The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 883 Audubon's Prayer
This small-scale battle between the Qi people and the Spanish took place on the west coast of North America, and ended with the Qi people's complete victory and the Spanish people's complete rout.

Although Dong Shaowei repeatedly emphasized that he and his companions came here not to plunder wealth.

However, the facts are still different.

The furs, gold, food, and tens of thousands of guns and ammunition that the Spaniards had stored with great difficulty in this settlement were looted by the Qi people that night.

The pioneers were quite professional at this, just like greedy hunters robbing winter squirrels, leaving not even a single acorn for the squirrels.

"Will you treat Britain and France the same way?" the bounty hunter asked worriedly, looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground.

Dong Shaowei shook his head repeatedly: "That won't happen. The people of Qi have a clear distinction between gratitude and resentment. The British and French are our allies."

"Sir, what about the terms we agreed on before?"

Mr. Dong patted his chest and said, "The people of Qi keep their promises."

The people of Qi did fulfill their previous promise.

Dong Shaowei ordered that 10% of the spoils of the cleanup be given to several guides who had fought bravely as a reward for their leadership.

However, the amount of money rewarded to the cowboys and bounty hunters was too much to carry away with their transportation capacity.

Therefore, Mr. Dong suggested that these properties could be temporarily handed over to the pioneer group for safekeeping and then returned to their owners when they arrived at their destination.

Guarantee to return the jade intact.

After hearing the interpreter's translation, the cowboys were immediately furious.

"Instead of that, why don't we leave now and take some of the gold and silver with us."

When the Qi people heard this, their faces changed drastically: "I'm afraid that won't work."

"We can also leave empty-handed," Lincoln said with a hint of resignation. "We can go back to the West, continue to be with cattle, and continue to be cowboys."

However, Officer Dong was firm: "I'm afraid that won't work either."

"Why?"

"Your mission is not yet complete."

The people of Qi regretfully informed their partners that now was not the time to withdraw.

Since you have chosen to board this big ship, you should stick together through thick and thin. It is neither reasonable nor morally appropriate to want to get off when the ship is just halfway through.

Marston was still unwilling to give up: "What about our money?"

"I've already said that before this, all your assets will be kept by the Pioneer Group."

"Fackyou! You liars!"

Lincoln cursed, but before he could finish his words, more than a dozen rifles were pointed at his forehead at the same time.

Dong Shaowei comforted Marston and asked him to stay calm, gently patting the bounty hunter on the shoulder:

"Mr. Bounty Hunter, please calm down! The people of Qi always keep their promises. Rest here and we'll conquer the next settlement tomorrow. Once we've killed all the prey, we can sit down and enjoy a beer."

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The morning mist gradually dissipated, and the sunlight penetrated the mist and shone on the top of the church. The disabled person who rang the bell on time every day had disappeared.

Large flocks of crows circled around the church, and some brave birds swooped down and landed next to the corpse, pecking at it as if no one was around.

"The Queen sent us to Yinzhou to punish them, just as they did to the Indians."

Dong Shaowei passed by the crows that were still feasting without stopping.

He pointed his sword towards the south, his eyes determined as he spoke: "Kill all the red-haired barbarians, avenge our ancestors, and take back everything that belongs to us!"

General Dong was surrounded by a group of soldiers who were red-eyed with killing. The soldiers had just finished killing and their mental state looked as crazy as their superior.

"In the name of the Queen, kill!" Jiang Bailing stood behind the crowd, with only a few personal guards left by his side.

The commander-in-chief had long discovered that he was being sidelined by young officers.

"Her Majesty the Queen sent us to North America for peace. Starting a war with the Spanish is a complete complication."

"Is Qi going to become the next Rakshasa?"

"Such reckless behavior will bring disaster to Da Qi."

Unfortunately, the old man's voice was too weak and no one could hear it.

The Qi army was still cleaning up the battlefield until scouts brought back news that a large number of Indians appeared outside the low wall.

Dong Shaowei ordered his men to stop counting the supplies. He called the bounty hunter and asked loudly what was going on.

Marston took the telescope, looked at it for a while, and said with a complicated expression: "These barbarians may be here to take advantage of the situation and rob people. They are very good at this."

Dong Shaowei immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.

Marston added, "Maybe they want to join you. They have a grudge against the Spanish."

Dong Shaowei nodded slightly, but still corrected: "Not joining you, but joining us."

"where are they from?"

"The nearby mountains, forests, and wastelands are all unowned lands."

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On that day, about a thousand Indians joined the pioneer group and participated in the fight against the Spaniards.

The Indians gestured to tell the Qi people that they enjoyed this kind of robbery, no matter who they robbed.

Dong Shaowei stipulated that the proceeds from the Indians' looting must be turned over to the national treasury and distributed uniformly.

Over the next two months, more and more Indians joined the pioneer group.

The ten Spanish settlements on the west coast were destroyed one by one.

Fortunately, the main purpose of the pioneer group was to expand the territory, and killing was not the main issue to be considered, so the subsequent wars were almost all fought without bloodshed.

Faced with the aggressive pioneering group, the French, Dutch, British and other powers whose colonies were adjacent to the Spanish chose to stand idly by and ignored the requests for help from their European companions.

After all, North America is vast enough, and everyone is busy expanding their own territory, and no one is willing to go to war for the Spaniards and Qi.

By the autumn of the eleventh year of Tianshou, more than a year after the pioneers landed in North America, most of the settlements on the west coast had been occupied by the pioneers.

Compared to the East Coast, this place has a better climate, a more livable environment, and of course more allies.

To the extent that the pioneering group has expressed little interest in the east coast colonies that Britain had promised to give to Da Qi.

At least Dong Shaowei and the others were unwilling to go.

In the spring of the twelfth year of Tianshou, the churches and residences built by the Spanish on the west coast were completely destroyed, and tens of thousands of colonists were driven out by the pioneering group.

The survivors continued to flee eastward.

Dong Shaowei commanded a group of soldiers to pursue the Europeans relentlessly until they entered the Mississippi River Basin.

The Spaniards were like dogs that had lost their homes, just like when they hunted down the colonial forces of Qi.

As the saying goes, fortunes change and the laws of nature follow.

The pioneer group's series of military operations on the west coast intimidated other colonial powers on the continent.

Those who tried to make enemies with the Great Qi had to consider establishing a new alliance with Qi after seeing the invincibility of the Qi people.

(End of this chapter)