Aquino knew what the elite troops Olson was talking about, and what the weapons were that had never been seen before. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Recently, after the Spanish brokered, Aquino paid to hire a group of Tessie mercenaries.

In this era, many Europeans came to the East with the dream of making a fortune. In addition to professionals such as sailors, there are also all kinds of ruffians, and even murderers. It's just that the East is not necessarily easy to mix, and it is true that almost everyone who ends up returning to Europe has made a fortune in the East. At least, that's what most Europeans have in mind. But in fact, not everyone who came to the East made a fortune, and the reason why Europeans have the impression mentioned above is mainly because the news that so-and-so has made a fortune always spreads faster than the news that so-and-so has returned empty-handed, and more people are willing to listen. Another point is that if a person runs to the East, if he doesn't get rich, most of them won't go back. In fact, there are many Tessians who are not very good in the East.

The Spaniards pulled these men together and formed a mercenary army to support the natives of Luzon. The mercenaries came from all over the world, and among them were the Danes from Northern Europe (the Danes also organized colonization of the Far East for a time, and the company was very desperate to compete with the Dutch East India Company, and then ...... The company was half-dead due to successive shipwrecks, and at the beginning of the eighteenth century, after the reorganization of the company, it did something even more deadly: to smuggle tea exclusively into England, and then ...... And then there are no more), the Swedes, but also the Poles from Eastern Europe, the Italians from the South, and even the Arabs and Turks.

The highest status of these people is the broken aristocracy, and the lowest status is simply the fugitive slaves, basically a mixture of uneducated hooligans and slightly more educated hooligans. According to the current conscription standards in Europe, most of these guys are not qualified to enter the army. But it's not the same here, they can even get more pay than the elite troops in Europe (the money goes to Aquino anyway).

And the Spaniards were more at ease with them than the natives. These people came from all over the world, and they didn't have any friendships in the past, and now they are not very likely to collude with the Spanish colonies. And their commander was simply a Spanish "retired officer". Therefore, some weapons that were originally reluctant to give the natives, such as cannons or something, could be equipped with this mercenary army.

"When they set out to attack your village, the victorious army (Aquino's name for the mercenary) will support you in attacking their village with artillery, and at the same time, you will send another army to hold back the Chinese who are attacking you, and buy time for the offensive here. I think we still have a good chance of taking this village, and once we take this village, the whole situation is opened. Olsen continued.

"You have a point. The matter of this battle, it is up to you. Aquino thought for a moment and replied.

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In the following days, many more convoys transported more supplies into Boss Jiang's Jiangjiazhuang.

Lu Chen's cavalry was also transferred to Xiaolizhuang near Jiangjiazhuang. This is the second Zhuangzi that Boss Li has won, about five or six miles north of Jiangjiazhuang.

"One of the Tessians who took our money told us that there was a mercenary army on the side of the Turen, all of whom were made up of Tessies, and that they had cannons in their hands that could be used to attack our Zhuangzi. They were all six-inch guns, which were larger than the three-pounder guns in the hands of the militia groups in Jiangjiazhuang. Although the power can't be compared with our six-pounder cannon, it is enough to break down the outer wall of Jiangjiazhuang. According to the rules set by Zheng Sen for the model army, Lu Chen began to convey to his soldiers the situation before the war, as well as their analysis and decision on the battle situation (of course, what should be kept secret must be kept secret), in Zheng Sen's opinion, this can greatly increase the subjective initiative of the low-level soldiers and commanders.

"Hasn't the exterior wall of Jiangjiazhuang been reinforced?" Zhang Jinsong, the leader of the platoon, asked.

"Most of the exterior walls have been reinforced, but because of time, and more importantly, because of money, there is still a section that has not been reinforced, and it is still the original wall. Moreover, when the wall was reinforced, the natives did not have cannons, so when they strengthened the outer wall, they did not think much about the problem of defensive shelling, but only thickened and raised the wall. You know, as long as the wall is still straight, simply thickening and raising it will not increase its defense against shelling. Lu Chen explained.

"Company commander, what is our mission?" Another sergeant asked.

"Boss Gao, our mission is to attack, capture or destroy the cannons in the hands of those mercenaries at the right time." Lu Chen said, "We have also obtained some information, and the natives are also concentrating their forces during this time. It is inferred from the above that if the natives want to do it, Jiangjiazhuang is probably the target they want to win the most. Look at ......," Lu Chen pointed to the map and said, "Look, this is the road, because of the rivers and the mountains and forests, the roads that reach several Zhuangzi here must pass through Jiangjiazhuang, once those natives recapture Jiangjiazhuang, our connection with that side will be cut off." Of course, there are still paths to that side, but paths are paths after all. At that time, the safety of the few Zhuangzi over there will be greatly affected. Therefore, it is believed that most of them want to do something to Jiangjiazhuang. ”

"Looks like those militias are planning to do something to the natives, right?" Lao Gao also asked.

"Of course, they have raised so many regimental exercises and bought so many guns, if they can't grab some land, isn't it a waste of money? The militia groups are also eyeing several indigenous villages on this side. You see, if you take this stockade, the natives here will also be divided. So, the guys above are going to do something to this stockade. Early the day after tomorrow, the militia will set out from Jiangjiazhuang and Da Li Zhuang to attack this Zhuangzi. ”

"If I were a native, I would wait for them to attack that village, and then take the opportunity to fight Jiangjiazhuang." Zhang Jinsong said.

"That's what the guys up there are worried about. So they gave us such a task. Of course, our existence, those natives also know. You can't hide it from them. Lu Chen said.

"It's just that they don't know that we are regular cavalry, and most of them think that we are a complete cavalry training regiment like the militia cavalry." Zhang Jinsong said with a smile.

Before Lu Chen and the others came to Luzon, the local Chinese began to organize their own cavalry for things like rapid reinforcements. And these militia cavalry are real pure cavalry infantry, they have not received much riding training, and they do not have the ability to fight on horseback at all.

"It's a place to take advantage of." Lao Gao said, "Maybe, we can just rush up." ”

"Rush directly, you're not afraid of death?" Zhang Jinsong asked.

"Just those natives, they use arquebuses, they can't play well." Lao Gao said.

"And the mercenaries."

"Then make a fake charge and lure them into shooting indiscriminately. I've heard that this is how the Tartars dealt with my Daming's musket. My fools always shoot at too far away, and then the Tartars take advantage of the opportunity to rush up and hack to death. Maybe we'll be able to use that against those guys too. Lao Gao said.

"Do you think those Taixi people are also the same virtue as my Ming officials? If you want me to say, you should first dismount and shoot like the militia cavalry. And then ......"

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As soon as dawn came, the gate of Jiangjiazhuang was opened, and hundreds of regiments came out of Jiangjiazhuang with guns in tow, and behind them there were several cavalrymen on horseback -- these were the communications soldiers trained by the Chinese regiment, and then several horses, one after another, came out, and behind each horse was a small three-pounder cannon.

"One, two, three、...... Twelve! There are 12 doors in total! Jacob hid behind a large rock and watched the Chinese group drills from a distance, while helping his fingers count the number of cannons carried by the Chinese group drillers. Jacob used both fingers on both hands, and then added two toes to finally figure out the number of cannons. He counted them again. By this time the Chinese had begun to set out for the east, and he looked in the direction in which the Chinese were heading, then turned around and sped along a path .......