1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 227 Man and Beast
"Bump! Bump! Bump!..." A volley of guns fired, and several figures swayed and fell to the ground, but the remaining natives jumped into the dense forest.

Several marine soldiers with muskets on their backs and short knives walked over carefully.After kicking several corpses on the ground, a native was still gasping for breath, with blood spitting out of his mouth.

"The few just now, probably came out to hunt." She and Lin also came over, and inserted the dagger into the heart of the undead native, ending his painful struggle.

"That means we are not far from their camp." Qi Dalu touched the sweat on his forehead.

It’s already mid-February, and the area around Weiyuan Fort has obviously entered the rainy season. It’s hot and rainy, and the temperature during the day can sometimes reach a maximum of 38-39°C.This really caused a lot of trouble for the Marine Corps.Although most of the Marine Corps soldiers are from Fujian, Guangdong and other places, such sweltering weather is unbearable.

Considering the mosquitoes and snake ants that exist in the jungle, all the marine soldiers are tightly packed, which makes the soldiers even more sweltering and hot.

Qi Dalu divided more than 70 marines into two groups, who took turns going out every day to search for nearby native tribes.In half a month, they attacked more than ten times, killed more than 30 natives scattered in the forest, and found a tribe of more than 60 people.But during the attack, a soldier accidentally fired a musket, which alarmed the natives in the tribe in advance, causing most of them to flee in the forest, and only a few dozen were killed or injured.

Today, Qi Dalu led the team again, and more than [-] marines marched all the way to the northeast.By noon, they had traveled more than twenty miles.

On a hillside, they found six or seven natives hunting tree kangaroos, so they quietly surrounded them.But these natives were very vigilant, and the Hanzhou natives walking behind only made a little movement, which immediately attracted their attention.

Seeing that he was discovered, Qi Dalu simply waved his hand, and more than [-] marine soldiers rushed over with muskets in hand.Seeing that the enemy was far outnumbered by him, the native didn't fight back. He jumped off the big tree and went into the forest.

Just when several natives were about to flee into the dense forest, the soldiers quickly opened fire, killing the few behind them to the ground.

"Platoon leader, continue to search, or withdraw to Weiyuan Fort." She and Lin asked.There were 75 marines in Weiyuan Fort, two platoons. She and Lin were his platoon leaders. They were immigrants from Huaibei. They had participated in the battle of Aceh's Rapid Bay and the battle with the Spanish invasion.

Qi Dalu looked up at the sky, it was still early, and he should be able to continue searching for a certain distance.

"Go ahead and search for a few miles." Qi Dalu said: "Maybe, we can follow the few natives who escaped just now and find their camp."

She and Lin really wanted to say that the weather was hot and humid, and the soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, so they should return as soon as possible.But seeing that Qi Dalu had already walked forward first, he could only wave his hands helplessly and order the soldiers to follow quickly.As the great commander's nephew and the chief executive's elder brother, no accidents should happen here.

Of course Qi Dalu knew that the soldiers were extremely hot.But for more than half a month, there have been very few victories.The big tribe of savages who slaughtered the natives of Weiyuan Castle and Luzon has never been found.If another half a month passed, the next batch of marines would come, but I didn't have any big gains. I didn't look good in face, and I was very anxious in my heart.

The fourth younger brother, who was often attached to him, has become the chief executive of the civil government of Hanzhou by virtue of his extraordinary knowledge and extraordinary management methods.As for himself, he was just a trainee platoon leader.If you don't have real credit and ability, you don't know when you can get rid of this trainee.

Qi Dalu pushed more than a dozen Hanzhou natives to the back of the team, lest they make too much noise and cause the savages who might be nearby to escape early.

"Be careful!" She and Lin shouted in a low voice, and then threw the knife, nailing a snake protruding from the top of the tree to the trunk.

With a triangular head and a scarlet snake letter, it is obviously a poisonous snake.

"Thank you, Lao Yu!" Qi Dalu looked at She and Lin gratefully.

She and Lin didn't say much, they stepped forward, took out the dagger, and continued to hold it in their hands.This time, he was at the forefront.According to his mind, he wanted to drive the natives of Hanzhou to go ahead and clear the way, and the marines followed behind. In this way, the danger would be much reduced.

After a few more miles, the trees gradually thinned out. At this time, it was around Shen time in the afternoon (four o'clock in the afternoon), and we had to return to Weiyuan Fort. Otherwise, it would be very dangerous to be exposed to the wilderness as the sky darkened. .

Suddenly, She and Lin heard a faint howling sound from a distance, it should not be a beast, it seems to be a human!

He motioned for everyone to stay where they were, and then walked forward slowly with a short knife in hand.After walking for tens of meters, they found a huge valley in front of them. When the thick branches were pushed aside, a camp suddenly appeared in front of them.

