Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1016
On the grassland on the northern border of Angola, Lin Chaojie held up his binoculars and scanned Fort Arthur in the mountains, his brows frowned slightly.

Seeing that Fort Arthur is still built on a slope, it is really too troublesome to attack.

He wanted to pretend that his troops were insufficient and was eager to take Angola, and he also wanted to pretend that he was afraid of heavy casualties. How could he fight?
It would definitely not work to charge directly, as that would be a rush, but it would definitely result in heavy casualties.

It doesn't seem to work to pull the city defense artillery over to confront them. After all, the range of the two sides is similar. They have walls and have a height advantage. This will not avoid casualties.

How to fight?

He held up the binoculars and scanned for a while, and finally found a way.

This method is also the method Zuma used to attack Ceuta.

That is to say, the city defense artillery was pulled up to the top of the hill and blasted at the city.

Although there are not many hills here, there are still a few hills on the left and right sides of Fort Arthur that are more suitable.

He just thought about it for a while, then pointed to those hills and ordered: "Order, order the artillery to pull a thousand city defense guns up those hills, aim at the artillery in other people's cities, and prepare to bombard them."

In fact, he brought a total of five thousand city defense guns and five thousand field guns. However, there are only so many hills suitable for mounting guns here. If all the five thousand city defense guns are pulled up, it will be too crowded.

Besides, Prince Condé also introduced the situation in Fort Arthur in detail. There are only dozens of city defense guns in it, and they have a thousand city defense guns, which is enough to destroy all other people's artillery.

After waving the command flag, [-] gunners immediately ran towards the hills on both sides with [-] city defense guns and gun mounts. The speed was frighteningly fast.

If he did this in front of his face, the guard of Fort Arthur would naturally find out.

The question is, what if he found out?

He has an army of hundreds of thousands, and there are densely packed artillery in front of the formation. If he dares to send troops out of the city, he will definitely be blasted to pieces.

He could only look at the hills on both sides in despair, wanting to cry without tears.

How will this battle be fought?

After hesitating for a while, he still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send the order, prepare to retreat!"

what?
The orderlies were stunned.

Ready to retreat before the fight started?

However, after being stunned for a moment, they dispersed and ran to deliver the order.

There is no way, this battle is impossible to fight at all, even if they directly push the artillery over to confront them, they will not last long.

The pressure of 2 horses facing hundreds of thousands of other people's troops is really extraordinary. The defenders in the city only feel that time seems to have frozen, and every minute and every second is so difficult.

The guard in the city stared at the hills on both sides with horror on his face, as if he was afraid that the shells would suddenly fall.

I don't know how long it took, and finally a row of black spots appeared on the top of a mountain.

People really pulled the artillery to the top of the mountain.

The guard in the city immediately ordered without hesitation: "Hurry up, pass the order, everyone retreats to the west immediately."

Lin Chaojie was taken aback when he saw that the heads on the city wall suddenly disappeared.

Their artillery is not bombarded from the front, but from the left and right sides. Is it useful to shrink the arrow stack?
Soon he understood, because the artillerymen on both sides raised their banners, and the enemies in the city ran away!
What the hell is going on with these Frenchmen?

They run faster than rabbits every time, not only the time in the East African Kingdom, but also the time when they attacked the mainland of France. People always run away as soon as they feel that they can't do it!

Well, since the person ran away, there was nothing to worry about.

He thought for a while, and then ordered: "Send the order, the artillery on the hills on both sides will continue to monitor, and the 10 people in the vanguard battalion will rush up with the chariot immediately."

Although the wooden chariot hadn't been smashed, it should still be able to withstand a round of shelling. In case someone pretended to retreat, he could withdraw his troops immediately.

In this way, the Qianfeng Battalion will not be bombarded with heavy casualties.

"Come on!"

After waving the command flag, the 10 people in the Vanguard Battalion immediately roared and rushed towards Fort Arthur pushing the chariot.

Obviously, the French really don't have much fighting spirit. They can't fight, and they are No.1 when they run away.

They really ran away, and the vanguard battalion rushed to the city wall, but there was still no movement in the city.

The walls of Fort Arthur are not high, and the men and horses of the vanguard battalion only need to climb to the top of the chariot, and then jump up and go up.

Angola's first city was won so inexplicably, and the battle was so well fought, it really made people speechless.

Lin Chaojie couldn't help curling his lips, and then ordered loudly: "Quickly inform General Zhang, the cavalry can set off."

After thinking about it again, he got off his horse and wrote a battle report, and ordered people to send it to the wharf of the Congo River Bridge.

Although this battle was a bit inexplicable, they took Fort Arthur after all, and the news still needs to be reported.

Taichang also had a strange look on his face when he received the battle report.

What the hell is going on with these Frenchmen? How can they fight this battle if they have no fighting spirit?
He was really worried that Lin Chaojie's 50 chariot soldiers had scared away the defenders in Luanda.

Fortunately, Turenne is not so bad.

When he heard that Fort Arthur had fallen, he did not run away immediately.

Because the defender of Fort Arthur reported that there were only a few hundred thousand troops, and Luanda had a full 10 defenders, so he might not be able to defend it.

On the one hand, he ordered people to strengthen the city defense, and on the other hand, he ordered scouts to investigate, trying to determine how many people there were.

