Wickham raised his saber in his hand, and behind him were more than a hundred worried Marines. After a great battle, the soldiers of the Marine Corps were already physically and mentally exhausted, but the officers had taken the lead and rushed out first, and the soldiers had to press on.

At this time, Wickham's heart was also like a bucket in a well, and there was no bottom in his heart. Although he had seen the bloody killing scene in the telescope just now, after all, Wickham himself had not killed anyone with his own hands. In the 21st century, Wickham is a law-abiding young man who has never even killed a chicken, how can he ever kill someone? The thought of a living person about to fall under his own knife or gun made Wickham's forehead uncontrollably sweat.

At the moment when Wickham was stunned, a burly Ghanaian warrior wearing rhinoceros leather armor raised the spear in his hand and launched a fierce blow at the pursuers behind him! Wickham, who rushed to the front, felt a chill in his neck, and when he looked closely, he found that the spear with blood stains had poked straight at his neck.

Aware of the danger, Wickham instinctively turned to the side, trying to dodge the fatal blow. However, the blow that condensed the full strength of the Ghanaian warrior made Wickham, who still had forward inertia in his body, unable to avoid it. Wickham's heart was cold, thinking that this time it was a gutter capsized, and he didn't know if he could wear it back to modern times if he died this time.

At this moment, only to hear the sound of "clang", the spear head of the Ghanaian warrior fell to the ground. Wickham turned his head to see that Ensign Barnett had been by his side for some time. At the last moment, it was Barnett who cut off the head of the spear with a single sword! Wickham touched the cold sweat on his forehead, no longer daring to be distracted, and hurriedly put the saber in his hand across his chest and assumed a defensive posture. On the battlefield, you will either kill or be killed, and any slightest wavering or mercy will cost you your own life!

Second Lieutenant Barnett did not stop, but took advantage of the lack of weapons in the black warrior's hand, stepped forward with a brisk step, and with a wave of his backhand, the command knife in his hand gently slashed the black warrior's neck. Suddenly, scarlet blood spurted out, forming a bewitching mist in the air. The black warrior unwillingly clutched his bleeding neck, stared at the two of them with dead eyes, and finally slowly fell to the ground.

Wickham was stunned by Barnett's moves, he didn't expect Barnett, a noble son, to have such a high force value! Isn't this scientific, isn't it the aristocratic children of this era who can't do anything but eat, drink and have fun? In fact, Wickham didn't know that in this era, the children of the British nobles and squires all had the feudal obligation to serve in the army, and if they were recruited by the kingdom, these children of the nobles and the children of the squires were the source of the officers of the British ** team! Therefore, these noble children will receive some basic training such as horseback riding, hunting, fencing and fighting since they were young, otherwise they will be sent to death on the battlefield.

This counter-charge of the British army directly led to the collapse of the entire Amo coalition army. Many Ghanaian soldiers simply dropped their weapons and turned to run, only to hate that they only had two legs on their bodies. The soldiers of the Marine Corps, although they have not been systematically trained in fighting, can't stand the other party's lack of fighting will, and they don't give them a chance to fight hand-to-hand at all! These soldiers just took their guns with bayonets and chased after the Ghanaians for a while, and the more they chased them, the more courageous they became!

Wickham was distressed to see that these Ghanaian soldiers had seized the best black slaves and sold them to the Royal African Company for shiny pounds. A bunch of losers! In desperation, Wickham shouted to the soldiers next to him, "You damn guys, get me alive!" ”

Of course, a few officers knew what Wickham was up to, and those strong Ghanaian warriors were high-class slaves, and it was most suitable to sell them to plantations in the Americas. Concerned about their own induction, the officers ordered their subordinates not to "mistreat" the prisoners.

The operation to catch the "rabbits" continued until 10 p.m., when it was over. It's just that because the British army is too small, only about 800 prisoners were captured after a lot of hard work. Most of the other routs relied on their familiarity with the terrain and ran into the vast jungle without a trace.

