The Inca Empire's army, personally led by Emperor Wayina Capac, was stationed in a city about seventy miles away from the mining area where Zhu Hao was.
This city had originally been taken by the Ming army, but as the Ming army dispersed and "did not collect at night", they discovered that the main force of the Inca Empire army had arrived. Zhu Hao wanted to lure the enemy to fight near the mining area. Not only to save costs, he could also
On the battlefield, they captured the top leaders of the Inca Empire in one fell swoop and achieved the ultimate goal of controlling tens of millions of people in South America. They then ordered to shrink the defense line and voluntarily abandoned all the cities on this line.
The emperor of the Inca Empire and his generals still had certain military talents. They were not fooled. Before they could figure out the details of the Ming army, they took the initiative to stop their march and stationed themselves in a city on a hillside. They defended it from danger.
A banquet was held in the city and envoys were sent to invite Zhu Hao to be a "guest"... Those who didn't know better thought that the Incas were deliberately setting up a "Hongmen Banquet" to see if Zhu Hao had the courage to go to the meeting.
"The general will personally lead the troops to capture the thieves."
After Guan Dezhao learned the news, he took the initiative to lead troops to fight the Incas.
After all, Guan Dezhao was just a refugee from the Ming Dynasty Guards. Among Zhu Hao's troops, his son Guan Jing's achievements and prestige were far greater than his.
As a father, Lu Song after all has the identity of a thousand households of Jinyiwei. To some extent, he represents the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty and has a huge intimidating power. In contrast, Guan Dezhao does not have any halo to protect himself. Now he is eager to prove himself.
Zhu Hao thought for a while and said: "Let's do this. I will allocate 500 cavalry to you, and send another 1,000 Aztecs and 5,000 South American natives to participate in the war... The Aztecs are equipped with iron spears.
, and the South American natives are temporarily used as warriors, giving them a long stick to protect themselves, and they can form a formation to fight the enemy when necessary... If you cannot capture that city, you can wait for subsequent reinforcements to arrive. "
"enough!"
Guan Dezhao has now fully understood the true strength of the "official army" of the Inca Empire.
Even if Zhu Hao only allocates 300 cavalry to him, he would dare to take them to a head-on confrontation with an army of 50,000, not to mention that he has far more than this number.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "In addition, I will allocate five hundred militiamen to you. They will carry new guns and fully cooperate with you in the battle. However, they will have to bring the local aborigines to escort the artillery and grain, and they will not be able to serve in your army until a little later.
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"It's an order."
When Guan Dezhao knew that he was finally no longer just a lord stationed on the coastline, dealing with trivial matters all day long, his brows straightened and his eyes shone brightly, adding a bit of vigor.
That day, Guan Dezhao led his troops and set out on the road to capture the city where the king of the Inca Empire was stationed.
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Zhu Hao did not place high hopes on the team led by Guan Dezhao, which seemed to have thousands of troops, but its actual effective strength was only 500 cavalry to attack and destroy the "Royal Guardsman" of the Inca Empire.
Seventy miles is not a long way.
In just over a day, the troops and horses led by Guan Dezhao were already stationed five miles away from the Inca city.
The city built by the Incas was very unique. It relied entirely on the geographical location to build the city. To enter the city, one had to climb a steep slope from bottom to top and pass through a relatively narrow and steep mountain road to reach the city gate. This was very disadvantageous for the attackers.
This is mainly related to the geographical features of the Andes Mountains where the city is located.
The Andes Mountains are a long and narrow mountain range on the west coast of South America. The birthplace of the Inca Empire was around the Andes Mountains. They relied on this natural barrier to stop the flood beasts, and relied on their geographical advantages to fight hostile tribes. If they won the battle, they would successfully annex their opponents. If
If he failed, he would hide in the mountains, wait until he regained his strength, and then go out to fight. He was almost invincible, and gradually established a seemingly impregnable empire in this area.
If there had been no invasion by outsiders, perhaps the Inca Empire would have gradually developed its own writing, slowly begun to climb the technological tree, and caught up with the civilizations of Eurasia. Unfortunately, everything is just a hypothesis. Now, whether it is European colonists or pioneers from the Ming Dynasty,
All of them completely crushed the Inca Empire through science and technology, and it was impossible for the Inca civilization to develop again.
