Wild North America 1846

In the early morning, the night is getting dark.

The entire Hewan Village has fallen asleep in the darkness. There are only a few lights on the village wall, reflecting the huge black shadow of the entire camp, as if it is a huge monster entrenched on the side of the river beach.

A vigorous figure approached cautiously, then jumped up, put one hand on the wall, and climbed over the tall wall made of logs, as light as black smoke.

This person was none other than Richard, who took advantage of the darkness to explore the enemy camp alone.

in the night

Richard's bright black eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding environment, and he sneaked into the village under the moonlight, appearing and disappearing, and it didn't take long for him to explore the entire village.

Hewan Village is not big. The area enclosed by the camp is about half an acre of land, and dozens of houses, stables, and hay sheds have been built. It is overcrowded inside, with feces and urine everywhere on the road, and the environment is quite harsh.

Randomly constructed buildings made the roads narrow and winding, and white bandits could hide in the buildings and fire outwards, which was extremely unfavorable for cavalry operations.

There are three fixed sentries in the camp. Two of the night sentries are dozing off. There is also a night patrol team composed of four people who will circle every half hour.

See this scene

With his mind spinning, Richard knew that a hard attack might not be advisable, and he had to find a way to get it.

Although this river bend village is not big, it has a large population. It is estimated that there are always about 200 to 300 people. Moreover, it is in the middle of the American River, so the population is highly mobile, and there are many white gold diggers coming and going.

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Here, I have to admire that the American River is simply a river of gold. It is extremely rich in gold sand resources. An ordinary gold prospector can find two or three ounces of gold in one day, worth sixty or seventy US dollars. It is as easy as picking up money.

After saving for a few days, these white gold diggers went to Hebend Village to find a woman to have a good time, then drank and gambled and squandered the money to their heart's content, enjoying themselves first.

Gold diggers pay their bills with gold sand, and when it is used up, they go back to the river to mine it. Anyway, there is plenty of it, and no one feels sorry for it.

Therefore, this is not only the home of the Alexander Madison gang, but also a veritable gold-selling cave.

Richard had already figured out the situation in the village, and walked out along the dark corner. He heard the sound of dogs barking not far away, which made him tense up and speed up his pace unconsciously.

The barking of the dog behind him became louder and louder, and Richard cursed silently in his mind: "I'll let you run wild for a few days and settle the accounts together."

He soon came to the wall of the village and jumped up. After stepping on the wooden pillar with one foot, he lifted his body up again and fell outside the dark wall of the village like a big light bird.

After about a minute or two,

Then three dogs, two large and one small, rushed over and barked at the outside of the village wall. They seemed to have discovered something?

This attracted the attention of the night patrol team. After walking over and investigating, they said doubtfully, "The dog is barking so loudly. Did you find something?"

"It should be, otherwise the dog wouldn't have come from so far away. Could it be that someone came in?"

"Isn't it possible? The village is only such a big place and we didn't find anything. These dogs are barking outside."

"That's weird!"

Just when everyone was confused, they suddenly heard the shrill howls of wild wolves coming from outside the village wall. This even caused the other dogs in the camp to bark wildly.

For a moment, the quiet night was broken. Dogs barked and wolves howled, barking incessantly.

It turns out to be a wild wolf!

The North American gray wolf is a frequent visitor to the western wilderness. Now the patrol team put their heart back into their stomachs and yelled at the dogs to quiet down and stop yelling.

In the invisible forest

The two eyes of the "one ear" of the alpha wolf are like small lanterns filled with greenery, revealing cruel and ruthless animal nature. However, under Richard's touch, it narrowed its eyes in enjoyment, like a docile domestic animal.

generally.

Richard uses invisible tentacles to give the wolf "an ear" to convey clear thoughts;

Don't be idle these days at night, and harass the dogs from time to time so that everyone can have a restless sleep.

These dogs are hounds raised by hunters. They are very sensitive to the smell of wild animals. When they find a target, they will bark wildly. Only the dog owner can stop it.

Early the next morning

"One-Eyed Dragon" Marbury Jones and the white bandit leader Tate each led a few cavalrymen and set off with dark circles under their eyes, yawning and cursing incessantly.

The dogs in the camp barked intermittently all night, and no one had a good rest.

