Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Captives Escape
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"Benardy, how long can we resist?" After comforting the old and young of the clan, the old patriarch walked to the wooden fence and asked.
"With me and the warriors of the clan, the enemy will not set foot in the village."
"Benardy, I want to hear the truth!" The old patriarch said solemnly.
"If the enemy does not have reinforcements, we can hold out for at least half a day."
Benardi was worried that what he said would disappoint the old patriarch, and continued, "If you are worried that the enemy will attack the village, it is better to move the old and young of the clan to the mountains." In this way, the warriors of the clan do not have to worry about the safety of their relatives when fighting. ”
"If it happened twenty years ago, moving the tribe to the mountains could protect the safety of the tribe for a while, but now it's different, the surrounding villages and cottage demons have been invaded by whites, or destroyed by whites, and now there is only one Indian village around.
If all the warriors in the village are killed, the old and young who are lucky enough to hide in the mountains will also starve to death on the mountains. ”
The old patriarch said in a low tone.
"Patriarch, is there really no way?" An old man in the village, who was about the same age as the old patriarch, said sadly.
The old patriarch shook his head, although he didn't know why the Bolivian soldiers outside attacked them, but now that the two sides were experiencing a battle, the enemy left more than forty corpses, according to the old patriarch's understanding of white people, they would not let their people go easily.
After receiving a negative reply, the old Indian showed a touch of sadness on his face, held the wooden uncle in his hand tightly, and made a difficult decision in his heart. ……
"Fool, fool, how did you command the battle when you attacked an Indian village and suffered more than sixty casualties!" Outside the Indian village, the Bolivian officer who led the team reprimanded the officer in front of him.
"Sir, it was you who said that the Indians had been defeated by Major Bavi, and the soldiers thought that there were good things to grab and rushed forward, who would have thought that it was the Indians with muskets who came on, so we suffered so many casualties!"
The officer who was honestly trained said aggrievedly.
"Sir, there is no Major Bavi and his men in the Indian village, we are in the wrong place!"
"Yes, the rebels didn't find it, and they killed and wounded more than 60 brothers, so we lost a lot of money this time."
Several petty officers under his command grumbled.
"Don't pretend to be numb, I know what you think in your heart." The officer leading the team glanced at a few of his henchmen and said, "If you want to rob the Indians, you don't have a problem, but your mouth can be sealed tightly for me, and it should be said that the Aymara were involved in the ambush of Major Bavi, so we eliminated them." ”
"Guaranteed not to leak news." Several of his subordinates immediately spoke.
"This matter can't be delayed for a long time, and in half an hour, everyone will attack, and I won't teach you what to do after storming into the village!"
"You know, you know, the Indians resisted fiercely, and all the old and young in the clan were killed, hehe, wasn't that what we did a few years ago under General Banks?" A small officer laughed.
Most of the Bolivian soldiers present had participated in the massacre against the Indians in the city of Barras a few years earlier, so when they realized that they had attacked the wrong target, they chose to make a mistake and prepared to kill the Indians and rob them of their property and livestock.
Outside the Aymara village, Bolivian soldiers were ready to strike at their chosen prey, while seven or eight miles away, Major Bavi and his men were tied together with ropes and followed the cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion back.
"Kara, we're going to get into a wood, and we'll find a way to escape when the time comes." Bavi walked behind the captive, cautiously speaking to his lieutenant.
The young white man named Carla glanced at the loose rope in Bavi's hand, nodded understandingly, and then tacitly pointed to his waist.
Bavi looked at his waist and saw a slight bulge, and immediately understood, without making a sound, just to reach the woods and launch a surprise attack.
The number of cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion carrying out the reconnaissance mission was not large, and after five casualties, there were still forty-eight people who could participate in the battle, half of the cavalry of the forty-eight reconnaissance battalion walked in front, and there were only more than twenty cavalrymen guarding more than 200 prisoners, so Ba Wei could take advantage of it.
The team continued to move into the woods in front of them, when the sound of thumping fire reached the ears of the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion, which was the gunfire of the Bolivian soldiers attacking again.
The Aymara village was located on the left side of the route back to the Reconnaissance Battalion, and the gunfire of the Bolivian soldiers happened to alarm the returning Reconnaissance Battalion soldiers.
"Sir, there's a situation in the south, do you want to go over and take a look?" The tall officer asked.
The reconnaissance battalion came out this time to find out the situation for the rear troops to advance, and it was not their responsibility to deal with the exchange of fire in Bolivia.
"Only one of our troops came out to inquire about the news in this direction, and the two sides of the exchange of fire are not our people, and it is still important to complete the task."
At present, the reconnaissance battalion is undernumbered, and with more than 200 prisoners, it is not good for his side to rush to the place of firefighting, and the reconnaissance battalion commander thinks for a moment and vetoes the proposal of the tall officer.
The sudden gunfire increased Bavi's confidence in escaping, and now that they were in Barras, there must have been Bolivian soldiers in the place where the shots rang out.
Bavi whispered to his adjutant, "To the south is the village of the Aymara, it must be our people attacking the Indians, we can be saved by running to the south." ”
"Sir, the enemy is cavalry on horseback, and if we want to escape, we have to mobilize other prisoners." The white adjutant replied.
"Don't worry, I've thought about it," Bavi said, letting go of the rope that had already been untied in his hand, and quickly reached for the adjutant's waist and pulled out a small dagger.
After entering the woods, the sight of the cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion was restricted, and the nearby gunfire attracted some of their attention, so they did not notice the movements of Bavi and the others.
Within minutes of the battalion commander pondering whether to send someone to see where the gunshots were coming from, Bavi used a hidden dagger to help four Bolivian prisoners cut the ropes on their hands.
"What are you doing?" A reconnaissance battalion platoon commander noticed their small movements and asked loudly.
"Oops, found out." Blaming himself for being careless, Bavi quickly threw the dagger in his hand, hitting one of the scout battalion cavalrymen on the left.
"They're going to kill us in the woods. Brothers, hurry up and run! Almost instantly, at the point where the dagger was thrown, Bavi loudly encouraged the Bolivian captives to flee.
As the commander of this Bolivian unit, Bavi had a high prestige in the hearts of ordinary soldiers, so after being captured, most of the Bolivian soldiers who were worried about their fate were agitated, regardless of the ropes tied to their hands, and ran in both directions.
The sudden rebellion of the captives caused a certain amount of confusion to the cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion, taking advantage of the favorable conditions created by the other captives, Bavi took four henchmen who untied the ropes, pulled the cavalry of the other reconnaissance battalion off their horses, and then five people, two on horseback, and the other three followed behind and ran in the direction of the gunshots.