"Don't smoke yet, the scouts are back, go out and have a look." I was happy, so I didn't care to light a cigarette for Swan, and just took out the lighter, and before I walked to Swan's side, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside.

"Your Excellency, General, there is a village of a few hundred people behind the mountain pass to the west, less than five kilometers from here. They are on high ground, and they must have discovered our camp, and we see people running to higher places, and we are afraid that they are going to report it. "It was indeed the scout sent out before the camp, and he came back to report an important discovery, and the rest of the men continued to observe in front.

"It doesn't matter if they find out or not, it's great if they come to attack us, there's nothing to cover here, and you can kill several with one shot. Let the soldiers pull the cordon 500 meters away and sleep at night with loaded guns. Plan your battle position in advance, prepare the gas lights, and you can take care of the rest. "Hong Tao passed through an encounter in the Mascar Desert and learned a little about the patterns of warfare in this era. The camel cavalry of the Arabs could not break through the line of muskets, and at that time they still used flintlock muskets, but now they all have double-barreled shotguns and revolvers, and they are still afraid of hair. Not to mention that the other party is an Indian who is still in the Stone Age, even if the Mongolian cavalry comes, it will still be in vain.

"You're done, what else do I say...... He also said that he didn't interfere with my command, and his words didn't count! Blow the whistle and have the captain gather with me! Swann has a big opinion, commanding the battle is his greatest pleasure, and now that the fun has been taken away by Hong Tao, it is no wonder that he can be happy.

Another night attack, another massacre. Although the Indians regarded the sun as their common deity, they seemed to prefer the night. As in the last sneak attack on Sun City, at the darkest time before dawn, after the first shotgun sounded, a large number of Trotskymen armed with bows and arrows, battle axes, javelins, feathers and various animal masks surrounded them from three directions. They are very much like ghosts in the night, many of them walk without making a sound, and with the light of the moon, they can accurately hit people and animals dozens of meters away with bows and arrows and javelins.

Unfortunately, they were not facing the Chichimeca, nor the Aztecs, nor the Mayans, but a modern army armed with double-barreled hunting guns and revolvers. More importantly, this army also has a strong spiritual cohesion. The Indians in the Legion of the Sun did not feel guilty about killing their own kind, they felt that they were atoning for their sins and purifying their souls. At the same time, he is also helping these fellow people who were killed by themselves, and helping their souls enter the kingdom of God, so as not to be burned to death by divine fire and have nowhere to go in the next life.

In fact, Hong Tao thought too much, the Indians of this era not only did not have a national concept, but also did not have a big racial concept. They have lived for generations on the basis of clan and clan social structure, and do not consider other Indian groups to be their brothers and sisters. The concept of Indians was only a name imposed on these Native Americans by later generations of Europeans, who themselves did not think so, at least not so in the thirteenth century.

The Trotrotsky warriors came and went as fast as they could, and before they could even break through the outer guard posts of the Sun Legion, they threw down the corpses and wounded and withdrew to the mountain by night. It's not that the Trotskys aren't brave enough, it's that the shotguns hidden behind foxholes and large rocks are too powerful. Under all kinds of crossfire, no matter how fast you run, how high you jump, how standing or lying on your stomach, there will always be a few deadly buckshot bullets hitting the body. Coupled with the fire and sound of the shotgun fire, the Sun Legion was protected by the sun god even the Torotan warriors believed it, otherwise how could they emit a bright light as the sun in the dark night, and every time it flashed, the warriors would fall a few.

"Your Majesty, I'll take fifty men in pursuit first, these guys can't fight, but they run fast, and they can't give them time to drill into the mountains." By this time it was already dark, and Swan, who had fought with the Indians many times, knew their tactics very well, and advised Hong Tao to pursue them.

"You go, I'll pack up the camp with the rest of the people, and then go up again. By the way, you take the missionaries with you, and put their leaders, priests, and elders to death, and the missionaries do the rest, whose mouths are sometimes better than bullets. In terms of the specific details of the operation, Hong Tao will not interfere with Swan, and he has a few brushes that he knows very well in his heart. But on the issue of the post-war occupation, this child still has to be reminded, lest he do the same thing as the Mamluks, leaving only the young and strong, and killing the rest.

When the sun rose, Hong Tao also led the follow-up troops to climb the mountain beam in front. The topography here is like a broken plate, surrounded by mountains to the south, west, north and east, with only two small gaps between the ridges in the southeast and due west, and a relatively flat plateau in the middle, on which the city of Saba is located.

