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, were sitting down before the host and the guests, 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. area. Despite the small number of Apaches in the Great Plains, they were the dominant force in the southern part of the Great Plains. The French did 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 nomads. Now there are so many bison in North America that the Apaches and the Great Soviets simply cannot eat them all. There would be no need for grazing.
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 people 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 scope 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 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 Mongolians and women, good friends of the Han people. Real people are almost there...
How can the Mongols, Jurchens, and other people 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 were sitting across from Marquis Marina now looked extremely difficult to deal with, and they were all fierce men. In particular, the leader of the "Mad Cow" was short and stocky, with a fleshy face, a brown-red face, a hooked nose, and a pair of triangular eyes, which emitted bursts of fierce light.
Several followers of "Mad Cow" are also warriors of 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!
Apparently the Plains Apaches were good light cavalry...if they were numerous 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 Crazy Horse's chieftain and the Marquis de Marinet, 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 fear the devil from the west." Refers to people from the west coast of North America)...As long as we have 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, and they are in danger of extinction! If they cannot be found in time The Apaches cannot survive without the help of the great Sun King. Please show mercy and save the Apaches!"
The Apaches are so pitiful! They are all going to be extinct...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 provide? Can the Apache warriors in the Rocky Mountains be as good as your Apaches from the plains?" Get up and protect Chief Louis?”
If Chief Louis hears this (of course he has to understand it), I wonder if he will shoot this profiteer?
Chief Crazy Horse also frowned. He was a bit biased and not 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 provide muskets!"
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 only a few hundred muskets, and neither gunpowder nor bullets are enough."
"Where are the horses? Does everyone have a horse?" Marquis Marina asked.
"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, and of course they are willing to fight with the Sun King's army... But they also need the French arms."
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," Count Frontenac laughed. "The Rocky Mountains are not easy to pass...According to reliable intelligence, they just established a road composed of farms in the mountains. The fort line was very difficult to maintain the momentum of the eastward advance.
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 was not easy for the people who farmed to cross the Rocky Mountains... They had to farm one station at a time. And farming is not something you can do by just opening your mouth, it requires a lot of investment. Moreover, before a certain level of development is completed, the garrison base still needs supplies from agriculturally developed areas, or relies 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 a large number of settled immigrants need a large amount of supplies from the rear before they can be self-sufficient. 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 provide 1,000 matchlock guns and enough Ammunition, and 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 warriors, 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 provide a lot of muskets, and is also willing to provide a batch of very powerful bows, arrows and swords... .In addition, he also invited the Soviet Union to protect Chief Louis."
Chief Crazy Horse nodded: "Okay, then let's protect Chief Louis together..."
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