18th century total war

Chapter 192 The Madrid Collapse
"Everyone knows that I fought against Li Wei's rebels, and now that the king has run away, I don't have to look at the faces of those noble officers and gentlemen, and dare not say anything.

You think the artillery fire of the Li Wei rebels is very fierce now, but in fact, the artillery power of the Li Wei rebels is the most common.

The line infantry in Livy's rebels are truly terrifying.

They are not only accurate in shooting with guns, but in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, one can hit two or three!
Don't you believe me, I witnessed this with my own eyes, otherwise we would have 5 people back then, how could we have lost so quickly? "

"Jon, didn't the king make an announcement?
The previous failures were due to the incompetence of those noble generals, who committed stupidity and were taken advantage of by Li Wei's rebels.

Moreover, those noble gentlemen took the initiative to take the blame and resigned. I heard that dozens of noble generals resigned together. Just thinking about that scene makes people feel incredible. "

"shit!
It is true that the nobles and generals have resigned, but it is not because they are incompetent. I survived that battle and fought against the soldiers of the Levi rebels myself.

At that time, we had the right time and place, and there were no unexpected surprise attacks by Li Wei's rebels from the side and rear. They defeated us in an upright frontal decisive battle!
When I was on the battlefield, I never saw a soldier of the Li Wei rebel army fleeing backwards, and even many soldiers of the Li Wei rebel army would die with us even if they were injured!

I don't want to experience that scene for the second time in my life. This is not fighting with people. The soldiers of Li Wei's rebel army are like demons jumping up from hell!

Now that the king is gone, as soon as the shelling is over, Levi's rebel army will come up, and everyone must die here!
Even if he surrendered, he was paraded through the streets by the Li Wei rebels, and in the end he had to enter some kind of labor office on the side of the Li Wei rebels to work until he died!

Our Majesty the King has already taken away the most capable troops, and left us bitter haha ​​here as cannon fodder for his queen, so you just accept your fate? "

"What else can we do if we don't accept our fate? God has determined our origin and family. Those nobles are naturally nobler than us, so they are considered human beings. We are just serfs and servants of the nobles.

Being able to join the army and not go hungry is already considered a pretty good day. "

"You're right. It's a good time to be a soldier and eat food. No matter how greedy those nobles are, we veterans will not be hungry, but now the vicious Li Wei rebels are coming soon.

The order from above is to let us stick to it, it is to let us die here!
Didn't everyone realize that I have been talking here for so long, but no noble officer came to inspect and reprimand me? "

As soon as Jon said these words, the Spanish soldiers present immediately came to their senses. Many of them stood up and climbed to a high point, ignoring the shells of Levi's rebels that destroyed the fortifications, and looked behind them.

As a result, none of the noble officers and masters saw it!

At this time, there was a sudden commotion next to them. A group of Spanish soldiers with weapons fled their positions and ran towards the gate of the capital of Madrid behind, shouting loudly as they ran:
"Everyone, run away. The nobles, officers, and gentlemen have already fled, and the king has also fled. Li Wei's rebels are coming up immediately. If you don't want to die, run away!"

That Jon who has been convincing more soldiers to run with him (the law does not blame the crowd), saw that the troops next door had already started to run, so he stopped wasting his saliva and took his biggest fortune now - a With an old flintlock gun, he fled to Madrid with the team next door.

The collapse broke out so simply. Without the restraint of noble officers, amidst the rumors of the king's flight and the terrifying combat power of the Black Dragon Army, tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers in the outer positions of Madrid, without firing a single shot, headed toward them like wild ducks. Fleeing in the city of Madrid.

On the side of the Black Dragon Legion, Bolza, who was in charge of commanding the first batch of offensive waves, held up a binoculars and watched groups of Spanish troops leaving the chest fortifications and fleeing behind under the bombardment of poorly aimed artillery fire. Three question marks suddenly appeared.

"I remember that the Spanish regular army guarding Madrid, most of them are veterans who have fought a decisive battle with us, why did they collapse before they attacked?

Could it be possible that these veterans of the Spanish regular army were infected by the 'temporary soldiers' and militia we attacked before? "

If you don't understand it, you can't understand it. Bolcha will naturally not give up on such a good situation, and the Spanish regular army on the opposite position collapsed and fled in a messy situation. It didn't look like a normal retreat at all. .

The Spanish soldiers who fled in the position were all in disarray, and they had no combat effectiveness at all. Even if the defenders in Madrid alone were to lure the enemy in, they would not be able to gnaw them down!
What's more, the news of the low morale of the Spanish defenders is not a secret on the side of the Black Dragon Legion.

"Everyone has it, move on!"

Following the order of Borza's general attack, the infantrymen of the Black Dragon Legion, who had already been ready, marched towards the main gate in the direction of Madrid, carrying bayonets and flintlock guns and holding high the Black Dragon battle flag under the rhythm of drums. .

In front of the row of guns of the large infantry guards, there are a small number of sharpshooters who form a loose line of loose soldiers as individuals. They are not only the pioneers of the large army, but also the death killers of enemy officers and military bands.

The Black Dragon Army marched forward in an orderly manner, but the main gate of Madrid could not be closed due to the influx of a large number of rout troops and the sudden defeat.

Even under the shouts of the rout soldiers, the guarding guards of the gates of the Madrid City Guard also ran away. As for the noble officers, they rode tall horses and ran away first!

It's just that these noble officers didn't expect that the soldiers below didn't have the awareness of being "cannon fodder" at all, and they collapsed before the nobles escaped Madrid with their wealth!

At this time, the Madrid nobles who hadn't run away were all small and medium nobles, and they were all middle and lower ranks in the army. The big bosses above had already left Madrid with Carlos IV's family!

These small and medium-sized nobles got the news a little earlier than the soldiers below, so they were more prepared to run away. When the noble officers themselves were still patrolling and suppressing the soldiers in the front line, their family servants had already packed up the floating money and money they brought with them when they fled. family.

This is also the reason why the Spanish soldiers didn't find out that the officer had disappeared until the shelling of the Black Dragon Corps began.

Thanks to Bailong Liangce for rewarding 1500 starting coins.

Thanks to Hu Lao Xiao 5V for the reward of 100 starting coins.

(End of this chapter)