"Hold the spear straight!"

"Fire the bayonet!"

"God bless Spain...onward!"

As the Spanish military orders sounded, Duke Charles V of Lorraine and Cardinal Philip, who were riding tall Andalusian horses, saw the pikemen in a horizontal line in front first leveling their spears, and then

The fusiliers silently put bayonets on their muzzles, and finally the pikemen were in front and the fusiliers were behind. When the leading officers saw that their soldiers were ready, they asked the messengers around them to light the fire.

He lit the torch, shouted the command, and strode into the forest.

Led by the light of the fire, the soldiers followed the officers' orders and took steps toward the woods ahead. With the sound of soft footsteps, another brigade of the Spanish Royal Army disappeared into the night-shrouded forest.

Then, another brigade of the Spanish Royal Army came forward in a mighty manner, forming a horizontal line where the brigade that had just entered the forest formed its formation...

It is now the early morning of August 13, 1692. Although it is midsummer, the night breeze is slightly cool and very comfortable. And from last night to now, the moon has been bright in the sky and the stars are bright.

The weather and visibility were quite good, and it was indeed a good time for a night attack and a sneak attack. Encouraged by Archbishop Philip and his priests, the Spanish imperial troops who participated in today's sneak attack were all in high morale.

I believe that this good weather and this comfortable temperature must be a miracle brought by the Holy Spear, just to make it easier for everyone to march and launch sneak attacks!

With the holy spear in hand and God's blessing, this battle will be won!

Under the moonlight, another three to two thousand bayonets and spear points undulated slightly under the moonlight, and then disappeared into the forest.

A German officer rode up to the Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip, and then reported loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Archbishop, all the infantry have entered the forest, and the 1st Infantry Brigade has successfully passed through the forest! And the Incas'

The camp is still quiet, without any reaction... the surprise attack has been successful!"

"Thank God!"

"God bless Spain!"

"God bless Emperor Leopold!"

The Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip were immediately surrounded by "God bless", and although these two real bosses still maintained a certain degree of reserve, their faces were already full of winner's smiles.

The Duke of Lorraine smiled and said to the officers and messengers around him: "Order all 3-pounders, mortars, signal rocket launchers and cavalry to pass through the forest!"

"yes!"

Immediately, several messengers took the Duke's order and galloped to give orders to the accompanying artillery and cavalry. The Duke of Lorraine then said to Archbishop Philip beside him: "Your Majesty, it's our turn!"

"good!"

Archbishop Philip reached out and took out a shining golden spear from an attendant beside him - this is the Longinus Spear, the holy spear of Christianity!

I saw this red archbishop just raising his holy spear and shouting loudly: "In the name of Jesus, destroy all devils and devil believers! Jesus is with us... March towards the devil's camp! God bless

We, amen!”

"Amen!"

Amidst the sound of "Amen", the cardinal holding the holy spear high drove his horse forward and headed towards the forest ahead. The moonlight shone on the "golden spear" in the bishop's hand and the red robe on his body. It was really

It gives people a sacred and solemn feeling.

The Duke of Lorraine made the sign of the cross on his chest, then rode forward and followed Archbishop Philip into the woods ahead.

The woods had long been cleared by the skirmishers of the Spanish Royal Army, and there was no danger. The Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip, led by a German officer who was holding a torch and clearing the way on foot, took less than half an hour to cross.

This forest is at least half a Spanish mile (2.5-3 kilometers) wide. Before they walked out of the woods, the German officer leading the way had put out the torch in his hand to avoid exposing the target. Outside the woods, there was a very wide area.

On the grassland, the infantry who had already passed through the woods had already set up an offensive formation under the command of the officers. The soldiers of the eight brigades formed two large horizontal formations, four brigades in one team. The infantry were divided into battalions.

As a unit, four rows were arranged. The fusiliers have been adjusted to the front three rows, and the pikemen have been placed in the back row.

About half an hour later, the artillery and cavalry also came over. The heavier 6-pound cannon did not come for the time being, and the 3-pound cannon, the mortar and the rocket launcher, which could be dismantled and carried by mules and horses, all passed smoothly.

