After capturing this barbarian logistics force of more than 200 people, it was already getting late. In this unfamiliar land, Mo Ming didn't dare to ask the big organization to pursue him overnight. Therefore, he ordered his soldiers to pull up barbed wire and camp along the river, while the nearly 200 Xhosa captives he had captured were also fenced with barbed wire.

Giving up the overnight pursuit basically means that the battle against the Kama tribe has come to an end for the time being. The people of the Kama tribe are familiar with every plant and tree here, and the further south you go from here, the more difficult it is to walk, and when the mountains are continuous and the terrain is rugged, even if you have a company of cavalry, it will be difficult to catch up with the Xhosa people who are good at walking the mountain roads.

Let's leave it at that. Mo Ming sighed softly, count those Xhosa people lucky, I hope you will be honest in the future, and don't compete with us East Coast people again, so that maybe your kingdom can survive for a few more years and decades. However, we will have to continue our pursuit to the south tomorrow morning, putting some pressure on the barbarians so that they will not be able to stay here and consolidate the terrain forces.

On May 29, the army set out again, pursued more than 20 kilometers to the south, and finally stopped after once again crushing a force of two or three hundred Xhosa troops. After two days of rapid marching, the soldiers of Rao's well-trained 1st and 2nd companies were also a little tired. Therefore, after confirming that the people of the Kama tribe did not dare to stay but ran directly into the mountains in the south, Mo Ming decisively ended the pursuit. At the same time, the conquest and integration of many of the remaining Xhosa tribes in this valley began to take place simultaneously.

The armies of the Kama tribe had been defeated, and the gang had taken a considerable part of the grain, cattle and sheep of these tribes, and the natives of these tribes had a strong opinion of the Kama tribe. In addition, the people from the east coast came with bright bayonets. At this moment, even the most stupid Xhosa knew that it was time to submit to the new master.

May 31. The 103rd and 104th companies of the army who rushed to hear the news were together with the troops originally led by Mo Ming. There has been a wave of migration in the river valley. These newly converted Xhosa tribes are all grass on the wall, and do you know that these people are not selling between the East Coast and the Kama tribe? Therefore, it is better to forcibly relocate them to the vicinity of the River Fort, and then replace some reliable Eight Banners tribesmen from there, so as to truly cut off the foundation of the Kama tribe here. The Xhosa people were of course reluctant to leave the land where their ancestors had lived for generations, but under the real threat of hundreds of muskets from the East Coast, the Xhosa people obeyed orders and brought their food, cattle and sheep with them. Got out of here.

More than a dozen Xhosa tribes were involved in the migration, totaling more than 3,600 people. All of these people were organized into the Eight Banners to replenish their lost manpower, plus the capture of about 300 captives of the Kama tribe, the battle harvested nearly 4,000 people, mainly Xhosa blacks, more than 1,000 cattle and sheep, more than 20,000 catties of grain, some gold, ivory, and furs, and in general the income was quite good. More importantly, the battle established the situation in the vicinity of Fort Gouda. The people of the Kama tribe should not dare to peep into this land in the short term, while the people of the east coast can rely on Fort Gouda to gradually gain a foothold, and then slowly move east and south. Expand new land.

While the Xhosa blacks near Fort Goda were busy migrating, a letter from the Executive Committee was handed over to Mo Ming by the envoy who had originally come. Mo Ming let out a long breath after reading it. Then he handed it to the commanders and deputy officers of the army companies beside him, and instructed them to circulate it to each other.

"What? Has the situation changed in Brazil? Chang Kaisheng, the commander of the 1st Company, was the first to shout, causing the others to roll their eyes at him. However, Chang Kaisheng was still unconscious, and still shouted in a loud voice: "The Brazilians express strong indignation at the new King of Portugal, João IV, who recognized the Dutch occupation of northeastern Brazil, what is the matter with the new King of Portugal?" Aren't they the same king as Spain? ”

"At the end of last year, an uprising broke out in Portugal to become independent, and the Duke of Bragança became the new king of Portugal. Chang, don't you care about the international situation at all? Even I've been in South Africa all along, and you don't know anything about it? I heard that you have raised two down-and-out German aristocratic sisters in your homeland, and have given birth to children, and your sister-in-law has been making a lot of trouble lately, so it's no wonder you don't have time to read the newspaper. Zhu Liang, the commander of the 2nd Company, sneered, he had long been very annoyed with the bullish 1st Company, and he would naturally not let go of the opportunity to ridicule Chang Kaisheng at this moment.

