"Okay, Your Excellency, Commander." The adjutant took the order and left.
Several Fuso sergeants heard that the commander wanted someone, so they quickly found ropes and carefully tied the girl up.
The movements suddenly became gentle, for fear of scratching the girl's white and tender skin.
The commander has a good vision. These white girls are the most beautiful at this tender age.
Su Ting looked at the girl in front of him and smiled strangely. He was not in the Renaissance Army now, so what else should he be afraid of?
Their security team is a group of hungry ghosts crawling out of hell, bringing the fire of hell to burn this world.
"Let everyone restrain themselves. Today we will camp in this small town, kill ten bulls, prepare dinner, and prepare both light and dark sentries. This is the territory of the people of the country. If you don't want to die, be careful." Su Ting said to his men.
The person ordered.
Then he rode his horse straight towards the two-story building in the middle of the town.
The members of the security team began to get busy under Su Ting's order.
Some people kill cattle. These cattle are captured along the way and serve as their mobile rations.
Some cows can also help carry supplies. That's why Su Ting gave priority to eating the restless bulls.
Some people collect the food collected from the small town. The main items stored here are wheat and flour. A small team of Fuso people are making noodles to eat with beef soup later.
Others went to the entrances and exits at both ends of the town to set up sentry posts.
After all, Su Ting is from the regular army. Apart from military discipline, he manages his security team as a regular army.
In terms of training and marching deployment, he followed the requirements of the Renaissance Army.
"In addition, you go gather those women and take them with you later. Don't let those rubbish kill them. These women will still be useful to us in the future." Su Ting added.
"I understand, Commander." The adjutant took the order and left. Su Ting lifted the girl onto the horse and slapped the struggling girl on the butt. The girl finally stopped.
Su Ting smiled and walked forward.
This is already the fifth town, or village, they have captured. In addition, they have also captured more than twenty ranches.
Almost thousands of white colonists were wiped out.
The pastures here are generally very large, with a radius of dozens or hundreds of kilometers belonging to one person.
There are usually dozens to hundreds of workers in a ranch.
Most of these people hold guns and are very fierce in fighting.
Almost every pasture requires half a day of work. Even so, there is no guarantee that it will be completely wiped out.
Because those people didn't rush forward to die, and there were no one who knew how many people hid in the valleys and woods along the way.
So whenever Su Ting and his men camped, he was very careful, for fear of being attacked by these people.
That's the thing, it always happens when you least want it to happen.
In the city of Sydney on the southeast coast, Governor John Young has been a little anxious these days.
Bright has not been found for so many days. The liaison personnel sent out have also lost contact.
It was the distress news from the northwest that came first.
"Your Majesty the Governor, there is a yellow army coming from the northwest. There are several thousand people."
"What, so many, it seems that Bright is in danger." John Yang said with a frown.
"People in the small towns in the west are running towards Sydney after receiving the news. They request the Governor's Mansion to send reinforcements to exterminate that group of people," the secretary said.
"Support? If we can't recruit volunteers, how can we support them? The Renaissance Army's warships are cruising outside the port right now, and they might land soon." John Yang said with some aura.
"Governor, I think we can make this news public, and at the same time we can announce that Mr. Bright is missing. In this way, they should find a new leader. I hope they will make a wise decision in the face of such a crisis."
the secretary said.
"Listening to what you said, we still have to thank these Chinese. If they didn't press harder, I wouldn't be able to do anything here."
Soon, news spread in Sydney that a group of yellow troops were approaching Sydney from the north.
Farms and small towns along the way were burned to death by them. This is a group of devils.
In addition, the respectable Mr. Bright took people to the north to investigate the situation. Now he has disappeared. It is suspected that he was attacked by this yellow army.
As soon as the news came out, the whole city fell into panic.
New South Wales, which was once extremely safe, has now become a desperate place.
While this matter was fermenting, John Young organized a meeting of the colonial parliament.
