Chapter 63: Peace of mind
After all, the plague could not pass through the vast East Ocean by boat, the customs were locked for more than a month, and there was no news of the epidemic in various parts of Asia, which relieved Chen Mu, who hurried back to Mexico City to preside over the overall situation.
In fact, he didn't do anything, the county magistrates Yang Tingxiang, Zou Yuanbiao and others did things very well, and Zhao Shizhen coordinated in the middle, and the Oriental Military Government, which had experienced the test of smallpox, was calm from top to bottom, but he was in Mexico City, and he could add a little confidence to everyone's hearts.
After all, the Black Death in Euroi's mouth was not smallpox, and this time they had no pox vaccines, only flesh and blood.
The plague did not come, but the Peruvian War of Revenge, which was already coming to an end, was at a stalemate, and the follow-up troops were not able to enter Peru in full numbers after the year...... The perfect sailing time difference between Asia and Spain was broken.
"Let him land on the small island northeast of Daxi Port, the entire fleet, and send them some food and water every ten days, and delay him for a month."
Chen Mu had just returned to Mexico City from Daxi Port, and as soon as he stepped into the Armed Square, Yang Tingxiang, who was sticking to Daxi Port, sent riders to follow him into the city, bringing the news he was most unwilling to hear.
The Spanish envoy from Philippe came, intending to restart negotiations with the Ming on the matter of Peru.
Chen Mu is not afraid to negotiate with the Spaniards, the truth is pinned to his belt, the Peruvian Governor Toledo is also living in Changsheng, and the Ming military ship is parked in the port of Lima City, Peru, no matter what the result of the restart negotiations is, he has much more chips in his hand than Fei Laoer.
Diplomacy is backed by force, and words are used to achieve the purpose of using force.
The backing is not solid enough, and it is useless to let the messenger speak skillfully and dance with long sleeves.
There was only one reason why Chen Mu was reluctant to meet with the Spanish envoy - he was waiting for information from Peru.
As soon as Chen Mu finished speaking, Zhao Shizhen, who greeted him in the armed square, had already said to the envoy: "They can't see the big handsome, they just came from Spain, who knows if they are sick on the ship, take this prevarication for a few days, and then use other excuses after a few days, such as the big handsome went to the mountains to play and take refuge, and so on, be sure to delay it for two months." ”
After saying that, he dragged Chen Mu, and stopped talking: "The handsome man has been riding all the way, let's go back to the Governor's Mansion first." ”
As soon as Chen Mu heard it, he knew that Zhao Shizhen was something.
There will be nothing else at this time, it must be the latest news from Peru, and it may not be good news, that he is so anxious.
Sure enough, as soon as the two of them and the guards entered the lobby of the Governor's Palace, Zhao Shizhen couldn't wait to say: "Peru has news, and the situation is not good." ”
"It's not good, bad news is bad news, good news is good news, how can you say it's not good?"
Chen Mu had heard too much bad news in Daxigang, and at this moment he had enough resistance to the bad news, and the Ming army, which had deployed force everywhere in the entire Dadongyang, transmitted all the bad news.
The Black Death raged in Europa, the Chen Jiujing Department of Baishan City blocked the port, the plague landed in the French seaport, and the army gathered by the French king to go south to wreak havoc, Yuan Zizhang, who had crossed the river to the north and marched three hundred miles north to besiege Povadil, was forced to lead his troops to retreat, abandoning the two big cities of Rochefort and Angoulême, and was still caught up by the plague in the battle with the pursuing army.
Li Mao, who was trapped in the Azores, was also in a mess, the islands were short of water and food, Yang Ce led a fleet to Seville to supply on the way back to the news that the plague was raging in Seville, before he asked the port of Daxi for supplies, there was already an internal conflict with the Spanish-Portuguese combined fleet also stationed in the islands because of water and food and the plague, and the casualties on both sides were not the most terrible, the most terrible thing was that the casualties would bring hatred.
The Azores, which has never been an independent geographical unit, has become an isolated island in the Great Eastern Ocean because of the plague, leaving the people on the island to fight each other.
The situation in England is even worse, starting from Plymouth, the latest news that the Black Death has appeared in many seaports, but the city of Plymouth, where the plague first occurred, is close to containment, but it is not good news to come back, due to the inaction of the English royal family in the plague, the officials in the city elected Cao Changqing, the head of the Dragon and Tiger Road, Ren Zhi County, Wang Jinzhong, Li Changlai, Joseph, Alan Muming and other merchants proclaimed themselves Zhongxian Lieutenant, and exercised independent autonomy.
Zhu Xiaoen was unwilling to be frightened by the plague, and insisted on leading the siege of Dublin against the plague, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties due to illness, and there was still no clear result of the battle until now.
And Fu Yuan, who was stranded in Spain, asked Chen Mu to act cheaply, he couldn't suppress the troops who were going to fight with the Spanish garrison, since the incident of Mingxi in Colombia in Mapo, the foundation of mutual trust between the coalition forces was gradually lost, and the soldiers on both sides had many physical clashes in Lisbon, abusing each other, and fighting almost every few days, and they have not seen a battle until now just because they are outnumbered.
If the situation deteriorated further, Fu Yuan would not be able to transfer the fleet back to Asia, and planned to divide his troops into two routes, one way to Daming Port, and one way north to Baishan City...... But their gunpowder was only enough for two naval battles and three months of land battles.
These places were all affected by the plague to a greater or lesser extent, Chen Mu could understand that the situation had deteriorated, and it was not all bad news, for example, Cao Zhi County in Plymouth did very well.
The most important thing is that the plague did not make landfall in Asia at all, which is the best situation for the Toyo military government.
The vast sea is the best layer of protection, keeping the Black Death, a virulent infectious disease, out of the way, and the entire European coast ports have been blocked, so that the story of ghost ships is spread on the sea.
Some ships could not dock, the sailors on board were infected with the plague, and the mania and thirst brought by the plague made people desperate to drink, and once the clean water on the ships was drunk, the manic, isolated, aimless voyage would make people go crazy, and eventually jump into the sea like a swarm of rats in the city.
Waiting for Chen Mu to sit on a chair in the main hall of the Governor's Palace, Zhao Shizhen said worriedly: "The native rebellion in Peru is difficult to contain, our ship cannot set sail due to the plague, and a large number of Western nobles have asked for refuge in the port of Daming in Lima, and the civilians have suffered heavy casualties. ”
Chen Mu blinked, a little unable to believe Zhao Shizhen's words: "What about the Spanish army? ”
The Spaniards have a garrison in Lima City, two and a half legions, which is enough to suppress the area outside the port of Daming in Lima, and they have no effect for so long?
Can't even control the slave revolt?
"There was a regimental commander who was killed in the confusion, his company was in all parts of the city, barely holding its ground, and there was an Inca regiment that withdrew from the city and headed east without much loss."
"What about Daming Harbor?"
Chen Mu also deliberately connived, no matter what it becomes in the end, the Ming army will be Peru's Dinghai Divine Needle, as long as they are there, there will be no big mess.
As for Spain's influence in Peru, it would be better if it could be reduced as much as it could, and all of it would have disappeared without a trace.
Peace of mind.
Zhao Shizhen arched his hand and said: "So it's not bad to say below, Daming Port has no loss at all, and now the Spanish nobles in the city are good at recognizing a Daming father for their children, in order to save their lives." ”