After gathering troops and prisoners, the day's fierce fighting was over. Several officers were nervously counting the post-war data, and later had to write a detailed battle report to the fleet. For the newly captured captives, Wickham used the black slaves provided by the Royal African Company to act as temporary overseers.

Barnett disagreed, fearing that the black slaves acting as overseers would collude with the captives to get something into trouble, since they were all Ghanaians of the same race. However, Wickham is not at all worried that the big brother of Africa in later generations has a vague concept of the state, let alone the indigenous Africans of 200 years ago. Different tribes and ethnic groups in the entire Ghana region are basically in a hostile relationship, and even if the enemies meet each other, they can unite to cause violence and chaos? So Wickham is not worried at all that these Ghanaians will be in tandem to make trouble. Sure enough, the black slaves were very excited to be able to bully the captives of other princely tribes, and consciously acted as the doglegs of the British.

Captain Stanley came to the headquarters with the statistics and reported: "Lieutenant Wickham, in this battle we killed and wounded more than 900 Ghanaians, captured 871 people, and the rest of the Ghanaian soldiers scattered into the jungle after the rout. Our losses in this battle were not significant, the Marines lost thirteen killed and twenty-nine wounded. The Hessian mercenary battalion killed six people and wounded twelve. This time it can be said that it is a big victory, and it is very rewarding! ”

Captain Stanley raised his eyebrows this time, a few days ago, his mercenary battalion was ambushed by the Amo coalition forces, and more than half of it was lost, and only a hundred or so people remained in a small infantry battalion. This time, Moxi and Ashanti were hit hard, so I think they will be in peace for a while.

After listening to Captain Stanley's report, Wickham couldn't help but make a comparison in his heart, the newly formed independent company of the Marine Corps was still too young, and the casualty rate was twice as high as that of the Hessian mercenaries. However, I believe that after this battle, this nascent army will soon mature and no longer be a glamorous paper tiger.

Barnett on the side breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this time the casualties were finally within a tolerable range: "Sir, then after resting tomorrow, will we abandon the original battle plan and withdraw to the fort?" "The original goal of the battle was to deter the natives of Ghana, but now that the goal has been achieved, whether or not to attack the royal city of the Mossi has become a secondary issue.

"Withdraw to the fortress?" Wickham had a sinister smile on his face, giving Barnett goosebumps all over his body. With Barnett's understanding of this rule-of-the-art chief, Wickham must have had some bad idea in his stomach. Bert was quick to speak, and asked directly: "Sir, if we don't withdraw to the fortress, do we still have to go to the city of the Moses king?" ”

Wickham didn't answer Bert's question, but asked rhetorically: "After this battle, how many troops do you think there are still in the city of the Moxies?" Bert scratched his head in confusion and said, "These more than 6,000 people should be the main force of the Ghanaians." However, there should be a lot of troops in the royal city of the Moses, after all, it is their nest. ”

Barnett's mind was nimble, and he had already understood what Wickham meant, so he said, "Sir, you mean to take advantage of the heavy damage of the Moses to capture its royal city?" ”

Captain Stanley, who was a complete war maniac, said excitedly when he heard that there was a battle, "Moxie is not a big princely state, and he is far from Ashanti. The destruction of the Amo coalition army this time had little impact on the Asandi, but it was different for Moxi, almost all the armies of the Mossi people were incorporated into the Amo coalition army, and in today's battle, the Mossi people were no longer able to recruit a decent army in a short period of time. This is really an opportunity for us. "Captain Stanley is a veteran mercenary who has been in Ghana for more than three years, and he knows the local forces very well, and he quickly pointed out the balance of forces between the enemy and the enemy.

Wickham nodded and said to several officers, "We are going to take the opportunity to attack the city of the Moses!" Didn't the soldier complain that he didn't grab anything, this time we're going to play big! The idea was only a temporary idea for Wickham, but the plan was quite operational. Take advantage of your illness and want your life, or take advantage of the opportunity in front of you to make a windfall, and you are sorry for the title of "colonist".

