1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 462 Shame
In the fields of Tamaulispa, Mexico.

The Arkansas regiment, who sang and robbed fellow Mexicans all the way south, was unaware of the mobilization of the Mexican army.

After sacking a small village called Hidalgo, more than a thousand soldiers of the Arkansas regiment continued to sing southward under their commander, Colonel Christopher.

Their goal is Victoria City in the southeast!
Many Arkansans have begun to fantasize about taking Victoria City lightly and getting rich overnight.

This is what motivates them to go to war.

Soon, the increasingly loud sound of hooves interrupted the fantasies of this group of Arkansas old buddies.

Mexican cavalry slowly appeared on the distant skyline.

Dozens of rides, hundreds of rides, two or three hundred rides, five or six hundred rides, and even thousands of rides.
More and more Mexican cavalry appeared in the Arkansas people's sight.

"We are surrounded by Mexican cavalry!"

Upon seeing this, Colonel Christopher immediately pulled out the Colt revolver on his waist and directed the Arkansas to line up to fight back.

Cavalry is a symbol of the elite in any country, including countries like Mexico.

Veterans of the Arkansas regiment scolded the bewildered recruits under their command.

"Damn! You recruit, do you want to die?!"

"Why are you in a daze?! Stand in line for me!"

"Where's the gun?! Where did your gun go?!"

"Reload, reload now! Damn, are you going to use the fire stick in your hand to deal with the Mexican cavalry?!"

For the infantry, especially the infantry recruits, the shock and fear of encountering thousands of cavalry in the open field is obvious.

The battle-tested veterans can still maintain their sanity, and there is only one dead end in the face of the cavalry's collapse.

Their only way to survive was to line up against the Mexican cavalry and wait for the arrival of friendly troops.

It's a pity that there are too few veterans of the Arkansas regiment.

On average, a veteran needs to bring at least five recruits, which is the lowest proportion of veterans in almost all the southern armies that participated in the war.

This kind of troop configuration is fine for low-intensity downwind battles, but it is difficult to make a difference once you encounter a strong enemy.

The recruits of the Arkansas regiment quickly lost control, their desire to survive outweighed their fear of the veterans.

Many recruits fled northward before reaching the enemy.

After the veterans forcibly killed more than a dozen deserters, the Arkansas regiment managed to stand firmly in formation with the efforts of the veterans, lined up a loose, crooked line like wriggling earthworms, and barely marched towards the Mexican cavalry. Sporadic shots were fired in response.

The soldiers of the Arkansas regiment were mainly equipped with old muskets, and their return fire did not cause too much damage to the Mexican cavalry.

When the Mexicans were only forty or fifty yards away from them, they drew out their lances and shot at the scrambling Arkansas soldiers.

Immediately, these Mexicans took out their sabers, swung their sabers on their horses, and came straight to these Americans.

Mexican teenager Gonzalez took the lead, and he locked his eyes on Christopher, who was wearing a double-breasted gray fur coat.

Christopher's clean double-breasted overcoat with the colonel's cadet on his shoulders stands out against a group of grizzled Arkansas soldiers in battered bomber jackets.

Christopher quickly noticed the young Mexican officer rushing towards him. He aimed his gun at Gonzalez, pulled the trigger and pressed the hammer continuously.

Facing Christopher's muzzle, Gonzalez nimbly buried his head on the horse's neck, deftly dodged Christopher's shot, and then continued to rush towards Christopher.

After missing three consecutive shots, Christopher pulled the trigger again.

Only this time, what came to Christopher's ears was not the deafening gunshots, but the crisp metal impact.

Before he knew it, he had emptied the bullet in the cylinder.

Christopher dropped his pistol and was about to draw his knife to fight when he saw a white light flash before his eyes, and then he lost consciousness.

After completing the first round of impact, the Mexican cavalry did not love to fight, but quickly retreated to make room for the follow-up infantry.

After the Mexican cavalry withdrew, the Mexican soldiers who had been ambushing for a long time appeared in front of the two wings of the Arkansas regiment as if they had grown out of the ground.

As for the road to the north, it was blocked by Mexican cavalry.

The Mexican army is determined to eat them.

At this time, even many veterans of the Arkansas regiment fell into despair. The commander died in battle. Facing the Mexican army with three or four times as many as himself and cavalry, unless a miracle happened, they would undoubtedly die.

miracle
If they did not go deep alone and kept a certain marching distance from the Virginia regiment behind, there might be a miracle, and perhaps the Virginia regiment would have enough time to rescue them.

It's a pity that they are far away from the main force now, and there will be no miracles.

Thinking about it now, the idea that they rushed to the front and wanted to take the city of Victoria lightly and take the first prize was very ridiculous.

How is this going to grab some head start? This is clearly rushing to die.

After a little resistance, facing the siege of the Mexican army, the remnants of the Arkansas regiment chose to raise the white flag to surrender to the Mexicans and surrender their military flag.

The news first reached the city of Victoria.

