Chapter 82: Enter Indian Village

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Confiscated more than 400 muskets from Bolivian forces, and more than 1,000 Chinese cavalry turned around and walked back, passing by Indian villages attacked by Bolivian soldiers halfway.
The wooden fence used by the Indians for defense was completely destroyed. Hundreds of wounded were lying behind the fence. Fortunately, the uninjured Indians walked back and forth to take care of the injured tribe.
More than one thousand Chinese cavalry brought more shock than four hundred or five hundred Bolivian soldiers, and the Indians behind the fence gathered vigilantly to prepare for a possible battle.
明 Li Mingyuan sent two cavalrymen to explain the intention to the Indian with a weapon.
I waited until the two Chinese cavalry approached the Indian village, and Benadi, who led the young and middle-aged vigilantes, recognized the two Chinese cavalry. They were foreigners who traded with the clan yesterday.
Benardi motioned for the tribe to lower their bows and arrows, not to be nervous, to bring two Chinese cavalry closer.
One of the two cavalry understood the language of the Aymara people. He showed the goodwill of the Chinese troops to the Indians behind the wooden fence and conveyed that Li Mingyuan wanted to invite their patriarch to meet.
Bernardi asked the two cavalry to wait outside the fence. He ran to the back and told the old patriarch.
"Do you believe they drove the Bolivian soldiers away?" After listening to Bernardi's introduction, the old patriarch was somewhat skeptical.
"What they said should be true. I saw seven or eight horse-drawn carriages in front of the cavalry, and they were full of muskets."
The old patriarch nodded slightly, and most of them believed the Chinese troops' statement.
时 When the Bolivian soldiers came to attack, they took away the carriages that the Aymaras placed outside the village, and the carriages in the hands of the troops outside should be the trophies they took from the Bolivian soldiers.
"Benaldi, go back and care for the clan, I will meet their leader outside," the old clan ordered.
"Matriarch, let me accompany you together. With me around, I can protect your safety."
"No, if they want to be against us, they can send troops to attack the village, and they won't catch me." The old patriarch waved his hand and refused.
The old patriarch made a lot of sense. After the Indian village was attacked by Bolivian soldiers, the defense fence and the young people in the tribe suffered heavy losses. If the Chinese troops were hostile to them, they only needed one round of cavalry to attack the Indian village. The remaining Indians No threat to Chinese cavalry.
He ordered that the affairs of the village be completed. The old patriarch took the two elderly people to meet Li Mingyuan.
The old Indian patriarch carried a wooden staff, walked to Li Mingyuan, and bowed down and saluted: "Friends from afar, thank you for helping me to save my people. The Aymara people will always remember your kindness."
听 After listening to the translation, Li Mingyuan jumped off the war horse and laughed: "The Han people are peace-loving nations. In the face of unfair things, we will not let go."
明 Li Mingyuan has a mild manner, and the surrounding Chinese cavalry has not shown a domineering attitude. The old patriarch is much more relaxed and no longer worried that the Chinese will be unfavorable to them.
Li Mingyuan said a few words to the elder patriarch with the help of a translator, and then pointed to a carriageway: "We are here today to be friends with the Aymara people, and the muskets on the three carriages over there are for Aima Pulling gifts. "
There are approximately 150 muskets on the three carriages, equipped with sufficient ammunition, which can greatly enhance the defense capabilities of Indian villages.
Zhao Erlang acted as an interpreter and told Li Mingyuan's words to the old patriarch. The old patriarch took Li Mingyuan's hand excitedly and murmured for a few minutes. Without Zhao Erlang's translation, Li Mingyuan also knew that the old Indian patriarch said something of gratitude. Li Mingyuan slowly let go of the old patriarch's hand and smiled, "These muskets already belong to the Aymara people. The patriarch can let the warriors in the tribe carry them to the village."
The old Patriarch was excited and greeted the two Indian old men. The two immediately walked backwards, then the fence was removed, and more than a hundred Indians were neatly lined up on both sides.
At this time, Zhao Erlang reminded out loud: "Shizi, they are welcome to visit the village."
In response to possible hostilities by the Bolivian army, Li Mingyuan made a special trip to the Aymara village and developed a good relationship with them as potential allies in the future.
