America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 580
In the command room, apart from Chen Jianqiu who was still looking at the map, there were also two "old enemies" who had merged into one place.

Xu Ajiu and Li Sifu.

Basically, when two people meet together, they are endlessly bickering.

"I think it should be the old way, to lure them out, and then lay an ambush."

Li Sifu held a pen in his hand and said while turning it.

"The Spanish commander on the opposite side has already suffered once, and will not be fooled again."

Xu Ajiu held a brown iron teacup in his hand.

He blew on the tea leaves floating on the tea mug, took a sip of tea, and said calmly.

"Then we can use short assaults or infiltrations to take advantage of our strong individual capabilities and well-equipped equipment to eat up the opponent's vital force!"

Seeing Xu Ajiu's virtue, Li Sifu got a little annoyed, so he dropped his pen and stared at the colleague opposite him.

"Then you will be like the Marine Corps, plunge into the forest to disrupt the battle, look down on life and death, and do it if you don't accept it."

Facing the aggressive Li Sifu, Xu Ajiu was not in a hurry at all, took another sip of tea, and spit out a mouthful of tea with a "pooh".

"You have to get along with me, don't you? This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. You have an idea!"

Li Sifu glared at Xu Ajiu.

"I haven't thought of a better solution for the time being. If I thought of it, I would have told the boss a long time ago." Xu Ajiu leaned on the back of the chair with a helpless look on her face.

"What the hell"

Li Sifu was just about to explode, but saw Xu Ajiu make a silent gesture to him.

The latter pointed to Chen Jianqiu who was standing in front of the map.

Their boss was tapping dots on that map with his fingers.

"Boss, you've been looking at this map for almost an afternoon." Li Sifu whispered.

I don't know whether Chen Jianqiu heard it or not.

Anyway, he didn't answer Li Sifu's words, but issued an order:
"Go get me the man who drew this map."

Li Sifu took the order and left.

After a while, a black man was brought into the command room.

Chen Jianqiu turned around, almost startled suddenly.

He looked at the black man with doubts, and Xu Ajiu next to him also had the same expression.

Negroes were seen with some trepidation.

He touched his face, thinking that there was something growing on his face, or that he had done something wrong, and felt a little uneasy.

Li Sifu on the side also looked confused.

He quietly approached Xu Ajiu's ear, and asked in a low voice:
"Why do you and the boss have such expressions?"

Xu Ajiu was still staring at the black man, but put his arms around Li Sifu's shoulders, and whispered in his ear:

"Don't you think he looks like someone?"

Li Sifu tilted his head and looked at the black man, then shook his head:

"Don't all their blacks look like this?"

However, at this time, Chen Jianqiu suddenly spoke:

"Have you ever been to America, my friend?"

Li Sifu slapped his head.

He seems to have forgotten to call the interpreter in.

If he remembered correctly, this black man was a local employee of the Border Detective Agency.

The boss is also confused, how can he speak English with black people in Cuba.

Unexpectedly, the black man nodded:

"Yes, my sir, I have been, but I have not stayed long."

"Then do you know a black man named Xiao En?" Chen Jianqiu continued to ask.

The black man thought for a while, then shook his head blankly:
"Sorry, sir, this name is unfamiliar to me."

Seeing this, Chen Jianqiu didn't continue to ask this question.

"Let's get down to business, my friend."

He pointed to the map hanging on the wall behind him, and asked:

"Did you draw this map?"

"That's right, I modified it on a version of the Spaniard's map." The black man stood in front of them and said respectfully.

Although the way this map is drawn is not so refined, the terrain in many places is marked very clearly and in detail.

"Can you ensure that the information on this map is accurate?" Chen Jianqiu asked again.

The black thought for a while, and then replied with certainty:
"There is no big problem, sir. I am too familiar with this place, so I won't miss any information."

Chen Jianqiu drew a range on the map with his hands.

This area includes the area between Mount McCalla and Kaimanera City, including jungles and a small grassland.

"This place is where Rodriguez and his 2000 people are currently active." Chen Jianqiu said.

Then he tapped the map with his finger:

"But there is not even a river in this area! Are there other small water systems that have not been marked?"

The black man shook his head:

"It's really very dry here, and there is no particularly large water system."

"If you say that these people can barely get enough food for a period of time by relying on the previous inventory and scraping the land, I believe, but how did they guarantee drinking water for two thousand people without a large water system? ?” Chen Jianqiu looked at the black man and asked.

Even if two thousand people are scattered in these places, there is no way to solve this problem.

"It's a well, my sir." The black man replied, "Just like the wells you saw in Kaimanera, many local people living in the southern region will dig wells to obtain groundwater to solve their problems. Water problem."

"You mean, these Spanish soldiers will also attack those villages, plunder some supplies, and take some water along the way, right?" Chen Jianqiu understood a little bit.

Who knows the sadness on the black man's face:

"There are no villages, my lord. Those Spaniards burned down all the villages in the south, and all were driven out, and either starved to death, or driven to Santiago, and then starved to death."

"I don't know who my father is, my brother disappeared when I was very young, my mother passed away, and my older sister and older brothers starved to death."

The eyes of the black man became a little hollow, and his lips opened and closed, slowly telling about his tragic experience.

"This is why I was willing to join the Border Detective Agency. I really hope to live with dignity, not like a dog."

Chen Jianqiu quietly listened to the black man's speech.

He stepped forward and took the black man's hand:
"Don't worry, everything you do now is for the realization of this goal."

"By the way, what's your name?" Chen Jianqiu asked suddenly.

Negroes have recovered from their grief.

He resumed that respectful look again.

"Mendez, sir, Arnaldo Mendes," replied the black man.

"You can follow me from now on." Chen Jianqiu said.

Now that he has found the crux of the problem, Chen Jianqiu is no longer polite.

"I have a plan." He called Li Sifu and Xu Ajiu to his side.

In this place, it is not easy to find the more than 2000 people for a decisive battle, but with the help of "Living Map" Mendez and others, it is still very easy to find the wells of those abandoned villages.

Because the well will not move.

Chen Jianqiu and his troops began to make fuss around these wells.

They first lay in ambush around the wells, and began to wait for the appearance of the Spaniards.

This has the meaning of waiting a little bit.

However, if the tree has to be hit and the rabbit is unaware, it might seem like a good idea to wait.

At least Chen Jianqiu and his troops succeeded.

The Spanish soldiers who sneaked out to look for water were caught before the bucket was thrown into the well, and they took all the buckets with them.

Rodriguez, who was camped near the jungle, seemed to sense something after several teams went out to fetch water and never returned.

He led his troops into the jungle again like a frightened bird.

He also dispersed the troops again, hoping not to be held back.

But Chen Jianqiu didn't intend to make him feel better.

He ordered the troops to fill up all the wells.

If it is more vicious, Chen Jianqiu can plant some poison or other stimulating things in these wells.

But once the follow-up war is over, there will definitely be villagers coming back to live.

If the well is filled, it can continue to be dug, but if it is poisoned, the consequences are not certain.

Chen Jianqiu is not the Holy Mother, but he doesn't really want to do such an irresponsible thing.

So, the wells were filled up one by one.

He wants to see if Rodriguez and his soldiers can really not drink a sip of water.

(End of this chapter)