Chapter 124: The Gariporia Ambush

The continent had always been the most unstable of the Republics, and the result of the intricate intertwining of the national question and religion in a particular fantasy was chaos and disorder, with the rich peasants and landlords uniting with the rebellious rebels of the kingdom who were unwilling to be defeated, and launching attacks and riots again and again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the northern Apennines in the mountains of Garipolia, it is known for its fierce people, as early as the period of the European countries, the mountain people were known for their disobedience to management, often broke out against the landlords, and were disgusted by the continental monarchs, and in the face of the republic, this group of Italian mountain people was even more arrogant.

Garibaldi's Red Shirts, led by the famous General Lyndon Van Da, he is a legend in almost all of Italy, a man who is considered a real man and a hero, a figure who combines romance and brutality against the enemy, a master of Italian art, a beautiful man.

And the reason why he is well known to the politicians of the republic, he has been doing rebellion, there seems to be his figure everywhere, he can't get rid of it, no matter how he exterminates, the mountain people play guerrilla warfare in the mountains there, the invincible army of the republic is played around, after humiliation, it is always gray and slippery, once pursued, it will be separated by the cunning mountain people one by one, each broken, and the combined attack in the mountains is also ineffective, but often harassed, the soldiers are tired, often at that time will be attacked, the attackers in all directions。

The Gallipolian mountain people have almost become the banner and symbol of the Europa rebels, and if they are not addressed, the republic will inevitably be more challenged, but the brave northern mountain people are as unruly as the descendants of the Sicilian pirates in the south, "The Italians are the most warlike people, and when they want to fight, they are almost invincible, although they do not want to fight most of the time, and prefer to engage in art, but we should not underestimate the people who retain Roman blood, they are the descendants of the Masi, one of the Roman clans." The councillor of the Seho clan commented.

However, the military forces of the Republic have always been disdainful of Italians, such as the Commander of the Illuan Army, who was stationed in the Gaul province of Europa, in the mountains of Santa Jena Maria, who was extremely disdainful of Italians.

"What can a group of mountain people do? let alone the Italians? Do they really understand what war is? They are better suited to carving, Painting and singing, leading the way, occasionally composing poems, seducing the unknown truth of a country or the profligate stupid young woman who is fascinated by them, this is all they are capable of, going to the Italians is like a relaxing tour, and there will be no resistance, and their citizens will only timidly stick their heads at our swords and dare not resist, and as for the mountain people, a group of barbarians in the mountains who have never seen the world, there is no need to worry, I will go there to fight when I have the opportunity, and tear off their poor fig leaf of dignity。 ”

The Italian city-states rebelled throughout Europa with their preference, and there was once a saying that "if an Italian city-state and a Europa country are occupied at the same time, and that Europa country rebels against the occupiers, there is no possibility that the Italian city-state will not rebel." ”

This means that if there is a rebellion in other regions, the Italian city-states will definitely rebel.

Sure enough, under the agrarian reform movement, there was a massive rebellion in Europa, the Italian cities rebelled again, and the leader of the Red Shirts, Garibaldi Lyndon Wan, seemed to have appeared.

"The soldiers are not a battle at all, but a trip to the Apennines, and if there is a battle, it is likely to be a monster in the forest, or a militia in the city or a militia in the mountains, you know, the Italians will not fight at all, and they will be easily defeated by us even with three times or more superiority in troops." ”

He expressed such an opinion in the army, but was strongly dissatisfied with the flag bearer of the Eagle Banner, who believed that no opponent should be underestimated, especially as a legion commander, and the soldiers should not be relaxed, but should show the courage of a lion and the caution of a rabbit, and the commander of the legion laughed at the rabbit only timidity, and the lion will never be you.

The two had a heated argument, and in the end, neither could convince anyone.

The Legionnaire was furious, "Then you will stay, and wait for me to return victoriously and be executed, or you will just shut your stupid mouth and get out, or." He drew his sword, "Kill your negativity-mongering enemy spy now, Garibaldi's sympathizer." ”

On the same day, after the last attempt of the flag bearer was declared unsuccessful, he departed, but just when the commander thought that the matter had settled.

The next day, things happened more than he had imagined, and the flag bearer had a letter to the regional military council to accuse him.

How the commander of the legion endured, and gathered the whole army, asked him to act according to the tradition of Goliath, announce his last words in public, and then prepare to die.

