These vile and shameless to the extreme, always appear around our coalition forces by surprise, their cavalry not only uses sabers, but also uses a kind of firearm that can be used to reap the lives of those poor Indian creatures, coming and going like the wind, you can't imagine when they will appear. 【Reading.com】

Sometimes it's night, sometimes it's early morning, sometimes it's dusk, and even the Hindu pagans are not at peace when they pray.

The saddest thing is that they actually opened fire at us at night, which had already fallen asleep, and one after another flowering bombs lit tents, military flags, and forage in the camp, and people were always injured, and sometimes even some unlucky ghosts went directly to God.

Lieutenant Colonel Karui complained incessantly in his diary that the damned Chinese cavalry had caused great trouble for their coalition march. But he had to be in the barracks to boost the morale of the soldiers.

"Three days, three full days have passed, and we have only walked eighty miles, my Royal Highness, I wonder when we will reach the city of Miyanvali?" Colonel Freeman's angry and helpless voice always echoed loudly in the barracks, but now it roared in the tent of the coalition forces.

The commander-in-chief of the coalition army, Assafjahi, looked helpless and unwilling: "This is something that no one wants to see, but those Chinese cavalry are like damn flies, flying around, at most three or four hundred horsemen, at least dozens of horses, one moment here, another time there, our cavalry is exhausted, but there is no way to protect the whole army." ”

Colonel Freeman's tone was unusually mean: "But we can't continue to entangle with those Chinese mongrels like this, and if we continue like this, by the time we reach the city of Miyanvali, it may have already become a monument." ”

"British, what do you mean by that?!" An Indian princely general stood up and shouted angrily. "You British guys haven't let those Orientals beat the like this, otherwise, how could you find us?"

Colonel Freeman was so angry that he wanted to have a duel with this vulgar and savage Indian princely general, but Lieutenant Colonel Karui next to him hurriedly stopped the grumpy colonel. "Colonel, please calm down, we are allies now, and we shouldn't be like this."

"I can't wait to send these bastards to hell." Glaring viciously at the triumphant princely general, Colonel Freeman cursed through gritted teeth.

"Your Royal Highness, Colonel Freeman has no intention of arguing with you, after all, we are an allied army, and we have only one enemy, that is, those Chinese who were once enemies of our British Empire, and now, have seriously damaged your interests, I believe no one denies this, right?" Lieutenant Colonel Karui raised his voice, his words finally drawing the attention of those present to him.

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"So what is the purpose of the Chinese cavalry now, who are constantly harassing us? In order to make it difficult for us to move an inch, so that we have no way to rush to the city of Miyanvali in a short time, and buy more time for the Chinese defenders of the city of Miyanvali, then, one thing we can be sure of, there must not be many Chinese troops in the city of Miyanvali, otherwise, this Chinese cavalry would not have to work so hard to disturb us. ”

"You're right, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." Asafjahi's face looked in agreement, and his fingers stroked his delicately manicured beard and passed the cup from the hand of the wheat-skinned maid. "Then I would like to ask Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, is there any way you can solve our current predicament?"

Lieutenant Colonel Karui glanced at everyone present and said loudly: "They are cavalry, and their mobility cannot be compared to our infantry and even the mixed elephant army, but there is one point, they lack heavy weapons, they can only fight and run." We need to devise a trap to get those Chinese cavalry into a trick and slow them down. Then, concentrate the cavalry of our coalition forces and wipe out these damned Chinese cavalry! ”

"Traps? Dear Lieutenant Colonel, I don't think we have anything to attract the Chinese, though I know that the Chinese are as greedy as you Westerners, oh, sorry, I just want to make one thing, are we going to collect gold, silver and precious stones, and lay them out in the open field, waiting for the greedy Chinese to come and peck at them like birds? A princely prince sneered. His words immediately provoked a burst of unbridled laughter.

"In addition to gold and silver, there are many things that those Chinese are afraid of, such as artillery and heavy artillery used to destroy the city." Lieutenant Colonel Caroo stopped Colonel Forestman's attempts to retort and replied loudly.

Suddenly, the inside of the tent suddenly became quiet. All eyes fell on Lieutenant Colonel Nakaru, and their eyes widened.

"Lieutenant Colonel Karui, what are you trying to do here?" Colonel Freeman couldn't help but exclaim, "Do you know that those cannons are our lifeblood, the most precious weapons we will use against Chinese towns and forts?" ”

"I know that our enemies, those damned Chinese, also know that if we don't have these artillery, then the difficulty of our siege will be ten times or even dozens of times, so if we take out these cannons as bait, those Chinese cavalry will definitely be fooled even if they know that this is bait. Think about it, guys, if we can design it right, then we can get rid of these damned cavalry, speed up, take down the city of Myanvalli, solve our worries, and let more and more hesitant princely kings see our strength and join us. "Karui behaved less like an artillery lieutenant colonel and more like a politician. He persuaded most of the coalition commanders present to agree to the lure plan.

The commanders of the coalition decided to carry out this plan on the banks of the Indus River, placing the originally tightly guarded artillery 30 18-pounder guns and more than 100 infantry guns at the rear of the ranks, along with the miscellaneous servants who were transporting food, grass and supplies.

