Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 870 New China's New Crisis ([-])

"Baga! A group of cowards!" Bingtaro roared angrily, and then ordered a group of militiamen (official officers and soldiers eliminated from the Shandong battlefield) to shoot the bows and arrows in their hands forward - a group of them were eating tens of meters away. The defeated soldiers ran back in a panic. Many of their faces were covered with blue gray, and their expressions were full of panic and fear. Most of them lost their weapons and armor (leather armor). Lost quite badly.

And following Bingtaro's order, the Ming soldiers who had been on the battlefields of Shandong and Hebei immediately shot their bows and arrows.A series of heart-piercing screams sounded one after another, and a burst of desperate cries erupted from the retreating island Eight Banners officers and soldiers. The "Shangguo Army" did not know what happened.

However, they were stunned by their own people, and the Sakarawa people of the Manab Kingdom who were chasing them behind them were not stunned. I saw them excitedly chopping the iron knives in their hands on the unprotected backs of the fleeing enemies. , the bloodthirsty expression made Ma Wanpeng worried for the first time, standing on the wooden wall and watching the battle nervously.Especially after a stray bullet (a smooth-bore bullet fired by the Sakaravas) hit the wooden pillar beside him, he really regretted going to the front line in person. Grandma's fighting is really not fun, and if he is not careful, he will Bye.I still have a wealth of Wanguan family in New China and the mainland, and there are so many beautiful wives and beautiful maidservants in the family. Now if it hangs in the hands of these penniless natives, the Wanguan family wealth and beautiful wives and beautiful maidservants will be taken advantage of by others immediately, what a pity!

Ma Wanpeng looked left and then again, and found that Bingtaro on the left was jumping up and down commanding the battle, and the militiamen and garrison soldiers fired bullets, bows and arrows in their hands in an orderly manner under his password, and shot any natives who tried to approach the city wall. Beat like a mouse and run away.

"What a fucking idiot! He has a single-minded brain and a terribly low EQ. Don't you know that your superior is in danger?" Ma Wanpeng helplessly slandered Bingtaro, who was trying to direct the war, and said He muttered something, as if he was trying to find an excuse for himself to quit the front line.

Fortunately, those who stayed by his side were not all idiots like Bingtaro. Zhai Xiaoshan, who had retired for several years and had just been promoted by Ma Wanpeng to be the captain of the Mianhe militia brigade, rolled his eyes and immediately He rushed to Ma Wanpeng and half-kneeled, and said "sincerely", "My lord, the matter is urgent, please quickly hide in the village, and leave the outside to me."

"No, the soldiers are fighting hard. As the commander-in-chief, how can I step away from the front line? It's not right!" Ma Wanpeng has automatically entered the pretending mode, shaking his head and said: "I will stand here and watch the soldiers smash the thieves." military."

"These natives are not afraid of death, and they attack very fiercely. How can you throw away the body of a thousand gold, please sit in the middle army and coordinate the overall situation. Some rough work such as fighting, you'd better leave it to me to wait." Zhai Xiaoshan spread With such a master who can pretend, I suddenly feel powerless.I saw him winking at the old brothers on the left and right, and they understood, and immediately rushed forward, and hurriedly helped Ma Wanpeng off the wall, and said as he walked: "My lord, please sit in the middle army. Brothers have Those who have a family are still counting on going to battle to kill the enemy to gain fame and fortune, so I hope Mr. Ma will not compete with the villains."

And when some of Zhai Xiaoshan's old subordinates surrounded Ma Wanpeng and retreated from the wall, Bingtaro looked at it feelingly, feeling as if he had done something wrong.However, he quickly turned his head away again, and walked up and down the wall without avoiding the attack, holding a samurai sword, constantly encouraging the morale of the Polish musketeers and Ming spearmen, and it can be said that he took the lead.And it was under their efforts to fight back that the Sakarava native soldiers outside the city felt that the enemy was difficult. After paying the painful price of more than a hundred people dying in battle, they finally took advantage of the cover of the twilight to take the battle. The body of the deceased left quietly.

The people on the east bank waited until dawn the next day before opening the wooden gate of the village.Under the escort of a group of soldiers, Ma Wanpeng carefully watched the battlefield outside the city where the two armies had fought.Although the battlefield had been cleaned up by the Sakarawa people, there were still a lot of messy things left on it, and a lot of dark brown blood stains remained on the dry loess.There are dozens of corpses of soldiers of the Eight Banners of the island lying in disorder nearby. This is the masterpiece of the joint strangling of the Sakarava people and the people from the east coast yesterday.

