Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 829 West of the Great River ([-])

On August 1650, 8, after several days of cloudy and rainy weather, the sun finally emerged from the thick clouds and sprinkled the earth with golden brilliance.The army on the east coast, which had been waiting in Laojunmiao Township until its body was almost moldy, finally got the order to set off, so more than 26 soldiers, accompanied by [-] civilian men recruited temporarily, used a large number of Horses and mules and other beasts of burden carried war materials and headed for "Yiling" in the north.

From Laojunmiao Township to the north to Yiling, the road along the way is not easy.You must know that this is not a flat prairie on the east coast, but an area densely covered with forests and swamps-there are even annoying crocodiles in the swamps-many places don't even have roads, and they can only be temporarily opened.Especially after encountering some wetlands and swamps that cannot be bypassed, the army must cut down trees one by one, and then lay them across the swamp so that the pack animals carrying supplies can pass through safely.

On the way, they encountered a small Indian village. The Guarani people who settled in the village had no idea that the East Coast people who had been "passive" would come to take the initiative to attack this time, and mobilized such a large-scale army. This caught them off guard.However, their reaction was also fierce. An assistant judiciary from the east bank who stepped forward to declare them "guilty" was shot dead with a bow and arrow on the spot, which aroused the anger of Major Zhu Liang, who commanded the operation.

Seeing him commanding the sword forward, a large group of cavalry on the east bank rushed into the small village of Guarani, who was about to flee in all directions.The soldiers wielded bright sabers and cut at almost anyone they saw. The Guarani people were caught off guard and had no time to organize an effective resistance. The women and children fled outside the village without taking anything with them, while the men retreated slowly while taking Fighting with weapons.They fought like a group of wounded beasts, but the disparity in strength was too great. Under the joint strangling of the east bank cavalry and infantry musketeers, they were quickly exhausted.The people from the east bank didn't even send out many people. The main force was still silently lining up in the open space outside the village, watching with indifferent eyes a cavalry company and a few militiamen rushing into the village to put out the last resistance of the Guarani people.

The resistance of the Guarani people was very tenacious. After a man's elbow was cut off by the root of a saber, he still pulled down the eastern bank cavalry on the horse, and then bit a piece of flesh on the soldier's body with his teeth, even though he His eyeballs were all gouged out and he didn’t say anything; a Guaraní man was lying on the ground and pretended to be dead, and a militiaman from the east coast walked by him. to the soldier's throat, and then he was quickly cut off by the comrades around the militia with bayonets; some Guaranís pretended to surrender, but when the soldiers from the east bank came over, they violently wounded, of course they were soon died under the fire of muskets; few Guarani men survived, because the people on the east coast could not believe that they really surrendered, and even if one or two cried and begged for forgiveness, they were still relentlessly killed by the cavalry. Mercilessly fell to the ground.

The corpses were scattered all over the place, and the scene was extremely bloody...

After leaving a few militiamen and masters to clean up the battlefield, the main force who watched the whole battle outside the village did not stop. They collectively turned to the right under the command of the officer, then put their rifles on their shoulders and continued to move forward. hair.

On August 8, the main force on the east coast, which marched at a "turtle speed" of less than ten kilometers a day, finally arrived near "Yiling" in the afternoon of that day.This is the location of a huge Indian tribe, dotted with villages spread over a very wide area, outside the village there is a thin wooden fence and a large number of sentry towers, which seem to be built by Spanish missionaries instructing them—— Of course, the Spanish missionaries always liked to arm the Indians against the East Coasters, the Brazilians, and even the Spanish colonists themselves.After all, their interests are not consistent with those of the secular. What the secular colonists want is land and wealth, but what they want is faith.

A large number of Indian archers have long been covered on the sentry tower. They painted their faces with oil paint, put bright feathers on their heads, and wore sackcloth clothes that were only available after the colonists arrived. These people nervously looked at the space outside the village. On the ground, wearing dark blue military uniforms, well-equipped and well-equipped, the East Coast troops were subconsciously a little scared, but more angry.

"Stop your steps, people from the East Coast, you have broken the sacred agreement! Five years ago we had agreed that the two sides would respect each other's sacred boundaries and not invade each other's territory, but you broke all of this, making Yaku You have illegally occupied large areas of fertile forests and land on both sides of the Yi River, and you have expelled and killed countless descendants of gods for no reason. But you are still not satisfied now. Do you want to take away the last place of our tribe? Answer I, the people from the east coast, am I right?” An old Indian chief, surrounded by several strong guards, went to the front of the east coast people and asked in proficient Spanish.His expression was unusually indignant and sad. He was not only angry that the people on the east coast did not abide by the previous agreement, but also despaired of the future of his own tribe.

