Chapter six hundred and thirty fifth extermination
"The bow of the ship is thirty degrees left!" As the lookout shouted from the high roof of the ship, the soldiers on the ship immediately turned their heads. When they were in the army, they were asked to learn literacy and math every night, especially some commonly used math knowledge, which every soldier must master. For example, as now, the lookout can point out the direction of the enemy with an angle, and the archers below can immediately find the enemy.
"Swoosh~Swoosh~" With the sound of several bows and arrows breaking through the air, several long arrows shot out like lightning. A native man on the river bank who was about to escape screamed, and two long arrows were shot behind him. One of them was in the center of the back, and he would definitely not be able to survive.
The Dan Gu tribe is mainly agricultural and animal husbandry, but it often goes out to hunt. It is far away from the residence of the Dan Gu tribe. Although there are many preys, it is also very dangerous, so there are not many hunters here. Since Cheng Huailiang and others entered the sphere of influence of the Dan Gu tribe, they only encountered seven or eight hunters, two of which were three or four hunters together, but this time it was a hunter who acted alone.
"It's a little bit wrong. With the level of danger here, it's impossible for the other party to have only one hunter to act alone. It's very likely that they have discovered our whereabouts, so the others went back to report the news!" Liu Kata said with a serious look on his face. He had lived here for several years and naturally had a good understanding of the habits of the natives here.
"This is also an inevitable thing. Notify other ships and move forward with all their might, and ignore the natives found on both sides!" Cheng Huailiang said with a calm expression. Since entering the Dan Gu tribe's sphere of influence, he knew that he would definitely be discovered by local natives in advance, but as long as their speed is fast enough, there is no need to worry about the other party escaping.
Liu Kata's guess was very correct. It was indeed a hunting team of natives who discovered them, and the people from the Dangu tribe also recognized their origins. They all seemed panicked at the moment. However, these hunters who went out were elites in the tribe, so they quickly thought of the best solution, which was to send people to notify the tribe while organizing to harass the fleet's progress so that the tribe could have more time to prepare.
But Huailiang was determined and he knew very well what his goal was this time. Therefore, he didn't even look at the natives who were harassing both sides of the river. Some wives even shot arrows on the boat. Cheng Huailiang did not ask the soldiers to fight back, but instead stood up the baffles on both sides of the boat. This kind of baffles, not to mention the bows and arrows of the natives, even ordinary crossbows were farther away, so he could not even shoot through them.
Seeing the Han soldiers on the ship ignore them, the hunters on both sides of the strait seemed even more anxious. After all, the tribe is their foundation, and there are a large number of women and children in the tribe. If these fierce Han soldiers break in, their tribe will be finished. Therefore, although they know that the arrows are useless, they still shoot in vain.
At this time, the speed of the car and ship also reached the fastest. He went upstream along the Sarawak River and quickly threw the hunters behind him. The other natives he met on the way had no time to stop them, so he could only follow behind and chase them in vain.
Soon, Cheng Huailiang discovered that the forests on both sides of the river had disappeared. What appeared in front of them were piece of rice fields. Although these rice fields were cultivated very primitively. A large number of weeds grew in the fields, they were indeed artificially grown rice. Not far from this rice field, a simple wooden camp stood there.
Seeing the camp in the distance, Cheng Huailiang and the soldiers were both shocked. The hard work of a few days was finally rewarded. Their goal was right in front of them. What made them even happier was that the Dan Gu tribe on the opposite side looked messy. It should have just received the news, but now the resistance force has not been fully organized.
"Dang! Land!" As Cheng Huailiang shouted, the eleven vehicles and ships quickly approached the shore. Before the ship could completely dock, some anxious soldiers jumped into the water deep in the thighs and hiked ashore, and prepared for defense under the command of the lower-level officers. Although in this case, they were unlikely to encounter enemy attacks, fighting was not a joke. Any small negligence could cause the entire army to fall into an abyss that would never be restored. Therefore, Cheng Huailiang would not allow his subordinates to despise their opponents whenever and where.
Although Cheng Huailiang and the others were army members, because Li Yan's territory was mostly on islands, the status of the army was more like that of later Marines. The most trained by them was landing wars. After Cheng Huailiang came to Taiwan, he also made up for this knowledge. Therefore, the 550-man army completed the landing in almost the blink of an eye.
"The whole army obeys the order, all enemies will be killed without mercy!" As Cheng Huailiang's cold order came out, all the soldiers' eyes became extremely cold. They did not know what goal to achieve this mission in advance. However, when Cheng Huailiang said the three words "kill without mercy", they finally knew that they were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were from the Dan Gu tribe were their enemies.
