Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Enemy Is Coming
The big mulberry in the field is growing well, and the tobacco man is like a scarecrow, guarding his crops day and night.
Once the turtledove came to watch, and accidentally stepped on a young shoot, the smoke man was heartbroken for a long time, and when he talked to the turtledove, he had the smell of gunpowder.
Just ten days after the turtledove returned to the tribe, news came from the channel down the mountain.
An army of thousands of whites, waving a red and white striped flag, passed by the Buffalo Fairgrounds.
There they fired guns into the air to pay tribute to the white people who died there.
The fury of the wind under the mountain also gathered an army of Indians, threatening to fight the white men to the death.
The two sides confronted each other across a small river of less than three meters, shouting, and war was about to break out.
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Turtledove sat on the front steps of the room, reading a copy of last year's Sun.
The information in the newspapers was varied.
"Surprise! Sir Herschel has invented a telescope that can magnify 42,000 times and can directly see aliens on the surface of the moon! ”
"President John Taylor issued a statement yesterday that he had absolutely no affair with Mary, Chief of Staff!"
"Are you also suffering from stomach pain? Please take the 'Pfizer' brand anthelmintic medicine, it is absolutely effective! Parliamentarian Mr. Harry solemnly recommends! ”
"Rumors! Denver's gold mine was confirmed to be a rumor! Please keep your eyes open, it's a long journey to the west, don't be deceived! ”
"The Harrison Valley tragedy is full of suspicions, and Inspector Bentree is chasing the murderer for thousands of miles!"
At this time, the newspaper was simply a collection of all the problems of all kinds of unscrupulous media two hundred years later.
The shocking bodies are all pediatrics, and the front page headline is a shocking, unprecedented, fabricated, terrifying, witch hunt story that smells of beauty and nitin.
And there are at least three prominent legislators and governors who swear to prove that this is all true!
The second edition directly arranges a big wave!
The ad on the third page is frenzied, and there are all kinds of panacea for all kinds of diseases. It was in such an advertising gap that Turtledove saw many famous names in later generations.
"Pfizer", "Morgan", "DuPont", ......
This is the prelude to the coming gilded age of America!
Such an absurd newspaper that sells only one penny, but behind its absurdity, reveals a force of savage growth.
Turtledove flipped through the old newspaper several times.
With a final sigh, he folded it in a proper manner.
Back in the room, press it neatly under the glass of the tabletop.
In this way, he can remind himself every moment: you are facing perhaps the most powerful enemy in the history of mankind!
In the house, the four-legged snake was already waiting.
"Turtledove!" The four-legged snake's face was a little heavy.
"Anything new?" Turtledove asked.
The four-legged snake shook its head. "Last night, another person was killed."
"When was it discovered?"
"I found it this morning when the patrol was on patrol. On the edge of a waterhole in the valley to the east. He is supposed to have been tortured and tortured, and his limbs were broken. ”
The turtledove frowned and sat down.
This is the third person in the tribe to die in the last five days.
The murderer hid in the jungle, but he could not be found.
"There must be more than one person on the other side, there should be several people acting together. There were many chaotic footprints at the scene. The four-legged snake said.
"What weapons did they use?" Turtledove asked.
"Quenched blow arrows. So the movement is very small, almost silent. The four-legged snake said.
The turtledove pondered.
The fountain pen turned unconsciously between his fingers, and the ink spilled onto the placket of his clothes, and he didn't even notice it.
How difficult this wild tribe of the primeval jungle really is, the turtledove doesn't need to try it to know it in person.
Even in the world 200 years later, the heavily armed American army is still disgraced in the mountains and forests of South Asia, and finally has to retreat in disarray.
At this time, the turtledove tribe, the firepower equipment is not much worse than the US army 200 years later, even the US army at this time is also much inferior.
In addition to the more than 30 rifles that had been captured, the rest of the tribe also carried sticks and stones in their hands.
It's basically the same as a primordial savage.
The defense of the turtledove tribe cannot be said to be imtight.
In order to prevent the enemy's surprise attack, with the tribal camp as the center, the secret post was arranged ten miles away.
Combined with more than a dozen Ming Gangs, as well as a rudimentary password system, it can basically ensure that the tribe will not be suddenly attacked.
However, for the infiltration of a small group of enemies, Ikaruga could not think of a better way to come out.
The primeval jungle is a barrier for the tribe, but it is also a natural cloak for the enemy.
On this point, both sides are fair.
"Tonight, I'm doubling the number of men!" The four-legged snake said. "I don't believe it, we are all natives of the mountains, we really let others bully!"
The four-legged snake's words interrupted the turtledove's thoughts.
He found that his hands were covered with black ink, and he wanted to wipe it with his clothes, and found that his clothes were also on them.
So I had to give up.
"That's the only way to do it first!" Turtledove sighed and said.
For this kind of thing, he can't come up with a specific operation suggestion.
It's true that he's a traverser, but he's not an all-knowing traverser.
He only knew that the sentry should be arranged in a combination of light and dark, the farther the warning range, the better, and the password should be changed several times a day...... But just realizing such a simple arrangement took him a lot of energy. In the end, this thing can only be said to be barely usable.
On one occasion there was a joke - in order to test the guard he had arranged, he deliberately went to pass by a clear and dark post.
As a result, he didn't say the password when he was clear, and the other party directly let him pass.
The dark sentry won't let him live, even if he can't say the password.
I almost gave my life there.
Later, when I asked, people said clearly, "At first glance, you are a leader, how can you not let you pass?" ”
The secret whistle said: "You say you are our chief, don't lie to me!" Where is the chieftain who still needs a password? ”
Rome was not built overnight.
Nor could the Indians have built a modern military organization in a matter of months.
Let's just make do with it and use it in a semi-modern and semi-primitive state!
In the past, Aixin Jueluo swept the world with thirteen deputy armors, and now he has dozens of muskets, what are you afraid of?
Just when the turtledove and the four-legged snake were at a loss, they heard a weak voice behind them.
"Why don't you let me try it?"
At first, he thought he had misheard, but then he thought about it, as if someone was indeed speaking behind him.
Slowly turning around, he saw Fifteen Dollar standing behind him with a rag in one hand and a bucket in the other.
"What did you say?" Turtledove asked again.
Fifteen lowered his head and said, "Otherwise, let me try." ”
"Go, go!" The four-legged snake also woke up from his stunned stupor, and said impatiently, "Don't you see that I and the chief are discussing important matters?" What are you a cleaner doing to join in the fun? Go and brush the toilet again! ”
The bucket in Fifteen's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he hurriedly picked it up again, and hurriedly answered, and was about to leave with the bucket.
"Wait a minute!" The turtledove stopped him.