Chapter 1687: Wolf Fang Strikes

Baylors is Casbal's cousin and used to be a footman who can write and count. Originally, Bayless was also a child of an ordinary peasant family. However, when they were children, a Jewish merchant came to their village. The young Baylors admired the Jewish merchant's ability to write and calculate, so he often went to steal teachers. And the Jewish merchant was also kind to the child, and although he did not teach him directly, he did not prevent him from following in his own study.

In this way, when he grew up, Bayless also became a shrewd, well-written and calculating trader. His main business was to buy a batch of cheap leftover cloth and needlework from the city, and then carry it on a burden and go to the countryside to exchange grain with the peasants.

The serfs in the countryside had very limited surplus food, but they were even more short of clothes. Most serfs could not afford to buy pieces of cloth at all, so the cheap scraps of cloth sold by merchants like Bayles, as well as needlework and thread, were very popular in the countryside. A skillful peasant woman can also make a colorful dress by sewing and mending those broken cloth heads. Moreover, the cost is also low. Moreover, this kind of colorful clothes is quite popular. At this time, the poor mercenaries of Germany also like to wear this kind of colorful clothes with many pockets.

In this way, the peasant women saved a lot of money and made clothes. But Bayless made more money, because the cloth was worthless in the tailor shops in the city, and was basically half sold and half given away as garbage.

But Bayless's business was not very large, mainly because few of the serfs in this era had much surplus food. The owners of the manors were very shrewd, and they were only willing to give the serfs food that did not starve to death, so how could they give too much food to the serfs?

Therefore, even if Bayless found a business that looked good, it would be difficult for him to grow his business because the serfs had little food to spare.

In particular, he was unlucky enough to live in the Duchy of Württemberg. Duke Ulrich of Württemberg extorted and extorted money from the people, making life even more difficult for the serfs.

If Bayless had done this business in the North Sea Country, he would have made a fortune long ago. Because, the grain production of the Beihai Kingdom is very high, and Marin and his nobles also distribute more rations to the serfs. Changing food here is the real way to make money. And the Duchy of Württemberg, which has a low grain production and encounters a tyrant, is really helpless.

Therefore, when Casbal rebelled, Bayles learned the news, and without saying a word, he threw away the merchant and followed his cousin Casbalkan. Moreover, he also held such an important position as a quartermaster.

But before the decisive battle, Bayless suddenly fell ill and was unable to follow the large army. So, Casbar left a dozen junior officers behind to take care of Bayles. At the same time, it also allowed Bayless to escape.

When he joined the second wave of the rebels again, Bayless suddenly found that he was not familiar with the new rebel leader, so he was a little worried that the leader of the new rebel army would not be able to accommodate him, the cousin of the previous leader. Then, he did not reveal his identity for the time being, but took a dozen cronies to pretend to be ordinary rebel soldiers first. And when he began to trust Chapman, the second wave of rebels was also encircled. He and his men were then taken prisoners of war and transported to the New Jersey colony......

After arriving in New Jersey, Bayless was fortunate enough to be placed in the same colony with more than a dozen of his men. The colony was located in the eastern part of the New Jersey colony, which was originally inhabited by the Delaware, but was vacated by Albet when the Delaware were tricked into Albany.

Because it is located in the eastern part of New Jersey, unlike the colonies on the banks of the Delaware River in the west, because of the need to guard against the Shawnee people on the West Bank, they often send a lot of troops and horses. Therefore, the colony to the east where Bayless is located has 20 soldiers, mainly supervising the work of 1,000 strong men in the colony.

And this gave Bayless a chance......

Bayles found that the natural environment was excellent. Fallen leaves from the forest piled up on the land on the banks of the river, layer upon layer, turning the soil to a gray-black color—a sign of fertile soil......

Moreover, their colony of 1,000 households is located on the bank of a river, which is an area that is extremely conducive to irrigation. If it were left in the Württemberg area, this kind of fertile land located by the river would definitely be occupied by the great nobles, and it would not be left to ordinary people at all. And now, their 1,000 families of exiles can use the land as they please......

Something called "ambition" came to Belles......

As a former foot trader, Bayless's eloquence naturally has nothing to say. After gathering a dozen of his original subordinates, he easily fooled them into agreeing to rebel with him. Then, at every opportunity, he fooled hundreds of others into joining them.

Then, one night, while the soldiers of the 20 colonies were asleep, Bayless led more than a hundred of the mob he had fooled, first to the tool room, where a former thief used to pick the lock of the door with wire and obtain the logging axe used for the day's work. Then, armed with logging axes, more than 100 people attacked the soldiers' garrison overnight, and after splitting the camp gate with the logging axes, they hacked the 20 unlucky soldiers with the logging axes......

The next day, Bayless gathered thousands of strong men from the colony and announced that he would "do something great" in this wild continent.

