On the first night of arrival in Santo Domingo, the survey team was doing well. In fact, the food supply on the island seemed to be very tight, so they could only eat sweet potato rice. Of course, the leaders of the leaders still ate black bread.

Governor McCas of Santo Domingo solemnly told Bishop Rugani, the head of the investigation team (the bishop of a certain area of ​​the Pope, not a cardinal) - this is what we saved to specially prepare to entertain guests...

The other officials of the investigation team were stunned - Damn! When did ordinary black bread become something to entertain guests?

Then, McCas cried out - Dear nobles, it's not that we are slow to treat you all. But there was something big here last year! There was an indigenous man named Carlos who learned some cultural knowledge from Spain and learned to make weapons such as bows and arrows. Then, this restless man "risen" last year, leading thousands of indigenous people to launch a rebellion, and also established a "King of Carlos Kingdom" (the young man Carlos didn't know what name to use for the country Mingming, so he simply used his own Spanish name).

Moreover, this year, this guy continues to grow bigger, with tens of thousands of natives under his command, and there are tens of thousands of strong men who can fight as warriors alone...

The members of the investigation team naturally did not believe it. In their opinion, the tribe with a maximum of hundreds of indigenous people was scary, and where did tens of thousands of soldiers come from? Therefore, except for Bishop Rugani, the leader of the investigation team who was ordered by the pope to pretend to be stupid, everyone else showed a look of disbelief.

But by the next morning, they had to believe it... because there were thousands of indigenous peoples outside the castle of Santo Domingo, and the number of people was still increasing...

Last night, the people sent by McCas killed more than a dozen people from the village under Carlos who were closest to the castle, and suddenly angered the indigenous chief Carlos.

So, early the next morning, he gathered three or four thousand men in many nearby villages, holding recurved bows and spears and surrounded the castle of Santo Domingo. Moreover, Carlos also sent people to inform the village chiefs who were far away, asking them to send troops to support them...

So, the members of the investigation team saw that the next day, there were more and more Indian indigenous warriors outside Santo Domingo Castle. By the afternoon, there were already seven or eight thousand people...

The men from the investigation team who had a good night's sleep last night were scared when they saw this situation. After all, there were tens of thousands of people, and they were boundless. Although there were not tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers outside the city, the number was not much different. Moreover, the indigenous people were loose in formation and not as concentrated as the European army. For laymen, they seemed to be more than tens of thousands of troops...

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of soldiers, right?" Bishop Rugani said with trembling teeth.

But Baron Mosen, who came from the Principality of Lorraine, frowned and looked at it, and explained:

"No ten thousand, but it's close..."

In any case, Baron Mosen was also a nobleman. In this era, most of the nobles were military nobles, and Baron Mosen still had this vision. However, the native soldiers outside the city were too chaotic and there was no neat formation to calculate, so Baron Mosen could only use his experience to estimate that the number of people should be less than 10,000.

But the situation that followed made the members of the investigation team despair - in the afternoon, more people seemed to have arrived from distant villages and joined the besieged city.

At around 3:00 p.m., Baron Mosen said solemnly:

"The number of people here must be over 10,000..."

In fact, until the next morning, follow-up people came from afar. McCas secretly observed with a telescope and estimated that the total number of people would reach more than 14,000.

This is the most troops that the indigenous leader Carlos can mobilize. After all, he only has tens of thousands of people under his command. In order to demonstrate and fight, he mobilized all the men.

At this time, there were only 500 defenders in Santo Domingo Castle...

However, McCas, the governor of Santo Domingo, was not in a hurry at all. Because he knew they had an advantage in weapons. Moreover, when Carlos's native army began to attack the next day at noon, McCas's men smiled and ordered to sprinkle glass and nails under the wall...

Then, the bigwigs of the investigation team were surprised to find that the first batch of indigenous soldiers rushed up were jumping back with their feet covered...

Why? Because the natives don’t wear clothes and don’t have shoes...

As long as you sprinkle some broken glass and nails on the ground, you can hurt the barefoot of the indigenous warriors. Therefore, the first wave of attacks by the indigenous people ended in vain.

But Carlos worked under the Spanish for a few years, and was not comparable to ordinary natives. After thinking hard for two days, Carlos finally realized it - so he sent his subordinates to take a broom to clean up the glass slag and nails under the city...

Although the soldiers on the city wall used a convex gun to shoot the natives who swept the glass slag and iron nails, they were still cleaned up a lot. In particular, the natives often came to clean up at night.

In this way, two or three days later, the natives finally asked to sweep the road of attack. In the city, McCas did not have any extra glass slag or iron nails to sprinkle.

Of course, McCas didn't expect this move to defeat the enemy. So, continue to prepare for defense step by step.

