Inside the wooden city walls of New Rome, the Marquis of Marina, who had come all the way, and one and several followers who came from the Apache tribe in the plains, sat down as the host and the guests sat down, and began to look at each other with curious eyes.

The Apaches mainly lived in the southern part of the Rocky Mountains and the deserts and plains in the northeastern part of the Kingdom of New Spain, which later became Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Judea, and Colorado in the United States. Only a few lived in the Great Plains.

Although there are not many Apaches in the Great Plains, they are the dominant force in the southern part of the Great Plains. The French do not dare to provoke them at all!

Because these Apaches, like the Great Soviets, are not a farming people, but a hunting people similar to nomadic people. Now there are a lot of bison in North America. With the Apaches, the Great Soviets cannot eat them all, so there will be no

Grazing is necessary.

Therefore, the way of life of the Apaches and the Soviets was to hunt in tribal units, not following water and grass, but following the backs of bison.

After the arrival of European colonists, the Apaches and the Soviets quickly obtained horses from the West, and quickly learned to ride and raise horses, becoming a horseback nation like the Mongols.

In addition, they also obtained some iron weapons and even gunpowder weapons from European colonists, and learned to make bows and arrows.

Horses, iron weapons, and bows and arrows greatly expanded the range of activities of the Apaches and Soviets, allowing them to hunt more bison, thereby feeding a large population and establishing a huge tribal alliance.

Moreover, the Apaches and Soviets, who had a large number of horses, could also quickly gather a large number of warriors!

By the second half of the 17th century, apart from not herding cattle and sheep (they could herd horses and actually mastering the herding skill), the Apaches and the Soviets also lived a lifestyle similar to that of the Han people's good friends, the Mongols and women.

Real people are almost there

How can the Mongols, Jurchens, and others living in the deserts, grasslands, and forests in the north of China be easy to mess with?

The leader named "Mad Bull" and several of his followers who are sitting opposite the Marquis of Marina now look extremely difficult to deal with. They are all fierce men. Especially the big leader "Mad Bull", who is born with

He is short and stocky, with a fleshy face, a brown-red face, a hooked nose, and a pair of triangular eyes, which emit bursts of fierce light.

Several followers of the "Mad Cow" are also warriors from the Apache tribe of the plains. They all carry flintlock pistols and sabers in their waists, and there are very obvious signs of wear on the wooden handles and handles of the pistols.

Know how to use it regularly.

Before entering the wooden house where the two parties met, the battle-hardened Marquis Marina went out of his way to see the horses ridden by the "Crazy Horse" leader and his entourage, and found that the horses were equipped with saddles and stirrups, but no horseshoes.

In addition, quivers and javelins were hung on the saddles of the Indian horses!

Obviously, the Plains Apaches were good light cavalry. If their numbers were large enough, the Sun King wouldn't have to worry about the Chinese on the west coast.

Because the entire Great Plains will be occupied by these Indian nomads!

A French fur trader named Pierre was the liaison between the chief Crazy Horse and the Marquis de Marina, and was also the translator.

Chief Crazy Horse spoke first and said to Pierre in Apache, "Tell this curly old white man that with our Apache warriors here, he and Chief Louis don't have to be afraid of the devil from the west."

As long as the people from the west coast of North America give us enough muskets, gunpowder and bullets, we can kill them all!"

"Honorable Marquis," the fur trader nodded, turned around and began to translate with a smile on his face, speaking in French that Chief Crazy Horse could not understand at all, "my friend, Chief Crazy Horse of the Plains Apaches"

The purpose of coming to New Rome is to ask for help from you and the great Sun King. The demons from the west have penetrated deep into the northern and central parts of the Rocky Mountains. They are facing the danger of extinction! If they cannot get the help of the great Sun King in time,

Without help, the Apaches will not be able to survive. Please show mercy and save the Apaches!"

The Apaches are so pitiful! They are going to be exterminated. Marquis Marina frowned and asked quickly, "Excuse me, how many warriors can the Plains Apaches send out? Will other Apache tribes fight together with the Plains Apaches?"

The fur trader then conveyed the Marquis's words to Chief Crazy Horse, "Chief, Old Curly, how many Apache warriors can you have? Can the Apache warriors in the Rocky Mountains and your plains Apaches come together to protect you?"

Chief Louis?”

If Chief Louis heard this, I wonder if he would shoot this profiteer?

Chief Crazy Horse also frowned. He was a bit biased and wasn't very good at math. I wonder what the number is bigger than 100?

"We have many warriors, more than 100!" the chief said. "The Apaches in the west will also fight with us, as long as Chief Louis can use the musket!"

The fur profiteer turned to the Marquis of Marina and said, "Marquis, the chief said that his tribe can dispatch 5,000 warriors (5,000 is more than 100!), but there are only a few hundred muskets, and the gunpowder and bullets are not enough."

"Where are the horses? Does everyone have a horse?" asked the Marquis of Marina.

"Everyone has a horse!" the fur profiteer was very sure. "In addition, the Apache tribe in the west also needs the protection of the Sun King. Of course, they are willing to fight with the Sun King's army, but they also need French weapons."

Marquis Marriner looked back at Count Frontenac, "Count, how many Chinese are marching eastward? Can 5,000 Apache warriors defeat them?"

"There are not many Chinese going eastward," Earl Frontenac said with a smile. "The Rocky Mountains are not easy to pass. According to reliable intelligence, they just established a fortress line consisting of farms in the mountains. It is very difficult.

to maintain the momentum of eastward march.

In fact, the main threat we face on the Great Plains is not the Chinese, but the Apaches and the Soviets!"

"Why do you say that?" Marquis Marriner asked.

"Because the Chinese are farmers, while the Apaches and Soviets are nomads!"

This is obvious!

It is not easy for the people who farm to cross the Rocky Mountains. They have to farm one station at a time. And farming cannot be done by just opening your mouth. It requires a lot of investment. Moreover, the farming strongholds cannot be completed before a certain degree of development.

They need supplies from areas with developed agriculture or rely on hunting to obtain food.

Therefore, it is impossible for the United States of New Zealand to send enough immigrants to the Great Plains at once. If they did send them, not only would it not be a threat, but it would be an opportunity to annihilate them.

Because before a large number of settled immigrants can be self-sufficient, they need a large amount of supplies from the rear. As long as the supply lines are interrupted for various reasons, these immigrants will be dead.

But the nomadic nomads are different!

Think about the scene when tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of armed Apaches besieged New Rome!

"Since the Plains Apaches can dispatch 5,000 people, we don't need other Apaches." Marquis Marina said, "If the Apaches are willing to fight for us, then we can have 1,000 matchlock guns and enough ammunition."

, you can also give them a batch of crossbows and swords.

In addition, we will send about 1,000 army troops and invite the Soviet Union to fight with them. There will be more than 12,000 fully armed soldiers, enough to defeat the demons from the West!"

The fur profiteer turned around and translated Marquis Marina's words into Apache: "Great Chief, Old Curly has agreed to a lot of muskets, and is also willing to provide a group of very powerful bows, arrows and swords. In addition, he also invited the Great Soviet Union

Let’s protect Chief Louis together.”
Chapter completed!