Chapter XXXIV Losses
The gift from the Colombian rebels to the emperor shocked Chen Mu, but it did not affect the leisure and elegance of Toledo, the governor of Peru.
Of course, Chen Mu would be shocked, and he had a feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger.
Lautaro was seriously wounded in the bloody battle of Cali, and Godot's army forcibly broke into the border tax card and killed 37 Ming soldiers, these two things came together to make the people under the rule of the Oriental military government angry, which means that the hearts of the people are available.
3,000 households of the Oriental Banner Army, 1,000 households of the Lin Manjue guerrilla army, and 1,000 households of the Oriental ministers settled in MedellΓn, and entered Peru and marched into the city of Lima, and the soldiers preferred the latter.
Not to mention the popular will, since the news of the change in Mapo spread to the north, the North Asian rebels rose from the bees, and thousands of people joined the Colombian rebels, and many more chose to support the regular army, spontaneously transporting baggage and food pot pulp in the rear to labor the flag army.
At this juncture, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in the tenth year of Wanli, the South Asian rebels launched a super cannon battle in Colombia, and the rebels of all walks of life dumped war-ready gunpowder into mines and towns, and hundreds of outposts, towns, and mines built and set up by the Spaniards were blown up overnight, and the statistical work was not completed until the eighth day of the first month.
Just the explosion that has been counted so far has already made Chen Mu's heart chill.
"In a Xipi gold mine, there were five hundred and forty miners in the past, please see, in this location, it will take at least seven hundred workers to repair, and the past output will not be restored in half a year."
"The loss of Halding's iron ore is small, and I heard that the amount of explosives used is small when it is buried in the dark, and it is nothing to do if it only blows up the mouth of the mine; And this, this place Xiyi called Condoto, there is a silver mine here, the repair labor has not been counted, but the damage is quite large, and this, this is a coal field, and it is still burning! β
The stupid command made Lin Hu'er unable to see Chen Mu Tieqing's face, nor could he receive Lin Manjue's constant calling, so he took a charcoal pen and said in a cheerful tone while sketching on the map: "Xiyi has lost a lot this time!" β
Lin Amber heard the sigh of approval from the Oriental marshal.
Chen Mu looked at the picture of Colombia that was densely drawn by Lin Huer, and even lost the desire to speak.
How rich Colombia is!
The Spaniards have been working here for decades, saving the Ming Dynasty the trouble of exploring land and building places, and if there is no cannon battle dedicated to the emperor by the South Asian rebels, it should have been a blessing for the Ming Dynasty.
Gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, coal, emeralds, pretty much everything.
Now it's all gone, and all the mines that appear on this map have been destroyed.
This is a gift from the subjects to the emperor? This whole thing was a gift from the enemy to the emperor.
The Spaniards were not so ruthless.
Lin Manjue still stood up at this time, seemingly wanting to remind Lin Hu'er that Chen Mu was not in a good mood, and he said in a low voice: "Marshal, the Western army captives captured by the rebels said that the order given to them by the governor of Peru was to transport the last batch of ore to Cali City and withdraw all from the mine. β
Chen Mu closed his eyes and nodded one after another: "If Your Majesty sees this gift, he will probably be happy to curse, now let's not talk about the mine, okay?" β
As soon as he knew about it, he knew the reason why the South Asian rebels did this...... The Spanish rule over the people of South Asia was based on the villages that spawned from the mines and the mines, and they wanted to return to the ancient times before the arrival of the Spaniards, and to return to the peaceful life of the Inca period.
So want to destroy the symbol of the Spaniards - these mines.
Therefore, even if it meant a huge loss, Chen Mu felt uncomfortable, but he accepted it.
However, this was just wishful thinking, and the mine was not just a symbol of the Spaniards for the South Asian rebels.
"There is some information about Peru, the marshal will be interested in these matters, it seems that the governor of Peru, Toledo, does not intend to resist, the recent news is that the fleet from Changsheng and Youjing has blocked the port of Lima, and the nobles of the western country are registering the cabins in batches."
Already registered to evacuate?
Chen Mu hadn't yet reversed his mood from the heartache caused by the huge loss, and when he heard Lin Manjue's words, he immediately frowned and squinted: "What is Toledo thinking, why didn't he send me a letter?" β
This time, except for the musket that was fired at the beginning and seemed like an accident, what happened next in Peru was full of inadequacies...... From the beginning to the end, Toledo did not apologize to the Oriental military government for the accident of the Zhumapo incident, and he did not respond after he sent his choice to Peru.
At this point, the nobles of Lima City began to register their cabins and prepare to evacuate, and Toledo still did not reply to him, what is this?
Even if you give an order to a subordinate, you should obey it.
What's more, Chen Muke is not arrogant enough to think that he can order the Peruvian governor to abandon Peru and go home, he is just suppressing people with power, and the Peruvian governor should also fight on the basis of reason.
The conflict was unexpected, including Chen Mu, the Oriental military government was not so strong in its strategy for Peru, and even when Chen Mu led the army to join forces with Deng Zilong, they were still discussing the occupation of Peru.
Peru is a chicken rib, it has large silver mines, large copper mines, large gold mines and lead mines, but in the hands of the Spaniards, it can provide huge quantities of precious metals to the Oriental military government, and it does not take much effort.
And if it is in the hands of the Oriental Military Government, it may cost the Ming a little more than the precious metals from the Spaniards.
In the event of this accident, Colombia will definitely be gone for the Spaniards, but if Peru wants to keep it, it can be saved, as long as it proposes some reparations and more concessions, Chen Mu, who is already between the two, can easily change his mind.
For example, if Toledo proposes it himself, Peru will compensate each fallen flag soldier with silver, 10,000 taels is not too little, and 20,000 taels is not too much, and the room for operation is huge, even if the last person is only 3,000 taels, sending it back to the home of the fallen flag soldier and waiting for silver can always comfort the hearts of the family members a little.
There are thousands of choices, but Toledo chose silence.
"I don't understand it, but many of the rumors reported by the spies sent to Lima City are related to the Viceroy of Peru, and it is said that since last year, the Council of Indian Affairs has sent a number of monks and nobles into Peru, and they ......"
Before Lin Manjue finished speaking, he saw Chen Mu's hand raised, and hurriedly explained: "It's the line from Daxigang to Changsheng, and these people have all paid taxes. β
"Hmm......" Chen Mu bowed: "You go on." β
"They were instructed to collect evidence of the embezzlement of silver by the governor of Peru, as if the king of Spain intended to remove Toledo from office, and another reason was the population of Peru, and the number of people in Peru was reduced from nine million to one hundred and sixty thousand, and if it were not for this accident, Toledo would have been removed from office."
"Now it is said that he has prepared five boats for himself to carry the salute, and that the overturned wooden crates in the harbor are full of gold and silver treasures."
As soon as Lin Manjue's words were finished, there was a report from outside the camp tent, and the soldier holding the letter entered the door after receiving permission, and whispered to Chen Mu's side: "Marshal, Chang Sheng Zou Zhixian private message." β