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Chapter 56, Chapter 56, departure, crossing the river, scalp

56,

In the early morning, Dai Pingan was awakened by the sweet smell of the big stubble porridge.

Because of his permission, when Uncle Zhang and his son cooked the porridge in the morning, they added sugar cubes and other things at the same time, making the porridge fragrant in the whole camp early in the morning.By the time Dai Ping'an passed by, Bill and Javier were almost done eating their porridge bowls.

They imitated what Dai Pingan did last night. Before drinking the porridge, they gently blew on it, and then took a small sip carefully on the edge. After the large grains of corn in the porridge were chewed and swallowed, they took a second sip. .

Because of last night's conversation, Javier was in low spirits, looking unmotivated, in stark contrast to Bill who was in high spirits beside him.And Bill was excited because from today onwards, he was the captain and leader of this team on the surface. Not to mention, when Bill got serious, he really looked like a gang boss.

After greeting the two of them, Dai Ping'an was not in a hurry to eat, but first looked at the team of Chinese workers cooking.Under Uncle Zhang's secret gesture, Dai Ping'an found two different figures in the team.

One is tall and burly, a head taller than Yan Xiaoguo, with two arms that are thicker than the mouth of a bowl, and his two hands can barely close together; the other is half a head shorter than other Chinese workers, but his two legs are strong and powerful when walking , and every step is toe-first, as if ready to jump up at any time.

These two are exactly what Uncle Zhang said, Wang Duan and Wang Duan who belong to the fellow countrymen's association.The two of them hid very well in the Chinese workers' team. If Uncle Zhang hadn't specially reminded them, Dai Pingan would not have noticed their anomalies at all.

Facing his observation, the two of them ate dinner calmly, but Dai Ping'an knew that after the changes last night, the two of them must have noticed something.But since they don't want to pierce the window paper, Dai Pingan is also willing to pretend that nothing happened. Anyway, this road has just begun, and there is plenty of time to play slowly on the road.

After breakfast, the team continued to set off.Although there were a few fewer people, the formation remained unchanged. Bill led two guards to lead the way, and Javier responded back and forth in the middle. Arthur also knew his physical condition, so he took the caravan and hid at the end of the team. Go to places where there are many people ahead to join in the fun.

As for the most leisurely Dai Pingan, he chose to stay with the manager Lester.After some in-depth conversations, he obtained more detailed information from the manager Lester, assistants and other guards, which strengthened the trust and connection between the two parties.

Because of the improved food, the speed of the team has also increased significantly. At ten o'clock in the morning, they reached the bank of the Upper Montana River, which should have been reached at noon.After crossing this river, they came to the south of West Elizabeth, which is the area under the jurisdiction of Blackwater Town. This is also the most troublesome and dangerous part of their medical journey.

The southern part of West Elizabeth is composed of two parts: the Great Plains area where Blackwater Town is located in the east and the tall tree area with dense forests in the west. If you want to pass through this area, there are four roads to choose from from east to west:

The easternmost road passes through Heishui Town, where the arrest warrants of Arthur and other members of the Van der Lin gang are posted everywhere, and they don't even think about it;

The second road, located at the junction of the Great Plains and Gaoshu, is the shortest, but there are many checkpoints along the way, and the risk is also extremely high;
As for the westernmost road, not to mention the rugged and narrow mountain road, full of wild animals, it is not suitable for large groups at all, so we have to give up;
Therefore, they had no choice but to choose the third road: passing through the high tree area in the middle, passing through the Shilan Trading Post to get supplies, walking the second half of the rugged mountain road, and crossing the Lower Montana River from the westernmost side to get out. West Elizabeth.

While resting by the river, the three of Arthur made some simple adjustments to their appearance.Bill shaved his head and looked ten years old in an instant; Javier shaved his beard, and he looked much younger; as for Arthur, as the second in command of the Van der Lin gang, he was so famous that he couldn't handle it normally. She could only grit her teeth, endure the pain, and hid in Mary's caravan with a bruised nose and swollen face, pretending to be sick.

After tidying up, the team started to cross the river.Everything went smoothly, but when the last caravan passed by, the four Belgian draft horses neighed endlessly. No matter how Sadie the driver drove, the four horses' legs seemed to be fixed on the ground, and they just didn't move.

"What exactly happened?"

Dai Pingan and Bill, who had already crossed the river, also came back to check. At this time, their war horses neighed along with the four Belgian draft horses, and their hooves kept pawing the ground.

Is there an ambush?
The flat river beach looked clean at first glance, and there was no place for Tibetans at all. The gentle slope on the other side of the river, Havel, had already brought the Chinese workers to rest, let alone hiding people.What went wrong?

Bill's nose moved, and something suddenly occurred to him.

"Pull the carriage over!"

The two dismounted, and one of them pulled the reins of the other horse. Arthur also got out of the carriage and drove behind.After the three people dragged and dragged, the four horses finally moved, and the caravan moved forward, but as soon as it entered the middle of the river, a corpse floated over.

Following the current, the bloody body dressed in Indian clothes first hit the wheels of the caravan, paused, then turned a corner, slipped under the car, and continued to drift downstream.

This corpse seemed to be a signal. After it floated away, more and more corpses began to flow down from the upstream. Several corpses hit the wheels of the carriage one after another, and then slowly drifted away and went down the river.

The horses became even more flustered. Arthur got into the carriage and helped Sadie stabilize the direction. Dai Pingan and Bill heaved a sigh of relief and finally pulled the caravan out of the river.

At this time, the Upper Montana River was completely reddened. In just a short time, dozens of corpses had already drifted past, and in the upper reaches of the bright red flood, there were more corpses drifting with the current, one by one. down.

The Chinese laborers who had already crossed the river became agitated. They watched the tragedy in astonishment, and then they were driven to an invisible distance by Javier with his guards.Bill pulled out the revolver, but Dai Pingan shook his head and pressed the muzzle of the gun down.

A while passed, and the body continued to float down, until the Upper Montana River became a sea of ​​blood.Dai Pingan simply counted, and nearly a hundred corpses had already passed by, but obviously not all of them.

These corpses were old and young, male and female, and the only thing they had in common was that they were all dressed as Indians and that they were all scalped after death.

After an unknown amount of time, the bodies in the upper reaches were finally gone, but the blood in the river was still not clear.While the blood was red, several fat pike were swimming up and down the river, preying on the remaining meat in the river.

"Those lunatics!"

Bill cursed in his mouth.

The wheels of the caravan squeaked and turned, and Dai Pingan and Bill followed behind on horseback. When they caught up with the team in front, there were dense sounds of horseshoes on the great plain in the distance.

(End of this chapter)