"How many Elenas are there?" In the huge mobile headquarters, Shixiong asked the Lynx.

　　 This mobile headquarters is actually a tent that can be quickly opened and closed. When marching, the tent is put away and put on an enlarged bullock cart. When needed, more than a dozen guards can put up the tent in just over ten minutes.

Bobcat still acts as the leader of the scouts, even if he is more than 40 years old and his skills are not so agile, but his experience and prestige are unparalleled in the scouts. Now almost all the commanders of the entire scouts are He brought it out.

In fact, the Lynx had already retreated from the position of the leader of the scout troops, but Shixiong knew that the Northern Expedition could be the last large-scale battle of the Cherokee expansion, so he personally invited the Lynx out. , Once again served as the commander of the scout troops. Command over a thousand scouts below!

"There are a lot of people, about 10,000 people, but behind these 10,000 people, there are about 10,000 troops supported by other tribes. There are figures of Iroquois, and they have muskets. "The Bobcats still answered so calmly.

　　 "Are the Iroquois finally unable to restrain themselves? Are they willing to pull out their musketeers too?" Shixiong muttered to himself without worry.

　　 Although the British, French, and Spaniards have a tacit understanding of not trading guns and artillery weapons to North American Indians, they cannot stand up to more than these three countries that came to North America in the early days. The Dutch arrived in the New World in North America even earlier than the British, so the Iroquois received a large number of muskets from the Dutch a long time ago.

　　 The Erie, who was a side branch of the Iroquois like the Cherokee, was also very fierce before. It's a pity that the poisonous arrows of the Erie could not withstand the muskets of the Iroquois, and they were eventually swallowed by the Iroquois.

　　 In the first half of the seventeenth century, even the most old-fashioned matchlock guns could not be dealt with by ordinary bows and arrows...

　　The Cherokee moved south early, so I have not seen the power of the arquebus in the hands of the Iroquois, but the fame of the Iroquois arquebus is great.

　　 Starting from Shangjing, along the Mississippi River all the way north, you will enter the territory of the Ilenei within a short walk.

　　 Ilaini people are Illinois, a strong tribe living in later Central America and the Great Plains, and they speak the Algonquin language.

　　 The Elanai people usually rely on hunting elk, turkey, buffalo, deer, bobcat and other animals for food, and they also grow corn and pumpkins. Of course, they also do fur business with the French, and they are one of the important business objects of the French.

The entire Elena is made up of more than ten major groups, including Michigan, Moinweena, Tamaroa, Jinkoya, Maloa, Cahokia, Kaska Schians, Peorians, Espeminkias, etc.

　　 In its heyday, the territory of the Elineys extends from Chicago in the north to Arkansas in the south, and they control a large area of ​​land.

However, in the original historical time and space, under the successive attacks of the Ilene European colonists and the American army, their organization was gradually disintegrated and defeated, most of them ceased to exist, and finally moved to Oklahoma in the mid-nineteenth century. horse.

　　 The current Elenas are in their heyday.

In fact, if it weren’t for the violent bears’ continuous extermination of the Chekashas, ​​the conquering of the Osages and Kiowas, and the relocation of Shangjing to the vicinity of the confluence of the Mi River and the Russian River, the Ileneites would have felt the Cielo The strength of the base people has shrunk their power in the south back, and even the current Upper Kyoto is within their sphere of influence.

　　 However, the Elena and the Ossakis didn't deal with them originally. The two powerful tribes overlapped in their spheres of influence, so small and medium-scale conflicts between them often broke out.

　　 Although the population of the Ilenei is not as good as that of the Osaqis, they are more sturdier, so the two sides are evenly matched, and the sphere of influence controlled by each other is also intertwined.

　　 But the problem is that the Ossakis, who can be equal to the Elenas, are easily taken care of by the Grizzlies. How can the Elenas not feel scared? Especially in recent years, with the continuous growth of Beijing, even the powerful French have been beaten up by the Cherokee. The French's channel on the Mississippi River has even been completely cut off, and the Ileneites are even more afraid. Up.

　　 The Elenas took the initiative to shrink and formed a team of tens of thousands of people in their core area, trying to resist the Cherokee’s northward movement.

　　 The core area of ​​the Ilene people is approximately located in the central area of ​​Illinois in the later American state, which is the area between Springfield and Peoria.

　　 There is a hilly area between the Elena and Shangjing. This hilly area was later known as the Shawnee National Forest in the United States, and it was also the only natural barrier between the Ilene and Shangjing.

　　 Now, the main force of the Elena is in this hilly area trying to stop the Northern Expedition of the Grim Bear Army. Because after passing this hill and going north, it is the great plain of Yimapingchuan, and there is no natural danger to act as a line of defense.

　　 But the problem is that the only way to go from Beijing to the Northern Expedition is by land. The wide Mississippi River is the best route for troop transport.

　　 In fact, the four divisions of the Grim Bear Army, except for the first division and the five thousand guards who followed the stone bear as the Chinese army, followed the stone bear by land, the other four divisions all advanced by water.

　　 The Second Division and the Mixed Fifth Division went northward along the Mississippi River in batches~lightnovelpub.net~, while the Third and Mixed Sixth Division also went northward by boat along the Ohio River.

　　In this way, together with the first division and the guards who walked by land in the middle, the Grim Bear Army has formed a state of encirclement to the Ilaini.

According to the previously formulated military plan, the Chinese army was slower because it traveled by land. However, after the Chinese army arrived in this hilly area, the West Route Army and East Route Army on the left and right sides of the waterway could also encircle and complete this area. Surrounded by hilly areas.

　　 There are not enough ships for the Grim Bear Army, and it is impossible to transport all the Grizzly Bear soldiers at one time. They can only be transported in batches. So although the waterway is fast, it takes a lot of time.

　　 "Bighorn sheep, where have our West Route Army and East Route Army arrived?" The Stone Bear asked the Gyro Bear Army to grow bighorn sheep.

"According to the scheduled march plan, half of our West Route Army should have arrived at the predetermined position. The East Route Army is a little farther away, and now it is estimated that 40% have reached the predetermined position. If both the West Route Army and the East Route Army arrive at the predetermined position. If it does, it will take about seven days." The bighorn sheep replied very positively.

　　He is an army commander, so he naturally has to clearly control the details of his subordinates.

　　 Shixiong nodded slightly, and then said: "If we don't wait for the West Route Army and the East Route Army, can we just overwhelm the Elias?"

The bighorn sheep smiled, "Of course it's okay! These Elenas look down on us too much, they dare to divide their troops. There are more than 10,000 people, even if there are Iroquois musketeers, our first division only needs to be dispatched. The Division Artillery Corps will be able to destroy them directly!"