1840Indian rebirth

The war in Santa Fe came to a standstill.

The last battle could be considered a draw. Although the US troops were eventually repelled by Chavez's pistol cavalry, the Mexican army itself suffered considerable losses.

Before the new weapons arrived, Carney did not dare to attack rashly, so the two sides could only face off tensely in the canyon.

It was midsummer, and the hot weather made soldiers on both sides feel irritable and depressed.

This boring confrontation lasted until the end of September.

With the arrival of a thousand Browning revolvers, General Carney quickly formed a 500-man pistol cavalry unit.

During the confrontation, although there was no fighting between the two sides, the US military was not idle either.

Using the existing weapons, they adapted to the fighting style of the pistol cavalry in advance, so when the revolvers arrived, they almost immediately organized a team and prepared to start the next round of attack.

At the same time, in the city of Santa Fe.

Armijo sat on a chair, playing with a wine glass repeatedly in his hand, frowning. On the table in front of him was a piece of information and a bottle of wine.

The wine was gone, as empty as the glass in his hand.

"Uncle." Chavez came in from the outside with a smile and expectation on his face, "Kani seems to be making new moves. Let us teach the Americans a lesson!"

Armijo said nothing, but handed him the information on the table.

After he took the intelligence and started reading it, Armijo said: "Zachary Taylor's troops are marching towards Monterey, and the size of the army has exceeded ten thousand people."

While reading the information in the intelligence, Chavez's expression couldn't help but become solemn.

Armijo continued: "We can't wait for reinforcements. The situation in the south is worse than here."

Chavez was silent for a long time: "We don't need reinforcements. We have defeated the Yankees once, then twice, three times!"

Armijo couldn't help but sigh: "Be realistic, my dear nephew. Maybe we can indeed defeat the Americans once or twice, but without support from the south, Santa Fe will not last long."

"Besides, the surprise victory brought by the Browning revolver cannot be replicated. Don't forget that it was the American Colt who invented this weapon."

Chavez said nothing.

He is a passionate young man, but he can also realize that the situation of the war is becoming increasingly unfavorable to Mexico.

The huge disparity in national power between the United States and Mexico determines that the outcome of this war will not be a big surprise.

Armijo looked at his nephew's expression: "Chavez, I think we should negotiate with the Americans as soon as possible."

"Now may be the best time to negotiate. After all, we won a battle not long ago. This is our bargaining chip. We can use it to exchange for a good negotiation result."

He paused: "For example, let them not harm and plunder the residents of Santa Fe, for example, let you become a brigadier general, or even an honorary major general."

"American Brigadier General?" Chavez said with disapproval in his tone.

Armijo: "American brigadiers are also brigadiers. I was Spanish back then."

Chavez: "I was born Mexican."

"I was born Spanish," Armijo said, "but now I'm Mexican, and I don't think there's anything wrong with being Mexican."

"We don't have to be loyal to the country where we were born. It's just a beautiful coincidence. The only one we really need to be loyal to is God."

"Let's talk to Carney, Chavez?" Armijo asked again.

"No." Chavez finally refused, "Let him attack and I will defeat him again!"

With that said, he threw down the information, turned around and left the governor's office.

"Alas..." Armijo couldn't help having a headache and sighed.

He continued to play with the wine glass in his hand irritably, holding the stem between his index and middle fingers and shaking it back and forth, until he accidentally let go of the glass.

"Crack!"

The beautiful glass was shattered on the floor.

"Damn it." Armijo couldn't help but cursed, "Someone come and clean it up for me!"

Someone quickly came in outside the door, swept away the glass shards on the floor, and was about to leave, but Armijo stopped him: "Wait a minute."

"Do you have any other instructions? Mr. Governor," the servant asked.

Armijo rubbed his chin and thought for a while, with a bit of hesitation on his face. Finally, he seemed to have made up his mind: "Go to Mr. Charles Bent and say that I want to exchange a few bottles of wine with him."

, he'd better come today."

"Okay, Mr. Governor," the servant responded.

That afternoon, a somewhat balding middle-aged man in a suit came to Armijo's office and greeted politely: "Governor Armijo."

"Oh, Bente, you look good." Armijo also stood up with a smile, and then said, "Why didn't you bring wine?"

Bente smiled lightly: "Mr. Governor, I think what you need is not wine."

Armijo grinned and patted his shoulder: "You are indeed as shrewd as ever, my friend."

The two of them sat down.

Armijo said thoughtfully: "Bent, as far as I know, you and Stephen Carney seem to have some friendship?"

"Yes." Bent replied.

Armijo nodded slightly, and then said: "Actually, I hope you can contact General Carney for me... You know, I am a peace-loving person at heart, I don't like war, look at our last battle

, although we won, but at what price? How many young people lost their lives."

"But those young people are always passionate, especially my nephew. A thrilling victory made him almost fall in love with war, thinking that war is some fun game!"

Bent expressed his approval: "Yes, young people are always like this."

Armijo continued: "I don't want the war to continue. So, Bent, I want you to help me talk to General Carney. As long as he can agree to some conditions, I can surrender to them and let New Mexico join.

U.S……"

…

A few days later.

The canyon battlefield during the confrontation.

There was some movement from the US military camp. A large number of soldiers gathered and it seemed that a new round of attack was about to be launched.

"Soldiers, prepare for battle!" Chavez ordered.

For soldiers, victory is the best way to gain prestige.

After the last victory, the young governor's nephew and militia chief gained a lot of popularity in the army. Many soldiers were willing to listen to him and believed that he could bring Santa Fe the next victory.

Under his order, the Mexican garrison prepared for a possible battle.

But at this moment, Governor Armijo came from behind and immediately announced a news that surprised everyone: "In the name of the Governor of New Mexico, I declare that the war is over - we have completed the war with General Carney."

peaceful negotiations."