Chapter 1280 Under the Highland Battle
The battle was fierce outside the Yindu capital, and the two armies fought fiercely around several hills.
During the day, the Spaniards relied on their firepower to launch fierce attacks, and at night, the Shang army launched a counterattack under the cover of the night.
After several days of successive days, both armies suffered heavy casualties, and the men led by Liu Jiqiu suffered particularly heavy losses.
When the battle reached the third day, the Spaniards reacted and established strongholds at the foot of the back slope, built fortifications, blocked the Shang army in the city, and transported reinforcements to the Tibetan Bing Cave at night, transported materials and water sources, and completely cut off the connection between the mountain and Yindu.
During the day, Spanish cavalry were monitored by the city, and the Shang army in the city did not dare to come out to reinforce. At night, there were troops blocking them. Jiang Jiaren sent several teams to the Tibetan military cave at night but failed.
As a result, Liu Jiqiu's troops were less and less. By the ninth day, he was no longer able to launch a night attack and could only trap the Tibetan soldiers' cave.
At this time, Commander Philip felt that the Shang army on the back slope was no longer able to do so and no longer threatened the army. So he pushed the artillery into the city and prepared to bombard Yindu City.
"Master, the enemy in the cave has not been completely annihilated yet. Will it be too dangerous if the artillery array comes out in front of the cannon formation?" The war has made Captain Marilud no longer underestimate the army of Xinshang Company.
Since Spain colonized America, this is the most tragic and difficult war that the colonists fought.
Commander Philip had his own considerations, "This group of damn Qian people hid in the cave and was difficult to annihilate for a while. The army could not continue to waste like this. It must break through Yindu as soon as possible and end the war."
Although the Spanish colonized America for more than a hundred years and the colonies were able to provide food for the army, it was difficult to travel without development in North America, and transportation and supplies were very inconvenient.
Therefore, Commander Philip did not want to wait any longer and ordered the artillery team to bombard Yindu City.
Half a moment later, the Spanish went forward to build a cannon formation, and seventy or eighty cannons were set up in sequence under the city.
Liu Jiqiu happened to see it in the Tibetan Bing Cave and couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "I should have left a cannon in the Tibetan Bing Cave at the beginning."
"Boom boom boom!" The Spanish artillery team roared, and more than 70 artillery shot at Yinducheng Jihuo.
The shells hit hard, the city walls swayed, and bricks and stones fell down.
On the top of the city, there was a mess, with smoke and dust rolling everywhere, and the sight was unclear, and the sounds of screaming for help came one after another.
Master Zhang led his men through the city, risking being hit by artillery shells, and transported a wounded soldier down the city for rescue.
At this time, on the back of the city wall, Jiang Jiaren felt the vibration of the city wall and waved his hand to remove the dust on his body.
Zhao Ming, who was standing by, rolled up the drawings and said in a deep voice: "General, according to this bombing method, the city wall may not be able to be held for a few days!"
Jiang Jiaren didn't say anything, staring at the city wall with deep eyes. Calculated the time, the reinforcements from the Qian Dynasty should have arrived long ago.
"Oh!" Jiang Jiaren sighed, but unexpectedly, Shi Kai would never return, and he was wrong after all.
Yes, being a rich man in the Qian Dynasty was much more comfortable than being a chief in Yinzhou.
"Send a message to Jinshan, I will hold on for another six days. No reinforcements will come within six days. I will evacuate Yindu and ask them to retreat north immediately." Jiang Jiaren made up his mind helplessly.
If reinforcements had not arrived, it would be impossible to defeat the Spanish army in Yindu with the strength of the Shang army.
Jiang Jiaren and Xinshang Company had no choice but to give up their achievements in the past four years and continued to flee north, retreat to a barren place, and avoid the enemy's encirclement.
After the Xinshang Company regained the fortifications, it immediately organized civil servants to restore the fortifications and restore the mining of gold mines.
However, now, the miners and civilians in Kingsoft County have stopped working and started to pack up their things and are preparing to move north.
The Spanish attacked heavily, and Xinshang Company was weak and it was difficult to compete with without reinforcements.
At this time, Liu Zhongxia was standing by the dock, looking into the sea from afar, and it was almost a stone of looking at the husband's eyes, but there was no shadow of a sail on the sea.
"General, brothers are ready, and I'll wait for your order." An officer came to him and whispered.
Liu Zhongxia came to her senses, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Retreat!"
In Kingsoft County, the military and civilians had loaded supplies onto large trucks and prepared to move northward to a place with more sparse population and relatively barren land to avoid the attacks of the Spanish.
Tens of thousands of miners rescued by Xinshang Company also wanted to transfer them with Xinshang Company, but there was not enough materials and food. Although Xinshang Company sympathized with these black slaves, she still persuaded them to stay, and following them would only starve to death.
At this time, Liu Jixia came back from the pier, and people on both sides of the street looked at him. After waiting for his order, he set out north and continued to exile.
"Let's go!" Although he couldn't bear to leave, he had just obtained the Jinshan County, but the situation forced him to order to give up the channel for contact with the Qian Dynasty.
When everyone heard the words, they waved their whip and drove the ox cart. Just as they were about to get on the road, they suddenly exclaimed behind the team, "There is a boat!"
Liu Zhongxia was shocked when she heard this. Her first reaction was that the Spanish warship was coming.
He quickly stood to a high place, took out the thousand-mile mirror to check, and saw several sails appearing on the sea, but there was no flag with the identity hanging on it.
Fifteen Qianchao sailboats on the sea came all the way through the wind and waves.
On the main mast of the sailboat, the soldiers who were responsible for looking at the look were cautiously so that they could discover the Spanish warships first, so as to avoid them directly and not fight with them.
Just when the military and civilians of Kingsoft discovered the fleet, Wang Dou's soldiers also discovered Kingsoft County. He couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Land, we are in Kingsoft!"
After sailing for so long, the soldiers on the deck said everything they could say and chatted about. Everyone sat together, but no one spoke, and the ship was dead.
At this time, Zhao Tai heard the shout, but he didn't react to the first sound. He had no communication for a long time, which made his head a little dull.
The soldiers on the Wangdou shouted over and over again, and finally Zhao Tai and others reacted. The soldiers on the deck stood up one after another and walked to the side of the ship. There was a long coastline in the distance.
"Aoah~ to Jinshan!" The soldiers on the deck cheered and hugged each other happily.
In Jinshan County, Liu Jixia saw cheering figures on the boat from the Qianli mirror. At this moment, the sailboats had already hung the Qianchao flag to indicate their identity.
Liu Jixia saw the red dragon flag flying on the mast, her hands trembled a little, and suddenly she excitedly said to the crowd who looked at him: "Brothers, they are reinforcements, the court has not forgotten us~"
Chapter completed!