Foster City

"Ah Cheng," almost at the moment when Chen Zhicheng shook and fell, Chen Weidong seemed to feel a pang of colic in his heart, and suddenly hissed angrily.

"Xiao Chen," almost at the same time, Xu Yongquan also called out eagerly. Is it really as Zhao Wenli said, he is still too naïve, after all, this is still the territory of Indians and Americans, and his guest has done a little too much to regard himself as a host. As their boss and brother, do they really have to face the fate of losing their brother?

"Damn it, kill him." Logan, who was closest and could see it best, immediately stopped and ran over in prayer. But just as he was momentarily distracted, he caught a glimpse of Encas stopping a few steps, picking up something from the side of the road, and raising his hand neatly, and when he looked again, Noah had fallen limply to the ground.

"Traitors, scum, shit." Logan snorted disdainfully, ignoring Noah's eyes for help, thought for a while, ran to the grass on the side of the road, and hurriedly rummaged for something, but after a while, his face immediately showed some joy, hurriedly ripped off a few weeds, chewed in his mouth, and hurriedly ran to the square where Chen Zhicheng fell to the ground, took out the chewed herbs from his mouth, uncovered Chen Weidong's pierced clothes, stroked it gently, and then met Chen Zhicheng's gaze and nodded resolutely.

"Captain, I... Am I going to die. Lying weakly in Xu Yongquan's arms, Chen Zhicheng said intermittently, "I haven't been in love yet, and I haven't held a girl's hand yet." Captain, I... I really don't want to die. ”

"No, you're not going to die." Xu Yongquan choked up and said, but his eyes looked at Logan for help, and seeing Logan nodding resolutely, he breathed a sigh of relief and resolutely ordered, "Kill, who assassinated Xiao Chen just now, kill him for me immediately." ”

Without waiting for his order, Chen Weidong had already grabbed Noah like a chicken, and the sharp dagger provocatively gestured in front of Noah's eyes.

"This is the traitor among us, let's deal with him." Logan struggled to spit out slurred American English, looked at Chen Weidong, and then at Xu Yongquan.

"Okay, just let them handle it themselves." Xu Yongquan held back his anger and looked at Logan with deep meaning.

Logan slowly approached Logan and shook his head sadly: "Do you know why the Americans can slaughter us so unscrupulously?" Do you know why our people are falling one by one? Just because we are not united, because we only see the small benefits in front of us, because we are lucky, our tribe will be the survivors under the guns of the Americans, but, hehe, think about it, is this possible. I might as well tell you that the Cherokee people today are the Mohoek people tomorrow. ”

Xu Yongquan looked at Chen Weidong puzzled, Chen Weidong nodded approvingly: "Captain, I originally thought that the Amerindians were slaughtered by the Americans, and they could only blame that there was no one with vision and foresight among their own people, but it seems that this leader is different from what I thought, maybe because their strength is too weak." I want to see what the leader will do with this man. ”

"Mohoks? Isn't it reported that they are closest to us Chinese? Sun Zhengguang also caught up at this time, showing a concerned look.

"Hmph, what happened thousands of years ago, who knows whether it is true or false, Locke is only the second generation of Chinese, but people have long regarded themselves as Americans, and they are proud of how they understand the Chinese and how to calculate the Chinese, and the blood relationship thousands of years ago, the gods and horses are all floating clouds." Chen Weidong showed a look of contempt.

"However, there are too few of us, so we have to find a helper for ourselves." Sun Zhengguang said.

"Helper? Of course we need helpers, but people like Mohoek in front of us will not be our helpers, but we will be dragged down, and let's see what they do with their traitors. ”

To their shock, the angry Cherokee quickly found a variety of branches of different lengths, and Noah's eyes became even more terrified when he looked at them.

"Execution." Logan shouted expressionlessly.

