Abraham was aware of the small movements that Canada was making in the vast western region.
He knew that Canada's expansion must be curbed.
Therefore, on the recommendation of Commander-in-Chief McClellan, Colonel Collins, a graduate of the Army Academy, was sent here to serve as commander.
Of the two thousand garrison here, one thousand are professional soldiers brought by Collins from the east, and the other thousand are volunteers recruited locally.
Recruiting volunteers in such a desolate western region is not an easy task.
These tough cowboys are unruly and there are fights almost every day in the military camp.
Before a war breaks out, the number of troops has already been reduced by one hundred and eighty.
Eventually Collins had to separate the cowboys and manage them individually.
Collins' main defense direction was the Army of Kansas to the south.
Because a full-scale war broke out between the North and the South.
All Northern Army forces in the Nebraska area have been withdrawn.
What is now southern Minnesota is nominally occupied by the Army of Kansas.
Therefore, the main direction of Collins' defense was the grasslands in the south.
He set up outposts along the main routes leading to the southern steppes.
To prepare for a surprise attack from the Kansas Army.
Collins has many ferries ready at the dock location.
The purpose is to evacuate the people to the other side of the river at a critical moment.
But now a group of thousands of Yin Di'an people has taken control of the ferry here.
The Comanches did not understand such tactics.
But those military advisers sent by Canada knew nothing else.
They want to attack Neling Castle, which is aimed at the ferry here.
In the North, there were not many white people west of the Mississippi River.
Neiling Castle was the largest gathering point, with only a few thousand people.
Pulling out these sporadic strongholds will not be able to shake the foundation of the white people here.
Therefore, in order for the Comanches to achieve their strategic goals, they had to reach the east coast.
The Great Lakes region where Wisconsin is located is the most important white settlement in the West.
When you enter Wisconsin, you are actually not far from a big city like Chicago.
After the battle for the town began, Colonel Collins heard that the attackers were Yintians.
So he immediately led the army to attack from the military camp.
His army marched in the night.
Fortunately, the military camp is not far from the town.
When they came to the open space outside the military camp.
Soldiers could already see raging fires burning in the town.
The Comanches went from house to house to exterminate white people.
When faced with fierce resistance, they will not hesitate to set the house on fire.
Almost all the houses here are made of wood. An important industry in Neringburg is the logging industry.
There are towering trees on both sides of the upper reaches of the Mississippi River.
Loggers sorted the felled trees into city-standard logs and then transported them via the river to Nellingburg and St. Paul across the river for further processing.
So the wood here is very cheap.
Moreover, this place is located in the north, where winters are cold, so wooden houses are convenient for keeping warm, and people are accustomed to living in wooden houses.
It was summer at this time, and the southeast wind blew loudly.
Many people in small towns were driven out by the fire.
They took up their muskets and resisted.
But the residents armed with old-fashioned muskets were no match for the powerful Comanche warriors.
Collins ran at the front of the line.
The infantry array under his command was in chaos.
The local volunteers were already running towards the town impatiently.
Completely ignoring the entire march.
Colonel Collins tried to restrain the men, but to no avail.
"The people in this town are our family, not yours, you sons of bitches from the east." Some soldiers openly shouted at Collins.
Collins had no choice but to order the march to speed up.
It was midnight now, although the moonlight was in the sky, allowing them to see the outline of the road.
But the entire march has been completely disrupted.
If nothing else happens, an accident will happen at this time.
Intensive gunshots rang out from the tall grass and bushes on both sides of the road.
Six thousand Comanche troops, more than five thousand Comanche warriors, lay in ambush on both sides of the road.
They used their rifles to shoot at the scattered white marching groups on the road.
"Bang bang bang..." Fierce gunfire sounded.
The screams of white soldiers sounded one after another on the road.
"Don't panic, get down, get down quickly, fight back, fight back." Collins lay on the ground, waving the revolver in his hand, shooting at the grass on the side of the road, and shouting loudly to his soldiers.
The combat qualities of the Union Army soldiers are barely adequate.
In the dark night, facing the sneak attack of the Yin Di'an people, they did not collapse.