The Chinese troops contacted the Aymara twice before and after. This time not only helped them drive away the invaders but also gave them more than 150 muskets as gifts. The Chinese troops made a series of goodwill and won The friendship of the Aymara people, so they are at ease and welcome the Chinese troops into their village.
明 Li Mingyuan had most of the cavalry stationed outside the village. He brought more than a hundred cavalry himself and followed the old patriarch into the village.
The Aymara village was built along the valley. At the narrowest part of the valley, a fence of 70 to 80 meters was built as a fortification to isolate the village in the valley from the outside.
Different from the traditional Chinese wooden architecture, the Aymara residence is a small circular building made of clay and bricks. The entire building has only one door opening, similar to a cave dwelling on the Loess Plateau in China.
Walking in the doorway, two or two Indian children showed their heads and stared curiously at the foreigners riding high horses outside.
I asked the Indian patriarch around him. Li Mingyuan learned from his mouth that the Indians lived in a building called Chulpa, which could not only withstand the severe weather on the plateau, but also used to cover the dead's burial chamber.
However, with the centuries of European colonial rule, the Aymara people gradually abandoned the practice of burying the dead in Chulp, and transferred to Burial.
He walked to the center of the village, and there were more than a hundred injured Indians sitting in the open space, and there were eighty or ninety corpses beside it.
明 Li Mingyuan ordered the accompanying cavalry to dismount and slow down into the injured Indian.
"Old Patriarch, I have Langzhong in my army, and I can ask them to help heal the injured Aymara."
The injured Aymara simply treated the bandages with herbs. Li Mingyuan couldn't stand it and offered to ask the Chinese Langzhong to help heal.
The old patriarch has not seen the effect of the Chinese Lang in treating the disease, but from the excellent weapons and equipment of the Chinese cavalry, it can be seen that the Chinese civilization is not worse than that of white people. The priests are much better, so in order to make the people recover faster, the old patriarch promised to let the Chinese Langzhong treat the wounded.
Among the three Chinese men who set off with the army, one of them was an old man selected from the Ming Dynasty's surviving village. Two of the Chinese men did not understand the Aymara language. They first followed the old man to help the wounded clean up the wound, and then After treating seven or eight wounded, they dispersed before dressing up wounds on the other wounded.
The old patriarch followed Langzhong and asked the injured Indians a few times from time to time. After the wounded responded to the wound, the discomfort eased a lot, and the old patriarch was slightly relieved.
The Chinese man Langzhong has been busy for more than an hour ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Bandaging and treating nearly half of the wounded, at this time, an 11-year-old Indian boy suddenly ran to Langzhong and pointed anxiously,
Zhonglang followed the boy to the edge of the open space and saw an Indian with an injured right abdomen lying on the ground. His face was pale, and the beads of sweat kept falling from his forehead because of pain.
Qilang quickly took out the medicine box he carried, took out the hemostatic medicine, and then threw away the rags on the wound, first cleaned the wound with a lotion, and then carefully applied the medicine.
The situation of the Tatar Indians is not optimistic. After treating the wound, the sweat on his head continued to drip, and his face became paler and paler. Lang Zhong reluctantly shook his head to the elder patriarch inquiring, indicating that the wounded could not survive.
The wounded Indian realized that he was going to die, but he suffered severe pain and did not hum. Although he didn't have much strength, he still raised his right hand, held the boy's hand, and looked at him with perseverance. Child.
The old patriarch lowered his head and said a few words to him, his hand was slowly lowered, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then his eyes were slowly closed.
The Indian boy shook his father's hand and cried for a while, then shouted "Baddu" (meaning of death.)
His face returned to peace, kneeling in front of the body and whispering.
The Aymara people believe in the sun Indy. They believe that in the human body, there are two souls. Once a person dies, the first soul flies into the distance and enters heaven.
The second soul gathers all the good and evil causes and effects of the flesh and stays near the place where the deceased lives.
Because of the serious injuries, a total of 15 Indian wounded died.
In the afternoon, the Indians held a traditional funeral for the deceased, and then buried the deceased in the place where they had fought before the village, letting their second soul guard the village.