Lu Fang, as the deputy leader of the fleet, led a hundred armed forces to stay on the ship, as well as enough sailors and gunners.
Chen Li took 700 armed men and gathered hundreds of natives. Under the guidance of the prisoners, he marched towards the town of Sugototo. Among them were 50 gunmen, 100 archers, and the rest were melee infantry.
After about forty or fifty miles, we came to the Spanish plantation.
There are acres and acres of sugar cane here, and some corn, pumpkins, and grapes are also grown. The sugar cane has just matured, and dozens of indigenous slaves are working hard to harvest the sugar cane fields.
Perhaps the Spaniards who escaped back spread the news around.
The plantation owner here was riding a horse and standing on a hillside outside the plantation to watch the wind. When he saw the Han and indigenous coalition forces approaching, he immediately fled on horseback and shouted at the door: "Rosa, take her with you quickly."
Children, get out of here immediately!"
His wife, Rosa, is not white, but an indigenous woman. She is naturally very beautiful, because all the ugly ones were slaves.
They gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The eldest son was fourteen years old. He escorted his mother and younger siblings out with a knife.
The luggage and belongings had been packed long ago and loaded on the car. Several close slaves rushed over and pushed and pulled the two-wheeled wooden cart to escape quickly. As for the remaining slaves, who cares whether they live or die?
Chen Li led his troops and rushed to nothing. The valuables had already been taken away, leaving only crops and a group of slaves.
The indigenous soldiers who followed from the Delta took the initiative to free the slaves and shouted: "Warriors, the white people are afraid of our friends. Let's follow our friends and kill the white people!"
Unfortunately, these slaves had long been tamed, and most of them stood there stupidly, seemingly uninterested in regaining their freedom. Only a few cheered and joined the coalition.
Continuing forward, we came to a strange pine forest. Chen Li had never seen such pine trees before.
But there are slaves in the pine forest, standing there stupidly. The slaves are still holding baskets. There is amber-like rosin in the baskets.
"Hey, this pine gum smells so good!" A subordinate came running excitedly.
There was no need for this person to remind Chen Li that he could smell the faint fragrance from a long distance away. He went over to pick up a piece of rosin and brought it up to his nose to smell it. The rich and long fragrance hit his nostrils.
Can this thing be brought back to the Ming Dynasty? It will definitely make money, and it may even be worth the price of gold.
Chen Li immediately shouted: "Collect rosin!"
This kind of pine tree? It's called the gum pine? It will be on the verge of extinction in a few hundred years.
Dozens of natives were separated to carry rosin for the Han people, and 700 armed men continued to advance.
Not long after, they came to a manor, because he was the owner of this pine forest. But he packed up his belongings and ran away, leaving only some fragmentary belongings. Everyone stayed here to rest for the night.
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The town of Sucototo is located near Lake Ilopango, which is a barrier lake formed by a volcanic eruption.
The mayor's name is Osvaldo, who once participated in the conquest of Cuba. He also participated in the collapse of the Aztec Empire? He was given a large area of land. It was all native land, and he had to recruit people to cultivate it? After many years of development, he finally
Form a small town.
Nowadays, there is a distillery in the town, which uses sugar cane to make rum. There is also a sugar workshop, which also uses sugar cane to make sugar. Therefore, sugar cane is the most common crop here.
Seeing that the town is getting more and more prosperous? I actually met a Chinese person a few days ago!
Several plantation owners fled from the south with their families and brought back news of the Chinese invading army.
People in the town were panicked and almost wanted to run away en masse.
The mayor of the town, Osvaldo, has sent a message on horseback, hoping to get the governor's rescue. The center of Spanish rule in Central America, the Governor's Palace of Guatemala, is only four hundred miles away from the town. However, the road is mountainous and you have to dismount in some places.
walk.
Osvaldo decided to take the initiative and fight an ambush first. The terrain of the plateau and mountains was very suitable for an ambush.
Summoning more than two hundred soldiers and more than a thousand slaves and servants, Osvaldo went to a valley to ambush, which was the ultimate location of the Han invading army.
