Wild North America 1846

After a round of inspection, return to the big stone house.

The Big Stone House is the general name for several rows of stone house buildings. It is the core building of Denver's main castle. In the center is a large stone house with a height of 4.6 meters. This is the main place where Richard gathers court officials and military officers for discussions.

There are only a few buildings, soldiers' barracks and Chinese laborers' residences in the Denver main castle under construction, most of which are in a tent camp outside the castle.

Therefore, the big stone house and several nearby rows of buildings appear empty and lonely here.

The stone bungalows spread out to the left and right of the big stone house are the residences of Richard and a group of court officials and officers. Richard has two rooms to himself, one for guests and one for bedrooms. The conditions are quite simple.

Due to the shortage of housing, the British envoy Baron Granville-Gower could only be allocated one room, and his British entourage could only be allocated a room for 5 to 6 people. In each bungalow, except for three double wooden beds, almost all

Can't put anything else down.

However, this is the best condition currently available.

in the room

Richard approved a dozen telegrams and handed them over to his subordinates for immediate dispatch. Then he stood up, picked up a large teapot with one hand and took a sip of water. He walked two steps to the large map hanging on the wall and looked at it carefully.

stand up.

This is a hand-drawn map of North America. The scale is quite accurate. The lifelike North American brown bears, bison and pheasants are drawn in the position of Montana north of Colorado, and are marked with beautiful squiggles. These are representative of the local area.

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Richard's eyes scanned this vast northern area. This was the territory he planned to include, excluding the more sensitive states of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.

the reason is simple

The above three states are close to the important Great Lakes region in North America. Minnesota in particular is a state along the Great Lakes. Once this state falls into the hands of the Tang Kingdom, freighters and warships sailing from coastal ports can easily reach more than a dozen cities along the Great Lakes coast of the United States.

Important towns, including Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Green Bay and other large and medium-sized cities in the United States, are like a sharp sword piercing the heart.

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After New York and Philadelphia, the largest cities on the east coast of the United States, the third and fourth places are Chicago and Detroit. The entire Great Lakes region is an important emerging industrial center in the United States. It is also the core of the fastest growing economy and the most active industrial capital in the United States.

The region is of unparalleled importance.

If the Tang Dynasty dares to extend its hand, it will become an eternal enemy with the United States.

Richard smiled coldly. He was not afraid of any old enemies, and he was not waiting for a beating. If the US military did not come in the past few months, then don't blame yourself for making things worse.

Currently, the Tang Kingdom's top priority is to use all its resources to build the Denver Fortress and stabilize its defense.

According to the current project progress

The first peripheral city wall, Denver Main Fort and Cherry Fort defensive wall projects to be built are expected to be completed successively from the end of November to the beginning of December and will have basic defensive functions, nearly 40 days ahead of schedule.

After that, facilities such as the main castle building, sewers, roads, residential buildings, commercial buildings, and warehouses will be built one after another, which will take about 2 to 3 years to complete.

This does not mean that the troops of the Tang Kingdom will stay in Denver Castle and wait for the US military to attack in large numbers.

In Richard’s plan;

Using combat as a substitute for training, the first step is to eliminate the surrounding Indian tribal armed forces. It has already begun and will take half a year.

Colorado, Montana and Wyoming are estimated to have a population of 50,000 to 60,000 indigenous Indian tribes. There are more than ten large indigenous tribes and countless small and medium-sized tribes.

But this is only a rough estimate, and no one has precise statistics.

The main purpose is to plunder people and materials and eliminate hidden dangers.

Denver's urban construction requires a large amount of labor, as does the development of coal mines, iron mines, and land reclamation. These Indians will be the main source of labor.

This is not because Richard has trouble with the indigenous Indians. Most of the indigenous Indian tribes are nomadic tribes and have followed the life of chasing cattle for generations.

The large area of ​​land cultivated in the upper reaches of Cherry Creek is used to plant a large number of crops. In the eyes of the indigenous Indians, it is a sweet potato, and it is inevitable that they will come to harm it.

Food for nomadic tribes is always in short supply, especially in autumn and winter. This is almost an eternal rule.

Part of the reason for the sworn hatred between American farmers and Indians stems from this. Putting aside the incompatibility of race, culture, religion, lifestyle and language, the most fundamental contradiction between the two lies in the land.

In 1783, Washington compared Indians and wolves in his speech: "Both are beasts of prey, differing only in shape."

Lincoln advocated that every American should kill an Indian every 10 minutes.

This may be the fate of nomadic peoples and farming civilizations. When Richard occupied this vast land, he did not hesitate to wield his butcher knife against the indigenous Indian tribes.

Step 2;

After stabilizing the rear, Richard will take the initiative to lead the cavalry troops in a large-scale attack in March next year when the spring blooms and the ice melts, introducing the war beacon into the interior of the United States. Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota are already established.

Target.

He called this the "Northern Route". The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom traveled north from the vast Colorado Plateau. The boundless prairie, rivers, forests and canyons along the way could provide the cavalry with the daily forage they needed.

With light cavalry advancing rapidly, the cavalry troops were able to sweep across the three states mentioned above within half a month, bringing death and terror to the United States.

