Chapter 44: The Island of Manhattan
Fortunately, it was these Indians who provided clues to the Wenda Heavenly Master, who followed the bison to migrate across the American continent and were very familiar with geography.
Combined with the vague information in Wen Fei's hands, he gradually found the source of the Hudson River.
The road will not be easy, and you will encounter a powerful Iroquois tribal alliance. And Wen Fei led his own Feiyun tribe to avoid the territory of the Iroquois as much as possible. At this time, Wenda Heavenly Master didn't want to conflict with these tribes!
Of course, this Hudson River is also called the New Han River by the Wenda Heavenly Master, a madman who changed his name.
It's as if a large part of Quebec was occupied by the French, and it was called New France. And this place occupied by the English is called New England.
Even the original New York was called New Amsterdam by the Dutch. Of course, in the hands of the British, it was called New Yorkshire......
Now that Master Wen has passed all the way, it is naturally impossible to hand over those naming rights to those foreigners. Naturally, he had to be filled with all the marks of his old man, although he was incompetent. But after learning from these foreigners to name Fangshi, New York has been named New Hangzhou......
In short, when the Great Celestial Master of Wen finally brought his powerful tribe to New Hangzhou with great difficulty.
But I found that the most essential piece, about the place of Manhattan in later life, has been occupied by the Dutch. A port city was even built!
And not far away, there lives a tribe of Indians, the Lenapes. The tribe lived a life of men hunting and women plowing the fields, and from time to time with a curious eye. Looking at the strange people on that island.
When the Great Heavenly Master Wen came close with his own army. All the Dutch were stupefied. He pulled up the drawbridge early, lowered the city gate, and watched the huge army here with vigilance.
And the people of Lenape were even more frightened, and they didn't know when such a powerful tribe migrated around here.
Unlike the pure hunting tribes of the Flying Cloud Tribe, the people of Lenape did have men hunting and women farming. They even go to the sea to fish!
They are a large tribe because of farming. This allows them to feed a larger population than they could by hunting alone.
There were five, six, or seven people in this tribe, and the adult warriors alone could gather three or four thousand.
"Woo ......"
Seeing the arrival of the powerful tribe led by Wen Fei, the entire Lenape people were on alert. It's just that it seems that their men have gone out to hunt, and there are not many people in the whole tribe who can fight. There were only seven or eight hundred people, and they were all strong women.
Even so. The brave tribe still sounded the trumpet. Soon, a well-built Indian beauty rode a war horse and galloped in front of Master Wen: "Outsiders, what are you here for?"
Wen Fei smiled slightly, looking at this indigenous beauty riding on a horse, with beautiful muscles and wheat-colored healthy skin. He smiled, "Hello." We're not here to fight you!"
The Flying Clouds were supposed to belong to a branch of the Iroquois, not the same as the Algonquin branch of the Lenapes. There are also great differences in language, but the language problem is for the Wenda Heavenly Master. It's never been a problem!
Although Master Wen expressed kindness, the huntress's eyes still widened. Watch them warily. He said, "Who are you, and why did you come to our Lenape territory?"
Wen Fei said lightly: "That's because we have a grudge against those white ghosts, so we are here to take revenge!"
"Have a grudge against those white ghosts?" The fierce and beautiful huntress looked at Wen Fei more vigilantly: "No, we Lenapes don't allow it." This is the resting place of our ancestors, and we must not alarm them!"
"Woman, don't be ashamed. A thousand elders behind Wen Fei shouted, "Why can those white ghosts live in your land?
The huntress held back her anger: "They bought the wasteland. ”
Master Wen had long known that these Dutch had bought Manhattan Island for about 60 guilders, which was equivalent to 1,000 dollars five hundred years later.
And after making neighbors with these white ghosts, after about forty years, there are less than two hundred of these Lenapes left......
Wen Fei couldn't hold back the feeling of ridicule, and said lightly: "What we want in the Feiyun Department has never been obtained by words. But with the sword, if you want to fall in front of us, as an enemy of our Flying Cloud Division. Then you should, no, your tribe should be ready!"
"Roar ......" As soon as Wen Fei's words came out, the soldiers around him who heard it all excitedly drew their swords and roared angrily in the sky.
