Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 439 Hill District ([-])

Finally, after knocking down more than a dozen Guaranis, the fastest enemy has rushed forward.At this time, without Niu Dacheng's instructions, the militiamen who had been trained countless times skillfully pulled out the 41-year-old steel bayonet from their waists, put it on the joint under the barrel, and after two twists, the joint was stuck. , and then they met the rushing enemies with gun blades that were much higher than people.

Flesh and blood splatter, hand-to-hand combat is a test of courage. These rural militiamen from the east bank have not yet received the discipline of a regular army, so they shouldn't have such courage.But considering that their wives, children, and children were behind them, and the tragic scenes of women and children killed by the Guaranís in the past were still vivid in their minds, they had no way out and broke out with great courage at this moment, strangling these barbarians with red eyes.

An eye-catching red flag has been raised on the top of a blockhouse with a mixed civil-engineering structure at the entrance of the village, and the sentry is banging the bell vigorously.At this time, the whole village boiled up. Several riders stepped on their horses and went to the neighboring villages and townships to ask for help. The director of the militia and several key veterans yelled to assemble.Beside the pigsty, the well, the cowshed, and the fruit forest, adult men rushed into the house one by one, picked up their rifles and packed their ammunition bags under the anxious eyes of their wives and children, and then rushed quickly to the big pine tree at the west end of the village. gather.

After hastily gathering some twenty people, the director of the militia asked two veterans to lead them to rush to reinforce the brothers who were fighting hard on the ground.It is only two or three hundred meters away from the battle site of the two sides, and it can be reached in an instant, while he gathers the militiamen who are coming one after another.

Reinforced militia soon arrived at the site where the two sides were fighting.At this time, those crazy Guaraní people had surrounded the small car formation. They held wooden spears and Spanish rapiers to engage in hand-to-hand confrontation with the militiamen on the east bank. The scene was extremely tragic.However, due to the narrow range of the car formation, only some of them can participate in the battle, and the remaining dozens of people are rushing around the periphery but can't use their strength. It is their own people, which makes them hate and depressed.Obviously, the tactical literacy of these Guarani people is poor, and they have not fully learned the combat methods taught to them by the Spaniards.

Surrounded in the center, patrolman Niu Dacheng and another veteran took the time to shoot out with loaded pistols, while throwing a thin iron bomb at the crowded place from time to time, causing the almost naked barbarians to cry and howl.They have already fallen back and forth about [-] people, and this casualty is already unbearable for them.

The militia reinforcements fired a volley from afar, knocking down four or five Guaranís wandering around.The East Coasters were shocked at how quickly reinforcements arrived.At this time, the number of the two sides on the battlefield was almost the same, and the leading Guarani leader was a little tangled. He didn't know whether to end this attack that failed without success or even lost troops, or continue to persevere.

They are a tribe that came from the south, and the people on the east coast there are quite cruel—in fact, all the people on the east coast are equally "cruel".Their tribe was devastated, their homes were occupied by the East Coasters, a large number of adult men were killed in battle, and women, women and children were captured by the East Coasters and their whereabouts are unknown.Only the rest of them, these remnants, managed to move to the north, and they had just lived a few months of comfortable life after receiving relief from the Spanish missionaries. Who would have thought that the people on the east coast would build a new castle and settlement nearby. plunged them into deep despair.

Fortunately, the Lord has not abandoned them. The almighty missionaries brought them many weapons and taught them how to use these weapons and some rough tactics.Then, together with several neighboring tribes, with the encouragement of the missionaries, they attacked frequently and attacked the weakly defended settlements of the people on the east coast.

However, the settlements of the people on the east coast are not so easy to fight.Not to mention that each of their villages built a blockhouse with a mixed civil-engineering structure, and many militiamen who took turns on duty lived in the blockhouse every night.It is said that the solid brick houses in the village make these Guarani people who lack the ability to attack fortifications often go blind, and they can't stay in the village for too long, so they will be surrounded by people at any time, so in general, they attack at night The villages of the people on the east bank can't make them take advantage of it.Even most of the time, such operations failed, because the people on the east coast lost only a few people or no losses at all, but they often killed and injured several times the number of people.

This kind of action happened several times, and the Guarani people, who were already underpopulated because of the large amount of plundering by the St. crops, livestock and even roads.But the Spanish missionaries were obviously very dissatisfied with their petty actions and insisted that they eliminate those hateful heretics and heretics.They had no choice but to attack, taking advantage of the cover of the woods to occasionally attack and kill some messengers, patrolmen, and expeditions conducting geographical surveys from the east coast.This time, when they took advantage of the "opportunity" that the people on the east coast were harvesting pasture in the fields, they were about to do a big job, but they suddenly found themselves kicked on the iron board - how did these people go to work in the fields? Guns, bombs?