Of course, Wickham has no plans to expand the territory of the British, he just wants to take this opportunity to make a good cameo as a robber and robber, and make a small fortune on the Gold Coast. He had already calculated in his heart that this part of Ghana was so rich in gold and diamond veins that the Portuguese would not have named it the Gold Coast. Although Mossi is only one of the medium-sized princely states of Ghana, after so many years of accumulation, Moxi's royal family will definitely not lack gold, ivory and diamonds. If he takes the opportunity to attack the royal city of the Moses, then he won't send it yet?

This is not to say that Lin Zihan is greedy for money, but since adopting Alice's little girl, he has learned something called responsibility. St. Margaret's College tuition is so expensive, how can you afford it just by relying on your salary in the military?

And then there's Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam, two arrogant guys who almost sent themselves to Europe to be cannon fodder for the sake of Georgiana. If he doesn't mix up some human appearance, then he deserves to be looked down upon! And in this era, what is the quickest means to make war money and colonial money? The East India Company's gang of guys, relying on robbing and robbing the princely states of India, which one is not full of oil? For robbing the big brother in Africa, Wickham has no burden in his heart, and these two-faced black eggs in later generations are addicted to robbing our businessmen of the Celestial Empire in Africa.

After Wickham stated his objectives, there was silence in the temporary command. Those guys were agitated by what Wickham called "a big vote", and they were agitated. In these years, who didn't have the idea of making a fortune at the risk of dying in a foreign country to come to these barren places? Now that the opportunity is in front of us, everyone certainly supports Wickham's plan to "rob and rob".

Captain Stanley's face flushed with excitement, and he said loudly, "Lieutenant Wickham, I think this battle plan is very feasible!" Those damned barbarians, they would never have imagined that we would suddenly attack their royal city! The wealth in the royal city is said to be as high as 100,000 pounds, and it is not robbed for nothing. Stanley was born into a small landed aristocrat in Hesse, and he began his career as a mercenary when his dead father owed a large amount of debt and his family's estate was in danger. If you're lucky this time, maybe you'll be able to pay off your family's debts after completing this ticket.

Hearing that there was a wealth of 100,000 pounds in the small city of King Moxi, Evan and Bert were also excited. That's a hundred thousand pounds, what a lot of money! You know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom of Britain, receives an annual appropriation from Parliament, which is only 50,000 pounds!

Barnett was not dazzled by this huge number, but said with some concern: "Sir, there are less than three hundred of us who can still pick up guns and fight. Will there be any unforeseen dangers in such a lonely expedition? For example, would Ashanti send reinforcements to support the Moshi? ”

Wickham looked at Barnett with some appreciation, this kid can keep his composure in the face of huge wealth, it must not be a simple character! But what Wickham didn't know was that Barnett's Burke family had an annual income of more than 150,000 pounds. A hundred thousand pounds was a lot, but it wasn't so much that it made him lose his mind.

"Second Lieutenant Barnett, the risk is there, but it's bearable. You don't know that there are generations of blood feuds between the black tribes and princely states in Africa, and it may be very difficult for them to come to the rescue of the Moses. Captain Stanley was afraid that Wickham would be shaken by Barnett's words, so he hurriedly retorted.

Barnett thought about it, and felt that Captain Stanley's words made sense. Marching and fighting is a high-risk thing. If he was afraid of taking risks, he would not have had to run to join the army in the first place, and with the influence of the Burke family and the Magalny family, he could easily get a government position.

In this way, the five of them made a battle plan overnight, and decided to attack the royal city of the Moses directly after a day's rest! It is better to take the royal city by surprise and take the royal city in one fell swoop before the Mossi gather the rout. The captives captured in this battle were guarded by fifty Hessian mercenaries, along with most of the black slaves. After the large army has successfully attacked the royal city and returned to this village, they will return to the fortress together.

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