Guan Dezhao arrived in the valley below this city that did not even have a name, and a firefight broke out between the two sides that night.
The Inca Empire army had the blessing of the emperor who symbolized the gods personally coming to the front line. From the officers to the soldiers, they were all extremely "brave". They rushed out of the city, gathering about six or seven thousand infantry, wielding hand axes and stone spears, and headed directly towards the Ming Dynasty.
The army launched an attack from its forward position.
Not surprising at all, the five thousand coastal residents of the Inca Empire who accompanied Guan Dezhao and his army immediately dispersed.
They were too afraid of the army led by the Emperor of the Inca Empire, because in their memory, the Imperial "Forest Army" had powerful "metal" weapons... Although they were only sporadicly equipped with bronze spears and swords, in the deep-rooted thinking of the indigenous people,
It was a sharp weapon that could cut and pierce the body, not to mention that as a guard, he also wore "armor", something similar to a coir raincoat... That kind of clothing made of grass and trees, in the eyes of the residents on the coast of the Inca Empire, was old
Awesome.
Then, while the people on the coast were fleeing, Guan Dezhao ordered his gunners to fire.
"Boom boom——"
The artillery fires.
Guan Dezhao only brought twenty portable artillery pieces. The explosive shells were ejected from the muzzle one after another, crossing perfect parabolas and exploding into pieces after landing.
As twenty artillery pieces were fired continuously, the unlucky Inca Imperial Guards on the opposite side immediately saw what a "dimensionality reduction strike" was. They were blown up into the sky before they even got close to the Ming army's position.
Subsequently, the Inca Imperial Guards still wanted to charge forward, but the Ming Dynasty cavalry had already lined up to fight, killing more than a thousand people in just a few rounds.
Then the remaining Inca Empire soldiers turned around and fled up the mountain without hesitation.
So the people on the coast who had fled before spontaneously gathered together and followed the Ming cavalry to charge. Then they jumped over the horses and charged directly towards the city gate on the hillside.
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Guan Dezhao did not capture the city gate that night.
Because the sky quickly darkened and the terrain was not conducive to the performance of the cavalry, the final encounter ended with the Ming army annihilating the Inca Empire's four to five thousand imperial guards without any bloodshed.
After setting up camp and setting up defenses, the Ming army patiently waited for the arrival of the next day.
Before dawn the next day, the second wave of troops sent by Zhu Hao, namely 500 civilian troops, arrived with provisions and ten heavy artillery pieces.
Heavy artillery is a mortar, and the artillery shells are made of solid bullets. Its mission is to blow open the enemy's city wall so that the cavalry and infantry can rush into the city.
Yesterday, Guan Dezhao led his troops and had a great killing spree. Now that the reinforcements had arrived, he thought he could capture the city on the hillside in one day. Unexpectedly, after the Inca Emperor discovered that his side was weak, he immediately sent an envoy to make peace.
"Honorable messenger of the gods, our king is willing to offer tribute every year in exchange for long-term stability."
Guan Dezhao said: "Tell the other party that unless their king goes out to the city to bear thorns to plead guilty...do you know what it means to bear thorns to plead guilty? It means to surrender naked and carry thorns on his back, otherwise there is no need to talk."
The news was brought into the city.
There was a restlessness!
Guan Dezhao's attitude angered the defenders, or in other words, the Inca emperor. The emperor immediately sent 20,000 troops out of the city to once again have a "decisive battle" with Guan Dezhao's regular army.
But in this attack, the Incas obviously did not really want to risk their lives with the Ming army.
There was only one intention...to cover the Inca Emperor's breakout.
So, while the city on the mountain sent 20,000 troops to the west of the city to attack at the foot of the mountain, the east side of the city was backed by the side of the hillside. There were probably more than 20,000 troops on the other side of the mountain, but like headless flies, they exited the low east gate.
Then he started to run away.
