Wild North America 1846

After coming back

Richard seemed to be in a good mood. This trip in disguise allowed him to observe the public sentiment, which allowed him to see the deficiencies in social governance, and he also tasted local delicacies, which was quite fruitful.

Nowadays, the main French-style building of Jinghu Palace located halfway up the mountain is under construction. Richard temporarily settled at the foot of the mountain by Jinghu Lake, which is a quiet house surrounded by more than a dozen wooden houses.

The courtyard is divided into two parts, the front and rear. The front yard consists of a meeting hall, a side hall, a large study room, a palace secretary's room, an attendant's military attache's room and other buildings. It is where military and political affairs are handled on a daily basis.

The backyard mansion is surrounded by 6 large and small wooden houses. It is located in the deep forest. The environment is elegant and pleasant. It is an inner house that outsiders are prohibited from entering.

In the inner house

In addition to the female family members, there is also a unique group of residents.

After Richard came back, he simply explained a few things and walked towards the back house. The guards on guard duty immediately saluted with their guns solemnly and said, "Your Majesty is welcome."

"No gift."

Richard nodded slightly and continued to move forward without stopping.

After walking a few steps, we were welcomed by a group of unique guests, including six wild wolves half as tall as a person, two North American brown bears as tall as a person, two colorful tigers and a jaguar.

These ferocious beasts turned into obedient cats and pet dogs in front of Richard, lying on the ground obediently and humming, their tails wagging rapidly behind their buttocks.

Richard touched this and scratched that, just like teasing his own little pet.

When the black jaguar rushed up to beg for a hug, the two colorful tigers and the two North American brown bears immediately collapsed emotionally. They lay beside their legs and roared. The roars were full of complex emotions of dependence, dissatisfaction and seeking comfort, surrounding

The six giant wolves on the periphery were walking back and forth restlessly, their tails wagging even more cheerfully.

teased for a while

Only then did Richard put them down and walked deeper into the courtyard.

This group of pet animals know the rules very well and only move within the range designated by Richard. They dare not go beyond the thunder pool.

These delicate personal maids and palace maids in the back house are deeply afraid of these ferocious beasts. If they were really allowed to run around, several of them would be scared to death.

With these ferocious beasts guarding the courtyard, the back house of King Richard's court was a forbidden area for all the guards, and no man was allowed to enter without permission.

The consequences are naturally extremely serious;

after dinner

Richard came to the small study in the back house, which was his private place to handle military and political matters. Some important matters that were not finished in the big study would be brought back to the small study for review.

In this small study, the personal maid Zheng Xiu Niang is responsible for daily cleaning. Zheng Xiu Niang is a charming and naive little woman who does not know a few characters. She has no thoughts about others and is as simple as a bowl of water.

For Zheng Xiuniang, serving His Majesty is a big deal.

Richard sat at the desk, and Zheng Xiu Niang came over like a cat, offered the freshly brewed tea with both hands, and was about to leave.

Suddenly

A big hand grabbed her from the waist and carried her over. Zheng Xiuniang's delicate little body only weighed just over 90 kilograms. When Richard hugged her, it was like carrying a small cloth bag. It was so easy.

Zheng Xiuniang only had time to utter a short exclamation before she threw herself into his arms like a swallow in the forest. In the blink of an eye, her face was filled with clouds, and she was already stuck in Richard's arms as if her bones were brittle.

This beautiful lady was born with peach blossom eyes, and her fair and flushed face was half-buried in Richard's strong chest. Her breath was like a blue, and her words were filled with trembling and endless temptation; "Your Majesty..."

So weak, so helpless, so pitiful, so alluring, what a enchanting little fairy!

Richard leaned down without hesitation...

(Some words are omitted here)

After a violent storm, the wind stopped and the rain stopped, and the small study became calm again.

The delicate and delicate Zheng Xiu Niang has left. Under the service of several palace maids, Zheng Xiu Niang went to burn incense and bathe, wash the fragrance and warm the bed.

Time enters May

The night on the plateau is still cold, about 10 degrees above zero, and these two beautiful girls, Zheng Xiuniang and Qin Yufei, will definitely warm the bed for His Majesty.

At this time, Richard felt refreshed and contentedly enjoying the luxurious life of a happy feudal lord. The kerosene lamp in the small study became brighter and he began to read and process official documents.

After entering May, U.S. military mobilizations became more frequent, with tens of thousands of troops passing through Kansas City and heading west.

The curtain of the U.S. military's third Western Expedition has slowly begun.

