Fifty kilometers north of Wichita is the Kansas River.
The Kansas River and the Arkansas River jointly nourish the Kansas area.
The abundant water resources allow the Kansas area, which was originally located in the North American prairie zone, to develop a large number of plantations even if there is not much rainfall. Other places far away from the rivers can also be turned into pastures.
The vast area between Wichita and the Kansas River was a densely populated area with plantations.
It was also a place frequented by Yankee mercenaries.
They usually formed a team of forty or fifty people, riding horses and wandering around looking for opportunities. Sometimes they would attack lone southerners, and sometimes they would test the reality of those plantations.
If the defense of any plantation is slightly weak, they will call more teams to attack this plantation.
The fighting had become quite cruel at this point. The southerners began to spend money to buy the heads of the northerners.
Just like when Americans bought Indian scalps.
When northerners captured southerners' plantations, they would burn them to the ground, killing whites and taking away blacks and the wealth accumulated on the plantations.
The fight continued to escalate with bloody killings.
These men rarely fought in line formations. They preferred to carry a loaded rifle on either side of the saddle.
If they encountered scattered southerners, they would surround them with horses and capture them, or shoot them to death.
Only when attacking the manor, they would dismount and form scattered formations to attack the enemies in the manor.
Here you will often see two groups of people shooting at each other across the fence. On one side they are armed by the southern slave owners, and on the other side they are armed by the northern liberals.
The people on both sides looked the same. Most of them did not have uniforms. Only the armed belts on their bodies and the small cowhide bags containing ammunition on their waists told people that they were armed personnel.
After the baptism of the Civil War, the American military began to gradually become regularized.
"Commander, we found a campsite ahead, where a group of northern mercenaries are camping. There are forty-eight people." A member of the team exploring the front came back and reported.
It was now ten o'clock in the evening, and Wall was preparing to go back with the exploration team.
Unexpectedly, I met a group of mercenaries sent by the northerners here.
It really feels like enemies are on a narrow road. It seems that this group of people must be eaten, otherwise they will be sorry for this fate.
Wall came out this time with only a squadron of men and horses. However, they were all one person and two horses. These people were the best horsemen in the army, so they did not have to worry about being caught by the enemy.
If he encounters a large group of enemies, it will be easy for Wall to escape.
Moreover, here in Kansas there are endless plains, so there is no need to worry about enemy ambush and encirclement.
"Okay, send two teams to take a detour to the east to intercept their way. The others will dismount and sneak over quietly." Hua Er made a simple deployment.
Most of the squadron under Wall are veterans. They can understand how to do it without going into details.
Because they are very familiar with such sieges.
Lurking and approaching is also a necessary subject in the Renaissance Army. This clearly reflects the difference between the regular army and the amateur army.
The regular army will train a complete set of tactical actions. But mercenaries like these northerners have not received much tactical training from the regular army.
They just practice shooting by themselves in normal times. In their opinion, as long as they become more proficient in shooting, it will be fine.
They believe that only guns are their most loyal partners on the battlefield.
In fact, in a real battlefield, you not only need to kill the enemy. You also need to learn to protect yourself. Killing the enemy requires more than just guns.
How to protect yourself and kill the enemy with maximum efficiency is the most important thing.
More than eighty members of the Yangtze River Security Guards crawled forward slowly on their knees, their rifles already loaded with bullets held in their right hands.
They practice this crawling movement almost every day.
Here in Kansas there are flat grasslands everywhere, not even patches of woods. If you want to lurk close to the enemy, you can only crawl forward in this way and make use of the dense grass everywhere.
After all, Wall was the commander and did not participate in this attack.
This time, Yangtze Security only hopes to capture a few prisoners and take them back. Understand the number of these northerners, their dispatch patterns, and their troop deployment.
The place where this northern team camped was an open space beside a small river.
But there is only open space within a dozen meters of the river.
Everything else is covered with withered turf.
