Wild North America 1846

4 days later

The Indian camp behind was blazing with flames, and the corpses lying in a mess were shocking. The burning red light reflected Richard's stern face, giving off a terrifying murderous intent.

"Your Majesty, the outpost light cavalry team has searched the surrounding areas and found no other Indian tribe camps. Moreover, they entered the mountainous area not far ahead, and the mountains rose sharply. There is only a winding trail that can pass through the mountains and lead to the central plain area.

We just discovered that this place is not far from the American River, which is about thirty or forty kilometers away."

"A small intestine trail?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this Indian tribe will enter the central plains through the trail to chase the bison and deer herds on the Great Plains. However, this trail is very steep and difficult to walk. You must lead your horse through it on foot. Every year, the local Indian tribe

Many people and horses fell off the cliff and died, so they called it the "Death Trail" and would sacrifice to ghosts and gods before passing it."

"Oh, then send a light cavalry team to escort the indigenous guides around, pay attention to marking the terrain, and set up fortress defenses in dangerous places if necessary in the future. Do you remember it?"

"I have taken note of my humble duty and will definitely do what His Majesty orders."

"That's good."

Richard turned around, his eyes slightly narrowed with a cold light, he looked at the captured Indians and native men and women, pondered for a moment, and ordered, "All the women and children will be escorted back, while the men will be kept and sent to the hard labor camps. They will be punished by

The department took over the project and started building the road from now on. It needs to be completed within two months and the entire Grape Valley Highway will be built."

"I obey your orders."

"Also, the steel plants, cement plants and textile plants are all located in Sunshine Valley, where the terrain is more open. In the future, a large number of immigrants will be moved to Sunshine Valley as a key construction area. The original factory building foundations will be handed over to other factories.

Make a note of this."

"Understood, I will adjust the plan immediately."

"Um."

Richard nodded in approval. This large-scale operation to wipe out the Indian tribes deep in the Grape Valley had completely eliminated the last hidden danger, stabilized the rear base, and gained a large amount of labor force.

Counting from Wudaoling Village, the depth of the Grape Valley is about 130 kilometers long. The largest valley basin is the Sunshine Valley not far from Wudaoling Village, covering an area of ​​about 340 square kilometers.

Continuing deeper, there are two smaller valley basins, one is the Moon Valley, covering an area of ​​about 110 square kilometers, and the other is the Calabash Valley, which is composed of a series of small plains with a total area of ​​about 70 square kilometers.

The number of indigenous Indian tribes that have lived here for generations is far beyond imagination. There are a total of 11 Indian tribes, large and small, with a total population of more than 13,000 people. After the eradication, nearly 10,000 people still survived.

About 5,370 strong Indian male laborers were obtained, ranging in age from 13 to 50 years old. All of these people were put into hard labor camps and were responsible for building roads and bridges, water canals, building factories, cutting mountains and stones, mining and logging, etc.

The addition of so many labor forces will greatly speed up the construction process of Grape Valley, which is undoubtedly a good thing.

In addition, about 3,136 young Indian women of childbearing age were obtained. According to regulations, they will be given priority to army soldiers and some Chinese foremen as part of the war rewards, thereby boosting the morale of army soldiers.

There are nearly a thousand Indian children left, about six boys and four girls, all under the age of 12. Independent schools will be established to train them, focusing on male children under the age of 10.

Young men and women over the age of 10 can work in factories and do some easy work within their ability.

Boys grow up to work and girls grow up to get married.

Officers with positions above the rank of captain of the Kingdom's army can communicate with the Chinese women stranded in Sandaoling Village through blind dates. After the two fall in love, they can register for marriage and form a happy family.

Officials in the administrative department of the Tang Dynasty could also participate in blind dates. This was Richard's favor to his subordinates, and he was promoted to a higher position and his wife. Although the method was simple and crude, the effect was particularly good.

