From Guatemala, the road is high and mountainous, but the terrain becomes more and more gentle near the river valley delta.

In the rugged terrain, the Governor's reinforcements were cautious, for fear of suddenly being ambushed. After the low terrain, the vigilance of the men was greatly reduced, and the march became somewhat like an outing—the Spaniards took off all their armor and handed it over to their native servants.

No way, this place has a weird climate.

Half a year is dry, half a year is rainy, and the average temperature of the year is close to 30 degrees. The mountainous terrain is cooler, and the closer you get to the flat coast, the hotter it gets, and it's still uncomfortably hot and humid.

After leaving the mountains, you can't walk far in armor, and your whole body will be soaked with sweat like a sauna.

Not only did the Spaniards take off their armor, but they also took off their boots, which were also covered with sweat. They came from Guatemala, and they couldn't bear the situation here, less than a thousand miles away, but they had to pass through the savannah climate, the subtropical forest climate, and if they went a little west, they would even encounter the tropical rainforest climate.

"Your Excellency, cross the river ahead, and not far from the indigenous tribe." Said a resident of a small town who managed to escape.

Fred Gonda asked, "Is the river deep?" ”

The resident replied, "It's not deep, it's the dry season, and the river is waist-high." In three months, when the rainy season comes, it will flood overhead, and then you will have to take a boat. ”

Fred Gonda immediately ordered: "Rest for a while, the whole army is ready to cross the river." ”

As the general of this army, Fred Gonda also took off his armor and leather boots. He ordered a native servant to take off his straw sandals and put them on, so that they would be cool enough to walk without being awkward.

If you don't take it off, you can't take it off, this thing is wearing plate armor, and it is also the only plate armor in the whole army, and it only shows its eyes when fighting.

As for the other Spanish soldiers, they were mainly leather and chain mail, and their good equipment was also one of the reasons why they crushed the natives.

Rest for a while in the woodland by the river, the more you rest, the hotter it gets, the hot and humid climate, you can't stay in the woods to cool off, and the soldiers want to go down the river to cool off quickly.

"Cross the river!"

As Fred Gonda gave the order, the Spanish soldiers and the native servants scrambled to jump into the river, shouting in comfort.

However, the native servant army was responsible for transporting supplies, and they carefully tread water across the river with armor and food on their heads. The Spaniards only had to carry their weapons, and many of them were reluctant to go ashore, bending their knees and dipping their chests in the water, and the river was a paradise for those marching in the heat.

"Bastards, speed up, don't get in the way of the troops behind!" Fred Gunda scolded.

The swearing didn't have much effect, and the Spanish soldiers still grinded, but the natives who were transporting the supplies walked very quickly.

The first group of indigenous servants had just delivered supplies to the other side and were about to go back to continue moving things, when a group of enemies suddenly rushed out of the dense forest on the opposite bank.

"Kill!"

One hundred Han archers, more than 200 Han melee foot soldiers, and three or four hundred indigenous warriors rushed from the forest to the riverbank. Because of the hot weather, even the Han people only wore shorts and killed bare-chested.

Woohoo!

The Han Chinese archers threw at will, because of the high humid climate, the bowstring was a little weak, and the range became very pitiful, but they still shot several enemies.

The native servants, who had just come ashore, turned in fright and fled for their lives into the river.

The Spanish soldiers in the river also returned the same way, but the sound of fire suddenly sounded behind them.

There were 200 Spanish soldiers on the shore, guarding the supplies that had not been transported across the river. But they were greedy for coolness, and they went down to the river to bathe, and even the general Fred Gonda lost his vigilance.

Who would have thought that those hundreds of Chinese, after sacking the town, would not take a boat and slip away, but also stayed to fight an ambush?

Even if you want to engage in an ambush, you should choose the mountains. There are many suitable places for ambushes, and the climate is much cooler, how can you ambush by this hot and humid river?

Being in the middle of the river, being caught between two sides, and it was an ambush, the Spanish reinforcements collapsed in an instant.

Fred Gonda didn't have time to return to his armor, turned on his horse shirtless, drew his sword and shouted: "Crush the enemy!" ”

More than thirty knights, all soaking their feet by the river, went ashore and rode their horses, and rushed towards the enemy with their swords bare-chested.

