At this time, Beasley, a farmer from the village of Kalanga, arrived.Beasley, a friend of Oswald's, came to Oswald to ask to join forces with him against the British, who had recently sacked the village of Kalanga.Oswald was delighted and said, "Of the more than 100 villages in our area, which one has not been harmed by the British?"
We should send men to join forces, and decide that this afternoon the representatives of the villages will meet at the foot of Mitchell Hill to discuss the killing of the British. ”In the afternoon of the same day, peasants, fishermen, silk weavers, stone miners, and some of the old nobles who could not bear the colonial rule and wanted to restore the country were represented by a meeting at Mitchell Mountain, seven miles northwest of Bodicka.It was decided on the spot: take the pennant as the commander-in-chief flag, each village as a combat unit, one major flag, and elect a team leader to command the battle; With the gong as the trumpet, one village sounded the gong, and all the villages came out, and all men between the ages of fifteen and fifty participated in the war.Oswald immediately deployed a battle plan: early tomorrow morning, lure the British army to Mitchell Hill and encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop.Early the next morning, Bisley led a group of Britons, waving pennants, and rushed to the front of the city of Mirande.At this time, the British army was having breakfast, and they were all startled when they heard the thunderous shouts.The commander of the city defense of Mirande, Wang Pu, was a member of the gilded group, and he was the second son of Wang Xuance, the foreign secretary of the British Empire.He looked out and breathed a sigh of relief: it turned out to be some British natives, and they were only holding large swords and spears.He turned his head to look at the Tianzhu soldiers under his command, and then he was angry, and he scolded the frightened soldiers: "Look at you all like bears, don't hurry up and assemble!"
”At this time, Mirande's assassin Shi Zhao Pu came over tremblingly and said, "Your Excellency, there are so many Britons, are you sure to defeat the other party?"
Hey, too many ants can bite the elephant to death, in my opinion, let's take the risk. ”Wang Pu smiled contemptuously and said, "Zhao Tingshi, how can you grow the prestige of these barbarians and destroy the ambition of my 'British Empire'?"
You should understand that we have the newest weapons in the world today," he said, raising the gun in his hand and saying proudly, "can't this kind of rifle, and all kinds of cannons, beat their primitive weapons, the broadsword and spear?"
If you are afraid, stay in the city and be a coward........"
Wang Pu said and drew his command knife and ordered the troops to assemble urgently, he personally led two thousand Tianzhu soldiers to rush out of Milan City, Zhao Pu did not want to be looked down upon by Wang Pu, the second generation, so he also followed out of the city, Beasley saw that the British army was coming, and hurriedly pointed at the back of the three-star order flag, and the Britons retreated according to their previous plan.Wang Pu smiled arrogantly, waved the command knife forward, and the British army chased after him.Beasley retreated, but he was worried that Wang Pu would not pursue, because after Bodicka, the further north he went, the more difficult the road became, and even the British could only advance in a single formation, and the artillery could not run with the team.However, Beasley soon discovered that his fears were unfounded, and Wang Puzheng was full of arrogance, frequently brandishing his command knife and urging his troops to advance.The major officer of the Tianzhu Native Soldier named Cindy Ha, as if for the spearhead work, led a group of soldiers and gave chase.Beasley was secretly happy in his heart, and said: The fish has been hooked, and Lao Tzu is going to let you taste it today!
Although Zhao Pu was a civil official, he seemed to see a flaw, so he said to Wang Pu: "Your Excellency, Commander, there may be fraud in this.You see, this Mitchell Hill area, with its rolling hills and trees, is easy to ambush, so you should be cautious. ”Wang Pu shook his head disapprovingly, and said sarcastically: "Zhao Tingshi, I am not as good as you in governing civil affairs, but if you want to talk about this war, hehehe, you are really not as good as me......."
Zhao Pu was just about to answer, only to hear a gong, and couldn't help but be stunned.Wang Pu hurriedly looked around, and in an instant, he saw a flow of people rolling all over the mountains, sweeping towards the British army with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas."
Rush!""
Kill!""
Kill the British!"
