Wild North America 1846

Chapter 115 Clearing Up the Indigenous Tribes
Baron Granville-Gower's words were not lacking in praise, which made Li Cha's smile brighter than ever. Following his words, he in turn complimented the prosperous martial arts and martial arts of the British Empire. Both of them were very happy.

Mr. Baron never imagined that under Li Cha's slightly green face, there is a mature soul from the age of information explosion who has read the world's hot and cold. How could he be deceived by such a small compliment?

Baron Granville-Gower's words revealed the inherent arrogance of the British. He belittled the strength of the US military.

The implication is that those hillbillies in the United States are easy to deal with, and the output is over like chopping melons and vegetables.

Li Cha will not be fooled by him, let alone underestimate the sacrifice spirit and combat effectiveness of the US military.

But on the surface, in order to maintain the decency of both parties, Richard still flattered the British Empire hypocritically, and every sentence touched the itch of Baron Granville-Gower, which made his arrogant face pile up. Full of smiles.

The two talked while walking, and soon came to the construction site of the city gate.

The two Chinese captains of the Musketeer Team who were in charge of the work here rushed out to greet them, clasped their fists respectfully and gave a deep salute.

Li Cha waved his hand;

It means that everything is business as usual, he just brought the guests over to inspect, and he did what he should do.

The two Chinese squad leaders withdrew as promised, and then looked at the white convicts bending over to work with stern eyes.

When they found two white men standing up and peeking this way while they were working, they immediately rushed up, knocked them to the ground with whips, and yelled loudly.

This small episode did not affect the mood of the two noblemen.

Most of these white convicts came from American captives in the Battle of Burlington. If they voluntarily surrendered, they could be recruited to supplement the strength of the Denver [-]st and [-]nd regiments.

Prisoners were not treated so well, no matter whether they were soldiers or officers, coachmen or leather craftsmen, artillerymen or cavalrymen, they were all sent to the hard labor camps to receive punishment.

With the current heavy labor, only two meals a day can be provided.

One meal in the morning and one meal around noon to ensure that these white convicts work hard.

If there is still one meal after working overnight, you will be hungry if you don’t work. Anyway, you won’t be given food if you don’t work, so as not to run away when you are full.

Dozens of these white captives have died of exhaustion in the past month under the oppression of heavy labor. This is called toasting and not eating fine wine.

Who told them not to voluntarily surrender?

The army of the Tang Kingdom never engaged in soft tactics. On the land of North America, there was only iron and blood suppression and cruel exploitation of foreign races, and they were managed by strict military laws.

Li Cha's attitude is very clear;
All white people who are willing to join the army of the Tang Kingdom are brothers who fight side by side. They are rewarded for their meritorious service and enjoy equal treatment as the Chinese.

For those who resisted and were captured, all of them were first sent to a hard labor camp for reform.

among these people

The army of the Tang Kingdom selected those convicts who were willing to take the initiative to approach them, and gave them better treatment, not to mention whether they could eat well, at least three meals a day would be sufficient.

These people take the lead as the convict convict squad leader and squadron leader, manage each construction section by themselves, and urge other white convicts not to be lazy and disintegrate from the inside.

For example, the 3.3-kilometer city wall connecting two military fortresses was divided into squadrons of 100 meters each, with 50 convicts in each squadron, and a total of 33 squadrons were drawn.

Plus two city gate squadrons (each squadron is responsible for building one side of the city gate), a total of 35 squadrons with a total of 1750 people.

According to the evaluation of construction progress every week, 5 advanced squadrons can have enough food, and 5 backward squadrons can only eat one meal a day.

If there are serious quality defects, the entire squadron will be killed.

Anyone who complains, spreads rumors, colludes in private, steals food, or does not work hard will be severely punished once reported.

The captain who conceals and fails to report shall be regarded as the same crime.

Punishment measures include flogging, exposure to the shackles, and beheading. More than a dozen heads were hung on wooden poles around the execution platform, clearly showing the terrible fate of disobeying orders.
Under such strict management measures, the construction progress of Denver Castle is gratifying, far exceeding expectations.

Now is not the time for U.S. soldiers to press down on the border. Now Denver's main task is construction. Therefore, it is enough to catch these free laborers and only supply some of the cheapest food every day.

After all, the current materials have to be transported from the rear, and the nearest support base is still in Milan Town, more than 1000 kilometers away. Long-distance transportation is quite difficult, and it is a little bit less.

in december
The oats, beets, and potatoes on the newly reclaimed land will be harvested in large quantities, and the tight supply situation will be fundamentally alleviated, and these captives will also be able to eat their stomachs.

The question now is, how many of them will be able to make it to the harvest in December?
Those American soldiers who were captured in the early days should be fortunate that they were incorporated into the [-]st and [-]nd Denver Musketeers. Otherwise, under the whip and cruel oppression, it would be difficult to die.

Walk out along the city gate under construction, and after walking for tens of meters, there is a big gentle slope outside.

