Chapter 50: A Name, a Letter, a Funeral
Bang bang! Bang!
Woo la la! Woo la la!
"Ready! Fire! β
"Ahh Raisu ......"
The sun was shining, the sound of guns, the neighing of horses, the whistles of the Americans, the howling of the Indians, filled the sky over Las Vegas, and the land, which had just been quiet for a short time, was awakened by the hooves and footsteps of horses, and there was a lot of blood irrigated here.
If there is a spirit in this land, then it must feel its fate...... Can't you humans change places?
"C Company come with me! Advance! β
"Kill! Kill them all! β
The battle quickly tilted in favor of the American army, and the Pueblos, who had just taken possession of Las Vegas City for a few days, could not stand it anymore, and they had to flee in all directions.
In fact, before leaving here, Li Mengyang told Geronimo that this city can't be defended at all, the terrain is flat, there is no danger to defend, and you Indians are several generations behind the equipment of the American army, how can you play?
Jeronimo listened to Li Mengyang's advice and told the Pueblo people, but they insisted on occupying it because it was also their place, and it was their home hundreds of years ago, when the Spaniards had not yet arrived.
They were too persistent to do anything, and as a result, they had to pay a huge price.
"What about Lance Squadron? β¦β¦ I just ordered to blow up that high platform, why is there no cannon sound? β¦β¦ Very good! Gentlemen, we are going to have a big victory! β
Longstreet, who was riding on a horse and commanding the whole army majestically, was actually suffering from unbearable pain in his abdomen, but he now had to show the calmness, decisiveness, and grace of a commander......
It was really a big shame before, and Major Longstreet had never been so miserable in his life!
Well, his life is not over yet, but as General Robert Lee's right-hand man, Longstreet really has not suffered any losses, and he will win every battle, but he didn't expect that this time he was in charge of the logistics of the whole army's operation, and he was ...... by dozens of people No, it was definitely a bunch of well-trained, hundreds of Indians, and whites......
Hey, where did the white people come from?
Longstreet was playing dead at the time, the Indian was too impulsive, and as a battle-hardened warrior, Longstreet reacted quickly, so he was not killed by the Indians on the spot, but the abdominal injury was not light, fortunately, after he got through, he found several of his subordinates, and they took advantage of the chaos to escape.
It was really chaotic at the time, and the Indians rushed back and forth, causing a lot of confusion, although Longstreet heard that someone was trying to restrain the troops, as if it was the guy named 'Eastwood', but it was obvious that it was all in vain.
Indians are uncivilized primitives!
But at any rate, this time he Major Longstreet was carrying a tail, but he had already thought about it, and said that there was a large force, and there were white men among them, so that he deceived us, that the enemy was too vile and too shameless!
It's a good rhetoric, as if he often told others that he was a descendant of a Dutch peasant, but in fact, this was to cover up his embarrassing history as the second place in West Point, which was counted down.
Longstreet himself didn't know that his lie had long been seen through by others, because at the current stage, the West Point Military Academy only has more than 40 places per year, and this military school pays a stipend to cadets, so can a descendant of a farmer enter such a military school? To be exact, if you want to enter West Point, you don't need to take an exam, but you must have a letter of recommendation from a big person, such as a state legislator, a member of Congress, or a senior citizen in the military, anyway, the bigger the better...... To put it bluntly, you have to go through the back door.
But fortunately, the situation at this time just confirmed Longstreet's statement, aren't there hundreds of Indians in Las Vegas City now? It seems like thousands.
"Rush!" Longstreet had already stepped into Las Vegas, and he took the lead, dismounted and commanded the battle, but with a pop, his feet were empty, as if he had stepped on something.
It was a lump of newspaper, which had been crumpled and could only be described as a lump.
"Damn it!" When Longstreet was about to shred the damn and startled newspaper, he suddenly saw a word, Eastwood!
Few people call it by that name, 'Wood to the East'? Isn't this telling someone about their own origins? Although Smith and Hammer are the same, one is a blacksmith and the other is a hammer.
But it has to be this guy, yes, it's this bastard, Eastwood, whose full name seems to be Clint Eastwood!
Yes, Longstreet said that he had a good memory at the moment of crisis, that's what those guys called him, and this man must be the enemy commander of this battle, and he is still a robber, a criminal!
