Chapter 107 New Era Part 36: The City Without Rain
Yang Yuchun led a new brigade composed of Miskito and Xhosa people. A group was taken to Nicaragua by Xingtaro, and the remaining two groups all came here.
These people were selected from the teenagers who had studied at Truchen School for three years. Most of them were around eighteen years old. They were obviously outstanding in school, but they had never experienced it on the battlefield.
If such an army is not led by a brave and courageous general, it will cost a certain price to form an army.
The reason why Qitad rose in the North Caucasus is because his herds who grew up on horseback and who had to fight against Cossacks, Chechens, Cherks, Kazakhs, and Bashkirs.
The Turguts can gain a foothold near the Caspian Sea, and their combat effectiveness will definitely be second to none, otherwise they would have been destroyed by Kazakh Xiaoyuzi.
With these gangs growing up in battle and being trained by Qitade's advanced military concepts in later generations, they are naturally unique.
But these Miskitos who had just broken free from their original state were obviously not, and they were also brave, but it was a kind of primitive. Not to mention that they were much worse than the Truqins, they were also far behind the Turguts.
Therefore, such an army needs to be like Yang Yuchun and Seitaro who can lead troops, and set an example, and lead bravely, otherwise it will not work.
Only after several battles did they truly form an army. Although Zhang Henxue was a civil servant, he obviously understood this principle. He had been dormant in Cuba for three years. In addition to taking down the Arab horses, Bravo did not expand his territory, and only added a new brigade for this purpose.
Similarly, if this new brigade has been maintained in Cuba, it must be taken out immediately and experienced it.
If this brigade really becomes an army, there will be no need for brave generals like Yang Yuchun and Seitaro to rush forward in person, but now it is obviously not possible.
Yang Yuchun is such a person. Although he is lustful, once he comes to the battlefield, he is a god of killing.
If he had not met the Truqin people in his life, it would have been the nightmare of the chieftains and rebels from all over the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, he would not have been attracted by Emperor Qianlong at the age of nineteen and became a guerrilla general of the Green Camp soldiers.
Of course, Yang Yuchun seemed extremely brave, but he was not the only one who was brave enough. The towers and mountain villages in western Sichuan were built in extremely dangerous places, and the air on the plateau was also thin. It was not possible to rely on courage alone. If you just show off your courage, ten Yang Yuchun also died in battle.
He was at the forefront of a high-headed horse, but there were two strong Xhosa boys on the left and right. The Xhosa boy was not the usual configuration of Truchen and the other saber, but only one pistol, and the other holding a shield!
This shield is obviously used to protect Yang Yuchun.
It is still a common tactic. When approaching the regiment behind Alonso's Palace for about 100 meters, the Truchen rifle with an effective range of 300 meters was a volley.
When it was nearly thirty meters away, only a few seconds passed. At this time, the Spanish soldiers at the end were panicked due to a large number of falls. Although there were flintlock guns shooting, it obviously would not have much impact on the Truqin army.
For the Truqin army, especially the cavalry, who are fighting, they are generally equipped with two guns, a six-shot rifle and a shotgun!
After a shotgun, the person at the back of the Spanish regiment behind the palace was suddenly empty!
Then the cavalry cut in.
Everything was just right, and even Yang Yuchun, who was used to rushing and beating in the Qing army camp, couldn't help but admire him sincerely.
When the Spanish army that were gathered together was rushed in by enemy cavalry, no matter how great it was, it was not easy to use. At this time, the Western cavalry gradually gave way to infantry, not because their cavalry fighting skills were not good, but because they did not have the right weapon to cooperate.
With the configuration of Truqin, the grasp of distance and time, even a primitive man can use his fingers as he can, let alone a general like Yang Yuchun?
The Spanish regiment behind the temple had not yet entered the mountain path, so a situation occurred. Under the impact of the cavalry, the regiment kept retreating in horror. However, the mountain path was limited, and the Araucan cavalry in front did not completely withdraw from the mountain path. Therefore, the entire Santiago Brigade was compressed in this narrow and long territory and could not advance or retreat!
When another cavalry battalion arrived, Yang Yuchun was able to completely lock the rear of the Spanish regiment behind the palace. At this time, his other two infantry battalions had already encircled both sides of the mountain road!
At this time, the sky had completely darkened. As the sound of gunfires from Truchen infantry on both sides of the mountain road rang one after another, the Santiago Brigade was completely in full swing.
Rosas ran to the woods next to the mountain road in a panic, and was naturally captured by the Truchen infantry battalion who had arrived there. At present, they had no time to take care of him. He heard that he was the secretary of the former Chilean governor O'Higgins, so he sent two soldiers to escort him to the port of Talcavano.
Coincidentally, Laricio, the leader of Larota who was frightened by Spanish muskets, also fled here in panic.
So, under a special situation, Yang Ji, the leader of the Expeditionary Force and the commander of the squadron, met these two people.
The Araucans and Creoles will be the key to the Truchens' rule over Chile in the future. Yang Ji did not dare to neglect and immediately met the two men with Adil.
They met Rosas first, and naturally wanted to get news from O'Higgins.
"What, O'Higgins has been sent to Lima by Alonso?"
When Yang Ji heard this news, he was stunned.
Without O'Higgins, the plan to make Chile independent would be missing. Since there are still hundreds of thousands of white people in Chile, the Truchens alone would not be able to stabilize the place without O'Higgins.
O'Higgins must not be sent to the local area or died!
"When did it happen?"
"Three days ago"
"Where is Clinton?"
Clinton is the spy who was secretly arranged by the Truchens to serve as the housekeeper. He is an Irish and naturally gains the trust of O'Higgins, who also comes from Ireland.
"I was sent to Lima with the Governor"
“How long does it take to get to Lima from Valparaiso?”
"It takes at least ten days, and the two places are about five thousand miles apart"
Yang Ji was secretly happy, "The escort ship is still on the road"
Then he said to a captain Batulu: "Hurry and move all the excess coals from each ship to your ship, and then go north immediately to chase the armed merchant ship of the "Valparaiso"!"
The captain of this Batulu is Kang Qingxu, who is the second son of Kang Xiaozi and the younger brother of Kang Qingyi, the governor of Sakhalin Island. After receiving the order, he worked hard and rushed north overnight.
At this time, strong west winds were hanging on the west coast of South America. Armed merchant ships could use crosswinds to adjust the sail position to a certain wind-receiving angle, but that was obviously not as fast as the front winds were received.
Even so, Kang Qingxu discovered the "Valparaiso" when he took this Batulu to a distance of only 100 miles from Lima!
Valparaiso saw a "huge" Truchen steamer coming from behind, and also accelerated its pace. Not long after, they met at the port of Kayao in front of Lima.
Lima, this white desert castle built two hundred years ago also appeared before them.
City without rain!
Chapter completed!