I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 1037 Blinking Game
Father Vigne briefly explained the matter of uniting the three major Indian tribes, and Hatki immediately nodded and said:

"You are right, Father. We should have stopped fighting among ourselves long ago. The Americans are taking advantage of this to continue to invade our land!
"I'll help you persuade your uncle."

Vigne was slightly startled: "Uncle?"

"Yes, the great Harjo is my uncle."

Vigne was overjoyed, and he and Cheqili returned to the chief's residence.

Half an hour later.

Chief Harjo nodded to the elders and priests of the tribe, and then said to Chekili, "Since this is a request from our French friends who helped Hatki, we will send 260 warriors to New Orleans with the Creek tribe."

Yes, among the Indians that Sorel rescued from slave traders a few years ago were Chief Harjo's nephew Hatki and his sister.

At that time, Britain stopped its funding to North American Indians in order to win over the United States, resulting in the Coweta tribe lacking ammunition to fight the Americans and losing a large amount of territory.

At that time, Hatki and his sister insisted that the British government was unaware of the difficult situation of the Coweta tribe - after all, Britain had funded them to fight against the Americans for more than a decade.

So he sneaked out of the tribe with a few trusted men, boarded a ship in New Orleans, and sailed across the ocean to London, ready to ask the King of England to continue to help his tribe.

Not surprisingly, George III had no intention of receiving a group of North American natives.

The day after they arrived in Britain, they were cheated of all their money and had to live on the streets. They were then targeted by slave traders, tied up and stuffed into a slave ship.

Fortunately, Hatki's sister was very beautiful and was sold to a French nobleman. During the days when the slave ship docked at the port of Le Havre, she accidentally met Sorel, a nosy man, and was rescued.

After that, Sorel paid for the trip to send several people back to America.

Hatki had always wanted to go to France in person to pay back the money, but Harjo didn't dare to let him go to Europe again until he met Vigne today.

After the Creek and Coweta tribes decided to join forces, the relatively weaker Casita tribe had no choice but to join, otherwise it would have to wait for its territory to be divided up by the two big tribes.

In the following days, Cheqili sent his tribesmen to contact nearby small tribes, and gathered more than 1100 warriors to march towards the port of New Orleans in a mighty force.

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Lower Mississippi River.

Woodville Township.

Brigadier General Anthony Wayne waved the diplomatic letter in his hand and said to the federal officials in front of him: "They refused, right?"

The latter nodded: "Governor Elcano only agreed to increase the number of navigable ships by 10%. During this period, the Spanish have been strengthening the fortifications of Baton Rouge."

Wayne casually threw the letter back to him and gestured behind him: "It's okay, my cannons have also been delivered.

"I assure you that in two months at most, you will be able to include a clause on permanent free navigation rights in the armistice agreement with the Spanish."

Behind him, soldiers mounted three 12-pound cannons on a carriage. Further away, more than 2500 American militiamen lined up in two columns and marched south along the Mississippi River.

At the current marching speed, we will reach the city of Baton Rouge in a week at most.

There were only about 1 Spanish troops stationed there.

Wayne received authorization from Congress at the end of last month to occupy the Port of New Orleans by force at any time. Washington was not worried about retaliation from Spain at all.

He knew very well that Spain was currently fighting a fierce battle with Britain in Portugal, and even if he dispatched troops to North America, he would not be able to fight for a long time.

As long as New Orleans could be captured, the entire Mississippi River would be under American control.

After that, they could find an excuse to restrict Spanish ships from Louisiana from sailing out of the port of New Orleans. Within a few years, the place would become depressed and no one would want to live there.

The Americans took the opportunity to migrate in large numbers to the west bank of the Mississippi River, eventually occupying Louisiana.

The next day.

Wayne was discussing the details of the attack on Baton Rouge with his staff when he suddenly heard a faint noise coming from the river in the distance.

He turned his head and saw that the Mississippi River was crowded with ships of various sizes, but they were all parked there, and many sailors were standing on the deck cursing loudly.

"Damn it!" Wayne subconsciously thought that the Spanish were threatening him by banning American ships from passing through the port of New Orleans, but he soon noticed that there were more ships flying Spanish flags on the river.

After a while, the cavalry who was investigating the news returned and reported to him: "General, the ship owners said that the port of New Orleans was attacked by Indians, and a large number of cargo ships were robbed. It is currently impossible to navigate."

"Indians?" Wayne frowned. "How could they get to New Orleans?"

Even the Creek tribe, which was closest to the Port of New Orleans, had to pass through the Spanish-controlled provinces of Mobile and Tanexhaia to reach New Orleans.

The entire journey is more than 150 miles, and there are many places along the way where you can intercept them, unless the Indians have wings...

Wayne was suddenly stunned.

No, it’s not that the Indians can fly, but the Spaniards transferred all their soldiers to Baton Rouge for defense, which allowed the Indians to take advantage of the opportunity!
He anxiously shouted to his staff: "Send an order, march quickly! We must reach New Orleans within 6 days!"

It was impossible for him not to be anxious, because the American cargo ships in the Port of New Orleans were the lives of the people along the Mississippi River.

Every time a ship was robbed by the Indians, countless people would starve.

At the same time, if the Port of New Orleans is unusable, it will be a devastating blow to the US economy along the Mississippi coast.

Five days later, Wayne's troops rushed to the city of Baton Rouge, but were immediately met with cannons by the Spanish.

Wayne didn't expect that the Spanish army was still guarding here, so he immediately sent his staff to negotiate with the Spaniards.

Not long after, his staff officer returned and reported to him: "General, Elcano is in the city. He demands that we withdraw immediately."

"Damn it!" Wayne said angrily, "He just let the Port of New Orleans be robbed?"

The staff officer lowered his head and said, "He said his first priority is to defend Baton Rouge. He has no time to take care of the Indians for the time being."

"This idiot!" Wayne hesitated for a moment and ordered his staff, "Go tell Elcano that our army will temporarily retreat 50 miles and let him deal with those Indians first. I promise not to attack Baton Rouge during this period."

"Yes, General!"

An hour later, the staff officer returned again and reported with a gloomy face: "General, Elcano said he can't trust us. He can only bear the loss of the port."

(End of this chapter)