Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 969 The Enemy Is Not That Simple

Liu Shuochuan can be considered a military commander with rich combat experience, but facing the current battle situation, he is still frowning.

Because the battle line is too long this time, although the enemy's central and rear troops have been moving forward, the distance between the forward and rear is still more than [-] miles.

What's more, the enemy was unexpectedly clever, just realized that they were surrounded, and immediately turned around and ran away.

No way, they also found that something was wrong with the enemy, so they rushed out.

If according to their original strategy, the enemy's front army, middle army and rear army were lured together and concentrated within a range of more than a hundred miles, absolutely none of them would be able to escape.

It's hard to say now, although they can run fast on their war horses, they can only run about [-] miles a day at most.

Moreover, the horses pulling the artillery can't run anymore, and it is not bad to be able to run 150 miles a day.

They have artillery. If the cavalry don't rush to fight with them with artillery, they will definitely suffer a big loss.

Liu Shuochuan touched the sweat on his mount's neck, sighed helplessly, then raised his hand and said loudly: "Slow down, stop going forward."

The mounts under their crotch had already run to the limit on the first day, and they would not be able to run any more tomorrow.

He could only stop and order people to set up camp, and bury the pot to make food.

What's next?

It was getting dark, and the scouts were still sending reports, but he kept staring at the battle map without issuing any orders.

The enemy's front army and central army have already begun to retreat frantically, and the rear army has not received the detection report because the distance is too far away.

However, don't think about it, they must have started to retreat crazily, and it is very likely that they retreated to the coast.

In other words, the enemy's rear army may not be able to encircle them.

Alas, it would be fine if the enemy hesitated for a moment, even if he delayed for a day, he might block the rear army of others.

Now it is estimated that it is impossible. Even if he ran away with 40 horses, he might not be able to catch up with the rear army.

How to do it?

Suddenly, a sound of horseshoes interrupted his train of thought.

It should be that the scouts who had just replenished with fresh water and dry food set out to spy on the enemy again.

Hearing the sound of the horse's hooves going away quickly, he couldn't help but have an idea.

A reconnaissance cavalry is equipped with two war horses. If one war horse is tired from running, it is enough to change to another horse after returning.

If he set off with 20 cavalry and 40 horses, it shouldn't be a problem to run four or five hundred miles that day.

In other words, he might block other people's rear army tomorrow.

If he didn't run like this, by the time he chased him up, the rear army would probably have rushed to the beach.

Thinking of this, he quickly took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote down his plan, then said loudly: "Come here."

A personal guard rushed in immediately, bowed his hands and said, "General, what are your orders?"

These personal guards are the ones who are the best at learning Mandarin, so he doesn't have to worry that they won't understand.

Liu Shuochuan directly stuffed the written emergency report into the envelope, took out a piece of special soft glue to seal the opening of the envelope, and then took out a seal of urgent characters to cover the soft glue and the opening of the envelope, and then took Picking up the envelope and raising his hand, he said, "Send someone to send the urgent report to the seaside quickly, find the naval warship, and tell them to send it to Dakar tonight, and to General Zhang."

Fortunately, the West African Navy still has a lot of Spike warships. Although their own Spike warships are equipped with old-fashioned front-loading artillery, the attack power is not very good, but the speed is still quite fast.

Therefore, they can use the Navy's Spike warship to keep in touch with Zhang Mingshi in Dakar along the way.

This day Zhang Mingshi also frowned and stared at the map all day.

It was getting dark, but he still didn't feel sleepy at all.

No way, Wallenstein, the joint commander of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, is really not a simple person.

As soon as they found out that something was wrong, they immediately slowed down their advancing speed and put on a posture of fleeing.

As soon as they surrounded them, they immediately turned around and ran away.

Alas, meeting such a shrewd commander-in-chief is a bit of a headache.

At this moment, the other's striker will definitely not be able to run away. If he orders to shut up, the other's central army should also be able to surround him.

The question is, what the emperor means is to consume as many troops as possible in Africa. Can he let the 20 people behind him run away in vain?
He really didn't dare to do this, and he didn't have time to ask Sun Chuanting who was far away in the capital of Western Yin.

He could only rack his brains, staring at the map and pondering, hoping to come up with a solution.

Now Zuma and Atlantis seem to have no way to block other people's rear.

Atlanta's subordinates are pure infantry, even if they run desperately, they can run about a hundred miles a day at most, and if they want to run more than six hundred miles, it will take at least six or seven days.

Although Zuma's men are pure chariot soldiers, they can advance about 150 miles a day at most. If they want to run more than [-] miles, it will take at least four or five days.

If people run directly to the seaside, it will only take three days at most, so Zuma and Atlanta have no hope, and the only hope is Liu Shuochuan's cavalry.

The problem is that a war horse is not an infantry fighting vehicle, and it would be tiring to run with people. It is more than [-] miles, and it may be barely enough to reach it in two days.

Next, I have to chase the pawns who have been running for two days first, can they catch up?

This is really bad.

They are fleeing for their lives, and it is not impossible to run one hundred forty or fifty miles a day. Anyway, they are basically safe when they run to the seaside, and they are likely to flee crazily.

While he was having a headache, a messenger suddenly walked in with an envelope, bowed his hands and said, "Report, General Liu urgently."

Has this kid figured out a way?
Zhang Mingshi took the envelope, opened it, and couldn't help being stunned.