The thousand federal regular troops brought by Collins immediately lay down on both sides of the road to reduce the probability of being hit.
The remaining local volunteers were full of energy. When they heard that they were being attacked by the Yin Di'an people, they all rushed forward.
They fired at the grass and rushed towards the grass with their rifles raised.
"Come on, kill all these damn Yin Di'an people, they are just a bunch of rats hiding in the grass." A volunteer army officer shouted loudly, not caring about coordination and deployment.
Soon after these white volunteers entered the grass, they fought with the Yintian people.
The Yin Di'an people have more than twice the number of troops, so they are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat.
During the first round of ambush, at least several hundred white soldiers were knocked to the ground.
Now that he sees that the other party is not in trouble, he even fights back.
The warlike Yin Di'an people naturally had no reason to back down.
Especially the warlike Comanches, who would not stop charging until they fought to the last man.
"Uluru..." The Yintian people like to make a terrifying roar when charging to scare the enemy.
In the dark night, such a sound is like a ghost crying and a wolf howling.
The battle instantly became intense. The Yin Di'an people's fighting cooperation was not as strong as those of the white soldiers.
But what they are holding now are rifles.
The moment the two sides approached, Yin Di'an pulled the trigger, and then charged forward with his bayonet drawn.
Reinforcements were blocked, and there was no one to organize the resistance of the white people in the city.
They can only rely on their own houses to resist.
Such resistance would not have much effect on the organized Yin Di'an people.
When the white people attacked the Yin Di'an, they also used their own institutions to eliminate the scattered Yin Di'an people.
Now the situation is reversed.
By three or four o'clock in the morning, the fighting on the west bank of the Mississippi River was basically over.
The Comanches didn't need to think about prisoners.
They don't even need to deal with their own wounded.
Those who were seriously injured would end themselves, while those who were lightly injured would ride back to find the priest to deal with their injuries.
The Yin Di'an people actually suffered a lot of casualties. They suffered a lot of Yin Di'an casualties when they attacked the town and ambush the federal army.
In the end, the total number exceeded a thousand people.
In fact, there would not have been that many casualties originally. Liu Kun had long discovered that the bravery of these Comanches during the battle caused them to suffer some unnecessary casualties.
But these habits cannot be changed after a short period of training.
"Captain Niuwei, hurry up and get the soldiers on the boat. Our enemies are all on the other side of the river. We need to take advantage of the fact that St. Paul on the other side doesn't react. That will be a great achievement." Zhao Kun found Niuwei.
This guy rushed to the front line with his soldiers, killing everyone in the town.
This is absolutely not allowed in the Renaissance Army.
Officers above the middle camp level of the Renaissance Army cannot participate in the charge.
Liu Kun knew he couldn't waste any more time.
The city of St. Paul is only separated by a river from Nellingburg, and the straight-line distance is less than ten kilometers.
Now the fire is raging in the sky, and the situation here will soon be discovered.
If the enemy arrives at the river crossing in advance to set up defenses, their plan to cross the river will be ruined.
"Well, Kun, we are about to set off. This time our Ushio Thousand Team will be the first to reach the other side." Ushio laughed and adjusted his pants.
Ushio's thousand-man team rushed the fastest and suffered the most casualties.
So far, the number of the entire thousand-man team has been reduced by one-third.
But every soldier is still full of blood and morale.
Just because they are always the ones at the front.
This is a very high honor for the entire Thousand People Team.
From forming teams for these Comanches to producing captains for the tournament.
The model set up by the staff took full consideration of the Comanche warriors' pursuit of honor.
This model can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of Comanche warriors.
Soon all the remaining six to seven hundred people from the Ushio Thousand Corps boarded the ferry.
With Liu Kun's help, the ferry rowed southeast.
Yin Di'an people generally know how to operate boats.
The boat rowed in the dark, and its direction was difficult to discern.
Fortunately, a guide was prepared before the attack. Otherwise, these people would not dare to cross the river in the dark.
At this time, the city of Sao Paulo could already see the flashing firelight in the northwest.
