New Ming Empire mixed in America

The battle at sea did not go beyond Li Mingqi's expectations, but Mexico's dispatch of troops put Li Mingqi on the verge of rage.

Li Mingqi never thought that someone would attack the Xinming Empire with Xinming Empire's weapons, wearing Xinming Empire's clothes, and eating Xinming Empire's food.

This is simply animal behavior!

It is almost comparable to the beastly behavior committed by a certain country in later generations.

The unexpected thing was not only the sudden dispatch of troops from Mexico, but also the appearance of the Tsarist Russian fleet off the coast of San Francisco.

At this sensitive moment, Tsarist Russia's attitude was related to the future development of the Xinming Empire.

Fortunately, the other party did not take any further action other than letting the supply ship enter the port for supplies. Otherwise, Li Mingqi would have to consider whether to give in to Dai Ying in the next step.

Daiying was too far away from the Xinming Empire, so the threat to the Xinming Empire was limited.

But the threat from Tsarist Russia is very close, and the immigration route is right under the opponent's nose.

With access to the Far East, Tsarist Russia has now focused all its attention on managing its maritime power in the Far East.

Everyone knows that the Pacific Squadron that led the British to stationed in the Puppet Qing Dynasty was very weak and nothing compared to Tsarist Russia.

Even the Satsuma Domain on the Japanese Peninsula could slap Oiying's squadron with its forts.

Taking the report sent by Sun Laifu, Li Mingqi sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression, thinking about everything he had done in the past.

Nearly three years of being emperor have brought some changes to Li Mingqi's way of thinking.

This lesson that Mexico taught the New Ming Empire made Li Mingqi finally understand the meaning of the sentence: "There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

"From now on, reduce the supply of weapons to the Confederacy and re-sign the agreement."

Li Mingqi said to Liu Youcai who came to comfort him: "After letting the other party pledge a part of the ore or cotton, we will resume our support for them."

With the lessons learned from Mexico, Li Mingqi no longer trusts mineral mortgages.

The Southern Alliance is now allowed to transport ore and cotton to the New Ming Empire for this reason.

Things like minerals are within the other party's sphere of influence. If the other party is determined to default on this kind of real estate mortgage in the future, Li Mingqi has no way to deal with it.

This is what Mexico is doing now. After getting support from Dai Ying, the other side tore up the treaty signed with the Xin Ming Empire without hesitation.

It refused to recognize the Xin Ming Empire’s mineral ownership in Mexico, and also used the excuse of arms blackmail to slander the Xin Ming Empire around the world.

Now Li Mingqi has completely given up his last hope for these Western countries. After working hard for such a long time, he now finds that the Western media does not even treat the Xinming Empire with the most fundamental equality.

"The fist is still not strong enough..." Li Mingqi muttered as he looked at the annoying Zhao Zhen who was taking notes.

"Your Majesty, I think this is normal." Zhao Zhen put down his pen, saluted Li Mingqi and said:

"Westerners have their own cultural circles, but we are now like an alien that is incompatible with each other. If the Xinming Empire does not abide by the other party's rules, the other party will definitely exclude or be hostile to us."

"So I think we should let them...at least let the countries surrounding the Xinming Empire have no strength to fight against the Xinming Empire. I suggest..."

Having said this, Zhao Zhen raised his head and said with determination on his face: "I suggest that when the time is right, completely annihilate the surrounding countries or disrupt them!"

For Zhao Zhen, who is committed to leaving his name in history, it is really not easy to make this suggestion.

You can imagine how people in later generations will comment on Zhao Zhen.

Li Mingqi knows very well some people who start talking shamelessly after eating a full meal.

Those people always criticize their ancestors from the moral high ground or other standpoints.

In his previous life, Li Mingqi also encountered someone who used the territory of the peak period of the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty to compare it with the late Ming Dynasty, and then said that the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty was destined by fate. (This is what I actually encountered. This is the reason why I faced people last time.)

So Li Mingqi was a little surprised that Zhao Zhenneng could say these words.

But Zhao Zhen's words really touched Li Mingqi's heart.

Li Mingqi was originally very radical. He wanted to drive away everyone nearby, leaving only a large no-man's land, so as to leave more capital for future generations to spend money.

But now it seems that doing so will be very difficult, unless the Xinming Empire has a strong army and is equipped with a complete road system.

What Zhao Zhen said now only strengthened Li Mingqi's belief.

While Li Mingqi was discussing the future development of the Xinming Empire with his ministers, Sun Laifu on the border of Yingtianfu was already preparing to launch an attack on the Mexican army.

What the Mexican army did this time has completely angered Sun Laifu.

A teddy dog ​​that Dai Ying had just adopted now dares to bare its teeth at the Xin Ming Empire.

Not only setting up camp across the border, but also destroying border posts along the way, this is simply asking for death.

"Division Commander, Mexico has sent an envoy, saying he has brought a personal letter from General Zaragoza of Mexico."

Before the battle began, a correspondent reported a piece of news to Sang Laifu.

"Bring the person here, I want to see what the other person has to say."

Although Sun Laifu said this, the troops that should be mobilized were still mobilized, and the battle plans that should be formulated were still held in meetings to discuss.

In the afternoon, the Mexican envoy was brought to Sun Laifu.

"I brought something about our general Zaragoza. The general does not want to go to war with your country, so he also asks your country not to do anything that should not be done."

The messenger's first words made Sun Laifu sneer.

"Your army has crossed the border, and now you say you don't want to go to war with the Xinming Empire?"

"We have now lost contact with four Border Patrol teams. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Sun Laifu walked up to the envoy and stared closely into his eyes.

"Our general is very sorry about this matter. Those were all irrational behaviors committed by the defenders transferred from Mexico City. The general has reported this matter to Mexico City..."

After waving his hand, Sun Laifu did not let the envoy continue speaking. Sun Laifu was not interested in listening to such diplomatic rhetoric and had no intention of listening.

"Crossing the border is a provocation, and attacking our soldiers is a declaration of war."

Sun Laifu did not accept the personal letter from General Zaragoza handed over by the envoy, and said seriously to the envoy:

"You can go back and tell your generals to prepare to fight. Your soldiers who cross the border this time will become a spectacle in the future."

After finishing speaking, Sun Laifu ignored the messenger.

He thought this messenger could bring some useful news, but now it seemed that it was just wishful thinking on his part.

Of course, the word Jingguan cannot be directly translated, and there is no word Jingguan in Spanish.

So the translation is ‘a building made of human heads’

The last diplomatic method had failed, so the envoy went back to Zaragoza to report without stopping.

At the same time, a special group of several hundred soldiers followed the envoy and moved towards the central area where the Mexican army was located.

The fighting will not stop because Mexico sends an envoy, nor will it be suspended because of Zaragoza's current entanglements.

Zaragoza's original idea was to wait for news of the naval battle to come before considering the next military action. It would be better if they could continue to confront the Easterners.

But he did not expect that the Xinming Empire's attack would come so quickly.