Leave at dawn and arrive at dusk – a short trip.

In the middle of the night, in the kingdom of Kazenbe, a white moon hung in the sky, bringing a faint light, shining on a clearing in a dense forest two kilometers away from the royal capital.

"The troops first rested for three hours, walked for a day when the men and horses were tired, fed the horses enough forage, and after three hours, they marched towards the capital of Kazenbe, and when the sky was slightly bright, they launched a direct attack."

"Yes, Battalion Commander!"

"There are a lot of mosquitoes in the wild, and the ground is humid, so I think we should let everyone gather in a tent as much as possible to keep warm." The battalion staff officer said.

"Well, let them close the account!"

After a day's journey, the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Battalion of East Africa were already physically and mentally exhausted, so they simply set up a rainproof cloth and set up a simple tent.

I found some dry wood and dry grass, threw them on the ground, and a few people fell asleep together.

The groom could not sleep yet, so in order to go smoothly the next day, while lighting a special outdoor mosquito coil, he opened the horse and sat down and began to wrap the horse grass, put a handful of corn and soybeans in a knot, and then stuffed it into the horse's mouth.

……

Battalion staff officer Rawls took out his pocket watch from his inner pocket and looked at the time, it was already 3:25, and the sky was still relatively dark. He woke up the sleeping battalion commander beside him.

"Andrew, wake up, it's time to act!"

Andrew rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned.

"Rawls, what time is it?"

"It's 3:25 a.m. East African time."

"This is a little later than the first town time, the sun should also appear a little later, let's control the speed of the march, I think we can add twenty more minutes, and when the sky is slightly bright, we can reach the center of the Kazenbe Kingdom."

"No problem, call everyone up now, just enough to wake them up on the road in a while."

The cooking squad had already boiled hot porridge in a marching pot, adding dried chili peppers, salted dried meat, and unknown wild vegetables.

The night in Africa cooled down badly, and the soldiers' bodies and bones were cold after a night of suffering.

"If only I didn't have chili peppers! It's so spicy, ha...... Hiss ......"

"I feel very good, I have a spicy taste, and I feel a lot of energy in an instant, as if I can feel my whole body alive again."

……

Leaving the horsemen and the cooking squad to rest here, the 1st Cavalry Battalion of East Africa went into battle lightly, two kilometers away, that is, four miles, not too far, leading the war horses to rely on the meager moonlight to slowly and leisurely go in the direction of the capital of Kazenbe.

"Report to the battalion commander, about five hundred meters ahead is the capital of the Kazenbe Kingdom!" The Scout came back and reported.

In the era when there were no lights, Kazenbe, the capital of the African kingdom, was also integrated with the darkness, and it was really difficult to find without looking closely.

Rawls took out his pocket watch and looked at the time with the help of the moonlight.

"Four-nineteen."

"Get ready for battle! Now make one last technical adjustment, check the horses and guns, and attack in eleven minutes. Andrei ordered.

Half past four.

"Everybody get on your horse and get ready!"

"Attack!"

At half-past four, there was already a glimmer of light floating on the eastern horizon, but the Kazenbes were still asleep.

The sunrise and sunset are a portrayal of East Africans, but it is difficult for the natives, most of whom will not get out of bed if they do not get up.

Wake up so early, count the stars and look at the moon? Even when the sun was rising, there was no field to take care of, so I continued to sleep.

"Boom, boom," the sound ......of horses' hooves suddenly erupted.

"Enemy attack?"

The East African cavalry had already made their way through the block to the royal city, which had a low stone wall, and Andrew shot at the guards at the stone fence.

The Kazenbe guards were already panicking, and they shouted: "The Portuguese have called, the Portuguese have rioted!" ”

The civilians of Kazenbe were afraid to go out in their huts, they had seen the power of muskets, and most of the Portuguese caravans carried these things.

"Mr. Santos! Things went wrong, and there was a riot in the capital of Kazenbe. A little brother hurriedly came to report the news.

Santos was getting dressed.

"Do you know which force did it?"

"I don't know, but I heard Kazenbe's people shouting that it was our own people."

"Your own people?"

"Yes, they said it was a riot started by the Portuguese."

Santos looked embarrassed and said, "How can they make their own decisions without notifying us of such a big action?" Does this treat us as one of its own? ”

"Mr. Santos, we're new to the city after all, this can't be the previous plan!" The subordinate said uncertainly.

"Fart! Isn't it difficult to fight an indigenous? It doesn't matter if we are notified, they don't even know a word, I think they just want to keep it to themselves! ”

"Mr. Santos, what do we do next?"

"They want to monopolize it, but we can't let them succeed, otherwise when it comes time to divide the spoils, they will definitely kick us out in advance."

Santos paced around the back of his hand and said, "Gather our men and horses, they want to be alone, we have to intervene, and when the time comes, the kingdom of Kazengbe will not be able to miss our share." ”

"Yes, Boss."

Soon, more than 80 guns under Santos' men were gathered.

"Brothers, get rich today, go with me for the good of the kingdom of Kazenbe!"

……

At this time, Andrew and the others had already stormed the palace, and poor King Kazenbe was carried by Andrew like a little chicken.

"Bang ......"

"What's going on, why are the gunshots suddenly intensifying again?" Rawls asked.

A small soldier suddenly broke in: "Report to the battalion commander, there are unknown forces who have suddenly launched an attack on us, and our men have already exchanged fire with them!" ”

"How many enemies are there?"

"There are about a hundred or ten people, and they are not badly armed, so they should not be the natives of the Kazenbe Kingdom."

"I really ate the courage of the ambitious leopard, and I ordered to destroy this group of enemies, and at the same time captured their leader alive for me, I want to see who is so bold that the hundred and ten people dare to attack our department."

"Yes."

……

"Bastard! How did they fire at us? Is it possible to want to eat black and eat black? ”

Because it was not yet dawn and he couldn't see the reality of the city, Santos fired back and shouted, "Brothers, are you your own people?" Don't shoot! ”

"What kind of bird language do you speak?"

"It's an indigenous anyway, whatever he says! Dare to come to support, it is estimated that it is the elite troops of the Kazenbe Kingdom, and it will be over if they fight hard. ”

In response to Santos, there was only a steady stream of gunshots, watching the little brothers around him fall one by one, completely red-eyed, this is all his own capital!

"The devil? Lao Tzu fought with you! ”

Santos left the bunker, picked up the gun and was about to aim, "bang", was shot in the right leg, and fell to the ground in pain.

"Ahh

The battle was one-sided, and soon it was dawn and the East African cavalry began to clean up the battlefield.

The grizzled Santos was driven to Battalion Commander Andrew.

"Report to the battalion commander, this man is their leader."

Santos looked at the familiar Prussian military uniform, and a mixed feeling came to his heart, and he said nonsense: "Fake, haha, it's all fake, Prussian barbarians, friendly soldiers, eating alone, I'm just a joke......"

Andre crouched on the ground and slapped Santos in the face: "What's your name?" Who assigned you to that force? ”

Santos' eyes were glazed, and he repeatedly chanted: "Fake, barbarian, friendly ......"

Poor Santos is crazy.

(End of chapter)