St. Paul's commander sent five scouts across the river to survey the situation.
These scouts successfully detected the situation.
And go back and report the situation as quickly as possible.
But this back and forth took a lot of time.
He also missed the best time to block the attack.
If the commander of St. Paul had sent soldiers to block the ferry at the first opportunity, Ushio and the others would not be able to land.
Because it is located in an inland area, there is a military fortress like Neilingbao to the west.
Therefore, there are no protective facilities on the ferry on the St. Paul side of the east coast.
During the night, only a few dozen soldiers were stationed at the ferry.
When the Ushio Thousand Troops landed, the soldiers guarding the port also discovered them in advance.
But after all, the number of people is too small.
The fearless Comanche warriors rushed to the ferry dock with bullets in hand.
This group of soldiers was quickly eliminated.
Zhao Kun then assisted Ushio in getting more than 600 soldiers to use the warehouse on the ferry terminal to set up blocking positions.
The next fierce battle will begin here.
After St. Paul's garrison received their reward, they began to gather their troops and rush towards the dock.
Many white soldiers were awakened from their sleep.
They cursed and ran, shouldering their rifles.
St. Paul is not in a forward position, so there is only one infantry regiment with more than 1,500 soldiers.
These soldiers rushed to the ferry terminal angrily, and were caught off guard.
Ushio's thousand-man team had just been deployed, and then they spotted white soldiers rushing towards the dock.
Liu Kun's head was sweating.
These Comanche warriors began to attack the pastures west of Fort Nelling during the day yesterday, and attacked the town of Fort Nelling at night. Then they began to cross the river.
I haven't had any rest until now.
But Liu Kun found that these people were still very willing to fight.
The casualties of their comrades did not have much impact on them.
On the contrary, it inspired their fighting spirit.
"Ushio, restrain your men and don't let them take the lead. We just need to hold the dock. When the subsequent troops land, we will win." Liu Kun saw several small teams rushing towards the enemy.
Then he fell down in a shootout with St. Paul's army.
Liu Kun knew that if he continued to attack like this.
The five or six hundred people here are no match for the other party.
Once the other party occupies the dock position.
Then the subsequent landing of troops will be a problem.
If the opponent has more artillery.
Then these soldiers may be perished on the rapid river.
Ushio and the others only know how to attack and kill the enemy. They don't know that blocking the enemy is more important than simply killing the enemy.
"Hide them all. As long as these white men are not allowed to approach the dock, we will win." After all, Ushio was selected and has a smarter mind than ordinary soldiers.
He immediately understood what Liu Kun meant.
Ushio's words still apply, he was selected through a competition.
No one in the entire thousand-man team is his opponent. Everyone respects him.
After all, the St. Paul Infantry Regiment rushing from the opposite side was two or three times as large as this one.
They were approaching the dock at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zhao Kun was anxious, but Niu Wei was not worried at all.
When he felt that the enemy was approaching, he simply led his soldiers up to fight the white men in hand-to-hand combat.
The battle between the two sides gradually heated up.
Under the cover of darkness, it is impossible to see each other at a distance.
The soldiers could only rely on vague shadows to determine the enemy's location.
Shooting basically relies on blindfolding, and there is no accuracy at all.
Now Ushio could see the bright bayonets on the rifles of those white soldiers.
"Kill!" Finally the distance between the two sides reached the point where they had to attack.
Liu Kun also pulled out his pistol, hid behind a bunker, and shot at the enemies rushing toward him.
Ushio's decision to attack now is the right one.
Because the enemy has penetrated into the dock.
He looked back towards the river, but there was still no ferry docking.
Subsequent reinforcements have not yet appeared.
It seems that I may have to stay here and be buried with him this time.
The entire dock was filled with white soldiers.
Although they lost a lot of men during the attack, Ushio's thousand-man team had even fewer men left.
The battlefield was basically a few white soldiers besieging a Comanche.
Oxtail threw his rifle and killed a white soldier.
He picked up a corpse on the ground and pushed three white soldiers sideways.
Then he twitched the short knife at his waist and wiped it on the opponent's neck.