Wild North America 1846

Chapter 98 The Fire Burns the City
The next day, at three o'clock in the afternoon
More than 1200 cavalrymen, the vanguard of the U.S. Army marching south from Denver, escorted more than 160 carriages, forming a long march and starting the journey southward.

Followed by
It is a large US military force led by General Frank Gilhoury. This is a huge queue composed of more than 600 four-wheeled carriages. Soldiers are sitting on the wagons full of goods and marching all the way to the south. There are more than 800 soldiers at the head and tail of the queue. Protected by famous cavalry, they walked in a meandering way.

The speed of the U.S. military is not fast. It looks like seven or eight kilometers per hour, which is almost a little faster than walking.

Behind a few broken stone beams
Li Cha and several military officers were carefully examining the passing U.S. military queue with their binoculars, and were speechless for a long time.

after halftime
Mike Rabiot turned his head and discussed with the officer beside him, then looked at Richard and said;

"Sir, my lord;
According to our statistics, the U.S. troops going south include 2109 cavalry, about 5200 infantry, 32 artillery pieces, and about 600 artillerymen, for a total of more than 7900 troops.

There are also more than 770 horse-drawn carriages and about 1600 civilian husbands. "

"Well, they really came out in full force." Li Cha put down the binoculars in his hand and said with a sneer on his face; "It seems that the American general really didn't expect that we would come so far to welcome them, maybe... ...He didn't take us seriously at all, did he?"

"It is indeed possible that the US military commander thinks that we are too busy besieging Colonel Stephen Carney's headquarters to care about him."

"Then we have to give them a big surprise." Li Cha's eyes rested on the artillery in the middle of the U.S. army. These bronze-cast 12-pound and 20-pound Napoleon cannons all had heavy steel wheels that were half the height of a person. It can be recognized at a glance from a distance.

Each Napoleon cannon weighs more than 3000 pounds and is dragged by two horses. It walks on the rugged Gobi Desert, rolling out deep ruts.

These artillery are the biggest threat to the defense of the position.

The mountain stone wall mixed with cement and concrete is indeed strong, but it cannot withstand repeated bombardment by large-caliber artillery. A single shell of this thing is as heavy as a lead ball, and the power of firing it cannot be underestimated.

Looking at the US military loading more than 80 carriage shells, we can know that the hastily built Rio Rancho Fortress cannot withstand such fierce artillery fire.

Thought of here
A dangerous gleam flashed across Li Cha's sharp eyes, and he had already made up his mind that he had to sacrifice the big killer weapon of the storm revolver. In any case, these army heavy artillery could not have a chance to unleash their firepower.

Seeing the U.S. troops gradually go away, which has become a long black spot, Li Cha turned his head and ordered; "Send a pair of cavalry far behind, and every 4 hours, quickly report the location of the main force of the U.S. army. and dynamic."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"It's going to be dark soon, and we should set off." After Li Cha said this, he turned and walked down the slope, where a dozen guards were waiting with their horses.

After Li Cha took the reins of the horse, he got on the horse, slammed his legs on the belly of the horse and shouted "Drive", and took the lead to gallop away, followed by a group of knights behind him.

2 day

Denver
When the first twilight of the morning light appeared, a large group of cavalry from the Kingdom of Tang appeared in the fodder field and warehouse area, and the ground trembled with galloping horseshoes, and the armed militiamen who woke up from their sleep had just rushed out, and were shot by sharp sabers. It fell to the ground.

The weak resistance quickly disintegrated, and the remaining trembling captives were gathered together and tied into a long string with ropes.

Li Cha sat on the horse with a cold expression, watching the soldiers cut down the tents one after another, dragged the living people out of the ditches and the stone platforms and wood piles one by one, and forced them to kneel on the ground with a murderous look on their faces. stern.

The Yankees did not guard against the surprise attack by the army of the Tang Kingdom at all. More than 10 warehouses and forage stockyards were easily controlled. Tens of thousands of tons of forage were seized. There were more than 700 tons of oats and black beans and other concentrates, as well as tents. , Gunpowder, military uniforms and other materials piled up like mountains in the warehouse.

These were the supplies that the Americans transported thousands of miles from Kansas City, but they easily fell into Richard's hands.

"Sir, King Qizuo, a total of more than 820 carriages of various kinds were seized, 1/3 of which have not been unloaded and are still fully loaded."

"Five cannons were found in the camp, all of which are gun carriages that need to repair their axles, and they are already being repaired urgently."

"A batch of weapons and equipment was found in the warehouse, including more than 640 boxes of flintlock rifles, with a total of about 3200 rods, more than 550 revolvers, more than 170 sabers, more than [-] barrels of black powder, and some water bottles and clothes."

Good news kept coming, which brought a smile to Li Cha's stern face.

This copying of the old nest of the U.S. military has gained a lot. He immediately ordered the high-value artillery, weapons and other materials to be loaded into the truck immediately. It happened that there were more than 1000 white captives here, and the ready-made coolies were not in vain.

At this time, there was intensive gunfire from the direction of the town, and Li Cha immediately took a team of cavalry to support.

It turned out that this was the response of the American armed militiamen in the town, and they were fighting with their guns on the basis of the houses.

can be seen from the streets of denver
There were some corpses lying here and there, and occasionally some cavalry and horse corpses. The two sides were shooting at each other on the street, and the gunfire became more and more intense and intensive.

"what happened?"

"Your Majesty, some American road builders, coachmen, and shops resisted with guns. Because the enemy was hiding in the houses and buildings, they were unable to capture them in a hurry. More than a dozen brothers were killed or injured."

"Order all the soldiers to retreat." After hearing the report, Li Cha's eyes showed a dangerous light. He pointed the whip in his hand forward, turned his head and ordered to the cavalry behind him; I'm burning, I'm going to burn Denver to nothingness, do it"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Give an order

The cavalry lit the hay pile, and the raging fire suddenly rose. The cavalry galloped away with torches in their hands, and threw the torches one by one on the houses.

only a quarter of an hour later

Countless flames have erupted everywhere in the town of Denver. Wooden houses have been set on fire, thick smoke envelops the flames, and countless people rush to the street crying for their father and mother.

This originally prosperous new town was shrouded in flames in a short period of time, and the raging flames lit up the sky. Hundreds of houses were hundreds of torches, and they burned more and more violently with the help of the wind.

in the light of fire

A long line of heavily loaded carriages drove out of Denver under the escort of his soldiers, followed by more than 3000 prisoners, weeping and weeping.

This scene is like the end of the world...

(End of this chapter)