The battle was soon over.

The army soldiers stormed into the village, and then with the cooperation of local militia and some Khoisan slave oarsmen, they took control of the village. Then, some Khoisans who had dealt with these blacks took the initiative to come forward, and they began to search for people and count supplies with army soldiers in platoons.

Anda Fifteen sat down on the ground in a daze. Two military medical officers came to rescue him, but Liu Dayou still didn't come back to life. The young man, who had just turned eighteen, had a transparent hole in his abdomen, and his intestines were broken into several pieces. By the time the medic came, he was basically in a dying state, and all the medic could do was to clean his wounds and bandage them a little. As for surgery, I'm sorry, they didn't learn it in their local medical school, and they didn't have the equipment. Liu Dayou's abdomen was pierced by a rusty iron spear, and even if he didn't hurt his organs, the wound infection would probably kill him.

A sturdy person like Mo Ming was poked by the iron spear of the Khoisan people at the beginning, and he also lay in bed for several days before he relied on luck to survive the wound infection period, otherwise he would have become another martyr.

In Anda Fifteen's view, Liu Dayou's death is strictly speaking, and he also has a responsibility. First of all, he killed an enemy who attacked him, or he would have been injured or killed, it's hard to say. Therefore, in Anda Fifteen's heart, he owes Liu Dayou. Before the war, he promised Liu Dayou that he would take care of his relatives, so he could only make up for it from this aspect.

Liu Dayou was only one of the 21 soldiers killed today, and in addition to 22 others, he was wounded in varying degrees of severity. The casualty rate reached a quarter of the total. Almost all of the casualties occurred in hand-to-hand combat with these Bantu blacks. The relatively "tragic" casualties are speechless.

For such a result. Company commander Lieutenant Xie Hansan said that the battle was fought like this mainly because of his own trust. He launched an attack ahead of time without waiting for the artillery to be ready, and he underestimated the enemy too much and caused more than 40 casualties among the troops.

The wounded have been placed in makeshift camps by the militia, where two military medical officers are sweating profusely to care for them. As for the remaining soldiers, they took up their rifles and stormed the village of the Bantu Negroes in full armor, assisted by a hundred Khoisan slaves (made up of oarsmen and gunners). All the remaining blacks were expelled from the house and placed in centralized custody.

Most of the more than 300 black men who had participated in the attack were killed, and a small number of the remaining were taken prisoner, probably more than 70 people. Most of the Bantu blacks did not run away after the defeat, and most of them seemed to have a sense of territory, and most of them fled back to their houses, where they were caught by the pursuing army soldiers.

There were still about 700 black women, women and children left in the village, all of whom were driven by the soldiers to an open field and tied together with ropes.

According to reports from several Khoisan slaves who were fluent in the black language of Bantu, they were all Xhosa and had migrated from the east. It is said that there was a brave chief to the east. The tribe is also strong, and the ambitious chieftain is forcibly annexing some of the surrounding tribes. Tribes that do not want to be annexed will either be wiped out. Either they were forced to relocate, from where the small tribe of Xhosas in front of them migrated.

The basic tribal unit of the Xhosa people, or the Bantu blacks of South Africa as a whole, is called "Clare". Each kral consists of a few to dozens of huts, and the people who live in them are generally from a patrilineal family. At the center of Kraal is a large livestock fence that houses the family's cattle and sheep. The huts were surrounded by livestock fences and formed a basic unit of the Xhosa tribe. It is also possible to see how important animal husbandry is in the life of the Xhosa people.

The soldiers carefully cleaned each hut and sorted the collected items into clear spaces. Xie Hansan casually walked over to a pile of items and looked at them, where they were all some farm tools and sundries. Surprisingly, the Xhosa people already used iron farming tools. In addition to agricultural tools, there are also some wooden bowls, cups, plates, as well as mats, baskets, baskets, bags and other items, which shows that their handicraft industry is also very developed, at least the level of iron smelting, carpentry, and weaving is not low.

Xie Hansan walked to another pile of items and looked at them, which were all animal skins, tools, and pottery. The hides are pre-processed and tanned, indicating their ability to handle hides. The level of pottery production is okay, at least the items such as jugs and cups are still decent in Xie Hansan's opinion. The tools are basically made of iron, and a small number are made of copper, and according to the use, there are hoes, axes, knives, cones, drills, pliers, hammers and other tools.

On the whole, the level of civilization of this Xhosa tribe is not low, at least much stronger than that of the Guarani or Charua encountered by the easterners in South America. There was already a clear social division of production among the tribes of the Xhosa, which was an important sign of the transition from primitive society to slave society.

