Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 533 The most tragic tribe

New Liaoyang City, the port terminal.

Hundreds of ships from the Daming Navy Fleet and five armed merchant ships from the Daming Western Company are slowly entering the port and docking at the pier.

In the open space near the port, groups of young and strong Apache tribes are gathering under the command of the Ming army generals.

These were all summoned from nearby tribes to help build the city, and there were about [-] people.

They probably didn't know why the Ming army general had summoned them here, and many of them still had blank expressions on their faces.

However, during this period of time, under the training of the generals of the Ming army, their queues were neatly arranged.

It didn't take long for more than [-] young and strong members of the Apache tribe to gather, and five armed merchant ships had already docked at the pier and lowered the hanging ladder.

Immediately afterwards, the general of the Ming army took them to the deck and began to move the goods.

They have also done this job. After all, tens of thousands of people gathered here to build the city, and they needed a lot of food alone. They thought they were transporting food again.

However, when they saw the "cargo" piled on the deck, they were very excited.

Because the deck is full of weapons and equipment.

Black iron knives, black iron armor, iron shields, long spears, and even military uniforms and tents.

These Ming soldiers have them, and they have heard that all the chiefs will also equip them with these.

It's just that none of them expected that these equipments would arrive so quickly, and there were so many of them.

Each of them can't finish carrying a bundle, and except for the tent, the other bundles are at least ten pieces.

In other words, these equipment are definitely used by more than 2 people.

Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming army already had their equipment, and they had also heard that almost all the warriors of the Sioux tribe also had them.

These should be for their Apache warriors!

If the warriors of the Apache tribe are all equipped with these weapons, they will be able to regain their territory. Can they not be excited?

On the flagship, Taichang looked at this young and strong, and couldn't help frowning slightly: "Is the Apache tribe so young and strong?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Apache tribe has a total of seven major tribal alliances. Naturally, there are more than this young and strong. However, I also called the young and strong members of the nearby Navajo tribal alliance, and other tribal alliances Some of them are too far away, and some are resisting the European colonists in the north and east, so none of the ministers were summoned."

This is a bit troublesome.

They want to help the Apache tribe regain their territory, so naturally they can't let all the Sioux tribe go.

This time, the young and strong of the Apache tribe had to be the main force.

However, people don't even have time to come over to get weapons and equipment, so how can they be the main force?

The enemies of the Apache tribe are the British who later established the empire on which the sun never sets. If they don’t distribute weapons and equipment to the young and strong of the Apache tribe and then let them act as the main force to fight against the British, that is simply letting them Go die!
Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then turned around and said: "Let's go, let's go to the council hall to discuss, Cheng En, bring the latest map."

Soon, they came to the meeting hall and focused their attention on the map in the middle.

The territory of the Apache tribe is very large, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc., all of which are their territories.

However, the later generations of the Apache tribe have no territory, and there are very few people left, and there are still sporadic distributions in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Why is this so?
The reason is actually very simple, because they have been fighting against colonists and invaders for too long.

It can be said that from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty to around the First World War, they have been fighting against colonists and invaders.

Moreover, the colonists and invaders they fought against were very powerful.

What were the colonists and invaders they fought against?
At the beginning, it was Spain, the most powerful country in the world at that time, then France, the European hegemon after Spain, then the most powerful Britain in the colonial period, and then the most powerful United States in later generations!

In other words, for more than 300 years, the colonists and invaders they fought were basically the most powerful existence in the world at that time.

Historically, they were the most tragic Indian tribe on the North American continent. More than 300 years of resistance directly caused this one of the most powerful tribes on the North American continent to almost disappear and disappear into the long river of history!
Of course, they haven't disappeared at this time, and they are still one of the most powerful tribes on the North American continent.

Moreover, Ming has already helped them regain Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and other territories from the Spaniards.

The problem is that most of the territories such as Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are still in the hands of the British.

In other words, even if the British did not completely occupy these places, it would be difficult for their tribes to survive in these places.

Because the colonists will continue to sweep and expand.

If their tribes still stay in those places, they may be taken over by the colonists if they are not careful!
Therefore, most of them gathered in the west and south of Georgia at this moment, holding together to resist the invasion of the colonists.

Taichang looked at the map carefully, then pointed to the southwestern part of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and other places and asked: "Jiandou, how many Apache tribes are gathering in these places at the moment, and what do they rely on to resist colonialism?" what about the invasion of the

Lu Xiangsheng reckoned: "In addition to the Apache tribal alliance in the north of the new Liaoyang City, almost all the tribes of the other five Apache tribal alliances are concentrated in this area. They should rely on stealing from the Spaniards and the British. The incoming warhorses, or the few captured swords, are defending against the invaders."

Taichang asked again: "How many horses and swords do they have, have you found out in detail?"

This, how can I ask clearly!
Lu Xiangsheng said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, forgive me. This humble official has not figured it out yet. Their horses should be less than a thousand, and their swords are probably pitifully few. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to stand up to the invaders with hundreds of people." Can't stop."

Then why let them stay in those places?
Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "How many people are left in the seven major tribal alliances? Have you calculated this?"

Lu Xiangsheng said without hesitation: "This humble official ordered someone to understand it carefully. There are only less than one million people left in their seven major tribal alliances. The specific number should be about 95."

When Taichang heard the words, he said without hesitation: "Immediately ordered someone to send an order to make all the tribes of the Apache tribe prepare to migrate to the vicinity of Xinliaoyang City."

what?
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help being surprised and said, "Your Majesty, isn't this asking them to hand over most of their territories to the British?"

Taichang sighed slightly: "If they are allowed to gather around the British to resist, it is just using their lives to slow down the pace of the British. Is it necessary? We will move them all over and distribute weapons and equipment to the youths of various tribes." If they are strong, then organize them to practice well, isn’t it better than using their lives to stop others’ footsteps like this?”

Uh, this is true.

However, the reason why they didn't gather together was not entirely to stop the intruders with their lives.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and reminded: "Your Majesty, the reason why they are scattered in these places is mainly to hunt enough food. If nearly a million people gather near Xin Liaoyang City, they will definitely not be able to hunt so much food." of."

Isn't this simple?

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "Immediately send a merchant ship to the Spaniards to bring a few million stones of grain over here. The population is less than 100 million. We can afford it!"

(End of this chapter)