Huang Zhongtong's speculation is reasonable. Because Luzon's Spanish Governor's Office and California are both affiliated with the New Spain Governor's District. Once Mexico City declares war on Beihai Town, Manila will inevitably be unable to escape. By then, Zhao Xin's plan for Luzon for many years can be implemented.

At noon on January 7, 1794, the watchtower in Cape Bruja, located in the Bay of Acapulco, signaling the San Carlos Fortress, informing the three large sailing ships "San Juan Batista", "San Marcos" and "Guadalupe" that were departing from Manila. They set out in June last year, passed through Hawaii, and made a short stop in Monterrey, the capital of California, before heading south to reach their final destination.

News of the arrival of the fleet spread rapidly in the city, and thousands of people quickly gathered at the Marquis Pier. After a while, the local governor, government officials, members of the city council and even merchants also arrived in carriages with their families.

The arrival of Manila's schooner is a festival-like event for Acapulco and even the entire Central and North America, which means that a large number of rare oriental goods will appear on the market, including tea, silk, porcelain, lacquerware, fans, screens, beeswax and gunpowder from China; amber, ivory, cotton and carpet from India; and pepper, cardamom, clove, cinnamon and other spices from the East Indies.

Just as the crowds on the dock became shoulder to shoulder, three large sailboats with a load of more than 1,000 tons, led by the water diversion boat, passed the waterway between Cape Bruja and Diamond Corner, and appeared in everyone's sight. At this time, the salutes were fired from the Fortress of San Carlos, and cheered in the crowd. The hundreds of black porters on the dock were ready to wait for the large sailboat to enter the berth and parked.

However, what surprised many people was that when the ship entered the berth and anchored, the springboard was first set up, and the colonial officer with his attendant came down from the "San Juan Batista".

The man was wearing a blue cape with golden lace at the opening, and a blue jacket with red lapels and cuffs inside. Inside was a yellow vest made of suede deer-skinned with narrow lace, and a black hat with gold lace rolled up on the top. Judging from the golden erectile sacks on his shoulders, he should be a captain.

After the captain got off the ship, he turned a blind eye to the noisy scenes around him. In front of everyone, he walked straight to Governor Acapulco to take off his hat and salute him. Then he stepped forward and whispered a few words, and presented a letter. The Governor opened the letter and saw the content on his face. The original smile on his face gradually closed and his expression became solemn. He immediately called one of his officers to say a few words, and then the captain and his servant hurriedly left with the officer.

Half an hour later, a carriage drove out of the city's barracks under the escort of twenty cavalrymen and left in dust.

When the captain left, the city council speaker on the side asked the governor curiously: "Heror, what happened?"

The governor sighed and said, "Yes, something big happened. A group of gangs invaded California, and all our strongholds north of Monterrey were lost! The captain was going to Mexico City for help."

The Speaker was stunned for a moment and didn't react. You should know that Northern California is more than 3,000 kilometers away from Acapulco. He continued to ask, "God, was it the Indians who were in trouble?"

"No! It's a group of pirates from Asia."

"Pirates! Asia?"

The speaker's voice was a little loud, which immediately attracted the attention of people around him. The days of the colonies were actually quite boring, and there was not even a newspaper. Anything outside could be talked about for a long time; especially those businessmen and female relatives, who were even more curious when they heard the "pirates".

So at the evening welcome banquet, news about pirates and the East became the focus of everyone's discussion. However, when these people learned the inside story from the senior crew members on the sailing boat, they were all shocked.

According to a captain named Gonzalez, those "pirates" who occupied Northern California actually had a group of Asian forces who called themselves "North Sea Town". They first captured the Fortress of San Francisco last year, and then successively occupied three places, Santa Clara de Assis, San Jose de Guadalupe and Santa Cruz.

Since Santa Cruz and Monterrey, the capital of California, are across the sea, and the sea route is only more than 20 nautical miles, the Governor De Alila California has ordered a general mobilization. All men over 15 and under 50 among the residents of the fortress have been issued weapons and accelerated construction of fortifications.

Because the sailing fleet was equipped with 300 soldiers and more than 200 artillery, before leaving Monterrey, he went to Santa Cruz for a special trip and found that the monastery and fortress there had been burned to a white land. After sending troops to search the shore, he found dozens of survivors and brought them back to Monterrey.

"...We left two hundred soldiers for Governor De Alilaga, and then said goodbye and left."

"O God! What a bunch of savages, why did they destroy the monastery?"

"These people should be hung after they are caught!"

"The kingdom's army is invincible!"

"Captain Gonzalez, why don't you go to San Francisco? Your fleet has so many cannons that it's perfect to take back the fortress."

Gonzalez and other crew members smiled bitterly when they heard this. How should we explain this? The people in front of us know nothing about Beihai Town, but they who have been living in Manila know very well. It was a terrible "monster" who defeated the Tsarist Russian Empire, seized Batavia from the Dutch East India Company, and also fought against the Qing Empire.

If the rumored white ship is also there, the amount of troops and cannons on their ship is really not enough for others to deal with!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Before the sailing fleet left Manila in early June last year, the news that the Dutch East India Company would go to war with the North Sea Town was already spreading. Manila was extremely concerned about this war that decided the entire East Indies, and even sent military observers.

When Governor De Alilaga wrote a letter of help, Captain Gonzalez specifically reminded him: He said that if you want to seek reinforcements from Mexico City, you must have at least 5,000 troops, and the sea power cannot be less than 30 armed merchant ships. At the beginning, the governor was surprised to have a duck egg stuffed into his mouth, but when he learned about the past achievements of Beihai Town in the East, he deeply agreed.

Then, the crew briefly talked about the deeds they heard about "Beihai Town". The Governor and others seemed to have heard a fantasy, and even forgot to eat the dishes carefully prepared by the chef.

