The Rise of the European Emperor

Under the leadership of the original 2,000 colonial army led by Albert, 3,000 selected honest and strong German farmers began to put on new weapons and armor for various combat training in the jungle.

What is very interesting is that the armor they wear is called plate armor, but it is not a plate armor made of steel, but a plate armor made of wood...

In other words, these 3,000 honest and strong recruits wore wooden plate armor. Why is this so? At the beginning, the armor promoted by Marin was actually a piece of wood armor similar to a mahjong mat. In Europe, in order to enhance the defensive power of the wood chip armor worn by ordinary soldiers, thin iron sheets were also nailed on the surface of the wood chips to enhance the defense against cold weapons.

But in the North American colonies, when Albert ordered the craftsmen to make wood armor, a group of carpenters were lazy and thought it was troublesome to make wood armor. It was sawed into the shape of two front and rear boards, and made into a breastplate similar to the front and rear boards of the cuirassier.

Albert was very angry at first, but the lazy carpenter justified his argument, saying that this kind of plate armor is completely enough to defend against the inferior weapons of the Indians. As a result, after testing, this simple "plate armor" spliced ​​​​with two wooden boards can actually resist the Indians' clay bows and arrows...

Of course, for the lower body, you can't just saw wood to make leg armor. Reluctantly, the skirt had to be made of wood chips. As for the protection on the arms, after the arrival of the Han-made ship craftsmen, they used the method of weaving willow baskets and woven branches into the shape of arm guards, which were divided into two parts and put on the arms at both ends. As for the helmet, it is naturally a wooden helmet...

In this way, a nondescript "plate armor" consisting of a wooden helmet, a wooden breastplate, a wooden skirt and two armguards made of branches was popularized in the American colonies.

The original 2,000 colonial troops were still wearing a full set of wood chip armor made before, and many veterans' wood chips were covered with iron sheets. Of course, Albert also had a very special army of 50 members of the Spike Commando who participated in the killing of King James IV of Scotland. However, because these 50 members of the Spike Commando were charged with undisclosed charges, they usually kept a low profile, neither wearing plate armor nor using mace. Only when New York, where Albert is located, is under great threat, these masters who usually dress up as ordinary guards will put on a full set of plate armor and play Langya Bang...

As for the 3,000 recruits, they are all new wooden "plate armor sets". As for weapons, the recruits used shields and one-handed swords because of their physical strength.

But their shields have also been weakened. The shields they use are basket shields similar to willow baskets woven from branches cut from locally felled trees.

This kind of basket shield has no defense against guns. Even facing the sword and the strong bow and crossbow of the old continent, the effect is not very good. However, the weapons used to defend against the Indians... such things like willow baskets are enough...

Albert was a little worried,

Let 1,000 veterans, under the guidance of old hunters and hounds, launch a new round of offensive with 3,000 recruits. As a result, a Shawnee tribe on the west bank of the Delaware was defeated.

The Shawnee's weapons were so bad that they couldn't do anything with the recruits' shields, which looked like baskets. Then, all the more than 600 people of this tribe were defeated and captured, and were escorted by soldiers to help cut trees and do work.

The Shawnee are a branch of the Indians. At present, there are about several tribes living in the Pennsylvania area and parts of northwestern Virginia, and later in the eastern forest area of ​​Ohio.

Around the 17th century, the Iroquois, who had made friends with the British, went south from the north and drove the Shawnee from the central and eastern Pennsylvania to the Ohio area.

But now, the Pennsylvania area is still dominated by the Shawnee. However, it seems that the Shawnee are really not very good at fighting. Their rough stone weapons can hardly break through the defenses of the colonial army of the North Sea Kingdom, even the roughest wooden "plate armor suit". When conquering the more than 600 Delaware tribe on the West Bank called Southie, none of the colonial army died. Only two recruits were injured in the arms by the enemy's stone hammer due to lack of experience in the fight. But the injuries were not serious.

Because there were no casualties, the leader of the colonial army, Kronks, did not kill the Shawnee, but only drove them to work. In his spare time, Kroenkes fed and drank the young and strong Shawnee people who were working.

While eating and drinking, Kronks discovered an extremely unexpected situation that Shawnee people love to drink...

Because there is too much food and nowhere to sell it, the winemaking industry in Beihai is very developed and there is ample wine. In order to appease the homesickness of the colonial soldiers, Marin provided them with enough drinks.

For example, Kroenkes, the colonial army he led, among the most important supplies, there were vats of wine. Among them, the most popular is probably the rye Erguotou mixed with sucrose.

However, the authentic Erguotou is too strong for Europeans to drink. Therefore, the rye Erguotou supplied to the army is actually a moderate wine with a degree of more than 20 degrees. This kind of wine is actually a medium-bodied wine made by distilling dark beer brewed from rye several times. After adding sucrose, it is very suitable for rough men to drink.

Not only the soldiers of the colonial army liked it, but even the Shawnee people who were forced to work liked it very much. The first time the Shawnee drank this moderate wine, he was very drunk. But at dinner the next day, these Shawnee people clamored for wine...

Kronks was very upset at first, but suddenly thought of something...

A few days later, Albert received a letter from Kronks, in which Kronks suggested that Albert trade with the Indians with a boatload of wine from the mainland.

Albert was skeptical, so he sent someone to Albany to invite some Delawares to help them contact the Shawnees, planning to trade wine with them and buy furs.

As a result, several Delaware men invited by Albert secretly drank alcohol, and they were all so drunk that they passed out...

"Well, don't ask, I know what the Indians like..." Albert concluded.

Then, multiple caravans traveled to the western jungle area, and under the protection of escorts, they joined up with several Shawnee tribes and successfully concluded trade agreements.

Lured by wine, several Shawnee tribes agreed without hesitation to help hunt beavers for their skin and incense.

At the same time, Albert also sent a letter to Garland on Cape Breton Island, asking him to try to use wine to trade with Indians in Canada.

But unlike the Pennsylvania area, the northern Indians on the other side of Cape Breton Island seem to prefer the 40-degree rye Erguotou because of the cold climate, and some even prefer the genuine Erguotou with a temperature above 53 degrees. However, Albert's judgment is not wrong. Most Indians like to drink...