Chapter 801: Come on, be happy
As soon as these Portuguese soldiers saw that the Ming army had arrived, they chose to surrender without saying a word.
Only the officer still tried to resist.
In fact, if he was smart enough, he should have run when he was discovered by the Ming army, so that he would not be wiped out.
But the rigid chivalry told him that he had promised the governor to defend the hill, and that even if he died, he would die here.
It can be seen that Don Quixote's ridicule of chivalry is not groundless, and this spirit is still influencing Europeans until this era - but you can't deny that it was perhaps this spirit that guided them to expand their territory and usher in the golden Age of Discovery?
Meng Hu was annoyed that Bai Lai had a trip, and when he saw that there was still one who couldn't open his eyes, he grinned on the spot, and then pulled out his treasure knife and jumped over, slashing his throat.
The officer stood up.
The battle is over.
Lai San'er's department only suffered more than 50 casualties, but basically wiped out 400 people on the other side!
One to eight, it sounds like an incredible casualty ratio, but if you look at each step carefully, it's so normal.
Who let you wear cotton armor, who let you line up in a dense formation, who let you meet the Ming army with two thunderbolts and a strong crossbow?
Who else gave you the courage to want to fight hand-to-hand with others without saying a word?
......
Chen Jing's side was similar, and before Meng Wei's troops arrived, they had already defeated the other party.
However, the creeping army on his side ran fast, and when there were more than 200 people left, they ran away, causing Chen Jing and Meng Wei to chase and kill, chase them out for three or four miles before returning, and annihilated more than 100 people.
The Ming army won a great victory, and the morale was bursting.
The red-haired ghosts are so unbeaten, I really can't understand how they dare to come all the way here to be uncles.
According to this calculation, isn't my Ming invincible in the world?
There is a feeling that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.
After a short rest, the army continued on its way.
Now Nelson has more than 2,000 men in his hands, all of them nested in the governor's palace and ready to defend them.
So Zhang Xiao's army drove straight in, and easily arrived at the city of the governor's palace.
The Doge's Palace is a common castle-like building in Europe, with the governor's residence as the center, spreading out various buildings in all directions, and the outside is a solid stone rampart, and there are circular arrow towers at the four corners of the city wall, and there are not only crossbowmen, musketeers, and cannons on the arrow towers.
But it was late at night.
After Zhang Xiao ordered the whole army to surround the castle, he rested in place and then buried the pot in an open fire to cook.
Piles of bonfires were lit outside the city, and a large area was set up in a row, and the Ming army set up camp without scruples, eating and drinking.
Arrogant to the limit.
The bonfire went up and down, dotted with stars, as if beckoning to the creeping army at the head of the city.
Come on, be happy!
And the creeping troops stationed in the city could only stare dryly.
Dare to go and have a good time?
Nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses are waiting for you, and you are only about 2,000 people, who is happy and whom?
While the Ming army was cooking, there was also a small episode.
A creeping army that came from the south to reinforce the governor's palace was about 800 people, and all of them were heavy cavalry, so it can be said that they were the main force of the main force of the prostrate army.
When they saw in the dark of night that there were sparks everywhere around the castle where the Governor's Palace was located, they immediately thought that it was the Ming army that had arrived.
The commander of this creeping army was very clever, and thought to himself that if this was the case, he could ambush here and wait for them to attack the city by surprise.
So he ordered his men to immediately retreat five miles, and when they reached a wood, the whole army dismounted and hid in place, and then waited and saw what happened.
The place where he lay in ambush was at least six or seven miles away from the castle of the governor's palace, and it was dark again, so it could be said that it was very safe.
But the commander could not have imagined that they had been discovered by the Ming army as early as two quarters of an hour earlier.
Westerners would not have thought that the warning range of the Ming army during the battle could reach a radius of more than ten miles. Note that this is the warning range, which means that this radius of ten miles will not only be patrolled, but also full of open posts and secret posts.
Why did the Ming army set such a perverted warning range?
The answer is that after fighting with the Demon Cult and the Tartars, such a marching code was slowly formed.
Thinking about how many masters of the Demon Sect and the Tartars were at the beginning, and how fast they acted, if you want to prevent them, you have to expand the scope of vigilance?
The benefits of such a large range of vigilance are obvious, but if it is replaced by an ordinary army, it is obviously impossible to do it.
Think about it, how big is a radius of ten miles, and how many manpower does it take to search everywhere? Do the soldiers still need to rest?
But there is no problem with the martial arts alliance, there are not only Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the army, who are rats who like to run around, but also a large number of good hands with light skills, and these people are so sensitive in hearing and vision because of their martial arts practice, as long as three or four hundred people can understand the range of ten miles in a radius.
At night, they may not be able to find someone who is deliberately hidden, but if it is a few people walking normally, they will definitely not be able to escape their eyes - not to mention that it is 800 cavalry, and if they can't find it, it can only be said that they have neglected their duties.
At night, after the hour has passed.
Except for about a hundred soldiers left to keep watch, the rest of the cavalry fell asleep against the trees.
Suddenly, a prostrate soldier shouted and woke everyone up.
As soon as they stood up and prepared to fight, countless fires suddenly lit up in the darkness.
Then, with the sound of "snort", these fire points took on a parabola in the night sky and flew towards them.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The sound of a huge explosion kept ringing out, shaking the leaves and falling like a rain.
Many cavalrymen were killed and wounded in a completely confused state, and for a time the wails were everywhere.
However, the equipment of the Portuguese heavy cavalry was still good, they were all wearing steel armor, and the armbands, shoulder pads and leg guards were all covered with steel armor, resulting in fragments after the thunderbolt explosion, which was difficult to kill and injure the heavy cavalry a little farther away, resulting in a great reduction in power.
A round of wanton and indiscriminate bombardment looked huge, but in fact it only killed and disabled seventy or eighty cavalrymen.
However, after such an explosion, almost all the horses of the Portuguese cavalry were frightened, and they ran and pedaled wildly from time to time, and could not ride at all.
Without horses, this group of well-trained cavalry turned into infantry.
"Kill!"
On the side of the Ming army, after carrying out a round of thunderbolt bombardment, they immediately launched a charge while the other party was in chaos and panic.
The Ming army from all directions surrounded this group of cavalry and rushed up like a frenzy.
The Portuguese heavy cavalry, although the heavy armor and defensive ability are extremely strong, but without horses, one of the drawbacks of thick steel armor is doubly magnified - that thing is too bulky!
The result of being heavy is that the shot is slow and the second is the consumption of physical strength.
And what are the advantages of the martial arts alliance?
Coquettish positioning, flexible routines, lightning-fast shots!
This is really the surname Zheng marrying the surname He, just right!
All the sects were happy.
Look at my Emei tiger walking, there is a poem to praise: suddenly the hair is erected, and the cliff rock is cracked and the sand is gone! Hehe, you come to chase me.
My Wudang Tiyun Zong is not in vain, Hongmaozi can touch me, even if I lose!
I'm Shaolin......
I Huashan......
I'm Kunlun......
The Portuguese heavy cavalry was first beaten by the martial arts coalition army, and when the physical strength was almost exhausted, the martial arts coalition army began to massacre.
Sturdy armor is not really invulnerable, and besides, they can't cover their entire body with armor, such as the deadly neck, and other parts can only use cotton armor.
The martial arts coalition army that came to besiege was as many as 2,000 people, and the result of this battle can be imagined.