Great, there is already the most plausible explanation for what happened to my wolf bèi.
God forbid!
Major Longstreet was thanking God for being able to maintain his face so perfectly, and was not that God the Knowing and Almighty had given him?
"Ahh
"Help me!"
"Oh God! It hurts me! β
The battle in Las Vegas soon came to an end, the Indians ran if they could, and those who couldn't died as for the American troops, and naturally there were a lot of wounded at this time.
"Mr. Major!" A herald came running on horseback.
"What's the matter?" Major Longstreet had regained his glory, and he was now quite dignified.
βYES,SIRοΌ We found a letter at the post office! It's weird! β
"Huh? What's a strange way? β
"It's for Robert Lee......"
"What?"
Longstreet, who was still very majestic just now, was instantly stunned, because this letter was actually addressed to the current Supreme Commander of the US Army in the Midwest, which was simply too strange!
It should be said that General Robert Lee is not the supreme commander of the US forces in the Midwest, the current veteran General Scott, he is old, and he is too obese, many people do not know this, the current command orders are issued by Robert Lee, the old general is very relieved, as Robert Lee's loyal subordinates, how can Longstreet not know?
So, the de facto Supreme Commander of the U.S. Army is Robert Lee, and even though his current rank is only a colonel, many people already regard him as a general, and in fact he is also exercising the duties of a general!
"What about faith?"
"Here."
Longstreet snatched it at once, and then opened it, "Maybe it's an Indian conspiracy, oh no, it's a Clint Eastwood conspiracy!" "The descendants of the 'Dutch peasants' also explained.
"Dear father......" But when Longstreet saw the contents of the letter, his face changed dramatically!
No, this matter must be reported to General Robert Lee, and it must not be made public!
β¦β¦
Eleanor didn't know that the letter she left for her father would have such a heavy effect on a major, in fact, she just wanted to tell her father that she was safe, that she had gone to see the west of her dreams, and that she should not worry.
Of course, she didn't know, and naturally she wouldn't care, Eleanor was more interested in a funeral, a funeral held in an Indian tribe.
"Today is an important day!" It was Li Mengyang who spoke, and he was surrounded by many, many people at this time, including Indians, Chinese, Irish, Xiaoshanzi, and Eleanor, a little girl.
Everyone gathered in a semicircle, and Li Mengyang was in front of them, so that what he said could be heard by everyone.
"Today is important because we are gathered here, gathered here, to mourn those who have passed away." Li Mengyang spoke very emotionally, and he used English, which is to hope that more people can understand, "These individuals, the people in the pit, the reason why they are lying there is not because of their own greed!" Not through their own fault! It's because of us! They died for us! Fight to the death for our cause! So, today, we must pay the highest respect to their deaths! We should not call their death death, but sacrifice! They died for us! β
I have to say that Li Mengyang's speech is very touching, and the meaning is very profound, so profound that many people can't understand it.
Sacrifice? It seems to have more religious connotations now, right?
But fortunately, Li Mengyang said it again in Chinese, in fact, his main thing is to let his compatriots understand the meaning of sacrifice!
Poof, poof...... Shovel after shovel of earth was sent into the pit and the victims were buried.
The funeral is over, but some things are not.
"That's it for our distribution of loot this time, because we didn't make any regulations, it's my fault in this regard, but in the future, we must follow a principle, that is, first collect it into public ownership, and then do a unified distribution, which is a must!"
Li Mengyang is talking to Matthew, Yang Guangren and others about this key distribution issue.
That's right, there are a lot of loot seized this time, so how to divide this thing is definitely a big problem, and the most important thing is that Li Mengyang didn't calculate this matter at the beginning, he was thinking about how to 'go downstream' at the beginning, but now people, then they are all very realistic, they are all staring at these seizures.
The Indians' share, they can do it themselves, but the rest, it's not easy to get.
"Taken into public ownership? Unified distribution? What the hell is that? Matthew is clearly not impressed by this type of distribution.
"Brother Li, these brothers are all fighting to the death, but if they have good things, they won't give them ......" Yang Guangren was also a little incomprehensible.
"Hey~ Where is this revolutionary team?" Li Mengyang complained in his heart, but now this is the case, at this moment, Li Mengyang has made up his mind to educate them well in the future, but now, hey~
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