open sea

Chapter 1215 Gifts
The long-legged bear followed Deng Zilong's troops into the mining city of Medellin, Colombia.

The history of this city is very short. It was first discovered by Lautaro’s subordinates in the valley named Abra. The aborigines gradually gathered here to dig the ore and exchange it with Deng Zilong in Youjing for weapons and food. source of supplies.

Later, in order to protect the mining area, the Ming army simply moved the boundary marker over here and completely covered it under the protection of the Ming army. Up to now, the Ming army has built a city and set up guards here, and the gold mine still belongs to the Lautaro Rebel Army. The mines were still uniformly handed over to Youjing for forging into gold ingots, and Tongbao was exchanged at the market price to be transferred to Lautaro, and then arms, food and grass were purchased from Youjing, and used to distribute military salaries to the Ming garrison near Medellin and the Lautaro rebels.

This should be the headquarters of the rebel army. Countless news gather here every day, and then hundreds of messengers depart from here to the locations of tribal leaders and rebel leaders scattered all over Colombia, bringing the latest instructions.

But this time, the instruction was not sent from Medellin, because Lautaro was seriously injured and dying, and the leaders from all over the country connected with each other to inform Medellin that they would make a big move on the last day of Wanli ten years. Emperor's gift'.

Here, Long-legged Bear parted ways with the Eastern Banner Army in the city waiting for the arrival of the [-]th day of the first lunar month. Relying on his identity as a volunteer from the northern natives, he led the volunteers from Changsheng County to join the Colombian Volunteer Army.

The leader who accepted him was named Mining Pick, and his station was in a small Spanish stronghold called Quincha under the Tamana Mountain in the south of Medellin, where there are a large number of coal mines being mined.

Jincha was recovered by the army led by Lautaro a year ago, and then became the front-line stronghold that the rebels and the Western Army fought for many times. At that time, the mine pick and his workers joined Lautaro's team and walked through the Tamana Mountains Fight to the death with the Spaniards.

"Brother Lautaro said that in Colombia, our war with the Spaniards revolves around mines one after another."

People who mine picks do not live in longhouses like the northern aborigines. They are more accustomed to walking through mines. During the day they live in caves on the mountain, and at night they stay in shallower mines to rest. The mines extend in all directions. Caves guide them to appear in various tribal villages of Chincha, and they can launch fatal attacks on the Spaniards at all times, and when the Spaniards chase into the mine tunnels, they will be confused by the seven vertical and horizontal mine tunnels.

"The mine is a place they must compete for. They want to exchange minerals for money. General Lin said that the reason why the Spaniards stay in Asia is that they need our minerals to be transported back to the country-he must stay in the village and cannot Come down with us."

Outside the longhouse in Jincha’s village, the pickaxe pointed to the naturalized Spanish knight in Changsheng County’s volunteer camp and said to the long-legged bear. He slowly chewed the coca leaves, looked at these people with prudent eyes, and continued: “ And we don't need it, Lautaro said we have more than them, so there is only one purpose - to kill them."

Accompanied by these words, the mine pick raised one hand, pushed it forward slowly, and swayed it left and right at the same time, saying: "Except for this purpose, we don't care about anything else. Attacking the mine can kill them. We'll attack the mines; abandoning the mines will kill them, so we'll abandon the mines."

"Three months ago, the last Spanish soldier in Jincha died under my gun. I call it a mine pick." The mine pick patted the old matchlock on his lap: "Don't look at it as old. , still very useful."

The long-legged bear was a little impatient, he sat patiently on the open space in front of the longhouse, and carefully blew the floating dirt on the ground before he sat down, the Liaodong army cotton armor on his body made him flushed with heat: " I came here from Jincheng to do a big job for Da Ming’s brother, it’s my luck to encounter a big move, but I want to know what the big move is?”

The mine pick said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, be patient."

He pointed to his mouth and said, "It's not time yet."

Chewing coca leaves was originally the habit of the Incas. After Spain conquered the Incas, this habit spread as the Spaniards discovered more mineral deposits. Whether it was silver mines, gold mines or coal mines, in those deep mines, the aborigines I am used to chewing coca leaves to measure time. When I go down to the mine, I start chewing. When the taste of the leaves in my mouth is gone, two hours have passed, and I should go back to the ground to get some air.

Although the pickaxes said it was not time yet, rebels kept crawling out of the caves around the village carrying baskets woven with branches and leaves, and placed all kinds of old weapons on the open space in front of the longhouse. Linlang blindly let the long-legged The bear was dazzled.

Ming-made waist knives, sailor axes, mining picks, pitchforks, red-tasseled spears, shortened infantry spears, simple shields and torches, chain mail, mail hoods, Ming army helmets, Spanish breastplates, Spanish high-topped helmets, Spanish light and heavy matchlocks Guns, flintlock guns, matchlock flintlock guns made in the Ming Dynasty, Spanish Francois machine, iron hoop wooden gun, tiger squatting gun... There are also baskets filled with gunpowder and cobblestone shells.

Some people knew at a glance that they had been trained by the Ming army, and they were proficient in tying up every volunteer around them.

Seeing such a scene, Long-legged Xiong also began to make preparations for his subordinates, and more than a dozen veterans with military experience followed him and tied up for the righteousness of Changsheng County.

Although I don't know where I'm going, but seeing the miner's subordinates prepare like this, it should be a long-distance attack.

More and more people appeared in the village from the surrounding mines. They sat down in front of the mining picks one by one. Each of them carried a backpack, picked up the weapon they thought was convenient from the ground, and filled the backpack with gunpowder. Stone bombs, some of the stronger miners put wooden or tiger squat guns between them in pairs.

Long-legged Xiong led the people to sit aside, watched their preparations, and whispered to the retired Jincheng government servant who was quite relied on next to him: "Wooden cannons are really good. I can do this too. Wu Zhixian taught us."

Almost everyone was ready, and dusk was approaching, the mine pick finally spit out the tasteless leaves in his mouth, carefully took off his shoes and put them on his back, and walked towards the foot of the mountain with his two thin long legs .

Without any order, everyone stood up, carried their backpacks and held their weapons, and followed the footprints of the mine picks.

The long-legged bear didn't even realize it, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to follow, led the Mongolian horse and quickly caught up with the mine pick, and asked, "Where are we going? What kind of battle are we fighting? I can be a cavalryman." !"

"Cavalry, we have no cavalry. Tonight we will march thirty miles, attack a Spanish stronghold and two mines, and blow up a coal mine."

"Tonight the whole of Colombia will be filled with explosions, and all the rebels will be dispatched to blow up everything they can see... This is the last night of Wanli ten years, and this is our gift to the emperor."

(End of this chapter)