"Captain Gonzalez, as you said, since Beihai Town has such a large territory in Asia, why do they come to California?"

"Governor General, this is also what puzzles me. Maybe they, like the British, want to get a piece of the fur trade?"

"Then they should grab territory north, why attack Monterrey?"

Well, after staying in Kinmen for almost two months, Ruchi realized that the place was full of flat land and there was no danger to guard. Only 11 kilometers south was a hill (Bruno Mountain) with an altitude of more than 400 meters (Bruno Mountain).

When the "Java" arrived at the Kinmen Fortress in early December last year, in addition to bringing a platoon of military interns, they also sent several "heavy weapons", including three 82mm mortars and five hundred shells. With this thing, Ruqi was more courageous, so with Zhao Xin's consent, he and two companies began his "Nanjing Expedition" under the leadership of Katata's father Baibai and more than a dozen other Miwauk Indian guides.

In fact, Zhao Xin had a good choice in the matter of coming to North America to grab territory. The Spanish have been expanding northward with the missionary order of Franciscans over the years, with little effect on military power. Moreover, due to the French Revolution, even if they knew that Beihai Town "invaded" North America, the Spanish mainland could not provide military support to the colonies.

Although the entire New Spain Governor's current strength is as high as 28,000, the regular troops deployed in California are only more than 200. Moreover, their history of pioneering California has only been twenty years, with few strongholds and settlers, and few cannons.

That is, the Indians on the west coast of North America were very peaceful, and the Franciscan monks were extremely skilled in deception, so so far, Spain was almost not threatened in North America. If it were the warlike Sioux people or the Iroquois, those small strongholds would have been destroyed long ago and there would be no waste left.

But it was precisely because of this that Ruqi got a big advantage.

The troops marched for about twenty days, and then took only one day to capture the two strongholds of Santa Clara de Assis, San Jose de Guadalupe.

Later, he asked Li Shi to take a company through the small river called "Stevens Creek" in another time and space, and walked south along the Traveler's Path in the Santa Cruz for seven or eight days, and also drove Santa Cruz down. The personnel in various strongholds were dealt with as before, liberated the deceived Indian slaves, returned to their own houses, and looked for their mothers; the defenders and missionaries drove them away, and they loved them to death.

Several Indian guides were each assigned a horse and a donkey, and there were hundreds of kilograms of food and a few pieces of cloth. The iron tools and tools that the Northern Navy looked down upon were also given to them, and they were all very happy.

Li Shi stayed in Santa Cruz for two days. After all the people in the stronghold were cleared, he only took away the livestock and some food, and set fire to the rest, and then withdrew back to San Jose de Guadalupe.

After occupying the exit of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Ruchi felt a little more at ease. He felt that as long as there were 500 people guarding here, the Spaniards would have no chance to come even if there were two or three thousand. However, what he did not expect was that with the reminder of Gonzalez and others, the Spaniards had realized the seriousness of the matter, and they had come more than two or three thousand.

On the fifth day of the arrival of the Sailing Fleet in Acapulco, the Governor's Palace in Mexico City.

After meeting the California messenger and learning about the emergency situation there, the Governor of New Spain, Juan Vicente Degmes Pacheco quickly summoned his important generals to hold a meeting. The participants agreed that the kingdom's territory in Upper California must not be lost and several occupied strongholds must be taken back.

After careful consideration, Governor Pacheco, as the commander-in-chief of the province, decided to lead a fleet consisting of three infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment, an artillery company and thirty ships to fight for Monterrey and regain the occupied territory.

For such a large-scale military operation, preparations will take at least two or three months to complete. The key is to mobilize a large number of horses, vehicles, and supplies with the military and civilians. Of course, the navy can act in advance and transport an infantry regiment over to ensure that Monterrey is not lost.

Ruchi must know that the Spanish went out to such a big battle, so he would definitely ask Zhao Xin for help. But, he was taking a platoon and a few Miwauk people to find the legendary gold-sighting holy land...

According to other time and space-related data, gold in California was first discovered in a river in the Coloma area. It is located in the north of the Golden Gate Fortress, with a straight line distance of about 180 kilometers, and is only more than 70 kilometers away from Sacramento.

Unfortunately, Sacramento has not been discovered by the Spanish this year, so the first thing Ruchi and his group had to do was to explore, find the Sacramento River and then go upstream, and finally arrive at the fertile valley that the Spaniards call "air like champagne".

According to the inquiries from the villagers of Miwauk who had been doing business, Ruchi finally found out that the Sacramento River in this year was called "Bohema Mem" by the Miwauker people. He quickly understood that "Mem" means water, and he had no idea what "Bohema" means.

On a sunny morning in early January 1794, Ruchi and his group of more than 30 people set off from the Kinmen Fortress in four rubber speedboats, crossing the coastline and heading north and east along the strait. After walking more than 80 kilometers in one day, they finally arrived at the entrance of a large river. After using a drone to repeatedly compare the surrounding terrain and the information in their hands, Ruchi confirmed that this place should be the "Sacramento River".

The Miwak people who accompanied him shouted excitedly along the way. If the soldiers on the same boat hadn't watched it, they would have almost fallen into the water several times. They had never taken such a fast boat, and they would have to row a boat for at least three days to arrive.

Ruchi and his soldiers climbed the north bank of the river, found a large smooth and flat rock, and then took out the white paint and brush he carried, preparing to give the river a Chinese name.

What is its name?

Luchi River? No, no! He checked in advance and said that "Luchi" means noodle cake in English, and it also refers specifically to the kind of thing that Indians eat that is fried and filled with green juice.

Golden Light River? This is too vulgar!
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