The result of the cavalry charging the city was, of course, similar to the battle of the Bali River of the Qing army that year.

The Mexican cavalry bravely charged the walls of the Alamo, then had to dismount and engage the defenders of the city, and after twenty minutes of firefighting, the Mexican side lost 114 men and had to flee in disarray.

The Mexican army's casualty toll stands at 150, counting the previous 11 couriers and the 25 soldiers killed yesterday.

The casualties of the Alamo defenders are almost negligible, and there are many folklore about the casualties of this battle in history, including 1 to 30, 1 to 40, such a fantastical exchange ratio, and even the history books written by the Americans say that before the battle is over, each Alamo killed at least ten Mexicans.

Franz, although he felt that the Mexican army was unlikely to pay such a heavy price, made two preparations, experienced military observers (military advisers) and a heavy siege gun.

But Tasan Anna's maneuver had already surpassed Franz's imagination, and the two Austrian army observers were stunned.

"General Tasan Anna, cavalry is not suitable for siege warfare." Stadion reminded.

Tasan Anna also realized that he was wrong, but for the sake of his own face, he chose to ignore Stadion's words.

"Mr. Stadion, you see the courage of our Mexican army! Infantry advance! ”

Then another tragedy struck, as Mexican soldiers in green shirts and white breeches marched in a neat procession to the Alamo, accompanied by the rhythmic beating of drums.

A cannonball flew into the ranks, knocking the first person in the head, and then sending out a string of blood in the ranks.

The second shell hit the ground and bounced, and the soldier tried to resist with his arms, and then both arms snapped and flew into the air.

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Although the Alamo defenders had only three guns, this was not enough to offset the disadvantage of the Mexican army. When the Mexican soldiers approached a distance of three hundred yards, the defenders began to shoot, and people continued to fall.

The Kentucky rifle used by the Texans, although it was also designed in the last century, was a rifled rifle, that is, a rifled gun.

The range of the Kentucky rifle was much stronger than that of the smoothbore guns of the same era, and the accuracy was so high that I don't know where it was.

Just as Stadion and Gabrinz were about to dissuade Tassan Anna, the Mexican queue collapsed.

After all, no one wants to die, and there are a large number of Indians and native whites in the Mexican army, their treatment is not good, and they can still fight the autumn wind if the war goes well, and these people want to slip away when the war goes badly.

As soon as the first deserter appears, the number of deserters grows exponentially.

In the end, Tasan Anna had to send the cavalry to stop the fleeing infantry regiment, and after a brief confusion, the Mexican army lost more than 200 men.

This made Tasan Anna's face a little uncomfortable, and he ordered the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment to be executed, and the hapless commander went to God.

On the other hand, the Alamo defenders, Bowie and David Cloccott, were already preparing to defeat Tasan Anna's celebratory feast.

Many people felt that these Mexicans were not as difficult to deal with as the Indians, and the whole fortress was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

But Travis was not happy in any way, because before the siege began, a team of sentries reported the discovery of a huge cannon 4-5 meters long, which was to be drawn by ten horses.

If what the sentries said was true, it was most likely a 16-pounder gun, or a 24-pounder gun.

This kind of artillery is not even in the arsenal of the US Continental Army, only in Europe, in fact, the US Navy also has this kind of artillery, but it is all mounted on gunboats.

Although Tasan Anna has a good face, he doesn't want to continue to let his men die in vain, after all, these people are the basis of his rule, and this is only the first battle.

"Mr. Gabrinz, Mr. Stadion, do you have any good suggestions? You know, we Mexicans are warriors and rarely meet this kind of opponent hiding in a turtle's shell. ”

Through the battle just now, the two have analyzed the combat power of both sides.

The Alamo defenders had better weapons, and even though the Mexicans were armed with flintlock pistols from Austria, the accuracy of the two sides was not comparable.

Although the Mexican army was superior in numbers, it lacked both training and courage.

In the battle just now, if it were a European army, I am afraid that it would have approached the city wall, and the loss of a few hundred more men would have taken the Alamo.

However, the Mexican army actually collapsed when it approached the city wall, you must know that the attack just now not only did not achieve any effect, but boosted the morale of the other side.

"I propose to divide the besieging forces into two parts and continue to harass the enemy forces, waiting for the siege artillery to arrive, and then attack." Gabrinz said.

"That's right, the morale of the enemy army is high, and attacking now will definitely cause huge casualties to our army. But our army must win a battle to boost the morale of our army. Stadion said.

Tasan Anna felt that it made sense, and at the same time wondered where this victory would come from, apparently waiting for the artillery.

"How is our army going to win a battle?"

"General, there's still a rebel contingent here." Stadion said, pointing to a town on the map more than a dozen kilometers from the Alamo.

"Mr. Kestadion, there are six hundred of them." Tasan Anna thought it was unbelievable, now he couldn't even eat 200 people, wouldn't 600 people want to kill him?

"But they don't have walls, Your Excellency." Stadion replied.

Tasan Anna was a little hesitant to follow this advice, although there were no walls in that town, there were houses, and if there was a street fight, the losses of his troops would not be less.

Gabrinz saw Tasan Anna's concerns.

"Your Excellency, according to your sentry, most of the inhabitants of the town have fled, and the rest are a group of outlaws, we can burn the town, once these outlaws have fled into the plains, your cavalry can easily crush them."

Tasan Anna knew what Gabrinz meant, and he admired the young man in front of him more and more, ruthless enough!

Gabrinz was a ruthless man, having been ambushed by his team during the Italian War, and he himself had one eye knocked out by his attackers.

Gabriencz killed the attacker on the spot, then broke through with his troops and passed out to safety.

So Tasan Anna left half of his troops behind and continued to besiege the Alamo, and he went to harvest wheat with his main cavalry.

The Mexican army is all too familiar with murder and arson, because they do it all the more on their own soil.

Ma Ning, who was still asleep, was woken up by his subordinates, and he didn't even have time to put on his boots.

The night was lit up by the light of the fire, and everywhere there was a chaotic crowd, and from time to time there were wails and the cries of women.

"What's going on!"

"I don't know, someone set the fire, the fire was too big, and the well was blocked again, so we had to evacuate the town first."

Fire protection measures were very backward in this era, and the Texas region was very dry, so large fires were common.

"Damn! ...”

Manin fled from the town with some of his men, and as it was almost dawn, a large group of cavalry appeared on the horizon in the distance.

Manin and his men thought it was Houston's main force arriving, and they all waved their arms excitedly until they saw the Mexican flag.

A massacre began...