Empire Rising: Spain

The adult female indigenous people and some relatively young indigenous children are not of much value. The labor force they provide is limited, but they can ensure that the indigenous population remains within a certain range, and thus have some value.

Those indigenous people who are older have no value. Spain does not need them to waste food.

The Bangui Tribe and nearby villages have a population of about 200,000, but the number of young and strong laborers is only slightly over 100,000.

Including some children who have not yet grown up, the Congo Territory can take in at most 120,000 to 130,000 people. As for the remaining indigenous people, they are naturally the target of Manuel’s action this time.

The action against the Bangui Tribe is not only to find out the real culprit behind the looting of Spanish plantations, but also to serve as a warning to make the indigenous people around the Congo Territory understand who really owns this land.

Only by completely intimidating these surrounding indigenous people can similar incidents be prevented from happening again. Of course, once the Congo Territory expands its military, it will be nearly impossible for the indigenous people to attempt any attacks.

An army of 20,000 is sufficient to ensure the safety of the Congo Territory. Even if all the indigenous tribes of the Congo Territory united, they could not defeat 20,000 soldiers armed with advanced rifles.

While Manuel launched a siege on the peripheral indigenous villages, inside the Bangui Tribe, the Baka people were having a rather intense discussion.

After the indigenous leader returned to the tribe, he not only relayed Manuel’s words verbatim to the tribal chief, but also exaggerated Manuel’s threats.

This made the indigenous tribe very angry. Obviously, their land was occupied, and how could the owners of the land become these outsiders?

After a heated discussion lasting over an hour, the tribe reached a consensus to gather the tribe’s young men and teach these aggressive European colonists a lesson.

The Bangui Tribe has a population of over 100,000, and there are many indigenous villages nearby. The total indigenous population is nearly 200,000, easily enough to mobilize tens of thousands to resist these European colonists.

This is the source of the tribal chief’s confidence. The Bangui Tribe is the largest indigenous tribe within 100 kilometers, and it is the largest Baka indigenous tribe, unparalleled.

To find a larger indigenous tribe than the Bangui Tribe on Congo’s land, one would have to go to the more southern Congo Kingdom or the more eastern Karavel Kingdom, etc.

But whether it is the Congo Kingdom or the Karavel Kingdom, both are separated from the Bangui Tribe by the entire Congo Rainforest. Along the Ubangi River, the Bangui Tribe is the most powerful indigenous force, not allowing the European colonists to act so recklessly.

More than an hour passed, and Manuel’s patience gradually wore thin.

He led the troops back to the entrance and exit of the Bangui Tribe, looked at the large indigenous tribe in front of him, and asked with a frown, "Have these dark-skinned indigenous people made no moves?"

"In the past hour, these dark-skinned monkeys haven’t made a move." The adjutant shook his head and replied, "But in the last few minutes, the tribe has started to become chaotic.

They seem to be gathering people. I was just about to inform you, General."

After all, it is a large tribe of up to 100,000 people, occupying more land than some cities in Spain.

The actions of the Bangui Tribe couldn’t be concealed from the Spanish Army outside. From the Spanish Army’s perspective, their act of gathering people is just seeking death.

"Since they have already made their choice, we can only send them to meet God." Manuel smiled, not surprised by the indigenous decision.

He raised his hand to look at his watch, then gave the order: "Attack, send these damned indigenous people to meet God."

"Attack!" Following Manuel’s command, the Colonial Defense Corps, with a force of 2,300, launched an attack on the Bangui Tribe in full force.

In order to wipe them out, Manuel dispatched the entire Colonial Defense Corps. During its deployment, the security of the colonial outposts in the Congo Territory would be protected by the armed squads of the former exploration team.

Although these armed forces are insufficient to protect all the colonial outposts in the Congo Territory, the actions of the Colonial Defense Corps would not take too long.

If the operation is successful, it would take only a day to completely conquer a large tribe.

Bang! Bang bang!

Boom! Bang!

A Colonial Defense Corps was equipped with three cannons, the only heavy weapons of the Colonial Defense Corps.

To conquer the Bangui Tribe as soon as possible, Manuel transported these three cannons directly to the front line.

Originally attacking the tribe with rifles was relatively slow, and some indigenous people hiding in the dark could launch surprise attacks, potentially injuring or even killing soldiers.

But under the first round of suppression by the cannons, these indigenous people quickly panicked, unable to organize any threat to the Spanish Army.

Although both the Bangui Tribe and the downstream Congo Kingdom belong to the Congo River Basin, they are completely different.

Although the Congo Kingdom was occupied by Portugal for hundreds of years, through trade with Europeans, the Congo Kingdom obtained some firearms.

Their number of weapons is not many, but they are aware of the power of firearms.

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