The woods. Then they were assembled on the edge of the woods. Among them, the 3-pounder cannon and the mortar had a relatively short range, so they were pushed or carried forward by the artillery. There was also a group of skirmishers and cavalry following behind to cover. And a few

Most rocket launchers are used to launch signal rockets. They are tools for soldiers rather than weapons for artillery.

In the summer of Texas, the days are long and the nights are short. It is almost two or three o'clock in the morning, and you can already feel that the sky is slightly brighter. Most people on the Spanish Imperial Army's front line are holding their breath and concentrating, looking at the two or three thousand yards.

The Inca camp outside was lit with many torches and hung with many lanterns.

Seeing that the Inca camp was unusually calm and seemingly unaware that the enemy was right under their noses, all the Spanish imperial officers and soldiers could not restrain their excitement. Some of the guys who were particularly devout to God were so excited that tears filled their eyes.

.

This is not because the Incas were too careless, this is because the "Holy Spear" is showing a miracle!

The Duke of Lorraine is also a devout Catholic. At this time, he was making the sign of the cross on his chest and muttering words, as if he was reciting the "Psalm of Mary" - as an experienced battlefield veteran, of course he has

I realized that something was wrong. The Inca people on the opposite side were too insensitive and careless... And through the moonlight, torches, and lanterns, the Duke could also see that the large camp opposite was very organized! Like this

Even if a large number of artillery were concentrated in the camp and the camp was bombarded with sugar and explosive shells, it would still take several days to destroy it.

The ability to build such a camp shows that there must be many very professional soldiers among the Incas who are familiar with the tactics and tactics of the sugar medicine era!

How come the professional officer corps didn't place enough clear and concealed sentries outside the camp... The enemy could almost touch it without knowing anything about it, which is really surprising.

According to the Duke of Lorraine's original prediction, his army might encounter the Inca's hidden sentry when passing through the forest to the west of the Inca camp in the river bend, and they would definitely be discovered by the opponent when they set up their formation outside the forest - so

The Duke of Lorraine asked Lieutenant General Churchill to lead a brigade of the English Expeditionary Force and march to the east bank of the Colorado River with many rocket launchers. This was so that when fighting broke out on the west bank, Churchill could launch rockets into the Inca camp.

Bombs, disrupting their military morale.

But now, there is no movement from the Incas!

If Archbishop Philip hadn't been protecting him with the Holy Spear, he would have suspected that those cunning Inca devils had already noticed that the Spaniards were coming to attack, so they had prepared a trap... But now there is the Holy Spirit with boundless power.

Spear, it is normal for those Inca people who believe in the devil to die in their sleep.

At this moment, one of the Duke's adjutants came over quickly: "Report, the artillery is ready!"

The Duke of Lorraine looked up at the sky, it was a little brighter again, it was time to attack!

"God bless, God bless..." The Duke muttered two more words of "God bless" silently, then looked back at Archbishop Philip and whispered: "His Royal Highness, you can begin!"

When Cardinal Philip heard this, he raised the holy spear in his hand high and shouted: "Jesus bless us! Amen!"

Then he pointed his spear forward again!

As the spear in the cardinal's hand pointed forward, a signal rocket was pushed up into the sky with the power of the detonation of sugar pills, and then exploded!

Under the cover of skirmishers equipped with rifled guns and grenades, as well as Spanish light cavalry, the 23-door 3-pound regiment had been pushed to the front by artillery, less than one-sixth of a Spanish mile away from the west gate of the Inca camp.

The cannon has long been aimed at the tall wooden door. There are also twelve mortars, all neatly placed and ready to fire at any time.

Seeing the rockets exploding in the air, a German officer in charge of commanding the artillery team suddenly raised a signal flag, and then waved it down heavily: "Let go!"

Twenty-three 3-pound regimental cannons lined up first spit out tongues of flame, and then twelve 12-pound mortar cannons fired out explosive shells filled with brown sugar gunpowder. The explosive shells also landed around the gate.

A ball of fire exploded!

