America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 172 Vaughan’s other face

Chen Jianqiu had slept with his clothes on most of the time before, but today, he rarely took off his clothes.

He thought he could have a good night's sleep.

He picked up his leather jacket, put it on himself, and walked out of the door.

There was a chaos of war outside, and several Vaughan soldiers ran past Chen Jianqiu with guns and torches. They were scurrying around the barracks like headless flies.

"South! South! Come up to the wall quickly!" Vaughn's head appeared on the top of the wall, and he shouted at the soldiers, "Come up quickly!"

At this time, some soldiers had gathered on the south wall. They stood in a row, leaning against the outside of the top of the wall, and pointed their guns at the outside of the wall.

"Whizzing."

Chen Jianqiu suddenly heard the sound of arrows cutting through the air coming from the south.

He looked towards the direction of the city wall, and arrows kept appearing in the direction of the wall. They were all shot from different directions, from bottom to top.

Some of them directly hit Vaughan's soldiers. Two unlucky ones were hit by arrows. One was shot in the shoulder, and the other was directly pierced through the neck. It is estimated that he will not survive.

Some hit the top of the wall, making the sound of collision between hard objects. Most of them were blocked outside the wall, and only a few fell on the top of the wall.

Others either shot too high or shot crookedly, directly over the wall and flying towards the inside of the wall.

A stray arrow that had lost its direction streaked across the night sky, heading straight for Chen Jianqiu's direction.

Chen Jianqiu turned his body slightly to one side, and the arrow flew past his shoulder. The arrow hit the adobe wall behind him, carving a small hole in the wall, and then fell to the ground.

Chen Jianqiu picked up the feather arrows on the ground and began to observe them.

He seemed to have seen this kind of arrow somewhere.

"This is an arrow from the Nahua people. The production process is similar to ours."

Chen Jianqiu looked up and saw Geronimo standing in front of him.

After hearing the noise outside, he walked out of the house immediately.

Chen Jianqiu looked at the arrow in his hand.

If you want to attack a strong fortress guarded by dozens of armed soldiers with this thing alone, it is really difficult. The purpose of these Nava people should be just to harass.

Until this group of people can't stand it anymore and leave collectively.

It's hard to imagine that this kind of battle between them has probably lasted for five years.

After that, Vaughn and his soldiers were still here, and Nava's rebels were still hiding in the wilderness.

Sure enough, after a while, the sound of arrows outside stopped, and then the soldiers' gunfire gradually stopped.

Vaughan climbed down from the ladder, looking tired.

He glanced sideways at Chen Jianqiu and Geronimo who were standing at the door of the house, and shouted at them angrily: "What are you looking at? What are you doing out here in the middle of the night?"

Chen Jianqiu didn't show any sign of anger. He looked at Vaughn's unlucky face and felt a little funny for no reason.

"Aren't the Nahuas almost dead already?" Chen Jianqiu teased, weighing the arrow in his hand, "I don't think they have any decent firepower."

"These people came out of the ground, are you satisfied?" Vaughn's anger was completely ignited, "The Indians on this continent are all yellow-shelled cockroaches that cannot be crushed to death.

There’s no end to the killing!”

"Who are you calling a cockroach?" Before Chen Jianqiu moved, Geronimo next to him spoke.

"Do you understand English?" Vaughan was stunned for a moment.

"Not only can I understand English, I have also dealt with countless white scumbags like you." The muscles in Geronimo's arms tensed up, and the veins on his temples were beating faintly, and his whole figure seemed to be full of energy.

The bow must be shot at any time.

Vaughn was a little panicked and put his hand on his waist.

The soldiers around Vaughn also felt something strange, and they surrounded him with guns and torches.

Chen Jianqiu's hand dropped. His gun was placed in the room, but there was still one in the leather jacket he was wearing.

After the last duel with the old mayor, Chen Jianqiu understood a truth: as long as it does not affect his own actions, the more guns the better.

Two guns are not enough, at least three.

You can see one handful, but you may not be able to see the last one. You may never see the last handful, but when you see it, it will definitely be the time of your death.

He heard a noise in the house behind him and knew that the people in the house might have been leaning against the window or door with guns in hand.

Chen Jianqiu took another look at the window of the room next to him.

A piece of gun barrel quietly stuck out of the window.

Camilla is ready.

"What's going on? So noisy?" Holmes wrapped himself in a blanket and walked out of the house. He looked at the tense two sides with a confused look on his face.

