Chapter 1945： Santo Domingo

On the first night of arriving in Santo Domingo, the investigation team had a good time. That is, the food supply on the island seems tense, and they can only eat sweet potato rice with them. Of course, the gangsters headed by them still ate brown bread.

The Governor of Santo Domingo McCas solemnly told the head of the investigation, Bishop Lugani (bishop of a certain region of the Papal State, not the cardinal). This is what we have saved to prepare to entertain guests ...

The other officers of the investigation team were dumbfounded by Nima! When did ordinary black bread become something to entertain guests?

Then, McCas cried out and opened the nobles, it's really not that we treat you slowly. Rather, something serious happened here last year! There was an indigenous man named Carlos who had learned some cultural knowledge from Spain and also learned to make weapons such as bows and arrows. Then, this restless boy "raised the pole" last year, led thousands of indigenous people to launch a rebellion, and also established a "Carlos Kingdom" (Carlos boy does not know what name to give the country, so simply use Own Spanish name).

Moreover, this year, this guy continues to grow bigger, there are already tens of thousands of indigenous people, and there are tens of thousands of strong men who can play as warriors ...

The members of the investigation team naturally do not believe it. In their view, the tribes with up to a few hundred indigenous peoples are scary for thousands of people. Where are the tens of thousands of soldiers? So, apart from Bishop Lugani, the head of the investigative group who had been ordered by the pope to pretend to be stupid, everyone showed a look of unbelief.

But by the next morning, they had to believe ... because there are thousands of natives outside Santo Domingo Castle, and the number is still increasing ...

Last night, the people sent by McCas killed a dozen people who belonged to the village under Carlos, who was closest to the castle, and angered the indigenous chief Carlos.

So, the next morning, he gathered three or four thousand soldiers in the nearby villages, armed with recurve bows and spears, and surrounded Santo Domingo Castle. Moreover, Carlos also sent manpower to the village head farther to inform, let them also send troops to support ...

Therefore, the members of the investigation team saw the increasing number of Native American warriors outside the Santo Domingo Castle the next day. By the afternoon, there were already seven or eight thousand people ...

The lords of the investigative team who slept a good night last night were terrified when they saw this situation. After all, there are tens of thousands of people. Although there are not tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers outside the city, the number is not much different. Moreover, the formation of the indigenous people is loose, not as concentrated as the European army, and it seems to the layman that there are more than tens of thousands of troops ...

"Isn't it tens of thousands of soldiers?" Bishop Rugani said tremblingly.

Baron Mossen from the Principality of Lorraine frowned and explained

"Not ten thousand, but also close ..."

In any case, Baron Mossen is also a noble. In this era, the nobles were mostly military nobles, and Baron Mossen still had some insights. However, the indigenous soldiers outside the city are too chaotic, and there is no neat formation to calculate. Therefore, Baron Mossen can only estimate that the number of people should be less than 10,000 by experience.

But what happened next made the members of the investigation team desperate to the afternoon, and it seemed that more people came from the distant village and joined the siege.

At more than three in the afternoon, Baron Morson said solemnly

"The number must be over ten thousand ..."

In fact, until the next morning, there were followers coming from afar. McCas secretly observed it with a telescope, and estimated that the total number of people reached more than 14,000.

This is already the largest soldier that the indigenous leader Carlos can mobilize. After all, he has a population of tens of thousands. In order to demonstrate and fight, he mobilized all the men.

At this time, there were only 500 defenders in the Santo Domingo Castle ...

However, Governor of Santo Domingo McCas was not in a hurry. Because, he knew that they had an advantage in weapons. Moreover, when Carlos's indigenous army began to attack at noon the next day, McCas's people smiled and ordered a shattered glass and nails under the city walls ...

Then, the gangsters of the investigation team were surprised to find that the first batch of indigenous soldiers who rushed up jumped back with their feet covered ...

Why? Because the indigenous people do n’t wear clothes or shoes ...

As long as some broken glass and nails are scattered on the ground, the bare feet of the indigenous warriors can be pierced. Therefore, the first wave of attacks by the indigenous people ended in such a way.

But after all, Carlos worked under the Spanish for a few years, and it is not comparable to the ordinary indigenous people. After thinking hard for two days, Carlos finally realized that he sent his men with a broom and went to the city to clean the glass **** and nails ...

Although the soldiers on the city head used a matchlock to desperately shoot the indigenous people who cleaned the glass **** and nails, they were still cleaned a lot. In particular, indigenous people often come to clean up at night.

In this way, two or three days later, the indigenous people finally please sweep the way of the offensive. And in the city, McCas had no extra glass **** and nails to sprinkle.

Of course, McCas did not expect this trick to defeat the enemy. So, continue to prepare for defense on a step-by-step basis.

Aboriginals carried a simple wooden ladder built by Carlos according to their memory, intending to climb the city head and attack. However, they did not see that the cauldron had already been set up on the city head and was steaming ...