Lieutenant General Arthur Temple (note; former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Continental Army), who served as the commander-in-chief of the Third Western Expedition of the United States, and deputy commander Lieutenant General Bob Weingraub adopted steady and steady tactics, following the advance route of the soldiers.

Build railway lines and military fortresses.

until now

The railway built in the United States extends about 560 kilometers westward from Kansas City, and the end of the railway line is less than 300 kilometers from Phoenix (Denver) on the Colorado Plateau.

The most advanced military assembly area of ​​the US military is more than 60 kilometers away from Yuyueguo Oasis and about 257 kilometers away from Hongyan Valley. It is almost under the nose of the Tang Kingdom.

As the westbound railway advanced, the American Western Expeditionary Army built forts and material transfer bases step by step, one every 100 kilometers or so, and deployed heavy troops to garrison them.

On the more than 500 kilometers of desert-Gobi Desert roads, railways and highways go hand in hand, and a series of large military camps and inns stretch into the distance like a pearl necklace.

This move is a typical example of "strengthening the stronghold and fighting stupidly."

This tactic is very practical. It carries out cannibalization step by step and never makes any rash advances. There are no complicated tactics such as separate attacks, combined attacks, and devious interweaving tactics. It can be said to be the most practical and disgusting tactic.

Faced with this simple approach of approaching step by step, Richard wisely chose to give in. He only sent heavy troops to stick to the front line of the Red Rock Valley and never attacked rashly.

Against this simple army oppression tactic, the cavalry regiment that Richard was most proud of could not play any role.

The cavalry is least good at attacking fortresses that are the focus of infantry defense. With defensive walls and wooden fortresses, any attack by the cavalry will suffer heavy losses under the fierce firepower of the United States.

Therefore, Richard divided the 20,000 cavalry in his hand into two, of which 8,000 cavalry belonged to the Northern Cavalry Corps and were based in Peel City. They served as a flanking force to contain the nearly 40,000 U.S. defense troops headed by Chicago.

Wait until the war starts in full force

The Northern Cavalry Corps will launch a full-scale attack, going deep into the towns and cities in the interior of the Great Lakes to burn, kill, and loot, turning the Yankees' rear into a mess, tearing up railroads, destroying towns, attacking train stations and other logistics gathering points, killing gods when God blocks them, and killing when Buddha blocks them.

Buddha.

Richard personally led 12,000 cavalrymen to fight on the outskirts of the Colorado Plateau, cooperating with the fortress defense troops and militia to fight the U.S. military to the end.

First of all, facing the attack of the US Army's Western Expedition in the Red Rock Valley, there are currently more than 3,700 musketeers and 5,000 white servants. Facing the step-by-step tactics of the US military, they can only engage in a head-on "attack and defensive war."

Richard reviewed the documents for a while, then put down his pen, picked up a cigar, cut off the cap, lit it and started smoking beautifully.

The war is coming

Even with his experience in hundreds of battles, it is inevitable that he will feel restless and feel heavy pressure on his shoulders.

The strong cigar smoke dispersed and enveloped his tall figure, making him look hazy.

The U.S. military went all out in its third Western Expedition, with a total of more than 80,000 troops, including 30,000 veterans of the bloody war who had withdrawn from Mexico, including more than 6,300 elite cavalry.

The United States and Mexico reached a formal armistice treaty in March, and Mexico officially ceded Texas, the Monterey region on the Gulf of Mexico, and the Tijuana and Mexicali regions in the north.

The United States paid a symbolic payment of US$3.5 million to compensate for Mexico's losses.

This was a more demanding land cession contract than the original one in history. Based on the principle of making up for the losses outside the dike, in addition to Texas, the Americans also ceded about 220,000 square kilometers of land from northern Mexico.

Thus

Mexico shrunk from its original 3.85 million square kilometers to less than 1.6 million square kilometers, and the original areas of California, Arizona and New Mexico became the territory of the Tang Kingdom.

Texas, the northern state of Monterey, the regions of Tijuana and Mexicali became U.S. territories.

Speaking of which, the Mexicans are really miserable. Neither of the two neighbors to the north is easy to get along with. One has a better appetite than the other, and the other is more ruthless than the other.

After this battle

Mexico has been completely eliminated from the competition for hegemony in North America. It has lost nearly 3/5 of its territory and more than 1.3 million people. Its total population has dropped to more than 5.5 million people. It has been severely damaged and has been unable to recover for at least a hundred years.

Compared with the continuous victory in the southern invasion of Mexico, the western expedition to the Tang Kingdom is a history of blood and tears in which Americans were severely slapped in the face. Not only did the losses be unprecedentedly huge, but the noses and faces were bruised and swollen, which was horrific.