Logan's five or six Cherokee young people quickly took out the sharp branches in their hands and pierced them all over Noah's body. Because the branches are not sharp enough, they often prick many times before they penetrate them. However, after a while, Noah was not dead, but he had already fainted in pain, and by the time the branch in the Cherokee's hand was finished, Noah had turned into a hedgehog covered with all kinds of sharp branches.

"It's too cruel," the bloody scene just now didn't make Chen Weidong vomit, but the fierceness of the Cherokee people at this time made him unable to calm down.

"Come on, it's none of our business, it's other people's customs, and we must respect other people's customs." Sun Zhengguang shouted awe-inspiringly.

Noah tossed for a long time, slowly no sound, the Cherokee turned his corpse and danced and sang, and prayed or something, and then slowly took a few steps back, Logan slowly and firmly walked towards Xu Yongquan: "Distinguished guests, thank you for saving us, we Cherokees will swear by the names of our ancestors, and from now on we will use the lives and honor of our whole clan to follow the distinguished guests to the death." ”

"Well, you're welcome," Xu Yong said in half-baked English.

"Benefactor, what to do next, please tell us." Logan didn't mean Xu Yongquan's indifference at all, and continued to say respectfully.

"Well, send a hundred or dozens of young people to clean up the ground." Looking at the corpses of American GIs scattered all over the place, Xu Yongquan frowned.

"Okay," Logan finally sensed Xu Yongquan's impatience, saw Xu Yongquan's concerned gaze on Chen Zhicheng, hesitated for a moment and said, "Benefactor, this young man's blood has stopped, as long as he recuperates and rests for a few days, he will definitely be fine." ”

"Really?" Xu Yongquan's face finally showed some joy, but immediately gloomy, he also brought some tourniquets, antibiotics are crossing the ground, the drugs of the future generations are useless, these ordinary herbs can be useful?

"Encas, a few of you come, be careful, make a deputy stretcher," Without waiting for Xu Yongquan's order, Logan had already set up the clever Mohican man to cut down a few branches, made a simple stretcher, and carefully helped Chen Zhidong up.

There were nearly 800 American soldiers, more than 200 people were shot and killed, nearly 600 people were captured, 600 guns of various colors were piled up all over the place, and more than 60 soldiers each carried five or six guns, so they had to let Logan choose ten capable and middle-aged people to carry them, although they were captured, but Chen Zhicheng's life and death were uncertain, and everyone's mood was not very high.

When the Cherokees were disposing of the corpses, they began to secretly rummage through the bodies of all the valuables, even stripping the American soldiers of their clothes and putting them in their backpacks. Xu Yongquan wanted to say something to stop them, but when he saw their yellow faces and thin muscles, their clothes trembling in the cold wind, he couldn't help but turn his head again, pretending to ignore all this.

When the Americans found out that they had captured only a squad of less than 100 people, there was a small commotion, and many people wanted to take advantage of the lack of attention and continue to take up arms to resist, but they were killed on the spot by more than a dozen descendants who took the lead in escaping, and they became completely honest. Obediently crouched on the ground, waiting for his judgment to come.

Perhaps, after the initial nervous days on the North American continent, they also became afraid of death?

As the sky grew darker, the American GIs, escorted by the parachutes, followed the steps of the Indians with difficulty.

In the past, he was driving away the Indians, but now he has become the object of being driven, and the more Clinton thinks about it, the more depressed he becomes. However, the more this happens, the more he has to remain silent, because if people find out his identity, he is afraid that he will suffer more.

