Yang Zhong learned from the Guardian Mazatlan, the governor of New Spain, that since last year, the British army mobilized about 50,000 troops to land on the Caribbean coast and began to seize the colonies in the governor of New Spain. Due to the loss of maritime support, the coast of the Caribbean coast was soon occupied by the British army.

Seeing that the British army was in great power and the local reinforcements were not seen yet, Governor Cortez retreated to Mexico City to defend and ordered Spanish defenders everywhere to stand on the spot and wait for support.

Now, the main force of the British army is besieging Mexico City, the capital of the Governor of New Spain, and about 20,000 other troops are besieging other bastions on the east coast to seize colonial resources. The British army did not set foot on the western coast.

The 50,000 army was nothing in Yang Zhong's eyes. Even without the Allied forces of Spain and Portugal, his 60,000 cavalry alone could easily deal with the 50,000 British troops.

The main problem now is the marching path, because there is no railway in the jurisdiction of the Governor of New Spain at this time, and they can only ride horses.

You should know that the 90,000 army of 90,000 war horses could not carry it with a month's food, grass and supplies, not to mention that there were weapons, ammunition and artillery. Without railways and trains, it could not be pulled at all.

According to the current situation, only by moving lightly and raiding the main force of the 30,000 British troops outside Mexico City and annihilated them in one fell swoop, can we quickly turn the situation around.

If you delay and marching slowly, not only will you delay time, it will be easy to be noticed by the British army. If the 30,000 British troops outside Mexico City run away, then it will take a long time to deal with the entire situation in the jurisdiction of the Governor General of New Spain.

Mazatlan is not an ideal starting point to adopt the raid tactic, because it is more than a thousand miles away from Mexico City, and there is no ready-made path in the middle. It takes at least four or five days for those who travel through mountains and rivers.

People will be exhausted after running for four or five days, and the food and grass they carry will be exhausted. If the enemy cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, the one side will collapse due to the exhaustion of food and grass, which is obviously undesirable.

After carefully checking the map near Mexico City, Yang Zhong chose Acapulco, a small port only about 500 miles away from Mexico City. It is also on the west coast, and there is also a small road to Mexico City. You can reach the outer edge of Mexico City for a day when you are riding horses and galloping. The time spent on the road is not much.

After arriving at the periphery of Mexico City, hide and rest for one night. The next morning, you can launch a raid. Even if the raid fails and then retreat, there is no problem.

The Spanish and Portuguese generals, including the guards of Mazatlan, naturally had no objection to this.

The next day, Yang Zhong led the fleet to continue to set off and rushed to the Port of Acapulco. He was accompanied by several officers selected by the Mazatlan guards, who were familiar with the situation there.

The fleet sailed along the coast for less than a day, and the Port of Acapulco was already in sight. There were no traces of battle here, and more than a hundred Spanish defenders were still there, but they were just a little panic.

Now that the Ming Empire led the Three Kingdoms coalition forces, they were naturally ecstatic. You must know that after waiting for nearly a year, they were almost desperate. If there were no reinforcements, the British army would definitely come to deal with them after they captured Mexico City.

After resting in the Port of Acapulco for a night, the next morning, Yang Zhong led 90,000 cavalry and, under the guidance of the local defenders, attacked Mexico City.

Because it was a surprise attack, they did not even bring their tents, and only brought dry food and quilts to protect the cold for five days. Other food, supplies, and artillery were left on the ship.

The New Spain Governor's jurisdiction covers an area of ​​four to five million square kilometers, and it is naturally impossible for the 50,000 British troops to be dispersed everywhere. Their main focus is on Mexico City and the Caribbean coast. They have no energy to take care of Mexico City further west.

In other words, there are actually no British troops along the way. The only thing to pay attention to is that after getting close to Mexico City, don’t make too much noise. After all, 30,000 British troops gathered there. If the British troops notice it too much, all their efforts will be wasted.

With local defenders leading the way, there was naturally no problem with the march. They even went to investigate the situation of the British army, and even figured out the rough arrangement of the British army. To be on the safe side, Yang Zhong ordered the entire army to dismount and rest to avoid being noticed by the enemy.

The British army during this period was not as powerful as the Empire during the later generations. Their thermal weapons had just developed not long ago, and their national strength was far from being stronger. To be honest, the navy had hundreds of super battleships to take the lead and their combat effectiveness was quite good. As for the army, it was far worse than the Spanish army, and even worse than the Portuguese army.

Besides, the more than 10,000 main troops under the jurisdiction of the Spanish Governor are surrounded by them in Mexico City. The Spanish defenders in other places are so scared that they hide in the bastion and dare not come out. They never thought that the enemy would suddenly appear behind them.

The next morning, just as the sky was dawn, Yang Zhong ordered 90,000 cavalry to slowly disperse into a huge arc with their horses, vaguely surrounding 30,000 British troops, and slowly approaching the British troops until they approached their posts and then boarded their horses to launch a raid.

After all, the British army is not a rookie, and they still know about the arrangement of posts on the periphery. However, since the Atlantic Ocean has been blocked by the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, they did not realize that the enemy would still have reinforcements. Therefore, the posts were not very dense, and the farthest place was only about four or five miles away from their camp.

It took only a few minutes for the cavalry to charge at four or five miles away. When their posts discovered the situation, it was too late. What's more coincidental was that their 30,000 troops had just formed a formation and were preparing to carry out routine artillery bombardment on the Spanish defenders in Mexico City, and they didn't pay any attention to behind them.

So, in an instant, 90,000 cavalry suddenly appeared behind the British army and pressed overwhelmed. The British army was submerged by the tide of cavalry before they even turned their guns.

The Ming cavalry, Spanish and Portuguese cavalry were equipped with revolver rifles and grenades to help, while the British army had a single front-mounted flintlock rifle, and the weapons of both sides were not on the same level at all.

If their artillery could turn the head in time, there might be some chance. Now, the coalition cavalry charged and the British army collapsed directly.

Ninety thousand grenades and hundreds of thousands of bullets were poured on 30,000 people. The result is imagined. Many British soldiers were beaten into sieves before they even understood what was going on. Most of the remaining ones were blown up on the ground by grenades. Even if they were lucky enough to be unexploded, they were so scared that they threw their guns and didn't dare to move on the ground.

Just kidding, those who just raised their guns and fired were all sieves by raindrop bullets. They didn't want to turn them into sieves!

This was a textbook raid. The total number of 90,000 cavalry soldiers led by Yang Zhong was as fast as lightning. It took less than a quarter of an hour from launching a charge to ending the battle. The British army did not organize any decent resistance in panic. There were only a handful of deaths in the 90,000 cavalry, and not many were injured.

The British army was in trouble. One round of bullet rains killed and injured tens of thousands of people. With a wave of grenades, only a handful of people were not injured!
Chapter completed!