"Dear Chief, according to the "Valladolid Treaty" signed between the East Coast Republic of China and the Kingdom of Spain, the area east of the Wujiang River is the legal territory of our country. As for the right to live here for generations that you claim, the North Yazi Lake area of ​​our country The circuit court just made a final ruling the day before yesterday, and decided not to accept it, and ordered that you must surrender all illegally occupied land before September 1650, 9. In the principle of humanitarianism, as long as you agree to peacefully surrender With all the land you own, and in cooperation with our government's resettlement plan, you will have a resettlement site on Xinhua Island that is twice the size of the existing land. All the output on this new land will belong to you, and you will also It will also obtain all the rights of the official residents of the overseas colonies of the East Coast Republic of China..."

"Enough!" The old chief interrupted the shameless speech of an assistant judicial officer on the east bank, then looked at the army formation of the people on the east bank, and raised his voice to ask: "If we don't obey your will, will you be To use force to achieve the goal?"

No one answered him.

The old chief looked at the sharp bayonets in the hands of the army soldiers on the east bank not far away, and then roared as if he had exhausted all his strength: "We are men, so let's use men's methods to determine the ownership of this land! "

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Laojun Temple Township.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Zhenren are leading a group of subordinates to carefully count the supplies, which are donated by believers from all over the country, including flour, clothing, medicine, agricultural tools and some grain seeds - all of which are to open up new territories necessary supplies.In addition, there are more than 300 tall Patagonians. Almost all of these big guys over 500 meters tall are devout believers. They wear special heavy armor, hold heavy axes, and short guns at the waist, guarding the A group of newly arrived Livonian immigrants ([-] people) marched towards Yiling.

These new immigrants are pioneers who are about to settle there, so they brought with them about ten catties of wheat seeds, some clothes, some dry food, and some livestock and agricultural tools in the team. In short, they brought almost everything needed to settle down.What?You say the battle is not over yet, and the Yiling area is still in the hands of barbarians?Are you kidding me, didn't you see that my invincible east coast army has already dispatched to destroy them?That's not easy!Maybe the fighting is over before we get there, and we're off to clean up the field and pick up what the barbarians left behind.

These people have no awareness that they are invaders, and they have no sense of guilt for taking over the stockades, houses, fields, livestock, food and other property left by the Guarani barbarians.In their view, the savages have no right to exist, and it is unforgivable that their civilization is so low and ridiculous that they still control the wealth of such a vast and fertile land!This is their original sin!God has given us the power and freedom to conquer and educate the barbarians, so let us use fire and sword to teach the barbarians all this!

"Is the Town God's Temple all set up?" Sending off the immigrant team who was passing by as a logistics master, as soon as they returned to Laojunmiao stockade, Zhao Yan and Zhao Zhenren called for his assistant and asked him about the things he had explained.

"It has been arranged properly. I have ordered people to clean and decorate the inside. There are also candidates for temple blessings. A native of Huai'an Prefecture in Jiangbei Province used to be a temple blessing of the Earth Temple. Later, he received special religious training in the capital and has theoretical knowledge. Now, it should be no problem for him to preside over the Town God's Temple now." The assistant immediately replied respectfully upon hearing this.

The Town God’s Temple mentioned in the conversation between the two of them has one in almost every county in the East Coast Republic today, usually located where the county seat is located.In the past, these town god's temples enshrined either the talented and outstanding people who died in the county, or the people who made special contributions to the county, or the fighting heroes who died on the battlefield. The students brought over for some patriotic education.

In January of this year, with the approval of the executive committee, the Chenghuang Temple system was formally brought under the jurisdiction of the Office of Religious Affairs, but in fact it was managed by Taoism, the national religion.After this adjustment, the biggest change is that the conditions and restrictions for being able to enter the Chenghuang Temple have also been greatly relaxed—or almost none.From now on, even ordinary people can enter the tomb system of Chenghuang Temple after death, and their funerals will also be presided over by the local Chenghuang Temple. It is self-evident, so Zhao Yan and others cannot ignore it.

"That's good. We can formally intervene in these matters after the end of the Yiling Raiders War." Zhao Yan said, "The ritual affairs of the war dead must be done beautifully. This is a very good idea. Chances for increased cohesion, no surprises."

(End of this chapter)