Chapter 918: Capture of Canada
Feng Houdun did not order the Ming soldiers to pursue the two French ships carrying the Marquis of Orlang along the river, but turned back towards the city of Ottawa, informing the other Ming cavalry who were following along the way.
Due to the pursuit of the Marquis of Orlang and other French troops, the Ming army that crossed the river first were all cavalry, Feng Houdun and other 3,000 Ming cavalry were only the first batch, after this battle, there were 2,000 cavalry who crossed the river to catch up, but they were already late, Feng Houdun had already solved the battle.
Pressed by about 3,000 French prisoners, the Ming cavalry did not return quickly.
When he returned to Ottawa City, Yan Yingyuan and the other main forces of the Ming army had all crossed the river.
When he learned that Feng Houdun almost wiped out the main force of the fleeing French army, Yan Yingyuan nodded with satisfaction, although the commander of the French army, Marquis Orlang, finally fled, but Yan Yingyuan didn't care.
His main purpose is to annihilate the main force of the French army, as for the Marquis of Orlan, the commander of the French army, he has no soldiers under his command, he is not worth paying attention to at all, it is best to kill or capture, and there is no need to care if he can't kill or capture.
"The main forces of the French army have been completely annihilated, and the French colonies north of the Ottawa River have little ability to resist! Divide the army into multiple routes and occupy all the Canadian colonies as soon as possible! Yan Yingyuan ordered.
The 50,000 Ming army was divided into dozens of routes, with the city of Ottawa as the center, sweeping in all directions, breaking all the French immigrant estates north of the Ottawa River, and eventually conquering the whole of Canada.
The destruction of the main force of the French army, the flight of the Marquis of Orlan, and the estates of French immigrants did not have any ability to resist in the face of the powerful Ming army.
Wherever the Ming army passed, the estates of those French immigrants either surrendered or were directly trampled on.
"Smack! Syllable! "Two resisting French immigrant estate owners were shot.
More than a dozen Ming cavalry stormed the manor, and in a short time, the remnants of French immigrants and black slaves were captured.
In just three days, the Ming army swept through more than 400,000 square kilometers of land, and thousands of French immigrant estates were destroyed.
At the same time, two French ships carrying the Marquis of Orrand and about two dozen remnants of the French army sailed down the river and finally along the east coast of the Ottawa River, where there were several French settlers and about 3,000 French colonial soldiers.
In addition, there were more than thirty French warships, as well as more than a hundred transport ships.
There are more than 1,000 cannons on more than 30 warships, and such a force may not be weak on the sea, but it is impossible for the warships to go ashore, so it is still impossible to help the colonial soldiers on the shore resist the attack of the Ming army.
Tens of thousands of colonial troops were wiped out, and the 3,000 soldiers in several coastal castles had no chance of resisting the Ming army's attack.
"Withdraw! Abandon all castles! "Marquis Orlang's injuries are not yet healed, and his face is extremely pale, but the moment he gives the order, it is extremely hideous.
Because of his order, it means that the entire territory of the Canadian colony has really been surrendered to the Ming army, and France has completely lost Canada!
What a beautiful and rich colony, they have been operating in France for decades, resisting the attacks of the British army in the thirteen states of North America several times to keep this beautiful and rich colony, how much wealth is transported to them in France every year, and the loss of this colony is enough to greatly affect the comprehensive strength of France.
Today, the only one who is likely to defeat the Ming army is the Five Nations Alliance.
In addition, three and a half years have passed, and the fleet to and from the mainland of O'Baro will soon arrive in the Americas, and it is believed that His Majesty will send many soldiers to strengthen the colonial army.
Not only France, but also the other four countries are believed to be strengthened.
When the Ming army landed on the American continent and attacked the thirteen states of Britain and North America, the British, French and Spanish alliance army was defeated, which shocked the entire American continent, and the five countries all sent envoys to transmit the news back to the Obaro homeland, which is expected to take three months, but the local people learned the news of the Ming army's attack on the Americas, and it will take some time to prepare for the additional forces, so it is expected to take three and a half months.
"When we send more forces on our homeland and the alliance of the five countries is formed, we will definitely be able to drive out the army of the Ming Empire and recapture the colony!" Marquis Orlang said firmly.
