The King of Ming Dynasty is here to take revenge, so he can skip the negotiation directly, saving trouble, time and effort. Shelling is the best negotiation!
After landing, Huang Ting was eager to go north to join Zheng Chenggong's troops. He only surrounded Montgomery City and did not attack Birmingham City.
This gave James II a rare buffer opportunity to hold on to the city and wait for King Qin's troops nearby.
However, the city's waterproofing accuracy could not withstand the attack of the Ming army's large-caliber heavy artillery. The shells hitting the top of the city were like using a chisel to carve out ice.
For a moment, dust, sawdust, gravel, and stumps all flew into the air, and a concentrated bombardment could create a seven- to eight-meter-wide gap in the city wall.
After the Japanese troops, aided by naval gunfire, captured Montgomery, the expeditionary fleet had complete control of the lower reaches of the Alabama River.
Although Birmingham City is not on the edge of the Alabama River, it is relatively close, which greatly facilitates the expeditionary force to obtain supplies and has no worries about food and drink.
James II took a breath, only to find that he was facing the same situation as in the capital.
The reason is simple. Huang Ting discovered that there is also a river in the northwest of the city, less than fifty miles away from the city.
This is promising...
Flood the enemy city again?
Why not?
You will be outside, your order...
Of course Huang Ting knew that his revered master was an immortal!
Don't worry about face when fighting, pay attention to face.
Take advantage of whatever you can, this is a pragmatic and efficient strategy.
With such a natural good thing, why do we have to let soldiers storm the enemy's city?
Just do it!
The next day, Huang Ting ordered his armored troops to take on a second job, transforming them into a giant engineering team!
With the experience of digging a mini artificial canal last time, everyone is familiar with it this time.
But first we need to dig a trench around the city to prevent all the British people in the city from running away.
This time it is really a trench surrounding the city, which is much more reliable than the quasi-circular city last time.
Without the obstruction of the enemy fleet, the engineering team can carry out 360-degree excavation without blind spots.
This move was seen by Churchill who was inspecting the city defense situation. The yellow-skinned monkey actually gave up the project after the bombardment and instead worked hard to dig trenches.
This seems a bit...
Churchill was puzzled, thinking that the yellow-skinned monkey planned to besiege the city for a long time.
It always felt like something was wrong, but I couldn't put my finger on what was wrong.
As for whether to break out before the siege, it was still up to James II to make the decision.
During the discussion, Churchill suddenly saw someone accidentally touching the cup.
The table was instantly submerged by the water flowing out, and he suddenly realized it.
The yellow-skinned monkey was most likely planning to revive his old plan. After looking at the map around Birmingham, Churchill became even more convinced of his speculation.
When James II heard this, he was also frightened.
This is not New London, and there is no fleet protection.
If the yellow-skinned monkey comes to flood the city again, it will be difficult for him to break out of the encirclement.
After a brief discussion, James II immediately decided to break out overnight and head west to the Mississippi River first.
There was nothing to hesitate about. Once besieged in Birmingham, a breakout would be costly.
While the Yellow-skinned Monkey's trenches have not yet been completed, an army must be organized immediately to break out.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the Guards Cavalry Regiment opened the way, and 20,000 British troops protected the royal family overnight and broke through to the west.
After hearing the news, Huang Ting did not immediately order a pursuit because he had very few cavalry under his command.
The 1,800 war horses captured were still retained to fight against the British guerrillas running around.
Even if they pursue the remnants of the British army fleeing westward, they will still need to rely mainly on tanks and infantry.
What's more, there are planes responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy, so it is not difficult to find tens of thousands of prey on the plains.
Those who are willing to flee overnight can of course run away with the royal family.
Under the threat of "being a slave for life if caught", Ju Min, who used to live in Birmingham, also ran away with the royal family.
No one wants to mine, let alone mine until they die. Running away is the only solution.
After hearing that there was a huge gap in the city, everyone in the city felt that the city could not be defended.
You can run as fast as you can, and being able to run with the royal family can greatly increase your sense of security.
As a result, about 80,000 people fled overnight. Unfortunately, the light was not good and could not be seen from a distance...
After Huang Ting learned about this, he could only smile.
The British man's sense of smell is more sensitive than a dog's nose. Before the man-made river was completed, the other man was scared away.
Was it all in vain?
