May 10, 1794, Sevilla.

After many days of rain, it finally cleared today. Xiao Guang, who had been busy with work all night, stood up from behind the desk and walked a few steps in the room. He unbuttoned Feng Ji, stretched out his waist as lazy as a common man, and a feeling of sleepiness arose. He couldn't help but yawn, and his open mouth was like the king of beasts roaring to the sky.

Yes, in the eyes of the Spanish waiting outside the door, Xiao Guang was like a king of beasts at this time, and the thousands of officers and soldiers under him were perfect beasts. These people defeated the Seville defenders yesterday, and more than 5,000 people were killed and fled in a panic, killing and injured. Especially the cavalry of the east coast that roared in the last two kilometers, holding up sharp sabers and slaughtering the fleeing Spanish soldiers from behind, so that only a thousand people could escape into the city in the end. What a pity that this was a disastrous defeat!

After the victory, the East Coast people took advantage of the situation to attack. The Spanish defenders in the city were panic and collapsed at once, and did not cause much obstacle. The most serious damage to the East Coast people was the more than 300 militia guarding the church. They had several artillery guns and shot against the East Coast people with favorable terrain, killing more than 20 people, which made Xiao Guang furious.

Finally, the intelligence consultant thought of a way, used fire attack strategy to ignite the entire church, burning 500 million animals to death - sorry, more than fifty Spanish militia, and drove the remaining people to the streets, using their superior firepower to wipe them out.

Including the losses from the previous field battle, nearly 300 people were killed or injured in the East Coast battle, which was nearly one-tenth of the total force. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang decided to rest in Seville for a few days and wait for the artillery and baggage troops that were behind.

Of course, they did not forget to clean up the battlefield. The bodies of Spanish soldiers who died in battle were transported outside the city and dug a large pit and buried them collectively, with a total of about 3,000 corpses. The Sevillas who dug the pit turned pale and panicked, fearing that they would be pushed in after digging the pit. A surrendered soldier named Victor Federoa even peed his pants after seeing one blood-stained corpse after another. Before he had been on the battlefield and had handled so many corpses, he always felt that he was very strong and brave, but he would never have such ridiculous thoughts again.

There are also hundreds of corpses in the Guadalquivir River. They were all hunted by people on the east coast yesterday and jumped into the river. They were basically dead. Only a small officer named Vargas swam to the other side with more than ten people and survived.

The corpses in the river are not going to be handled by the people on the east bank. Moreover, after a night of soaking, they are already swollen and smelly. Let them go downstream to shock the Spanish militias who are ready to move around. If you want to be a hero, you have to consider whether you have the ability! Everyone has plans before the fist hits the face, but what about it afterwards?

The people of the whole city of Seville witnessed all this silently and were deeply shocked. When did they see such a cruel side in a prosperous place? In addition, some "embers" rebelled at night last night and were suppressed by the quickly dispatched East Coast Army. After dawn, the Seville residents who provided them with a hiding place were arrested. More than 1,600 people were slaughtered in one go, and all of them were thrown into the river this morning. Some timid residents even collapsed and cried. The other two churches in the city were also crowded with people coming to seek spiritual comfort all day long.

The shadows that the East Coast people have caused to them will probably linger for the rest of their lives. Doesn’t this mean that the East Coast people are particularly cruel, and in fact there are more cruel people than them. Are pirates not cruel? They kill a ship of people at every turn, and even the babies in their cradles are not spared. Isn’t Churchill cruel? His army in the eastern region killed everyone in Spain to raise supplies. Are the Austrians not cruel? In order to revenge on Bavaria, they even slaughtered some small towns.

Compared with what they did, the East Coast people were much more restrained. But there was a little difference, that is, the efficient, cruel and extremely indifferent behavior of the East Coast soldiers when they killed people, which made people shudder. Can you imagine that they took hundreds of "rebels" they caught last night to the execution ground, and then let the new soldiers practice shooting and shooting? Churchill's soldiers killed people to steal money and food, and the scene was a bit messy, giving people a feeling of venting emotions and desires. But the East Coast soldiers killed people, which was coldly executed, without excitement, pity, and hesitation. Everything was orderly, efficient and cold, which made people feel chilled from their bones.

Comparing goods requires throwing away, and people have to die. Churchill's English soldiers are compared to the East Coast soldiers, and that's a scum! These pagans are indeed devils, and the priest is not wrong!

"Mr. Portillo, good morning." After walking out of the room, Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang took off his white gloves, shook the hand of a big belly businessman standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "How are you thinking about it?"

