Establishing originally wanted to stick to this place, and then use the advantages of firearms to kill and damage the enemy, and then find opportunities to force the enemy to retreat or escape from this place. In the past few years, this method has been tried and done, but soon he chose to give up, because Galdan, who climbed a tall tree, saw the crowds coming out of the pine forest, densely packed with no less than two thousand people. Although these people held primitive weapons, the pioneer team had only seventy-two and four dogs. They were trapped in such flat ruins on all sides, and they were obviously bound to die.

"Finally, let's go to that mountain, which is the only way to live." Galdan pointed to a sudden hill rising from the dense forest to the west, like a huge rock falling among the mountains, which was particularly steep and prominent among the four fields.

Establishment immediately understood Galdan's intention. The steep hill was unable to exert the number of enemies, and the prominent terrain could send signals with bonfire smoke to seek help from possible nearby companies and cavalry teams.

"Okay, let's choose where, at least you have to survive first." Zhen said.

The pioneer team immediately assembled toward the village side. There was a forest in the village that could cover up the tracks. After passing through the woods, it was a wide river. In this cold winter, the cold river water was enough to make people deterred. Perhaps this was also the reason why the enemy did not deploy troops here.

Galdan took a few people to cross the river first. They took off all their clothes, wrapped them with oil paper or leather bags, went into the water naked, swam hard to the opposite side of the river, then dried their clothes, searched in the jungle, and simply killed several secret whistles. Galdan found that the monitoring locations of these secret whistles were the same, and that section of the river looked like there was no special place. After a try, they found that it was a river that could be crossed on foot. Galdan immediately notified the establishment, and then led the brigade to roll up his trousers and crossed the river.

After finding Galdan who was peeing, he took off his pants and scattered him on a big tree. After Cheng said, "Following the situation, Tuman should not have sent anyone nearby, but it is more than ten miles away from the hills. Tuman's territory is densely covered with forests. They must be more familiar with us. If they fall from behind the butt, it will be difficult to get rid of it."

"So you want to ambush the enemy in this pine forest?" Galdan asked with his pants on his back.

Zhen smiled and said, "Yes, that's what I think. We have to separate. You take a few people to the hills to explore the road and discover the road up the mountain. I led a brigade to ambush here and give Tu Man a fierce attack."

Galdan nodded, took off the two flintlock pistols he hung on his chest, and handed them to Zheng: "Okay, just do that. When I reach the top of the mountain, I will use two clusters of wolf smoke as a signal, and you can withdraw."

Galdan only took four people and two dogs to set off, leaving all the horses. The road in the pine forest was very flat, but it was rugged when it reached the foot of the mountain. There was a road to the top of the mountain, which only two people had heard of. There were some brightly colored fur strips or feathers tied into the thorn bushes along the road, and there were strange human skeletons. When you climb to the top of the mountain, you could see a huge wall built with stones. The stones were already a bit weathered. Obviously, it was a long time ago. A stone staircase led to the top of the wall. When you walked up to look up, you saw a large area of ​​bones inside. Galdan immediately understood that this should be a place of sacrifice. The Eagle Feather Tribe and even people from other tribes would be thrown here after their death.

At this time, Zhiyi launched an attack when the Indians crossed the river. The dozens of people who were the first to cross the river were led by Zhi to use bayonets to drive out the cold river water, and then hid under the pine trees and shot the Tuman in the middle of the river. It was as simple as shooting a target. Blood stained the river red, and at least a hundred people died in the river.

Jian left ten people to follow him to continue ambushing in the pine forest, and let the rest lead their horses in the direction of Galdan's signal. When they reached the bottom of the mountain, the horses could no longer go up. Galdan took over the command and simply asked someone to slaughter all the horses on the spot as military rations for defending. During this process, Galdan and others saw fireworks rising in the fighting pine forest, and occasionally gunfires came, and they couldn't help but feel nervous.