It is winter now. Although Kansas is relatively south, the temperature is still close to zero and the grass and trees are basically withered.
This grass color is most suitable for concealment in the khaki military uniforms of the security team.
There are four soldiers on the northern side who are on guard. They are holding guns and paying careful attention to the surrounding situation.
The forces here are intertwined with those of the southerners, but they are still more vigilant.
Although they are not regular troops, they still know the most basic security work.
"Paul, did you hear anything?" a vigilant northern mercenary asked the man next to him.
"Oh, really? Martin, are you hearing hallucinations?" the mercenary named Paul said jokingly.
"Look, there aren't even any mounds of dirt around here. You don't think the enemy will come from underground, do you?"
"No, Paul, I feel like there is something in the grass in the distance. Listen... there seems to be a salsa sound."
"Oh, come on, Martin, maybe it's a mouse or a rabbit. You don't think it's those southerners crawling over, do you? Do you think they would lie down in the grass full of mosquitoes like this?"
While the two of them were chatting about whether there was anyone in the grass.
Dozens of guns have been aimed here.
The members of Yangtze Security still used muzzle-loading guns. Therefore, they did not shoot all the enemies in the first wave of attacks.
In the first wave of attacks, only the thirty or so people in front were attacked. They had already targeted the enemies in front of them.
"Bang bang bang..." Several northern mercenaries standing there on guard were the first to be shot and fell to the ground.
More than a dozen of the mercenaries who were sitting there to rest were shot. The suddenness of the first wave of shooting instantly caused this group of northern mercenaries to lose a quarter of their combat effectiveness.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A dozen iron lumps with wooden handles flew over from the grass.
The northern mercenaries, who had just recovered and were about to find a place to hide, were disrupted by a wave of explosions.
The mercenaries who were originally looking for a place to hide were blown away and were sent running around.
They were able to handle musket fire skillfully, but they had never encountered such an explosion.
"Charge!" the squadron leader who led the team ordered, and the team members rushed forward with guns in hand, including those who had already fired bullets.
Their guns were already equipped with bayonets.
Rush forward at this time, while the enemy is in chaos. Bayonets are sometimes more useful than bullets.
In the distance, Wall was lying on a tall black walnut tree, holding a telescope and watching his team members in action through the firelight of the camp.
Wall was very satisfied with the tactical actions of his team members. He had nothing to fault. After all, they were all veterans.
He also spent two years in the American military academy. Although he did not graduate, he still knows a lot about the American military.
The tactical training of the Renaissance Army is more than one level higher than that of the current US Army.
The enemies on the opposite side are just militiamen at best.
"It's better to pull him out and practice more, otherwise the methods of killing will become unfamiliar."
Seeing that the battle in the distance had not ended for a quarter of an hour, Wall said with some displeasure.
The most important aspect of mercenary operations is efficiency. They do not have long-term strategic goals, but focus on completing short-term combat goals.
As the last dozen or so northern mercenaries were forced to surrender by the intercepting team members behind them, this small encounter came to an end.
Forty of the enemy were eliminated and ten were captured. The Yangtze River security team members suffered five casualties.
Everyone has psychological expectations that there will be casualties on our side. After all, the weapons of both sides are actually similar.
Wall and several guards rode towards the battlefield. The battle was over at this time. The team members were cleaning the battlefield. The enemy's horses, weapons, belongings and equipment were all the objects they collected.
Like other soldiers in the Fuxing Army, most of the members of the Yangtze Security Army come from poor families.
Their income, apart from military pay, comes from these seizures. According to regulations, half of the seizures belong to the company, and the rest is distributed to the team members who participated in the war at a discounted price.
"Captain Wang, order the soldiers to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible. Let's take the prisoners back quickly. There may be other northern mercenaries around here." Hua'er ordered the squadron leader who led the team.
"Yes, Commander." The captain quickly went to make arrangements.
At this time, Wall turned his attention to the ten prisoners.