"Captain Xiao, the city redemption fee of one million pesos is ready. Please send someone to deliver it." Portillo, who is usually arrogant, didn't even dare to look at Xiao with his eyes at this moment. He only heard him say: "After the city redemption fee is delivered, can your army retreat outside the city?"

"Of course. We will keep our promises." Xiao Guang said indifferently: "Mr. Portillo, I am in the same mood as you. I don't want to see the situation in the city continue to be chaotic. After receiving the redemption fee and purchasing supplies, we will evacuate. Seville is still your city."

The redemption fee of one million pesos was the result of repeated negotiations between the two parties last night. This fee will be paid by the nobles and merchants in the city of Seville. As for whether they will pay this fee to the ordinary people in the city in the future, the East Coast people do not care or interfere. They just need to receive the money and leave. From the perspective of the Spanish, they definitely hope to see them get out as soon as possible. The first mixed group of people were shaking in the city. The Spanish always felt panicked. Although those people would not kill people randomly, once you really violate their interests, they would be ruthless.

In addition, even though the East Coast people looked pretty good overall, there were always some people who were not so regular, not to mention that the group of people came from the East Coast capital, and they were veritable yamen. They were not afraid of causing trouble at all. The military police in charge of supervision were all very troubled. For example, last night, several staff members led a team and tied up a noble lady in the city to their temporary regiment headquarters, saying that they wanted to "dedicate to Brother Xiao" and let Brother Guang "relieve the fatigue". As a result, Xiao Guang kicked the butt and slipped away in shame. But even so, the nobles and wealthy businessmen in the city were very worried. Everyone was spoiled and beautiful. The East Coast people could still pretend, but they could not guarantee that the military discipline would be disbanded and chaos would come! Therefore, they couldn't wait to send the East Coast people away.

One million pesos of redemption expenses? Don't worry, this money will be collected from ordinary citizens of Seville. Two million or even three million will be repaid with the money of the nobles and merchants, and the rest may be put into their hands. Haha, this business should not be too good! How can you get such a good opportunity to make money in normal times?

On the afternoon of the 10th, after receiving the city redemption fee, the people of the East Coast purchased supplies in the city. Then, on the pretext that it was too late, they simply delayed until the morning of the 11th before moving out of Seville. At this time, the nobles and merchants in the city breathed a sigh of relief and finally sent the invaders away. The days before were so atrocities.

After the East Coast arrived outside the city, the people did not leave immediately, but continued to wait for the arrival of artillery and baggage troops. During this period, Xiao Guang also sent cavalry to reconnaissance everywhere. As a result, he learned that there were no large Spanish troops nearby, and some were militias or small-scale local garrisons, which could be easily defeated, which made him feel a little relieved.

The Granada Legion really drew the troops from southern Spain too thoroughly! Before Madrid sent a new batch of reinforcements to arrive, the first mixed regiment could basically walk sideways and fight casually, and no one was their opponent.

Actually, it is correct to think about it. The Kingdom of Spain is only more than four million people in Iberia and its economy is poor. How many troops can it support for combat? The Southern Netherlands sent 20,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to 40,000 to 40,000 to 60,000 to 60,000 to 60,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 in Iberia. The rest must be defended against many big cities and strategic points, including Madrid. How many people can he spend with you? Let’s take a step back, even if the number of people is enough, what about guns and equipment? Is it enough? Do the Spanish have such money? The answer is self-evident.

On May 13, the artillery and baggage troops led by Major Lai Dashi finally appeared in Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang's sight with a tired face. At this point, the main forces of the First Mixed Regiment had basically merged and their combat power was completely restored - whether there were artillery soldiers in wars was completely different concepts.

The newcomers rested outside Seville for two days. On May 15, nearly 5,000 people in the regiment drove out in turn and left Seville, an important city in southern Spain that they had conquered by them. The entire army headed north and headed straight towards Madrid.

After two days of travel, on the night of the 16th, the troops suddenly changed direction, turned southeast, bypassed twenty kilometers east of Seville, and rushed towards Gibraltar. They sent a large number of cavalry to constantly reconnaissance the enemy situation. Whenever they encountered Spaniards on the road and exposed their paths, they would kill them all, so as to try to delay the time when Carol's troops knew their whereabouts.

Their goal was already obvious at this point, which was to unexpectedly kill the Granada Legion and eliminate the largest and only established legion in southern Spain.
Chapter completed!