Don’t dig in vain!
After Ming Dynasty Zimin entered the city in the future, he could complete the remaining parts and there would be no shortage of water in the city.
After this battle, Huang Ting also decided that as long as the British barbarians rush into the city to defend the city, we will continue to dig the river channel to the end!
We men are not afraid of wasting time and effort, but we just want to see if you are afraid of being flooded!
It was left to Zheng Jiaqi to clean up the loot in Birmingham.
Huang Ting continued to pursue westward with 10,000 troops, but he wanted to see how James II could get his tens of thousands of people across the river...
On November 11, 1687, after a long journey of hundreds of miles, James II's troops finally arrived in Memphis.
This is a small city located on the Mississippi River. James II planned to cross the river here and then go down the river, completely throwing away the pursuers behind him.
Unfortunately, there are not enough ships here, so this idea is simply not feasible. It would be lucky if everyone could cross the river.
There were actually not enough boats to cross the river, so Churchill had no other choice but to order the entire army to cut down trees and make rafts.
But the bad news came faster than the crossing. The next day came reports from the rangers that the enemy was closing in.
This bad news almost made everyone in the British army go crazy. The yellow-skinned monkey is so abominable, just like a vicious dog!
Fortunately, the wide Mississippi River is a difficulty for our own side, and it is an obstacle to the enemy's pursuit.
Churchill immediately ordered the entire army to cross the river, and the royal family took boats to go to the other side first.
As long as all heavy weapons are abandoned, the speed of crossing the river can be accelerated.
In addition, there is also a simple method of crossing the river.
That is to say, tie yourself to a log and hold the prepared paddle in your hand, so that you can control the direction of the drift.
It was indeed a bit primitive, but it was too late to make a canoe now.
Let's make do with it. It's better to drink some river water than to drink water from the yellow-skinned monkey's mine, right?
Stimulated by the news of the enemy's incoming attack, the British army showed extremely high efficiency. It took only three hours to have the ability to launch all troops into the water.
Those with boats took boats, those without boats made rafts, and those without rafts carried a log into the water.
Although many people did drown, most people managed to reach the other side.
The other side is the territory of the Spanish, and at this time the British army no longer cares about that much.
More importantly, after the local Spaniards learned that the yellow-skinned monkeys were about to kill the border river between Britain and Spain, they panicked and began to run southwest.
In the eyes of the Spaniards, with tens of thousands of British troops fleeing in such panic, the yellow-skinned monkeys chasing them must be even more terrifying.
They don't even plan to let the British go. Can they let the Spaniards go?
Definitely not!
If you don't want to die at the gunpoint of the yellow-skinned monkey, you have to run away immediately.
While the British soldiers crossing the river were lighting fires to keep warm on the other side, the Ming Expeditionary Force had already arrived at the riverside.
Huang Ting didn't say anything nonsense, didn't watch his prey leave, and directly ordered the bombardment.
As long as the heavy artillery can reach the target, they will be blasted to the point of shaking the earth and making the ghosts cry and wolves howl!
It has to be said that the Mississippi River is indeed very wide, and the engineers estimated that it would take three or four days to build the pontoon bridge.
Huang Ting looked at the map and found that after crossing the river, his troops had to cross several rivers in succession.
This difficulty is comparable to fighting in the Jiangnan area with dense water networks, and it feels like the gains outweigh the losses.
After thinking for a day, the decision was made to move the entire army south along the east bank of the Mississippi River.
Since the 40,000 Japanese troops under the two armies were left to Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jiaqi, Huang Ting was not worried about the British army coming back.
If this really happened, it would be more convenient for me, as I could work with the Zheng brothers to catch them all.
On the contrary, it can end the combat operations in British North America and then move to the Texas area of Spanish North America.
Besides, winter is coming, and I decided not to repeat the nonsense like last year.
Nearly ten thousand people in the entire army moved towards the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico to receive supplies from the fleet nearby.
Then choose the right time to use the fleet to transport the troops to Texas.
For Huang Ting, it was very troublesome to move the entire army to the other side.
In terms of Jiexuan's fleet, it can be done with just a little effort. This is the essential difference between the navy and the army.
By the time Huang Ting's troops arrived at their destination, it was already after the Spring Festival.
The XXIII Corps of the Expeditionary Force has occupied Seville (New Orleans), and the XXIV Corps is garrisoned at Malaga (Galveston).