Immediately, the Marquis of Orland ordered the soldiers of the French colonial army in several castles along the coast to board ships and evacuate.
The Ming army may reach the coast at any time, and the time is pressing, so the Marquis of Orlang can only take care of the colonial soldiers, and as for the immigrants in the colony, the Marquis of Orlang can't take care of it.
When 3,000 French colonial soldiers boarded the ship at the pier, in the distance, some Ming cavalry began to rush out one after another.
"God!" The French soldiers and generals who saw the appearance of the Ming army widened their eyes in fear.
"Quick! Hurry up and board the ship! The commander of the French army, the Marquis of Orlan, ordered loudly.
Marquis Orlang stood on the deck, staring at the Ming cavalry that appeared, damn it, these damn Ming Emperor ** team, once they get closer, it is impossible to predict how many of these three thousand colonial soldiers will be able to board the ship.
Before the strength of the local army arrived, these 3,000 colonial soldiers were his last capital, but he couldn't let the Ming army be ruined.
"Fire! Blow them up! Marquis Orlang shouted at the commander of the battleship.
At present, only the guns of the battleship can block the attack of the Ming army, and it is necessary to block the attack of the Ming army, so that all the 3,000 colonial soldiers can board the ship smoothly!
On the sea, the cannons of more than thirty French battleships began to aim.
"Fire!"
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ----" hundreds of cannons were ejected and flew towards the place where the Ming army passed.
One shell after another exploded, debris splashed, firelight, and thick smoke shrouded the place where the Ming cavalry passed.
War horses neigh, overturned!
In the end, it was hundreds of shells, even if the power of the French artillery shells was far less than the power of the Ming artillery shells, but it still made the hundreds of Ming cavalry who appeared were blown up, and the casualties were not small.
However, another group of Ming cavalry appeared, and this group of Ming cavalry was no less than 2,000 people.
"The French army wants to run, it's not so easy, rush!" Feng Houdun, holding a gun in one hand and a reins in the other, ordered the Ming cavalry to charge and prevent three thousand French colonial soldiers from boarding the ship.
"Boom! Rumble! Bombardment ---- "Thirty or so French battleships continued to bombard.
Under the fierce fire of the French battleships, the Ming cavalry that attacked the beach was once again blown up, and there were many casualties.
"Commander, our army is under the threat of French artillery fire, even if we rush to the beach and shoot the French soldiers who are boarding the ship, the casualties of our army will not be small, and the gains outweigh the losses!" A Ming army commander shouted at Feng Houdun.
Feng Houdun's color changed, indeed, there were as many as 30 French warships and more than 1,000 cannons on the sea, if more than 30 French warships were allowed to bombard like this, even if they rushed to the beach and shot many French soldiers who were boarding and escaping, it would be a great gain to outweigh the losses.
Feng Houdun gritted his teeth, as the commander of the 50th Army, he couldn't joke with the lives of the soldiers, let alone fight a battle that outweighed the losses, forget it!
"Withdraw! Withdraw out of range of the French battleship cannons! Faced with the threat of French warships, Feng Houdun finally had to order the Ming cavalry to withdraw out of range of the French battleships' cannons.
Seeing the retreat of the Ming cavalry, whether it was the commander of the French army, the Marquis of Orlan, or the ordinary French soldiers who were boarding the ship, they were all excitedly relieved.
In particular, the commander of the French army, the Marquis d'Orlan, was the most excited, and almost didn't cheer directly.
No way, from the last time the Triple Alliance Army, he led 30,000 French troops to be defeated by 10,000 Ming troops, and then the Ming army took the initiative to attack the Canadian colonies on a large scale, and tens of thousands of French soldiers were wiped out by the Ming army, a few days ago he took 20,000 French soldiers to abandon the city of Ottawa and retreat to the coast, but was caught up by the Ming cavalry halfway, 3,000 Ming cavalry killed his 20,000 French soldiers almost wiped out, even he himself was almost killed, if it weren't for God forbid, let him be saved by two of his own ships that happened to sail on the Ottawa River, It was impossible for him and two dozen soldiers to escape.
It's too much to lose, it's too embarrassing! The Ming army has almost become an invincible nightmare!
