The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven

April 21, 1836.

United States, Texas, San Jacinto.

Historically, in San Jacinto, the Texas army led by American colonizer Sam Houston defeated more with fewer, and defeated Tasan Anna's Mexican army in just 18 minutes.

In this campaign, Sam Houston raided 3,000 Mexican troops with 800 troops, causing the Mexican army to lose more than 700 people. Only 11 people were killed on their own side. Sam Houston and Tasan Anna.

Perhaps it was a coincidence of history that after the Battle of the Alamo, Tasan Anna completely wiped out the remnants of the Texas Army around San Antonio, and then decided to go north.

This day happened to be April 21, 1836.

Tasan Anna has received reinforcements from Mexico, and the total strength has reached 12,000, but 4,000 troops need to be left to garrison San Antonio to prevent being cut off.

A Comanche tribe is bought by the Americans, and Tasan Anna sends an army of 2,000 men ready to teach them a lesson of a lifetime.

At the same time, according to intelligence, an American team was besieging Fort Marion.

Anyone who is a military officer can tell that this must be an American plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

Both Gablenz and Stadion felt that they should abandon Fort Marion and go directly north to besiege Austin.

In this way, no matter whether the Americans fight for real or fake, they have to return to Austin.

Because once Austin falls, the Americans' retreat will be completely cut off, and there will be only one fortress in Dallas left in the north.

In this way, the initiative of the war will be held by the Mexican side. At that time, it is up to the Americans whether to encircle the points for reinforcements or increase troops to besiege.

After listening to the suggestions of the two generals, Tasan Anna decided to send the main force to Marion to relieve the siege, while he himself led the troops to find a place to camp first.

One is that the weather is too hot, and the other is the suggestion of Grand Duke "Franz Karl": make a stronghold and fight dumbly.

Franz is not in Mexico, and he may not have a deep understanding of the military, but he only knows this period of history, and he firmly believes that the raid was a conspiracy...

In fact, it was the Mexicans who betrayed Tasan Anna. There were many factions in Mexico. Take Tasan Anna's 3000 main force.

At this time, Tasan Anna had only 2,500 Mexican soldiers, 200 temporarily recruited Texans, and 300 black soldiers.

According to Franz's suggestion, Tasan Anna issued a proclamation for the emancipation of black slaves, but he himself still hated black slaves very much. The 300 black soldiers were only allocated 150 guns and some cold weapons.

But the black soldiers did not complain, and still worshiped Tasan Anna as a savior.

Sam Houston took 800 Texas troops to ambush beside Tasang Anna's camp. He was waiting for the signal. The person who sold him the information promised to burn the bridge to cut off Tasang Anna's retreat.

"Mr. Houston, are we going to die?" asked Jimmy the recruit.

Jimmy is a young volunteer from Texas. He was a horse herder. One day, some fellow Americans ran to his farm and said that the Mexicans would take away all his horses and confiscate his horses. Land, Jimmy was very angry, and despite his mother's obstruction, he joined the Texas Army with a gun.

Jimmy killed people, and there were some Indians who always wandered around his family's ranch and claimed that his land belonged to the Indians.

So Jimmy's father hired some cowboys and wiped out the Indian tribe.

Jimmy was also there. When he saw an old Indian who was about to jump into the river to escape, he pulled the trigger, and the old man fell to the riverside. Jimmy's hounds rushed forward excitedly to bite the prey.

Jimmy's father saw Jimmy knock down an Indian with a gun, and was very excited to give Jimmy a pocket knife.

"Jimmy, scalp him like a man with this."

Jimmy took his father's knife and pulled the Indian's hair...

Jimmy's father used Jimmy's booty to make him a pair of boots and gave it to Jimmy as a birthday present.

But Jimmy, who was on the battlefield for the first time, his hands were still trembling uncontrollably.

Houston looked at the recruit whose beard hadn't grown in front of him, smiled, and kissed the child's forehead.

"Everyone is mortal, but we will not be the ones who die today. Rest assured, child, God is with us."

"Are all Mexicans descended from criminals and Indians, Mr. Houston?" Jimmy asked.

"No, but there are a lot of mixed races in Mexico."

"Where are the black slaves?" Jimmy pointed to the black troops at the edge of the camp.

"They are our Texans' property, taken away by the shameless dictators of Mexico, and we Texans are fighting to protect our property and our freedom."

Suddenly, a fire broke out on the bridge, and there was a riot in Tasang Anna's barracks. The soldiers were at a loss, some were fighting the fire, and some were running around without thinking.

Tasan Anna was making out with his mistress, Miss Jenny, in his tent at this time. Having served in the Mexican Army for many years, he had long been accustomed to this messy situation, so he just yelled at the adjutant outside.

"Kamare, go and see what's going on? Tell them to shut up!"

Gablenz and Stadion wanted to stop the chaos, but their Spanish was poor, and the Mexican soldiers were completely disobedient, when they saw Camare.

"General Kamare, you came at the right time. Let them stop to fight the fire. Otherwise, the bridge will be burnt down, and the supply of the army will be difficult."

Camare nodded, he understood the importance of the bridge, and drew his pistol.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Stop it all!...." Camare hadn't finished speaking when he heard a gunshot, and a bullet hit Camare.

Camare held his chest in disbelief, and the soldiers around him also looked at each other in dismay. At this moment, more bullets were fired, and several Mexican soldiers who were still in place were knocked down.

A shell exploded in the air, and the scattered projectiles caused a **** storm in the camp.

The fallen soldiers scattered the campfire, which soon ignited the surrounding tents, and the Mexican army became more confused.

Houston seized the opportunity, knowing that his name will go down in history.

"For freedom! For our land! Go!"

The Texas Army in Houston was in such a state of strength that it quickly broke through the defense line of the Mexican Army, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com They were less than 200 meters away from Tasang Anna's tent.

While the Mexican army was fleeing in all directions, a group of black soldiers blocked the Texas army in Houston with their flesh and blood.

Most of these black soldiers were freed slaves. They had only undergone simple training, and many of them even shot their rifles indiscriminately as if they were magic.

However, these black soldiers resisted the Texas Army's surprise attack with amazing courage.

Houston knew his chance to end the war was at hand, and he had to do whatever it took.

"Brothers! Tasan Anna is right ahead, follow me!"

The black slave on the opposite side kept roaring, and rushed up to face the Texas army.

The black soldiers launched a desperate charge, which slowed down the pace of the Texas Army and bought time for Gablenz and Stadion to regroup.

Facing the Mexican army that began to counterattack, Houston had no choice but to retreat.

At this time, a person hugged his thigh. It was Jimmy who hurt his foot.

"Mr. Houston, please, help me."

Houston looked at Jimmy who was lying on the ground, and then at the approaching Mexican army. He hit Jimmy in the face with the **** of his gun, and fled with his troops.

Historically, Houston captured Tasan Anna at the cost of eleven people, thus ending the Battle of Texas and establishing the psychological advantage of the United States over Mexico for a century.

However, three hundred black soldiers changed history with their lives.

In this campaign, the Texas Army lost less than 200 people, caused nearly a thousand casualties of the Mexican Army, and burned countless supplies in Mexico. The black soldiers paid a huge price. Only 23 people from the three companies survived .