Chapter 1055: San Francisco (Three Watches!) )
Although Wang Shan knew the truth, he also knew very well that in the development process of the coastal line, he would definitely not be able to avoid the attacks from the tribes of the Great Plains.
However, this time the enemy attacked a little earlier than he expected.
Although the things that Wang Shan will be able to take into account have been considered in advance. But he still missed one point, and that was that the five great Indian tribes of the Great Plains, after a year of fighting each other, were short of food and clothing when winter came.
This is a problem that Wang Shan did not take into account.
And the means of the five major tribes to solve the current problem is the word 'grab'.
At this point, all the construction of the developing San Francisco has been temporarily stopped. The soldiers of the Imperial Army were called, and the warriors of the Indian tribes under the command of Wang Shan were also recruited.
The machine of war began to operate, and all the resources on hand of Wang Shan began to tilt to prepare for war.
Compared to the five major tribes in the Great Plains who are now short of clothes and clothing, the Imperial Army here in San Francisco and those Indian tribes under the command of vassals are much better.
They don't have to worry about themselves going hungry, genetically modified food from the virtual world is supplied to them in large quantities, as long as they can exchange it for gold collected around them.
This did not have any difficulties for the Indian tribes under the command of the vassal Wang Shan.
In such a harsh winter, they would not have picked food at all.
Not to mention that Wang Shan provides a lot of food, even meat and various seasonings.
The Indians who were vassals under Wang Shan's command had never dared to think of it before.
It is precisely because of this reason that the Indians who came over as vassals can be regarded as really settled down, and at the same time, they are determined to mix with Wang Shan.
The reason is very simple, there is food mixed with the empire, and there is a lot of food to eat, so you don't have to worry about it at all.
This is for the Indians. There is no shortage of food, and that really makes them fall asleep.
At the same time, when winter came, Wang Shan also supplied a large number of military coats made of black-hearted cotton, so that the Indians under his command felt the warmth for the first time, and felt that winter did not seem to be so terrible.
The thick cotton clothes, cotton pants and cotton boots completely resist the cold wind.
They don't have to huddle in leaky tents in the winter, as they did in previous years, praying that they can withstand the cold winter.
The children wore thick cotton clothes and even played outside for snowball fights after a snowstorm in the winter.
How dare they before? Basically, the cats are in tents in winter.
If anyone dares to go outside, they will definitely freeze to death.
At the same time, in winter, some emaciated old people, children and women will always have some illness.
This is also the reason why they are afraid of winter.
But with vassals under the Empire, they don't have to worry about this at all.
The 'doctors' of the empire who have the same abilities as the tribes can treat this ailment, and they can be cured in a very short time.
Their methods are even more powerful than sacrifices and witch doctors.
This had to shock the Indians who came over as vassals.
Fuling mustard! Shuanghui ham sausage! Braised beef! Sugar! Fine salty salt...... A wide variety of foods and seasonings that they had never seen and eaten before.
Since the vassal was under the command of Wang Shan. The Indians, who had come from vassals, suddenly felt that their lives were better, and that they no longer had to take the risk of hunting as before, and that they did not have to worry about getting sick.
Days like this for them. It's like a kingdom set up by the gods.
It makes them feel like that's unreal.
However, who doesn't want to live a good life.
Even though they are Indians, they also want their lives to be better and better, and to enjoy more and more things.
It's human nature. Indians are human beings, too.
Therefore, the centripetal force of the Indians who came over as vassals was greatly strengthened in just half a year. The favorability of the empire has also been greatly improved.
After all, they also know very well that now they have such a good life and life, which is inseparable from the empire and Wang Shan.
If they had left the empire and the king's mountain, it would have been impossible for them to continue their lives like this.
It is the so-called easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
If you let the Indians who come over now live the same life as they did before, they will certainly not live.
Therefore, they cherish this good life very much, and they are not willing to live the same kind of life again.
Not to mention that the Indians at the bottom think this way, even the tribal chiefs and priests in the high positions have this idea, and even the witch doctors have this idea.
Therefore, when they heard that the great tribes of the steppe had sent troops, the Indians who had come over were excited.
Because they knew very well that if the steppe tribes were allowed to succeed, then their present life would cease to exist.
There is even a good chance that they will die here or be captured as slaves by the other side.
For these Indians who came over as vassals, they felt that if they died in battle, it would be a good thing.
If you are caught as a slave, it is better to live than to die.
The Indians were not afraid of death, they were afraid to live the life of a slave who was worse than dead in the dark.
It is important to know that if the Indians captured people from rival tribes as slaves, these slaves were definitely of very low status.
Even, compared to the status of black slaves in the Song Empire, it was even lower.
As Indians, of course, they know the means of the Indians.
In addition, they don't want to be beaten back to their original shape when they have just lived a good life and tasted comfortable for a few days.
Therefore, when Wang Shan summoned the Indian warriors who came from the vassals, the number of soldiers recruited far exceeded Wang Shan's expectations.
Originally, Wang Shan thought that he had issued a summons to prepare to launch a military campaign against the enemies from the grasslands, and these Indian tribes who had come over would be more or less unable to work.
After all, fighting a war kills people.
But he never imagined that there would be a time for the Indians. You don't look at them with normal eyes and thinking.
Not to mention the Indians of the seventeenth century.
But in any case, the large number of Indian warriors recruited was still good for the rest of the war.
As an elite Imperial Army, of course, it is best to be able to avoid losses.
If there were Indians cannon fodder who came forward, Wang Shan would certainly not refuse.