"What state are you from?" Wall asked with a smile.
Several people on the opposite side looked at him in unison. Their eyes were full of resentment.
Wall immediately understood that the other party must have recognized his Massachusetts accent.
Massachusetts was a free state in the north. Now Wall was helping the slave owners in the south fight the northerners.
No wonder these people's expressions suddenly changed after hearing what Hua Er said?
"Hey, guys, don't be like this. You are prisoners now. A head is worth fifty dollars to the farmers in the south! If you are like this, I have to consider whether to send you in alive or in death.
Well." Wall said coldly.
Only then did a few people look away, but they still turned their heads and ignored Hua Er.
In their eyes, Wall had become a traitor to the northerners.
Wall didn't care either. They had dedicated people in their team to do things like interrogating intelligence.
It was not his turn as a commander to take action himself.
He came over to ask questions purely out of curiosity.
"Okay, then come to our place to rest for a few days, everyone. Those southerners probably won't kill the prisoners, but they may send you to breed with those black people, hahahahaha." Wall laughed.
"Bah, you northern traitor, bastard!" a white prisoner spat.
"Man, everyone is here for the money, no one is more noble than anyone else."
"Those liberals really want to liberate black people, forget it, man! Don't tell you that you like black people. They just lack cheap workers in factories. Since it's all about money, what else is there to say? Who gave the price?
Let whoever is the best do it." Hua Er didn't know where the interest came from and taught these people a lesson.
The man thought that after saying so much, Wall was not prepared to do anything to him.
Unexpectedly, Wall then said: "I'm sorry, although your saliva didn't spit on me just now, it made me feel sick. So, you are only worth fifty dollars now."
Wall glanced at the soldier guarding the prisoner next to him.
Then three soldiers pulled the man aside.
A soldier who specializes in harvesting human heads came over carrying a machete.
The team members have all experienced the Manchu rule and are all too familiar with things like beheading.
The two team members took the white man more than ten meters away. The man's arms were tied behind his back and he hunched over when moving.
Two team members grabbed the man's arms and forced him to kneel to the ground.
The soldier carrying a big sword came over immediately, raised the knife and dropped it with very skillful movements, which could be said to be done in one go.
Beheadings and shootings shock people differently.
Wall smelled the smell of urine, and one of the prisoners with his head lowered was trembling there.
Well, the purpose of shock has been achieved. Wall is warming up for the upcoming interrogation.
The other teams were very jealous that Yangtze Security had achieved military success so quickly.
In order to encourage everyone, Mr. Dodge specially wrapped a big red envelope of 5,000 US dollars for Yangtze Security. This is far more than the compensation that Yangtze Security should receive.
Mr. Bush, the mercenary leader from Texas, is the most unconvinced.
I saw Wall standing proudly on the stage.
I don't know why, but Bush felt very unhappy.
On the way, they deliberately provoked the Yangtze River security personnel.
Bush wants to create a conflict to defeat these yellow people and make them retreat.
However, I didn't expect that Gehuaer was so cowardly that he didn't fall for the trap.
Now, the other party actually gets the credit one step ahead of us.
Isn’t this a naked demonstration against oneself?
This is the territory of those slave owners. Bush can no longer directly attack the Yangtze River security personnel.
Therefore, if you want to defeat them, you must get more credit.
Yes, more credit, where can I get more credit?
Since these slaves want heads, then let's go find heads.
Anyway, as long as it belongs to a white man, who can tell whether it belongs to a mercenary or not?
Bush seems to have thought of a way to surpass Yangtze River Security in this murderous race.
Wall did not expect that their unintentional move would instantly escalate the war between the North and the South.
The war, which was originally limited to armed men, began to spread to civilians.
The war even broke through Kansas and spread to surrounding areas.
Because Kansas is in the center of the United States, this war was like putting a poison in the heart of the United States.
The breath of war spreads around along the blood vessels.
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