Chapter 359: I have to go! (480 plus more)
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Hong Tao didn't have that much time for Swann to torture these slaves, and even if he had, he wouldn't agree with Swann doing so, at least not yet. At this time, there was no real army on the American continent, most of the Indian tribes were scattered all over the place, even a few major Mayan, Toltec and Aztec cities, there would not be too many regular troops, and there was no need for real Mamluk heavy cavalry, so there was no need to torture people in such a cruel way.
"Can they fight?" Although Hong Tao understood Swan's way of training recruits, he still did not believe that it would take only a month and a half to train a group of Indians who did not speak the language into soldiers ready to go into battle.
"Hey, hey, I won't fight yet, but I'll listen to orders. Battles here don't really require too much ability and tactics, you just need to listen to orders to win. Swann was very philosophical, and Hong Tao had no opinion on this. He had never commanded a land battle, and he had never even seen one. In fact, he can't even fight naval battles, but only bullies people with ship-building technology and weapons far superior to those of his time, and if he were to be an equal opponent, he would only do one thing, and that was to run!
This time we have to deal with a Mayan tribe, although they both belong to the Mayan Empire, but with the weakening of the Mayan Empire, they can no longer control many tribes in the northern fringe areas, and everyone is in their own way. The tribe was chosen by Hong Tao because they attacked three Tu warriors who had gone in search of ore last month, just to snatch the steel daggers they were carrying.
Originally, Hong Tao was suffering from the fact that there were too few enemies of the Tu tribe and could not find the target of aggression, so now he dared to attack the people protected by the sun god. Sins are unforgivable! You can justifiably go to revenge, and by the way, capture all of them and turn them into Tu slaves. The reason why it does not continue to survive like the previous two villages is that this Mayan village is still more than ten kilometers away from the river bank, and it cannot be directly reached by boat alone, so it is difficult to control and monitor. At this time, the village of Qitu was under construction and there was a serious shortage of labor. These slaves will soon become members of the Tu tribe.
"What if he can't defeat the enemy and dies in the jungle? Aren't you afraid that these slave soldiers he trained will defect halfway? Seeing Swan gradually disappear into the jungle with the one hundred and ten people, Luo Youde was very worried, he had little confidence in Swan, and the land battle and the sea battle were also far apart.
"There are not so many in case, this is his own choice, I let him be a general, not to play with the child, and take his own responsibility. No one can help him forever. Hong Tao also doesn't fully believe in Swan's ability, although he is famous and has a father like a god of war, but after all, he is still a young man in his early twenties, and he is likely to be strong because of face problems. But at the moment, there is no one around me to use, and I can't always play by myself in every battle, and what should come will always come.
This time, Hong Tao really underestimated Swan's skills, within the agreed time. He walked out of the jungle with all his beards and tails, followed not only by the slave soldiers. There were also more than two hundred prisoners. Under the guidance of the guide, he not only found the Mayan village, but also successfully wiped out the armed forces in the village, and then killed all the seriously wounded, and captured the remaining villagers, young and old.
"Tell me more about the battle...... Hong Tao still didn't want to admit that Swann was better than him in commanding the battle, so he didn't ask Swan. Instead, I found a Tu guide who spoke Chinese well.
"Three teams of people, shoot arrows, shoot all their soldiers to death......" The guide's answer made Hong Tao stunned for a long time, it's as simple as that! Swann divided his slave soldiers into three teams, facing forward, left, right, and right. Then he slowed down with small steps, shooting at anyone who dared to approach, and then the battle was over.
"What is this tactic called? I can figure it out! After the guide left, Luo Youde came to give Swan some eye medicine again.
"It's not hard to come up with, but it's hard that these slave soldiers will strictly follow his orders, and none of them will escape. Even if someone is hit by an enemy arrow, others will not flee, can you do it? This time, Hong Tao really understood the essence of Swan's ancestral training method, and at the same time had a deeper understanding of the warrior profession.
Swann didn't train the slaves how to fight, how to improve their tactical literacy, but only taught them one skill, or only forced them out of one skill, which was to obey orders. When a person has undergone a punishment worse than death, his fear of death does not decrease, but there is something more terrifying. So between the two things, they will naturally choose to risk death to avoid the more terrible thing. The reason is simple, but it is not easy to do, and it takes several generations to slowly summarize.
"If it's me, I'll turn my bow and shoot him to death, and then run into the jungle to see who can get me back!" Luo Youde listened to Hong Tao's explanation, but he was not convinced, and pointed out the unreasonableness of Swan's training method, which really sounded like a big problem.
"You can go and try it, let Swan train you for two months and see if you don't turn against you. It's a weird thing, and when you're completely subdued by another person, it's hard to resist unless you see something more terrible. But Hong Tao does not quite agree with Luo Youde's hypothesis, and countless similar incidents have occurred in history, which have proved that Luo Youde's hypothesis is not very valid. The 100th Spanish soldier could enslave thousands of Inca slaves, dozens of Japanese soldiers could run away with thousands of Chinese troops, and a boatload of white sailors could do whatever they wanted along the coast of Africa to catch black slaves......
