1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 121 Prisoners and Visitors from Britain and France

The counterattack from inside the camp stopped suddenly, which surprised Elvis, Deng Yan and others.

Colonel Mason's troops collapsed too quickly, so fast that Elvis and Deng Yan couldn't believe it.

Neither Elvis nor Deng Yan are aggressive people, both of them are more cautious.

On the contrary, Fleige seemed very anxious.

Liang Yao had promised them in advance that the person who captured Colonel Mason alive would get a bounty of 800 ounces of gold. Since Sherman was the maker of the Los Angeles tragedy, even though he was only a captain, Liang Yao also offered him a bounty of 700 ounces of gold. bounty.

In addition to these two main targets, other captives were rewarded according to their military rank.

Even the common boss one has a bounty of 20 ounces of gold.

Before the discovery and development of new large-scale gold mining areas, the gold production in California is generally declining slowly. Rare things are more expensive. For the same 1 ounce of gold, 1 ounce of gold is now worth more than half a year ago.

Fleger had served in the army, and when he retired he was a colonel, and he knew very well that the victories achieved in hunting routs were far greater than those achieved in combat.

And his mounted policemen have a greater advantage than the infantry of the California Infantry Regiment in hunting down the rout.

Elvis and Deng Yan were skeptical, suspecting there was fraud, and the night light was very dim, so they didn't know whether the enemies in the camp were laying an ambush or had really fled.

Elvis sent some scouts to reconnaissance, and at the same time stabilized the formation of his own troops and slowly advanced towards Colonel Mason's camp.

"Your Excellency! The enemy army has fled!"

Soon, the scouts brought back exciting news, and Colonel Mason's troops fled.

"Chase!"

Elvis and Deng Yan gave the order to pursue without hesitation.

Flage and his mounted policemen had already galloped out, and those rout soldiers were like golden gold in their eyes.

In Tingtao Garden, Liang Yao was sleepless all night, and he was a little nervous.

It was the first battle he commanded, and the most crucial one in California.

This battle is of great significance to California. If it wins, the federal government will not be able to send troops to directly threaten California in the short term.

Even if the federal government sends troops, Liang Yao believes that with Colonel Mason's example, the commanders of infantry regiments in other states will weigh their weight before sending troops to California to fight against Liang Yao.

Most people are bullying and fearing tough. If he fails to defeat Mason in this battle, it will be a different situation.

Even without waiting for orders from the government and Congress, infantry commanders from other states would volunteer to send troops to California.

Without him, California gold is too tempting.

Liang Yao flipped through the second letter sent to him by President Fillmore.

Although he is the president, Fillmore wrote to Liang Yaoxin in a very modest tone, without any arrogance and arrogance, which made people feel very happy.

After all, he is a politician who climbed from the bottom to the presidency. Fillmore is more smooth and flexible in dealing with people.

It is no wonder that all parties were able to reach an agreement and pass a compromise agreement in just two months under the mediation of President Fillmore.

You know, this is something that President Taylor failed to do for 8 months.

At this time, the famous figures in California are also gathered in the living room of Tingtao Garden, passing letters from Mr. Liang Yao and Robinson to each other, and waiting for the battle report ahead. They want to know the latest news as soon as possible. .

So that they can make judgments based on facts and make choices that best suit their own interests.

"At least Mr. President is with us."

Sartre handed the letter to the impatient Jim after reading the letter.

The dignitaries who had already read the letter nodded and agreed with Sartre's point of view.

"Mr. President once told me that as long as the Senate has more than one-third of the negative votes, he will veto the bill submitted by Calhoun."

Fremont crossed his legs and said.

"So far, according to the latest news we have received, due to the pressure from the public, the Senate had to conduct a second vote. Although the result of the second vote was still not satisfactory, the number of senators who supported us has increased significantly. .”

"This is a very good signal." Liang Yao picked up a cup of coffee and took a few sips to refresh himself.

"As long as we stick to our position, I think very quickly, we will be able to get enough negative votes to kill this bill."

Unknowingly, the east was turning pale, and the sky was getting dark. Liang Yao invited these friends who stayed up all night like him to have breakfast together.

Just after breakfast, a signal soldier came to report to Liang Yao the latest battle situation on the front line.

"we won!"

A short sentence made everyone excited. They defeated half of the elite infantry regiment of the American Army.

In the afternoon, Elvis, Deng Yan and others escorted the captured prisoners and reported the results of the battle to Liang Yao.

Killed 128 enemy troops and captured 287 enemy troops. The only regret is that the remaining dozens of enemy troops ran away, and Sherman also ran away.