Liu Shuochuan is going to leave food, supplies, artillery, and 20 people behind him, and then personally lead 20 people on 40 horses, travel lightly, and strive to catch up with others' rear army tomorrow.

It's a good idea.

The problem is that the coalition forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire are fully equipped with muskets and artillery, while the musket equipment of the Black God Army is only half of that of others.

Moreover, if they left the artillery behind and walked lightly, even if they caught up with the rear army, they would probably suffer heavy casualties.

No matter how powerful the cavalry is, they will not be able to withstand the artillery bombardment. This has been verified during the Liaodong War.

How to do it?

Zhang Mingshi frowned and pondered for a while, then took out a pen and paper, gritted his teeth and wrote: "Tell all the soldiers, if they die in battle, the Ming Empire and the Kingdom of West Africa will definitely treat their families well, so that their families have no worries about food and clothing."

This means going up, no matter how many people die!

Compassion does not command soldiers, knowing that there will be heavy casualties, so go!
If they can't wipe out the people in the African continent, and wait for them to return to the European continent and return to the city to stick to it, then the soldiers of the Ming army will probably pay a heavier price.

So, they have to go.

As for the soldiers of the Black God Army who died in battle, he would not break his word, he would speak to the emperor, asking the emperor to treat their families well.

I believe the emperor also knows that these soldiers of the Black God Army sacrificed for Daming, and they will definitely grant a lot of pensions when the time comes.

Early the next morning, Liu Shuochuan received a letter from Zhang Mingshi before Chen Shi.

He also knew that there would be heavy casualties in this battle.

There is no way, if he goes there with artillery, he will definitely not be able to catch up with other people's rear troops. He can only take 20 soldiers and go lightly to fight them desperately.

At this time, 20 soldiers of the Black God Army had already prepared fresh water and dry food, and they were slowly gathering there.

Liu Shuochuan thought for a while, and ordered someone to recruit all the leading generals who went with him this time, and asked loudly, "Are you afraid of death?"

Just kidding, the Black God Army is famously not afraid of death.

All the generals of the Black God Army and the generals of the Ming Army who led their drills shouted without hesitation: "We are not afraid."

Liu Shuochuan nodded slightly, and then solemnly said: "Tell all your soldiers that this battle is the most tragic battle since the formation of the Black God Army.

If anyone is unfortunately killed in battle, neither our Emperor of the Ming Dynasty nor your Majesty the King of West Africa will forget them.

Their families will receive the best preferential treatment, and they will live a life without worrying about food and clothing. "

All the generals of the Black God Army and the generals of the Ming Army who led them to practice all cupped their hands without hesitation: "The general understands."

Soon, the 20 soldiers of the Black God Army began to howl.

They are really not afraid of death, because what they received was the training of the original Qi family army general school, whoever is afraid of death will definitely be kicked out.

Now that they heard that they were going to participate in the most tragic battle since the formation of the Black God Army, not only were they not afraid, but they were also extremely excited.

Seeing this, Liu Shuochuan couldn't help but secretly nodded, then waved decisively and said, "Let's go."

"Booming", there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes, and 20 Black God Army soldiers and 40 horses rushed northward like a torrent.

At this time, the coalition forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were also rushing northward.

In fact, they are not pure infantry, because their artillery is drawn by war horses, and they also have some cavalry and carriages for transporting food and supplies.

Therefore, their escape speed is still very fast, and it is definitely not a problem to run hundreds of miles in a day.

As for the last 20 horses, they had received Wallenstein's death order and had to rush to the temporary supply point they set up about [-] kilometers northwest within three days.

They ran a diagonal line, not three hundred miles at all, but more than 360 miles.

In other words, they have to run at least 120 miles a day.

After running for a day, they were exhausted, and some people even foamed at the mouth.

When they got up the next morning, they felt even more sore and uncomfortable.

There is no way, this is running for life, no matter how uncomfortable it is, I have to run.

As for those who foam at the mouth, they can only be tied to the carriage like grain and grass.

It was almost evening on the second day, and they had just run a hundred miles, and many of them couldn't run anymore.

The leading general of the rear army is also a ruthless character, he has to run if he can't run, and he will not order to stop and rest until the goal of the day is reached.

Anyway, he was riding a horse, and it was very easy for him to travel more than 100 miles a day.

The infantry of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were jogging there with their tired bodies, when suddenly there was a sound of hooves from the south.

The leading general thought that their commander had sent someone to deliver an order, so he quickly reined in his horse and prepared to go up.

Unexpectedly, the sound of horseshoes in the south suddenly stopped again, and he could also faintly see a black spot that seemed to stop there for a while, and then turned back directly.

What is going on here?
He thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly, the whole ground trembled like an earthquake, followed by a thunderous sound of horseshoes.

He raised his binoculars to look south in horror, and a black line had already rushed over quickly.

Enemy cavalry!
He finally understood what was going on just now, it was the scout they sent over to find them!
How many cavalry are there in this black mass?
Ordinary people would probably be terrified if they saw so many cavalry rushing over.

However, the commander-in-chief of this army is not an ordinary person.

Cavalry is only the king of the cold weapon era, and now with muskets and artillery cavalry is not invincible.

He was just stunned for a moment, and then ordered decisively: "Quick, send an order, point all the artillery to the south, load ammunition, and prepare to fire. All musketeers also load ammunition, line up south, and prepare to fire."

(End of this chapter)