In the evening, Zhi only brought back four people, and he himself was injured. An arrow shot through his shoulder. Galdan helped him up the hill, pulled out the arrow, put the wound medicine on it, wrapped it with ropes and cloth strips, and his subordinates had already cooked a pot of horse meat. Galdan and Zhi ate two bites of hot food, which made him feel strong.

"I can't sleep too hard at night. Not only this road, but people must be arranged around it. These terrible people are terrible. The forest is their world. I was so careful that I still took their own way!" Xing pointed to the endless forest at the foot of the mountain and reminded him seriously.

Suddenly, the sound of beast roars came from the forest, and then it rose and fell one after another. It was obvious that Tuman was using this method to contact him. Even the members of the pioneer team were fierce people, and they were a little nervous at this time, as if there was a huge monster hidden in the forest.

Through the bonfire, he saw real fear in the eyes of the team members. Knowing that if this continues, he will inevitably be hit by the enemy's plan. He took a burning pine branch from the bonfire and sang it in the night with his big butt. The humorous and light singing was conveyed by his loud voice, which made everyone laugh. Many of them who had heard it also sang and recited this lewd lyrics, which soothed the tense atmosphere a lot.

The howling outside quickly disappeared, but torches appeared, passing through the mountains, the cold wind blew, carrying a lot of noise, as if there were the sound of cutting and chiseling. The next morning, just as dawn, the Indian Tuman emerged from the pine forest, covering the hillside like an ant. The enemy scattered very wide, one cluster after another, and each cluster of teams had a long wooden pole, decorated with bones, pigments and feathers to create various totems.

The barbaric totem, messy hair and rough clothes were all familiar to the pioneer team members, but there were also unfamiliar things. The enemy was actually equipped with a large number of mesh guns, which must have been more than two hundred, but they were scattered among the tribes. When more than thirty people rode out of the woods and came to the front of the formation, everyone was surprised.

"How could they have horses!" Galdan said in surprise.

In the past two years since he came to America, he was quite familiar with the terroir here. The natives of America were very primitive and backward, and horses were something that had never been seen in this continent. The horses in the hands of the indigenous people must have originated from colonists, but this place is on the edge of the American colonial company. There may be symbols of foreign civilizations such as firearms and horses, but there are definitely not so many.

"Maybe we have come into contact with the Spanish Governor's New Spain." said Zheng.

"If this is the case, I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing." Several subordinates shook their heads, and they were also unsure of their minds.

The first foothold of the Empire's American colonial company was in the later San Francisco, with the purpose of making gold mines. This was quickly achieved. The empire-supported colonial company developed northward, with the purpose of avoiding intersecting competition with other colonists on the New World.

In the war between the Empire and the Anti-China alliance, the Spanish Kingdom, which participated in the opposition to the Empire, once launched a challenge to the Empire's colonies in the Americas, but such small fights did not affect the development of the colonies at all. At that time, the American colonial company was already not weak. Even though Spain had been developing in the Americas for a hundred years, its strength was still very weak on the west coast side. The Spanish fleet attacked the Golden State, where the headquarters of the American colonial company, and sank several small boats. However, it was defeated when it landed. The fleet fled and left a prisoner. Both sides negotiated between their mother countries, and had to go back to their hands with a letter. Therefore, the efficiency was very low, and it was a bit unsuccessful.

Linhai Port was the first American colonial company to explore south four years ago, and Galdan also joined the wave. At this time, he was convinced that he was in the territory of the Spaniards. His years of buried plans were active from the dust. He wanted to escape from the new world, return to his hometown, and take revenge on the empire.

"It's a good thing to live, brothers." Cheng suddenly chuckled.

Galdan was awakened by these words. Yes, there is hope for survival. Haven’t he been like this for the past few years? He asked: “Boss, what should I do now?”

Founding said: "Defend to the death."

"There will be reinforcements, right?" Galdan asked when he saw that he was so confident.