Although the Feiyun warriors behind them couldn't hear what was said in front of them, they were extremely high-spirited, and they also drew their swords and roared.
The warhorse under the beautiful huntress was frightened, and the man rose to his feet, almost throwing the fierce, elegant cheetah-like woman off her horse.
Fortunately, she was able to ride well and quickly soothed the war horse. When he looked at Feiyun again, he was already full of fear: "You can't beat those people, they are on the island, and they have built a castle ......"
"That's not what you should care about!" Wen Fei smiled slightly, and pointed to Manhattan Island in the future: "Before dark, give me this place." I'm going to call this island Parrot Island!"
"Roar......" the warriors of the Feiyun Tribes cheered and roared. Like a flood coming out of the gates, it rushed towards the new Amsterdam of the Dutch.
Although it is by the sea, this Manhattan Island, not Parrot Island, is surrounded by the East River, the Hudson River and the Harlem River.
Wen Fei gave an order, and a large number of Feiyun Warriors roared and rushed over.
But the Dutch on the island were not very afraid, and by this time their maritime supremacy had already declined. Even this important stronghold on the North American continent is not very large.
But they have a natural barrier, and the surrounding river is a natural moat.
If these poor Indians were going to cross the sea with their ridiculous canoes, the Dutch warships would not mind a single sortie, knock over all the canoes, and send these poor fellows into the water to feed the fish.
But an amazing scene happened, right by the river, on the originally empty sea, suddenly a big ship of about fifty meters appeared out of thin air.
The ship was so strange that it didn't look like any other ship of our time. There are not even sails, God, such a big ship, without sails, is it trying to be rowed by manpower?
The Dutch, who were watching the city of New Amsterdam, were stunned one by one, and one of the guys who looked through the telescope suddenly shouted in a shrill voice: "Hell, hell." The ship is made of iron, cast of steel......"
"No way, how could a man build such a ship?"
This time, the poor Dutchmen were dumbfounded, and watched as the ship suddenly blew its whistle and made a loud noise, and slowly sailed towards Parrot Island.
"Hell, don't let them ashore, or we'll all be doomed......"
"Send our ship to ......"
Amidst the chaotic shouts, the poor warship parked in the port of New Amsterdam could not muster the courage to fight with such a steel monster.
You must know the tactics of naval warfare in this era, although the artillery is powerful. But at sea, bumpy and moving at high speed, it is simply impossible to solve the opponent with shells.
What really determines the victory or defeat of the sea is the collision or the broadside battle. And one only has to look at the appearance of this steel ship to be able to imagine how unwise it would be to collide with it.
As for the broadside battle...... As long as you look at the guy above who is full of dense eyes like copper bells, and has a machete and axe in his hand that is ready to cut people at any time, you should know how ridiculous this idea is.
What's more, this steel warship came out of thin air, and it must not be an ordinary ship. It must be a magic ship, just like the three legendary pirate ships, it must be the creation of dark magic!
It was in the panic of these Dutchmen that the ship had already docked. One by one, the Indian warriors finally stepped on the solid ground with their big weak feet, screamed, and pounced on New Amsterdam......
As a result, it was not until the first warriors rushed to the city walls. The Dutch have already hoisted the white flag over the city!
It was only at this time that Master Wen was slightly relieved. The adventure was a success!
In fact, he's just an empty shelf here. This fishing boat was borrowed by him from Muzi Island, but fortunately, the automation of modern ships is extremely high, and he only needs to drive such a boat.
If the Dutch really sent warships to intercept it, Wenda Heavenly Master really didn't know what to do for a while.
You know, there are no weapons on this fishing boat. The Dutch could have smashed the ship with cannonballs.
After all, it's just a fishing boat, even if it's a steel hull, but it's still a fishing boat.
As long as the warriors were brought to Parrot Island, most of the battle had been successful.
After all, the name New Amsterdam is imposing, but it is only a small port that has just been developed. The castle is not as impregnable as Quebec.
But even Quebec was breached by the Great Celestial Master, let alone this small castle.
The current new Amsterdam is just a few hundred people. Now they are all prisoners under the command of the Great Celestial Master!
When the governor here, Peter Minuit, tried to stand up straight, came to Wen Fei, raised his head vigorously, and made himself more decent. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the www.biquge.info of Qidian to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian to read. )9