However, these are not the main concerns of the East Coast people today. What they care about is how much food they can capture on this trip, after all, the river fort is almost out of steam, and they also point to the troops to grab some things and go back to the emergency. Fortunately, this tribe of the Xhosa people still has some food in stock, which did not disappoint everyone too much.

When sacks of grain were taken out of the huts and stacked on the ground, some of the local militia in the Fort of the River could not help but let out a burst of cheers. Even those army soldiers with strict military discipline couldn't help but smile on their faces.

Xie Hansan untied a bag and looked at it, which was full of plump red sorghum grains. Sorghum is a widely cultivated crop in Africa, with many varieties and relatively high yields, and is the main crop cultivated by these Bantu blacks. They grind sorghum into flour and cook it into porridge, to which some wealthy Bantu people add dairy products.

Xie Hansan checked it and found that each bag of sorghum could almost have more than 20 catties. There are now no less than 500 neat bags of sorghum stacked on the ground, and the soldiers are still carrying them out. In addition to sorghum, the Xhosa people also grow some cash crops such as sesame seeds and peanuts, but not in large quantities. Lacking oil extraction skills, they don't understand the value of these two crops at all, and they just treat them as ordinary food.

In Bantu society, women were responsible for farm work and handicrafts, while men were responsible for herding cattle and fighting. Therefore, animal husbandry is also extremely important in the production and life of the Bantu people, and is their main channel for obtaining dairy products, meat, animal skins, and oils. Thus, unlike those of the Khoisans, hunting is no longer the main activity in their lives.

The inventory of cattle and sheep yielded a bumper harvest. The Khoisan slaves who followed brought out more than a hundred cattle and more than 500 sheep from the cattle fences of dozens of Krar around them, and the number of these livestock far exceeded the expectations of the people of the East Coast. If they had to graze on their own, it would take at least a year or even several years to save up so many cattle and sheep.

Seeing these materials, Xie Hansan couldn't help but sigh, robbery at any time is the fastest way to get rich. More than 10,000 catties of sorghum, more than 600 head of livestock, and a small amount of peanuts, sesame seeds, and other foods have been counted, which is almost enough for these Xhosa people to store for more than a month. However, in the sparsely populated Fort River, it is enough for the current population to eat openly for more than two months.

If you are more careful when the time comes, that is, mowing the grass to feed the livestock, with some dairy products produced by the livestock, you can survive for three months. However, there is still almost half a year to go until next year's summer harvest, and this grain will definitely not be enough, so we will have to think of a way to do it again.

"After the inventory of personnel and materials is completed, send people back to inform the Hezhong Fort side as soon as possible, so that they can prepare to receive them, and we will ...... Get rich! Xie Hansan said, Rao is he was not in a very good mood at the moment, but his tone was still very brisk when he said this.

The herald quickly mounted his horse, and then ordered a few local militiamen with horses as escorts, and roared back the way he came.

After disposing of the supplies, the next step is what to do with the captured Xhosa. Most of these Xhosas were old and infirm, women and children, and with a few able-bodied men, numbering more than eight hundred. At this time, these people were sitting on the ground, their hands and feet firmly tied together with hemp rope. Xie Hansan looked at it, the faces of these people were full of fear, and even the more than seventy strong men who had participated in the previous battle lost their previous arrogance at this moment, and their heads drooped one by one.

"There are so many people, you can take them back to Fort River and watch them first. After smoothing out their temperament, they can also be used as serfs or herdsmen to farm and graze, there is a shortage of people over there. Lan Guo, the deputy company commander, walked up, looked at the black men and said.

"The state doesn't have a clear statement on what to do with blacks." Xie Hansan said, "Let's do it first." However, when I go back, I have to make it clear to Lao Mo that these blacks cannot be sold to private individuals as slaves, and the state does not allow private slaves, especially black slaves. ”

"Well, that's right." Lan Guo nodded, "You can use these blacks as state slaves to cultivate the commons that will be opened up later." ”

"But before that, I have to give these Xhosa people a boost memory, and they will have any thoughts that they shouldn't have in the future." Xie Hansan's face suddenly became a little hideous, "Now is the time to teach them a profound lesson, let them realize that any attempt to resist us is a dead end." ”

"What are you going to do?" Lan Guo was a little surprised. Xie Hansan's usual temper is actually quite good, but today he actually said such cruel words, it seems that the tragic casualties in the previous battle stimulated him. Alas, honest people will be angry, so let him go, and kill a few black people.

Xie Hansan said coldly: "Whether it is a man or a woman, or an old man or a child, all ten people will be formed into a group, and each group will kill one person!" ”

"Eleven Killing Law!" Lan Guo looked at him dumbfounded, but in the end he didn't object. (To be continued......)