New World 1620

At a distance of 70 meters, the Pequots who had just huddled together to cheer for victory hadn’t recovered from the shock. Two rows of lead bullets crashed into the dense crowd like hitting a stationary target, setting off a rain of blood .

More than 40 Pequots were instantly torn apart by bullets. Their thin and emaciated bodies were covered with broken limbs, and their broken bodies and blood were all over the ground.

The Pequots blew up and scattered as if a catastrophe was imminent, but more people rushed into each other in the chaos, turning around like headless chickens.

The 6-pound gun fired. This kind of ship cannon, after being loaded with grape shells, sprayed smoke and dust that was a hundred times more spectacular than the flintlock gun at the chaotic crowd less than a hundred meters away.In less than a second, a large area of ​​wailing sounded again, and the dense rain of bullets shattered about twenty Pequots like a broom, and a few shattered corpses even flew to the defense in the center of West Point Town. circle.

When the soldiers of the Land Guard charged with their bayonets upright, the Pequots, with less than 300 people left, finally collapsed.They dropped everything in their hands and swarmed like rabbits behind anything that could cover their bodies, while the Pequots in the other two directions ran desperately towards the woods outside the town.

In the last defensive circle of West Point Town, the remaining residents and soldiers stared blankly at the sudden killing in the south and the officers and soldiers of the Land Guard running towards them.

An English man let out a strange howl, and knelt down on the ground, covering his face with tears.He Yu sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

More people hugged each other, shouting and laughing like crazy.

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Monday, January 1621, 4.

Forty Indians joined the Manhattan Land Guard in action, including 40 Delawares and 26 Mohawks.

The Delawares still had a reason for revenge, but the Mohawks who joined temporarily were purely taking advantage of the fire.The Mohawk people, who have long been addicted to bullying the Peko people, know the situation here very well, so they became the guides of the whole army with ease.

At 11 a.m., with the firing of 6-pound guns, the Pequot villages in the northwest of West Point announced their final collapse.

In addition to leaving the necessary remaining troops to guard the hundreds of Pequot Indian prisoners captured during the siege yesterday, 60 soldiers of the Land Guard led by Chen Liwen, led by Mohawks and Delawares, Early in the morning they pounced on the Pequot villages.

The severely damaged Pequot village obviously had no time to flee. The young and middle-aged men in the entire village were almost completely lost in yesterday's battle, and the few remaining men could not resist this retaliatory bloodbath at all.

More than 300 Pequot men, women, children, women and children were captured, and almost all the simple thatched huts were set on fire. Excited Mohawks searched for their fancy spoils in the chaotic village like chicken coops , while the Delaware warriors used the sharp bone knives in their hands to bloodily cut off the scalps of those who died in battle, and then hung them on their shoulders.

Looking at the hellish indigenous village in front of him, groups of terrified and emaciated captives staggering past, and those wolf-like accomplices of the Moheks, Chen Liwen was a little dazed.

"Report! The reconnaissance team that followed the Pequot deserters across the river is back. Four kilometers northeast of the opposite bank of the Hudson River, there is a Pequot Indian village with about 700 people, but it seems that there There was internal fighting." A soldier ran to Chen Liwen to salute, and conveyed a somewhat surprising situation.

"Speed ​​up the cleaning of the battlefield, return to West Point Town, and prepare to cross the river by boat! All threats in this area must be eradicated!" Chen Liwen took a deep breath, and resolutely issued the established plan instructions.

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At dusk, the last group of Pequot captives entered the temporary prisoner-of-war camp west of West Point Town. As many as 600 Indians, men, women and children crowded into a small open space at the edge of the forest less than 3 acres.

More than 20 soldiers of the Ground Guard Surrounded them vigilantly with the cooperation of Delaware fighters. The 6-pound cannon was aimed at the crowd. As long as there was a slight change, the grape bullets loaded could instantly shatter the crowd. Crowd tens of meters away.

In West Point Town, in a log cabin, several Indians with strange hairstyles were standing in front of Chen Liwen and others with surprised and submissive expressions.Li Xiang did not let Na Da accompany him, but acted as an on-site interpreter with a wooden stick.

"They're Mohicans, they were annexed by the Pequots, and they started the fighting that's happening today in that Pequot village on the east coast. They want our help to get rid of the Pequots. "

Li Xiang whispered a few words to Chen Liwen, then turned his head to look at He Yu, saw that the other party also had a strange expression, and then looked at the Mohican Indian in front of him, so he touched him with his arm: "Hehe, this is The classic Mohican hairstyle, now you finally see the historical prototype, right?"

"Hmm... But it's really ugly. Putting it on these people's heads is completely different from the cool hairstyles of later generations." He Yu was stunned for a while before uttering this sentence.

The Mohicans chattered a lot again, and as Li Xiang continued to translate, Chen Liwen's brows gradually relaxed.

"Okay! Tell them, we will give them all the Pequot weapons we seized this time, and we can also give them some food. The Mohicans who were coerced to participate in the siege before can be released." Chen Liwen took He sat down with a strange smile, pointed to the outside of the house, and his expression turned serious again, "But I have a request, that is, no more Pequots can appear in this area!"