It's a pity that their military strength is very poor. They only have more than a dozen muskets, more than a dozen horses, and more than a hundred swords. The rest are all rubbish. The slaves and servants even brought dung forks with them.
After lying in wait for a day and night, their heads were bitten by mosquitoes, and some unlucky ones were even bitten to death by poisonous snakes, they finally saw the shadow of the invading army.
Two hundred natives walked in the front, followed by another 200 natives far away, and then another 200 natives... The Han army actually walked at the back.
"These bastards!" Osvaldo cursed, "Let all the natives pass and directly attack the troops at the rear."
The idea is good, but the execution is problematic.
After only letting a group of natives pass, slaves rushed out screaming, completely exposing the Spanish ambush location, and Osvaldo was forced to order an early attack.
More than a dozen Spanish knights brandished their swords and charged out of the dense forest. They attacked from top to bottom, frightening the two hundred natives into disintegration in an instant.
The two hundred natives fled in all directions, and most of them returned along the original path in the valley, directly overwhelming the group of indigenous people behind them. Like the collapse of dominoes, one group dispersed and the other group was scattered. Several hundred indigenous people broke up and rushed towards Chen Li's seven hundred
The Han team.
Although these seven hundred Han people were well-armed, they were still a ragtag group. A small number of them were pirates in the past, and most of them were sailors who had changed jobs. When they encountered an ambush and the friendly forces collapsed, they didn't know how many enemies there were, so they turned around and ran away in fear.
"Don't run away, go back!" Chen Li led his henchmen and cut down several people one after another, finally suppressing the army's collapse.
Chen Li ordered: "Chief Zhou, lead a hundred men to the left; Chief Lin, lead a hundred men to the right. The rest will form a formation with me, and the archers will follow my orders!"
The valley was not spacious, and the seven hundred men could not fully deploy. However, the slopes on both sides were not steep, and the Spaniards could even charge down on their horses. Chen Li ordered two hundred men to rush up the slopes on both sides to occupy the high ground.
The rest stayed in the valley to form defensive formations.
Seeing hundreds of indigenous friendly troops rushing towards him, Chen Li shouted: "Fire arrows!"
One hundred Han archers fired volleys at the friendly troops, knocking down more than ten people in an instant, and frightening the defeated troops to flee towards the hillsides on both sides.
Osvaldo was charging forward on horseback. Seeing this, he immediately reined in his horse and slowed down, shouting: "Stop charging, quickly retreat to the town's defenses. This battle is unwinnable."
If you can't rely on an ambush to defeat the enemy, there is really no way to fight. After all, you have to face 700 fully armed Han people.
"kill!"
As soon as the Spaniards withdrew, the Han people's morale was greatly boosted. They pursued them swarm forward without any formation at all. If there was an ambush in front, it wouldn't be too many. Just a hundred people would be enough. If they rush out at the critical moment, they would be able to kill the Han people.
Kill and defeat.
Chen Li was angry and helpless. As a pirate kid in trouble, it was very rare for him to be able to gather hundreds of warriors. How could he expect them to stop them?
Chen Li could only follow and charge, completely losing control of the troops. He increasingly admired the generals who could command tens of thousands of troops.
Those natives who had fled in all directions, seeing the momentum of the friendly forces, ran back to support them, leading the Spaniards and their slaves in pursuit.
After chasing, beheading, and capturing more than a hundred enemies all the way, the Han warriors finally stopped.
It’s not that I don’t want to continue, it’s just that I can’t keep up with the physical strength.
They were marching all the way in cotton-padded armor, and the temperature was nearly 30 degrees. Now they were frantically chasing them. They were tired, hot and almost exhausted. Many of them took off their cotton-padded armor and took off their clothes to breathe.
On the contrary, those indigenous friendly troops performed brilliantly. They escaped quickly and pursued fiercely. Most of the victory was achieved by the friendly troops. The Han people wearing cotton armor couldn't catch them.
The Han people stopped chasing, but the native friendly troops were still chasing, but were defeated by the Spanish knights who turned back.
For both sides, this battle was a confusing and miserable one!