"General" McJack rode his horse up to the mound where Claude was stationed, jumped off his horse, threw the horse's reins to the orderly next to him, stood at attention in front of Claude and saluted. .
Claude nodded at him and continued to look at the two groups of people meandering on the field in the distance. To the north is the migration team of the Nikancha people. They followed Claude's advice and will head to the mountainous area along the northern coast of the Colonial County of Port Vibato, preparing to rely on the terrain and the weapons and ammunition that Claude lent them on credit. , to resist their subsequent capture by the Kingdom of Hicks.
At the same time, these Nikancha people will also send their armed personnel into the inland colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks, attack those mineral development areas and local towns, rescue their compatriots who are used as slave miners, and strengthen their armed forces. A new uprising broke out in the inland colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks, seizing more territory and looking for opportunities to establish their independent country.
Yes, establish an independent state for the Nikancha people. Last night, Claude accompanied these four Nikancha people to play a big game of chess and successfully drew a big pie for them. And all he paid was the captured weapons and ammunition from a standing regiment of the Kingdom of Hicks. They were not given away for free, but lent to the Nikancha people on credit. After these Nikancha people have established a foothold in the inland colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks, they can repay it with various mineral resources and so on. At that time, they can also continue to receive support from Claude with weapons and ammunition.
McJack and Belklin were also members who later participated in the talks. Claude gave them two tasks. McJack will lead the 131st guerrilla battalion to continue to show off under the Port City of Vibato, creating a large-scale force to return to the city. The illusion of staying in the Vibato Port Colony bought a month for hundreds of thousands of Nikancha people to move north. Belklin will lead nearly a hundred grassroots officers to follow the Nikancha people north into the coastal mountains, where he will set up several defense lines for the Nikancha people and conduct the most basic military training for the Nikancha people's armed forces. , for a period of three months.
The size of this team going south is much smaller than the team of Nikancha people moving north. Except for the two main regiments of the 3rd Panshi Division commanded by General Albert, there was only most of the 1301st Thunder Regiment. However, in addition to hundreds of carts loaded with various trophies, they also had more than 2,000 prisoners of war from the local garrison forces of the Hicks Kingdom. These were the harvest of the sweep of Vibato Colonial County.
In addition, there are nearly 10,000 young and strong Nikancha people following the team southward. Their purpose is to go to the three logistics material bases of the border defense front and transport a piece of equipment that Claude promised to lend them on credit. Hicks' standing corps weapons, ammunition and other military supplies.
Belklin also led a dozen lieutenant-level officers to the mound where Claude was. Claude went over and patted them on the shoulders: "Do you understand your mission?"
Belklin grinned and said: "Of course, boss, don't worry, we can train these Nikancha people to have similar combat effectiveness to the standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom, so that they can fight against the Hicks Kingdom. The more lively they are, the more they experience, and they oppose the Hicks Kingdom's capture of them as slaves. So you are volunteering to help them train soldiers, set up defense lines, and resist the Hicks Kingdom's attack on them.
I hope you will remember that after you go there, except for training the Nikancha people's armed forces, setting up defensive fronts, and helping them plan attacks on those mineral development areas and towns, you are not allowed to interfere in their internal personnel disputes and settlement management. They give you good food and drink, and they even give you women, so you can enjoy these as usual. But you must remember that you are only going to help them temporarily. Don't get entangled too closely with them, lest you won't be able to get away when you come back. Do you understand? "
More than a dozen lieutenant-level officers stood at attention and saluted: "Understood, general."
Claude waved his hand: "Okay, you go, I wish you a safe journey. Lieutenant Colonel Belklin, apart from you, there are a total of ninety-six junior officers on this trip. I hope to follow you back in three months." There are still ninety-six people, no one can be missing.”
Belklin also became serious: "Yes, General, no one is missing!"
Seeing Belklin remounting his horse and driving away with a dozen lieutenant-level officers, Michael Jack finally couldn't help it anymore: "General, do you think those Nikancha people are really reliable?"
Claude sighed softly and asked instead of answering: "What do you think?"
Mike shook his head: "I don't believe them. There is a saying among the residents of the direct territory: Don't believe the sincerity of the Nikancha people. They will swear in front of you and forget all about it when they turn around. They are the least likely to believe them." A nation with credibility and integrity. Now they are asking for help from us, so they keep humble in front of us and be honest and obedient. But if they defeat the Kingdom of Hicks and really establish an independent country, they will definitely regret and agree with us. deal, overturning one’s own commitments”
"You are right, the Nikancha people are indeed not worthy of our trust." Claude nodded: "But they are indeed the only allies we can find now. Help them and support them to become the first concern of the Hicks Kingdom. One goal is the only way to change our strategic disadvantage. You should know very well that the Kingdom of Hicks can fail again and again, and it has a very strong reserve force. But our theater cannot fail even once
If we want to divert the attention of the Kingdom of Hicks to the rebellion of the Nikancha people, then we must first make the Nikancha people stronger, make them a thorn in the side of the Kingdom of Hicks, and use the Kingdom of Hicks to deal with the Nikancha people. On the occasion of the Kancha people's rebellion, they were waiting for an opportunity to annihilate several standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom, which made the Hicks Kingdom feel the pain and had to take the initiative to seek peace talks with the kingdom to end this endless colonial war."
"I understand what you mean, General, but your transfer of so many captured weapons, ammunition and other military supplies to the Nikancha people at one time is a bit excessive. It can easily become a handle for some people in the kingdom to deal with you," Michael said tactfully. persuaded.