This is the punishment that the commander can override the law for the soldier, because according to tradition, the commander can kill the soldier for his betrayal, which includes anything that is unfavorable to the commander, can be regarded as betrayal, and the commander can usually execute people according to the soldier's will, and the general soldier does not oppose it well, which means that he approves of the commander's behavior.

The flag bearer took out the eagle banner, then knelt down before the whole army, and shouted that he would never give in, that he would guard the integrity of a soldier, and that he would refute the wrong actions of the commander, and that if the commander was angry because of this, he would never succumb to the threat of death, and shouted that the Great Goliath was not afraid of death, and that he should not be insulted for no reason, and if he wanted to die, then behead him before the fascists, and he would use his death to comfort the nurturing of the country and the glory of the soldiers.

"Kill him", after seeing that the flag officer kneeling on the ground was still disturbing the morale of the army, and there was no sign of stopping, the regiment commander quickly became impatient, he sneered at the flag officer, stepped on the fascist with one foot, and looked at the flag officer with contempt, perhaps really tired of it, and then turned around and walked away, walking towards his own camp, and before leaving, he turned back and commanded.

Then he muttered to himself, "This bold fanatic can actually get mixed into the army, the country is really degenerate, hum." ”

The flag bearer looked at the executioner and said awe-inspiringly, "Kill you, it is the duty of a soldier to carry out orders, that's true, but as a Goliath, you are a failure, and as a citizen of a republic with a sense of law, you are a complete failure." ”

Finally, he cried out, "Fellow citizens, I am grieved by your indifference, are you the soldiers of the country, are you really Goliaths, cowards and cowards, or brainwashed fools?"

He was soon pressed to the guillotine by the Legion's cronies, and then the knife fell with the knife, and the head and body seemed to have been separated.

The officer laughed and picked up the head, then slammed it to the ground, only to be crushed by a kick.

"Any questioning of the corps commander is death, there is only one of you that should be done, listen to the corps commander, advance, and then die, die, kill the enemy, for you, there is only one way, the corps commander let go, advance or die, there is no second possibility, even if it is wrong, you can't have any opposition, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law. ”

Then he pulled out a few soldiers who did not like the eyes and whipped them for a while, and then left in high spirits, and the soldiers bowed and saluted collectively, including those who were beaten to the ground, and also endured severe pain and saluted respectfully.

The commander of the regiment is really wise, and it should be like this, how can there be two voices in the army, and only by killing the villain with hidden evil intentions can we achieve unity and be loved and respected by the sergeants. Some of the other officers were also talking.

"Yes, it's a pity that Horstanino doesn't know how to obey the commander of the legion, which leads to bad luck, as a subordinate, how can you oppose the commander, he is taking us to make war achievements, and nothing else, why should he be defeated, that's not right. ”

At this time, an officer said, "Don't say it, it's not good to be heard by soldiers with a heart." ”

The discussion came to an abrupt end, and the soldiers of the whole army had to do with what they were discussing, and they had already dispersed and went to write letters to their families, perhaps they would go to heaven as soon as they went, or they would be canonized as gods, for the soldiers of the republic, this was a common thing, and it was nothing to die, there were beauties of heaven and the possibility of becoming gods, and there was a great honor of dedicating oneself to His Majesty and the country, and the only bad thing was those who did not treat people as human beings.

However, victory did not come as the commander had imagined, and his army crossed the Alps and marched quickly towards the Garibaldi under the jurisdiction of the town hall of Garipolia in the province of Apennines, throwing away a large amount of baggage at the command of the commander, marching more than 120 maroli in one day, and by the time the troops reached the appointed area, they were exhausted, but they were quickly regained under the disciplined command of the commander.

But the lost physical strength is still difficult to return, only the mental will to fight, but the troops still need to rest, the corps commander is unwilling to stop, he thinks that at this time, it is right to give the enemy a sudden blow, any rest may delay the fighter, he in front of 35,000 soldiers loudly commanded the troops to continue to move forward, he himself took the lead, in order to show his determination, he planned to dismount first, the first to jog all the way forward, and then did so.

The troops could not, and the tired soldiers, seeing the commander of the legion, had to move on, and most of their baggage had been lost, and if they wanted to get food and water, they had to go to the city to obtain it, and those city-state citizens must be very rich, and with the support of the corps commander, they could rob him of a sum, and when the time came, they would be paid for a few months, and maybe they could go to a high-end place and get a few beautiful women.

