Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1775 "Riot"

In late June 1678, the Pampa Plain had officially entered winter.

In a hidden small ditch outside the town of Franco (the town of Las Flores in later generations), Inigo, dressed as a mercenary in the Southern Netherland, carried a musket in his left hand and stroked his waist with his right hand With his epee, he glanced scorchingly at a group of monsters and monsters standing in front of him: among them were gauchos, criminals from the east coast, agents from the General Intelligence Bureau, and many bandits or cult members from the east (Yang Liang) must be very familiar with this), in short, it is a hodgepodge, a concentration camp of scum.

Normal people would probably have been warring and fidgeting in this group of fierce bandits, but Inigo remained calm and used to it, and even when his gaze caught sight of someone, some people would subconsciously avoid him. Looking at each other, it can be seen that this guy is not a good bird, otherwise how could he be able to deter this gang of murderers.

Of course, Inigo's reputation on the Pampa Plain made many people frightened, but there were still some people who had trouble with him, such as a certain former Qing bandit nicknamed "One Hang Three".

"Yi Diao San" was originally named Wu Yifei, and he was born as a small officer in the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty. He was very brave and stationed in the area of ​​Yangzhou Prefecture in the north of the Yangtze River.The last time when the army from the east coast was dispatched to take captives in Jiangbei, the whole army broke up, and this guy was directly captured and captured, and because of his good performance, he led the way many times, so he was rewarded with reduced labor sentences and immigrated to the east coast.Later, Wu, who was not reconciled to planing food in the soil on the Brazilian plateau, managed to sign up to board the immigrant boat to the Pampa Plain, and successfully mixed in on the grassland, and he can be regarded as the number one person.

This time Director Shengde Hongsheng of the National Intelligence Agency planned an attack on Franco Town, and he also summoned Wu Yifei and his five or six old brothers who had similar smells, and let them belong to Inigo Commander, this more or less dissatisfied Wu Yifei who thought he was strong.

Ah, by the way, I forgot to introduce the origin of Wu Yifei's nickname "Three Hangers".This one is a native of Nantong Prefecture, from a wealthy family, and when he was young, he colluded with a group of evil people to cause disasters in the village.Because Yangzhou Mansion is located on the front line, the situation has always been tense, so powerful country hooligans like Yi Diao San were recruited into the local regiment, which is even more convenient for this group of mermaids.However, he eats and gambles, extorts and robs, but never abuses women from good families. Whenever he has physical needs, he goes to the kiln in the town to solve them.According to the local rules, it costs a dime to call Yao Jie once, but he is extra generous, paying [-] Wen more than others every time, claiming that it is not easy for Yao Jie, and this is their own money, so don’t fight once and twice. The nickname of "one hanging three" has quickly become famous in ten miles and eight towns.

"Boy, this is the ground of Inigo Boss, can you let you walk on the flat road?" Seeing that Wu Yifei's attitude was not very respectful, he and Inigo looked at each other carelessly, and there was a hint of provocation in his eyes , a former member of Shandong Wenxiang sect who was following him got angry and spoke angrily.

"Is it because the skin is tight?"

"Look at your skin and tender flesh, I can slap you into the ground with one slap."

"Young man, you are out of luck. Just as God does not bless pirates, neither will he bless you."

The minions laughed and cursed at one another, which made Wu Yifei and a few old brothers a little angry for a while, and almost had a fit.However, after hearing an official of the State Intelligence Bureau in civilian clothes cough twice, everyone shut their mouths wisely, as if nothing had happened, leaving only a group of gauchos who couldn't see the situation clearly Stupidly froze there.

This official of the State Intelligence Bureau is Cai Zu, the son of Cai Huaze, the former general of the Shun Army. A flintlock pistol, and a dagger with a sheath on the other side, with legs crossed, like a black iron tower.

Cai Zu's honor is not at all like the kind of person from the State Intelligence Bureau who wears black leather and spends all day analyzing intelligence and writing reports, but more like those stalwart warriors under the Gendarmerie Command them.Cai Zu coughed twice to stop a potential internal strife, and then pouted again, signaling Inigo to hurry up and tell everyone what to do next, because the scheduled departure time is not far away .

Inigo nodded, and did not refuse, and began to talk, and assigned tasks while talking, who attracted firepower, who rushed, who collected supplies, who controlled personnel, and who kept guard on the periphery, all were implemented in every day. On the individual's head, the article is clear, and he is worthy of being a mercenary.

The "bandits" also listened very seriously, nodding from time to time to indicate that they understood.Of course, there were some who were not very clear about their responsibilities, so Inigo asked questions, and Inigo didn't bother to explain them clearly to them one by one.After doing this three times, at [-] o'clock in the morning, all the preparatory work was done, and everyone shouted a whistle, got on their horses and went to Franco Town to kill.

Their attack on the town of Franco this time was an action planned by the National Intelligence Agency for a long time. Just hit, no problem at all.What's more, they don't even need to send out troops, they only need to recruit some rabble to form a cavalry team of a hundred people, and they can overthrow a small colonial town like Franco Town.

The horse team soon marched near the town wall of Franco Town, perhaps because it was discovered by the Spaniards on the watchtower early (there is no shelter on the grassland, it can be said to be unobstructed), and when they rushed to the front, the town The gate was closed, and a priest threw the key down the well and called on the men to come out and fight the enemy.

Inigo sneered when he saw this, and ordered his two old brothers to lead a group of gauchos to charge forward, intending to control the left and right sides of the gate first, and then set fire to the gate.His idea is good, but the problem is that he overestimated the fighting spirit of these gauchos. He saw that they had just dismounted and walked for dozens of steps when a barrage of bullets hit them, knocking down the first few people, and the morale of the rest All of a sudden it collapsed.No matter how intimidating Inigo's two old brothers were, their legs seemed to be filled with lead, and they were still reluctant to move forward, which was a pity for their lives.