Seeing the terrifying cavalry rushing towards them, hundreds of indigenous warriors panicked, at least half of them turned and fled, and the remaining half also trembled, shooting indiscriminately with flying stones and javelins.

Chen Li hit 50 musketeers and fired a volley at more than 30 Spanish knights. It's a pity that the marksmanship is bad enough, and he shoots before he enters the range, and only knocks over one cavalryman in one round of shooting.

"Spearmen!"

150 spearmen on top, and 200 swordsmen behind them.

In the face of more than 30 cavalry charges, these half-way monks were trembling with fear. If it weren't for Chen Li's prestige and precedent of killing people in battle, I'm afraid these spearmen would have been defeated.

Since the spearmen were barely holding their ground, it was the turn of the Spanish cavalry to catch the blind.

They don't have any armor at the moment, they are all shirtless, and they only have a sword in their hands, and they are rushing into a spear formation five times their size?

Fred Gonda did not want to seek death, so he suddenly turned halfway and rushed into the dense forest by the river with his cavalry.

Chen Li shouted: "The spearmen form a formation to protect the rear, and the other brothers are rushing with me!" ”

At this time, two or three hundred enemies had already come ashore, and Chen Li led 200 swordsmen, 50 musketeers, and hundreds of indigenous friendly troops to rush over.

Those indigenous allies were very interesting, and they were not afraid of anything but the Spanish cavalry. When they saw the cavalry, they fled, and the cavalry ran and they came back, throwing stones and javelins shooting wildly at the Spanish infantry on the shore.

"Bang bang bang!"

The musketeers, who had finished reloading, also fired at the enemy on the shore.

Chen Li was so angry that he shouted: "Lao Tzu said beforehand, you are not allowed to release the gun, and the firearm must be kept to deal with the cavalry!" ”

Anger is returned, and the results are still there.

In the face of flying stones, javelins, and buckshot, as well as the rushing Han footmen, those enemies who had just landed on the shore scattered and fled in an instant.

Seeing that all his subordinates were running to chase and kill, Chen Li could only shout: "The spearmen and firecrackers are not allowed to move, move closer to me and form a formation!" ”

The order was ineffective, and most of the spearmen ran to chase the enemy, and the musketeers were still obedient and were panicking to reload their ammunition.

Most of the enemy, who were in the river at this time, were flanked from both sides, and did not dare to go ashore at all, and hurriedly fled downstream.

More than 30 Spanish cavalrymen, seeing that Chen Li's spear formation was in chaos, rushed out of the dense forest by the river again.

"Formation, formation!" Chen Li shouted.

At this time, there were only more than forty spearmen left, and they were barely in formation, and they were already trembling with fear.

Chen Li simply stood in front of the spear formation and shouted: "Lao Tzu will not die, you will not retreat." Lao Tzu is dead, don't want to live! Fight and kill! ”

The spearmen who did not run to chase the enemy were relatively disciplined, but when they saw Chen Li's courage at this time, their morale was greatly boosted in an instant, and they all squatted and held spears at the cavalry.

The musketeers kept reloading their ammunition, but the more they panicked, the more confused they became, and nearly half of them couldn't fill it.

Chen Li half-crouched and drew his knife, and when the cavalry approached, he immediately shouted: "Let go!" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

With less than thirty muskets, they managed to get their ammunition out, but this time they were closer, and they knocked out six cavalrymen, one of whom was Fredegonda.

As soon as the general died, there was a spear array in front, all the friendly troops fled in the river, and there were more than 20 Spanish knights left, where were they willing to fight? They fled back into the forest. They had no food or armor on them, and they returned to Guatemala for six or seven hundred miles, and there were many plateaus and mountains, and they could not ride all the way, and they did not know how many of them would make it back alive to report to the governor.

Chen Li didn't know if these cavalrymen had really run away, and still let the spearmen and firecrackers form a formation.

As for the other Han Chinese and natives, they have all gone crazy. They pursued along the banks of the river, and no matter which side the enemy landed from, they immediately rushed up and killed them. At the beginning, the enemy was still swimming, and when he was tired of swimming, he could only wade and walk, but it was also difficult to walk in the waist-deep river.

"Surrender, we surrender!" Countless Spanish soldiers raised their hands and shouted.