In the depths of the valley, thatched huts made of tree trunks and branches and leaves are densely arranged in the valley, and a stream meanders through the camp.Among them, beside a fire, many native men and women with naked bodies are doing primitive sports.An old man whose face was smeared with the blood of various animals, brandished a burning stick, and danced frantically beside them.

She and Lin only looked at it for a moment, and immediately judged that there were at least 100 people in this tribe, and they didn't have any iron weapons. Maybe they were the natives who attacked Weiyuan Fort.He retreated slowly, returned to the middle of the team, and nodded at Qi Dalu.

Qi Dalu showed joy, then waved his hand and led the marines on the way back.Now that we have found the den of thieves, we should go back to Fort Weiyuan, rest for two days, and gather all the armed forces to take them out in one fell swoop.

The tribe of natives that She and Lin discovered were indeed natives who once attacked Weiyuan Fort.They originally stayed at Weiyuan Fort briefly during the dry season.Later, when the rainy season came, they could not bear the hot and rainy weather, so they migrated to the relatively cooler northeast region.

Later, they encountered several powerful tribes in succession. After several battles, they gradually failed and migrated back.But it was found that there were Hanzhou natives and Luzon natives.

After observing for a few days, they found that these people were less prepared, so at dusk, they attacked Fort Weiyuan.They easily climbed over the simple wooden fence, and the short, black and thin natives and Luzon natives were suddenly attacked, and they were not their opponents at all.After a short fight, they were repelled by their brutal style of play.

The natives on these islands are the most primitive aborigines on the island of Guinea. They are called the Mundugu Ma people in later generations, also known as the Mundugu Mul or Mundugu Mo people. They are the natives of the New Guinea Islands and nearby islands in Oceania Inhabitants of indigenous tribes.Moreover, these indigenous tribes are still cannibal tribes, and both men and women are cruel, violent, cruel, aggressive, and sexually active.

In the early morning two days later, more than 70 marines drove more than 100 Hanzhou natives and Luzon natives towards the local savage tribe, and killed them.

It has to be said that the camp chosen by this savage tribe is simply a dead place. Although it is a valley with sparse forests and a place where streams run, but deep in the valley are high mountains and cliffs.This terrain means that as long as the valley entrance is blocked, none of these savages can escape.

In the evening, seeing many outsiders armed with weapons suddenly appear at Taniguchi, those savages knew immediately that the enemy was attacking.

Fifty or sixty savages rushed up holding wooden spears and screaming strangely.

Perhaps because they had witnessed these savages eating people, some Hanzhou natives and Luzon natives in the formation seemed very frightened.Although there were heavily armed Marine soldiers behind them, they turned around and ran back the moment they took over the battle.

Qi Dalu stretched out his feet and kicked over a few natives who were attacking the formation of the Marine Corps, and ordered them to disperse quickly.

Although the newly arrived natives and natives of Luzon had heard about the wild man cannibalism, they did not see it for themselves, but they fearlessly persisted in killing and stabbing the rushing wild man.

"Bump! Bump! Bump!..." With several gunshots, the marines shot and killed seven or eight savages who broke through the Hanzhou native line.

Seeing another group of crazy savages rushing up in the valley, Qi Dalu worried that there would be too many casualties among the natives, so he immediately ordered the trumpeter to blow the trumpet and let the natives retreat to both sides.

"Bump! Bump! Bump!..." The savages felt the looseness in front of them, thinking that they had defeated the enemy on the other side.However, that terrible weapon that can make a loud noise ejected deadly projectiles, knocking down seven or eight savages in front of them.

The platoon of guns fired five rounds in a row, and most of the savages on the opposite side were shot dead on the spot, and the rest sat slumped on the ground with terrified expressions on their faces.They didn't even rush to the enemy, and the brave warriors of the tribe fell to the ground.They are more vicious enemies than the crocodile in the water.

"Do you need to keep prisoners?" She and Lin asked in a flat tone.

"Captives?" Qi Dalu shook his head and said, "They eat people."

After hearing this, She and Lin waved to the natives of Hanzhou behind them, signaling them to enter the savage tribe and search for the remaining enemies.

After the war, soldiers of the Marine Corps discovered a large number of human bones in this savage tribe, further confirming that this savage tribe is the rumored cannibal.

That night, after camping, many marine soldiers woke up from their dreams, and then looked nervously at the dark surroundings.In the end, around several fires in the camp, there were soldiers who could not sleep. They waited for the dawn with their red eyes.

"You said that people cannibalism happened in Daming because they couldn't find anything to eat. But there are forests everywhere, wild fruits, wild animals, and fish in the water. Why do these savages still eat people?" She and Lin asked with emotion.

"They're not human anymore." Qi Dalu said, "They're all beasts that look like humans!"

A beast that looks like a man?She and Lin smiled wryly. Back then when they were so hungry that they couldn't bear it by the Grand Canal, they thought countless times that they would grab someone to eat. There were so many hungry people, just one of them would be enough.

Fortunately, I am still alone.

(End of this chapter)