Seeing this, Cai Zu, an intelligence officer, was furious, and cursed: "Grandma, you bears, your guts have been taken away by dogs! You all rush over to me, open the gate, and reward ten silver dollars for those who are caught alive, and five yuan for those who are dead." Money, use the head as proof! Hurry up!"

The mob was agitated by the money, and they didn't wait for Inigo's command, and immediately went up two teams, including the team led by "One Hang Three" Wu Yifei.This guy is also a good player in battle. While bluffing and beckoning his subordinates to charge forward, he led a few old brothers to carefully observe where the Spaniards were, and then greeted them with seven or eight guns. Being able to gain gains, this immediately suppressed the arrogance of the Spaniards and greatly boosted the morale of one's own side.

And when several of Inigo's backbone men holding Mini guns stepped forward unhurriedly and fired with long-range precision, the Spanish's first line of defense collapsed almost instantly.Having lost more than a dozen corpses, their morale collapsed. Regardless of the dissuasion of the officers and priests, they ran away and hid in the town.

After seeing it for three times, he laughed and asked several gauchos holding firewood to come forward and burn the door. At the same time, he himself hid in the blind spot of the watchtower, quietly observing the changes in the situation.He knew in his heart that these Spaniards had been defeated, completely defeated!Although they were initially organized by military officers and priests to protect their own property and the safety of their relatives, they resisted to a certain extent, but their will to fight was questionable after all. up!With such combat capabilities, it's no wonder that they were still unable to retake Hispaniola, which had been occupied by the French for a long time, even though they had absolute command of the sea!It's no wonder that a large commercial port like Bello was completely looted by the English pirates. It was really incompetent to the extreme.

The wooden gate didn't last long before the raging fire. After the bandits pulled down the remaining logs that formed the gate with their horses, they hung three roars and rushed in first. It was also brave!

The "popping" resisting gunfire didn't last long. After several mobs acted as scapegoats, they drew their guns three times and knocked down one, then rushed over with a dagger in their hands, stabbing one wearing The boat cap looks like a Spaniard who looks like an officer.Seeing his bravery, his older brothers all applauded, and then clamored to charge while firing guns, and soon smashed what seemed to be the last wave of resistance from the Spaniards—well, the enemy troops were all laid down It looked like about ten corpses.

The next battle is actually very simple, and there is no technical content.The Spaniards who had lost the courage to resist huddled in their homes, waiting tremblingly for their trial by the conqueror.They should be so worried, because the enemy who came to attack their town this time did not look like a regular army on the east bank, because they wore neither blue nor yellow clothes, not even military uniforms, and some of them The faces of the gauchos did not look like a good bird, so everyone was worried.Especially those men who were holding muskets tightly, they felt a little regretful in their hearts, and wondered if they should have resolutely resisted just now. It is really difficult to live at the mercy of others now.

It was two hours before the mob commanded by Inigo and Cai Zu finally completely controlled the town.They cleaned up the warehouses and food stockpiles in the town, and of course they did not let go of the livestock pens. Those high-quality Andalusian horses were all picked up by the smiling bandits, which can be described as a bumper harvest.

The Spanish residents in the small town were asked to send a representative from each household to gather in the open space in front of the church in the town, hand over the weapons they had hidden in their hands, and then they were locked in the church to let their family members Bring money to redeem people—ten yuan per person, exactly the price Cai Zu promised everyone during the previous battle.

To be honest, the Spaniards were surprised by such "civilized" robbers, because although the ransom of ten yuan per person is not low, what is it compared with life?Let's make it together, let's make it together, I hope this group of strange bandits will leave as soon as they take the money, and don't hurt them anymore.

After receiving the money, Inigo, Yidiaosan and the others seemed a little reluctant and left immediately.Especially Yihangsan, who was holding a three-cent silver in his hand, as if he was wondering if there were any Spanish kiln sisters in this town, and if there were, he had to be happy, how could he leave so soon!

But the two of them are not the ones talking, and they all have to look at the face of Cai Zu, the uncle of the State Intelligence Bureau-in fact, every man who hangs out on the grassland has to look at the face of the people in the General Intelligence Bureau or the Gendarmerie Command, Otherwise, although the world is big, there is really no room for you, and those who dared to do this before all died miserably, and their bodies were all pecked clean by vultures——Cai Zu is not a bandit, he is interested in bandits I didn't know much about it, so after seeing the goal, I gave orders to everyone through Inigo and Yihangsan, and retreated slowly with the spoils.

The reason for this is because the purpose of attacking Franco town this time is to beat the Spaniards and let them know how terrible the "riot" will be once the people on the east coast lose their livelihood, and how serious the consequences will be!This will break through the town of Franco, which is not far from Buenos Aires, robbed a large number of spoils, and intimidated the local residents. The impact has already been caused, and the goal has been achieved. when!

So they withdrew so cleanly that a mestizo cavalry who happened to march past here a few hours later, resented, wanted to pursue them, and finally gave up, because only God knows Where is the bastard going to be happy now!

And when the news came back to Buenos Aires on June 1678, 6, that the town of Franco had been attacked by "riots" of the East Coast settlers, officials large and small throughout the district of the Procuratorate Was shocked.Of course they understand the reason for this incident from beginning to end, and they also feel a little hard to accept that the people on the east coast are so decisive, so simple and rude. In other words, this is not their style in the past ten years!What happened to the East Coasters?Many officials, including General Constantin de Obando, are confused. Things seem to be getting out of control for them. If they don't react, what will happen next?

Of course, what is even more frustrating is, how should they react?Fighting fiercely or acting like nothing happened?No one can answer.

(End of this chapter)