"In yesterday's battle, the casualties of the Sakarava people should have exceeded 2000. Although they cleaned up the battlefield, the officers who participated in the battle unanimously estimated that the enemy's casualties were between 10 and 800. Compared with the more than [-] people they dispatched yesterday [-]% of the casualties are not small.” Bingtaro, who served as the commander-in-chief of the battle, held a small notebook and reported to Ma Wanpeng in a strict manner: “But the casualties of our army It turned out to be several times the size of the enemy army. [-] soldiers of the Eight Banners of the island who were served by the Bezimisaraka people were raided during the march, and they were almost defeated in the first battle. In the end, there were only more than [-] people gathered. Yes. This army is incompletely armed, its morale has fallen, and it has basically lost its due combat effectiveness..."

Hearing this, Ma Wanpeng felt dizzy. He didn't understand how such a good thing suddenly turned into this.A few months ago in March, although the situation was tense at that time, there were rumors everywhere that the so-called Manab Kingdom rising from the Unirahi River Basin was going to attack the colonial strongholds of the Netherlands and the East Bank along the Cotton River. After several months of defense, Ma Wanpeng and others did not wait for the expected armed conflict. On the contrary, they waited for the special envoy of the kingdom, saying that they wanted to make peace with the people on the east coast, and the two sides started business contacts. It sounds like It was the native kingdom who saw the power of the colonists, so they came here to ask for trade.

This kind of thing is normal, so both the Dutch and the people on the east coast are dubious about it. In addition, the cotton in the field also needs to be taken care of, and it is easy for most people to gather in a hastily built wooden city for a long time. Breeding diseases is always not a solution, so they agreed to the request of the natives, promised to sign a non-aggression treaty with them, and at the same time carry out a certain degree of trade to exchange what they have.

However, just when the people on the east coast relaxed their vigilance, on June 6, the whole army marched to the plantations and reservoir areas outside the city to deal with the tribal disputes. The Eight Banners officers and soldiers of the island, 15 people, were suddenly attacked by the Manabo Kingdom on the way. Ambush by superior forces.This island Eight Banners troop, who was pampered and pampered on weekdays, only bullied and bullied the unorganized natives, almost resisted for a moment before being defeated by the fierce musket fire of the Sakarawa people, and was defeated by the enemy's cold weapons. The soldiers chased after them, losing nearly half of them along the way, and returned in a disastrous defeat!

What a shame!Ma Wanpeng thought bitterly in his heart.It's not that he can't accept failure, but he really can't accept this form of failure.Isn't it?Only civilized people have ever played with natives, how can civilized people be played by natives?But the embarrassing thing is that Ma Wanpeng, a self-proclaimed civilized person, was played by the natives, and he played well-first signed a verbal agreement on non-aggression and trade (the natives did not have written words), and then was raided, Nothing could be worse than losing the combat effectiveness of the largest army of servants under your command in a short period of time.

"My lord, these natives are dishonest and shameless! Our army has tens of thousands of acres of farmland outside the city, and it is difficult to take care of it. This attack is also a matter of time. The principle of Japanese defense against thieves. Now it is better to raise a large army and conquer the natives, so that they know who they can't mess with." Zhai Xiaoshan, a bandit who is used to color, appeared next to Ma Wanpeng again, exonerating Ma Wanpeng's guilt, and at the same time It implies that he can take the opportunity of conquering the natives to regain the lost points in politics.

"Hmph, the natives must be conquered." Ma Wanpeng quickly came to his senses after being reminded by Zhai Xiaoshan. He looked at the former bandit with approval, and then glanced at the dazed, Bingtaro, a martial artist, sighed, and said: "Let's count the losses first. Focus on the plantations outside the city, as well as our livestock. All losses will be recorded and recorded. Li asked the natives to get it back."

After saying this, Ma Wanpeng turned around and walked into the walled city. He wanted to write a letter to Shi Qinjie from Xinhua Port, detailing what happened here.Ma Wanpeng is an honest person, and he is also a time traveler, so he didn't intend to hide everything that happened here. Naturally, he will not use any spring and autumn tricks in the report. Everything is reported truthfully. It depends on Shi Qinjie's decision.

"We still can't act rashly now, especially in the face of a sudden defeat. It is said that the Manab Kingdom has four to five thousand soldiers, about one tenth of which are equipped with matchlock guns, and there are also some officers who are familiar with firearms warfare—— God knows where they learned it from, could it be that the French are at fault?" Ma Wanpeng walked back, thinking to himself: "There are only 1000 Polish soldiers who can fight, and the other [-] old and weak soldiers cut down from Shandong It's okay to fight with the wind and so on. As for the more than [-] islands and Eight Banners officers and soldiers gathered back, I'm afraid they won't be able to fight again in the short term. They can only be teachers. Alas, the strength is still insufficient, and the enemy's situation is unknown , it’s better not to act rashly at this time.”

After Ma Wanpeng returned to the stockade, he immediately spread out a pen and paper and began to write the report.Before that, he sent several messengers to the Dutch shop, intending to see how the Dutchmen were doing.Now that everyone is sick and sympathetic, it is natural to watch and help each other. If the other party has any difficulties, within the scope of his ability, Ma Wanpeng still intends to give some assistance. Is it easy to have multiple friends!

(End of this chapter)