Lord of Ming Dynasty

The two people suddenly turned around and did not encounter the bad luck that the person said about the thirty blow darts. When they saw that they were friendly soldiers and Indians, they were relieved, and Balatino whispered, "Scared to death!" Ah, won't you let me know before you come out? If something happens, the Huaxia people's artillery fires over, and we don't even want to run away."

"You two stupid pigs, if I hadn't helped you clean up the enemy's sentries, you wouldn't even know how you died," the Indian who came said contemptuously.

"Then we don't want to clean up. Once we clean up, the enemy will find our infiltration, and it will be very difficult to get out. We have to infiltrate quietly, and then plant explosives under the enemy's wall, blow up the enemy's wall, and let you The charge can be smoother, as long as you charge in, the enemy will not be able to win with so little manpower," said the Frenchman named Marceau.

After finishing speaking, he looked up at the city wall, "Actually, we are all similar. I am also a mercenary, but a French mercenary. They are also mercenaries, but they are Chinese hired by Russia. If it is not for money, I am not a mercenary at all." I don’t want to fight them, everyone is mercenaries fighting each other. Isn’t it good to cooperate?”

Balatino said to the Indian: "What's your name?"

"Crack, click," the Indian made a sound like an onomatopoeia, and Marceau then asked, "How many of you are here, you won't be the only one, right?"

"We have 30 people here, plus 31 of me, but there are other tribes who infiltrated in behind, which is not considered infiltration. We are familiar with the terrain here. In a small forest outside Wulidi, there is a road that the Chinese people have never noticed. Weeds are overgrown there, and there is a swamp below. People who don’t understand will fall into the swamp when they go in, but our people know how to go back and sink, and the exit is also in the swamp. We estimate that a thousand Indians will come in tonight , but not from our tribe.”

"Dong dong dong," when they were talking, there were three loud cannon shots from inside the camp, and the three looked up at the sky. The three shells boiled the cold and humid air, making a husky sound, flying higher and higher, like A bright meteor flew into the distant night sky, even the moon was dimmed at this moment.

Kaba looked at the sky in amazement, looked at the direction of the shells, and said in surprise: "How did they know that we were going to attack from that place? And how did their cannons know to hit that place?"

After he finished speaking, before the two French mercenaries could speak, the camp suddenly felt like boiling water. the explosion.

Marceau listened for a while, then his face changed slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "They didn't fire at the Indians outside, they fired at the place that Mr. Kaba said, and there is another place," he said. Pointing to another place, exactly where they came from.

"Ah," said Balatino, "that's where the Iliad cavalry is concentrated. They're going to break through in that direction, and that direction is remote. We've dealt with their sentries, and the people behind will follow up and occupy that place." ,Now……"

The first thousand and 170 three chapters of the regular army of the empire to deal with infiltration

No matter how unbearable the mercenaries of the Chinese Empire are, they are also soldiers with extremely rich experience in warfare, and they are also experienced in hundreds of battles. Maybe they cannot detect the infiltration of Indians in anti-reconnaissance. This is a shortcoming, mainly because none of them can The object of allegiance, this group is a relatively loose group. Although Li Ya and the others forcefully squeezed this group together, they still cannot change the nature of a temporary group they gathered temporarily for survival.

And before Li Ya has full strength, he can't say that I will be your emperor, I will establish a kingdom, you will be loyal to me, and I will protect your lives and safety from infringement. He does not have the prestige and reputation of self-reliance , what everyone likes is that he temporarily pinches everyone up in a critical moment, and the dozen or so confidantes he has gathered, as well as the manpower he keeps gathering. Kneading, so, he is the boss in this group, but they are made of sand after all, they cannot withstand the wind and rain, once the morale is low, or there is no way out, everyone will flee in all directions.

In a huge empire like the Huaxia Empire, with a long history of 5000 years, there are also people who constantly betray and want to rebel, or are dissatisfied. The cohesion and purpose are much stronger than his team, but it is still not a positive and cohesive team in Zhang Qiang's mind. A powerful group, they are a mercenary group temporarily organized just to survive, how can they be united, strong and unyielding, and have the indomitable spirit to fight against the enemy, they can only fight against the wind.

The current situation has not reached the point where everyone insists on bulk goods. It can be said that in the face of survival, the tighter the enemy is pressing, the more united they are, because they know that even if there is no hope, as long as Li Ya leads them, there is still a possibility of survival. Once they surrendered or they collapsed, they would become slaves to others, and their lives would be worse than death, and their heads would be cut off and kicked as balls by cruel Indians.