Liu Kata was also shocked by the changes in the army beside him. He had been in the slave hunting team for many years, and there were many people who had killed them. Of course, there was nothing in the world that could scare him. But now, although he knew that Cheng Huailiang and the others were his own people, he still made him feel a little scared. It seemed that the army was the army, and it was not comparable to their slave hunting team.
Under the leadership of Cheng Huailiang, the entire army rushed towards the Dan Gu tribe as fast as possible. Although the Dan Gu tribe had a large number of people, it was just a tribe after all, and there was no standing army at all. When war broke out, they only temporarily recruited middle-aged men from the tribe to participate. Therefore, when they received the news that the Han army took the initiative to attack, the first step was to organize the middle-aged men to resist. However, the news of the Han attack had already made the entire tribe messy and could not organize many people in a short period of time.
It is also for this reason that when Cheng Huailiang and his team rushed into the village of the Dangu tribe, the tribe's heads led a middle-aged man of three or four hundred people to resist. Unfortunately, how could these mobs be opponents of more than five hundred regular army? As soon as they came into contact, Cheng Huailiang and his team were like tigers entering a flock of sheep. The rows of native people in front were cut down to the ground in the blink of an eye. Whether it was equipment or training, the soldiers in Cheng Huailiang's hands were far more than these native people.
"Kill!" Cheng Huailiang held up a large horizontal knife and slashed down at a relatively strong native man in front of him. The other party raised the harpoon in his hand to resist, but unfortunately the wooden fork handle could not stop Cheng Huailiang's powerful and heavy knife. Not only was the harpoon broken by one knife, but he was also chopped into two pieces by Cheng Huailiang from head to toe, and blood and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.
After wiping the blood on his face, Cheng Huailiang's spirit became even more excited. He roared and rushed into the enemy formation again. With great force, he killed several people in a row, which scared the locals around him to retreat continuously, while the soldiers around him were energetic and the chopping and slashing in his hands became even more forceful. In a moment, most of the three or four hundred people led by the tribe leader were killed. All the rest were scared and they ran wildly, without the courage to resist.
The only resistance team was defeated, and Cheng Huailiang and the others were even more unstoppable. Under his command, all the troops were divided into ten teams, each leader was responsible for leading the team, and then they broke into the native villages. Whether they met men or women, as long as they were from the Dangu tribe, they were all massacred.
Don’t blame Cheng Huailiang and the others for being inhumane. For them, what they are facing now is a war. There is no right or wrong on the battlefield. They only know how to obey the orders issued by their superiors. As for whether the order is right or wrong, all this has nothing to do with them.
Among the 3,600 tribes, there were at least five or six hundred young men. Only half of them were organized just now, and most of the remaining ones were hiding in the village. Therefore, during the process of clearing out, Cheng Huailiang and others often encountered raids from these people, and there were casualties from time to time. However, this aroused hatred among the soldiers. They turned into wild beasts that only knew how to kill, and even started setting fires around the village.
The houses of the Dangu tribe are all wood and thatched, so they are easily lit. For a moment, fireworks are everywhere in the village, mixed with screams and wails, looking like hell on earth.
The killing continued from noon to dusk, and during this period, the tribesmen from the Dangu tribe rushed back. Unfortunately, they eventually turned into cold corpses like other natives.
Finally, in the central area of the village, Cheng Huailiang and the others encountered the most intense resistance. Whether it was men or women, they all stood firm like crazy, because behind them was the sacrificial temple of the Dangu tribe and the holy place of faith for the entire tribe. Unfortunately, for Cheng Huailiang and others who were as firm as a rock, the madness of these people only gave them a chance to concentrate annihilate, but also reduced a lot of trouble.
When the last few old priests died under the soldiers' bloody weapons, the entire Dangu tribe was finally wiped out. Although some natives escaped in the chaos, after half a day of fighting, the soldiers were very tired, and the wounded also needed treatment, and these scattered natives could not become a big deal, so Cheng Huailiang and the others were lazy to chase.
Cheng Huailiang led his men to count the casualties of the troops. Among them, only 76 people died in battle, but as many as 237 people were injured. Fortunately, most of them were minor injuries. The drugs brought on the ship should be able to be treated. As for the seriously injured, the medical officer could only try his best to rescue them.
At this time, the sky was completely dark and the village was full of corpses. Cheng Huailiang and the others naturally would not rest here. In addition, the bloody smell here may also attract wild beasts in the jungle, so they finally decided to return to the boat to rest.
Chapter completed!