The natives carried the simple wooden ladder made by Carlos according to their memories and planned to climb the city to attack. However, they did not see that a big pot had been set up on the city, and it was steaming...

Of course, this is not the foul-stenching "gold juice", but the oil...

This is also the traditional way to defend the city in ancient China - pour boiling oil down...

However, this trick was rare in ancient Europe. Why? Because there was no vegetable oil, no cheap tung oil in Europe, only expensive olive oil and flax oil, as well as butter and lamb oil. However, these oils are very expensive, and generally no castle is willing to pour oil down.

Of course, the defenders of Santo Domingo did not pour expensive olive oil or flax oil, but cheap whale oil...

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After the whale oil is boiled, it is also liquid. Rugani and other members of the investigation team are very curious - the defenders of Santo Domingo were so extravagant, and they actually poured oil...

But as they approached, they smelled a stinking fish. Obviously, these oils were primitive whale oils that had not been processed much. McCas explained that these were fish oils extracted from fish caught nearby. Rugani and others didn't know how to do it, so they didn't ask much. Baron Mosen and others, who knew military, were inland people and didn't know how to produce oil, didn't ask anything.

Moreover, Baron Mosen was very confused about the way the defenders were doing - even if you pour oil, how many can you burn it? Isn't this a waste of oil?

But soon, he realized that the main purpose of this oil is not to burn people...

After the indigenous army knocked hundreds of simple wooden ladders on the city wall, the defenders on the city slowly scooped up boiling whale oil with wooden spoons and splashed them at the indigenous people who climbed the ladder first...

"ah--"

Suddenly, the group of indigenous soldiers who climbed the fastest on the stairs let out a scream...

They don’t have any armor, only their waists are covered by leaves and other things, and they are basically mostly fruity. They are suddenly splashed on the boiling whale oil, which is not bad...

But the real trouble comes later - after the first batch of indigenous soldiers scalded by boiling oil fell, the soldiers on the city continued to scoop up hot oil with wooden spoons and splashed it on the wooden ladder. Then, hundreds of wooden ladders were covered with oil...

It's awful now. The native soldiers are barefoot no matter what. If they wear shoes, it's natural that there is oil on the wooden ladder. But those who don't wear shoes... They can't stand firm when they step on the wooden ladder with oil...

So, the native soldiers who climbed the ladder kept slipping and fell off the wooden ladder... Occasionally, a few of them climbed up were also stabbed by the guards with spears...

The investigation team on the top of the city was stunned, but after seeing the nobles, Mosen and others, their eyes lit up first, and then their eyes dimmed...

They also saw that McCas's defenders were sure that the indigenous people had no shoes. If the indigenous people had anti-slip leather shoes, the oil on the ladder would not affect their climbing the ladder. Therefore, pouring oil on the wooden ladder was only suitable for dealing with indigenous people who were not wearing shoes, and was not suitable for use on the European battlefield.

If it were ordinary indigenous people, they might have to retreat. After all, this is indeed difficult to solve. However, Carlos was a man who had been in the Spanish castle. He thought hard and came up with a countermeasure - cleaning the ladder...

He sent someone to withdraw the ladder and soak it in the river to clean it. Although it was not completely cleaned, it was not so greasy. Then, he asked someone to apply mud to the ladder that was still a little greasy. After the sun was dry, the ladder stopped slipping.

After several confrontations, the whale oil in the castle was used up. McCas was also a little nervous. He thought he could eat the natives, but it was cracked twice.

So, next, the two sides began to launch an offensive and defensive battle with real swords and guns...

Fortunately, the defenders had castles as their support, which could avoid the bows and arrows of the natives. However, the native soldiers could not escape the muskets on the top of the city.

After a few days, the city was covered with blood. Most of them were natives, and there were also a few unlucky defenders. A few unlucky guys were accidentally hit by the Liuya who was shot from the city. Fortunately, only two people died, and the others were rescued.

After the indigenous army attacked for more than ten days, Carlos finally discovered an embarrassing problem - the food was eaten up...

Then, the indigenous army had to disband and go home. The woman continued to grow cassava and sweet potatoes. The man went into the mountains to hunt...

...

This is also the reason why McCas dared to provoke a fight to scare the investigation team. The two sides had fought many times before. McCas also knew the weakness of the natives - insufficient food reserves. Just like this siege, the native soldiers brought cassava and sweet potatoes from their homes to participate in the war. After eating, they had to go home to get it, or go hunting to obtain it. Therefore, the natives had no ability to siege the city for a long time.

But what puzzled McCas was - when did the natives get so manic? Why did they attack for more than ten days? In the past, even if they were stimulated, they would only attack for three or five days at most... This time, if he hadn't had the trump card in his hand, he would have been frightened by the attack of the natives.
Chapter completed!