This is not the first time they have seen this kind of barbaric thing. Most of those dead who were taken by the Indians had their heads chopped off and then made into various utensils. For them, it was a brutal and inhumane act. Although their mercenaries often entered and killed captives, they were not as barbaric as the Indians.

They were afraid of this kind of thing at first, and after Li Ya's enlightenment, their morale was improved and their life potential was stimulated. In order not to be treated savagely by the Indians, they could not fall into the hands of the Indians even if they died.

With such support and a feeling of being oppressed, they have been able to hold on until now. It has been at least a month, and the camp has not been breached by the enemy. Captured the outlying positions five miles outside the camp.

This kind of war has also tempered many members of the mercenary regiment. Many of them may have served as soldiers before, but that was during the decades of peace in the Huaxia Empire. After fighting for the Russians, they fell into despair. This kind of despair made them follow Li Ya here wholeheartedly under Li Ya's call, under Li Ya's organization and protection.

In fact, they are not the key. The key is that the 41 officers of the Huaxia Empire are all the elite of the Huaxia Empire. All you want are real soldiers. Those who can become officers are talented or powerful, and have a lot of knowledge, and have experienced many positions, from the militia, from recruits, from the initial picket team, to public security. The army, and later the garrison, the garrison, was promoted level by level.

People who are slightly inferior, they also developed in the garrison, like Tang Yaweng, he has participated in several battles, foreign battles, and experienced major battles at the same time, he did not go to the battlefield much, but he was on the battlefield And the periphery of the battlefield, in order to serve the soldiers on the battlefield, I have accumulated some experience, especially logistics experience.

At least half of the other officers are stationed at the border or in East Siberia and Central Siberia. They have fought desperately with some horse bandits and remnants of Russian adventurers, and they have made a lot of contributions to the country. Reconnaissance and combat experience, the combat experience of the regular army is very rich, what is good about the regular army is that they do it well, and they can think of anywhere.

Maybe they still have some anti-reconnaissance skills to learn. They are not as good as the regular army of the Chinese Empire, let alone the field army, cavalry army, or even the Guards. Maybe they all know what to do, but they are not as capable as the Chinese Empire. Do whatever you want, the Chinese Empire has a lot of talents in this area. The garrison troops who were beaten out of the Southeast Asian jungle are now retired, or turned into instructors, or entered the field army and cavalry army, and then selected advanced people from here to join the army. Guards.

The current garrison and garrison may not have that function, but the marine corps and marine corps along the coast, now only the marine corps, these people can carry out reconnaissance at sea, in jungles and mountains, mountains and hills Desert and wasteland reconnaissance are the strengths of the field army. The strongest desert and grassland reconnaissance are the strengths of the cavalry army. With retirement and various reasons, as well as layoffs or transfers, there may be less than 3 troops now, but if these are sent out, it can basically guarantee at least [-] to [-] elites among the elites in each combat direction The reconnaissance team in that direction should deal with the reconnaissance tasks in that direction.

The scout cavalry in each army is also a veteran of scouting, but comparatively speaking, there are no such talents in the mercenary army. These talents are not willing to enter the alternative, even if there is a problem, they will retire, monitor, or let him go back to the new barracks , as an instructor in the recruit battalions of various armies, maybe he can't cultivate talents, maybe he just eats and waits to die, but once he is needed, he can at least join the team to guide recruits or veterans and give full play to their abilities and expertise, so the Huaxia Empire did not set up a special force for anti-reconnaissance.

When Balatino and Marceau lurked in, no one noticed them at first, but the patrolling soldiers were very careful. Maybe they had been on the battlefield for a long time, and they felt something was wrong, so a group of soldiers turned back halfway Go back, and then report to an officer. After the officer knows, in this period of fighting, any mistake may cause them, a small force, to let the pirate slaves as cannon fodder say, then It was a catastrophe, so he personally led the patrol, and quickly discovered many things wrong with his quality.

However, as an officer of the regular army, he knew that if he directly warned the police now, not only would he not be able to help the mercenary regiment, but he might also destroy his own patrol team, so he led the patrol team through with peace of mind, and immediately sent out his own The guards informed the soldiers at each post to be alert or retreat, and then discussed with other officers, issued warnings to other officers, and made adjustments.

The first thousand and 170 chapters and four defensive counterattacks

If it was only this officer who speculated or discovered some signs, then as a more experienced man, he used to be the third officer of the First Fleet of the Navy, once a lieutenant colonel of the Chinese Imperial Guards, and finally a colonel officer, and participated in several Fighting and guarding the border for about a year, Li Ya is very familiar with this desolate terrain, where the enemy can attack him at any time, and he is always on guard.

