1850 American Gold Baron

The war continues.

The Mexican army collapsed on the Western Front, but not the Eastern Front.

Facing the Mexican army on the eastern front that was three times his own, Jackson launched several fierce attacks, causing certain casualties to the Mexican army and achieving some results.

However, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, and Jackson's Confederate army was the attacker.

In addition, Santa Ana's style of play is very clumsy. Once the battle is unfavorable, they will retreat to the city. Facing Victoria, a strong city like San Luis Toposi will not be able to attack it for a while.

The war on the Eastern Front entered a stalemate for a while.

February 10, 1856.

Custis' heavy artillery battery blasted through the Mexican defenses in Victoria City, opening a gap for the attacking army.

The Southern Army was finally able to penetrate deep into the city of Victoria and started a brutal street battle with the Mexican Army.

Gonzalez, who had annihilated the Arkansas Regiment a month ago and was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Mexican Army, saw that the U.S. Army had broken into the city. He suggested that Santa Ana lead the main force to withdraw from Victoria City before it fell and headed for San Luis Tobosi.

He himself stayed behind to buy time for them.

Different from the past, Gonzalez's suggestion this time was quickly unanimously agreed by all the Mexican army leaders. They were very moved, and then left Gonzalez with a regiment, which was a local militia group in Victoria City, to work with the Southern Army.

Street fighting continued in the city.

Under the cover of Gonzalez, Santa Ana withdrew the main force of 8,000 Mexican troops from Victoria City to San Luis Tobosi.

The street fighting in Victoria City lasted for five full days.

The more than a thousand Mexican troops who stayed behind in Victoria City were very tenacious under the leadership of Gonzalez. They relied on their familiarity with the buildings in the city to deal with the Southern troops who invaded the city.

Every time the Confederate army captured a civilian house, they had to pay a heavy price.

After five days and nearly 2,000 casualties, the Confederate army finally captured the fortified city of Victoria.

The heavy casualties suffered by the Confederate army made Jackson's heart bleed.

The only thing Jackson was lucky about at this time was that the main force of the Southern Army participating in the Second Mexican-American War was the militia, not the elite of the Southern Army. He could still bear these losses, and he could still explain to the South.

Gonzalez and more than 300 remaining Mexican wounded soldiers were eventually captured.

Out of appreciation, Jackson was quite polite to Gonzalez and these Mexican prisoners and did not make things difficult for them.

However, after the Confederate army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties in order to capture this city, they naturally had to find something to vent their anger on.

Victoria City is the best target for them to vent their anger.

It took the Confederate army five full days to attack the city, but it only took the Confederate army three days to wipe the city off the map.

Jackson ordered a search for the Arkansas Regiment's flag in the city of Victoria, but unfortunately, the Confederate army could not find the Arkansas Regiment's flag after physically turning the city upside down.

After losing Ciudad Victoria, only the last barrier left in the north of Mexico City.

That is the defense system composed of San Luis Tobosi, the capital of the state of San Luis Tobosi, and the three cities of Leon and Aguascaliente.

These three cities are the horns of each other, threatening the US military advancing southward.

The US military can bypass these three cities and go straight into Mexico, but the Mexican defenders in these three cities can also take the opportunity to cut off the US military's logistics lines, or even directly stab the US military in the back.

However, the terrain of these three cities is very dangerous. They are all located in condescending places that are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Liang Yao looked at the three mountain cities on the map that were at the horns of each other. The Mexicans were so damn poisonous that they liked to build cities in the mountains and plateaus.

It is impossible to attack by force. Not only are the terrains of these three cities difficult, they are easy to defend but difficult to attack. The number of defenders is more than 5,000. Especially San Luis Toposi, where Santa Ana is located, the number of defenders is as high as 14,000.

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Even if it is chewed down, the structure of the Western Brigade will probably be crippled.

The Confederate army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties in taking Victoria City. How many 2,000 men could the Western Brigade lose?

After weighing the balance, Liang Yao did not choose to attack these three fortified cities with complete fortifications, nor did he join forces with Jackson. Instead, he chose to continue south to attack the states with weak coastal defenses. He wanted to huddle in these three cities.

The main Mexican force in Fort City was forced out.