"Gentlemen, New South Wales has reached its most dangerous time. The navy of the Renaissance Army has controlled our outer seas. You can go to the port and see for yourself. The Renaissance Army warships outside the port are showing off their power. There is no ship now.
We can leave. No one can come to save us. The only one who can save us is ourselves."
John Young was referring to the Nanyang Navy. After the Nanyang Navy defeated the only remaining Japanese fleet in the Pacific, it left some warships cruising off the coast of Sydney to block the New South Wales colony from the outside world.
However, at this time, the Nanyang Navy was almost reaching its limit and could only blockade the waters off Sydney. It was impossible for them to launch an attack.
There are only a few light cruisers left, and they are purely sail-powered.
All the remaining warships went north to Xinhua Island for supplies, and then returned north for repairs.
Many ships have to come in for maintenance.
The reason why these battleships are left behind is to wait for the first fleet to arrive and then make a handover.
They have recently made a clear study of the hydrological conditions here.
When the first fleet comes over, there is no need to mess around, and the landing operation can be launched directly.
The protection of Sydney Harbor is not very strong. Because there were no enemies here at all, not even pirates.
John Young looked at the expressions of the congressmen sitting around and continued: "We are now in a desperate situation. Either we will be killed by these infidels, or we can unite and drive them out."
"Pa bang bang..." The sound of applause sounded.
John Yang was overjoyed, it was done!
It seems that these people are not stupid enough to take money rather than their lives.
"Gentlemen, I hope that New South Wales will enter a state of war from now on, and that all factories will be converted to the production of weapons and rations. All men, pick up your guns, and let us drive away these bandits under the guidance of God."
John Young succeeded, and the colonial parliament passed a resolution to raise one million pounds to the Government House and agreed to John Young's recruitment of 100,000 volunteers.
This is the limit of the entire colony.
In fact, John Young may not necessarily be able to recruit so many people, because the population here is too scattered, and the number of volunteers that can be recruited around Sydney is only 50,000 at most.
In addition, weapons for so many people are also a big problem.
After all, the location here is relatively remote, and ordinary people only have muzzle-loading guns in their hands.
In a short period of time, he could not obtain so many breech-loading guns to equip his troops.
The real problems began to test John Young.
What he has to face is not only the organization and training of the army, but also the shortage of supplies.
But the enemy was approaching, and he had to do something.
The first order is to let all residents west of the Greater Blue Mountains move eastward.
John Young wanted to build a strong and clear country to resist the enemies coming from the interior.
In addition, by consolidating the walls and clearing the country, he can gather more supplies in Sydney. In this way, he may be able to hold on longer.
However, this was not an easy task. He had to send people to remind him from farm to farm. This was too inefficient.
Will Su Ting give them this time?
Second order: John Young sent more than a thousand soldiers to Fort Parker in the Greater Blue Mountains.
This is a military fortress located on a mountain. Originally it was just a military camp, with more than a hundred standing soldiers stationed there.
The Greater Blue Mountains are the last natural barrier to the west of Sydney.
Now John Young is preparing to turn this place into the western defense line of Sydney City.
According to intelligence, only more than 3,000 enemy troops came this time. But who knows how many more enemy troops will come from the north later.
John Young was short of information. He didn't know how these Chinese managed the north. But he knew that these people had been operating on Xinhua Island in the north of New South Wales for several years.
Therefore, it is very likely that the other side will continue to send troops from the north.
His only chance was to hold on to the city of Sydney and wait for naval support.
We must beware of enemy landings from the sea and attacks on land.
John Young knew that the coming battle would be very difficult.
The initiative seems to be in the hands of the enemy.
"Baker, how many troops do we have at our disposal now?" John asked the assistant beside him.
"Your Majesty the Governor, we currently have a total of 2,500 standing troops, of which 500 are stationed at Fort Parker and 500 are stationed in Melbourne. In addition, the volunteers have recruited 10,000 people and 2,000 are in Parker.
