on the east coast of North America. Anyway, this would make the Americans uncomfortable.

At the same time, the British would not gain more than they lost.

War is very expensive.

And if the Americans are uncomfortable, then Chen Ming will be comfortable. The longer the war on the east coast lasts, the more serious the loss of strength of the European countries involved in the war will be.

When the agreement [not news] was sent to Guangdong Province by sea, and then rushed all the way to Chen Ming in Nanjing, it was already the beginning of February in the ninth year of Chengtian. At this time, the development of Manzanillo was a brand new look compared to the previous year.

One by one, Indian villages and tribes surrendered to Manzanillo, and a group of Indian armed forces with "golden eyes and ambitious" were established. Even some Indians who initially avoided the expeditionary force had to come to Chen Han's side.

Because the situation is stronger than people, the Indians do not have more and better choices. If the Indian armed forces kill the Peninsula people, then don't expect the colonial authorities to forgive the Indians and show mercy.

They would not say whether it was done by the Indians in this village. In their eyes, all Indians were the same. They would raze small villages to the ground with gunfire and then quickly rob all their belongings.

Even if it was simply for looting and harvesting more spoils, the Spanish colonial officers in charge of levying would kill the "innocent" Indian villages.

Half a month after the name of the Indian armed forces spread to Mexico City, that is, during the Chinese New Year, the colonial authorities of the Viceroyalty of New Spain were under pressure and finally had to send troops to clear out the active Indian thugs.

They chose to send out cavalry. According to secret intelligence sources, it was the last organized cavalry unit in Mexico City, with a total of one battalion of cavalry and two battalions of infantry.

If there was no expeditionary force behind the Indians, these more than a thousand infantry and cavalry would really be able to eat up one Indian armed force after another, but the bigwigs in Mexico City seemed to have forgotten the expeditionary force in Manzanillo Port.

Perhaps they had instructed the commander of the mopping-up army not to provoke Manzanillo, but they could control the mopping-up army, but could they still control Manzanillo's expeditionary force?

With the Indians and local Mexicans as cover, Manzanillo dispatched two battalions of infantry and two teams of cavalry, quietly set up positions on a mountain slope, and then sent an Indian armed force to lure the Spaniards into the trap, eating up their one battalion of troops in one fell swoop.

[Mexicans refer to native whites and mixed-race people who are anti-Western, and also refer to Indians living in Mexico.

Spaniards refer to the colonial government, and peninsulars also refer to Spaniards and native whites who tend to Spain, distinguishing native whites. ]

The first wave of mopping-up army suffered heavy losses, and Mexico City's response speed on the second wave of mopping-up army became faster. They immediately chose to transfer troops from the front line, because with the heavy losses of the first wave of mopping-up army, the armed movement of Indians within a hundred miles from north to south to east of Manzanillo became more intense.

And it is not known whether it was influenced by Manzanillo, the Indians in the entire New Spain colony suddenly became restless. Armed resistance broke out in some places. This was a premeditated conspiracy. Those ignorant Indians had muskets and a few small cannons in their hands. There must be a powerful force behind them, and China is obviously a suspect that is more obvious than ever.

The entire New Spain colony is about to be in flames and smoke everywhere.

It really feels like the old hen turns into a duck in the blink of an eye.

The Spaniards in Mexico became nervous. They urgently need to suppress the wave of resistance set off by the Indians.

According to the Gregorian calendar, this is already mid-March 1783, and the Spaniards who were on fire in the backyard began to be forced to mobilize the front-line troops to return to the local area.

The overall pressure on Chen Han is slowly decreasing.

Time entered the end of February of the ninth year of Chengtian, and the North American war report two or three months ago was finally delivered to Chen Ming again. No major war broke out on either the front battlefield or the side battlefield.

After several months of back and forth, both sides are now holding rockets and are a little bit unable to fight.

Chen Ming is not concerned about this. He pays more attention to the development of Manzanillo and the cultivation of the "American Dog".

"…The Spanish's means of revenge were very cruel and fierce. They did not care whether the Indian villages and tribes in front of them had any resistance forces, but just burned, killed and looted. The cruel reality forced the Indians to bow to us.