After traveling for less than an hour, they had already arrived at the place where they first came, and to their surprise, there were dozens of tents of different sizes in the open mountains and valleys where they left, and more than a dozen campfires were lit, and they were concentrating on barbecuing dried fish. ”

"Well, I'm back." Xu Yongquan tried to squeeze out a smile, but he couldn't laugh. His eyes were looking around, "What about Lao Zhao, where are Lao Zhao's people?" ”

"Oh, Brother Zhao, I'm afraid he's still helping Zhu Linlin sort out his materials." Chen Dayong replied hurriedly, but seeing that although everyone returned with a full load, their emotions were not high, he couldn't help but take a second look, and immediately saw Chen Zhicheng who was being carried, and immediately screamed, "What's the matter, how is Comrade Chen injured, Xiao Jing, Xiao Jing hurry up." ”

"What's the urgency," Wang Xiaojing impatiently dropped the small fish that was burning in her hand, but as soon as she saw Chen Zhicheng's blurred appearance, her face immediately changed, "Ah, blood... A lot of blood. ”

"What's the name of the ghost, it's bleeding, so let you come over." Chen Dayong no longer looked like he used to be in Xiaojing, "Didn't you work as a nurse in the township health center before, hurry, take something to rescue." ”

"I'm just a nurse, I'm not a doctor, how could I do such a thing." Wang Xiaojing said in shock.

"You haven't ever mastered the knife, you've always seen the master," Chen Dayong scolded impatiently, "We won't be here either, do you want me to go to the main knife." ”

"Okay, Chen Dayong, don't embarrass Wang Xiaojing, it's dark now, the bleeding has stopped, wait until tomorrow after dawn, and then let her see if she can operate." Xu Yongquan looked at Chen Dayong strangely, and his eyes were soft towards Wang Xiaojing.

Wang Xiaojing gradually quieted down, bit her lip, and said, "Tomorrow, I'll try it tomorrow, but if you don't do it well, don't blame me." ”

"What else do you want to do badly? If you don't do it well, it's a matter of human life, and you still have luck? Chen Dayong said viciously, and then his tone became softer, "Xiao Jing, come, this fish is for you to eat, eat well, rest well, take care of your spirits and prepare for surgery tomorrow." ”

"Hmm," Obviously, Chen Dayong's change in attitude also frightened Wang Xiaojing, and obediently took the fish handed over, looking at Chen Dayong's gaze, he couldn't help but be a little confused.

"Captain Xu, I'm back," Zhao Wenli shook the water trail in his hand and greeted him with a smile, "Captain, how was the result?" ”

"Captain Xu is out of the horse, he must be able to catch it," Liu Shijie said sarcastically.

"Brother Zhao, I found out that I was wrong, I was really wrong this time, you must help me this time." Xu Yongquan didn't pay attention to Liu Shijie's ridicule at all, and said convincingly, "I am a soldier, we only know how to simply obey orders, in the face of these complicated situations, it is really not what we can do, maybe what we can do is to go into battle and kill people." However, the situation in front of us is not just as simple as going into battle to kill the enemy, but how to let our big guys survive. Brother Zhao, you must help us and help us all get through this together. ”

"Something's wrong?" Xu Yongquan's front and back Gong immediately made Zhao Wenli smell some strange breath, and immediately showed a nervous look, "How is the situation of the big guy, are there any casualties?" ”

"Chen Zhicheng was injured, and now his life and death are uncertain, all blame me, blame me for treating the Indians too much. I really didn't expect that as soon as we saved them from the Americans, they would play tricks on us. Xu Yongquan blamed himself bitterly.

"It's not all your fault, everyone is responsible," Zhao Wenli patted Xu Yongquan's shoulder with concern, "Let's go, tell me, how many people came?" ”

"The United States took nearly 600 prisoners, and the Cherokee emigrated nearly 2,000."

"Well, okay, arrange for these people to have a meal first, and they're all ready. We'll get everyone together later. ”

"Well," Xu Yongquan replied honestly, Chen Weidong's injury had completely messed up his square inches. At this time, Zhu Wenqian, who was concentrating on eating grilled fish, looked at Xu Yongquan, who was nervous, and showed a look of incomprehension.

Under the care of the Crossing Crowd and Logan's cronies, everyone ate a fairly sumptuous dinner - wild vegetable and fish soup, although it was not rich, but for the hungry Cherokee people these days, it was already a very luxurious enjoyment, and countless Cherokee girls looked at the Crossing Crowd and became a little eager.