On the northern battlefield

There are many small towns and private farms in the United States, which can provide abundant material supplies and have almost no defense. The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom can move freely across the country, making it the most ideal cavalry battlefield.

About 870 kilometers east of Denver is Kansas City, an important transportation hub in the central United States. Richard calls it the "Eastern Front Battlefield" and the conditions are relatively harsh.

After a fire burned down the Hugo Oasis, there were no large areas of forest green space between Denver and Kansas City, only barren mountains and desert and Gobi terrain without any grass.

Such harsh geographical conditions made it difficult for the U.S. military to fight through, and it was also difficult for the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom to fight through.

This is because Kansas City, as a key defense area in the United States, does not have a decent castle or fortress, but it has accumulated a large number of cavalry and armed militia, and its defense intensity is much higher than that of the "Northern Front Battlefield".

Railways extend in all directions around Kansas City, and highways extend north to the Great Lakes region with dense towns. To the east, they connect to the more developed eastern states of North America. To the south, you can easily reach Texas. Long-distance telegraph networks are densely covered, and message transmission is very convenient.

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Therefore, the difficulty level of conquering Kansas City is even higher.

Once a foreign enemy invasion is discovered, the US military in Kansas City can easily gather tens of thousands of armed militia and completely overwhelm the small cavalry force of the Tang Kingdom.

Therefore, unless the cavalry force of the Tang Kingdom reaches tens of thousands or more, there is no need to think about touching the tiger's butt.

With the current strength of the Tang Kingdom, the most ideal thing is to avoid the US military's eastern front and attack the "Grass Valley" on the northern front, thereby triggering civil strife in the United States and at the same time reducing the war pressure on Mexico.

"Your Majesty, we have just received the latest military intelligence report from Mexico."

"Oh, bring it up."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

Richard walked back to the table with the big tea jar in his hand, put the big tea jar down, took the documents and waved his hand, the confidential officer gave a military salute and left.

This Mexican military intelligence report came from the British colonial governor's office in Canada. There are smooth long-distance telegraph lines between Quebec, Canada and the eastern United States. It is difficult for the military operations on the southern front of the US military to be hidden from the eyes and ears of the British.

The British knew it, and the Tang Kingdom naturally knew it too.

As for Mexico, the current Mexican government has never recognized the independence of the Tang Kingdom and regards it as a rebel province. It is just that due to the pressure of American soldiers on the border, it is unable to deploy troops to suppress the rebellion.

The two overwhelming victories of the Tang Dynasty and the U.S. Western Expedition were regarded as victories for the Mexican government, which greatly inspired the confidence of the Mexican army and people to resist aggression.

Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna categorically rejected British representations, stating that he "strongly opposed the recognition of the so-called "Great Tang Kingdom" by European countries. The government would never admit the evil act of stealing Mexican territory, nor would it recognize the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Kingdom and the so-called King Richard, this is just a clumsy trick played by a small group of mobs, and the government will suppress it with powerful means..."

I have to say that Mexicans are really confident.

It is impossible for the Datang Kingdom to get any information, nor any aid or supplies from Mexico. Mexico has not even officially declared war on the Datang Kingdom.

In their view, does suppressing civil unrest require a declaration of war?

The weird thing is

After the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries successively recognized the Datang Kingdom, the Datang Kingdom declared war on the United States, and the United States also declared war on the Datang Kingdom two days later.

The United States, Mexico and the Tang Dynasty are now in a strange and confusing relationship. The Tang Kingdom is trying its best to share the war pressure with Mexico in the north. Mexico does not recognize this rebellious province, but is willing to share the glory of victory.

The United States did not officially recognize the Tang Kingdom, but officially declared war.

The relations between the three countries during the war affected the entire world. However, Mexico and the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty had a sense of estrangement. Although they were jointly responding to the US invasion, they might turn against each other at any time.

Richard held the latest military intelligence bulletin in his hand. After reading it, he couldn't help but think;

After the second round of war mobilization, U.S. reinforcements arrived on the southern battlefield one after another, which brought the number of troops in General Taylor's hands to 36,000, with more than 200 artillery pieces and more than 4,000 cavalry, greatly increasing its strength.

Therefore, the US military has launched operations, launched several small-scale battles, captured some small towns, and aimed directly at Monterey. It plans to launch the Battle of Monterey in the near future.

Once the US military succeeds, the next step can be to target the city of Saltillo.

Mexican President Santa Ana, who is based in Buena Vista, is deploying troops to strengthen the defense of the two places and is determined to fight a bloody battle with the US military.

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Richard put down the secret document in his hand and frowned with a headache.

Are these Mexicans pig-brained?

With the U.S. military pressing down on the border, if troops were divided up to defend everywhere, it would be doomed to be unable to defend everywhere, leaving General Taylor with good opportunities to break through.

He can understand the determination of the Mexican government to not lose any ground. Maybe such a decision is also due to internal pressure, but it is really stupid!

Our strength is not as good as that of the US military, but we are still deploying troops to defend it. Isn’t this a crazy death-defying rhythm?

What a cheat!