Musketeers, medicines, sabers and iron arrows were the most common materials exchanged by the Indians. Whenever an Indian took the initiative to surrender, the expeditionary army would symbolically give them some muskets and iron arrows as rewards. In order to increase the enthusiasm of the Indians, the expeditionary army also clearly told them that they could do their best to contact their relatives and friends and persuade them to move to Manzanillo. The land here is fertile, the rainfall is abundant, and the expeditionary army will give them shelter. They can start a new life with great happiness.

For every person these Indians brought, the expeditionary army rewarded them with one yuan, or they could also exchange the money for corresponding living materials.

Manzanillo is home to hundreds of thousands of people. Colima, where it is located, is the smallest state in Mexico. However, it is located in the coastal plain at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west. It has a warm and humid climate all year round, rich vegetation, developed agriculture, and unique natural conditions. It is also the most important and busiest port in Mexico.

Even if all the Indians within a radius of 100 miles flock here, it can be fully accommodated.

And with the number of Indians in Mexico at this time, even if all the Indians in the surrounding area flock to Manzanillo, the expeditionary force will not spend much money. On the contrary, if these labor forces are used reasonably, they will be of great benefit to the development projects of the entire east coast of North America.

Now, the expeditionary force has begun to send some Indians to Tokyo and Hanjin.

The Indians' lives are really hard. These villages and tribes have long been overwhelmed by heavy taxes. When they came to Manzanillo, they might be afraid and uneasy, but they still came here.

Because no matter how bad their experience is, it is just like before.

But when they arrived in Manzanillo, they were at least able to eat their fill.

Although the primary target of the Indian armed forces was not food, many of the plantations and estates they destroyed had granaries, and gold, silver, treasures and horses were very easy to transfer, so there was no need for food.

When the plantation owners and estate owners fled to Mexico City, they took away all the wealth they could take away, leaving only large quantities of corn, potatoes, sorghum, and wheat in the warehouses, including avocados hanging in large orchards.

When the Indian armed forces could not find anything more valuable, they had to focus on food and fruit. So even though the population of Manzanillo was constantly growing, Manzanillo's food was not only enough for its own consumption, but also could be shipped back to the north by ship.

Once these people settled down, there was no doubt that they would create huge wealth for the expedition every year.

The mineral development, fishery resources, and agricultural resources of America can also be used to form an eastward militia to conquer more North American Indians. The expeditionary army does not ask them to become a superior source of soldiers. As long as these Indians can beat the North American Indians, it will greatly speed up Chen Han's eastward conquest.

The price the expeditionary army needs to pay is just a little worthless land. The treatment of these Indians cannot be compared with that of Chinese immigrants, but no matter how harsh it is, it is not as good as that of the Spaniards. Then, a "fair" tax is enough to make them obey.

Compared with the original living standards of these Indians, after arriving in North America, even if they are all thrown into plantations to work as agricultural workers, they will win the sincere gratitude and thanks of these Indians.

Such a request is very easy for the expeditionary army. There is too much land on the east coast. Relying on immigration, it is unknown when the area can be filled. Now if such a small amount of fragmented benefits can be exchanged for hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Indians to work, it may not be a good deal.

At worst, they will turn against each other and completely split up these Indians.

If a nation wants to preserve its own cultural heritage, it needs the power of a group. If it is a single family, it is better to go to bed as soon as possible. Even the most stubborn family will be completely integrated into society after two or three generations.

The second, third, and fourth generations of foreign Chinese are a good example. Moreover, Indians also have yellow skin. Although they have certain differences in physiognomy with Chinese, it is definitely easier for them to integrate into a society dominated by Chinese than into a society dominated by whites.

Although Chen Ming has not yet made a conclusion on the fate of the Indians, he still agrees with the expeditionary force's plan.

The expeditionary force also delivered bad news to Chen Ming.

The first sunken destroyer in the Chen Han Navy fleet appeared. Just five days before this report was sent, a light clipper warship cruising in Jiazhou Bay was sent to the bottom of the sea by a Spanish ship disguised as a smuggling ship with four heavy rockets.

Only three of the hundreds of sailors on the ship were saved!

Chen Han's expeditionary fleet suffered the most painful blow.

Among hundreds of experienced naval officers and soldiers, only three survived...

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