Because Texas is completely wild, the roads are difficult to travel, and there are no bridges across large rivers and streams. The heavy guns cannot be maneuvered at all, so the Spanish royal family of the Duke of Lorraine brought 3-pound guns, 6-pound guns and

Several launchers for firing signal rockets, and a mortar capable of firing 12-pound explosive shells.

At the same time, on a position on the other side of the Colorado River, more than twenty rocket launchers were lined up. Lieutenant General Churchill was guarding the position, stretching his neck and looking there. He saw the sky.

After exploding the signal rocket, he raised his right hand high and then waved it down heavily: "Let go!"

Following his order, all the sugar-powder rockets placed on the thirty or so rocket launchers were ignited - these were not signal rockets that only heard the sound and saw the light, but carried sugar-powder explosives.

The rockets they fired all dragged long tail flames and roared towards the Inca camp on the other side of the river! Although the Spaniards did not have a more reliable mercury fuse, most of the rockets either did not explode or did not explode before landing.

It exploded in mid-air and could not hurt the enemy at all. But the rockets exploding in the air looked very scary. Those ignorant Incas would definitely be scared to death...

...

"Boom boom boom..."

When the spectacular rockets exploded over the Inca camp, as if fire from the sky was about to set off a prairie fire, Borzigit Cering was standing behind a parapet with his arms folded, observing the battlefield. Of course he was not panicked at all.

...How could he be panicking? He also attended Xiaolingwei Lecture Hall in Nanjing and studied artillery. He had personally played with much more powerful rockets equipped with mercury fuses!

Moreover, the Yin family also has a small rocket launcher team... Although it is only equipped with six six-unit rocket launchers, its power is unmatched by the Spanish rocket launchers because of the thunder mercury fuse.

But now is not the time for these rocket launchers to show their power, because all six rocket launchers were taken away by Celing Dundobu, and Borzigit Celing only had... snipers using rifled guns.

and Yin family warriors equipped with revolvers.

Thinking of this, Borzijit Celing looked around. Five battalions of Yin family warriors were standing with him behind the parapet on the west side of the camp, smiling at the "fireworks" in the sky.

Or watching the Spaniards use cannon to blast apart the west gate of their camp - they were two fairly strong wooden doors, but they still couldn't withstand the bombardment.

After three or four rounds of Spanish cannon fire, only a loud "bang" was heard, and the two thick and large wooden doors finally couldn't withstand the hammer blows of the cannonballs and fell to the ground.

The moment the gate fell to the ground was when the Yin family warriors attacked. Borzijit Celing took a red-yellow dragon flag from the hands of a Yin family warrior beside him, and jumped onto the flag in front of him.

Then he waved the flag vigorously and shouted: "Yin family warriors, move forward!"

The Yin family warriors standing behind the parapet also shouted loudly: "Go forward! Kill the enemy!"

Borzigit Celing jumped directly from the parapet, then held the big flag and walked outside the camp at the lead!

Behind him, about two thousand Yin family warriors also climbed out of the wall without hesitation, followed Borzigit Celing, pushed open the gate installed on the wooden fence in front, and then jumped out of the ditch.

He walked through the reserved passage and ran directly outside the camp!

After leaving the camp, these Yin family warriors did not form any horizontal or column formations. They just pulled out two loose lines of skirmishers, and then walked towards the formation facing the Spanish Royal Army.

This scene immediately stunned the Spanish royal soldiers opposite.

What kind of fighting style is this? Why does it look like sending someone to death? There are so few people, no formation, and there are musketeers and archers (everyone with scimitars) mixed together, and they came up in a loose manner...

.... No wonder Pizarro destroyed the Inca Empire with more than 200 people. These barbarians who believe in the devil really don't know how to fight!

"The 3-pounder... turn its muzzle and aim at those devil's believers!"

The German officer commanding the artillery reacted immediately and quickly directed the 3-pounder guns that had been bombarding the camp gate just now to turn their muzzles and aim at the Incas who were walking quickly.

The Duke of Lorraine, who was watching the battle behind the battle line, was also stunned by this scene. He laughed for a while and said to Archbishop Philip beside him: "Your Highness, we have encountered a group of fools who don't know how to fight...

..We have won!"
Chapter completed!