Chapter 617: The Battle of Huizhou City (5)
Ling Jingyang did not order the pursuit, but led the guards to reinforce the other two battles.
After the victory of the battle at the North Gate, Ling Jingyang could not only order the guards to reinforce, but also mobilize the soldiers stationed in the left battalion of the North Gate to reinforce.
He led Xu Sheng to immediately bolt the east gate of the military region and reinforce the south gate, Xu Sheng divided the team into two, reinforcing the east gate and the south gate respectively.
The Ming army, which was struggling to hold on to the east and south gates, finally received reinforcements and increased its strength, and the Dutch army that attacked these two gates suddenly found that the Ming army had become an impregnable wall and could not attack it.
Finally, a small number of troops rushed to the city, wanted to rush to the city wall, and were shot by the Ming army with guns and bows and arrows, the Dutch rifles did not play a greater role in the dark, and the Dutch army could no longer withstand such a big loss after several attacks, many Dutch soldiers smashed with grenades, and the Su Ri'an grenade explosion killed and injured many Ming soldiers, but the Ming army took advantage of the terrain, and there were British soldiers who played cold guns, and the Dutch casualties increased sharply.
Suddenly heard the sound of the battle at the north gate stopped, and then Ling Jingyang led the guards from the north gate city wall, galloped to the east gate city wall, condescendingly fired at the Dutch army under the city, the Dutch casualties soared, and if they continued to fight, they would only lose more soldiers and horses, and their morale gradually became low.
Ben Robben of the 3rd Regiment also did not continue to hold out, and after Tolten's withdrawal, he ordered the troops to withdraw from the battle.
The Dutch army came and went as fast as it came, and was withdrawn to the command almost instantly.
The soldiers of the Ming army blocked the gate of the city with stones, door panels, ox carts and other objects, although they repelled the Dutch army, the Ming army suffered very large losses.
If the Dutch army was ruthless and once again concentrated its forces to storm Yimen, the Ming army would hardly be able to hold the city.
Fortunately, the Dutch army did not attack again, and after dawn, Ling Jingyang and other Ming generals saw the scene inside and outside the city.
At the gate of the city, the corpses of the Dutch army and the Ming army were piled up like a hill, many of the corpses were missing arms and legs, Ling Jingyang asked Jin Dashou to clean the battlefield, the Dutch corpses were burned on the spot, and the Ming soldiers were transported back to the city for burial.
The two armies fought fiercely last night, and both suffered heavy losses, and during the day they hung up their free battle cards to prepare for the next battle.
The Dutch headquarters had been bombed into ruins, and after the remnants of the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments had withdrawn, they saw the headquarters being razed to the ground, and the two regiment commanders circled around the headquarters without seeing it
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A corpse, thinking that he was on the verge of a cowardly battle, ran back to Jiangxi or Fujian.
After dawn, several guards came back with a corpse, and Tolten and Robben saw that this was not the corpse of Kuichi?
In the fierce battle last night, he was shot in the chest by a Ming military rifle in the dark, and if he was rescued in time, he could have survived.
However, in the scuffle, the guards who were protecting him were scattered, and he fell straight on the grass, and no one noticed that he was wounded, and no one tried to carry him back.
It wasn't until dawn that the guards returned to the battlefield and found the body of Kuichi, who died early in the morning.
After entering the Huizhou Mansion, the Dutch army lost more than 3,000 people, although there were still more than half of the soldiers and horses, and the weapons and ammunition were relatively sufficient, they were still able to continue to besiege Huizhou City, but the morale was reduced to the bottom.
The most lethal was that the Dutch army was too scattered, and the supreme commander was also killed in battle, losing his unified command.
The losses of the main Dutch combat force were not very large, and only the troops who protected him were attacked by Ling Jingyang.
As a result, he was killed in the war, and the death of the Dutch was the greatest loss for the Dutch.
Tolten and Paul said, "The governor is dead, should he be withdrawn?" ”
Robben rolled his eyes, and Tolten shook his head, saying that since he was dead, but they were alive and well, he would withdraw like this, and His Majesty would be furious and send him to the gallows.
"Robben, what do you say you should do now?"
Robben was only an infantry commander. But it is much more shrewd than Tolten, Yuyi and others.
"The Governor is dead, we can't save him, but we can't let his death disrupt the imperial plan, Your Majesty let us come to East Asia, isn't it to conquer the world? These treasures of gold and silver, women, and land, are all accessories to the conquest of the world. ”
"Robben, don't talk here, continue to attack Huizhou City. Or to withdraw to Fujian, Ganzhou, or to the island of Taiwan? ”
Robben replied that he was not going anywhere, so he waited here for the British Household Cavalry Regiment, carried the body to the Royal Cavalry Regiment, and told the Household Cavalry Regiment that the Spanish governor was also dead, creating an atmosphere of terror in East Asia for the British.
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Let the British realize that the Ming army still has strong strength, and there are more powerful armed forces than the Ming army, such as the Qing army, the Dashun army, the Great Western army, and the Jiannu army, forcing the British to cooperate with the Dutch Empire, and not disappointing the holy decree of His Majesty the Pope.
"Okay, I led the remnants of the First Regiment to garrison the coast of Xin'an County, Huizhou Prefecture, and they didn't know that the governor had died in battle, so you quickly went to the coast to take over the troops of the First Regiment. I led my army to Wuhua County to tell the governor of the 4th Regiment that he had died in battle, and if necessary, my 3rd Regiment had swallowed the 4th Regiment. ”
Cons is also very ambitious, and it just so happens that Robben coincides with him. The two of them went to Xin'an County to eat the first step corps.
He led his troops to annex the Fourth Infantry Regiment, and after the deed was completed, the two armies converged under the city of Huizhou. Robben and Tolten divided their own labor, and Tolten led the remnants of the 3rd Infantry Regiment to the coastal cities of Huizhou Prefecture, trying to eat the remnants of the 1st Infantry Regiment.
At this time, the British Royal Cavalry Regiment, escorted by twenty warships, successfully arrived on Macau Island.
Prince Henry and other high-ranking British generals were warmly welcomed by Governor Francisco Thiago on Macau Island, and Thiago was respectful in front of Prince Henry as if he were a grandson.
Fresh water, food, and various supplies were sent to the Household Cavalry Regiment, but they also pursued it, asking Prince Henry to guarantee the rights of the Francis in Macau. and the garrison of the Franco Army in Macau to provide protection for the coming and going merchant ships.
These demands seemed to Henry to be a drizzle. The British Empire was tasked with dominating East Asia, and if it wanted to dominate East Asia, it had to unite with the European powers.
Previously, Henry and the cavalry regiment had been floating on the sea, knowing nothing about the warfare and forms of war in South China.
In the exchange with Governor Thiago, Prince Henry almost went berserk, how long has it been?
The grenadiers were gone, Sir Edmund was gone, and the French and Spaniards were fighting.
The Dutch fought again with the Ming court of Hongguang, and Prince Henry was confused by the intricacies of the relationship.
He said to Thiago: "You are also one of my Europa countries, tell me who is the most powerful enemy at the moment?" ”
Frangi was a small country, with Thiago and Prince Henry swaying from side to side. The Franciscans are good friends of the British Empire, and as long as they are enemies of the British Empire, they are the enemies of the Francis.
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