In the army of the Tang Kingdom, many junior officers from Central and South America have been overseas for three to four years or even longer, working hard in the dense forests of Central America and the mines of South America, watching their companions die one by one.

If you fall down, your future life will be gloomy.

The change began when they decided to go to North America to seek a way out, and their lives entered a new chapter.

The Chinese here generally receive preferential treatment. After entering the army for just over a month, they show their talents. Many of them serve as grassroots officers. Not only can they enjoy relatively generous military pay, but they are also assigned wives and are promised to build houses by the army. As long as they make contributions, they can also get

A large amount of land, its destiny has undergone earth-shaking changes.

All of this was a favor bestowed by King Richard of the Tang Dynasty, which changed the lives of these Chinese workers. As a result, they gained widespread support and gained high prestige among grassroots officers.

We are not blind, so of course we know who is really good to us.

In the subsequent construction boom, another wave of marriages broke out, and 3,136 Indian women were all divided up in two days, and the wedding rooms were filled with joy.

Sandaowan Village became the most popular place. Officials and military officers from the Kingdom came in droves to chase the Chinese women here. In one day, more than 200 couples successfully registered their marriages in the temporary office building of the city hall.

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Richard has strict requirements for his men. Anyone who marries a Chinese woman must be the official wife, and must complete the marriage registration procedures at the city hall. A marriage certificate will be issued subsequently, and the marriage relationship between the two parties is protected by law.

But Indian women are different. They can be concubines and servants. If they are willing to register for marriage, they can register for it. If they don't want to, do not force them. It is their own choice.

According to different positions, the officers were assigned to more or less Indian women, including one squad leader, two squadron leaders, four group captains, and eight cavalry captains. According to the distribution of positions, the officers gave priority to selection.

Either as a wife, as a concubine, or as a servant, it's up to you.

This cannot be blamed on the low status of the native Indians. In fact, this ending is already very good. At least they have a family to rely on to protect them from wind and rain.

If the Americans came, they would only hunt these native Indians as wild beasts and receive a government reward of ten dollars for each scalp. They would not be treated as human beings at all. Their status would be lower than that of black slaves, and their behavior would be even more barbaric and cruel.

Richard did give preferential treatment to his officers. From the cavalry commander and battalion commander to the squadron commander and squad leader, they basically solved the problem of housing. Many of the houses were originally captured from the John Sutter and Alexander Madison gangsters.

, and there are hundreds of private police properties that follow John Sutter, which are completely available for officers to choose and live in.

The rest will be distributed to officials at all levels of the Royal Government, so that everyone can have a home and enjoy a stable and happy life.

The soldiers do not have such good conditions for the time being. Their Indian women usually work in textile factories or construction sites and can get a Weibo salary, which is about 1/3 of the level of Chinese workers.

Soldiers are serving in the army and can apply for vacation housing when it is their turn to take vacation. Only then can they reunite with their Indian women and return to the army after the vacation.

Soldiers' houses were not considered by King Richard. They had to obtain rewards through military exploits, or save their salary to rent a house to live in, and slowly build a warm nest for themselves.

More than 10 days later

Sandaowan Village

Nowadays, the place has become deserted. The four to five hundred Chinese women who were originally temporarily settled here have become empty. Most of them have gone to live in new towns and become military wives who do not have to work. They are also taken care of by Indian servants at home.

Lived a happy life.

The original vacancies for female workers in garment and weaving factories were filled by Indian women, and production order slowly returned to normal.

Nowadays, houses and factories are being built everywhere in Sandaowan Village. The commonly used masonry and concrete buildings make the construction of houses fast, good and sturdy. According to the planned blueprint design, the prototype of a new industrial town has already appeared.

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Richard was inspecting with a group of officials when he saw a messenger galloping in the distance. He involuntarily stopped and waited for his arrival.

The messenger reined the horse about 50 meters away, then dismounted and ran over. He took out an official letter sealed with a red paint seal from his leather bag, knelt down on one knee, and presented it with both hands.

