Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2506 Yamen ([-])

Seville, May 1704, 5.

After days of rainy days, it finally cleared up today.Xiao Guang, who had been working all night, got up from behind his desk and walked around the room for a few steps.Unbuttoning the discipline button, he stretched like a layman, feeling drowsy spontaneously.I couldn't help but yawned, the open mouth was like the king of beasts roaring up to the sky.

Yes, in the eyes of the Spaniards waiting outside, Xiao Guang looked like a king of beasts at this time, while the thousands of officers and soldiers under his hands were out-and-out beasts.These people defeated the defenders of Seville in World War I yesterday. More than 5000 people were killed and fled in embarrassment.Especially in the last two kilometers, the east bank cavalry who roared up held their sharp sabers and massacred the fleeing Spanish soldiers from behind, so that only a thousand people were able to escape into the city. Poor fiasco!

After the victory, the people on the east bank took advantage of the situation to attack, and the Spanish defenders in the city were panicked and collapsed at the first touch, causing no major obstacles at all.It was the more than 300 militiamen guarding the church who caused the greatest damage to the people on the east bank. They had several artillery pieces and took advantage of the favorable terrain to shoot at the people on the east bank. They killed more than 20 people one after another, making Xiao Guang furious.

In the end, the intelligence staff figured out a way to set the entire church on fire, burning 50 million animals—sorry, more than [-] Spanish militiamen, and driving the rest to the street First, use superior firepower to annihilate them all.

Counting the losses in the previous field battle, nearly 300 people were killed or injured in this battle on the east bank, which is close to one-tenth of the total force. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang decided to rest in Seville for a few days, and wait for the artillery who fell behind. and supply troops.

Of course, they didn't forget to clean up the battlefield.The bodies of the Spanish soldiers who died in battle were transported outside the city, and a large pit was dug and buried collectively. There were more than 3000 bodies in total.The Sevillian who dug the pit turned pale and panicked, for fear that he would be pushed into it after digging the pit.A soldier named Victor Fedroia even peed his pants after seeing bloody corpses one after another—he had never been on the battlefield before handling so many corpses. He feels that he is very strong and brave, but he will never have such a ridiculous idea in the future.

There were also hundreds of corpses in the Guadalquivir River. They all jumped into the river after being hunted down by people from the east bank yesterday. They all died in the end. Only a small officer named Vargas brought more than ten corpses. The man swam to the other side and narrowly escaped death.

People on the east bank will not handle the corpses in the river.Besides, after a night of soaking, they are already swollen and smelly, so let them go down the river, so as to deter the Spanish militias who are about to move around.If you want to be a hero, you have to weigh whether you have the ability!Before the fist hits the face, everyone has a plan, but after?

The people of the whole city of Seville witnessed all this silently and were deeply shocked.When were they in a prosperous place, when had they seen such a cruel side?In addition, there were some "embers" who rebelled at night last night, and were suppressed by the quickly dispatched East Coast Army. After dawn, they arrested Seville residents who provided them with hiding places, and massacred [-] people in one go. The rest of them were all thrown into the river again this morning.Some timid residents even broke down and cried, and the other two churches in the city were crowded with people who came to seek spiritual comfort all day long.

The shadow cast on them by the people from the east coast is estimated to be lingering for the rest of their lives.This is not to say that the people on the east coast are particularly cruel. In fact, there are many more cruel people than them.Aren't pirates cruel?Killing a boatload of people at every turn, even infants in their infancy.Isn't Churchill cruel?In order to raise supplies in the east, his army killed many Spaniards.Aren't Austrians brutal?In order to retaliate against Bavaria, they even slaughtered some small towns.

Compared with what they did, the people on the east coast were much restrained.But there is also a little difference, that is, the efficient, cruel and extremely disregarding of life by the soldiers on the east coast when killing people makes people feel shuddering.Can you imagine them taking the hundreds of "rebels" captured last night to the execution ground, and then let the recruits practice shooting at the target?Churchill's soldiers killed people to grab money and food, and the scene was a bit chaotic, giving people a feeling of venting their emotions and desires.But when soldiers from the east coast killed people, they executed them coldly, without excitement, pity, or hesitation. Everything was orderly, efficient and ruthless, making people feel a chill in their bones.

Comparing goods with goods has to be thrown away, and people have to die compared to people. Churchill's English soldiers are compared to East Coast soldiers, that is scum!These heretics are indeed devils, the priest is right!

"Mr. Portillo, good morning." After walking out of the room, Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang took off his white gloves, shook the hand of a potbellied businessman standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "How are things considered?" gone?"

