Yesterday in the course of a day, the regiment, having lost all its heavy weapons, had advanced seventy kilometres, and after five hours of rest, the rapid march began again, and now it was only two kilometres from the city of Santa Maria.

The sound of intensive shooting mixed with the sparse sound of cannons could already reach the ears of every soldier, and there was no need for the regiment commander to give an order, all the fighters took off the guns on their shoulders while running, took off their gun jackets, loaded the bullets, and began to check their weapons while running, and made all preparations for battle. This is the elite troops, which can quickly be ready for battle in any situation.

The vanguard regiment on rapid march soon arrived on the outskirts of the capital, and was greeted by a battlefield full of devastation and smoke of gunpowder. Dead bodies littered the land, and in the distance rebel soldiers had advanced the battlefield into the city, and unusually fierce street fighting was going on.

"Speed up and start infiltrating the attack as a company." The regiment commander gave an order. The soldiers immediately dispersed, formed a battle formation, and rushed into the city in companies.

The rebel soldiers, who were fighting vigorously, never expected that a strong force suddenly appeared behind them. Although these warriors are small in number, they have weapons with an extremely high rate of fire, and their skillful tactical movements make them look like battle-hardened elite divisions.

The addition of this small force made the attacking rebels a little confused, and the rebels who were attacking in the southwest corner began to show signs of collapse. The soldiers of the St. Martin Empire on the opposite side looked at this small force that had broken into the heart of the rebels in astonishment, and their brave fighting style and skillful tactical movements surprised these most elite troops of the St. Martin Empire. The rifles in the hands of these people seemed to have endless bullets, and they could shoot continuously with just one pull of the bolt, and the rebels under the dense fire could not raise their heads.

If they encounter stubborn resistance from the rebels, they will quickly set up a small cannon or throw out a few iron lumps, and the rebels will quickly be overwhelmed by the dense explosions. If a large number of rebels counterattack, they will take out a gun with a faster rate of fire and drown the opponent with a rain of bullets. With such elite warriors and such powerful weapons, the soldiers of the St. Martin Empire didn't need to ask to know that the long-famous Chinese army had arrived.

The news of the arrival of reinforcements spread throughout the battlefield like a spring breeze, and the morale of the Imperial government forces of St. Martin, who had been retreating, immediately soared, and they launched a counter-charge, which caught the unprepared rebels by surprise, and the battle line was soon pushed back to the edge of the city, and the tug-of-war between the two sides became more intense.

"It looks like the fighting continues." Qiu Yu'an, who was walking in the team, smiled and said to Gao Hongdao beside him.

Gao Hong said with a smile: "Our vanguard group should have already joined the battle, so let's hurry up." After speaking, he looked back at the St. Martin's Cooperative Army marching behind and smiled: "These St. Martin's young men are also very good, and they can actually keep up with our marching speed." ”

Qiu Yu'an smiled and said: "In the future, we will rely on them to control this country, how can we do it if we are not stronger." ”

"Commander, we have arrived on the outskirts of Santa Maria." A staff officer with the army ran over and reported to Qiu Yu'an.

Qiu Yu'an nodded, and said to Gao Hong beside him: "Immediately spread out the formation and attack the rebels, we have to fight beautifully this time, let those Saint Martin nobles see, and deter them, lest they make small moves when we control this country." ”

Gao Hong smiled: "Yes, Commander, I promise to scare them so much that they don't dare to have any dissent towards us." ”

Gao Hong understood the meaning of Commander Qiu Yu'an very thoroughly, and he immediately arranged for the troops to prepare for battle. The 76-mm light guns of the artillery units, which had been drawn by horses, were also unloaded as quickly as possible and placed on the newly dug gun emplacements.

"Attack." Qiu Yu'an gave an order, and hundreds of artillery pieces began to attack first, and the dense shells accurately fell into the ranks of the rebels, blasting the rebels into the sky one by one. Suddenly encountering artillery bombardment, the rebels were a little flustered, but fortunately, the St. Martin's ** team had not seen so many artillery shelling at the same time, and they couldn't react for a while, so they didn't let the rebels collapse immediately.

After the heavy shelling, the bayonet-armed Guards and Cooperative soldiers began a group charge, and a dense barrage of mortar shells and machine-gun bullets covered the advance of the charging procession, which soon overwhelmed the rebel rear. The rebels, who were at a loss, looked at the sharp bayonets stabbed behind them, and many of them surrendered on their knees in fright, and some even peed their pants.

The rabble of rebels would be fine if they bullied the Imperial government army of St. Martin, but against the elite troops of the Chinese Lord, they reverted to their true colors as civilians and scattered one after another, and the rebel officers could not restrain their subordinates, and soon they also joined the ranks of fleeing.

The rebels retreated all the way to the west, and the Cooperative Army and some of the incorporated Imperial Government forces of St. Martin were ordered to pursue them all the way, while Qiu Yu'an's guards did not join the pursuit, but remained in the city of St. Mary.

"See Your Majesty." Qiu Yu'an was summoned by Augustus I and entered the palace with Marshal Caolan and Marshal Dinant, who had also arrived. After paying homage, Qiu Yu'an took advantage of his efforts to get up and peeked at the monarchs and ministers of the St. Martin Empire.

I saw that the Emperor of St. Martin's Empire, Augustus I, was a little pale, and his two small eyes were full of thick dark circles, it seemed that Augustus I had not slept well in the days when the city of St. Mary was besieged, and the situation of those ministers was similar, and even some of the ministers were disheveled and dirty as if they had just come out of the refugee camp, obviously their home was in the battlefield area on the edge of the city, and they were affected by the battle.

Emperor Augustus I was very happy to see Qiu Yu'an, who had arrived in time and successfully relieved the siege, and he first encouraged Qiu Yu'an, and then said a lot of words of thanks to the Chinese leader.

These clichés were spoken for half an hour, and when Augustus I finally stopped, Qiu Yu'an breathed a long sigh of relief, he peeked at the two marshals on both sides of him, and found that they had a natural look, only to realize that this Augustus I was not talking for a day or two, and these ministers had long been used to it.

Augustus I asked again: "I want to reward the meritorious heroes, I wonder what reward Lieutenant General Lu Daoqiu wants?" ”

Qiu Yu'an immediately smiled and said, "My lord has already instructed that relieving the plight of our allies is what our Chinese lord should do, and we don't need any rewards." If you really want any reward, I just want to give a suggestion to Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will not be surprised. ”