If the Incas, the Chinese army, the black Africans could stop running away and turn around and fight the pursuers behind them, even if they were stoned, they would have smashed the Spanish soldiers, the Japanese soldiers, and the white sailors into pulp. But in reality, there are very, very few people who can do it, almost none. Why? Hong Tao couldn't tell, but he knew that Swann and his father had mastered this human character flaw and made the most of it to their advantage, which proved to be effective.
Luo Youde didn't do the experiment, he didn't have masochistic tendencies, and he was also busy, busy investigating how the nearby Indian tribes lived, what crops, textiles, minerals, and handicrafts were. Then, based on this information, they decide what business model they want to develop, what exchange methods to use, and what products they want to produce. That's what he's done. He only works part-time to pretend to be a ghost, and since he has Joseph, a natural magic stick, he has been freed, and he only needs to show up from time to time.
This time Hong Tao made the right bet, the families of those leprosy patients were more loyal than anyone else, and they cherished this opportunity to regenerate. And it has slowly changed to fanaticism, and has entered a state of selflessness, even more devout than Hong Tao himself to the Sun God Cult. In their eyes, the Divine Cult is themselves, and the Divine Cult is there, and their life is meaningful, and if the Divine Cult does not develop well, they will have no value in survival.
"Help me keep an eye on them, as long as anyone has the symptoms written above. Dispose of it immediately. Discuss with your Uncle Luo and Tu in case of trouble, there must be my teacher in the threesome, there is no harm in asking more and listening more. "Hong Tao is leaving, it has been three and a half months since he left Karlburg, although there are still many things in the tribe of Tu that need to be grasped by himself, but after all, he is the emperor of the Jinhe Empire, and there are still tens of thousands of people who need to be taken care of by himself.
"Don't interfere too much with Swann on operational issues. We are all laymen compared to him, as long as we have a good grasp of where to fight, where to kill, and where to persuade this degree. Don't just think about trading. It's not like the Great Song Dynasty, where we don't need anything except ore and labor. It is necessary to merge commerce with our cult and make our products a gift from the gods, and only the people who believe in the sun god can obtain their divine powers. Also, find more local children and get them into church schools. Even if they are only taught to read, read, and read the doctrine, it is good. After telling Swan, Hong Tao began to tell Luo Youde again, in fact, this kind of advice has no practical effect, Hong Tao is just for peace of mind. In reality, there will be countless unexpected situations, and how to adapt depends on the ability and luck of both of them. It's impossible for me to be in front of everything and anticipate the direction of change.
"Let's stay here, this is its hometown, you see how happy it is these days...... Without it, I'd be back, and one day I wouldn't be gone. Don't draw those little grids, I'll be back when our kids can talk and call mommy. After two months of hard work day and night, coupled with his already strong reproductive ability, Tu has been pregnant for a month. Hong Tao didn't want to take the adult jaguar with him anymore, that thing was a beast of prey after all, and he was afraid that one day he would forget to feed it, so he would make himself dinner.
"Nope! It is our patron saint, and although you are the messenger of the kingdom of God, I still want it to follow you, and you can remember me when you see it. "Since Hong Tao became a divine envoy, Tu's attitude towards him is not as natural as it used to be. She is a little afraid of herself, Hong Tao can see from many details, this problem can only be slowly cured by time, who suddenly finds out that her husband is a demigod, will not be indifferent.
In fact, Hong Tao really wanted to take the picture back to Jinhe City together, so that she could see the outside world, which would be beneficial to her future development. And the medical conditions over there are much better, he is afraid that something will happen to Tu when he gives birth, in this era, a woman's childbirth is like a ghost gate. But Tu is resolutely unwilling to leave the tribe, she still wants to be the queen of the Indians, how can the queen leave her own people.
"Your Majesty, tell my father that his son will be bigger than his territory!" This is Swan's parting message to Hong Tao, he is the only person who hopes that Hong Tao will get out of the way quickly, and Hong Tao always feels that he is restrained and helped, not by virtue of his own skills.
"Brother Hong, bring their mother and son to me from Cape Town next time you come, I don't have to worry about you taking care of me, but I don't worry about Lao Mai." Luo Youde is actually a man who cares for his family very much, but his way of caring for his family is deeper, otherwise he would not have abandoned his family and business to come here to open up the wasteland for the future of Luo America. But after all, he is a little old, and he always likes to be accompanied by his own children, and it is impossible for Luo Mei to come, so he is worried about the black son of Cape Town.
In mid-November, Hong Tao left the Tu tribe with half a boatload of slave sailors in a warship, and he suddenly became a little worried when he saw the hundreds of people kneeling on the shore to see him off and the half-built pyramid. Isn't it too much to play! Now the world is completely different from what it used to be.
The Mongol Empire may not have reached the achievements of the Yuan Empire in history; Southeast Asia was occupied by the Jinhe Empire; A mighty kingdom of Ceylon sprang up on the shores of the Sea and the Indian Ocean; Cape Town, South Africa, became the domain of the Governor of Martini; The Holy Roman Empire had the trading port of Renaia, and it also had enough strength to compete with the pope for power; Laid another egg in Central America......
Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe have all changed beyond recognition, except for Oceania itself, almost all the places in the world have been affected by themselves, how to clean up this situation in the future?
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