"No, Jack, although it is an unspoken rule that every colonial country in Nubisia must abide by not selling muskets and ammunition to the natives of Nubisia, this is not an explicit rule. After all, the Nikancha people are a mixed race. , are descendants of the colonists of the Farea continent and the natives of the Nubisian continent, so they can live around the colonial towns and sell their labor to obtain food and clothing for their families in the towns. Even some experts on the mainland are arguing that the Nikancha people Not counted as the indigenous inhabitants of the Nubisia continent."
Claude pointed at the team of Nikancha people migrating north in the distance: "No one can really prohibit the Nikancha people from obtaining muskets and ammunition. Didn't Kuka say that last night? He had learned from those adventurers before. He privately purchased more than two hundred muskets to protect his Kumanli settlement, and used the muskets to intimidate and annex three neighboring small settlements, becoming the most powerful leader of the Nikancha people on the west coast. He is an ambitious man. The Nikancha people also dreamed of establishing an independent country for the Nikancha people. I just gave him a chance to realize his dream.
Among the settlements of the Nikancha people, they worshiped the evil god called Sunidat. They declared that they were the only Lord of all things, established the kingdom of God on earth, and drove the white colonists out of the Nubisian continent. In the past, this was just a propaganda slogan, but now they have seen a glimmer of hope. If they can occupy the vast inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom, they may really be able to establish an independent Nikancha country in that area. , so I don’t have to worry about them compromising with the Hicks Kingdom and betraying us.
Sometimes I really don't understand whether the people of the Hicks Kingdom were caught in the door, and they actually put the idea on the heads of these Nikancha people, arresting them as slaves and forcing them to work. In fact, they don't need to spend much effort. They only need to pay a little price to feed and clothe the Nikancha people, and have a little money to buy a few bottles of bad wine to get drunk. Then there will be enough Nikancha people. The young and strong laborers went to work in their mines. Just like those mining developers in the overseas territories of our kingdom, some Nikancha miners go down to the mines to dig and make a living from it.
Perhaps it can only be said that the nobles and mine owners of the Hicks Kingdom are too greedy. I heard that they used to arrest the real indigenous Etat people to mine, but the resistance of the Etat people became more and more serious. , everyone knows that the Nikancha people’s favorite thing to do is to pick up rags, so it’s none of our business that they obtain these weapons, ammunition and other military supplies that we gave up. Do we still have to return these weapons and ammunition to the Hicks? ? It would be better to fall into the hands of the Nikancha people and use it to resist the capture of them by the Hicks Kingdom than to obtain these military supplies and use them against us."
McJack was speechless. Claude's words showed that he was very thoughtful and even found excuses to shirk responsibility. Last night Claude refused to allow Kuka, the leader of the Nikancha people, to keep his beautiful daughter, the so-called saint Emmo of the Sunidat cult, by his side because he did not want others to capture him. Take control of yourself. Even the three logistics bases that stocked the weapons and ammunition of the Hicks Kingdom's standing army and other military supplies also explained to them that they had to wait for the soldiers guarding the Thunder Division to evacuate before allowing the young Nikancha people to move to the warehouses. .
"Don't think too much." Claude patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder: "It's not a big deal for us that the Nikancha people have musket ammunition. They don't have a gunpowder production workshop or a gun repair workshop. They and Hick The more lively the fight in the Kingdom of Sri Lanka becomes, the more inseparable it is from our support. A musket without ammunition is not as lethal as a spear, and the loss of muskets in the war will be very large. They cannot repair them and can only rely on us to provide them. They provide support supplies.
Therefore, if the Nikancha people want to obtain weapons and ammunition from us, they must pay a price. They indeed have little money now, but their wealth can be robbed from the colonial mining owners and local towns in the Kingdom of Hicks. The more ferocious they make, the more property they obtain, the greater the support they receive from us, the more the Kingdom of Hicks will care about them.
Compared with our overseas territorial war zones, the Hicks King will only think about quelling the rebellion of these Nikancha people first, otherwise the nobles of their kingdom who have suffered losses in the inland colonies will not let them go. "
Now that Claude had made up his mind, Michael had nothing else to say. He nodded: "General, go back. I will hold off the defenders of Vibato Port here for a month. I will decide." We will not let them come out and disrupt our plans and arrangements.”
Claude patted him on the shoulder: "There are some things that require more thinking. There is no need to go to Vibato Port City every day. As long as we control a few key locations, we can deal with the troops sent by Vibato Port City. The reconnaissance cavalry carried out an ambush, and if more of them came out than returned, the defenders would naturally think that our large force was still nearby. In addition, you should choose a camp at night and do not stay in the big camp to avoid being attacked by the enemy. "
"Huh? General, what do you mean by choosing another camp?" Michael was stunned.
"It's very simple. If the defenders of Vibato Port send a light cavalry team out to conduct reconnaissance, they will not be able to hide it from you and will not be able to escape your pursuit. But if they send one or two people dressed as civilians to sneak out in the middle of the night, then you will be able to sneak out even during the day. If you meet one of them, you will not take it seriously. At most, you can threaten him and let him go. In this case, the news that the empty battalion and the large army have left will reach the ears of the defenders of Vibato Port, knowing that you only have one battalion. With your strength, the enemy is likely to send several regiments of troops to attack you.
So don’t stay in the big camp at night, and find a place to camp in a dangerous and secluded place. If the enemy finds that the camp is empty, they will definitely send out troops to conduct reconnaissance. At this time, you have to concentrate your forces to launch a surprise attack on one of the enemies. As long as you can severely damage the enemy, then the enemy will think that the empty camp is our conspiracy to lure them out of the city. I believe that the enemy will definitely gather their forces again to maintain the defense. The city of Bato Port City is tightly guarded and will never attack easily again. "
Claude's words suddenly made Michael realize: "I understand, general, please don't worry, I will definitely keep the enemy's garrison in the city for another month."