Jack of Harts

The newborn Republic of Texas spent a decade fortifying and preparing for the day when Mexico would come for them. One thing they had learned during the rebellion was just how potent Mexican cavalry was. The Texians had been completely outclassed in mobile warfare when the Mexicans used their cavalry right. So the new nation placed a major focus on replicating that superior cavalry force. They also reinforced the Texas Rangers with hundreds of new recruits to better defend their people from Indian raids. Within a decade, the Texas armed forces that had barely scraped out a victory against superior Mexican numbers were a much hardier and well-trained force than they had been. And their cavalry was widely regarded as extremely competent. The Texans still did not want to fight Mexico alone, but they were competent enough to defend their borders against anything short of a full war. If only they could keep that from happening diplomatically.