There was no one in the empty cedar forest, and Xie Jin led the team forward for five or six miles, but no one was seen.

Passing through the cedar forest, a huge dwarf meadow greets you.

The climate in this area of Northern California is relatively humid, according to the prince, it is a mild monsoon climate, humid and rainy all year round, and it is one of the best agricultural areas in the world.

The prince said that Southern California, a little south of the New World, is relatively dry, and there is no rain there all year round, except for the coastal zone, which is full of deserts and wastelands.

So Li Zhi asked Xie Jin to land in the area of Northern California. Today's navy of one town and nine provinces widely uses astrolabes and quadrants, which can accurately calculate the latitude of their own location and control their own orientation and direction in the vast Pacific Ocean.

The scenes Xie Jin saw along the way also proved Li Zhi's judgment. The huge cedar forest by the sea indicates that the rainfall here is abundant, and the low tree grassland in front of you also grows thick grass. At this point, all the grass was already yellow, turning the whole field of vision to grass yellow. The two-meter-tall dwarf trees were sandwiched among the one-meter-tall grass, and their leaves had turned yellow in the cold October wind, as if they were about to shed all their leaves.

There is no end in sight to this piece of scrub grassland, giving people an extremely strong visual impact.

The world is big, and the things in the New World seem to be one size bigger than the Ming Dynasty, not only those cedar trees are bigger, but this random grassland is a radius of dozens of miles, which is rarely seen in the Ming Dynasty. Even the weeds on this grassland are taller, thicker than the branches and leaves of the weeds in the Mongolian steppe and the Liaodong wasteland, I don't know what species.

It was a little difficult to walk in the one-meter-high weeds, and Xie Jin led the team to walk slowly.

If it was to understand the geography of this landing site as soon as possible, Xie Jin should have dispersed the team of more than 100 people. However, Xie Jin always had a feeling of insecurity, so he always brought the entire company together.

After walking two miles forward, a soldier under Xie Jin suddenly pointed to the northeast and shouted: "Company commander, look, there are so many cows!" ”

Xie Jin followed the soldier's finger and found that there was indeed a black thing in the grass in the northeast. Xie Jin raised the binoculars around his neck and found that those black things were really cows.

It's a bison.

There were three or four hundred bisons, and their hair was brown and black, and they looked different from Chinese buffaloes and cattle. These bison have large heads with a pair of sharp horns. Their forelimbs are extremely stout, and their shoulder blades are high and protruding.

Looking through the telescope, these bison are very tall, and I am afraid that they are one person tall.

The soldier who pointed out the buffalo was called Liu Zhengdao, and he was a third-class private. At this time, he was very excited, waved his arms and said, "Company commander, we have fresh meat to eat now!" I've been eating flatbread with jerky for a month, and I'm about to vomit! ”

There were no supply points on the way across the Pacific Ocean, and the fleet brought only flour and jerky on the road to save space for fresh water and supplies. After eating this thing in the sea for a month, it does feel like a bird has faded out.

Xie Jin nodded and said, "Okay! Kill one head and eat meat! ”

When the soldiers heard Xie Jin's words, they were overjoyed one by one. The three scouts took the initiative to ask for help, and with sniper rifles, they reached for the bison herd in the distance.

Xie Jin found a place on high ground and carefully observed the scout's movements with a telescope.

Looking carefully with a telescope from a high place, Xie Jin found that there was a small river in the middle of the dwarf grassland. The place where the bison herd gathers is the beach of this small river.

Looking at it, Xie Jin suddenly saw someone in the distance.

Xie Jin's heart tightened.

A mile from the river beach, more than 30 "wild men" wearing cowhide coats and long hair crouched in the grass with "spears" in their hands, as if preparing to ambush the herd of bison.

Xie Jin hurriedly took a large-aperture high-powered telescope from the orderly next to him, and found that the weapons in the hands of those savages were stone, black and shiny.

These people are probably the Indians that the prince said.

These Indians hid in the grass, their yellow cowhide coats and weeds of the same color, and their ambush was completely unrecognizable without looking closely.

Xie Jin's heart tightened, and he was about to blow the trumpet to withdraw the scout, but he heard a "snap" and the scout fired.

The scouts were so intent on killing cattle and eating meat that they paid no attention to the Indians who were miles away. They were shooting bison.

A bison on the periphery was shot and jumped up from the grass, as if a wild beast was biting it on its back, and bounced desperately a few times. However, the Tsuo rifle has a large caliber, and the lethality of the conical bullet is very amazing, and the bison jumped a few times and fell to the ground with a weak body.

The herd was suddenly in disarray, and they began to flee in a panic, desperately fleeing in all directions.

But the shots of the other two scouts rang out.

"Smack! Syllable! ”

Two more bison were shot.

Xie Jin nervously observed the Indians in the distance.

However, the natives that Xie Jin was worried about did not show up.

The Indians were clearly frightened by the situation on this side. They didn't dare to squat anymore when they were squatting in the grass, and they all fell into the grass one by one. Frightened by the powerful muskets, they tried to hide themselves, hoping that they would not be discovered by the "strongmen" who came from ahead.

Then, in just a dozen seconds, the Indians began to flee.

At this time, the other Tiger Ben soldiers found that there was someone in the distance, and they were all stunned.

The Indians ran fast, ran wildly through the grass, and soon fled several miles away.

A platoon commander next to him asked, "Company commander, should we chase the natives?" ”

Xie Jin rolled his eyes and said, "What are you chasing?" This is where the natives move, and maybe they have traps and traps, and they will be done by breaking in. ”

The soldiers laughed.

Although they did not dare to pursue, the Indians' flight made the Tiger soldiers very proud. Originally, everyone was worried about being attacked by the local natives, but seeing the appearance of these Indians, everyone felt that they were too worried. Obviously, as long as these people do not attack the Indians, these natives will not dare to challenge the Tiger Ben Army in any way.

Xie Jin also had more confidence because of the escape of those Indians, and he was no longer full of a sense of crisis.

He waved his hand and said, "Spread out in squads to find a high ground near the water source to build a fortress. The steamer was to sail back to Tianjin to deliver the message and pick up the second group of soldiers. We're almost out of supplies, and we're going to eat bison every day! ”

"Eat meat every day!"

When the soldiers heard Xie Jin's words, they happily raised their guns in their hands and shouted loudly on the empty grassland.

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