This is of course not the stewed "golden juice", but the cooking oil ...

This is also the traditional Chinese way of defending the city and pouring oil down ...

However, this trick is very rare in ancient Europe, why? Because there is no vegetable oil or cheap tung oil in Europe, only expensive olive oil and linseed oil, as well as tallow and goat oil. However, these oils are very expensive, and generally no castle is willing to splash down.

Of course, the defenders of Santo Domingo splashed not expensive olive oil or linseed oil, but cheap whale oil ...

Whale oil is also liquid after boiling. The members of the investigation team such as Rugani were curious that Santo Domingo defended the army with extravagance.

But after approaching, they smelled a fish smell. Obviously, these oils are raw whale oils that haven't been processed much. McCas explained that these are fish oils extracted from nearby fish. Rugani and others didn't know how to do it, so they didn't ask much. Baron Mossen and others who understand the military, because they are inland, do not understand that fish can still produce oil, and they did not ask anything.

Moreover, Baron Mawson doesn't understand how to defend the army. Even if you splash oil, how many can you burn? Isn't this a waste of oil?

But soon, he understood the oil, the main purpose is not to burn people ...

I saw that after the indigenous army hit hundreds of simple wooden ladders on the city walls, the defenders on the city's head scooped up the boiling whale oil with a wooden spoon, and poured it on the first indigenous people who climbed the ladder ... …

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Suddenly, the batch of indigenous warriors who climbed the fastest on the stairs uttered tragic ...

They don't have any armor, only their waists are covered with leaves and other things, basically they are mostly half-fruited. Suddenly splashed with boiling whale oil, it ’s not strange to be miserable ...

But the real trouble came after the first batch of indigenous warriors scalded by boiling oil fell behind. The soldiers in the city continued to scoop up hot oil with a wooden spoon and poured it on the wooden ladder. Then, hundreds of wooden ladders were full of oil ...

This is bad, the indigenous warriors are barefoot anyway. If you wear shoes, there is no problem with oil on the wooden ladder. But no shoes ... stepping on a wooden ladder covered with oil, it is difficult to stand still ...

As a result, the indigenous warriors who climbed the ladder could not help slipping under their feet and fell off the wooden ladder ... Occasionally a few climbed up and were stabbed by the defending army with a spear ...

The investigative team at the city head was dumbfounded, but when the nobles such as Mosen saw it, they first lit up, and then their eyes dimmed again ...

They also saw that McCarthy's defenders were sure that the indigenous people had no shoes. If the indigenous people have non-slip leather shoes, the oil on the ladder does not affect them climbing the ladder. Therefore, pouring oil on the wooden ladder is only suitable for the indigenous people who are not wearing shoes, and is not suitable for use in the European battlefield.

In the case of ordinary Aboriginals, perhaps they can only retreat. After all, this is indeed difficult to understand. However, Carlos was after all a man in a Spanish castle. He thought hard and came up with countermeasures to clean the ladder ...

He sent someone to withdraw the ladder to soak in the river to clean. Although the cleaning was not complete, it was not so greasy. Then, he let the mud smear the greasy ladder. After the sun dried, the ladder did not slip.

After several confrontations, the whale oil in the castle was used up. McCas was also a little nervous, thinking that the indigenous could be eaten up, and the result was cracked twice.

So, next, the two sides began to attack and defensively ...

Fortunately, the defender has a castle as a backing, which can avoid the bow and arrows of the indigenous people. Indigenous warriors, however, have difficulty evading the muskets on the city head.

After a few days, the city was covered with blood ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Most of them were indigenous people, and there were a few unlucky defenders. Several unlucky eggs were accidentally hit by Liu Ya who was shot up by the city. Fortunately, only two people died, and several others were rescued.

After more than ten days of violent attacks by the indigenous army, finally, Carlos found an embarrassing problem and ate up the food ...

Then, the indigenous army had to be disbanded and returned home. The women continued to grow cassava and sweet potatoes. The men went into the mountains to hunt ...

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This is why McCas dared to provoke a fight to frighten the investigation team. The two sides have fought many times before. McCas also knew that the indigenous people's weaknesses were inadequate for food reserves. Just like this siege war, indigenous warriors brought cassava and sweet potatoes from their homes to join the war. After eating, you have to go home to get it, or go hunting and get it. Therefore, the indigenous people simply do not have the ability to siege for a long time.

But what caused McCas to be puzzled when the indigenous people were so manic? Why would you attack for more than ten days? In the past, even if they were stimulated, they would attack at most for a day ... this time, if he still had a hole card in his hand, he would be frightened by the offensive of the indigenous people.

At this time, the investigation team, who was scared for more than ten days, also took the opportunity to propose to continue to investigate on the island of Cuba. As for the island of Haiti, after seeing the brutal siege, several representatives of the investigation team had to admit that the Taino people on the island were indeed barbaric and powerful, and they could not "tame" them without violence ...

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