Fort, 3,000 troops are in Melbourne, and the remaining 5,000 volunteers and 1,500 standing troops are stationed in Sydney." said the assistant.
For John Young, the most lacking thing at this time is time. As long as there is enough time, he will have enough troops in his hands.
His third order was to send an army to contain or destroy the Chinese army that broke into their rear.
But since the opponent has 3,000 men, he must send at least 3,000 men and be equipped with similar breech-loading guns.
But now Sydney only has about 6,500 troops. What if the enemy suddenly comes from the sea at this time?
By the way, the parliament has just agreed to conscription, so the number of volunteers will soon be replenished.
Therefore, we can use this time gap to send out soldiers first, and then quickly fill the gap through recruitment.
"Baker, go and call Major Nelson." John ordered.
"Yes, Governor."
Soon a tall young officer with brown curly hair, fair face, but thin lips arrived at the Governor's Mansion.
"Major Nelson, you're here." John poured a glass of rum to Major Nelson and greeted him.
"Thank you, Mr. Governor, do you have any mission?" Major Nelson said directly. He was not a person accustomed to small talk. As a nobleman, there was no need for him to curry favor with Governor John.
"There is indeed a mission. We have just received news that a group of bandits have broken into the rear of New South Wales. These people have faces from the East. I want you to lead troops to eliminate them and escort the people there to move to Sydney.
." John Young said.
Major Nelson felt that what the Governor said was a bit vague, so he asked: "Are these people the Renaissance Army?"
When mentioning the Chinese army, these Koreans naturally thought of the Renaissance Army, but Governor John did not use the term Renaissance Army just now.
"According to our intelligence, they are not the Renaissance Army. These people are wearing black uniforms and there are some Annamites inside. I think they are just mercenaries of a certain colonial company. If I am not mistaken, these people came from the north.
Came from Xinhua Island."
"Then how many troops can the Governor assign to me?" Nelson felt a little relieved.
The Renaissance Army's combat effectiveness is well-known, but if it is just a mercenary army, he is still confident that it can defeat the opponent.
"Three thousand people. I can only take away 3,000 people for you. In addition, I will ask Melbourne to send more than a thousand people to the north. You can join these more than a thousand people and then attack those people, or you can not wait for them.
, it all depends on your own judgment.”
"Okay, Your Excellency Governor, it's settled, but I want the batch of breech-loading guns in the warehouse, and give me five more army field guns." Nelson agreed, but added an additional condition.
"Okay, I agree to your conditions." John was not stingy. Although he did lack weapons here, he understood that Major Nelson was going to fight the enemy in the field and was obviously more dependent on weapons.
John Young did not give Major Nelson much time to prepare. He ordered Nelson to set off in two days.
Otherwise, the people scattered in the west will die in unknown numbers, and when the time comes, where will he recruit troops from?
At this time, an army of more than 3,000 people was marching on the almost dry river bed of the Lachlan River, 250 kilometers west of Sydney.
The reason why they want to move along the river valley is because the white people's farms and ranches are located along both sides of the river. These are their goals.
On the other hand, he had more than 5,000 war horses and a large number of cattle and sheep, which were the rations for their march. These living rations required the rich water and grass in the river valley.
It is now the junction of winter and spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and the weather is not hot, with the average temperature only being in the teens.
The soldiers of the security group wear black cotton and linen blended coats. This kind of cloth is very thick, and each of them also has an khaki cloak, which can be used to wrap themselves up when riding.
Su Ting was very cautious when marching, and almost arranged cavalry on both sides for reconnaissance.
Because all of them were mules and horses, they moved very quickly.
Even so, people still bite them from time to time like flies.
The night they camped in the town, they were attacked by hundreds of gunmen.
Most of these people were people who slipped through the ranches that the security group had attacked before, and now they are here to take revenge.
Although Su Ting had already taken precautions, he did not let these people take advantage.
But in this case, the soldiers of the security group will always be very nervous and will be very tired.