Although the Indians were backward in many aspects, their agricultural technology was not weak, and the terraces and irrigation systems were very complete. What surprised Hong Tao even more was that they planted a lot of low plants on both sides of the street, in front of the house and behind the house, and the flowers were in full bloom at this time, as if they were in a sea of flowers.

"The view is really good, there are terraces. Swan, do you know what they're growing on the side of the road? "In the eyes of others, these flowers are beautiful, but in Hong Tao's eyes, they are a little scary. The poppy thing, Hong Tao has never seen the real thing, but it is said that their flowers are very bright, could it be that the Tuo people have now begun to play with such a high-level thing as artificial planting?

"Your Majesty, these flowers are of no practical use. The people of the Tuo people love flowers, whether it is for sacrifices or daily life, they are always decorated with flowers. Swann couldn't answer Hong Tao's question, he never cared about the living habits of other people's villages, and he didn't have any special feelings for flowers, so he had to look at the missionaries around him.

"Just for viewing?" Hong Tao didn't believe it yet, so he personally dismounted and picked two flowers in a small garden on the side of the road, put them under his nose and smelled them.

"Seems so...... God makes adults feel that they shouldn't be kept? The missionaries also confused Hong Tao, there were thousands of captives gathered in front of the temple, and hundreds of local nobles were ready to be burned to death with divine fire, Hong Tao was not in a hurry to see, why was he so concerned about these flowers.

"Oh, it's okay, it's good-looking, keep it......" Now Hong Tao is relieved, the two flowers he picked are obviously not a plant, and the taste is different, so they shouldn't be poppies.

"Do you want to light the divine fire immediately, and let the light of the sun god shine all over this forgotten city of the kingdom of God." The missionary pointed to the flat-topped pyramid building in the distance.

"You go and preside, I don't need me in this kind of small place, and when it reaches a big city with more than 10,000 people, I will personally preside over it. Swan, come with me, with the map. Hong Tao didn't want to see how to burn people to death with gasoline, but he couldn't abolish this ritual, and this thing was very shocking to the other Indian prisoners, so he had to find a reason to hide from it. Not only did he dodge it, but even Swan pulled it away, and he didn't like to watch this kind of too mentally retarded ritual.

"There are probably about 2,000 people left, and some of them ran west along the mountain pass, and we didn't know the road at all, so we didn't dare to chase them." As soon as the missionaries left, Swann came up with Kung Fu and reported the results of the battle to Hong Tao.

"What about our casualties?"

"I hurt four people and two horses, and the people were fine, they were all minor injuries, and the horses were not ready. The consumption of ammunition is not large, at this rate, the ammunition carried by the soldier can fight three or four more battles of the same size, plus the sapper's belt, ten times is no problem, your shotgun is much better than the previous gun. "Swann was satisfied with the outcome of the battle, mainly with the weapons.

"Tie these people up with ropes, and then you take the sappers and escort them back to Sun City the way they came, so that a group of our disciples will come and live here, and by the way, bring a hundred more soldiers to station. If there are Trottoes who are familiar with the western road and are willing to lead the way, leave a few, ask separately, and use them after making sure that there is no problem. When you come back, we'll go west. According to Hong Tao's habits, he prefers to settle in this valley. There are mountains, rivers and land, except that there are not as many forests as the plains, and the climate and transportation are much stronger than those of Sun City. Such a good place, or a traffic artery, must be firmly occupied.

"With so many people crossing the rainforest and lacking food and water, a lot of people will die, can you send them back in four or five batches?" Hong Tao's order was again opposed by Swan.

"You can do it yourself, and when they're done, I'll go down below and see how to build the temple. Don't be in a hurry and walk slowly, I won't be done here for a while. This time, Hong Tao didn't insist on his opinion, Swan had captured slaves more than once, and he must have a good idea of how to lead a large number of captives through the rainforest.

"I don't think it's necessary, there's a pyramid somewhere, it's okay, haven't you always been against making these useless things?" Swann also did not support Hongtao's second move.

"It's different from Jinheguo, the environment is different, and the methods are different. The Jinhe Empire's set of things, it may not be easy to get here, the people's wisdom is not opened, if you talk to them about equality and balance, they will think that you are despising the gods, not only will they not think you are good, maybe they will have to oppose you. I will teach you another way of governing the country, which is called politics, religion, unity, that is, the integration of law into religious doctrine, which is a bit similar to the Great Food Country. Whether it's easy to use or not, it doesn't matter if we say it, let's see the effect. If you're not happy, it doesn't matter, you will have your own country in the future, you can manage it however you want, and don't come to me to borrow money if you are poor. Hong Tao not only has to do experiments by himself, but also has to pull the people around him to toss together, not letting go of any opportunity that can influence other people's thoughts.

(To be continued.) )