Wild North America 1846

At the end of 1857, the situation in North America became increasingly turbulent. Three wars broke out, attracting the attention of the world. Everyone asked in confusion, why?

November 19, 1857

The divided Mexican Civil War has been going on for many years. When the situation was relatively calm, the southern Mexican rebels who established the Azcat Republic suddenly launched a large-scale offensive. They divided their troops into two groups and broke the tacit ceasefire of both sides with a total force of 47,000 people.

battle line and invaded areas controlled by Mexican government forces.

just two weeks

The forces of the Azcatel Republic were overwhelming, and they successively captured more than 20 towns in three states controlled by the Mexican government forces, reaching Puebla, which is only 119 kilometers away from Mexico City.

For a time, Mexico was shaken and the Tang Kingdom was shaken.

After this drastic move, the Tang Kingdom became furious and immediately announced that it would abide by the obligations stipulated in the "Jinling Friendship Treaty" signed between Tang and Mexico, and dispatched the 201st and 203rd Divisions of the Southern Military Region to intervene in the Mexican Civil War to assist

Government troops repelled the southern rebels and stabilized the situation in the Mexican Civil War.

The Mexican Civil War that broke out at this time was very strange. It was confirmed by the fleeing officers and soldiers of the Mexican government forces that many Yankees were involved in the southern rebels. They used artillery and repeating guns to attack the Mexican government forces.

King Richard was furious about this. He had already seen that this was President James Buchanan's strategy of "encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao". He was trying to use this move to plunge the Tang Kingdom's military into the Mexican Civil War and reduce the pressure on the western front of the American Federation.

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December 5

The heavily armed "Snow Mountain Division" (201st Division) of the Southern Military District of the Tang Kingdom took a train from Jinling City to the south. The troops were divided into two routes and bypassed Mexico City. Together with the local Mexican government troops, they carried out an attack on the Aztec Republic rebels.

Battle counterattack.

In the Battle of Puebla, the Snow Mountain Division defeated three times the enemy in front of them, and then launched a fierce pursuit across the mountains and plains. In four days, it advanced 82 kilometers, annihilated 13,400 enemies, and recovered more than ten lost towns.

The southern Mexican rebels were frightened by this battle. Another rebel army retreated overnight, but was grabbed by the tail by the late-night advance of 203. They charged and fought all the way, abandoning their armor and armor, and regained their lost ground in just one week.

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The coalition forces of the Tang Dynasty and the Mexican government continued their efforts and launched a fierce offensive into the areas controlled by the rebels of the Aztec Republic, carrying out a bloody encirclement and suppression of the enemy.

shortly afterwards

The Tang Kingdom announced that the 202nd Division and the 204th Division of the Southern Military Region were ready to move south one after another, joining the forward troops to carry out a heavy blow to the southern Mexican rebels who dared to provoke, and fight a scorched-earth battle.

On the road from the southern states of Mexico to Mexico City, there is an endless stream of captives as far as the eye can see. After arriving in Mexico City, a large number of Mexican women captured in the war will be transferred by train to the mainland provinces of the Kingdom, becoming a source of competition for Chinese immigrants.

The number of cheap women who are willing to buy is quite large, often numbering 100,000.

Fortunately, the population of the Tang Kingdom now exceeds 12.8 million, and there are more than 3 million single men, so digesting this population is not a problem.

This move is a complete "elimination strategy". Without a large number of young women of childbearing age, southern Mexico will have no future. This is tantamount to digging up the roots of the Aztec Republic, which is extremely vicious.

A large number of Mexican male prisoners of war were sent to hard labor camps to supplement the mining and railway construction teams in various places that were short of labor, alleviating the urgent demand for labor.

After more than 10 years of hard labor, there are not many of the original 100,000 native Indian laborers left. The total number of existing Indian laborers is not even 70,000. The output of mines that require a large amount of labor will inevitably decline, and the only way to use railway tracks is to use painstaking efforts.

and mechanical replacements such as steam engines.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the troops of the Tang Kingdom who entered southern Mexico were addicted to capturing prisoners. They killed the rebels of the Southern Aztec Republic and turned their horses upside down. Their blood flowed into rivers. The roadside was littered with bones. There were no roosters in dozens of towns.

The original population of more than 1.2 million people in the rebel territory of the southern Aztec Republic shrank sharply. By the time of spring plowing in April 1858, the total population was less than 600,000, more than half of which was cut off.

Turn around and look again...

After dozens of small and medium-sized battles in the early stages of the American Civil War, the South basically established its military superiority over the Yankees with seven wins out of ten, two draws, and one defeat.

November 27, on the American battlefield

The Battle of Manassas broke out on the eastern battlefield between the two sides. In order to reverse the decline on the battlefield, the North concentrated its forces and launched an attack on Richmond, the capital of the South. The Battle of Manassas broke out between the two sides.

After dozens of small and medium-sized battles in the early stages of the American Civil War, the South basically established its military superiority over the Yankees, winning consecutive battles.

The commander of the southern army was the outstanding military strategist Robert E. Lee. Based on the disparity in strength between the two sides, he formulated an offensive-defensive strategy, concentrating his forces to find and annihilate the main force of the northern army, and forcing the north to sign an alliance under the city walls.

