Chapter 916: The Despair of the French Colonial Army

-----Under the leadership of Feng Houdun, about 3,000 Ming cavalry who had already crossed the river pursued in the direction of Orlang and other French troops. Ethereal.2

"Humph! The French must not be allowed to escape, they must be held back! While Feng Houdun rode his horse and galloped, he ordered the cavalry of the three thousand Ming army.

Although he had war horses, it had been a long time for three thousand soldiers and horses to cross the river, and now it must have been dozens of miles away from the French army such as the Marquis of Orlang.

The distance of dozens of miles is not too far, and in two hours at most, the Ming cavalry can catch up.

Indeed, as Feng Houdun estimated.

To the east, in the direction of the Atlantic, the Marquis of Orrand fled in this direction with the last remaining 20,000 French soldiers, their purpose was simple, to escape Canada on ships anchored along the coast, flee to South America, and form an alliance with the other four countries to resist the Ming army and retake Canada.

The Ming army was too strong, and the Marquis of Orlang was very afraid, even if he was too tired to run, he didn't want to rest, because he didn't want to be caught up by the Ming army.

An hour later, Orrand and 20,000 French soldiers ran for dozens of miles.

Even if the city of Ottawa was not too far from Lawrence Bay, where the ships of the French fleet were anchored, at this time, they still had to run hundreds of miles to get there, and it was impossible to really go without rest on the way, and if they were calculated, they would have to flee for at least three hours.

After running for so long, Orrand and the French soldiers finally couldn't hold it anymore and had to rest, but the Marquis of Orrand only let the soldiers rest for ten minutes before continuing to flee in the direction of Lawrence Bay.

"Drive! Drive! "Feng Houdun and other Ming cavalry chasing in the rear have not rested for a moment because they have been running because they are all war horses, and they have not stopped.

Another hour passed, and when Orlang and the other French troops were still two hours away from Lawrence Bay, they were caught up by Feng Houdun and other 3,000 Ming cavalry.

The roar of the war horses startled the Marquis of Orlang and the French soldiers with wide eyes and white faces.

"Nope! God, they caught up! Many French soldiers shouted in despair.

There are many Canadian grasslands, and even if there are some woods, the trees are not dense.

As far as the eye could see, a large number of Ming cavalry rushed out from the horizon.

"Run, keep running!" The commander of the French army, the Marquis d'Orlan, yelled.

20,000 French soldiers fled for their lives, but the Ming army was already close and almost instantly caught up with them.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! When the Ming cavalry rushed within a distance of 500 meters, they immediately raised their guns and opened fire on the fleeing French soldiers.

"Poof! Burst! "Even from such a distance, French soldiers continue to be shot and fall to the ground.

The Ming cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the bullets were getting denser and denser, and the French soldiers were also falling.

Boundless fear began to spread among the fleeing French soldiers.

The main reason is that the Ming army's attack method is too terrifying, the weapons are too powerful, and they can shoot them from a distance of 500 meters, which is enough to knock their morale to the bottom.

Marquis Orlang gritted his teeth, and glanced at the Ming cavalry that was constantly pursuing behind him, and now that the Ming cavalry had completely rushed out, Marquis Orlang could estimate that the number of Ming cavalry was only about 3,000, and he had 20,000 French soldiers in his hands.

"Captain Pell, you stay with two thousand soldiers and stop the Ming cavalry! The Ming army of the great army will teach you! The Marquis of Orrand suddenly ordered a French general beside him.

The eyes of the French general, Captain Pell, widened immediately, but he did not refuse the order of the Marquis of Orland.

"Yes!" Captain Pell received the order, and immediately slowed down.

After a while, 2,000 French soldiers were left behind by Captain Pell and formed a three-stage attack formation on the spot, hoping to block the pursuit of 3,000 Ming cavalry for the rest of the French army.

"Smack! Syllable! Pop ----" dense bullets came, and the French soldiers in the 2,000 three-stage strike formation immediately suffered heavy casualties, and sometimes, a bullet even penetrated the body of one French soldier and fired into the body of another French soldier behind, killing two French soldiers with one shot.

"Smack! Syllable! Smack----- "The cavalry of the Ming army continued to fire.

With only 2,000 French soldiers, it was obviously impossible to block the attack of 3,000 Ming cavalry, and in just a few rounds of shooting, the French soldiers had already been shot and fell to the ground hundreds of meters.

The cavalry of the Ming army also rushed within a hundred meters at this moment.

"Fire!" Captain Pell roared and ordered

"Bang bang-----" The French soldier hooked the trigger of the flint gun in his hand, and was finally able to fire at the Ming army once, but because the formation was messed up by the Ming army's rifles, the lead bullets fired were very loose.

Less than ten Ming cavalrymen were shot and fell from their horses.

However, these French soldiers were greeted by a more fierce attack by the Ming cavalry.

"Smack! Syllable! "The Ming cavalry fired another round ----of rifle fire, after shooting a hundred French soldiers.

"Boom Boom ----" Hundreds of grenades, with the impact of war horses, swept a distance of nearly 100 meters and threw them into the remaining French formations such as Captain Pell.

After a violent explosion, the 2,000 French army led by Captain Pell was completely scattered, and most of them were killed and wounded.

"Rush! Catch up with the main force of the French army! ”

Rumble!

The Ming cavalry rushed through the scattered French military formations such as Captain Pell, but did not waste time in annihilating the surviving Captain Pèll and the rest of the French soldiers, but continued to pursue the Marquis of Orland and the main force of 18,000 French troops in front.

With a rifle in one hand and a reins in the other, while riding a horse and chasing wildly, Feng Houdun's face was full of disdain and sneer.

Although he only had 3,000 cavalry in his hands, while the French army had 20,000, even so, the French army could not escape his pursuit, and surrender or destruction was their only end.

Captain Pell's and other 2,000 French soldiers just blocked it without much effect.

After breaking through the interception of Captain Pell and 2,000 French soldiers, the Ming cavalry soon caught up with the main French army such as the Marquis of Orlang.

"Smack! Syllable! "Bullets continued to shoot at ----the main French soldiers as they fled."

300 meters, 200 meters-----

As the distance approached, the Ming cavalry fired more and more bullets, if Fang Cai only killed an average of ten French soldiers per breath, then now it was twenty per breath, or even thirty French soldiers.

When they rushed to one hundred and fifty meters, the Ming army did not continue to rush into the main force of the French army, but divided into two parts and circled to both sides!

Feng Houdun's strategy was very clear, allowing the 3,000 Ming cavalry to shoot the main force of the French army in a large area from a distance from both sides.

The number of the main French soldiers such as the Marquis of Orlang may be nearly seven times the number of Ming cavalry such as Feng Houdun, but it is also the end of each Ming cavalry shooting seven French soldiers.

After the Ming cavalry circled to the sides, the area of the main force of the French army that was shooting and fleeing was larger, and on average, dozens of French soldiers were shot and killed every breath.

The two-legged French soldiers, in any case, could not get rid of the pursuit of the Ming army's war horses, according to this degree, in less than half an hour, the Marquis of Orrand and all the French soldiers would be shot by the Ming cavalry.

The Marquis d'Orrand despaired, as did all the fleeing French soldiers.

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