But the people in the colony are now eating and drinking, and many people are unwilling to respond. Annoyed and angry, Bayles ordered dozens of openly opposed people to be cut down on the spot, and then, coercing all the strong men in the colony to take up the logging axe, "raise righteousness" with him, and proclaim him the "Grand Duke of the Barbarians".

Subsequently, Bayless led the thousands of men, armed with a logging axe, and attacked a number of new colonies in the vicinity with the faction of the Axe Gang. Then he grew to 8,000 people, more than half of the 15,000 new immigrants.

In fact, when Casbar first led the peasant army to besiege Stuttgart, it was also 8,000 men.

With so many people, Bayless's psyche began to swell. He felt that he should be invincible here......

At this time, Albert had only 2,000 colonial troops in his hands. And the new recruitment of 3,000 people has not yet been put in place......

Bayless: They landed in New York Harbor, so they naturally knew what was going on in New York. And, Bayless also knew that in New York, the granaries were full of wheat. And in the arsenal, there are also weapons and armor that can equip thousands of people.

Therefore, after Bayless had more than 8,000 men under his command, he decisively ordered a direct attack on Manhattan Island, New York, in order to seize the granaries and weapons depots there......

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In New York, Albert knew nothing about it. Because, New Jersey is a newly developed colony, and there is no complete early warning system. For example, there were not a few beacon towers built. Only on the banks of the Delaware River, in order to guard against the Indians, a few beacon towers were built.

And Bayless's rebels, who mainly operated in eastern New Jersey and did not go to the Delaware border, naturally did not trigger the beacon, and Albert naturally did not receive the news.

When 8,000 rebels stormed Manhattan Island, Albert was terrified.

Fortunately, there was no bridge between Manhattan Island and the West Shore at this time, and Bayless's men spent a lot of time setting up wooden rafts on the shore, which also gave Albert plenty of time to prepare.

When Bayless's army basically landed on Manhattan Island, Albert's 2,000 colonial troops were basically in place......

At first, Albert didn't pay much attention to the rebels. After all, these people don't even have armor, and each of them only has a logging axe, which looks shabby.

As a result, Albert sent 1,000 sword and shield men, intending to crush the enemy with a single charge.

However, Albert didn't know that the rebels in front of him with logging axes happened to be the nemesis of his sword and shield soldiers......

Albert's sword and shield guards wore wood chip armor or wood plate armor. The shield in his hand is also a rudimentary wooden shield.

Such protection is naturally sufficient for the Indians who are still in the Stone Age. Their opponents, however, were rebels with long-handled logging axes. And the logging axe happens to be the nemesis of wood products......

In this way, Albert's sword and shield soldiers, shields and armor were split by the rebels' axes, and they were powerless......

One hour later, after losing 300 men, the colonial army returned in defeat......

Albert was immediately frightened, and while ordering the remaining 1,700 men to retreat into Manhattan Castle, he also sent someone to the Long Island Pier to send an order to the shipyard to be on guard. At the same time, send ships to the mainland for help. The report that Marin received was sent at that time......

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But just when Albert was desperate, the 50 soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Commando who had been following Albert as a guard stepped forward......

They all had to flee to North America for the sake of secrecy after participating in the killing of King James IV of Scotland. Usually, they are very low-key, and only follow Albert in ordinary clothes. So much so that Albert almost forgot that they were the real ruthless people......

At the critical moment, these 50 wolf tooth commandos opened their boxes one after another, put on the long-cherished full-body plate armor, and picked up the long-lost mace......

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Of course, they didn't rush into action. Under the command of Cook, the captain of the Wolf Tooth Commando, the members of the Wolf Tooth Commando first hid in the city and observed for two days in a row, and finally locked on the location of Belless and other rebel generals......

Then, when the rebels gathered their troops for lunch at noon, the gate of Manhattan Castle suddenly opened, and 50 wolf-tooth commandos dressed in full plate armor took the lead, leading the way with thousands of sword and shield soldiers to the enemy's command tent......

Before the rebels who were having lunch could fully react, the wolftooth commando led by Cook rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army where Bayless was, and under a malous mace, Bayless and his henchmen were smashed into meatloaf.

And the logging axe that the rebels were proud of, but they were helpless against the real plate armor, and watched as 50 fierce wolf-tooth commandos went directly into the big tent of the Chinese army...... In the whole process, only 5 wolf-tooth commandos were injured by the force of the axe, but none of them were major injuries, only minor injuries......

Subsequently, under the leadership of the Wolf Tooth Commandos, Albert's army easily crushed several waves of resistance organized by the rebels, and then, they also took control of the docks where the rafts were gathered, cutting off the back roads of the rebels......

After a day of fighting, more than 1,000 of the 8,000 rebels were killed, and all the rest surrendered......

Just as Marin was hurriedly preparing to organize an expedition to the New York colony, Albert's second letter arrived just in time - the wolf fang had struck, and the rebels had been wiped out......