"Ladies, go to bed early, you guys squeeze in tonight, all in one tent, it's cold at night, be careful not to catch a cold." Finally drove the captives together, let Logan send dozens of people, each with a musket, responsible for patrolling around, and lit dozens of bonfires to settle the Cherokees, Zhao Wenli returned to his crossing crowd and beckoned, "Ladies, squeeze in, Zhu Linlin, Zhou Wenqian, Wang Xiaojing, Zhang Lijuan, Hu Caixia, the five of you squeeze into this small tent in the middle tonight, if it's cold, let's take this umbrella bag and cover it first." ”

Then patted and walked towards Xu Yongquan: "Captain Xu, call all the big guys over and discuss the direction of the next step." ”

"Okay," Xu Yongquan regained his original vigor and shouted majestically, "All squad leaders, Chen Weidong, assemble." ”

The four of them came in response and looked at Xu Yongquan expectantly: "Captain, what are your orders?" ”

"In the future, you will listen to me, and we will listen to Brother Zhao for other things, this is the result of my discussion with Brother Zhao, do you have any questions?" Xu Yongquan stared at the four of them without being able to say anything.

"No, how can this work," Zhao Wenli was a little unbearable by Xu Yongquan, "We all listen to Captain Xu, don't worry, I won't hold you back." ”

"Brother Zhao, it's all this time, do we still need to be polite," Xu Yongquan looked at Zhao Wenli sincerely, "You're right, we're all in the same boat now, and only by gathering the wisdom of all of us can we survive in this troubled world." ”

"Okay, I'll take this responsibility first," Zhao Wenli nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Liu Shijie, Chen Dayong, you two also come over." ”

"I, I don't want it." Chen Dayong pointed at himself in disbelief.

"Now we are all a group, although you used to be smugglers, but there is no such thing here, so now, on behalf of your group of more than a dozen people, express your opinions. Everyone brainstorms and shows their strengths, at least at this moment, everyone's fate is connected. Whatever you want, don't hide it. Zhao Wenli looked at Chen Dayong encouragingly.

"Brother Zhao, I remember," Liu Shijie suddenly screamed, "Behind us, on the other side of the river, isn't it Fort Smith in the future, and this is just on the way for the Cherokees to enter Oklahoma." The road we encountered was probably the south road, and it must not be long before the north roads came again. More Americans, more immigrants are coming, we're only a hundred, oh my God, what to do. ”

"Ah," the three squad leaders were surprised, and even Xu Yongquan was surprised. The United States sent 7,000 troops to drive out the Cherokees, and only then did it subdue 7,800 of its own, and what should it do with more than 6,000 people.

"Regardless of him, from tomorrow we will start organizing people to cross the river, and now in winter, the river is not deep, let the Americans help us build fortifications along the river, and we can't let them eat rice. And Logan, let them also choose someone to help us build the fortifications in case the American army arrives. ”

"But, so many people are coming, what about the food?" The food and drink of more than 2,000 people has suddenly made them busy for an afternoon almost bottoming out, Chen Dayong couldn't help but say nervously.

"There was no food, no clothing, only the enemy sent forward." Zhao Wenli smiled disappreciably, "I used to sing like this in the song, why did I forget it all?" ”

"Yes, yes, there are no guns and no cannons, the enemy made them for us." Chen Weidong couldn't help but laugh easily, "Since it is so coincidental, let's take this place as our base camp first, we can't let the Cherokee people sit here and eat idle food, starting tomorrow, let them all start to open up the wasteland, I don't believe that so many people can't grow food." Well, this place, I won't be surnamed Smith in the future, but I didn't expect it to become the first castle we landed in this world, according to the English name, it's called Foster City, hehe, in the face of the first city of the Yankees' westward expansion, the first will be ours after the first. ”