Said: "Your Majesty, the military situation in New Mexico comes from thousands of miles away."

When the officials around Richard heard what the messenger said, their expressions suddenly changed, and they secretly speculated: Could it be that the thing that everyone is worried about is still coming?

Richard stretched out his hand to take the telegram, and when he saw it was stamped by the San Francisco Long Distance Telegraph Office, he understood something clearly.

The latest military emergency report from the New Mexico region should be the cavalry squadron outpost stationed in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, sending a warning signal to the rear.

In the middle, we passed through Gallup, Flagstaff and other small towns for relay evacuation, and finally arrived in Las Vegas. The whole distance was about 820 kilometers, so there was no moisture in traveling thousands of miles.

On this route, there is basically a small town every 200 kilometers or so, where the cavalry can take a short rest and transfer, but the horsemen will not rest.

In this case, Kuai Ma can reach Las Vegas in one day and one night.

Nowadays, long-distance telegraph lines have been built on the 420-kilometer road from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The old Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, who is based in Las Vegas, can report military information through long-distance telegraph. After receiving it, the San Francisco Post and Telegraph Office will immediately rush to

Come report.

In other words, the urgent military information from the front received now is news from one day ago.

After Richard took the letter and opened it, he found that it was indeed as expected;

June 11, 1846

Among the federal troops of the U.S. Army, which is divided into three routes to march south to Mexico, the more than 1,700 cavalry troops led by Colonel Stephen Carney on the west route, with a forward of about 340 people, are making rapid progress and have now arrived in the town of Rio Rancho.

It had a brief exchange of fire with the local cavalry squadron stationed by the Tang Kingdom. After losing more than a dozen soldiers, it retreated and waited for the main force from the rear to arrive.

At present, the Rio Rancho Outpost Squadron, which is personally commanded by Captain James Kahn of the Tang Dynasty's Subjugated Cavalry Brigade, has built a solid barricade with stones and wooden fences, and is relying on solid buildings to prepare to wait for reinforcements.

The elder Kahn had already anticipated the American attack, so he equipped the outpost squadron with 84 musketeers and 73 cavalry, and sent his sixth son, James Kahn, to defend the town.

Rio Rancho is a small town with a population of more than 600. Since the area is located in the arid area of ​​the Gobi Desert and has sparse vegetation, the buildings are made of earth and stone and the defenses are relatively strong.

It is impossible for the US military to carry heavy weapons such as artillery from afar, and the cavalry is generally not strong in attack capabilities and is best at long-range mobile combat. This is a good fighter aircraft to severely damage the enemy that the US military invades.

157 soldiers stood firm in the area, equipped with enough ammunition and supplies, and could kill horses to provide food supplies if necessary. Most of the town's population had retreated to Gallup, leaving only a few Mexicans willing to help in the fight.

There were probably close to a hundred people.

With such strength, Lao Kahn is confident that he can persist for at least four to five days.

in letters

Old Kahn requested to personally lead the army to the front line of Gallup Town to form a horn. This place is about 191 kilometers away from Rio Rancho. If necessary, it can be reached by an emergency march in one day.

Old Kahn's combat intention was to cause a large number of casualties to the U.S. military through the Rio Rancho defensive battle, significantly weaken its combat capabilities, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

If necessary, the outpost squadron can be sacrificed, that is, his son James Kahn can be sacrificed to win victory.

At the cost of losing all the members of the outpost squadron, in exchange for inflicting heavy damage on the enemy several times, it severely reduced the enemy's arrogance and created opportunities for the decisive battle with the main force.

When the conditions are not met, Old Kahn plans to lead the remaining troops to stick to the town of Gallup and will not rush to reinforce the Rio Rancho front line.

Instead, they adopt the tactics of blocking attacks one after another to slow down the pace of the US military and greatly weaken its effective strength. We hope that His Majesty will send additional reinforcements to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

These Germans are really ruthless, even giving up their sons in order to complete their mission.