Wild North America 1846

The next day, around three o'clock in the afternoon

More than 1,200 U.S. cavalry troops marched south from Denver, escorting more than 160 four-wheeled carriages, forming a long march and starting their journey south.

Followed by

It was a large U.S. military unit led by General Frank Gilhoury. It was a huge queue composed of more than 600 four-wheeled carriages. The soldiers sat on the carriages filled with goods and marched all the way south. There were more than 800 people at the beginning and end of the queue.

Protected by famous cavalry, they marched in a meandering way.

The U.S. military is not moving very fast, about seven or eight kilometers per hour, which is almost a little faster than walking.

Behind several broken stone beams

Richard and several officers were using monocular binoculars to carefully examine the passing U.S. military queue, and were speechless for a long time.

after half time

Mike Rabiot turned to discuss with the officer beside him, then looked at Richard and said;

“Start the king’s speech;

According to our statistics, the U.S. military's troops heading south include 2,109 cavalry, about 5,200 infantry, 32 artillery pieces, and about 600 artillery, totaling more than 7,900 troops.

There were also more than 770 horse-drawn carriages and about 1,600 people accompanying the conscripts."

"Well, they did come out in full force." Richard put down the monocular in his hand and said with a sneer on his face; "It seems that the American general did not expect that we would come so far to welcome them, maybe...

…He doesn’t take us into consideration at all, does he?”

"It is indeed possible that the US military commander may think that we are too busy besieging Colonel Stephen Carney's headquarters to care about anything else."

"Then I have to give them a big surprise." Richard's eyes stayed on the artillery in the middle of the US military team. These bronze-cast 12-pound and 20-pound Napoleon cannons all have heavy steel wheels that are more than half a person tall.

You can recognize it at a glance from a distance.

Each Napoleon cannon weighed more than 3,000 pounds and was dragged by two draft horses. It walked on the rugged Gobi Desert and left deep ruts.

These artillery pieces are the biggest threat to the position's defense.

The rock guard wall mixed with cement concrete is indeed strong, but it cannot withstand repeated bombardments from large-caliber artillery. One of these artillery shells is as heavy as a lead ball, and its power when fired cannot be underestimated.

You can see from the fact that the US military loaded more than 80 carriages with artillery shells that the hastily built Rio Rancho Fortress was unable to withstand such fierce artillery fire.

Think of this

A dangerous light flashed through Richard's sharp eyes. He had already made up his mind. If there was no other option, he could only use the Storm minigun as a big killer. No matter what, he would not give these army heavy artillery a chance to unleash their firepower.

Watching the U.S. troops gradually move away, turning into long black spots, Richard looked back and ordered: "Send a pair of cavalry far behind, and every four hours, fly quickly to report the location of the main U.S. troops."

and dynamics.”

"As you command, Your Majesty."

"It will be dark soon, and we should set off." After saying this, Richard turned and walked down the slope, where a dozen guards were waiting with horses.

After taking the reins of the horse, Richard got on the horse, knocked the horse's belly with both legs and yelled "drive", then took the lead and galloped away, followed closely by the knights behind him.

Day 2

Denver

When the first glimmer of dawn showed, large groups of cavalry from the Tang Dynasty appeared in the forage fields and warehouse areas. The galloping hooves of the horses made the earth tremble. As soon as the armed militiamen who had woken up from their sleep rushed out, they were struck by sharp sabers.

It fell to the ground in one fell swoop.

The weak resistance quickly collapsed, and the remaining trembling prisoners were gathered together and tied into a long string with ropes.

Richard sat high on the horse with a cold expression, watching the soldiers cut down tents one after another, dragging the living people out of the ditch and the pile of stone platforms one by one, and forced them to kneel on the ground, with murderous intent on their faces.

stern.

The Yankees were completely unprepared for the raid by the Tang Dynasty army. They easily took control of more than 10 warehouses and fodder yards. They seized tens of thousands of tons of fodder, more than 700 tons of oats, black beans and other fine materials, as well as tents.

, gunpowder, military uniforms and other materials were piled up in the warehouse.

These were all supplies shipped all the way from Kansas City by the Americans, but they fell into Richard's hands easily.

"Your Majesty, a total of more than 820 carriages of various types have been seized, 1/3 of which have not been unloaded and are still fully loaded."

"Five artillery pieces were found in the camp. They are all gun carriages that need to repair their axles. They are being repaired urgently."

"A batch of weapons and equipment was found in the warehouse, including more than 640 boxes of flintlock rifles, totaling about 3,200, more than 1,000 revolvers, more than 550 saber handles, more than 170 barrels of black powder, and several kettles and clothing.

"

Good news kept coming, which brought a smile to Richard's stern face.

This raid on the base of the U.S. Army brought great rewards. He immediately ordered the high-value artillery, weapons and equipment to be loaded into trucks immediately. There happened to be more than 1,000 white prisoners here, and the ready-made coolies were not in vain.

At this time, intensive gunfire came from the direction of the town, and Richard immediately brought a team of cavalry to support.

It turned out that the American armed militiamen in the town reacted and were using the houses to fight with guns.

Can be seen on the streets of Denver

There were some corpses lying here and there, and occasionally the corpses of some cavalry and war horses. The two sides were shooting at each other on the street, and the gunfire became more and more intense and intensive.

"what happened?"

"Your Majesty, some American road construction workers, coachmen, and shopkeepers resisted with gunfire. Since the enemy was hiding in the buildings, they were in a hurry and were unable to capture it. More than ten brothers were injured or killed."

"Order all soldiers to retreat." After hearing the report, Richard's eyes showed a dangerous light. He pointed forward with the riding whip in his hand, looked back and ordered to the cavalry behind him; "The withdrawing soldiers guard the intersection, and the others set fire to them."

I will burn, I will burn Denver to ashes, let’s do it”

"As you command, Your Majesty."

Give an order

The cavalry lit the hay pile, and a raging fire suddenly rose. The cavalry galloped away with torches in hand, throwing torches one by one on the houses.

only a quarter of an hour later

Countless flames have broken out all over the town of Denver. Wooden houses have been set on fire. Thick smoke and fire have filled the air. Countless people rushed to the streets crying for their fathers and mothers.

This originally prosperous new town was shrouded in flames in a short period of time. The blazing flames lit up the sky. Hundreds of houses were hundreds of torches, and they burned more and more fiercely with the help of the wind.

in the light of fire

A long column of heavily loaded carriages drove away from Denver under the escort of his soldiers, followed closely by more than 3,000 prisoners, who followed behind with sad expressions.

This scene is like the end of the world...