Today, the Tang Kingdom cavalry rushing down from the Colorado Plateau has become a lingering nightmare in the hearts of northern Yankees, and it brings tears of bitterness to talk about it.

The little cavalry strength I had just saved was wiped out, and I saved it for another year and was wiped out again, and so on...

Therefore, among the nearly 15,000 cavalry troops that the US military finally put together again, there were only 6,300 elite cavalry who participated in the southern invasion of Mexico, and the rest were rookies who had been in the army for less than three to four months.

In this field, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly the king.

What the United States could rely on was its large numbers of people and strong national strength. It could quickly gather an infantry army of more than 100,000 people and possess a sufficient number of artillery. This was the magic weapon that the Third Western Expedition relied on to defeat the enemy.

In this regard, the Tang Kingdom is undoubtedly its biggest shortcoming.

In the defensive battle on the Colorado Plateau, Richard has carried out the greatest military mobilization. In addition to nearly 16,000 musketeers to defend the fortress, tens of thousands of armed militiamen will also be mobilized to assist in the defense. This is almost the best that can be achieved.

To know

Although the total population of Phoenix City and Taoyuan City is close to 290,000, more than half of them are plundered white women and Indian women, and there are more than 47,000 newborn babies. Subtracting 29,000 white hard labor prisoners, the real

Not many people can hold a gun and go to the battlefield.

Among the 16,000 musketeers, there were 8,600 white servants and more than 2,000 white musketeers recruited during the second US military expedition to the west. There were only more than 5,600 real Chinese soldiers.

These more than 5,600 Chinese musketeers are the backbone of the Tang Kingdom's strength in defending Phoenix Castle and Taoyuan City. This number is not large.

After the war broke out

There are also tens of thousands of trained Chinese armed militiamen participating in the defense of the fortress. Some of these people are workers, some business owners, some businessmen, some government officials, some policemen, and some craftsmen.

When the war comes, everyone must leave their work and go to the castle and fortress to participate in an unprecedented and brutal war.

Therefore, in the next 2 to 3 years, the shortcoming of the Tang Kingdom's weak war background will always exist.

In order to make up for the huge shortage of troops, Richard relied on only three magic weapons. The first was the castle and fortress, the second was advanced weapons, and the third was the 12,000 elite cavalry troops led by him personally.

these days

The latest eagle news arrives every day. Through the sharp eagle eyes from above, Richard can clearly feel how huge the manpower and material resources of the Western Expedition troops mobilized by the US military are?

The total number of U.S. troops gathered in Kansas City and along the Western Expedition alone was close to more than 80,000 (including 15,000 cavalry, excluding the more than 40,000 U.S. troops stationed in Chicago, and not including the U.S. Navy troops).

It can be said that in order to completely destroy the Tang Kingdom, the Yankees used all their energy.

For the defenders of the Tang Kingdom, the U.S. military has a 2.7 to 3 times advantage in strength. If we look at infantry alone, the 16,000 musketeers of the Tang Kingdom versus the 65,000 U.S. musketeers would have a strength disadvantage of 1:4.3.

"The Yankees are so fucking stupid. They are clearly bullying us because we have so few people!" Richard slowly exhaled a puff of cigar smoke, and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

Although he holds 12,000 elite cavalry corps, which is a powerful mobile force, he is unwilling to attack the strong defense camps of the US military in any case. That would be too much of a disadvantage.

In the age of steam, heavy cavalry equipped with breastplates were not invincible.

When the two sides approached within 200 yards, the flintlock muskets equipped by the US infantry had enough penetrating power to penetrate the steel breastplate defense and cause fatal damage to the attacking cavalry.

The ammunition penetration capabilities of flintlock muskets and revolvers are completely different concepts. The flintlock musket has a larger caliber and can be loaded with more gunpowder, so its armor-piercing ability and damage will naturally be greater.

Richard pursues the combat concept of containing the enemy in motion, attacking the enemy, and weakening the enemy. Without a suitable opportunity to attack, he would rather wait patiently.

a moment later

Richard simply stood up from his chair and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, recalling all the details of the deployment and logistics of the US military, hoping to find combat opportunities.

When he was not sure, he would rather keep going. Even if the Phoenix Castle was breached by the US military, Richard would not bring the last elite cavalry legion to suppress it.

He didn't dare to gamble, and he didn't have the capital to gamble, because this elite cavalry regiment was the real heritage of the Tang Dynasty. If he lost everything, there would be no chance to come back again.