Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 79: Prisoners Escape
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"Benadi, how long can we hold out?" After comforting the young and old in the tribe, the old patriarch walked to the wooden fence and asked.

"With me and the warriors of our tribe here, the enemy won't even set foot into the village."

"Bernardi, I want to hear the truth!" the old patriarch said solemnly.

"If the enemy doesn't have reinforcements, we can hold out for at least half a day."

Bernardi was worried that what he said would disappoint the old chief, so he continued, "If you are worried about the enemy breaking into the village, it would be better to move the old and young in the tribe to the mountains. This way, the warriors in the tribe don't have to worry about the safety of their relatives when they go to war."

"If this happened twenty years ago, moving the tribe to the mountains could have temporarily protected the old and young in the tribe. But now it's different. The surrounding villages and mountain strongholds have been occupied or destroyed by the white people. Now we are the only Indian village around.

If all the warriors in the village were killed in battle, the old and young who managed to hide in the mountains would also starve to death in the mountains."

The old patriarch said in a low voice.

"Chief, is there really no other way?" An old man in the village who was about the same age as the old chief said sadly.

The old patriarch shook his head. Although he didn't know why the Bolivian soldiers outside attacked them, the two sides had just experienced a battle and the enemy had left more than forty corpses. According to the old patriarch's understanding of the white people, they would not let their people go easily.

After receiving a negative reply, the old Indian man showed a trace of sadness on his face, tightly grasped the wooden stick in his hand, and made a difficult decision in his heart. …

"Idiot, idiot, there were more than sixty casualties in the attack on an Indian village, how did you command the battle!" Outside the Indian village, the Bolivian officer leading the team scolded the officer in front of him.

"Sir, you said that the Indians had been defeated by Major Bavi. The soldiers thought there were good things to grab, so they rushed forward. Who would have thought that the Indians who were rushing towards them were armed with muskets? That's why we suffered so many casualties!"

The officer who was being trained obediently said aggrievedly.

"Sir, there is no Major Bavi and his men in the Indian village. We are in the wrong place!"

"Yes, we didn't find the rebels, and more than 60 of our brothers were killed or wounded. We suffered a huge loss this time."

Several junior officers under his command complained.

"Stop pretending, I know what you're thinking." The officer in charge glanced at his trusted subordinates and said, "It's fine if you want to rob the Indians, but you have to keep your mouth shut. Tell the public that the Aymara people participated in the ambush on Major Bavi, so we eliminated them."

"Promise not to leak the information." Several subordinates spoke immediately.

"We can't delay this for too long. Everyone will launch the attack in half an hour. As for what to do after we rush into the village, I don't need to teach you!"

"I know, I know. The Indians resisted fiercely. All of them, young and old, died in the battle. Hehe, isn't that what we did under General Banks a few years ago?" a junior officer said with a chuckle.

More than half of the Bolivian soldiers present in the city of Varas had participated in the massacre of Indians that took place in the city a few years ago. So when they realized that they had attacked the wrong target, they chose to go with the flow and prepared to kill all the Indians and rob their property and livestock.

Outside the Aymara village, Bolivian soldiers were gearing up to kill their chosen prey, while seven or eight miles away, Major Bavi and his soldiers were tied together with ropes and followed the reconnaissance battalion cavalry back.

"Kara, we are going to enter a forest ahead, and we will find a way to escape then." Bavi walked behind the captives and said carefully to his adjutant. The young white man named Kara looked at the loose rope in Bavi's hand, nodded in understanding, and then pointed to his waist in tacit understanding.

Bavi looked at his waist and found a slightly bulging area. He understood immediately and did not make any noise. He just waited until they reached the woods to launch a surprise attack.

The cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion that was carrying out the reconnaissance mission had a small number of people. After five casualties, there were still forty-eight people who could participate in the battle. Half of the forty-eight cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion were walking in the front, and there were only more than twenty cavalry guarding more than two hundred prisoners, so this gave Pavi an opportunity to take advantage of.

The team continued to move forward and entered the woods ahead. At this time, the sound of gunfire reached the ears of the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion. These were the gunshots of the Bolivian soldiers launching another attack.

The Aymara village was located on the left side of the reconnaissance battalion soldiers' return route, and the gunfire of the Bolivian soldiers happened to alarm the reconnaissance battalion soldiers returning to the camp.

"Sir, there is a situation in the south. Do you want to go over and take a look?" asked the tall officer.

The mission of the reconnaissance battalion this time is to find out the situation for the advancing troops behind. The exchange of fire in Bolivia is not within their responsibility.

"We are the only troop out to gather information in this direction. The two parties in the exchange of fire are not ours, so we should focus on completing the mission."

At present, the reconnaissance battalion is short of manpower and is carrying more than 200 prisoners. It would be disadvantageous for their side to rush to the firefight site. The commander of the reconnaissance battalion thought for a moment and rejected the tall officer's suggestion.

The sudden gunshots increased Bavi's confidence in escaping. Now they were in Baras, and there must be Bolivian soldiers where the gunshots were heard.

Bavi whispered to his adjutant, "There is an Aymara village to the south. It must be our people attacking the Indians. If we run to the south, we will be saved."

"Sir, the enemy is mounted cavalry. If we want to escape, we have to mobilize other prisoners." The white adjutant replied.

"Don't worry, I've thought about it a long time ago," Bavi said, letting go of the rope that had already been untied in his hand, quickly reaching to the adjutant's waist and taking out a small dagger.

After entering the woods, the reconnaissance battalion cavalry's vision was limited, and the nearby gunfire attracted some of their attention, so they did not notice the actions of Bavi and others.

In the few minutes that the reconnaissance battalion commander was thinking about whether to send someone to check where the gunshots came from, Bavi used a hidden dagger to help four Bolivian prisoners cut the ropes on their hands.

"What are you doing!" A platoon leader of the reconnaissance battalion noticed their little action and shouted.

"Oh no, we've been discovered." Bavi blamed himself for being careless and quickly threw the dagger in his hand, hitting a cavalryman from the reconnaissance battalion on the left.

"They are going to kill us in the woods. Run quickly, brothers!" Almost at the moment of throwing the dagger, Bavi loudly encouraged the Bolivian prisoners to escape.

As the commander of this Bolivian army, Bavi had a high prestige among the ordinary soldiers. Therefore, after being captured, most of the Bolivian soldiers who were worried about their fate were encouraged and ran to both sides regardless of the ropes tied on their hands.

The sudden riot of the prisoners caused a certain degree of chaos to the reconnaissance battalion cavalry. Taking advantage of the favorable conditions created by other prisoners, Bavi, with four confidants who had untied the ropes, pulled another reconnaissance battalion cavalry off the horse. Then, five people, two on horseback and the other three following behind, ran in the direction of the gunshots.

(End of this chapter)