The North was ill-prepared for the war and adopted the so-called "Snake Plan", which dispersed its troops along an 8,000-mile front. Coupled with the passive tactics adopted by Commander McClelland, who was sympathetic to slave owners, the Northern Army suffered successive setbacks.

All this put President James Buchanan under great pressure from public opinion. In order to reverse the decline of the war situation, the Northern Army carefully planned the Battle of Manassas, trying to defeat the main force of the Southern Army in one fell swoop and regain confidence in winning the final victory.

On November 27, a total of 35,000 Northern officers and soldiers marched toward Richmond in neat formations amid the sonorous and powerful military music.

Since the North had made a great deal of publicity in advance and promoted the vulnerability of the Confederate army through newspapers and public opinion, and it was a day off, many Washington citizens, congressmen, reporters, etc. dressed in costumes, brought their wives and children, and carried picnic baskets.

Some rode in carriages, and some walked with the army, coming to the battlefield to visit and watch the excitement as if it were a festival.

The southern army gathered 22,000 troops and lined up to meet them at the railway hub of Manassas. Both sides were gearing up and refusing to give in, launching the first large-scale battle since the Civil War.

Amid the cheers of the audience, the Northern Army took the lead in attacking the Confederate Army. The fierce artillery fire shrouded the Confederate Army's position in smoke and won waves of applause. Many women in elegant dresses screamed loudly,

Waving colorful turbans to boost morale for the Union Army.

Relying on the strength of their numbers, the Northern Army crossed the Bull River and launched an attack on the other side. Who would have thought that the commander of the Southern Army was the famous general Thomas Jackson. He commanded calmly and repelled five Northern Army charges with violent volleys of gunfire and artillery fire, thus winning the title

The nickname "Stone Wall".

Soon after, 9,000 reinforcements from the Southern Army arrived and immediately launched a counterattack.

The battle was fierce and bloody, with dense bullets flying over the battlefield. Soldiers on both sides suffered heavy casualties. The lack of training of the Northern Army finally gave way and fled back to Washington, leaving behind a large number of guns and ammunition.

In this battle, the Northern Army lost 3,000 troops, while the Southern Army lost less than 2,000, thus winning the Battle of Manassas.

Central America, Costa Rica

December 4, 1857

The 501st Marine Division of the Tang Dynasty (note; the second regiment is missing), together with more than 3,000 militiamen, a total of more than 5,500 people rode horses and carriages into Costa Rica. It took six days to sweep across the entire territory, and the journey was unstoppable.

The invading army broke through San Jose, which was guarded by citizens, on December 11. They immediately bared their fangs and carried out a bloody suppression of the resisting soldiers and civilians in the city, quickly stabilizing the situation in the city.

Because Costa Rica is located in a remote location and is a small and weak country, it has little say in the international community and very few people pay attention to it.

Therefore, the invasion of the Marine Corps of the Tang Kingdom was very smooth. The atrocities they committed in Costa Rica were rarely known, and no one came forward to fight for it.

I only know that after the war, Costa Rica's population dropped by one-third, especially young adults. They were completely destroyed in the war, and were immediately overwhelmed by the surging wave of Chinese immigrants...

Late 1857

Of the three wars taking place simultaneously in North America, the first two attracted a little attention from across Europe, but the last one, the invasion of Costa Rica, was almost unknown. This is the tragedy of a small and weak country.

December 29

Nicaragua officially declared independence. This was the fourth region among the five members of the United Republic of Central America to declare independence because it was afraid that the Tang Dynasty would set its sights on Nicaragua. The newly established Nicaraguan government sent the prime minister as a delegation to Chang'an to pay a pilgrimage to the Tang Dynasty.

The king of the kingdom discussed the signing of a treaty of friendship between the two countries.

Despite the bitter experience, and having learned from the complete destruction of Costa Rica, the Nicaraguan government delegation maintained sufficient respect and humility, and was willing to sign a bilateral treaty as a dependent country, with the Tang Kingdom guaranteeing its national sovereignty and independent status, and respectfully giving up the military

and partial diplomatic sovereignty.

henceforth

Nicaragua became the second subordinate country of the Tang Kingdom after Mexico, and the Aztec Republic, which was almost beaten to collapse by the elite army of the Tang Kingdom armed to the teeth, would soon establish a country supported by the Tang Kingdom.

The political power was transformed into the third subordinate country in Central and North America. This is a story for another day.

The situation in North America from the end of 1857 to the beginning of 1858 was full of wars and wars, almost turning it into a pot of porridge, which dazzled the European powers.

The Tang Kingdom fished in troubled waters and reaped huge benefits, immigrating to Costa Rica with an unstoppable trend, rapidly changing the population structure of the region, making the Chinese population account for the majority and becoming the mainstream ethnic group in the region.

During the war, a large number of local young and middle-aged men were killed and injured, and many Costa Rican women were reduced to concubines. Since the head of the household had a Chinese name, these white women of Indo-European descent were also counted as Chinese in the statistics. In the forcibly promoted ethnic integration

Lost in the crowd.

One day at the end of 1858, after completing the annexation, the Tang Kingdom declared Costa Rica to be the fourth overseas province, after Hawaii, Panama and Alaska (Note: Paradise Island is an exclusive territory for the royal family and is not an overseas province).