When Vaughn saw Holmes, his livid face softened a little, but he still had no intention of letting the soldiers leave.

Holmes began to act like a good old guy and walked between Geronimo and Vaughn:

"Okay, okay, from now on we are all colleagues, don't be like this, don't be like this." He advised Vaughan.

Vaughn thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and waved to the soldiers behind him, asking them to return to their respective barracks.

"It's all gone, it's all gone!"

Chen Jianqiu's hands closed the jacket he was wearing.

There was another noise in the room behind him, and on the other side, the barrel of Camilla's gun by the window also disappeared.

Vaughn didn't know that he had just escaped from hell. He spat into the ground and walked toward his house in frustration.

"Sorry, Chen," Geronimo walked to Chen Jianqiu's side and said softly.

He knew that if there had been a fight just now, Vaughan would definitely die.

However, no one can say for sure that such an encounter will likely result in casualties, and the subsequent impact is also unknown.

"Nothing in this world is 100% sure." Chen Jianqiu smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Everyone has his own bottom line. On this point, you and I are the same."

"Some troubles can be avoided by hiding." He looked at the place where Vaughn left.

The next morning, Holmes walked into Vaughn's barracks.

When he was about to follow Chen Jianqiu's instructions and ask Vaughan to take his people to explore somewhere farther away.

Vaughn spoke first.

He sat on the broken chair with his legs crossed, completely missing the respect he had the day before:

"Mr. Holmes, as the security chief of the area and your protector for the next period of time, I feel it is necessary to remind you as soon as possible that your bodyguard team is unreliable."

"They are Indians, impulsive, savage, and capricious. I suggest you dismiss them now." Vaughn paused, "Including your assistant."

"But he is Chinese." Holmes looked puzzled.

"They are all the same. Judging from their skin color, they have the same characteristics."

Holmes was stunned: "I didn't expect you to have such a prejudice."

"No, no, no, this is not prejudice, my husband, this is a fact. You saw it last night, your team almost used force with me." Vaughn became angry when he thought about this.

"But..." Holmes wanted to retort.

"No but! Mr. Holmes! I respect you because you are a knowledgeable person. What happened yesterday proved that you cannot manage your team well! I also want to remind you, don't forget your own identity!

"Vaughn emphasized his tone.

"What about my work today?" Holmes glared at Vaughn.

"Don't worry, my soldiers will take you there. They have been drilling part-time for these years, and they are all first-class skilled drilling workers." Vaughan was not ashamed, but proud.

"I can't do my job without an assistant!" Holmes sat down opposite him. Of all the people here, he only believed that Chen Jianqiu could guarantee his safety.

"Mr. Holmes!" Vaughn raised his voice again.

However, the geologist was unmoved and sat there angrily.

Vaughn was helpless and had to compromise: "Okay, but you can only take him alone!"

Holmes returned to Chen Jianqiu's house and told everyone what happened.

Geronimo frowned, and everyone present began to talk about it.

Even a fool can see Vaughn's malice, but the extent of his malice is unknown.

"How about we just find an opportunity to escape." Sean put forward his own opinion, "Sooner or later we will run away anyway."

Chen Jianqiu ignored him and whispered something to Geronimo.

Geronimo's brows furrowed even more tightly: "No, no, it's too risky for you."

Chen Jianqiu looked into Geronimo's eyes and tried to convey confidence to him.

Geronimo finally chose to nod.

"OK, it's such a happy decision." Chen Jianqiu turned to Holmes, "Go and tell Vaughn. If you agree, I will go with you. If you are worried, Vaughn can follow you in person."

Vaughn heard Holmes' request for him to go with him, and he was eager to keep an eye on the geologist to prevent him from slacking off in his work.

Half an hour later, the team looking for crude oil was ready to go.

The entire team brought six carriages, one was loaded with a pile of materials for camping, another was loaded with a pile of wood and several precious barrels of water, one cart pulled a pile of coal, and the remaining three were loaded with

A pile of iron lumps.

"What is this?" Holmes pointed at the big steel thing on the carriage.

"Steam drill!" Vaughan raised his head high, which is the pride of industrial civilization.

"You just used this thing to drill holes in the neighborhood for five years? And then you found nothing?" Holmes snorted from his nostrils.

Vaughan was a little embarrassed. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to pretend to adjust his hat.

So the exploration team left the stone bunker in a mighty manner,

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