But this time is obviously not the time to be upset. After the leader of the Guarani people saw another round of salvos from the reinforcements on the east bank, he decisively blew the conch horn hanging around his neck, and then led a group of barbarians The desperadoes broke down the mountain desperately.The director of the militia soon rushed over with reinforcements. He gathered [-] or [-] militiamen and chased after the Guaranis. He managed to force them to leave a few corpses before turning back. .

"All the heads of the Guarani people are collected and brought to the village to exchange for money." The director of the militia said blankly. He is also a veteran of the army. He even participated in the private plundering of the Caribbean in his early years. He will not be selected by his superiors to come to Grass Ridge, a new settlement deep in the inland border.

Patrolman Niu Dacheng wiped his face blackened by gunpowder smoke, then jumped over a carriage, and said to the director of the militia with a slightly sad and frustrated expression: "Eight people were killed, eleven were injured, and the loss was heavy. Except for two Except for the serious injuries, the rest of the wounded are not injured in any vital parts, so there should be no serious problems, otherwise I don’t know how to explain it to so many family members.”

The militia director patted him on the shoulder without saying a word, then turned his gaze to the car formation.Two of Shao Yuanyi's apprentices put down the rifles on their backs, and quickly handed the medicine box to Shao Yuanyi who was standing in the car formation.Shao Yuanyi opened the medicine box, took out surgical tools, disinfectant alcohol, absorbent cotton and other items, and began to clean and disinfect the wounds of the wounded soldiers.As for the bodies of the five militiamen who died in battle, they were moved out by others and placed on the ground one by one.

Eight families lost their man who was their breadwinner!The director of the militia was a little furious, his knuckles were turning white from excessive force. He had personally trained the [-] adult men in this village. From simple walking in line to firing a volley, he remembered every one of them very well.Now that eight of them died at once, how could he not be angry!Thinking of the young children waiting to be fed and the heartbroken wives of those who died, how could he bear it!

A dozen or so captured Guarani wounded were tied up and kneeled weakly on the ground, with their heads drooping and their bodies trembling slightly.Even savages are not completely fearless, after all, they still have an incomparable nostalgia for life.The militia chief pulled out the saber from his waist, then walked behind these barbarians and slashed at the neck with all his strength.After each chop, he kicked the corpse to the ground. After seven or eight chops in a row, maybe the terrified eyes of the Guarani boy under his feet stung him, or maybe he had vented his anger. He kicked this lucky alien boy over, and then slowly lowered the bright saber that was raised above his head, and the blood tank of the saber was still dripping with stinky blood.

"The heads of the dead Guarani people were all exchanged in the village for money, and then the money was distributed equally among the five families of the dead man. The remaining Guarani prisoners were also sent to the village, and the long mountain hard labor The battalion will be their final destination." After taking a deep breath, the militia chief said slowly to the patrolman Niu Dacheng: "Harvesting and sowing work cannot be stopped because of these things. Please help me look after the village in the next few days. I took the time to go to the southern capital, look for the former old chiefs, and ask them to find a way to send some troops over. We, the front line of the inland deep in Mucaoling Township, have so many bandits, and the superiors are indifferent. This is really outrageous. It’s still safer to ask the superiors to send a regular army to sit in the town. It’s impossible to rely on the people in the village alone. It’s impossible for them incompetent guys to persuade West Lake Fort or Ping’an County to send troops. I’d better go to the south Try your luck. The Guarani people here must be settled as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will not be able to settle down. I heard that several settlements will be built one after another in the mountains here. Humph, don’t completely wipe out those Guarani people Pained and expelled, from now on, just wait for three days to be attacked twice."

"How can the superiors deploy troops?" Niu Dacheng, a patrolman, is not ignorant of the world, and he said: "The Yihe area in the south is also making every effort to develop westward. People play hide-and-seek every day, and the entire cavalry battalion and a full-staffed infantry company are pinned down there, so it might be difficult for the military to mobilize mobile troops, right?"

"I heard that the 35th class of Guards Corps students in the Corps Fort in Xiling area have finished their courses and entered the pre-graduation internship stage. I want to go out and see if I can transfer these students to our place for 'internship' ’” said the militia chief.

(End of this chapter)