Compared with the border defenders who may be under attack by the Qing army in the border area at any time, or other Western countries attack, or Russian soldiers and horses come to fight a big battle, they have rich experience in dealing with it.

Li Ya, who was commanding the battle in the camp, received a message from the officer that he knew that the enemy might have infiltrated. He immediately dispatched his confidant soldiers to confirm, and then ordered the artillery to fire to suppress the enemy according to the news sent back earlier, providing the outer defense line with Sufficient fire support, this kind of fire support can disrupt the enemy's deployment and destroy the enemy's assembled forces, and the other is to let the enemy reveal his intentions prematurely and force an attack. The unprepared enemy finds that his intentions have been exposed. Generally speaking, it is a forced attack, trying to catch the enemy by surprise, but they are also not ready.

This makes their attack very hasty, without considering many consequences, and a desperate gamble, relying on the unity, ability and courage of the soldiers. If this is a regular army fighting back desperately, maybe their courage and desperate momentum can They have given them a lot of hope for success, but the troops in their hands are the Indians, as well as the Iliads, and the indigenous residents of the island. Perhaps facing them, scattered colonists like a group of adventurers, those people can attack them by sneak attack. , Brave combat methods, balance their combat power, but to shake their castles and residential areas, ports, and established regular troops, the Indians and Iliads will only suffer.

Even if they are undefeated, then facing the Russian mercenary regiment formed by the wanderers of the Chinese Empire who were commanders on the frontal battlefield with more advanced weapons than them, more artillery than them, and an elite frontal battlefield, the bravery of the Indians becomes an egg The slapping of stones, the cunning and charge of the Iliads, becomes the foolish action of bravely jumping into a trap.

The artillery attack suppressed the Indians and Iliads who were attacking outside, causing them huge losses. All the passages in the mercenary camp were opened, and teams of combat teams quickly ran out of the camp. Driven by the overseers, the prisoners Reluctantly, they carried the flintlocks and arquebuses issued to them, shields on their backs, daggers for close combat, broadswords, and weapons of their own choice, axes, western dueling swords, hammers, Some people don't know how to use firearms, so they use spears, broadswords, spears, bows and arrows, and even maces. These people wear armor. These armors are captured armor. There are not many iron armors, but most are leather armors. After all, the West now has fur The business is very prosperous, and the demand is huge. It is very cool for everyone to go out wearing leather armor, a cloak, and a horse.

But now it's not about pulling the wind, it's about fighting with your own life.

Li Ya looked at all the captive slaves that were drawn out, 500 of them, and the rest either died or were transferred to the ranks of formal soldiers of the mercenary regiment, or became sailors on that ship, and resumed their old jobs .

The 500 people were divided into five teams. Behind each team were [-] soldiers from the pirate squad, [-] overseers to escort, and an officer leading [-] guards to press the formation. They rushed towards their respective directions in a fan-shaped impact , Li Ya stood at the top of the camp. There was also a pure pirate team, a scout team plus a sailor team, plus some people who didn't usually fight. There was also a combat team, almost full of troops. Out, their purpose is to destroy the infiltrated enemy, and counterattack.

The [-] troops attacked from both sides. The Indians lurking collapsed after being hit by a few times of fierce mortars, and then they were chased like dogs by the captive slaves. Those pirates were more vicious than them, and now they are their home field. , Although it was at night, there were bushes, trees, and cavalry holding torches everywhere, and the Indians could not escape.

"Wow, woof, woof," the chasing team led by wolfdogs chased the Indians who were trying to escape and the Iliads who rushed in like dogs and mice, drilling holes everywhere, scattered mercenary soldiers and captured slaves They stared at every place with jealousy, because how can the three captive slaves of the enemy be converted into soldiers of the pirate team, completely escape the precarious daily life in the prisoner camp with huge labor, even if they kill one, or can catch A single person can also transform from a captive slave to an overseer, or a free farmer, to become a logistics staff of a mercenary regiment.

In terms of strength, maybe the combined strength of the mercenary regiment and all the pirate squads and sailor squads did not penetrate in. There were many enemies rushing in, but in terms of momentum, firepower, terrain advantages, and overall advantages, internal and external Attacks, three-dimensional strikes, artillery fire, cavalry, brave captive slaves who wanted to escape from captive life, and mercenary soldiers who gritted their teeth and hated them.

