Chapter 60: Looking at the Wind

Shao Tingda became a prophecy.

Black Cloud Dragon led more than 100 horsemen to ride on the western mountain and stared at Taxco with binoculars for a whole day, and the lax defense of Tacheng made him more and more excited.

The place where he was was was less than four and five miles from the foot of the mountain, and was run through by the main road, but for a whole day no Western scouts came, not even a patrol.

At noon, he even saw shirtless patrolling soldiers outside the small Spanish-style buildings with white walls and orange tiles.

The weather in Mexico was hot, but it was in the coastal plains, and it was not so hot since the Ming army crossed the mountains eastward.

The Ming army has not been collectively disarmed since the landing, and they have long been prepared to be covered with prickly heat in their hearts, but in fact, due to the higher and higher terrain and the influence of the mountains, the temperature at this time is about the same as the spring in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

And the people of the White Horse Department patted their chests and told the Ming army that the temperature on the eastern side of the mountain is like this all year round, not to mention that the temperature difference between day and night is large, and wearing cotton armor and a cuirass is completely out of the way.

For the Ming army, when it was the hottest time at noon, it was past to hide in the shade of a tree and endure it, after all, it was in the hinterland of the enemy, but the western army of these towers took off the only cotton armor.

'Mental laxity, military discipline is chaotic' - Black Cloud Dragon recorded this in his notebook.

In his notes, one page is divided into two sides, the left side writes about the advantages and disadvantages of his own side, and the right side writes about the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy, including terrain, troops, combat power, logistics, etc.

Among their own advantages, the first line of Black Cloud Dragon is written in a very large font with the four big characters of 'Wise General', and the evaluation behind it is worlds apart.

That's right, he's just praising himself.

"The enemy has more troops than us, but the army is discouraged, and the defeat by us before should be a frightened bird, I wonder - can we scare them away?"

The Black Cloud Dragon didn't want to attack Tacheng brutally, it would be too difficult for them, a cavalry team of no more than 100 people, it would be better to fight in the plains without a long gun, but like this kind of terrain, even if you blindly attack the town in the end, the battle damage will outweigh the losses.

Anyway, these people have already been chased and beaten and retreated here, and if they are allowed to retreat back, Heiyun Long feels that it is not too difficult.

The cavalry hundred households held lighters and two general flags under the shade of the bushes and looked at the commander's analysis at a glance, naturally skipping the advantage of 'wise generals' and looking at the advantages and disadvantages of the other more pertinent sides.

"How do you scare away?" The cavalry hundredfold came closer with a lighter, and the light and shadow shone on the face: "For example, Zhang Yide is a bridge in the sun, and the horsetail is full of smoke and dust?" ”

Heiyunlong waved his hand and said: "It doesn't have to be so complicated, there are too many trees, and the dust can't get out, not to mention that we don't want the enemy army to dare to come, but to let them retreat." ”

"Just think that there is a large army behind us, and we will wait for the advance cavalry scout."

As soon as the Black Cloud Dragon finished speaking, the cavalry Baihu nodded and said, "That's right." ”

They're the advance scouts!

Heiyunlong was stunned by this response for a moment, and then said: "But I don't have a large army behind me, so I have to be fearless with a large army, and send twenty horsemen in advance, scattering the north, south, and west of the mountain, and swaggering to approach the bottom of the mountain." ”

"It would be best if you could lure the enemy down the mountain to fight, and if the enemy did not move, twenty more horsemen would come out in half an hour, and this time we could pac the mountain road, and we could talk to the native slaves, and let out the news that we had three thousand troops coming."

"If the natives are not angry, they will be named and asked to go up the mountain to tell the Western Army to surrender."

"At the same time, find out to the natives the number of defenders on the mountain, and the quality of the soldiers."

"When more than 100 of our cavalry have walked out of the mountain road, only the gap in the east is left, if they are smart enough, they should go, if they are stupid, they can't do anything."