Now the Ming army has to 'retreat' under the bombardment of their battleship artillery, and this is the first time he has seen the Ming army 'defeated', which means that the Ming army is not invincible, and the Ming army will also 'retreat'! How can you make the Marquis of Orlang not excited!
French soldiers speed up boarding!
Two thousand meters away from the coast, Feng Houdun withdrew here with the Ming cavalry, and more and more Ming cavalry followed! Thinking that the Ming army had completely occupied the Canadian colonies to the west, it had pushed the battle line to the coast.
In fact, the main army of the Ming army led by Yan Yingyuan had also reached the coast, not far from the location of Feng Houdun and other Ming cavalry.
"Damn! Could it be that he watched the French soldiers run away so much? Feng Houdun looked aggrieved.
The French army was a rabble in their eyes, as long as they could bring the French army within the range of their rifles, the French army would only be slaughtered, but under the threat of French warships on the sea, they could not get close to the beach, which was too embarrassing!
"How many cannons did we carry with us?" Feng Houdun asked the cavalry general of the Ming army on the side.
"Commander Hui, since it is not far from the main army, we only brought ten cannons here!" The Ming army general replied.
Ten cannons is too few, not enough to threaten the more than 30 French warships on the sea, unless all the 250 cannons carried by the army are brought in, they will have the strength to compete with the more than 30 French warships on the sea, and even sink some French warships.
"When will the main force of the army led by the marshal arrive?" Feng Houdun asked again.
"Returning to the army commander, the marshal and the main force of the army are not far behind, and the time for a stick of incense will arrive at most!" The cavalry of the Ming Army replied.
Feng Houdun shook his head helplessly, in the time of a stick of incense, the French army had already run away, even if the cannon came, there was no target, it was useless.
But just watch the French army board the ship and escape? Feng Houdun was obviously also extremely unwilling.
"The herald orders that the ten cannons we brought with us be installed immediately, no matter what, at least kill a few French soldiers first, and don't make them too comfortable!" Feng Houdun ordered.
Feng Houdun was unwilling after all, even if it was impossible to compete with the more than 30 French warships on the sea, but it was not difficult for the ten cannons he brought to kill a few French soldiers who were still boarding the ship, and even if he was lucky, it was not impossible to blow up and sink one or two ships transporting French soldiers.
Immediately, the Ming gunners got off their horses, unloaded all the ten cannon accessories they carried, and quickly installed them.
More and more French soldiers boarded the ship, and soon there were less than 500 French soldiers still on the beach, and perhaps in a little while, when the last 500 French soldiers had also boarded the ship, the French would flee to the real thing.
"Back to the army commander, all ten cannons have been installed, and they can be fired at any time!" Finally, the gunner who installed the cannon reported to Feng Houdun.
"Good! Immediately began to bombard the French soldiers who boarded the ship. Feng Houdun immediately ordered.
Even if it can't completely prevent the French from boarding and escaping, it will kill some more French people and scare the French more
Ming gunners pushed shells into the chambers.
"Fire!"
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Ten cannons spanned a distance of more than two thousand meters and fired at the beach where the French soldiers were.
Cannonballs exploded on the beach, flames burst into the sky, and sand and stones flew up!
A shell exploded directly in the crowd of French troops on the beach.
With a bang, at least seven or eight French soldiers were directly blown away, and no less than a dozen French soldiers were killed or wounded.
Two more shells hit the sea water next to the ship.
Two pillars of sea water mixed with mud and sand were immediately blown up, drenching the clothes of a large number of French soldiers.
With this same shelling, the French soldiers were instantly frightened again, and the excitement of watching the Ming cavalry flee just now was gone, and fear once again spread in their hearts.
The remaining 400 or so French soldiers no longer had any slackness, and rushed to board the ship with fear, which greatly accelerated the French army's boarding speed at once.
However, the rate of fire of the Ming artillery was very fast, and no matter how much the French soldiers scrambled to be the first, it was impossible to board all of them at once.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Ten Ming artillery guns continued to bombard.
One shell after another exploded on the beach, and from time to time shells directly hit the crowd of French soldiers, killing and wounding a large number of large soldiers, causing even greater confusion among the French soldiers.
Or if there are shells that hit the sea and blow up pillars of sea water mixed with sediment.