Xing smiled: "It shouldn't be. The purpose of defending the enemy is to wait for the enemy to retreat. It's winter now, and Tuman, who lives by hunting, cannot continue to fight. As long as we defend the top of this mountain, Tuman will retreat after eating all the food. Looking at those totems, they do not belong to the same tribe, and there must be disputes between the leaders. The reason for attacking us may be that we attacked the Eagle Feather Tribe, but this is for revenge, and revenge is just a spiritual force. Everyone has a different understanding of hatred, and everyone's hatred is also different, and sooner or later it will fall apart.

Fortunately, our supplies are sufficient. Dried biscuits and horse meat are enough to eat for two months. Although there is no water source on the mountain, there is snow everywhere, but there is less firewood. Of course, don’t be blindly optimistic. The enemy will rush to the mountain later. Everyone will follow my command and fight when it is close. It is best to knock the enemy down under our noses."

"It's dangerous to be too close," said Galdan.

Xing smiled: "You should prepare more food."

Only then did Galdan realize that the enemy's corpse could also be used as food. The taboo of cannibalism seems to be nothing between life and death.

As Zheng guessed, the style of the battle went from the beginning to the confrontation and hardship. The first three days, the Tuman's attack was very fierce, and he was not afraid of death to hit the top and walls. In three days, the pioneer team died seventeen, but the Tuman's corpses were covered with the foot of the mountain. After three days, the situation at the foot of the mountain changed. Several tribes' totems disappeared after one night, and they should have evacuated. The siege continued. The longer the time, the more tribes disappeared. After being besieged for a month, a civil war broke out among the Tuman. After the end of the civil war, only the largest totem pole was left, while the number of Tuman was less than 600, but this was still a number that the pioneer team could not defeat. The enemy's will was very strong and seemed to have to fight to the end.

When the weather is best every day, the pioneer team always lights the three-collar smoke with precious firewood, and at night there are three bonfires, which have never stopped. They hope to get support from the pioneer team that may appear nearby, but they have never responded.

On the fortieth day after the siege, the pioneer team encountered the most violent attack in a month. However, this time, the turning point occurred. When most of the Tuman besieged the top of the mountain, drums suddenly sounded in the oak forest to the south. Then the soldiers holding the combs and armoured armour walked out in a tight formation and attacked the Tuman sideways. After several volleys, they defeated the Tuman who was responding in a panic. Then more than forty cavalry rushed out, first with a pistol, and then chased with swords. The musketeers also used bayonets, with cavalry and musketeers, and only more than two hundred people left, and the Tuman, who were several times more than theirs, retreated into the jungle and disappeared without a trace.

"It's Spanish, there's no doubt." A dark-skinned guy under Zhi said very surely.

Everyone knows that this guy with one hand was once a sailor on a Spanish warship. He participated in the siege of Jinzhou City and became a prisoner. Later, he joined the pioneer team. Since he said he was a Spaniard, he would definitely not run away.

"Boss, what should I do now?" Galdan asked Xiang Zheng.

It was hesitant to establish it. The Spanish saved themselves, but as far as he knew, the Spanish Kingdom and the Empire were still in a state of war, but this state seemed to be unable to determine the relationship between the pioneer team and this Spanish army. After all, in overseas colonies, the mother country has always been the mother country, the colony has been the colony, the mother country has started to fight as an enemy, and it is not uncommon for the colony to be an ally.

"Let's send someone to establish contact first and see the attitude of the Spaniards. Who will go?" Zhen asked.

A group of people looked at each other. Only the guy with a broken hand was packing things. Only he could do the translation. This errand couldn't escape. After hesitating, Galdan said, "Okay, I'll go."

"Okay, we'll wait for you to come back. Remember, in front of the Spanish, don't expose your faith, let alone say you are a monk, otherwise they will kill you." Cheng reminded Galdan.

Galdan smiled: "That's certainly, or can you serve the gods, right?"

As an upper class of Tibetan Buddhism, Galdan has always adhered to the concept that faith is a tool, not that he himself is a tool of faith. How can fools be fooled by others?
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