Crossing the Mississippi River to the west, in fact, it is not all plains of Yimapingchuan. Only in the range of more than 100 kilometers west of the Mihe River are plains and grasslands. In the past this distance, you can start endless hills. Up.

Of course, the height of such hills is not very high, the high hills are only two to three hundred meters, and most of the hills are about one hundred and ten meters.

But even in such low hills, if the army wants to walk, it is impossible for the army to directly climb over these hills. The army also needs to find a flat ground between several hills to march.

Moreover, rivers of this kind are indispensable in these hills. Although these rivers are not as wide as the Mi River, they also brought a lot of difficulties to the march.

Therefore, the soldiers of the first division who set off from the logistics camp, before seeing the enemy, the most difficult thing is the soldiers of the engineer battalion.

Although it's hard to talk about opening up the road in the mountains, it is necessary to build a bridge when it meets the water.

The army is advancing at an average speed of 30 kilometers a day in the area where the hills and plains alternate, and the forward scouts spread out for a full ten kilometers to provide reconnaissance for the front and the left and right sides of the army.

After walking in this way for five full days, the height of the hills ahead began to increase a lot. In fact, the soldiers of the First Division have now arrived in the Mark Twain National Forest of later generations.

This area with an area of ​​6,000 square kilometers is the only hilly area in the Central Great Plain. Turning over this hilly area and then to the west, it is a plain area that is thousands of kilometers wide. But it was this hilly area that stood in front of the First Division.

How to go? It is obviously not good to climb directly. Although it is not a mountainous area, the height of the hills is generally more than 150 meters. Jumping over this area will undoubtedly bring great physical loss to the soldiers.

However, it is obviously not a good way to bypass this area, because that would require a full two to three hundred kilometers.

The only way is to find the valley or river valley in this high hilly area, and then proceed along the valley and river channel.

There are dozens of guides in the first division, all of whom are Missourians who are familiar with the local environment.

Don't think that the Indians of this era are all loyal people who don't need anything for the tribe. Among the North American Indians of this era, there will still be a lot of "Indian traitors"...

Like these dozens of guys who served as guides for the First Division, they took the initiative to seek refuge in the First Division to survive or for a better life.

Of course, the First Division will not reuse these guys. Their role is to lead the way and do translations. As for other things, these guides absolutely cannot do it.

But even so, these guides had a great time under the big fish and meat every day. Perhaps in their eyes, what tribe, what tribe, and what Ossaki people are far less powerful than being able to eat safely and steadily every day.

So these guides are very dedicated to lead the way.

It's like when one of the guys saw this high hilly area, he took the initiative to say a road that almost traverses this high hilly area.

Kuaima didn't know if what this guy said was true or false, but after asking more than a dozen guides, and all of them said that there was indeed such a valley through this high hilly area, Kuaima believed it.

In fact, the valley mentioned by the guide was the valley passed by the famous National Highway No. 60 in the later generations of the United States. Along this valley, you can directly reach Springfield, the important southwestern town of Missouri. And if you can get here, then it's not far from the core area of ​​the Ozark.

But the guide also said that there are many Osages or Missourians living in this valley. He doesn't know whether those Missourians who fled from the eastern plains will gather here and then use the terrain to block them. Soldiers of the First Division.

For Kuai Ma, as long as it can be verified that this path can be taken, everything is OK. What if the Osages gathered everyone they could find on both sides of the road?

Is the weapon of the first division really vegetarian?

What a big deal, just push it straight all the way!

Kuaima is not arrogant, but real strength gives him the most powerful confidence!

Can an elephant care if there are a hundred rabbits blocking the road?

Therefore, after a day of repairing, the army straightened out and strode forward along the road pointed by the guide. Of course, the scouts will still be released a few kilometers away, and these sharpest guys riding the fastest horses will have a clear picture of the situation ahead.

Sure enough, after walking for two days, the scout in front brought back a news that made Kuai Ma extremely excited.

"Master, there is a dangerous place about four kilometers ahead, where a large number of enemies have gathered, roughly estimated to be no less than 50,000!" Bobcat said with a sharp glance. Although he was the elder of Kuai Ma, he was the leader of the scout. In the First Division, he was under Kuai Ma's jurisdiction.

"Uncle Bobcat? The enemy is really waiting for us in front?" Kuaima was really happy when he heard the news.

"It should be the main force of the enemy! And we observed with a telescope from a distance. The enemy should come from several different tribes. It seems that the Osages know that they are not our opponents, and they have found a lot of helpers!"

Although the Osages are powerful, their numbers are about the same as the Cherokee or Cree tribes, so even if all the warriors of the entire Ossage tribe are brought here, the number is at most 30,000.

But this is obviously impossible. Doesn’t the Ozark’s royal court need to be guarded? Don't those important places need to be guarded? Therefore, the maximum number of warriors that the Osaki people can gather here is 20,000.

Even if the soldiers from Missouri and Arkansas are all assembled, the number will definitely not exceed 30,000! And now there are as many as 50,000 people there, it is obvious that the Osaki allies have also sent troops.

According to what the boss said before ~lightnovelpub.net~ this should be reinforcements sent by Cheyenne, Omaha, and Arapajo.

The Lynx smiled and said, "It should be the Ozark's allies who have also sent troops, otherwise it would be impossible to gather so many people here."

Kuaima asked, "Uncle Bobcat, what kind of position did those enemies put on to greet us?"

"Hey, sir, these guys obviously don't know how powerful our weapons are. The battle formation they put up is simply the battle formation that allows us to bombard with maximum effect..." The bobcat licked his lips excitedly. , Obviously, the old scout was also excited.

However, Kuai Ma pondered for a while but shook his head, "Uncle Bobcat, the chief said that we should focus on deterrence and try not to kill as much as possible. After all, these people are our compatriots."

The Lynx also nodded, and then pointed to the dozens of bullock carts in the middle of the army with a questioning expression.

Kuaima smiled and nodded...

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