The battle completely wiped out the headquarters of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Frezi, and except for a small number of cavalry, the rest of them became subordinates.

post-war inventory;

In this battle, 392 soldiers of the 2nd Virginia Musket Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Harry Frezzie were annihilated, 631 were taken prisoner, and the commander of the American Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Shore, was wounded and captured.

107 cavalrymen were annihilated and 177 were captured.

In this battle, 745 four-wheeled mule and horse carts were captured, nearly 20 were burned, and a large amount of grain, cheese, dried meat, whiskey, clothing tents, kettles, horse harnesses, and other equipment and dozens of wagons of black powder and other materials were seized, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

At the same time, 1,520 white coachmen and more than 2,000 flintlock pistols were captured, which was a great harvest.

The musketeers of the Tang Kingdom army suffered 257 casualties, of which 112 were killed, and the rest were all wounded of varying degrees.

The cavalry suffered more than 10 casualties, and the losses were slight.

Most importantly

In addition to Richard's hearty victory, the whole army was fully logistically supplied, just like a poor man with shriveled pockets suddenly widened, and his strategic room for maneuver was greatly increased.

Although so many prisoners were added, it did not add much burden to the logistics of the Tang Kingdom.

It was impossible for the captured captives to feed them, and they were hungry for the first three days. In the rest of the year, thankfully there was a half-thin soup every day, bread and dry cakes were not available, and at most one potato a day was given, just to hang on to his life.

As for what soup the captives drank?

Adhering to the concept that waste is shameful, the Chinese tradition is to use the efficiency of materials to the extreme, bones must be squeezed out of oil, and mules and horses lost in battle cannot be wasted.

Horse meat must not be thought of, this is designated as an ingredient to make jerky, which belongs to military supplies.

The remaining internal organs of the horse, such as horse intestines, horse lungs, horse liver, fat oil, etc., are cleaned, and then thrown into the horse bones broken by the axe, chopped into a large pot, both oil and nutrition, a bowl of drinking a day, the loss of hundreds of mules and horses can solve the food supply of the captives for two or three weeks.

It is necessary to distinguish the treatment of naturalized white soldiers from prisoners, and the treatment of soldiers and officers, and achieve strict hierarchical treatment, so as to form internal competitiveness and promote it to take the initiative to move closer to the Tang Kingdom.

The news of the Battle of Burlington reached Kansas City only two days later, which caused a huge panic in Kansas City and even in the central cities of the United States.

The mad king with the bloodthirsty eastern cavalry will soon be killed?

It is said that the mad king is a descendant of the devil, several meters tall, bloodthirsty and brutal, and has to drink the hearts and livers of white people every day......

The bloodthirsty eastern cavalry passed through a single inch of grass and bones, especially fond of fat women and children, all of whom were devil cavalry from hell......

When the news reached the White House, everyone was stunned.

Those who were interested immediately realized that General Frank Gilhurry, the main force of the U.S. Army's Western Expedition, was in extreme danger and faced the end of total annihilation after the logistics supply was cut off.

It is a pity that the US government whip is beyond the reach of the five militia cavalry regiments urgently recruited by the General Staff Headquarters of the Federal Army, totaling more than 4,000 people, has just begun, and it will take at least the end of the month to complete the recruitment.

Kansas began to urgently mobilize armed militia, and the state legislature authorized the formation of a militia force of 2,300 people, and the federal government will also mobilize reinforcements from other states to prevent the Tang Kingdom cavalry invasion.

There are a few hundred people in this state and 1,000 people in that state, and the exact number needs to be further negotiated with the states before it can be implemented.

The fiasco of the Battle of Burlington disrupted the strategic plan of the entire western expedition of the American Federation, which is known to the discerning person at a glance;

The main force of the U.S. Army's Western Expedition led by General Frank Gilhuri was hopeless, and it was impossible for them to break through the blockade of the Tang Kingdom army and cross the Gobi to return to Kansas City with a hungry stomach.

And so it is

August 10th

The U.S. forces under General Frank Gilhurry made the arduous trek to the Burlington area, but there was no long-awaited logistical convoy waiting for them.

On the dry Gobi Desert, there are only the wreckage of more than 20 burned carriages, the hastily buried corpses of American soldiers, and countless rut marks on the ground.

They came late, and all the supplies fell into the hands of the army of the Tang Kingdom.

There is such a strong contrast between reality and ideals that General Frank Gilhuri is spurting out a mouthful of old blood.

The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, who appeared near the U.S. army, were fat and strong, and many of them were white cavalrymen, preaching loudly from afar;

"Your Majesty the Tang Kingdom is merciful and treats prisoners preferentially, and those who are willing to surrender will not be killed, and will be treated decently."

"If you want to eat enough, you leave the barracks at night and run west, and naturally someone will take you in."

"Those who resist to the end will die out."

