New Ming Empire mixed in America

Due to the devaluation of banknotes, more and more Californians have been stranded in the port of San Francisco recently.

Many were middle-class people preparing to leave California by boat, but many more were ordinary people who came to San Francisco to find a job.

Because the railway was being built now, Li Mingqi was open to all these people.

First, some more manpower was added to the Ming Xie Army, and then Davis was asked to take the Ming Xie Army to manage the workers building the railway.

Because building railways is not an easy task at this time, white people have been gathering together to protest recently.

Li Mingqi has only one way to deal with these idle workers who are constantly asking for this and that, and that is to work as much as they like and leave.

However, this loose management of voluntary stay and stay was not understood by the white workers, and instead the demonstrations became more vigorous.

So now Davis's job is to make those marching bastards go to work or die.

The chaos on the railway did not distract Li Mingqi too much. He was now following Liu Youcai to inspect the highway leading to San Jose.

Stepping on the road under his feet, Liu Youcai kept sighing.

"Long live my lord, I didn't expect that such a strong road could be built out of this kind of waste material from oil refining."

With this highway, San Jose can almost be said to be in the hands of the Xinming Empire.

In the now reorganized National Defense Force, the First Regiment still guards Yingtian Mansion. The Second Regiment is responsible for the defense of San Francisco. The Third Regiment is assigned to the side near San Jose.

Because of the lack of successors, the volunteers in Eastern California have slowly begun to withdraw.

Historically, these California Union volunteers formed a team of more than 5,000 people and marched 900 miles to El Paso, Texas in the summer of 1862 to prevent Confederates from entering Arizona territory.

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There were also two small skirmishes with the Confederate Army, one at Stanwix Station and one at Picacho Peak.

Now, because of the sudden rise of Li Mingqi, these people gathered near San Jose and continuously attacked the Xinming Empire. During this period, they began to withdraw due to the interruption of water supply.

But Li Mingqi would not let these people go, not to mention how many casualties their attack caused to the National Defense Forces soldiers.

Just that time they desecrated the bodies of the National Defense Forces soldiers in order to demonstrate against the New Ming Empire gave Li Mingqi no reason to let them go.

"Long live my lord, if you go further ahead you will reach the construction site. It's better for you to stay behind with all your wealth."

Seeing that Li Mingqi showed no intention of stopping, Liu Youcai began to persuade him.

At this time, they had seen the road construction site ahead from a distance.

The smell of heated asphalt also came faintly at this time.

Taking the reins handed over by Jin Yiwei, Li Mingqi said: "Old Liu, you go back first. I'm going to go to the front line to see the soldiers of the third regiment."

After saying that, before Liu Youcai could react, he led Liu Erhe and a group of royal guards and rode away.

Liu Youcai could only sit there and worry, because Li Mingqi had taken away all the horses, and it was too late for him to chase him even if he wanted to.

Looking at Li Mingqi's back on the horse, Liu Youcai sighed.

After all, Long Live Lord is a horse-riding emperor, so it's no big deal if he has more martial virtue.

Soon, Li Mingqi led Liu Erhe around the construction site, and after advancing a few miles, they saw the main camp of the third regiment.

There were not many people in the military camp at this time, and the soldiers of the third regiment were on the nearby mountains cleaning up those volunteers who were still unwilling to give up.

Li Mingqi's arrival quickly alarmed Liang Youwen, who hurriedly invited Li Mingqi into the headquarters.

Looking at the topographic map on the wall, Li Mingqi asked directly:

"Has the troop deployment in San Jose been ascertained?"

"We have basically found out that apart from the remaining volunteers, there are only about a thousand militiamen."

Liang Youwen pointed to an area in the direction of San Jose and said:

"Their location is here. Some time ago, they sent people to harass the engineering team building the road, but they were all solved by the Ming Xie army."

Then he unfolded a larger map and said:

"According to the news from Jinyiwei, the militiamen in California have already gathered on a large scale, so I think we should capture San Jose as soon as possible."

Li Mingqi also knew about the news of the militia gathering. Because California's economy is now in chaos, it is normal for the California Congress to prepare to use war to divert conflicts.

"How confident are you that you can capture San Jose if you are asked to launch an attack?"

Without looking at the map, Li Mingqi asked directly.

Because he wanted to investigate the leader of the third regiment, who was very promising to him.

"It is not difficult to defeat the defenders of San Jose. The difficulty lies in clearing up the rebels after the war."

"I believe that after the war, the Ming Alliance Army should be allowed to drive the residents of San Jose to move into California."

"Without the residents, the ones left behind will definitely be rebels. It will be much easier to clean them up then."

Li Mingqi nodded, with a smile on his face, and said: "There is no need to force them away. After this battle, build a few Jingguan, and the residents of San Jose will be scared away."

He personally decided on the matter of Jingguan. Those who dare to take action against the National Defense Forces must be given an unforgettable lesson.

Listening to the undisguised murderous intent in Li Mingqi's words, Liang Youwen knew what he should do in the next battle.

Li Mingqi did not choose to return to San Francisco that day, but stayed in the camp of the third regiment, preparing to experience for himself what the battlefield was like.

Early the next morning, more than a thousand Jin Yiwei rushed to the camp of the third regiment.

These Jin Yiwei wear completely different combat uniforms from the National Defense Forces (pictured)

In addition to having never been on the battlefield, they have experienced no less training than the National Defense Forces.

These people are Liu Erhe's imperial bodyguards who were separated from the Jinyi Guards. They are similar to the Qianniu Guards of the Tang Dynasty, and are responsible for "controlling the imperial swords and bodyguards."

Seeing these imperial guards coming, Liang Youwen also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Li Mingqi would be in danger due to lack of protection. Now with the protection of these imperial guards, he could fight with peace of mind.

While Li Mingqi was observing Liang Youwen's combat meeting, the National Defense Forces responsible for patrolling the perimeter met several acquaintances.

It is not wrong to say that they are acquaintances, because the leaders have also participated in the military parade of the New Ming Empire.

"What should Bishop Paul do? We encountered the soldier of the Eastern Devil."

Seeing the sudden appearance of the National Defense Forces soldiers on the hillside, the entourage who followed the bishop to express condolences to the volunteers was somewhat panicked.

"What are you afraid of? There are many people here. We must teach the minions of the Eastern Devil a lesson this time."

"Oriental Devil" was the title he slapped on Li Mingqi's head after watching Ling Chi's performance in the port area.

Last time, because of the church bombing, he ran from Sacramento to San Francisco to question Li Mingqi.

Unexpectedly, I was forced to watch a military parade and the exciting Ling Chi by Jin Yiwei.

Until the end, he did not dare to let Li Mingqi personally deal with the dwarf officer who ordered the firing.

I could only lead the people in despair to San Jose to encourage the volunteers to find trouble with Li Mingqi.

Today, he took dozens of followers into the mountain to express his condolences to those "warriors" who lacked food and clothing but still fought against the Xinming Empire.

What he didn't expect was that he would encounter National Defense Force soldiers patrolling the mountains in this ravine.

Seeing that there were only twelve people on the other side, Paul felt that he had a great chance of winning, so after the two sides met, he did not choose to escape but prepared to fight.