469 [Broken City] (For the leader of the past, the past becomes smoke
"Commander Chen, a native reported that there is an ambush of native troops in the northeast."
"Bring him in!"
Bakalu was taken into the military tent while eating pancakes. His name originally meant "shield" and he came from a tribe in eastern Guatemala. He was once the strongest man in the tribe, but now he has lost less than 90 pounds, and his cheeks are sunken.
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Chen Li asked: "You said there is an ambush in the northeast?"
Bakalu babbled for a while, but Chen Li couldn't understand what he meant.
There are dozens of Mayan languages, most of which are similar. Some words are interoperable and can be understood as different dialects of the same language.
The indigenous translator explained beside him: "Commander Chen, he said his name is Bakalu and he comes from a tribe in the east. He was captured by the Spaniards to mine. The Spaniards abandoned them a few days ago, so he wanted to escape back to his homeland."
Hometown. But in the dense forest, he encountered a hostile tribe, which had already surrendered to the Spaniards. Many of them gathered and lurked in the dense mountains and forests over there."
"interesting."
Chen Li saw that this man had a large frame. Although he was extremely thin, he still had the appearance of a good man. He smiled and said: "You are very good. Follow me to fight in the future. I will give you the status of a free citizen first. I will reward you ten times immediately."
A piece of cake, and when I return to Shengzhou, I will give you land and women."
The native translator immediately relayed the story. Bakalu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly knelt on the ground and chirped again.
The native translated: "He said he thanked Commander Chen and asked Commander Chen to kill the Spaniards and avenge his tribe. He will definitely be obedient in the future."
"I will take revenge on you," Chen Li said with a smile, "You go down and rest first."
After these people left, Chen Li quickly called in his men to arrange the deployment for tonight.
He divided the camp into two areas, with an empty camp on the outside. All soldiers held weapons, wore clothes and slept in the center of the camp, and separated a fire zone.
That night, there was no night attack, and the enemy seemed to continue to gather troops.
During the battle the next day, the native slaves continued to attack the city, just to get a bite of cake to eat. But they also learned the lesson, ran slowly to the bottom of the city, and ran away immediately when they heard the sound of gunfire. Anyway, as long as they could escape back, Chen Li would give them a bite
Eat, risk your life and let them continue to attack the city.
The whole battle scene was extremely funny. A group of hungry slaves came to the city as if they were walking, waiting for the Spaniards on the city to fire their guns.
After a volley of shots, the unlucky ones fell down, and the lucky ones went back to eat cakes.
They were only allowed to eat a bite of cake before they had to launch a second round of siege, so they walked back slowly. Moreover, they were extremely weak and couldn't run fast even if they wanted to, so they could only walk like sleepwalking like this.
After several more visits, the Spaniards were reluctant to fire their guns. The slaves waited for a long time, but when they couldn't hear the gunshots, they went back to get the cakes with great joy.
Chen Li was furious and refused to give them any cakes, forcing them to climb the ladder again.
The slaves squirmed and walked back like this, slowly climbing up the ladders. Then all the ladders were pushed down by the Spaniards.
Chen Li had no choice but to give him pancakes.
After another day of confused fighting, night fell and both sides made a truce and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night, more than two thousand native servants came quietly from the northeast.
Mayan warriors can fight at night and are often used in tribal wars. If the night battle is successful, the torch will be thrown at the enemy tribe, setting fire to the opponent's thatched house, and the rest will be a one-sided massacre.
It's the same this time, I want to give Chen Li a fire camp.
They went outside the camp and dug wood on the spot to make fire. On average, they could get sparks out in more than ten seconds, and then quickly ignited the torches they carried.
The tents in the outer camp were burning fiercely. These Mayan warriors did not rush in immediately, but continued to set fire around the camp.
When the Spaniards in the castle saw the Han camp on fire, they all rushed out under the leadership of the governor.
Chen Li was well prepared. Everyone was dressed for bed and had weapons in their hands. After being alerted by the fire, not only did they not panic, but their morale was greatly boosted because of their thorough preparations.
Chen Li said with a smile: "Let the soldiers stay where they are and everyone shouts randomly."
Governor Legaspi came on horseback, followed by more than 40 knights. When he heard the panic shouts from the Han military camp, he immediately abandoned his infantry and only led the cavalry to rush forward at full speed. The infantry were eager to make a contribution and wanted to go quickly.
Grab the loot and run like crazy regardless of physical exertion.
"Fight in!"
The Mayan warriors had already used the burning fire to break in through the gaps between the tents, setting other tents on fire along the way, and the Spanish cavalry arrived soon after.
Relying on the speed of his horse, Legaspi rushed in front of the Mayan warriors. He soon realized that something was wrong.
There was actually a large area in front of us, with no tents or supplies. Instead, there was a barrier to stop horses.
"Bang bang bang!"
Before Legaspi could slow down, he heard a burst of gunfire and then lost consciousness.
Half of the more than forty Spanish cavalrymen were knocked down in an instant, and the rest were hit by the horses. Some horses braked suddenly, flying the cavalrymen on their backs, leaving their masters behind and fleeing the battlefield.
More than 2,000 Mayan warriors rushed in, setting fire to the place. They were greeted by volleys of guns again. They collapsed and fled in all directions.
Chen Li divided his troops to pursue, sending out free civilians and slave soldiers to chase the Yama servants. He personally led only more than 20 cavalry and more than 2,000 Han soldiers to kill in the direction of the castle.
The Spanish infantrymen were running with their legs spinning in order to grab the trophies. As soon as they approached the burning enemy camp, they saw Mayan warriors escaping in the dark. They thought the Han soldiers were escaping, so they immediately rushed forward to kill the enemy with excitement and shouting.
"Kill all these Chinese!"
"Jiliguala! (Run quickly, we are defeated!)"
The Spanish infantry and the Mayan warriors talked to each other, and then the former raised his weapon and slashed at the latter.
What the hell?
The Mayan warriors were confused. There was an enemy chasing them behind them. They had no explanation and could only choose to flee.
Those Spanish infantry did not give up, and were still chasing the Mayan warriors. They did not know that they were chasing friendly forces from the beginning to the end. Anyway, the Chinese and Mayan dialects sounded the same to them, and the yellow people seemed to have no appearance.
What's the difference.
Chen Li led his cavalry and killed several Spanish infantrymen on the way, then ran non-stop towards the Spanish castle.
On the way, he said to a naturalized Spanish knight beside him: "Open the city gate, you have made the first contribution, and you will become a Han citizen from now on."
The Spanish knight was overjoyed and rushed to the castle door and shouted: "Open the door quickly, the Chinese are ambushing us, we have been defeated!"
There were very few Spanish soldiers left in the castle. They were shocked when they heard this and ran to open the city gate, but were killed by Chen Li with a knife.
After killing all the remaining defenders in the castle, Chen Li left a few confidants to guard the property and went out with his cavalry to chase down the Spanish infantry.
It was the rainy season some time ago, and transportation was difficult for half a year. The Spanish mined silver for half a year, and now it was all piled in the castle, waiting for the king's treasure transport team to come and receive it!
This guy Chen Li has been planning for a long time to let the Spaniards work for him in vain.
However, there will be no chance for the Spaniards to work for free in the future. They picked up a ready-made strong castle for free. Chen Li wanted to immigrate here, and naturally he also occupied the nearby silver mines.
Those indigenous cannon fodder who survived the siege can be allocated land and slowly absorbed as naturalized people. By the way, they can be used as guides to conquer the hostile tribes that surrendered to Spain. Not only can they snatch miners and women, but they can also make these indigenous slaves grateful.