Chapter 620: Embarrassment
There was a hint of anger on Tolten's face, fleeting, and a flattering tone.
"Your Excellency, Distinguished Deputy Commander, we have to tell you, a sad thing."
The deputy commander was second only to Prince Henry in the Royal Cavalry Regiment, and Prince Henry got mainland intelligence from Thiago and also told him, he looked at Tolten arrogantly and said disdainfully: "Isn't it that Paul, the waste governor of Spain, was killed in battle, what's the fuss about?" β
Tolten had already figured out how to convince the British, and he grieved and cried Tolten.
"The governor of my Netherlands in Huaxia was unfortunately killed in battle last night, and the Ming army is too strong for my Europa countries to be defeated."
The deputy head of the regiment was speechless for a moment, and he didn't care about Henry's order, and came to Henry with Tolten.
Henry frowned and glared at the deputy head of the regiment, didn't he say that he was not the governor of the Netherlands, and he was not seeing the others?
"Your Royal Highness, the Dutch Governor was killed in battle last night, under the guns of the Ming army."
This sudden news made Henry a little in a trance, and the deputy commander introduced to Tolten that this was Prince Henry, the commander of the British Household Cavalry Regiment.
Tolten hurriedly bowed to Henry, and then told Henry in broken English that the Governor of Huizhou had been killed in the attack on Huizhou City last night, and the headquarters was also attacked by Ming artillery.
"You have more advanced breech guns, how did you get shelled by the Ming army, and how did the governor die?"
In Henry's opinion, it must have been the Dutch who fell for the trickery of the Ming army, which led to the bombing of the headquarters and the death of the governor.
Thinking of this, Henry suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, the British Grenadier Regiment was also wiped out by the Ming army, how did the Ming army become so powerful?
Tolten is very good at observing words and feelings, seeing Henry's panic from Henry's expression, he lost no time in adding fuel to the fire, the Ming army has rifles equipped with bayonets, as well as artillery of the same level as the countries of Europa, in the previous battle, the artillery and rifles were hidden by the Ming army, and the Dutch army was dealt a fatal blow at the critical moment.
The deputy regiment commander asked Torten: "Your governors are dead, and instead of taking revenge, you deployed troops in Xin'an County to try to block the landing of my cavalry regiment, and let the donkey kick in your brain?" β
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Crying is even more ugly, he said that the army stationed in Xin'an County, is the order of Kuiyi, after he died in the first battle, he led the troops to Xin'an County, want to withdraw the troops here, and hinted to Prince Henry that he is now the supreme commander of the Netherlands in Huizhou Province, and came here to meet Prince Henry, to get reinforcements from the British Empire.
Henry has been in the court all the year round, and his political ability is very good, and he immediately heard the meaning of Tolten's words, and said to Tolten: "Tell this king, how many Ming troops are there in Huizhou City, and why do you want to take Huizhou City?" β
Huizhou City was the strongest fortress of the Ming army in Guangdong, where the main forces of the Hongguang court were gathered, while the Ming court supported by the Dutch was the Longwu court, and from the perspective of blood and royal distance, the Longwu court was not as convincing as the Hongguang court.
Henry had heard a little about the Ming Kingdom, and only today did he know that the Dutch supported the Longwu court.
It is no wonder that the Dutch wanted to attack Huizhou Mansion because they wanted to eliminate the main force of the Hongguang Imperial Court and achieve the attempt of the Longwu Imperial Court to dominate the world.
There is a saying that the enemy of the enemy is not necessarily the enemy, at this time the Dutch owned Fujian, Jiangxi, as well as Taiwan Island and many islands in the South Sea, and then let them conquer Huizhou Prefecture, how could the British Empire still seize benefits in China.
He made an angry look and said to Tolten: "The Ming people actually have powerful weapons, they can't let the Ming people recover their strength, they want to completely disintegrate the military strength of the Ming Kingdom, the British Empire and the Dutch Empire are both brother countries in the Europa Continent, and they were ordered to come to the Chinese Continent, and the governor of your country died in battle, how can I abandon them?" β
Henry's passionate words touched Tolten, and he excitedly told Henry that the Ming army in Huizhou City was recuperating after last night's battle, and that the Ming army must not be allowed to recover, so that the Ming forces will become stronger and stronger, and the countries of Europa will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the Ming Kingdom.
"Okay, the whole army will obey the order and attack Huizhou Mansion."
Henry and the deputy head of the regiment blinked, and the deputy commander immediately said to Tolten: "Commander Tolten, gather all the scattered troops of your country, only unity can resist the evil Ming country." β
Tolten thought that the British had been thought of by him, and formed an alliance with the Dutch to attack Huizhou City, and he could take advantage of this precious opportunity to take away the remnants of the first regiment in Xin'an County, and the whole army went north to Ganzhou Mansion, and threw the third and fourth regiments to the Ming army and the British army.
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He and Henry requested: "Our army still has hundreds of soldiers and horses in Xin'an County, and I also ask His Royal Highness the Prince to relieve the siege and let me take them away." β
After hearing this, Henry said to him: "How could I fall into the ground, our army and horses are here, you hurry up to Xin'an County to take the soldiers to Huizhou City, and our two countries will work together to break Huizhou City." β
Under his flickering, Tolten led the guards to Xin'an County, and Henry and the deputy commander ordered to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to ambush near Xin'an County, and after Tolten led the remnants out of the city, none of them were killed.
The deputy regiment commander realized Henry's intention from the beginning, and had already given an order to the three battalion commanders to pull out three battalions of troops from the army and kill them in Xin'an County after a while.
In the remnants of the Dutch Second Infantry Regiment opposite the Royal Cavalry Regiment, Henry, in order to paralyze, made a friendly gesture, asked the troops to send them fresh water and food, and gave them twenty boxes of ammunition.
Henry was not in a hurry, he had to wait until the deputy commander succeeded in giving the order to eliminate the 2nd Infantry Regiment.
Tolten did not know the tricks of the British, and he boasted that he was extremely clever, but this was compared to Robben of the soldiers, and compared to the quarrelsome old fox like Henry, he was as naΓ―ve as a child.
He came to Xin'an County with an excited face, the Dutch soldiers in the city fired guns, he shouted loudly in Dutch, he was the commander of the Second Infantry Regiment, and he was specially ordered to lead the soldiers of the First Infantry Regiment in the city to withdraw.
The soldiers of the First Legion in the city did not trust him very much, and Tolten said: "The governor is dead in battle, and I have made an agreement with the English, and you will quickly withdraw with me." β
The news of his death soon spread throughout the city, and the Dutch soldiers were in great disarray, and Tolten yelled that if he didn't leave, the British would call, and it would be too late to retreat.
In the end, the remnants of the city were persuaded by Tolten, brought weapons and ammunition, and followed Tolten to the remnants of the 2nd Infantry Regiment.
After the group left the city, they came to a relatively wide road, and the British cavalry regiment lying in ambush on both sides launched a surprise attack under the order of the deputy commander.
The British army had a lot of firepower, and it was a sneak attack, and Tolten and others were defeated and retreated, and he watched a lot of soldiers being knocked to the ground, and died on the spot without snorting.
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