And they hoped that the enemy would be caught off guard by them, and then victory would make up for everything, and the commander of the legion would always leave them something if he took the lion's head, and the soldiers thought so, and suddenly their eyes were once again filled with fierce coldness and solemn temperament.

The wealth of Italian cities and the desire to capture booty from the enemy sustained the soldiers' extreme rush, and their rush was effective, and some city-states were caught off guard by the sudden Goliath killing.

They hurriedly closed the city gate, and then called the citizens to defend, originally Goliath's cavalry had suddenly used the chaos to cover in, and killed several guards, about to open the gate, but there were warriors in the city, he almost single-handedly killed five Goliath soldiers with people and horses, and the flowing swordsmanship saw that the Goliath soldiers more than ten steps away from the city were in a hurry, but it was still too late, and the city gate was closed.

And in that instant, hundreds of Goliath cavalry were killed.

No, Goliath was ready to attack the city, but they were not panicking, on the contrary, a strong city would not be difficult for them, their advanced military system could fully cope with a city of this size, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.

Some Goliath soldiers took turns outside the city to constantly harass the defenders inside the city to drain their energy and will, so as to create a better opportunity for the next large army to attack the city and reduce casualties.

Although the city defense was strong, the engineers in the Goliath army were much more powerless when they quickly turned the uncut trees outside the city into siege equipment, and those engineers made not only the fierce trebuchets that were almost inferior to some of the great cannons, but also all kinds of crossbow machines, and the walls of Lombardy were extremely strong, but they still fell after the Goliath attacked despite the casualties.

Although the defenders in the city can be regarded as tenacious, they can basically fight to the death without retreating, in order to protect their wives and children, it can be said that they are not desperate, but the Goliaths continue to charge, suffocating like the waves of the sea and uninterrupted blows like wind and rain, the spirit finally collapses first, and the time is right, and the rhythm of the attack is suddenly increased and broken.

However, their persistence was good, after all, it was useless to hold on, the heavy walls were broken and allowed for people to enter, and the weapons in the city were consumed by the inexperienced soldiers due to the previous harassment, which led to the destruction of the city.

The gates were opened by the Goliath sergeants who had crossed the walls, and the gates were opened, and then the sound of the soldiers stepping on the ground was incessant, and a feeling of iron hooves trampling was flowing and flowing, and men carrying horses into the city without resistance.

There was also sporadic resistance from time to time, and the citizens attacked with crossbow arrows at the entrance of the alley, but they were quickly quelled by the Goliaths, and according to the orders of the legion commander Shayz Illua, the city was ransacked, but he strictly forbade rape and killing, because then he would be judged, and the soldiers obeyed the order, not to kill or ****, but there was no shortage of looting, first of all, the legion commander himself led people to loot the granaries in the port.

Plenty of golden wheat and steamed bread, wine and spirits, and eggs and marinated roast meat were found in the granary.

After making sure that there was no poison, the commander ordered the whole army to enjoy a meal, and he himself went to study the battle plan, and his final goal was not to continue to penetrate deep into the terminal of the Apennine Peninsula to occupy the city, but to solve the troubles in the mountains, that is, the green forest heroes of Garibaldi, as the city people called them, a word that the Venetians had transmitted from the East to describe the mountain people as unbearable.

Immediately after a short rest, he called for an urgent dispatch of the whole army, and most of the soldiers took the initiative because of the food satisfaction and the encouragement of victory.

They advanced in the direction of return, but they were ambushed, and the mountain people came uninvited, but at first the Goliaths did not know that they were mountain people, and the commander of the army had already expressed his vigilance when passing by that section of the road, but he did not think much about it when he thought that he was not attacked when he came, because he always believed that the mountain people would not sit idly by and watch the life and death of the people in the city, but it turned out that he was wrong.

The rolling stones and various arrows launched from the mountains hit the psychology and spirit of the Goliath army, and the cruel army of this group of cruel soldiers also panicked for a while, but then immediately restored order, they quickly concealed and launched a counterattack, all the way to retreat.

