The Jurchen cavalry of Kangguru, with the might of victory, pursued them for sixty miles to the east, and they had long outnumbered the deserters, but they still galloped until the outskirts of the city could see the vineyards of Bordeaux and the left bank of the Garonne.

At first, Franco's riders only wanted to chase and kill the rout, but after running for more than ten miles and being overtaken by the cavalry of the Baishan battalion, they were afraid that their more than 100 horsemen would be surrounded and killed by the enemy's ambushes, so they led the cavalry to follow.

As a result, along the way, his cavalry was commanded by Kanguru with gestures: grab this, grab that; Attack the monastery and level the manor...... As soon as news of the war reached the land, nobles, squires, and merchants took refuge in their carriages to the nearest castle.

The peasants and women had no choice but to run to the city with their families.

So the French peasants are the happiest peasants in Europe, and they are willing to run to the cities, as in the low-country countries such as Spain or the Netherlands, where the peasants do not run in the war-torn lands.

They had only two options: defecting to the rebels or being drafted to quell the rebels, or they could stay where they were and resign themselves to their fate.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if your own army or other country's army comes, you will plunder it, and your head will fall to the ground sooner or later if you step on the ground, at least your intestines can still hang on a tree.

There were still small garrisons scattered in the area, but the peasants who were urgently armed with dung forks and stones did not pose a threat to Kanguru, and even when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, they fled in despair, and there was nothing to resist.

The swaggering Kangguru rushed to the city, and the manor houses along his way burned with thick black smoke, and it only took two horsemen to carry dozens of people who had not had time to flee to push the spoils back to the port for him.

The four two-story domed bell towers in the square in front of the city's city hall ring non-stop, and even outside the city can be heard the continuous ringing of small bells, which are used to remind citizens that a fire is raging or that the grapes are ripe outside the city.

But at this moment, it can only be used to warn the people of the enemy attack.

Kanguru found the most gifted rider in his command, and stammered outside the city for a long time, but no one could understand.

Spain is too closed, and the law enacted by Fei Lao Er does not allow Spaniards to go out to study in other countries, nor does it allow scholars from other countries to enter the country to study.

It is rare that there are people of insight in the city who can understand Spanish, and they cannot understand the Spanish version of the dialect version of the Jurchen Haixi Hada Department under Kanggulu.

In the end, Franco stepped forward to relieve the siege: "Your main force has been defeated by our army, as long as the city of Bordeaux is handed over...... General Kang, how much money to hand over? ”

Kanguru didn't understand what Franco was saying, but after the captain of the city's guard led his troops to escort the city officials and nobles to climb the city walls, he saw several Spanish cavalry standing in the distance, mixed with foreign cavalry who couldn't see the way, and he didn't know what was chattering excitedly.

In the distance, behind the layers of dense forest treetops, there was a thick smoke rising, and a small team of galloping horses galloped back and forth, carrying large bags and small bags on their buttocks, which they had snatched from nowhere.

The defenders sent people out of the city with flags to negotiate, only to be driven back due to poor verbal communication.

In France, a place rich in martial virtues, the most learned knights were held prisoner in the harbor of Bordeaux.

The two sides waited for the main force of the Ming army together through several military fortresses and urgently erected barrier fortifications on the outskirts of Bordeaux.

Not only were the French in Bordeaux waiting, but so were Kanguru and Franco, and they waited until noon the next day, when they did not see the main mercenary infantry company coming.

When the riders sent back by Kanguru returned, he learned that Chen Jiujing was not in a hurry at all, and was still cleaning up the battlefield in the bay fortress, and only sent a soldier under the command of Carlos who was fluent in French to read to Bordeaux the war indemnity for 10,000 taels of silver, 1,000 donkeys, 500 horses, and a ransom of 1,400 taels of gold.

Chen Jiujing was busy stabilizing the morale of the army, and the mercenary company, which was mainly infantry, suffered heavy losses in the fierce battle, and even if it was hard to advance to Bordeaux, it could not maintain its combat effectiveness for a new siege.

His means of stabilizing the morale of the army are divided into three categories and a total of five types, namely: boasting, boasting, and boasting.

"Well fought, I know that the Juan mercenary regiment has suffered extremely high losses in the face of the enemy this time, but you are very brave, especially General Juan, even the commander of the Western Army in the Asian battlefield does not have a brave general like you, in Spain, I am afraid that only the famous generals of the ancient times can compare with you!"

"What, don't tell me that your company fled when it was routed, at least you didn't surrender, where are the infantry who didn't run away when those knights rushed over?"

Chen Jiujing praised Juan for not being able to stand it, the helmet on his head was smashed and dented, and the swollen bag that had just been bandaged made Juan feel dizzy, and his face was red when he listened to the praise from the general of the Ming Kingdom: "Many of my soldiers have surrendered." ”

"It doesn't matter if they surrender, they all launched a counterattack later, and some of General Guzmán's men surrendered, but I saw with my own eyes a few soldiers who surrendered picking up their weapons behind the cannon in the city and fighting the enemy; There are also General Aji's subordinates, carrying two muskets and dual-wielding swords to chase and slash the enemy! ”

"These are the best soldiers, I know you are not well trained, this time we paid a bloody lesson, but next time it will not be like this, we have proved with this battle that the six generals of the Xiyong Battalion and more than 3,000 soldiers have the possibility of becoming the elite of the world."

"I want to renew the contract with you, extend the contract to three years, and after I go back, the six generals will serve as recruiting officers to replenish the soldiers lost in this battle, and I will invite excellent instructors from the Ming Oriental Military Office to train them for you."

"All the soldiers who survived the battle were paid half as agreed in the contract; Those who are injured but can continue to play will be paid an extra month's salary when they go back; Those who are unable to fight are paid two months' salary, and those who die in battle are paid three months' salary. ”

Chen Jiujing praised the five mercenary leaders who remained in the Gulf Battlefield in a daze, and they did not complain about the tragic battle, and no one even mentioned it, they were now just busy counting money.

"But there are two things I have to say ahead, first of all, when you go to recruit soldiers, don't use any kind of hiring prostitutes and pretending to be noble ladies, leading men into cellars, locking them up, starving for days, and not letting them out if they don't agree to be soldiers, that will not recruit good soldiers."

"Secondly, the combat-ready garrison of Bordeaux has been wiped out, and it is time for us to collect the spoils, but I also know that the troops are not capable of fighting, so we must pretend to be all the men who can fight, and go to the outskirts of the city to rest, and we will only stay for three days."

"In the past, the towers and castles were bombarded with artillery for a while, and after three days, regardless of whether they could receive the money or not, they withdrew their troops and returned to the ship, and set off for Spain, without fighting."

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