Guan Dezhao saw this scene at the foot of the mountain and felt extremely anxious.
It's a pity that he can't divide his troops to the other side of the city to contain them.
It is easy for the troops and horses he leads to fight with the indigenous soldiers in the wilderness. Anyway, the opponents are armed with stone axes and wearing straw clothes, so they are not lethal at all. He only needs to lead the troops to charge, but to attack the city, his men are insufficient.
, it would be even more difficult to divide the troops and pursue them.
After all, there is a city protected by a tall city wall between the east gate and the west gate, and there are winding trails on the mountain. If you want to get past the 20,000 "guards" of the Inca Empire who are rushing towards you, you will also have to surround and protect the Inca Emperor's army after the city is broken.
It's simply an idiot's dream.
Guan Dezhao couldn't help but feel angry that he didn't attack the city overnight last night, thus missing an excellent opportunity to make achievements.
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In the second battle, there were no surprises.
The 20,000 troops sent by the Inca Empire to block the Ming army had no intention of fighting. Presumably they also knew they could not defeat the "army of the gods", so as soon as the two sides engaged in battle, a large number of people threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
Guan Dezhao remembered Zhu Hao's instructions. These were rare labor. In order to develop and expand the American colonies in the future, a huge number of manpower would be needed. It was necessary to keep these captives alive.
But the people on the coast who followed him didn't think so. They hated the Inca Empire's officers and soldiers deeply. Their property accumulated through years of hard work was plundered, and their parents, wives, and children also died at the hands of these people. So when they saw
The enemy who was once aloof and arrogant kneels in front of him. When he becomes weak and can be bullied, he rushes to teach him a lesson without any hesitation.
Most of them were stoned.
Even though Guan Dezhao strictly ordered the natives on his side not to act recklessly, the effect was not obvious.
After all, the Ming army he led was too small, and he could only watch helplessly as the two groups of natives struggled together.
Fortunately, what happened next made the scene quiet down again.
But behind the city, the Inca Imperial Guards, who had already fled deep into the mountains to the east, fled back to the city. Because of the location on the top of the mountain, a Ming army appeared, blocking the Inca Emperor's way back east.
This Ming army was not like Guan Dezhao's blind massacre. They were condescending and fired into the void with firecrackers. Only the Inca soldiers who stubbornly approached the Ming army's position and tried to engage in hand-to-hand combat were shot dead. Seeing their companions batch after batch
After falling down, the Inca Imperial Guards immediately collapsed, and then the Ming army rushed down from the position, just like chasing ducks, driving the Inca Empire's defeated troops back into the city.
Guan Dezhao took out his telescope and took a closer look. It turned out that the main force of the Chinese army, led by Zhu Hao himself, had arrived.
Zhu Hao intended to close the door and beat the dog. As soon as Guan Dezhao led his troops to set off, he led the army to detour to the rear of the Inca Empire army, climbed directly to the top from the back mountain, and set up a blocking position in advance, easily achieving the goal of blocking the Inca Emperor's move into the city.
Fully surrounded.
After finally deceiving the emperor of the Inca Empire, you can let him escape easily?
He didn't want to kill him, he just wanted to capture this dog emperor. Zhu Hao didn't want any gold, silver or women. He needed to issue orders in the name of this emperor and let the entire Inca Empire's manpower and material resources be used for him.
There is no need to disrupt the power structure of the Inca Empire, just let them serve their own goals.
If you don't accept it... then kill him and create a puppet.
Isn’t this how dynasties have been changed since ancient times?
First hold the emperor hostage to order the princes!
Finally, it’s logical to replace it!
When the encirclement was formed and it was impossible for the Inca Emperor and the imperial army to break through, Zhu Hao immediately sent outstanding talents selected from the coastal people as diplomatic opportunities to enter the city to negotiate with the Imperial Emperor, still insisting that the other side should leave the city and surrender.
As long as the emperor of the Inca Empire is willing to leave the city, his personal safety will be guaranteed without the need to pay a huge ransom. The only requirement is to surrender to Zhu Hao and regard Zhu Hao as the "Emperor" or "God". The entire Inca Empire is under threat.