"Don't be stupid, guys, if you surrender, you will be a person from the Tang Kingdom, you don't have to be afraid from now on, you have no food and clothing, and you can follow His Majesty the King to make contributions and share the glory and wealth."

"Yankees are finished!"

When General Frank Gilhuri heard this, he was furious and ordered to drive away the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom with artillery shelling and volleys of guns, but all he got was some arrogant laughter of disdain, echoing in the Gobi Desert.

Artillery and platoon guns are very ineffective against a small number of agile and mobile cavalry, and General Frank Gilhuri also has a headache when he sees this situation, and can only watch the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom wander around, and he has no temper at all.

The U.S. cavalry in his hands was completely dead and wounded, and there were only more than 70 carriages left, and he was in a dilemma of running out of ammunition and food.

Of these, only 12 20-pounder Napoleonic gun wagons, 42 ammunition wagons, and 19 flatbed trucks for transporting pots and pans, cooking utensils, and tents remained.

The remaining 20 12-pounder Napoleon wagons, more than 60 12-pounder wagons, and dozens of camping wagons were all discarded, and the white grooms were grouped into the ranks of the American infantry and retreated eastward.

There is no way, there is really no food in the camp, the mules and horses are killed, and these artillery carts or carriages transporting cannonballs and horses have become a burden, so they can only be discarded, picking up a big bargain for the army of the Tang Kingdom.

The bronze Napoleonic cannons were very strong, and the cast iron oval shells were like lead balls, and they could not be destroyed at all.

The artillery is discarded, then these shells are useless.

General Frank Gilhuri had a terrible dilemma: he had to continue to kill his horses after camping at night, the necessary tools such as cooking utensils and pots and pans must not be discarded, and the tents could only be kept in small quantities, so that the ammunition wagons that carried 20-pound shells had to be sacrificed.

But this can only last two days, and when these ammunition wagons are discarded, towing 20-pound Napoleonic cannons will be useless, and they can only be discarded.

General Frank Gilhuri had no other idea in mind now, but he wanted to return to Kansas City with his nearly 5,000 men all the way east, and for this purpose, all the equipment could be discarded.

There are still more than 570 kilometers from Burlington to Kansas City, and it takes 10~11 days to march in full force.

That's true

In the next two days, the army of the Tang Kingdom intensified its harassment, and followed the American army all the way to the east, repeatedly launched tentative sneak attacks at night, and even lined up the infantry during the day, showing the full momentum of a bloody battle.

But when the U.S. army was desperate to prepare for battle and the formation was slowly pressed, these soldiers of the Tang Kingdom quickly turned around and left, got into a carriage and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

Repeated harassment caused the US troops to march only 73 kilometers eastward in two days, greatly delaying their journey.

Early morning of the 3rd day

The U.S. army was forced to abandon all artillery trucks and ammunition trucks, and only broke through with a dozen cookware carriages and tent trucks, but at dawn, they were caught up by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom and launched a rapid assault.

At this time, the U.S. military had no intention of fighting, and it was crushed with one blow.

Thousands of U.S. troops scattered like bombs, and General Frank Gilhurry and several officers galloped wildly on horseback, taking advantage of the chaos of the battlefield to flee all the way east.

If you're serious about hiding, there's no way to hide in the folded terrain and valleys of the Colorado Plateau.

The light cavalry of the Tang Kingdom searched for several days, and pursued as far as the outskirts of Kansas City, but they did not catch up with General Frank Gilhurry, and they did not know where to run, so they could only return in a hurry.

The failure to capture the enemy chieftain in this battle is really the greatest regret.

But this can not hide the glorious victory of the Tang Kingdom, before and after the annihilation and capture of more than 10,000 American troops (including the army coachman, leatherman, etc.), the war shook the United States, shook North America, and in Europe made the name of the Tang Kingdom, the impact is extremely far-reaching.

A month later

Denver

September 17, 1846

More than 5,000 U.S. prisoners of captivity, who had been reduced to hard labor, are building a sizable fort-like structure, named Fort Denver, at the junction of the east bank of the South Peret River and Cherry Creek.

Fort Denver is located on the Great Plains of Colorado next to the Los Angeles Mountains, with mountains in the distance and dozens of streams and the South Peret River flowing through the area, creating a lush oasis in the Great Plains.

The average altitude here is about 1,600 meters, which is a pleasant climate with plenty of sunshine, but because it is located on a plateau, the temperature difference between day and night is large, even if the temperature is as high as 41 degrees during the day, you have to cover yourself with a blanket to sleep at night.

Considering its important geographical and strategic location, as well as the favorable environment surrounding it, it can graze a large number of horses, reclaim wasteland for crops, and have abundant coal resources, it is a strategic highland to control the western part of North America.

As a result, Richard decided to occupy the region militarily and use Denver as a frontier fortress to secure the eastern part of the Tang Kingdom.

As long as the Denver Fortress is not lost, the eastern border of the Tang Kingdom is as stable as a rock.

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