"Boom! Click! "Finally, when the fourth salvo of Ming artillery fired, a shell hit the hull of a French ship directly.
The shells exploded on the French ship, the mast was broken, the wood was splashed, the flames soared, and two French soldiers who had already boarded the ship were blown over and plunged into the water, staining the sea red.
In the distance, Feng Houdun, who was watching with a telescope, scratched his fists excitedly, even if he was afraid of the more than 30 French warships and did not dare to order the cavalry to rush forward, but he still wanted the French to have a hard time.
"Keep firing!" Feng Houdun did not put down the binoculars and ordered.
Not only Feng Houdun alone, but many Ming generals rode on war horses and watched the chaos of the French with binoculars.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Ten Ming artillery guns continued to fire.
Before there were less than a hundred French soldiers left on board, another shell hit the hull of the French ship.
There was a loud bang, and not only was the hull of the ship shattered, but four French soldiers on board were blown over.
The power of the Ming cannonballs was too great for the wooden hull, and if this continued, perhaps two more shells hit the hull, and the ship might lose the ability to sail.
"Damn! These damn Emperor Daming ** team! The French commander, Marquis Orlan, had a dark face, thinking that those Ming cavalry would not dare to attack under the threat of their more than 30 warships, but he didn't expect those Ming cavalry to come with artillery, and the Ming army's artillery was too powerful, with a range of three thousand meters, a terrifying rate of fire, and the powerful power of the cannonballs.
"Can you fight back against those Ming army artillery!" The Marquis of Orrand roared at the French admiral who commanded the fleet on the battleship.
"Lord Governor, those cannons of the Ming army are at least two thousand five hundred meters away, and our warships are all scattered on the sea surface more than five hundred meters from the shore, that is to say, only a range of more than three thousand meters can counterattack those Ming artillery on the shore, such a long range, except for the new warships built locally, the more than thirty warships we are now present are not new warships, and they cannot be done!" The commander of the French naval fleet replied.
Having said all that, I just can't do it anyway!
The Marquis of Orrand was furious, and he was very happy to see the Ming army 'defeated' for the first time under the cannons of his French battleship, because he saw that the Ming army was finally not invincible.
However, this joy did not have time to last for a while, and was immediately destroyed by the ten cannons of the Ming army.
The Ming army is so arrogant, I can't bear it! He wanted to let the battleship defeat the Ming artillery again, telling the Ming army not to be too rampant, but now the fleet commander told him that they couldn't even fight back against the Ming artillery!
Helpless, no matter how angry you are, it is impossible to change anything! I can only let the remaining soldiers hurry up and board the ship, leave here, and go to South America, and then form a five-nation alliance army, and join forces with their five sea powers to defeat the Ming army!
"Quick! Let the remaining soldiers hurry up and board the ship! Marquis Orlang roared.
In fact, there was no need for the order of the Marquis of Orlan, and the remaining French soldiers were eager to fly directly to the ship immediately under the threat of the Ming artillery, and leave the threat of the Ming army as soon as possible.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Another round of shells exploded on the beach.
A cannonball directly blew up the last dozen remaining French soldiers who had not had time to board the ship, directly helping the French army to complete the boarding!
When the Marquis of Orlang saw this scene, his face turned black, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.
"Set sail! Get out of here! Marquis Orlang quickly ordered.
Immediately, under the threat of ten Ming artillery, more than 30 French warships and more than 100 French ocean-going transport ships left the coast and sailed towards the open sea, hoping to completely escape the threat of the Ming army as quickly as possible.
"Bang! Boom! Boom! "Ten cannons used their ultimate range of three thousand meters, and immediately after the departing French ships bombarded, the shells exploded on the surface of the sea, blowing up pillars of sea water one after another.
"Boom!" Luckily, another shell hit the hull of a French ship, splinters of wood flew and several French soldiers on board were overturned.
It was under such a welcome and send-off of the Ming army that Orrand and the French fleet, as well as less than 3,000 French soldiers, fled the coast of Canada in disarray.
After the Marquis of Orrand and the French fleet left with the last remaining French soldiers, there was no French resistance in all of Canada, and soon the Ming army completely conquered the whole of Canada.
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