In the middle of the night, the artillery firepower dropped, and the search team became an offensive team. More than half of the troops counterattacked calmly. The Indians and Iliads made a desperate attack. Down, it became messy, from the bloody charge to the escape of the dead.

In the early morning, the artillery fire stopped, some mercenary teams returned to their positions, some prisoners were escorted back to the guard camp, some wounded and overseers retreated back to the camp, a sailor team returned to the water village, a mercenary team returned to the camp, and some troops escorted the prisoners The Indians and Iliads kept returning to the camp.

A large number of counterattacking teams rushed to the 25 miles outside the camp, chasing the Indians and Iliad cavalry, who outnumbered them by several times, but their enemies did not make any counterattacks, just running away blindly.

A French force of several hundred men was routed, the camp was taken, a French artillery unit was wiped out, about two hundred French soldiers and artillery were captured, and a large number of French weapons and artillery were seized.

As the sun set, the battle ended, and all the pursuing troops returned to the camp with Indians and Iliads several times their number, as well as hundreds of horses.

There were endless cheers in the camp. The beaches, hills, and forested areas within a range of more than ten miles defended by the entire mercenary group were full of sores and smoke, as if a dog had eaten them.

But the result was good. They defeated the enemy who had been suppressing them for nearly two months, and captured enemy prisoners several times their own strength and number.

The first thousand and 170 five chapters are full of worries

"In this counterattack, we chased for a total of 25 miles, and some even chased for 100 miles. However, the enemy is also very powerful. Their reinforcements stopped some of our head-burning pirate teams from [-] miles away. , Therefore, our pirate team lost a bit more, with a total of more than [-] casualties, which almost severely damaged our pirate team. It can be said that the pirate team we established before was almost wiped out by others."

Wu Kejing scanned the full house of officers and Li Ya, Sa Lei, Tang Yaweng, Lieutenant Sao Tianlei, and other high-level officials who had been confirmed as the senior officers and leaders of this mercenary regiment, and said in a regretful tone.

Li Ya was holding the hilt of a captured French epee, expressionless, and lowered his head in thought. Sare had a pipe in his mouth, was wearing a sailor's leather armor, and was wearing a western captain's hat crookedly. Inside the rough chair made of banana wood, I squinted at him, but didn't speak.

Wu Kejing touched his nose, then lowered his head and continued: "Currently there are 45 members of the pirate team capable of fighting, plus the crew on board and in the water fortress, a total of 60 people, 120 people were injured, and 40 people died."

After talking about the pirate team, he counted the mercenary combat team again, "Our mercenary team supervising the battle at the front lost 75 people, 70 people were killed, and five people were seriously injured. 30, 15 wounded, 30 seriously wounded, and one officer from the garrison, the rank of captain, dead."

Everyone sighed in unison, and even Sa Lei frowned after exhaling a cloud of smoke. This is another senior officer they lost after Lieutenant Soo Tianlei was seriously injured, the backbone of the mercenary regiment, even if other Everyone is dead, as long as there are these people, they can quickly pull up a team wherever they go, and then rely on their training and command to conquer the world, but today, after the battle, they lost a general.

In addition to Wu Kejing, Sa Lei, and Li Ya, the three leaders of the corps that everyone recognizes, there are now 41 officers left, and there is one who cannot fight and needs someone to carry him to the meeting. He usually sits here. Manage the logistics and defense of the camp, and the most important thing is to count the wounded and sick in the camp, some civilian personnel who are not capable of fighting.

The mercenary group is walking on the road to maturity, but now it seems that the mercenary group has experienced an even greater setback. Although it will not hurt the muscles and bones, it is still damaged. Their people have not been replenished, and they have lost one less strength.

Wu Kejing’s voice was still ringing in the Juyi Hall. After talking about the losses of the mercenaries themselves, he began to talk about the water fortress, that is, the losses at the pier. Speaking of our counterattack at the pier, the French seem to have lost a lot, but our loss almost cut off our retreat. The sailor team lost more than half of it. Later, the pirate team filled up to make up for the loss of our sailors. The ship can basically sail Yes, but they don't know anything about steam engines, or they haven't received training. Now their quality makes the steam engines less than [-]% of the previous power. Steam engine feeding, maintenance, and operation have not yet been implemented because of the battle. I suggest that we have to speed up our pace.

Secondly, these few times our captive slaves became regulars, died, fled for various reasons, and were executed and punished by us. In addition to last night's battle, the statistics show that 400 people were lost, and there are only [-] captive slaves. We Although we won yesterday's battle, more than half of the captives fled and died. We also dealt with the serious injuries in the afternoon and executed them all.