The cavalry of the coalition army was cruising in front of the brigade, while the other 2,000 cavalry had quietly left the brigade the night before, and the large force was scattered far away, and if they found the Chinese cavalry attacking the bait, they would outflank them as quickly as possible. With the nearly 5,000 cavalry at the front of the brigade, complete the encirclement and suppression of this pesky Chinese cavalry.

On the first day, the disturbance continued, and even a Chinese cavalry of about two hundred horsemen rushed to the vicinity of the artillery, but they were very vigilant, and saw the number of musketeers around the artillery team, and quickly retreated.

The next day, it was still the case, which made the whole coalition army, even Lieutenant Colonel Karoo, who made this suggestion, almost lose confidence, and in the early morning of the third day, nearly 2,000 cavalry were found walking side by side with the coalition troops, and although their whereabouts appeared to be very hidden, they were still discovered by the reconnaissance of the coalition forces.

This made the coalition army extremely excited, one by two like seeing the red girl of the courtyard preparing to strip naked, staring at the red eyes, and posing as Yanagishita Megumi, continuing to maintain the long snake-like ranks, and making an indifferent appearance about the artillery unit being exposed in front of the eyes of the Chinese cavalry.

"These stupid birds, it seems that they really think of us as two hundred and five." Peng Shijie, who was riding a beautiful and tall Arabian horse, standing on that high slope and looking at the slowly advancing coalition team with a telescope, mocked contemptuously while observing.

"Commander, can we fight?" The commander of the first battalion standing beside him was gearing up and looking eager to try.

"It's definitely going to be fought, but how to fight, you have to make a good total first. After all, this is a great threat to the cities of Miyanvali and Multan. Since these people contributed artillery for us to do, we don't get rid of these things, and we're really sorry for the kindness of these Indians and Brits. Peng Shijie said with a smile. Are all the mortars concentrated? ”

"Well, it's concentrated in place, a total of fifty-five mortars, after all, we are a cavalry unit, and we don't carry a lot of ammunition, and the artillery is much less than the infantry."

"That's enough, the first and second battalions will follow me, and the third and fourth battalions will be responsible for dealing with those Indian cavalry behind, remember, don't be tough, our lives are very precious." After Peng Shijie fixed the telescope, he put on a steel helmet.

"Enemy attack!" Just as the artillery was advancing along the wasteland next to the riverbank, the allied scouts rushed over and reported to Lieutenant Colonel Karoo, who was in command of the artillery unit, that the Chinese cavalry had been rapidly approaching the area.

"Stand still, all the musketeers stand with me, lined up, ready to fight!" Lieutenant Colonel Karui immediately gave the order as fast as he could, and soon, a thousand elite British Army soldiers and two thousand Indian musketeers had their backs against the turbulent waters of the Indus River, using the long lines of artillery as bunkers, forming a standard skirmish, and waiting with a hint of unease for the appearance of the Chinese cavalry, who was about to become a nightmare for the coalition forces.

"I see them." One of the soldiers shouted loudly, and by this time, almost all of them could see a shadow appear along the horizon, and soon, the rumbling hooves made the soldiers' hearts beat as if they were also beating faster.

"Hold on to your weapons, don't be afraid, our cavalry will arrive soon, these damned Chinese can't break through our defenses, be sure to ......aim when you shoot," the British instructors in charge of commanding the spearmen shouted loudly and hoarsely, illustrating the men's attention.

Lieutenant Colonel Karui's palms were already covered with sweat, his right hand was tightly gripping the hilt of the command knife, and his eyes were fixed on the Chinese cavalry who could already see clearly, and the signal had already been issued when they found these Chinese cavalry.

In five minutes, as long as this cavalry is entangled for five minutes, then a large number of cavalry will outflank and clean up these nasty Chinese cavalry.

"How did they stop? Damn, what are they doing? Before Lieutenant Colonel Karui could get excited, he sensed something was wrong.

Picking up the binoculars, I saw the Chinese cavalry who had jumped off their horses unloading the black iron pipes that were thicker than firearms from some of their horses, and then began to assemble them at a rapid pace.

"That's ......" Lieutenant Colonel Karui's pupils instantly shrank to the size of a pin's eye, and he remembered the kind of artillery that the Indians had described, the one that the Chinese were best at using and could even carry a person to carry around.

Before he could scream in frustration, the muffled sound of tom tom was incessant, and after that, the screech of the cannonballs echoed in the sky.

All the British soldiers and Indian musketeers lined up near the artillery couldn't help but be stunned, and then, those Indians who had seen the power of this mortar began to scream exaggeratedly, and even ignored the reprimand of the British instructors, subconsciously turned around and ran back, and the originally neatly arranged line suddenly became chaotic.

Boom, boom, the mortar shells blew down, the crumbling earth, and the cast iron artillery also made the wave of air staggered.

"These shameless guys, how can they do this! They were cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel Karui's eyes cracked, but he could only face the angry roar of the Chinese cavalry who were firing their cannons two miles away.

(To be continued)