Li Xiang translated it, and the representative of Mohigan, who seemed to be of high status in front of him, looked surprised, nodded repeatedly, and then muttered a few words embarrassingly.

"They said it was their place before, and that the Pequots beat them and took it. They promised to unite with other Indian tribes to the east who were bullied by the Pequots to deal with the Pequots. They also hoped to Get our kind of weapon that can fire." Li Xiang shrugged, indicating that the opponent's lion opened his mouth.

"Tell them, this is our territory! They can only go east of the Hudson River! We can't give them muskets, but we can give them enough iron arrows and iron spears in the form of trade, which is enough for them to wear The Kurts drive away."

After Chen Liwen finished speaking coldly, he straightened his military uniform and strode out of the wooden house.

Li Xiang translated it with a smile. The Mohicans were slightly disappointed, but they were elated when they heard that powerful iron weapons could be obtained through trade.

About 20 Indian captives who belonged to the Mohican tribe were released, and the remaining 580 or so Pequot captives began to walk towards the western mines under the escort of loaded guns and live ammunition.

Their future destiny is to become prisoners of war slaves in the iron mine of West Point Town, and use endless mining labor to survive...

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Two days later, the officers and soldiers who had finished their rest in Manhattan and went north began to prepare to board the ship and go south.The West Point Town, which had been simply restored, returned to calm, and the fishing boats continued to bring in more supplies in the past two days, including hundreds of flintlock guns and a large amount of gunpowder seized on the Mayflower.

There is no longer any blood or minced meat in West Point Town. Although the smell of blood will still exist for quite a long time, the surviving residents of West Point Town have been greatly stabilized.

"Mr. Brest!" Chen Liwen walked up to the pastor with a gentle smile on his face after explaining to a junior officer stationed in West Point Town instead of He Yu, and looked down at the Englishman who was also full of joy with his chest up. "Your and all Englishmen's courage is to the great satisfaction of my government, and in view of your excellence in the defense of West Point, my government, through me, formally conveys to you that you have been granted special and official residency at West Point Power, your wives and daughters will be sent here together in the next transportation... If you can speak Chinese within a year, then you still have a chance to get a further status improvement."

Further status enhancement?God, can we be Americans?Blaster trembled a little with excitement.

The wounded, who he thought was hopeless, was out of danger in just two days. The magical liquid contained in the peculiar glass needle tube was simply a miracle that had never been seen in the whole of Europe.

Although there are only 42 of the 31 Englanders who first arrived in West Point, and half of them are still injured, what could be more exciting than this news?Isn't a free and prosperous life what they pursued after leaving Europe?

As soon as the news spread, the English people who were standing or lying down shouted happily, and the soldiers of the Land Guard who had been fighting side by side with them for the past few days also patted them on the shoulder with a smile, or presented them with cigarettes or Pass me a bottle of corn wine.

"Captain Chen..."

At this time, a young man with a bandage on his arm came over, stood shyly and nervously in front of Chen Liwen, lowered his head slightly.

"I have discussed it with my friend. The two of us will not go back to Manhattan. We will also live here with them, even if we do something for everyone. Dong Jiunan said he can't make the decision, so let me apply to you..."

The young man's head was lowered, and he couldn't tell what his expression was, but from the words, he could hear a trace of guilt and panic that couldn't be concealed.

Chen Liwen quietly looked at the employees of the Manhattan construction team who survived the catastrophe in front of him, and sighed softly.

Among the 30 construction workers brought by Dong Jiunan this time, apart from himself, there were a total of 4 other people who belonged to the cross-travelers. Among them, Qiao Daqiang died on the day of the conflict, and another man who participated in the rape of a Pequot Indian girl was also killed before the reinforcements arrived. Died in bloody battle.

Now, only the two of them are left.In the squad led by He Yu, a soldier was seriously injured and died.

Aside from the deaths of 11 Englishmen and 15 Delaware Indians, in just a few days, three people who traveled through time and space also died. This has to be said to be the worst tragedy in Manhattan since the catastrophe Loss.

"Hey, that's okay, it's not suitable for you to go back now, so I agreed unilaterally. Anyway, there is still a squad of guards left here for a short time. You two are here to help, and you will be responsible for this area by the way. Indian trade."

Chen Liwen looked at the expressions of He Yu and Li Xiang, and knew that they both secretly agreed with this plan, so he patted the young man on the shoulder and walked away.

This is probably the worst solution at the moment. If the two of them go back and the truth spreads, how will they face the accusations of all Manhattan residents?Maybe everything that happened here can't be passed back to the truth at all...

Li Xiang, who was limping towards the fishing boat with Na Da in his arms, kept thinking.

The motor of the fishing boat began to tremble. The English residents and officers and soldiers who stayed in West Point waved their hands one after another, and the people on the boat also responded enthusiastically.

The temperament of the soldiers of the Land Guard who returned with the ship has changed.However, the first two recruits who did not abide by the military regulations were invited out of the Ground Guard by Chen Liwen afterwards, on the grounds that they were not suitable for military service.

A day later, in the cemetery north of Manhattan, there were three new tombstones. Except for the different names, all of them were written with a single line: The dearest person who died heroically in defense of West Point...