The attack on the top of the mountain is absolutely dominant, because no attack can not hit the enemy, and no attack is ineffective, but the Goliaths are not soft persimmons, on the contrary, they are very powerful, they counterattack according to the mountain rocks, the archery is superb and abnormal, even if it is down and up, it is often a hit and hit, but it is not enough to kill the mountain people at once, because their heavy bow is discarded, and now they are equipped with a light object with strong penetrating power, but the arrow will not hook the meat and pull it out, and now they have tasted the bitterness, and when they think about how to get out, they all think of the legion commander。

The soldiers couldn't help but resent that it was the impudence of the corps commander that made the whole army fall into an extremely passive situation, and now there was only a stronghold to fight back.

On another rock, the Legion Commander's cronies, who were covered by the soldiers and officers, were hurrying to communicate with the Legion Commander, but suddenly got up, slowly and tentatively stood up, as soon as he tentatively stood up, he was struck by an arrow like a piercing head, quickly dodged, and calmly shot an arrow, hitting the attacker who was attacking him, and it was a blow that killed him, and the arrow he shot pierced the eye.

Immediately, he said to the corps commander, "Your Excellency, no, the enemy's fire is very fierce without any interruption. ”

The Legion Commander fell into deep thought, then he stood up resolutely, and in the face of the incoming arrows or shuttles, all of them were bounced away with his battle spirit, and his cronies also stood up, and the Legion Commander began to speak, and he then nodded and replied.

However, it is clear that they are standing up not so that the enemy can see them better, but so that the soldiers can see them.

The corps commander bowed his body again, and his cronies risked their lives to intersperse the battlefield and pass information to various officers, at this time the flag could not be used, and could only be transmitted on the battlefield with this kind of person-to-person message, and the communication equipment was not an elite unit, or because it was not an army in the hinterland of the republic, and it would not be equipped with that kind of precious thing.

The Goliath officers learned of the order of the regiment commander, and they quickly made tactical adjustments, some of them attracted and applied fire point cover, while some of them made a detour to the top of the mountain, they crawled on the ground, groped their way forward, and soon advanced to the halfway point of the mountain, and it was at this time that they were discovered by the mountaineers, and all kinds of attacks came fiercely.

The Goliaths were miserable, but they continued to move forward regardless of casualties, and finally they launched a charge, and then took a hill, and soon set up improvised weapons, and counterattacked, the crossbow arrows were loaded, and then fired, while more Goliaths crouched and continued to shoot accurately at the other side of the mountain, but those who could be found had already been killed, and the further they went, the smaller the results became, and after defeating and killing no one, they also began to help the people of the crossbow machine to reload.

At this time, the roundabout troops in one place were also interspersed in place, and after fierce repeated battles, they also captured the hill at the other end.

At this time, there was a sudden cold scene on the whole battlefield, and then it suddenly broke out, and the Goliath offensive broke out to an extreme point for a while, and it was also cruel to an extreme, suffocating and crazy like a torrential rain, and the shouts shook the sky, and they collectively came out of various covers, and carried out a group charge, and the Goliath troops on both sides also attacked together・・・・・・

At dusk, corpses were everywhere, and finally, the corps commander withdrew in disgrace.

In this battle, the Goliaths wiped out a total of more than 8,200 urban militia and mountain people, and their own casualties were 1,634 people, of which 444 were killed, and the losses were extremely heavy, and the army of more than 30,000 people suffered nearly 1,000 casualties at once, and the opponent was only mountain people, although it was not necessarily weakened by the so-called regular army, but the republic pays attention to military exploits, no matter how many mountain people are killed, what is the use, will the parliament reward the troops who have 'meritorious service in suppressing bandits'.

The arrogance of the Illua Regiment was dealt a severe blow to this attack, and the captain's tour became a humiliating military joke, and they came and went for nearly a thousand miles, without finding a single accurate target, and were ambushed by a group of mountain people, and there was no trace of the Red Shirt Garibaldi Lyndon Wan.

The whole army was filled with great dissatisfaction with the regiment commander and a slightly low morale, and the sergeants remembered the flag officer who was cautious and cared about them very much, and many soldiers remembered that the flag officer often made decisions for them, and remembered the unfair treatment of the flag officer, and the truth of the so-called assassination of the regiment commander by the flag officer, and accidentally began to circulate a trace of truth from the mouths of some officers, and suddenly, a long-hidden anger was at the zero point of the outbreak.

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