These two armies have been placed under the command of Huang Ting, because a certain master has thought about the shortage of troops under Zheng Chenggong, and the Japanese army is used to supplement his troops.
The Japanese army is good at doing dirty work, which can solve Zheng Chenggong's urgent needs.
Otherwise, with 300,000 to 50,000 Zheng troops, it would be impossible to control the vast areas of Dutch North America and British North America.
At this time, the 15th, 17th, and 19th armies commanded by Zeng Ying had already invaded the hinterland of Texas and were currently fighting in the area north of Zaragoza (Dallas).
Huang Ting was very happy at the thought of being able to fight side by side with his fifth junior brother again. When the fleet arrived, he ordered the entire army to board the ship.
Rounding the swamps in southeast Texas, it re-landed east of Malaga Bay (Galveston).
From here, head north and cooperate with Zeng Ying's troops to conduct a sweeping sweep of the Spanish and British troops in the area.
Huang Ting's first target is James II. After realizing that he went south, this guy should still be active on the other side of Memphis, because it is easier to kill him here.
The only thing that made Huang Ting feel tired was that he had to walk it all over again...
Fortunately, he has 60,000 more people in his hands, including planes, tanks, missiles, heavy artillery, and a lot of heavy weapons.
It took about five days for the fleet to sail upstream from the Gulf of Mexico to Memphis.
After confirming that he could get supplies and artillery support from the fleet, Huang Ting led his troops northward.
By the time he destroyed James II's troops, Zeng Ying should have arrived in northern Texas.
The two armies can then go hand in hand and attack northward, thus regaining the lost territory inland in one fell swoop.
The plan is good, but who knows where James II's grandson has gone.
It took Huang Ting and his men nearly two months to return, and they had no idea about the changes in the area.
Fortunately, a local Indian chief who was anti-Spanish and pro-Ming Dynasty introduced the relevant situation. The chief could speak Spanish, so communication was easy.
Through understanding, Huang Ting learned that James II's troops were already active in this area and would even go to places north of Texas, especially to loot Indian tribes.
This is also the fundamental reason why the chief provided information to them. Judging from what they did, these things are completely a group of bandits.
Having said that, if the other party is really like this, it will be easier for me to take action.
Use the nearby Indian tribe as bait and you can do a lot of business!
Huang Ting's troops did not disperse and attack. They were all concentrated together. If they were hidden in a valley, it would be difficult for the British rangers to find them.
At most, I saw planes circling in the sky, but that was it. Obtaining intelligence about the Ming army basically relied on guesswork...
Huang Ting persuaded the chief to act as bait for him on the condition that he would receive a full set of weapons and equipment from the captives, as well as some food, medicine, and daily necessities.
The ambush location was not a plain, but a river valley.
This kind of place is convenient for hiding ambush troops and also limits the maneuverability of British cavalry.
There is no need to dispatch tanks. The infantry has rocket launchers and machine guns, plus a large number of grenades, and can still defeat the opponent's cavalry.
It is also easy to lure prey to the bait. Let the chief send out some warriors with some cowhide and pretend to go out to trade.
When they see their prey, they turn around and run away, luring them into the river valley where the smoke is rising, and that's all.
In order to protect his allies, Huang Ting also asked hundreds of soldiers to change into the opponent's costumes, with oil paint on their faces and a few beautiful chicken feathers on their heads...
The makeup effect is completely fake, but there are steel plates inside the leather jacket, which can provide bulletproof effect to the torso.
After two days of seduction, around ten o'clock in the morning on the third day, about fifty British cavalrymen actually took the bait.
Relying on his use of a revolver, he completely ignored the Indians and charged directly towards the valley.
It's just that today's Indian tribe is slightly different from other tribes. This tribe has many machine guns...
The battle lasted less than five minutes and ended, and no British cavalry could sit on horseback.
The slightly injured one was also tied up by Wu Huada, and then some of the information Huang Ting needed was obtained from his mouth.
Although it is very fragmented, through intelligence and maps, it is possible to determine where some British troops are stationed.
The British army still lacks war horses, most of them are infantry, and the so-called mobility no longer exists.
Next, Huang Ting's task is very simple, let's do something big.
First, try your luck by hitting one of James II's arms with a hammer...
