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Chapter 1289 The Valley of Death

Although Xinshang Company achieved a decisive victory, allowing the company to temporarily survive the crisis of destruction, the comparison of strength between the two sides has not changed.

Spain's colonies in the north and south Yinzhou were close to the territory of Ganchao, with a population of tens of millions. Without local troops, its strength still crushed the Xinshang Company.

Therefore, the new business company must be willing to pursue the enemy with courage and try to eliminate the Spanish army. Only in this way can we gain valuable time for the new business company to develop.

At this time, the rough statistics on the battlefield had been revealed. In the melee last night, the Shang army actually did not destroy many Spaniards. The combined casualties and prisoners were less than 15,000.

This means that nearly half of the Spaniards escaped the battlefield.

"I am familiar with the situation in the south, so I will be your guide!" Liu Jiqiu volunteered: "If the Spaniards want to escape back to Mexico, they must reach Shangkou Town all the way south, and then follow the Dashang River and go down the river to the beach. There should be their fleet there to respond. If we want to block them, we must arrive at Shangkou Town first and stop them from entering the Dashang River Valley."

When Yang Shuye heard this, he discussed with Sun Li and others for a few words. Sun Li said: "I suggest that Zhou Bin and the others should take on this important task."

"Okay, their interspers are very good this time. Not only did they drop the enemy's command post, but they also killed the enemy's commander. I'm relieved to hand over the enemy's escape from the south!" Yang Shuye nodded.

At this time, on the battlefield, the cheering soldiers of the Shang army walked among the corpses, cleared the corpses, and collected spoils.

Zhou Bin, Zhao Tai and others sat in the wilderness, eating corn kernels, and watching the people coming and going in front of them, busy picking up what Spain had left behind.

The enemy lost their helmets and armor and fled in a hurry. The plate armor, muskets, artillery, tents, military supplies, and horses they left behind were all good things.

However, the soldiers of the Security Army looked down on them and did not compete with them. Moreover, the elites did not do rough work.

At this time, everyone was looking at the battlefield with great interest, and Sun Li suddenly came over, "Zhou Bin!"

Zhou Bin quickly stood up and saluted: "Deputy Commander!"

Sun Li glanced at the soldiers who were sitting on the ground and had not finished their meal, and said in a deep voice: "There is a new task for you. This is Liu Jiqiu, brother Liu. He will take you to Shangkou Town to block the enemy fleeing south. After discussing with the commander, I decided to let your department continue to undertake the interweaving task. You must nail me to Shangkou Town!"

Zhou Bin immediately saluted without any hesitation, "Yes. Ensure that the task is completed!"

After saying that, he shouted, Zhao Tai and others stood up one after another, quickly checked the equipment, took the food brought by Sun Li, and, under the leadership of Liu Jiqiu, he took a shortcut and quickly penetrated Shangkou Town.

At this time, the military and civilians of Yindu were not idle either. The military and civilians quickly divided into three groups. Some of them cleared the battlefield, treated the wounded, and guarded the prisoners. Some of them scattered in search of nearby woods and mountains. The scattered Spanish scattered soldiers quickly pursued the enemy south.

More than 30,000 Spanish troops rushed to Yindu City, but suffered a crushing defeat.

Not only did they lose most of the losses, but the commander and a large number of officers were also shot dead by the Shang army. It can be said that it was the worst failure since Spain colonized the Americas.

The colonists who were still arrogant a few days ago were depressed like eggplants beaten by frost, and their morale fell to the extreme.

Captain Marilud rode on the war horse with a tired face, feeling sad inside, and didn't know how to give it to Philip.

The only thing he is glad that he is not the commander and does not have to bear the main responsibility for failure.

"Start up and get out of this damn place quickly!" Captain Marilud ordered angrily.

The Spanish were completely lost, and the soldiers were hungry and tired. They were afraid of being caught by the Shang army, so they could only barely raise their speed to retreat south, hoping to leave the territory of Xinshang Company as soon as possible.

In the mountains and forests more than 30 miles east of them, Zhou Bin led more than 100 people and advanced rapidly.

The Yinzhou Continent was not developed and the crowds were rare. Zhou Bin led his subordinates to cross mountains and ridges. It took two days to tie the Spanish army, and then continued to move forward and finally arrived at his destination in advance before the enemy arrived in Shangkou Town.

Liu Jiqiu pointed to a valley and said, "When you leave the valley, there is Shangkou Town outside. There is a flat plain, which is not conducive to blocking. I suggest lying on the hill on one side of the valley, confronting you from a high place, and guarding the main road."

Zhou Bin adopted his establishment and immediately ordered, "Go up the mountain to build fortifications!"

More than a hundred soldiers immediately climbed to the hillside, brought stones, and placed boxes of ammunition on the position.

At this time, as soon as they had arranged the arrangement, the Spanish army came in a row, and Zhou Bin immediately ordered his subordinates to hide.

Soon, the dejected Spanish army passed by the valley and came to the bottom of the hillside, and suddenly heard a loud shout from the top of the hill, "Call me!"

Before the Spanish army could react, dense grenades and stones flew down. Then the sound of "bang bang bang" muskets sounded. The Spanish soldiers were immediately overturned by the explosion and killed by the stones. More than half of them were lost in a moment, nearly a hundred bodies were left behind, and then retreated in a hurry.

At this moment, Captain Marilud, who heard the movement, was shocked, "Damn it, did these Killers fall from the sky?"

In addition to shock, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. The Qian people not only wanted to repel their attacks, but also wanted to wipe out them all.

This made Captain Marilud dare not imagine how these Qian people could be so arrogant. Even a big country like Britain and France would not dare to underestimate the Spanish army like this.

Marilud was furious and ordered the Spanish soldiers to launch a crazy attack on the mountain, but the Spanish lost their artillery and had no cover. The Shang army occupied the territory, and the stones rolled down just made the Spanish piss off.

From early morning to dusk, the Spanish corpses were piled up on the hillside, with extremely heavy casualties, and the army gradually fell into despair.

At this time, behind the Spanish army, the sound of gunfire and the deadly charge horn suddenly came, and the Shang army in Yindu finally came to chase after him.

Captain Marilud was instantly frightened. Faced with such a situation, in order to avoid the fate of the destruction of the entire army, he could only order the army to force through the narrow valley regardless of the attacks of the Shang army on the top of the mountain.

For a time, the Spanish army became the target of the soldiers of the Shang army. Under the muzzle of the musket on the hill, the Spanish soldiers who were running forward desperately were shot down by the musket and blasted over by grenades. The valley was covered with Spanish corpses, so that the soldiers behind could only rush out on the corpses.

The two or three hundred meters long canyon has become a purgatory in Spain. Fortunately, the Qianchao had not yet developed and equipped a hand-cranked machine gun, otherwise the Spanish would not be able to overcome the valley.

After great casualties, Marilud rushed out of the valley with thousands of remaining soldiers.

They escaped from the ascension to heaven and burst into tears, named the valley of death, and then, under the pursuit of the Shang army, fled all the way to the mouth of the Dashang River, and then boarded a sailboat to evacuate.

The merchant soldiers who chased the river all the way to the mouth of the river looked at the fleet that was leaving, immediately raised their weapons and cheered, "Ao, you're victorious! You're victorious!"

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