Fortunately, they still caught two big fish: Colonel Mason and Major Oliver.

Because the two men were riding on the same horse, the horse was overwhelmed and moved slowly, so they were caught up by Flage and his several mounted policemen.

In other words, the officers above the colonel level brought by Colonel Mason this time were either killed in battle or captured.

Our own side also suffered certain casualties, including the casualties paid when capturing the captives. A total of 74 people were killed and 165 people were injured. The unlucky ghost was directly trampled to death by his own people.

Fortunately, the casualties caused by these stampedes came from the private armed forces provided by those gold mining companies and organizations, not from Liang Yao's California infantry.

Sure enough, there is still a gap between professionally trained armed forces and private armed forces.

"Colonel Mason, I'm sorry, Sergeant Flagg, please uncuff Colonel Mason, he is not a criminal and should not be treated like this."

Sartre had a relationship with Colonel Mason and asked Flage to release the handcuffs on Colonel Mason's hand.

For Sartre's sake, Fleger undid Colonel Mason's handcuffs.

"He is a criminal." Fremont disagreed with Sartre's statement. He said coldly, "Colonel Mason, your troops are really extraordinary. You actually massacred innocent people in the town of Los Angeles. It's really embarrassing to the American Army. You will pay for the crimes you committed."

Fremont, also from the Army, hated the crimes committed by Colonel Mason's troops in Los Angeles.

Fremont walked up to Colonel Mason and handcuffed Colonel Mason again, feeling that Colonel Mason was not qualified to remove the shackles.

"You also served as the commander of California. Don't you have any sympathy for the residents of Los Angeles? How did you do it? During the war, they provided a lot of help to the American army."

Mason did not choose to defend himself, because what Fremont said was indeed the truth. During the Mexican-American War, the early American immigrants in California did provide them with great help.

Although Sherman was responsible for the atrocities against the town of Los Angeles, as Sherman's boss, Mason was indeed responsible for this incident.

"I'm sorry," said Colonel Mason darkly.

He looked at the yellow-skinned colonel who was slowly walking towards him. This colonel was about six feet tall and looked very young, even immature.

Perhaps this is the youngest colonel in the United States, and Mason is somewhat unconvinced and unacceptable to lose to such a young opponent.

"You are Colonel Liang?" Colonel Mason, who was a prisoner, asked.

"Exactly, Colonel Mason, I know you are not convinced." Liang Yao said unceremoniously to Mason.

"Before you killed the people of Los Angeles, I always thought you were a respectable soldier. Unfortunately, I was wrong. You have not only become a stooge, but also an executioner and war criminal."

"I'm a soldier, I'm just following orders," Mason argued.

"Is the massacre of civilians also an order?"

Liang Yao said disdainfully, then waved his hand and ordered Mason and the prisoners to be put in prison.

These captives will be his bargaining chips in the future.

In the evening, two guests from afar visited San Francisco.

Two steamships flying the Union Jack of the British Empire and the blue, white and red tricolor flag of the Second French Republic sailed into the port of San Francisco.

The arrival of Britain and France had been expected by Liang Yao. Fremont told him that before returning to California, he had visited the two ambassadors in their personal capacity at the British Embassy and the French Embassy.

It's just that Liang Yao didn't expect that Britain and France were so enthusiastic about America's housework that they came earlier than the people from the American government.

"It should be sent by someone from the embassy."

Fremont said while looking at the Union Jack and tricolor flag fluttering in the wind.

"It seems that the two ambassadors are very concerned about what happened in California."

Liang Yao said with his hands behind his back.

At this time, the transatlantic cable in the United States had not yet been laid, and the efficiency of information transmission between North America and Europe was not high. Mailing letters was still the way of communication between the two continents.

The speed of information transmission depends on the speed of the transoceanic cruise ship.

The spokespersons of Britain and France came so early, and they must have not been instructed by the high-level officials of the two countries. It should be the meaning of the ambassadors of the two countries to the United States.

It has to be said that at this time, Britain and France are still very flexible in their external policies, and their ambassadors abroad have been given considerable power.

"It's a bit too much. I went to visit them just to chat with them and make a show for Congress." Fremont frowned and said, "I never mentioned California to them."

"No matter what you talk about with them, as a senator from California, it is enough to make them dream, not to mention that the Congress in California and Washington is not in harmony, which has long been known in the United States." Liang Yao stared at the port , "Get ready to welcome guests from England and France."

　Working overtime today is difficult!Sorry for the late update!Continue to update after get off work, don't dare to fish anymore today!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)