In the night, a fire dragon was rolling forward along the long coastline of Sinaloa Province in the Kingdom of New Spain.

The terrain of Sinaloa Province is high in the east and low in the west. The east is covered with densely forested mountainous areas, making it difficult to travel. The coastal area to the west is flat land, which is very narrow. It is really a "belt", like a belt.

It is paved from north to south all the way to Nayarit Province. It is very easy to go south along this "belt". With the elite foot power of the New Zealand Army, if you march lightly and quickly, it is not difficult to cover one or two hundred miles in a day and night.

Son!

Of course, as a field army, the Army of the United States of New Zealand cannot achieve such speed at any time. It must march quickly with complete light equipment in order to travel at a speed of 100 or even 200 miles a day and a night.

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Tonight, the 1st Division of the Xinzhou Army moving south along the coastline was completely lightly armed.

First of all, none of these tens of thousands of officers and soldiers have helmets or armor - the Xinzhou Army has always been well-equipped. Of course, they are equipped with helmets and breastplates, but they are not always equipped with them for every expedition, depending on who the opponent is.

If you are fighting Indians, of course you must carry armor in order to minimize casualties. If the opponent is a European-style army like the New Spanish Army that mainly uses firearms, there is no need to carry armor. To avoid being too heavy a burden and reducing the strength of the troops

Mobility ability.

Secondly, the baggage carried by this army was incredibly small! All soldiers only carried five days' worth of rations, weapons, ammunition, water bottles and other necessary equipment.

Third, according to Zhu Hehao's order, all the baggage vehicles and the materials carried on the vehicles were burned! All artillery pieces above the 6-pound gun were also abandoned! The artillery battalion of the Xinzhou 1st Division only carried 24 6-pound bronze guns

The artillery headed south quickly.

Fourth, the First Division of the Xinzhou Army carries a large number of war horses, walking horses, pack horses, and draft horses. The cavalry is all mounted by one person and two riders, and each artillery is equipped with enough draft horses, and there are still some surplus horses that can be used

Carry supplies and wounded and sick people.

As for the officers who were originally equipped with walking horses, they all put on the same leggings as the soldiers and walked south along the coast. Even Zhu Hehao was no exception. He was leaning on a walking stick and was surrounded by soldiers. The Xinzhou United States under the torch

The warriors all saw their king following them, measuring the road foot by foot, and everyone couldn't help but speed up a bit - their king seemed to be quite reliable!

It is really not easy for the king Zhu Hehao to talk about it! Since he was a child, he received a militarized education in Nanjing Elementary School, an aristocratic elementary school that cultivates young officers. Then he went to Nanjing Middle School with the same style but more severe...

After that, it’s the Army Lecture Hall!

After graduating from the Martial Arts Hall, he was sent to the Army, led soldiers at the grassroots level, and then went to the Generalissimo's Mansion to be "gilded", and finally he was able to stand alone in the United States of New Zealand.

In terms of the military education and knowledge he has received, he far exceeds that of his opponent Tang Juan Jose, not to mention the "King of Qing Zhu Cihuan". However, to actually command an army and fight a battle is related to a big country.

The decisive battle of future and destiny is the first time!

"Bah, bah, bah..."

Faint gunshots came from behind. It should be that the black cavalry behind them were exchanging fire with the pursuing New Spanish cavalry.

On the night of March 26, Don Juan Jose did not realize at first that the army of the United States of New Zealand, which was facing him, would use the method of night march to bypass his camp and rush south...

.That night, a small number of black lancers meleeed with the Spanish cavalry around the New Spain Legion's camp for several hours before evacuating before dawn. It was only then that Don Juan Jose discovered that the New Zealand Army had bypassed him.

The camp headed south.

Frightened, Don Juan Jose quickly sent out cavalry to pursue him. Zhu Hehao had already been prepared. He sent out cavalry with black spears to intercept the rear, set up ambushes along the way, and fight the pursuing Spanish cavalry - they wanted to open up and fight.

The black lancers could not defeat the Spanish cavalry.

The former is a light cavalry that does chores, while the latter is mainly an armored heavy cavalry! However, the Black Lancers also have advantages. First, they are good at night attacks and setting up ambushes; second, they have multiple horses per person and can take turns riding.

Therefore, the tactics of running, fighting and ambushing also caused the cavalry of the New Spanish Legion to suffer a lot... and what was even more difficult for these cavalry was to follow Zhu Hehao's army.

The gray Don Juan Jose is the main force.

The Legion of New Spain was a "heavily armed force", carrying a large amount of baggage and artillery, and half of the musketeers carried Spanish heavy matchlocks. There were also a lot of pikemen, and the soldiers also carried a lot of luggage.

Unlike his opponents who dared to be lightly armed, Don Juan Jose did not have an entire fleet transporting supplies for him, so he did not dare to let his troops be completely lightly armed. His army was going to be completely lightly armed. Can he walk back to Mexico City?

Gotta put a question mark!

Don Juan Jose, who didn't dare to abandon supplies, didn't even dare to leave Zhu Hehao, who had circled behind him, with 15,000 Xinzhou Army troops! God knows what terrible things they would do?

So Don Juan Jose had no choice but to bite the bullet and urge more than 31,000 infantrymen under his command to pursue them day and night with artillery and baggage.

One side was completely lightly equipped, and the other side was carrying a lot of pots and jars. Of course, they were not as strong as their feet. After only two days of pursuit, Don Juan Jose's team was already exhausted. Not only was it thrown away by Zhu Hehao's army,

After traveling for more than a hundred miles, there were also a large number of laggards and attrition. I don’t know if there were 25,000 officers and soldiers (not counting the cavalry who went ahead) who were still chasing after Don Juan Jose.

Diego Don de Mello, the chief of staff of the New Spanish Legion, had already rode to Don Juan Jose and reminded Jose in a low voice: "Your Highness the Regent, this cannot continue! We can't catch up with the enemy at all.

....."

Don Juan Jose had not slept for two days and two nights. The elderly regent of New Spain was a little unable to hold on, and he was complaining in his heart - these Asians are too good at running away, Jiaqing Army

That's true, so what's the matter with the Xinzhou Army? It just refuses to fight properly. It's really outrageous.

"Your Highness," Diego Don de Mello said, "We can either select our elite troops and let them move forward completely lightly, or we can simply give up the pursuit!"

"Abandon the pursuit?" Don Juan Jose glanced at his chief of staff angrily, "Am I going to flee back to Mexico City in despair?"

"Your Highness," Diego Don de Mello frowned, "the current condition of the troops is very bad, very tired, and there are many soldiers who are falling behind or fleeing! The Indian militiamen are almost gone...many

The knights from Sinaiyaro and Nayarit also deserted!"

"How could a knight desert?" Don Juan Jose looked very shocked.

"Your Highness, many people's estates are located in Sinaiyaro and Nayarit. These two territories are under threat from the enemy..."

"Damn it!" Don Juan Jose cursed, but still refused to give up the pursuit. "We can let everyone take a rest until tomorrow afternoon..."

"But this rest," Diego Don de Mello said, "I'm afraid it will only make the distance between us and the enemy even wider!"

"No, not necessarily!" Don Juan Jose said thoughtfully, "Maybe... maybe as soon as we stop, the enemy will turn around and come back to fight us."

Diego Don DeMello thought for a while, nodded and said: "Maybe, now their advantage is not small..."

Don Juan Jose's face was ashen: "Let's give it a 50-50 shot, we still have a chance of winning, because they ran so fast, they must have discarded a lot of baggage and artillery... If they continue to chase, maybe they won't be able to win."
Chapter completed!