As a result, none of the scouts came back. The next day, the guard of Fort Arthur came galloping with more than a hundred cavalry.

This guy even ran away with his horse!
The corners of the mouths of those war horses were already foaming, and it was obvious that they couldn't do it anymore.

Seeing this, Turenne immediately ran down the city wall, leaned forward and said sharply, "Why are you running in such a hurry, where are your men?"

The guard of Fort Arthur was frightened and quickly explained: "Your Excellency, I can't run if I don't run. The enemy is all chariots and soldiers. Our men can't run at all. If I don't hit the horse and run wildly, I will be followed by them." Catch it."

All chariots!

Is it the chariot soldiers from East Africa again?
Turenne thought for a while, then asked coldly: "How many people do they have, have you counted them?"

The guard of Fort Arthur said weakly: "I really can't count them, but judging from their size, they should be around 50.

50?
This number is really a bit of a dilemma.

If he wants to stick to Luanda, he probably can.

The problem is that it would be troublesome if people besiege but not attack. He doesn't have any warships, and he can't get enough supplies from waterways. How long can 20 people last?
The food in the city is enough for them to eat for several months.

What to do now?

They are obviously rushing towards Luanda with the defenders of Fort Arthur, and Fort Arthur is only more than 300 kilometers away from Luanda. With the speed of their chariots, they may rush over in three days.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and ordered someone to call the messenger in charge of contacting the Netherlands.

At this moment, Prince Hendrick had already returned to Cape Town, and the Duke of Richelieu also made a concession, offering them half the price, that is, [-] sailboats for [-] sailboats for renovation materials.

He has already sent a batch of materials to others, and the rest of the materials are still being prepared. At least they sent a warship and left a messenger here.

Turenne didn't hide anything, and directly said to the messenger: "The 50 troops of the Kingdom of West Africa have come from the north, and I can hold Luanda at most with this little force under my command. I can't care about other places at all." Come.

You immediately rushed back and told Earl Moritz and Duke Weimar to send troops to rescue them quickly. If the whole of Angola fell, it would be useless for me to just defend Luanda. The copper mines and rubber trees are not in the city of Luanda. "

Hearing the words, the messenger hurriedly bowed and saluted, then turned around and walked away quickly.

Looking at his back, Turenne couldn't help but sigh slightly.

It seems that it is too late to gather people from other places at this moment.

He can only order people to go to each city to inform all the defenders to rush to the port city south of Luanda to gather as soon as possible. When the reinforcements from the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden and Denmark arrive, they will rush forward together, and they should be able to defeat this group of West Africans. Kingdom chariots.

Originally, Lin Chaojie was only rushing to Luanda desperately according to the tactics set in advance. He really didn't expect that these French people not only had no fighting spirit, but also couldn't escape.

It was only a day's drive before he overtook the defenders of Fort Arthur.

In the end, he got nearly 100 captives for nothing. I have to say, this was a surprise. After all, one captive was 200 taels, and [-] captives cost [-] million taels.

Then it's show time.

After he led the army to Luanda, he gathered all the artillery and chariots to the east of Luanda City, as if he wanted to attack, but hesitated.

This hesitation lasted for a day.

Turenne was confused by him.

What's the matter with these guys?

Judging by his posture, it seemed that he was about to attack the city. He even ordered people to load the artillery with ammunition.

As a result, he just put on a posture and stayed there for a whole day without moving a bit!
Early the next morning, they didn't even put on any posture, they directly divided the chariot soldiers into five groups, and set up five huge chariot formations in the east, south and north of the city, and then there was no movement.

This means that if you don't want to attack the city, you choose to besiege directly.

Seeing this, Turenne couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

If someone really seized a city wall and stormed it, he didn't know how many troops he would have to lose to defend it.

Now it's all right, he chose to besiege directly, and he can still save some strength.

As soon as reinforcements from the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, and Denmark arrived, their chances of defeating these chariots would be even greater.

Will the Netherlands, England, Sweden and Denmark send reinforcements?
Earl Moritz and Duke Weimar frowned when they received the news.

Of course they knew what would happen if Angola lost.

Once Angola falls across the board, they will cut off the source of rubber and copper mines.

At this time, their ships and warships barely made up a hundred or so ships, and only a thousand or so sailing ships were remodeled. Even the navy under Prince Condé may not have been able to do this.

If they can't continue to build ships and warships, and transform sail ships, they will definitely be trapped in South Africa, unable to go anywhere.

Now the intention of the Ming Empire is very clear, that is to use black mercenaries to cut off their source of strategic materials.

In this way, the Ming Empire can continue to build warships to expand its advantages, but they can't build anything.

If it really develops like this, as long as the warships of the Ming Empire accumulate enough numbers, they will be crushed to death by others.

Therefore, Angola must be kept. Even if they don't want to, they have to send troops to support it.

Fortunately, Cape Town is not very far from Luanda, and they can even use sailing ships.

Soon, the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, and Denmark organized a hundred ships and warships and more than a thousand sailing ships, pulling 40 troops straight to Luanda.

This is already all the horses they can mobilize in a short period of time. After all, southern Africa is so big, and their troops have to be dispersed to control those gold mines, coal mines and other mineral deposits.

(End of this chapter)