"Captain Xiao, the redemption fee of 100 million pesos is ready, please send someone to deliver it." Portillo, who is usually majestic and majestic, didn't even dare to look at Xiao at this moment. Listen to him say: "After the redemption fee is paid, can your army retreat outside the city?"

"Of course. We will keep our promise." Xiao Guang said nonchalantly: "Mr. Portillo, I feel the same as you. I don't want to see the situation in the city continue to be chaotic. After receiving the redemption fee, and We will evacuate when supplies are purchased. Seville is still your city."

The redemption fee of 100 million pesos was the result of repeated negotiations between the two parties last night.This fee will be paid by the nobles and merchants in the whole city of Seville. As for whether they will apportion this fee to the ordinary people of the city in the future, the people on the east coast don't care about it, and they won't interfere. Just get the money and leave.From the standpoint of the Spaniards, they definitely hope to see them leave as soon as possible.The people from the First Mixed Regiment are wandering around the city, and the Spaniards always feel flustered. Although those people don't kill people indiscriminately, once you really violate their interests, they will be merciless in their actions.

In addition, even if the overall military discipline of the people on the east coast seems to be pretty good.But there are too many people, and there will always be some who are not so well-behaved. What's more, most of these guys are from the capital on the east coast. They are veritable yamen, and they are not afraid of causing trouble.For example, last night a few staff officers led the team, tied up a noble lady in the city and sent them to their temporary regiment headquarters, saying that they wanted to "dedicate it to Brother Xiao" so that Brother Guang could "relieve his fatigue", but Xiao Guang kicked his ass well and walked away in a hurry.But even so, the nobles and wealthy businessmen in the city are also very worried. Everyone has delicate and beautiful family members. People from the east coast can still put on a show, but if they are not kept together for a long time, the military discipline will become lax and chaos will arise!So they couldn't wait to send the East Coasters away.

A ransom fee of 100 million pesos?Rest assured, the money will be collected from ordinary citizens of Seville.Levy 200 million or even 300 million, and the nobles and merchants will return all the money, and the rest may still be in their hands.Haha, don't be so cool about this business!Usually there is such a good opportunity to make money.

On the afternoon of the 10th, after the people on the east bank received the redemption fee, they purchased a lot of supplies in the city, and then excused that it was getting late, so they simply dragged their feet until the morning of the 11th before moving out of Seville.At this time, the rich nobles and merchants in the city breathed a sigh of relief, and finally sent these invaders away. The previous days were really aggrieved.

After the people from the east bank arrived outside the city, they did not leave immediately, but continued to wait for the arrival of artillery and supplies.During this period, Xiao Guang also sent cavalry to scout around, and found out that there was no large Spanish army nearby, and most of them were some militias or small-scale local garrisons, which could be easily defeated if encountered, which made him a little relieved.

The Granada Legion has really mobilized the southern Spanish army too thoroughly!Before Madrid sent a new batch of reinforcements to arrive, the first mixed regiment could basically walk sideways and fight casually, and no one was their opponent.

In fact, it is right to think about it.The Kingdom of Spain has a population of just over 400 million in Iberia, and its economy is poor. How many troops can it support?The Southern Netherland sent 3 to [-], the Rhine sent [-] to [-], Carroll took away [-], and [-] to [-] fought against the British in Catalonia, and [-] were annihilated by the Italians before. Many, the rest has to defend many big cities and strategic points including Madrid, how many people can he fight with you?Taking a step back, even if the number of people is enough, what about the guns and equipment?enough?Do the Spaniards have that much money?The answer is self-evident.

On May 5, the artillery and supply troops led by Major Lai Dashi finally appeared in the sight of Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang with a tired face.So far, the main force of the first mixed regiment has basically converged, and its combat effectiveness has been fully restored-whether there is artillery in the war, that is completely two concepts.

The newcomers spent two days resting outside Seville. On May 5, nearly 15 members of the whole regiment marched out one by one, leaving Seville, an important town in southern Spain that had been conquered by them, and the whole army headed north, heading straight towards Madrid.

After traveling for two days, on the night of the 16th, the unit suddenly changed direction, turned southeast, bypassed [-] kilometers east of Seville, and headed towards Gibraltar.They dispatched a large number of cavalry to keep reconnaissance of the enemy's situation. Whenever they encountered Spaniards on the road and exposed their whereabouts, they would kill them all, so as to delay the time for Carroll's troops to know their whereabouts as much as possible.

Their goal has been obvious so far, and that is to kill the Granada Legion by surprise and wipe out the largest and only formed legion in southern Spain.

Five thousand to forty thousand, just so willful and so proud!

(End of this chapter)