Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 278 Are niggers considered ghosts?

Looking at his own troops who had been defeated, Louis's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out.

"How could this be? How did you lose?"

"We have lost to a bunch of peasants. You have brought disgrace upon the British Empire!"

Louis looked at Jason, who was looking ashamed in front of him, and started to scold him.

Jason was the commander of the coalition forces entering the town this time.

Unfortunately, after entering the town, they not only failed to achieve the expected results, but instead suffered a crushing defeat.

Jason carefully raised his eyes to peek at Louis's expression, and explained in a slightly nervous tone.

"Those yellow monkeys are so despicable. They didn't really lose, they just pretended to lose."

"They pretended to be defeated to lure our infantry into the town, and then scattered a lot of silver coins on the ground, causing our soldiers who entered the town to scramble for them."

"Just as our soldiers were scrambling to grab the silver coins on the ground, ambushers came up from all directions."

"We were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. We had no choice but to evacuate the town."

Louis couldn't help but cover his face and sigh when he heard this.

"There's a war going on right now, and you dare to pick up money that fell on the ground?"

"Oh my god, you are a bunch of hopeless asses."

Taking a deep breath, Louis forced himself to calm down and then continued to ask.

"How many casualties did our army suffer in this battle?"

Jason thought for a moment before replying.

"To reply to the lieutenant colonel, our troops suffered a total of 115 casualties in this battle."

Hearing this, Louis thought for a while and made a quick decision.

"Pass the order and prepare to withdraw the troops. Pinghai Town is a tough target and will not be easy to defeat."

"Since it's hard to fight, let's just go around it!"

The reason why Louis and his men landed was not to fight, but to plunder and make a fortune.

When it comes to looting, naturally the weak ones will be picked.

Pinghai Town is indeed difficult to defeat, but there is no need for them to fight Pinghai Town to the death, right?

It's the same if you bypass Pinghai Town and rob other places.

……

Seeing the foreigners outside the town begin to retreat, the villagers in Pinghai Town couldn't help but cheer.

"The ghosts are retreating, the ghosts are retreating, we have beaten them back!"

"Hahaha, the foreigners are just like that! It's ok that they can't beat the imperial court, but they can't even beat us villagers."

"Speaking of which, the imperial court is offering a reward for the head of a ghost. Should the reward be for the white ghosts? Then do these black ghosts count?"

"Hey, I thought all ghosts were white, but I didn't expect there are some so black. They really look like ghosts, and they don't look as good as the white ones. They are so ugly..."

"..."

While cheering and celebrating, a group of villagers gathered together and talked about the pile of heads.

In fact, the niggers they are talking about are not black people, but Indians.

Among Indians living in the tropical region of South Asia, most of them have dark skin.

Well, the Kunlun slaves that the Tang Dynasty nobles liked to keep actually referred to the people from South Asia and Southeast Asia, not African blacks.

The main force of the coalition forces that attacked Pinghai Town this time was a British colonial regiment stationed in India. Most of the soldiers in this colonial regiment were Indians, with only a small number of British officers in charge of management.

Because of this, there were actually very few white people among the heads captured by the villagers this time, but Indians accounted for the majority.

That’s why they couldn’t help but wonder whether niggers were ghosts or not!
Several clan elders and local gentry also gathered together to discuss the matter.

"The foreigners have withdrawn, Pinghai Town is safe."

"But the ghosts only left Pinghai Town instead of retreating back to the sea. I am worried that they will attack the villages in the future. We need to be prepared in advance."

Mr. Zhao frowned, looking worried.

Several other village elders also nodded in agreement.

They were also worried that their villages would be attacked.

Zhang Guangzong, the head of the Zhang family, spoke up.

"How about we take the initiative and find a strategic location to ambush those ghosts?"

"Pinghai Town is our hometown, not a toilet. How can we let the foreigners come and go as they please? Since those foreigners dare to invade, we need to make them leave something behind."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Mr. Zhao also spoke.

"We really need to let the ghosts leave something behind."

"However, we should not engage in a direct battle with the foreigners. After all, they are an army. If we really fight on the battlefield, I'm afraid we will not be their opponents."

"Instead of fighting head-on, it's better to disperse our forces and harass the foreigners sporadically, making them restless..."

Everyone agreed and then went to do their work.

……

Louis led his troops along the official road, heading towards Nianshan Town.

But when they were halfway there, they were suddenly attacked.

A burst of shotgun fire was heard in the woods beside the official road.

Several coalition forces were killed or wounded.

Louis hurriedly sent people to chase after them, but how could they catch up with the villagers who were familiar with the environment in the forest?
I lost him after not getting far!

Seeing this, Louis had no choice but to continue on his way.

But along the way, they were frequently attacked.

In the woods, in the valleys, by the streams, and in the caves, it seemed like there were enemies everywhere.

