Chapter 267: Annexation of Mexico IV
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The sight of pitch black, even with torches, will cause a large number of soldiers to wander away, not to mention fighting!
Who can slash people and hold a torch at the same time?!
Therefore, in night battles, unreasonable accidental injuries often occur, and terrifying trampling on each other!
But Hidalgo can't take care of it so much, he knows very well that when it dawns tomorrow, as long as the Polish hussars escape, their total annihilation plan will be completely defeated, and then, the main force of the rebel army will definitely be bumped into by the main force of the Han Empire, how can the main force of the rebel army continue to fight?
So he urgently needs a big victory, as long as there is a big victory, even if the main force of the rebel army is lost, he can break the myth of the invincibility of the Han army and re-form the rebel army!
Besides, Hidalgo still has an absolute numerical advantage!
However, Hidalgo clearly overestimated the discipline and organization of the rebels, and the night battle was beyond the limits for the rebels who had only undergone simple training......
Before the battle began, many of the rebels broke away, but this had been expected by Hidalgo, and anyway, compared to the Polish hussars of less than 200 men, even if they lost a few men, it would be enough to form a strength advantage!
But the Polish hussars had long been prepared for a night attack, so that the people of Hidalgo suddenly fell into passivity, and as the battle lengthened, more and more white rebels could not find the southeast and northwest, and ran around like headless flies!
And in order to boost morale, Hidalgo, who took the lead, was cut into twists by the Polish hussars......
Hidalgo's leadership skills are good, but his combat ability is just that of a middle-aged and elderly man, which is not at all a grade compared to the strong and proficient Polish hussars......
The rebel army, which had lost its core leader, attacked the troops at night, and the morale suddenly fell to a low point, and the brutal battle scenes of the white rebels during the day came to mind...... I'm scared!
As a result, this night attack became a joke, the Polish hussars successfully completed the counter-kill with inferior forces, and the essence of the entire rebel army was completely defeated by the dead ghost of Hidalgo, and the Polish hussars captured several times more prisoners than themselves!
This is the unscientific nature of night battles, he often makes the side that occupies an absolute advantage be overturned in an instant!
Throughout the ages, night battles have been risky moves made by the weak side trying to turn the tables, and the dominant side has always avoided night battles as much as possible, and then, at night, the organization of the attacking side must be more chaotic and less difficult than the defending side!
When the sun shone on the land the next morning, the remaining Polish hussars simply stood on the spot, watching the captives wait for the arrival of reinforcements!
And Maurelos, who led thousands of rebel armies to ordinary defeats, was so frightened that he couldn't even care about the soldiers after receiving the news that the core elite of the rebel army had returned from defeat and Hidalgo had died, so he rolled up his floating wealth and fled here with several close revolutionary comrades-in-arms dressed as civilians!
Even the captured prisoners of the company of the American Native Guard soldiers didn't care about the order to deal with it!
When Wang Qiming's vanguard arrived, the thousands of rebels were still busy looking for the suddenly disappeared Boss of Morellos, and it was not until the banner of the Han Empire came to their eyes that everyone understood......
Subsequently, it was natural to surrender on their knees, and even the core and main forces of the rebel army were defeated, where did these half-hearted Indian untouchable rebels still have the heart to resist?
What's more, even the white high-ranking people such as Morellos ran away!
The Indian reconnaissance team, which was captured by the rebels due to its weak strength, was supposed to have made great contributions, but was finally found and rescued by Han Chinese officers in the surrendered rebel prisoner camp......
Surrender, in the Han Empire, is a serious crime, and it is to be sent to the mine for labor reform!
It's just that this team of Indian soldiers did drag down the main force of the rebel army, and the Han Empire, which attached importance to military merits, could not be too harsh......
Hidalgo died, Morellos and other remnants of the high-level absconded, the core and main force of the rebel army were almost completely wiped out, and the momentum of the local independent rebel army in the whole of Mexico was greatly reduced!
The remnants of the Polish hussars have become the most dazzling heroes of this war, these surviving soldiers, because of their performance of fighting to the death, were regarded as a typical propaganda image by Zhao Dutian, the title of this cavalry regiment has also become a symbol of honor, and it is permanently preserved in the annals of the empire, but this kind of lancer training is too difficult, and Zhao Dutian already has the cavalry weapon of the revolver carbine, in the Han Empire, which focuses on practical results, the real establishment of the Polish hussars is naturally canceled, and only the reputation that is retained remains... …
However, the remaining members of the Polish hussars, each of them has been reused, some of them have become honorary instructors of imperial horsemanship, and some have become personal guards with high status to protect high-ranking government officials......
Similar to the honor guard in later generations......
Equivalent to the department of the elderly, these Polish hussars have shed enough blood, and it is not bad to receive such preferential treatment!
Of course, among the remaining Polish hussars, if there are members who like to kill people very much, and offer not to withdraw from the first line of battle, they will be arranged into the newly formed Imperial light cavalry team and become middle and high-ranking officers!
It's just that the main weapons of this light cavalry team are no longer cavalry guns, but revolver carbines and sabers......
Not to mention the glorious return of the Polish hussars, after the fall of Hidalgo, the rebel army outside Mexico City soon collapsed on its own, and each went back to his own house to find his own mother......
He became a good citizen who supported the liberation of Mexico from the Han Empire!
Most of the people here are Indian Dalits and mestizos, and they are very supportive of the policies of the Han Empire!
Flores in Mexico City. Governor Fruella, after seeing the general trend of the Han Empire sweeping through the Viceroyalty of New Spain, under the guidance of the Clauy family, made a perfect change of identity!
Flores. Governor Fruela and his henchmen opened the gates of Mexico City with a vassal attitude to welcome the Han Imperial army, and after Zhao Dutian's Han Guards moved into Mexico City, they abandoned the darkness and turned to the light and became the representative of the Spanish high-level surrender faction!