Chen Li rode a captured war horse, carefully ensured that he would not fall, and proudly ordered: "Those who surrender must not go ashore immediately, untie each other's belts and tie their hands behind their backs!" ”

Seeing that his subordinates were receiving a large number of prisoners, Chen Li smiled bitterly.

Obviously, he grabbed eight horses in the town, but no one knew how to ride. They waited for enemy reinforcements for half a month, and several leaders sharpened their spears in battle, but they were only trained to run on flat ground, and they did not dare to ride horses on the battlefield to kill.

And those soldiers under him, what the hell!

Usually trained well, he was always disobedient when he fought, and this ambush almost overturned.

Clean up the battlefield and count the results.

784 Spanish soldiers were captured, and 2,397 were captured by the indigenous servants, and it is difficult to count how many were killed, because the river was littered with corpses.

A pair of full-body plate armor, nearly 1,000 pairs of chain mail and leather armor, hundreds of swords, 4 small artillery pieces, 52 smoothbore guns, 2 war horses, and a lot of food and rum were seized.

Chen Li was very speechless, these Spanish soldiers actually marched long distances with rum.

There were also many trophies, which were lost in the river in the panic of the enemy. The indigenous friendly forces are salvage, and Chen Li doesn't plan to ask for it, and everything salvaged will be distributed to the natives.

As for the losses of the Han Chinese, uh...... Two people were slightly injured.

This battle loss ratio is very unscientific, just like opening a plug-in, it is not like a rabble can fight at all, even Chen Li himself can't believe it.

It can only be said that the Spaniards were too underestimated, they were used to arrogance in the Americas, and after the fall of the Aztec Empire, they have not encountered decent resistance so far. In peacetime battles, as soon as the muskets are released and the cavalry rushes, they are left to chase the natives all over the ground.

In three consecutive battles, the biggest casualty on Chen Li's side was actually the first battle of the ambush.

Twelve people died that time, and eight of them were hacked to death by Chen Li and his henchmen......

Three battles and three victories, with a brilliant record.

No matter which private soldier was sent by the maritime merchants, they were all convinced by Chen Li at this moment, and even reached the point of blind worship.

The next time there is a war, it is estimated that the troops will be much more obedient.

Lu Fang was also so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, and asked respectfully: "Da, how to deal with the prisoners?" ”

Chen Li said with a smile: "Those Spaniards, all of them are interrogated separately, and those who don't match the confession will be killed immediately." After all the confessions were extorted, the captured natives were allowed to kill their masters with their own hands. By the way, leave a few people who know Portuguese, don't kill, I still need a guide to fight. ”

The captured Spanish soldiers were tortured in turn, killing more than 100 on the spot. There are dozens of them, and the confessions are obviously not correct, and they were also cut down by the Han people.

On the third day, more than 600 Spanish prisoners were tied to trees and waited to die.

The more than 2,000 indigenous captives were forced to point their knives at their masters. One person was stabbed twice, and he had to be stabbed even if he died, and on average, every Spanish prisoner would be stabbed eight times in turn. It's good luck to be dead, some unlucky eggs were stabbed eight times, but they still stood up and didn't lose their breath.

Four Spaniards who knew Portuguese were left by Chen Li to lead the way. They witnessed the execution of the petition and were so frightened that they peed their pants and cried out to God.

The four knives were thrown over, and Chen Li smiled and said, "You guys can do it too, just keep a few that haven't been killed." ”

The four of them picked up the waist knife and didn't dare to move there.

Chen Li said: "Whoever doesn't do it, I will release the tied people, and then tie you up and kill you!" ”

The four of them rushed forward with knives and quickly hacked their former comrades-in-arms to death, successfully completing their petitions.

From now on, all four will be guarded separately. Any information they provide is checked against each other, and if the information contradicts each other, it is tortured in all kinds.

Their value is not limited to being a leading party, but also because they can communicate with the natives.

Chen Li wanted to subdue more natives, with more than 700 Han Chinese (less than 800 already) as the core, and led thousands of natives to attack Guatemala, the ruling core of Central America. The Spaniards are too brutal, and the natives have long had deep grievances, which belongs to the American version of "King Wu".

When the Aztec Empire fell, the situation was similar, the same group of Spaniards led countless indigenous tribes to fight, just because the Aztec emperor was unpopular.