Black Cloud Dragon said this, and said to his subordinates: "Tell the order to all the small banners under your command, go to sleep while you are now, and scare them early tomorrow morning!" ”

The faint light in the dense forest on the mountain in the distance was extinguished, which did not bother the night soldiers of the Half-Blood Router, and in his eyes, it was quiet on all sides.

They're already so good that they're still able to place night soldiers on towers at this time, all because their lives are at stake.

The rebels entrenched in Taxco focused not on the west, but on the east.

It is true that the Ming army is the enemy, but now that they have robbed the silver mines belonging to Philip, the plantations of merchants, and done a series of angry things such as sleeping with the daughter of the royal tax collector, Spain is also an enemy.

Anyway, I don't know how long I can live, so I just indulge while I'm still alive, and this group of routs will turn Yincheng into a hell on earth.

But they didn't have much of an impact on the Indians down the hill in comparison—isn't it normal to bully the Indians like eating and breathing?

Can eating and breathing be considered indulgence?

If you want to be humiliated, you have to bully those pure-blood Peninsula nobles!

The soldier on duty at night held his spear, reminiscing about what he had done during the day, and sleepiness hit, and he fell asleep with a smile on his face.

Until the little bell on the tower is struck, it is a new day.

Walking down the tower with the soldier's misty eyes, the afterglow swept over the bright red on the official road in the distance, and the pupils dilated when he landed, and his lazy figure was fixed on the spot.

Cavalry.

An unprecedented defeat had brought them to know this cavalry, their horses were not strong, even the tallest horses were of average size compared to the Spanish horses, and they did not run fast, but they were strong and powerful.

On horseback, the cavalry wore a red tasseled iron pocket decorated with a drooping head, and the shining cuirass was depicted with gold edges, and all kinds of blades spread out from the official road unscrupulously, and the cavalry captain led by him raised the high Suzaku flag and oppressed with a wild whistle, which frightened the soldiers who were still red from sleep hysteria to very sober.

The Ming cavalry came.

It was these costumed cavalry who completely crushed their military formation in the battle against the White Horse Tribe!

He first glanced in the direction of the mountain, and as soon as he took two steps, he paused again, looked around at the panicked Indian slaves left and right, slowly put his hand into his pocket, felt the cold and heavy silver coin, threw away his spear, grabbed the sword at his waist, and ran towards the official road to the east.

If you want to run down the hill, you will be surrounded by cavalry!

In the distance, the black cloud dragon stationed on the horse next to the official road was stunned with a telescope, and in his field of vision, he clearly saw a figure swaying down from the watchtower suddenly froze, walked two steps quickly in the direction of the mountain, and then somehow simply dropped his weapon and ran eastward.

Not long afterward, people fled everywhere on and under the hills, and from east to north, in all directions.

Almost swarming.

They ran, the cavalry chased, a dozen cavalry with hundreds of people running in the fields, very few had the courage to hold weapons and fight against the Beiyang cavalry, in fact, even if they had the courage, no one could defeat the cavalry without forming a formation.

"The brave have all died in the White Horse River, um."

Heiyunlong put away the binoculars, he thought it was this sentence, he had to remember this sentence, and write it in his notes when he went up the mountain, and in the future, he would return home when he was old and weak, and leave the story of following Chen Jingluo to conquer the world for future generations to see.

"Let's go, it looks like they're going to give us this city."

The pro-soldiers laughed, and their faces were filled with indescribable pride, which made the enemy flee in fear, which was something to be proud of.

As soon as Heiyunlong took two steps from the horse, he heard the sound of the horse's hooves kicking from behind, accompanied by the familiar call of the family: "General, Shao Shuai's letter!" ”

General Hei stopped at the horse, took the letter and lowered his head to open it, raised his eyes to look at the tired family member a little distressed, and said, "He won't tell you to sleep, and he will enter the town later...... Retirement? ”