At the same time, we are waiting for changes to occur in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.

Jackson also had no intention of attacking San Luis Tobosi, Leon and Aguascaliente.

After learning the lesson from Victoria City, Jackson has now given up on the idea of ​​attacking the enemy.

After leaving four regiments to protect the logistics line, Jackson only attacked small villages and towns along the way and slowly advanced towards Mexico City.

Jackson's ideas coincided with Liang Yao's. He also tended to lure the main Mexican force out and engage in field battles with the Mexican army.

His plan was to encircle Mexico City, then encircle the points for reinforcements, and slowly consume the main force of the Mexican army.

Jackson believed that the political situation in Mexico was not stable. As long as the Mexican capital was besieged, even if it was not besieged, in the long run, changes would inevitably occur in Mexico.

At that time, the initiative will be on their side, and Santa Ana will not be able to choose whether to fight or not.

As the main force of Mexico began to avoid war to preserve its strength, large areas of Mexico's territory began to fall.

With the exception of Mexico's southern states and some enclaves in the north, a large swath of territory north of central Mexico fell.

Opposition to Santa Ana in Mexico also began to rise again, just as Jackson expected, Mexico's already unstable political situation became increasingly unstable.

Mexican dignitaries in the capital, Mexico City, receive news every day that the US military has captured a certain place.

As time goes by, the fallen places are getting closer and closer to the capital.

This has undoubtedly exacerbated the insecurity among Mexican high-level officials in Mexico City. Some cowards have even packed up their gold and silver and boarded passenger ships bound for Spain and France.

Mexico City's city defense is very strong, but there is no precedent for the US military to capture Mexico City.

The senior officials who stayed in Mexico City reprimanded Santa Ana for his inaction. They held the main force of the army, but allowed the US military to conquer the city in Mexico without any action.

Santa Ana's reputation in the country has also dropped to the extreme.

Just when Mexico is in turmoil, the savior of the Mexicans seems to have appeared.

When the US military troops arrived in Mexico City, the former famous Mexican general Comes led 5,000 soldiers from Oaxaca and marched into Mexico City with great enthusiasm and was welcomed by the people of the capital.

Due to Santa Ana's tight situation on the front line, Santa Ana transferred 4,000 of the 10,000 Mexican troops originally left to guard the capital.

At this time, there were only 6,000 old, weak, sick and disabled Mexican troops left in Mexico City. Comes entered Mexico City with 5,000 elite troops, which was like giving reassurance to the Mexican top brass in the city.

They hailed Comes as a hero.

However, just two months ago, Comes was still a rat in their eyes.

Now, they rely on this rat to protect them, their families and their property.

The political struggle between military leaders is always so simple and unpretentious.

This is the second time that Comes has launched a coup, after summing up the experience and lessons from the failure of the previous coup.

Comes was much more proficient in this coup, and his execution was much more decisive.

In order to resist the US military's attack, Santa Ana brought his main force and cronies with him, which inevitably led to an emptiness in the rear.

Comes mercilessly labeled Santa Ana as a traitor.

He quickly arrested Comes' cronies in Mexico City on charges of treason and took control of Santa Ana's family.

The first to bear the brunt of the attack were Santa Ana's trusted officers. Comes not only arrested these officers, but also ordered them to be executed on the spot in order to avoid long nights.

The garrison in the capital was temporarily leaderless, and Comes successfully took over all the military forces in Mexico City.

After fully mastering the military forces in Mexico City and taking control of Mexico City.

Comes officially announced the establishment of the Mexican military government, and he personally served as the special president as the head of the military government.

The next day, Comes declared a state of emergency throughout Mexico and imposed militarized control on the capital, Mexico City.

Of course, he did not forget to send a telegram to Liang Yao.

Comes knows that his basic base is unstable. Except for his extremely high approval ratings in his home state of Oaxaca, his approval ratings are not high in other states.

At this time, the main force of the Mexican army was still in the hands of Santa Ana, and not many people were optimistic that Comes could successfully seize power in a coup. The big landowners and big compradors everywhere were all human beings. When the current situation was uncertain,

They will not express their position hastily.

To stabilize and expand its base, Comes needs the cooperation of the US military.