Although the number of casualties in each attack on the coalition forces was not large, at most two or three people, or even just a noise was heard.

But even so, the harassment from the villagers still made the coalition forces extremely annoyed!

As a result, they spent half a day and only walked less than five miles.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Louis could only find an open space and ordered the team to camp and rest. He sent people to patrol around the camp and asked the patrol team to pick up some dry wood to make a fire and cook.

But several teams that were sent out never returned.

When people were sent to check, they saw only headless corpses on the ground.

A sense of panic spread among the coalition forces.

The sky had completely darkened, and looking at the thick darkness all around, Louis did not dare to send any more men out of the camp. The coalition forces huddled in a makeshift camp to rest, and most of them were heavy-hearted.

Nothing happened in the first half of the night.

But in the second half of the night, a burst of gunfire was heard in the camp.

It woke up Louis who had just fallen asleep.

Louis put on his clothes and went out of the tent to check, only to see that the camp was in chaos.

The situation was not stabilized until he stepped forward.

After a thorough inspection, they discovered that someone had accidentally fired the gun. As a result, one person fired a gun, and a group of people followed suit, which caused the chaos.

Louis called the soldier who fired the first shot to his side for questioning.

"Who allowed you to load your musket when there is no fighting?"

The soldier heard this and spoke tremblingly.

"To reply to Lieutenant Colonel, we were harassed by the enemy all day today. I was worried that someone would attack the camp at night. I was afraid that I would not be able to react in time, so I loaded the muskets in advance..."

As he said this, the soldier's face showed obvious fear and terror.

When Lewis heard this, the expression on his face froze.

But he still took out the pistol in his arms, ignored the soldier's pleas, raised his hand and shot him dead.

If it happened under normal circumstances, there would be no need to die from an accidental discharge of a gun.

But the situation now is really tense.

The troops were harassed one after another and everyone's spirits were tense.

The man's gun went off accidentally, almost causing a camp cry. In order to shock the troops, Louis had no choice but to shoot him.

Military law never allows for personal feelings!

After doing this, Louis returned to the tent to sleep.

But just as he fell asleep, he heard another burst of gunfire outside.

"Oh my God! Who is it this time?"

“Not over yet?!”

Louis stood up with anger in his heart, walked out of the tent, grabbed Jason by the collar when he came to report, and started roaring.

Jason said in a nervous tone, trying not to feel any discomfort from having his face sprayed with saliva.

"Lieutenant Colonel Louis, this time it wasn't our people who accidentally discharged their guns."

"But, someone attacked at night!"

Louis heard this, and the anger on his face subsided a little.

"What are the casualties of our troops?"

Jason said, taking a deep breath.

"The casualties were not great, one dead and two injured."

After hearing this, Louis's expression did not relax at all, but became more solemn.

Although each attack by the villagers caused little casualties to the coalition forces, the number was basically in single digits.

But there was nothing we could do. The attacks were too frequent, with someone coming to harass us basically every once in a while.

One attack is a single-digit number, ten attacks add up to a double-digit number, and a hundred attacks add up to a triple-digit number.

It happens so many times that I can’t bear it anymore.

Taking a deep breath, Louis seemed to have made up his mind and spoke.

"We have to retreat."

"If we continue to be harassed like this, we will be dragged down by these despicable yellow monkeys sooner or later."

Jason nodded vigorously.

"Lieutenant Colonel, you are wise!"

In fact, after the defeat at Pinghai Town, he had already considered retiring, but he did not have the final say in the army.

More than a hundred people died in a battle with the villagers, and Pinghai Town had not yet been taken. Even if they had more people, they could not withstand such a huge loss.

Retreat is naturally the best choice!

Now that Louis has finally decided to withdraw, Jason is naturally happy.

Time passed quietly and the sky gradually brightened.

In one night, the landing coalition forces were attacked nearly twenty times.

Although the villagers who attacked each time only shot and shot arrows from behind and ran away after the attack, and did not dare to really rush and kill, it was still really disgusting.

After being harassed dozens of times in one night and living in fear all night, the coalition forces were almost exhausted from the battles and were tired to the extreme.

As soon as it got light, Louis immediately ordered his troops to retreat and prepare to retreat back to the sea.

In order to prevent further attacks, Louis sent out a number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance and clear the way for the army.

But, this didn't work.

As long as the scouts are separated from the main force, they will almost certainly be attacked.

But if we don't send out scouts, it will be the main force that will be attacked.

Even if servants were sent, the main force would still be attacked.

It seems like there are enemies everywhere!

No, not as if!

But there are really enemies everywhere on all sides.

To put it bluntly, the enemy that these landing coalition forces faced was not actually a specific army.

But it is the vast ocean of people’s war!
(End of this chapter)