The sound of shouting and killing shook the valley and shook the earth.Wang Pu knew the plan at this time, hurriedly waved his command knife, and ordered the troops to retreat, but it was too late.Major Syndiha was chasing after Xingtou and was about to retreat abruptly, but was blocked by the troops behind, so he had to rush forward to kill.Beasley, who had withdrawn one after another, had already taken up his position and rushed towards the British army.Beasley took a step forward, shook his spear, and with a loud shout, he barked at Major Syndicate, who was stabbed in the heart and fell to the ground before he could react.When the other British saw this, they were terrified and fled to the right.The archers had already been ambushed in the bushes on the right, and the pikes, throwing spears, feather arrows, and stone bullets were thrown one after another, and the British troops in front fell in response, and those behind saw that the situation was not good, and broke through to the left with their heads in their hands.On the hillside to the left, a Briton rushed down, broadsword brandishing, longbow shot, and the British fell again.Wang Pu panicked at this time, and urgently ordered the troops to break through in two ways and retreat to the city of Milan.His intentions had long been grasped by Oswald, who was standing on a high slope, and he waved the three-star flag, and the Britons understood it, and immediately outflanked it from both flanks, cutting off the rear of the British army.Seeing this situation, Zhao Pu couldn't help but be frightened, and hurriedly said to Wang Pu: "Your Excellency, think of a way, otherwise we will all be finished." ”Wang Puqiang pretended to be calm and said: "I don't believe it, our guns are dry!"
”He ordered his soldiers to form a phalanx with artillery wagons and fire cannons to bombard the mountains and forests.Taking advantage of the blind bombardment of the British army, the women brought the cooked meals to the battlefield, and the British men who went into battle ate them with relish.The British Isles have a typical temperate maritime climate, with rain falling almost every day.As the saying goes, the British gunpowder was damp, so that the cannons became dumb and the guns became wooden sticks.But the Britons were in high spirits, and they were dressed in garments, and wore reed hats, and they wielded swords and spears, and they were full of spirit, and they were even more vigorous, and once again they slew the enemy.The well-trained Tianzhu soldiers, who had been fairly well trained in the past, were now in a panic and had to resist with bayonets, which were merely children's toys in front of the Britons' spears.Oswald brandished his broadsword, rushed into the crowd of enemies, slashed left and right, and the broadsword flew up and down, shining with cold light, like cutting a gourd and cutting a scoop, and the enemy would die if he hit it, and he would die if he touched it, and he would fall down.Beasley shook his spear, stabbed, and picked horizontally, like a poisonous snake spitting letters, like a white dragon wagging its tail, killing the enemy and howling wolves.Some women and children also came to help with hoes and iron rakes, shouting and cheering, and the British soldiers were killed and scattered everywhere.Zhao Pu hid under the belly of the cannon, his body trembled, he felt desperate, and complained to Wang Pu: "Wang Pu, you are arrogant, you didn't listen to my advice at the beginning, and now you are like this, you are responsible for the 'British Empire'!"
”Wang Pu, who had been carrying the command knife in a hurry, suddenly stood up and shouted, "What's the use of complaining now?
”He knew that now was not the time to argue with Zhao Pu, and if he continued like this, his troops would be wiped out.He ordered his troops to retreat and move closer to Mirande, the only way to survive.The heavy rain stopped, and the British troops, drenched like chickens in soup, wrapped in long military uniforms, wore long leather boots on their feet, walked on the muddy ridges, slippery and heavy, unable to walk an inch, and some fell to the ground, stuck in the mud for half a day and could not get up.The British were killed in stubborn resistance and captured in surrender, but the Britons became more and more happy and heroic the more they fought, while the British were dejected and demoralized.Wang Pu and Zhao Pu finally retreated to the south of Bodika with the deserters, the road was wider, and the road was easier to walk, Wang Pu ordered the soldiers to line up in a phalanx one by one, and retreat step by step.He was proud of his tactics and felt that with such a phalanx, the natives would be helpless against them.Together with Beasley, Asroc and others, Oswald had the Britons use hooked spears to hook the enemy out of the phalanx.This trick really worked, the spear with the hook stretched into the phalanx, the hook hooked the leather belt of a British soldier, the hooked person turned pale, wow wow screamed, the other British soldiers watched their companions die, but ignored them, and continued to move backwards.The enemy was hooked out, and the Britons swarmed up, snatched the musket from his hand, and with a burst of hoes and rakes, they were killed instantly.Wang Pu and Zhao Pu don't care about taking the lead, how to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Britons at the moment is the right thing, fortunately, the guard company guarding them is a serious Royal Army combat sequence unit, and the combat effectiveness is very good, otherwise the two of them will die under the spear of the British.Wang Pu led the remnants of the defeated army back to Milan City like a lost dog, the eyes above the top of the Wang Er Shao no longer dare to say big words, he and Zhao Pu strengthened the city defense, immediately sent someone to report to the governor Jiang Chen, the Britons reversed.........