Denver Castle is built on a large gentle slope as a whole, with a drop of about 16 meters from the plain grass below, where a lush North American oak forest grows.

Now these North American forests are being felled in a planned way. After the tall oak trees fell, some Chinese laborers with sharp axes and saws stepped forward to cut off the branches, cut them into sections, and then dragged them away with horses.

All the wood is sent to the sawmill, where it is divided into planks and squares by large entrenchments, accumulated and dried in the shade, and used as the main material for building houses.

for defense

All forests within ten kilometers around Denver Castle must be cut down to prevent them from being used by the enemy.

While chatting with Lord Granville-Gower, Richard walked towards the sawmill. The sawmill uses British steam-powered machinery to drive circular saws. The fuel is high-quality coal mined nearby, which greatly improves labor efficiency. efficiency.

After not walking far, the two of them stopped, and the guards behind them also dispersed their vigilance.

At this moment

A line of cavalry appeared from the edge of the half-cut forest. They escorted a large number of Indian captives and women and walked towards them. There were also some cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in the long line behind. Seeing the beaming appearance of these Datang Kingdom cavalry, they should have harvested a lot. Small.

"Oh, God, it's the dirty aborigines." Baron Granville-Gower didn't hide his disgust, and took out a silk handkerchief with lace fringe to cover his nose, as if the stinky aborigines The air will smoke him.

A trace of undetectable dissatisfaction flashed in Li Cha's eyes, but he concealed it very well, and explained; "Sir Gore, these are my soldiers who are clearing up the indigenous Indian tribes in the surrounding area. When you plant a large area For food, it is necessary to prevent these indigenous Indian tribes from coming to destroy and steal, after all, they have a bad reputation and have no credibility in this regard.”

"You can sell these lowly Native Indian scalps to the Yankees, and they're open for $10 each."

"Given the bad relationship between Yankee and Datang Kingdom, I doubt they will pay?"

"But what's the use of keeping it?"

"It depends on how it is arranged. These strong indigenous Indians can mine stones and dig city sewers. If there are enough people, you can consider arranging the moat project in advance. This will greatly benefit the overall defense of Denver Castle .”

"What about these women?"

"You can arrange some easy jobs, such as washing and cooking, or raising poultry and livestock, there will always be a place for it." Li Cha responded lightly.

He can't always say that the soldiers are under a lot of pressure to perform front-line defense and need to relax properly.

Denver Fort now has more than 1.4 people. In addition to the 5000 white convicts, there are nearly 7000 soldiers and more than 2000 Chinese laborers. They are basically young men who are full of blood.

Without a woman, there will be troubles after a long time.

"My lord, Lin Shoutian, Captain of the Second Battalion of the No. [-] Teochew Cavalry Regiment, and Huang Yuansheng, Captain of the Fifth Battalion, report to you that they are carrying out the task of clearing up the Indian tribes and escorting them back."

"Report the specific situation."

"Of course, Your Majesty." The person in charge of the report was Lin Shoutian, the captain of the Second Battalion, who stood at attention and saluted with a "slap" of his legs, and then reported;
"The two cavalry brigades of our department totaled 411 cavalry, and were responsible for clearing out the Indian indigenous tribes to the northwest. After searching 53 kilometers forward, we found the indigenous tribe in a mountain depression.

This is a large Indian tribe with a total of nearly 2200 men, women, and children. After being discovered by our ministry, more than 500 Indian warriors were organized to try to resist.

Our department used semi-circular tactics to suppress the enemy with dense bullet rain, killing more than 170 people and capturing the rest.

After the war, 672 adult male prisoners, 855 adult female prisoners, and 200 minors were obtained.

In addition, 620 cattle, 400 horses, more than 4300 sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry were captured, and more than 130 carts of grain and dried meat were captured.

Two of our troops were killed and 17 were injured. Please give instructions from Your Majesty. "

"Good job, take the escort back to the camp for handover, and give you a credit." Li Cha nodded in satisfaction.

"Obey, Your Majesty." Lin Shoutian and others saluted the army again, turned around and ran a dozen steps back to the cavalry, and then waved their hands and ordered to the rear; "The cavalry continue to move forward."

Richard is very satisfied with the harvest of the cavalry. By clearing out the native Indian tribes, the Denver defenders can get valuable supplies. These cattle will be sent to the military reclamation area, which will greatly enhance the efficiency of land reclamation.

Flocks of sheep, chickens, ducks and geese are sent to be raised, and more poultry can be bred in the future. After reaching a certain number, a stable supply of poultry eggs can be provided.

Indian woman... ahem...

These strong Indian male captives can undertake heavy hard labor. Even after the fortress is built, it can also be used to reclaim wasteland, build farmland water conservancy facilities, build roads, etc. Anyway, the hard work is a lot of hard work, so we must make full use of the value of labor Just get up.

The army of the Tang Kingdom appeared as a conqueror, so there was no need for hypocrisy and hypocrisy, just directly oppress and exploit them.

Compared with the 10 dollars for a scalp of the Yankees, it is really a lot more merciful.

(End of this chapter)