Hearing Zhu Liang say this, Chang Kaisheng, who was originally a little short-tempered, rarely did not sneer at him, but turned his head away and ignored him: "Director Qi, in order to oppose the peace treaty signed between the King of Portugal and the Dutch, the Brazilians are preparing to organize a large-scale offensive against the Dutch New India Company, and there is nothing to do with us, why is the mainland so tense, and even asks South Africa to end the war against the natives as soon as possible and transfer the troops back to the country?" ”

The messenger was delivered by Qi Wangping, director of the Central Personnel Department, a subordinate organ of the Executive Committee. This gentleman was a civil servant before the crossing, and after so many years of struggle, he slowly climbed to the high position of the director of the Central Personnel Department, plus he was in the prime of life (36 years old), and now he is a rising star in the civil service system. However, he was facing a gang of Qiuba at the moment, so it was inconvenient for him to show off the prestige of his big commission, but patiently explained: "The Brazilians have been making a lot of moves lately, they have been organizing a large militia on the one hand, looking for allies on the other, and they have placed large arms orders with us. Moreover, as the Brazilians moved northward in large numbers, the Guarani, who had been suppressed by them, also became active. These men, instigated by the Spanish missionaries, frequently entered the Brazilians' sphere of influence and attacked all the outsiders they met. Even, some Guarani people who were fishing in troubled waters also invaded the border of Ping'an County under the leadership of those gods, and the 3rd Company of the Army stationed in Coal River Township was weak and could not be guarded. As a result, there was an urgent need to repatriate troops from South Africa to suppress the daring Guaraní. ”

"Hehe, just those Guarani?" Xiao Baitu stood aside and pouted, and said, "Who are you bluffing?" What trouble can those natives with little cloth on their bodies cause us? I think there is another reason for this, Director Qi, give us an explanation, what is going on? ”

Qi Wangping smiled, who said that these Qiu Ba are stupid? People can understand it in their hearts. "Actually, the main concern is that the resumption of the war between Brazil and the Dutch will cause the Dutch to have some very bad opinions about us. After all, our pro-Portuguese and Brazilian positions were so obvious that the Dutch would go to war with us one day. Moreover, this time the Brazilians invited us to join them in attacking the Dutch, and they even raised a large amount of money for us to spend. Of course, the Executive Committee didn't plan to go to Brazil to fight the Dutch for the money, but wasn't that a bargaining chip? If the Dutch are unable to survive in Brazil and need our absolute assistance from the Brazilians at the end, then they will need to make concessions to us elsewhere, such as the Far East. ”

"I see." Chang Kaisheng muttered. When it comes to this, if everyone doesn't understand it, it means that his strategic vision is too poor. Bilateral relations between the Dutch and the Easterners have been cold – even a bit bad – for economic, religious and political reasons, and the Easterners do not expect to repair relations with them, because the matter is fundamentally contradictory and irreconcilable. Since there is no way to repair relations, it is more important to have some bargaining chips at hand that can threaten their interests, such as intervening in the situation in Brazil, such as threatening the colony of Cape Town, such as preventing the Dutch from catching slaves off the southwest coast of Madagascar, such as prohibiting Dutch ships from berthing in the port of baleen whales on the Falklands, etc.

Among them, the first two are the most threatening to the interests of the Dutch. The Dutch West India Company has shed more blood than ever before, thanks to the aid of a large number of cheap weapons on the East Coast, and they must have remembered the Brazilian armies armed with East Coast plates and artillery. If they had the opportunity, they would definitely ask the people on the east coast to immediately cut off all aid from Brazil, in fact, they have put pressure on the east coast several times over the years, but it has not been effective, and this is a big reason why they are hostile to the east coasters. As for the Cape Town colony in South Africa, don't look at how well the Dutch are currently building there, but according to Mo Ming's words, as long as they are determined to pull it out, all the Guanghe Zhongbao will be mobilized to almost defeat the Dutch defenders there, after all, their main force is only the three hundred German mercenaries.

Both sides have their own lifelines in each other's hands, so the cost of war is much greater. Both sides must carefully calculate the gains and losses of their own interests and calculate the chips in their hands, and what the people on the east coast have to do at this time is of course to increase the weight in their hands. The Netherlands and the East Coast, two of the most bizarre nations of the 17th century so far, from the New World to Africa and possibly the future Far East, are all on the line. As the people on the east coast diligently explore the eastern route, the contradictions between the two sides will intensify in an instant, and it is time to transfer the precious main force of the army back home.

Several army leaders who had not yet spread their wildness in South Africa looked at each other, and at last they could only accept the fact that they were transferred back to China. After all, in the letter that Director Qi Da took out, in addition to the seal of the executive committee, it was also stamped with the seal of the military department. These Qiu Ba can bargain over the orders of the Executive Committee, and even some military leaders with strong points such as Chang Kaisheng, Xiao Baitu and others can also regard the instructions of the Executive Committee as farting, but the orders of the military department are different, and they dare not disobey them. (To be continued......)