For the Indians, it was a war to defend their good life, and an opportunity to prove their loyalty to the Kings and the Empire.
Therefore, the patriarchs and warriors of each tribe were very active.
There is another reason why these people are so positive.
That is Wang Shan, who doesn't like to play cards according to routines. He actually made a point system for these tribes, which fascinated the patriarchs of these tribes and their warriors.
According to the point system established by Wang Shan, each Indian tribe that came over as a vassal could earn points through their own labor or the capture of the empire.
And after reaching a certain number of points, you will break through a level.
Whenever you break through a level, the role of this level is very important, because the types of empires you can get and the types of goods you trade, as well as the number of goods you trade, are all tied to these levels.
That's it, the Indian tribes that came over as vassals. What was made by Wang Shan was that he wanted to die.
Every day, they would gather all the vitality they had fallen to complete the tasks assigned by Wang Shan in exchange for an increase in their points.
The goods that low-ranking tribes can obtain here in Wangshan are, of course, small quantities, and the prices are still very high.
But high-ranking tribes. They have a wide variety of goods, and the quantity is relatively sufficient.
After all, as we all know, high rank and contribution are closely related.
So. No one would be jealous of those high-ranking tribes.
Because people are paid for through hard work and labor.
Therefore, those low-level tribes will work harder. Receive the tasks released by Wang Shan every day to earn points and improve the level of your tribe.
It's like playing a game.
It's just that this is Wang Shan's single machine, which is to pity those Indian vassal tribes who are addicted to it.
There are many kinds of tasks issued by Wang Shan, for example, there is a lack of wood in the construction, so he will issue a task to obtain wood, and let those tribes receive this task to do.
Or if it is necessary to build a city wall, he will also issue tasks to some tribes, asking them to repair the city wall within a certain period of time.
Of course, quality must be guaranteed.
If the quality is not up to par, the points will be deducted.
Therefore, those tribes who have received the task are very serious.
This time the plains tribe attacked, Wang Shan released such a mission, the tribe task is a team battle, you can get points for the entire tribe.
At the same time, each warrior can also use the enemy's head to come here in exchange for personal points, or receive a good reward.
Therefore, because they want to defend a better life, and because they are addicted to Wang Shan's 'personal online game' world, these vassal tribes are quite enthusiastic to join this war.
In this way, after Wang Shan gathered 40,000 or 50,000 Indian warriors, he led the imperial army of more than 30,000 under his command to meet the incoming enemy.
One of the first battles was fought on the periphery of San Francisco.
At that time, the army of the 'Saroye', the largest tribe of the steppe, had already marched there.
If they don't die, they met the imperial army.
At that time, in a small basin called the land of elk by the Indians, there was a great battle between the two sides.
And this war did not have the slightest suspense, and finally ended with the defeat of the Saroye tribe.
Of the 30,000 tribal warriors it dispatched, only a few hundred were able to leave the Elk Land alive, and most of the warriors stayed in this small basin and became the nourishment for the basin to open spring in the coming year.
In fact, there was nothing to say about this battle, in order to deter the enemy, and also to open the eyes of those vassal tribes who acted with the army, so it used artillery at the beginning.
Wang Shan faced the five major tribes of the plains this time, in order to fight for the elimination of them in winter, but he brought out half of the artillery under his command, which was as many as 200.
The Indian warriors of the Saroye tribe on the other side have never seen artillery.
So, they were stunned for the first time.
Even, they think that among those enemies, there is a Thor who exists.
So, soon after the start of the war, this Indian army completely collapsed.
Although they were very brave, they were only against mortals, and they thought that it was impossible for them to fight the gods.
And the result of their collapse was that they were pursued and killed by the vassal tribes on both wings of Wang Shan's army, and they all ended up staying in this basin.
At the same time, it was precisely because of this battle that the tribes that came over from the vassals really understood the strength and strength of the empire, and while they were deeply shocked, they had a deep awe for the empire and Wang Shan in their hearts.
After the battle in the Land of Elk, Wang Shan continued to send scouts to search for news from the other four tribes.
He began to lead a large army and began a crusade against the other four tribes.
After a month and a half of fighting, the five major tribes were defeated by Wang Shan, giving them a complete failure to peek into the construction of San Francisco.
At the same time, the five major tribes all suffered a lot of losses in the war with Wangshan.
This kind of loss is even to the point that they can't bear it.
After a battle, the death of tens of thousands of soldiers was really heartbreaking for the steppe Indian tribes who were still in the barbaric era.
And after defeating the peeps and armies of the five plains tribes, Wang Shan did not withdraw his troops.
He knew very well that this time the five tribes must be completely wiped out.
If he can't eliminate the five tribes this time, then although these five tribes can be honest for a while, when the spring of the next year comes, they will bring them a lot of trouble.
Therefore, since he has already sent troops, then take advantage of this opportunity to solve them all at once.
For Wang Shan's idea, the imperial officers around him, as well as the patriarchs of the vassal Indian tribes, were very supportive.
After all, after solving the five major tribes of the Plains, they can also get a large piece of territory. Although there are no minerals in the plains, the land is fertile, and there are many wild animals, and the products are very rich.
In addition, with the Great Plains region, Wang Shan can also establish a city on this side of the Great Plains.
Compared to the land by the sea, the Great Plains has a better topography for building a city.
After unifying his thoughts, Wang Shan began to search for the camps of the five major tribes.
Eventually, through a series of battles, he finally forced the five rival tribes to unite with each other and let them face him together...... (To be continued......)