According to experienced hunters;

A large group of wild wolves came outside the Hewan Village camp. They arrived near the camp at night and patrolled all night. This situation would have been extremely rare unless the wolves were overly hungry.

The hunter found many footprints and fresh feces of wild wolves in the bushes around the camp, and initially judged that this was a large pack of fifty or sixty wild wolves, and sounded the alarm;

Small teams of three to five people should not go deep into the jungle to avoid being attacked by wolves.

at the same time

The legend about the mysterious oriental people who can control wild wolves also spread quickly, adding a mysterious color to the Tang Dynasty.

Near noon

The number of white armed teams entering Hebang Village gradually increased. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the New Town Sheriff Old John arrived with more than 60 white gunmen, including a dozen mounted policemen, which changed the atmosphere here.

It's rising to an all-time high.

Not counting the idlers, there were more than 260 white cowboys armed with live ammunition. This was an unprecedentedly powerful force in San Francisco. The confidence of Alexander-Madison's group was unprecedentedly high, and there was a cry of fighting and killing.

But the news brought by Sheriff John made everyone feel like a bucket of cold water was poured into their pockets and they became sober again.

Slightly later this afternoon, 220 musketeers and more than 50 white cavalrymen from Fangcaodi arrived from the Datang Association, bringing the strength of the Datang Association to more than 390 people.

Especially the addition of the white cavalry from Fangcaodi made the situation more complicated and confusing.

heard the news

Old Kahn led a dozen of his nephews and prepared to leave, but was stopped by "One-Eyed Dragon" Marbury Jones at the entrance of the camp, and the two sides had a fierce quarrel.

"Get out of the way, Jones, you damn bastard deceived me. This is not a war against the Orientals as you said. The Kahn family will not point their guns at Yerba Buena, never!"

"Don't be stupid, Kahn, Fangcaodi is wearing the same trousers as those Orientals, they are both our enemies."

"Fart, the Kahn family are all devout Protestants. There is no way they can start a war with Green Grass, who are also Protestants. There is nothing to say about this. Get out of my way."

"Damn old guy, you are openly hostile to us!"

"Don't do this to me, Jones. The Kahn family is withdrawing from this armed struggle. We remain neutral and will neither help you nor the Tang Association, but I warn you not to mess with me."

"Come whenever you want and leave whenever you want. How can it be so easy?"

"Then you can try..."

Both sides drew their guns and glared at each other in a tense manner. They were about to fight at the entrance of the camp. At this time, Sheriff John, who was hiding in the crowd and watching the fun, had to step forward and stop the imminent fight between the two sides.

"Wait a minute, don't be impulsive, Jones... tell your people to put away their guns." Sheriff John walked to the middle of the crowd, separated the two people who were glaring, and then said to old Kahn; "Don't be like this, man, let's

It’s hard for all of us.”

Old Kahn was a middle-aged burly man with a leopard-like head and ringed eyes. He had thick beard and hair, and was famous for his quick temper. Even if he did something right, he could not pull back nine cows.

When he saw John coming out to smooth things over, his tone became slightly softer, but he still answered resolutely: "God is my witness, Jones told me that this is a war between white people and Orientals, a war against infidels.

.However, this was not the case. So the Kahn family chose to withdraw."

"Kahn, you can choose to stay here and wait and see for the time being. I guarantee that Alexander Madison will not force you to do anything, as long as you stay here. This will make us look more united and invincible, instead of issuing a

Wrong signal."

"Sorry, I can't do it."

Old Kahn flatly refused. He is the kind of fanatical believer who has been severely brainwashed by religion. He has a firm belief and will never do anything that God hates.

God taught the Puritans to love each other, so how could they draw guns against each other?

Unless his own safety was endangered, old Kahn would never allow his nephews to quarrel with the Protestants, which earned him great prestige among the white gold diggers.

Of course, this does not include Mexicans and Orientals.

Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Sheriff John had to give in and motioned with his eyes to Jones and his gang to get out of the way and let the old Kahn family leave.

Although "One-Eyed Dragon" Marbury-Jones was unwilling in his heart, his love could not be saved. Otherwise, there would be a merger, and he would have to get out of the way.

Old Kahn waved his hand with a disdainful expression and walked away with his nephews. A dozen riders followed the river bank upstream and returned to their own territory.