Chapter 1484: Unexpected Discovery

At this moment, America.

The mountains and forests were full of autumn colors; this mountain had no name, at least neither the British nor the French had named it.

However, the Indians had lived in these mountains and forests for a long time.

Now, two Indians had discovered the British, and they needed to report this matter to their chief immediately.

Their tribe was not too far from here.

Before dark, the two Indians returned to the tribe.

The houses built of wood were very eye-catching; the two Indians quickly found a wooden hut with a cow skull hanging on it.

"Chief, we discovered traces of the British in the mountains and forests."

The person they called Chief stood up abruptly upon hearing this news, staring at the two of them.

"Are you sure what you saw were the British!"

The two Indians patted their chests in assurance: "It is definitely the British, there is no mistake. They are wearing khaki clothes, wearing steel helmets, and holding muskets that are not much different from mine!"

"However, there are only fifteen of them; we discovered them while hunting a giant bear."

The chief's expression darkened; this matter was of great importance to them.

They were people planted by Longyan City into the French Colonial Zone.

The goal was to launch an uprising in the French territory and gather more Indians.

Last time, when the French and the British were fighting, they launched an uprising, seized a large amount of weapons, and hid in the mountains and forests.

They were waiting for an opportunity to continue their revenge against the French and the British.

But the time was not yet right; although they now had many weapons, their numbers were small.

During these days, the instruction from Longyan City to them was to remain still and wait for the French and the British to suffer mutual losses before taking action to rise up.

During this period, they used this mountain forest as their base, which was still located on the mountain range with the gold mine.

But very few outsiders set foot here.

Also, because it was close to the gold vein, it was easy for them to obtain news about the battlefield.

The British and the French were both focused on the struggle for the gold vein and could not care less about what was on the back of this mountain.

Hiding here, these Indians had gained a great deal of living space.

"What kind of madness has gotten into these British, coming here?" the chief cursed loudly.

After clarifying the cause of the matter and pondering for a moment, the other party only had fifteen people, so they could definitely be wiped out.

"Chief, should we send people to kill them?" one Indian made a throat-slitting gesture.

The chief shook his head, however, and said in a deep voice: "We cannot be impulsive!"

They could indeed wipe out these fifteen British, but what then?

These British dressed as soldiers must have some purpose for coming here; if these people were killed, and it lured more British to come here, then their situation would be very dangerous.

They could not kill these people here.

"Killing them won't do; we cannot let more British come here."

The chief looked at the wooden hut outside with a gloomy face and sighed.

Regardless of what purpose the British had for coming here, this place was now at risk of being exposed and could no longer be kept.

"Prepare yourselves, the tribe is going to migrate," the chief said dejectedly.

The two Indians were stunned upon hearing this; they had finally settled down, and now they had to migrate!

"But, Chief..."

The chief reached out to interrupt them; this middle-aged man's face was lined with wrinkles: "I know what you want to say, but for the future of our tribe, we must migrate."

"We absolutely cannot be exposed under the eyes of the British; this is very dangerous for what we are trying to do!"

"Yes..." the two Indians helplessly accepted the chief's order.

The chief looked at them and said again: "However, you two need to go and investigate what these British are here for."

"Remember to observe from far away, and absolutely do not expose yourselves in front of them," the chief said solemnly.

"Understood, Chief."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Captain Qiaozhi, who was fleeing frantically, did not stop until nightfall, when he could no longer run, and only then did he stop.

All fifteen people were present, not one missing.

Captain Qiaozhi looked at the weary expressions on their faces and took a deep breath: "How is it? You didn't discover any traces of the Indians, did you?"

The others panted heavily, looking behind them; in the night, there was nothing but darkness.

"There shouldn't be any; we didn't even run into those Indians, they shouldn't have discovered us."

Captain Qiaozhi thought about it and agreed; they indeed had not spotted any sign of the Indians.

They had only discovered the traps set by the Indians and fled in a panic.

Captain Qiaozhi leaned against a tree and sighed; they were lucky this time, only discovering the traps set by the Indians.

If they had been a step later, they probably would have run into the Indians.

However, having run for so long, he didn't know where they had arrived; they had long since deviated from the route marked on the map.

Captain Qiaozhi looked at the scenery before him, which all looked much the same, and frowned.

Although he couldn't be sure if he was lost, he was very certain that they really didn't know where they were.

Just at this moment, his stomach began to growl.

"We'll talk about the rest tomorrow; let's rest here for tonight."

Captain Qiaozhi ordered, unbuckling his backpack, taking out food, and lighting a campfire.

The group discussed how to keep watch for the night.

Captain Qiaozhi suggested that two people stand guard for two hours until dawn.

Everyone agreed with his plan, and the first pair to stand guard were Captain Qiaozhi and the only female member of the team.

Her name was Kailinna, and she was the doctor accompanying them on this trip.

In the undeveloped jungles of America, many venomous insects and miasmas lurk, so it is necessary to be equipped with an accompanying doctor to deal with sudden emergencies.

Captain Qiaozhi and Kailinna stood guard in front of the campfire, watching the roaring fire.

Captain Qiaozhi's heart slowly calmed down.

It was already late autumn, the trees were withered, and many venomous insects had entered their dormant period.

Therefore, the nights in the jungle were relatively safe for now.

The only things that posed a danger to them were those ravenous fierce beasts and the Indian people.

However, according to Captain Qiaozhi's deduction, it was now very unlikely that they would encounter Indian people again.

The place where they previously encountered the trap that killed the giant bear was clearly near where the Indian people's tribe was, and they had fled in the opposite direction.

Although they did not know if they had escaped the activity range of the Indian people, they should not encounter any Indian people in the short term.

There are clear territorial divisions between Indian tribes, and the areas near the borders of both sides are the places where they are most likely to encounter Indian people.