In the Governor's Palace in Victoria City, Mexican President Santa Ana was dressed in military uniform, and he paced back and forth restlessly.

Santa Ana talked to himself from time to time, and sometimes prayed to God, asking God to bless Mexico and hoping that Gonzalez would return victorious.

"we won!"

When the battle report from the front reached the Governor's Mansion in Victoria City, Santa Ana danced happily regardless of the image of a country's president.

Mexican teenager Gonzalez became famous for this battle.

The whole country of Mexico is excited.

Since the first Mexican-American War, Mexico has lost more than it has won.

Even if there are a few occasional victories, they are just small victories that can't make it to the stage.

In this ambush, the Mexican army actually wiped out a regiment of the US army and captured the opponent's flag.

This is an unprecedented victory in Mexican history, an unprecedented victory!

The morale of the Mexican army, which had been low, could not help but boost its morale.

The Americans are nothing more than that, and they are not invulnerable to war.

On the south side of the US military, it is a different scene.

After learning that the Arkansas regiment had been wiped out, General Jackson, the head coach of the Confederate Army, once wondered if there was a problem with his hearing. After making sure that there was no problem with his hearing, he repeatedly asked about the reliability of the news.

After confirming the authenticity of the news, Jackson froze on the spot, unable to react for a long time.

Soon, the news that the Arkansas regiment was wiped out spread from Mexico to Texas, from Texas to the southern states, to Washington, and to the Northern Free States.

The news quickly caused an uproar in the United States.

The northern free states were not very enthusiastic about this war. The Confederate Army was frustrated in Mexico, and a regiment was wiped out, and the flag was taken away by the Mexicans.

Naturally, those anti-war factions will not let go of such a big handle.

The "Ten Wins and Ten Defeats Theory", which was originally widely circulated among the people and has many fans, was also taken out by the anti-war faction and repeatedly whipped corpses and slapped faces.

In the article, the argument that the United States has ten victories and Mexico has ten losses was changed by the anti-war faction to the fact that the United States has ten victories and Mexico has ten victories to ridicule those main combatants in the south.

There were even voices in Congress to stop losses in time and apologize to Mexico for an early truce.

Facing this disharmonious bluntness, Fillmore could only forcefully suppress the opposing voices in Congress.

He was one of the instigators of declaring war on Mexico. A truce at this time will be a major failure in his political career, and his resignation is inevitable.

Furthermore, the war machine that was finally activated had no reason to stop when it encountered a little mechanical failure.

A truce in an unseemly manner will only intensify domestic conflicts.This runs counter to the original intention of Fillmore to start the war.

Based on this alone, Fillmore would never allow a hasty truce.

Truce now?Make it a joke?
Fillmore could temporarily suppress the anti-war voice in Congress, but there was one voice that Fillmore could not avoid no matter what.

That is to cancel the establishment of the Arkansas regiment and change the coach.

Secretary of War Scott asked to personally take command to direct the next battle.

The offer to revoke the Arkansas Mission was accepted by Fillmore.

After all, the loss of the Arkansas regiment was too disgraceful. Even the military flag was handed over by the Mexicans. Naturally, there is no need for troops whose military flag can be taken away by the enemy.

However, in order to appease the mood in the south, Fillmore still kept a hand, allowing the Arkansas regiment to rebuild as long as the flag can be regained.

As for the request for a coaching change, Fillmore did not agree. Although he does not have any military background, he also knows that it is a big taboo to change the general.

What's more, Scott is a northern general, and letting a northern general command an army composed entirely of southerners will only make the army more and more confused.

Furthermore, Jackson just suffered a defeat, a defeat that was observed by the whole country with a magnifying glass, and the consequences were infinitely magnified.

If public opinion did not deliberately magnify this defeat, this defeat would at best be a tactical failure.Not even a defeat at the combat level.

Fillmore's head is still clear, and the initiative in the Mexican battlefield is still on the side of the United States.

Taking into account Jackson's brilliant achievements in the Mexican battlefield, Fillmore has no reason to change coaches.

Rao Fillmore sternly rejected Scott's request for a coaching change, and the War Department composed of northerners remained steadfast.

The attitude of the Ministry of War was very tough, requiring Jackson to be responsible for the defeat. Jackson could continue to serve as the commander, but the commander-in-chief of the war against Mexico had to be replaced.

This time, the candidates for the commander-in-chief given by the Ministry of War were Robert Lee, a southern general who was well-recognized by northerners, and Liang Yao, a famous general in California.

Fillmore couldn't bear the pressure, so he sent a report to the front, asking if Liang Yao wanted to be the commander-in-chief, coordinating the operations on the east and west fronts.

Washington's reaction to this defeat was beyond Liang Yao's expectations.

Liang Yao realized that due to the irreconcilable contradictions in the United States, the tolerance for failure in the country would only get lower and lower.

After receiving the telegram, the pressure came to Liang Yao's side.

(End of this chapter)