America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Shortly after the refinery's transport convoy left, another convoy set off from Roswell.

Compared with the long and heavy transport team in front, this team is much lighter.

A team of twenty or so horses moved forward in a relatively loose formation.

They did not advance at full speed, but kept a distance of two to three hours from the convoy of the refinery.

At the front of the line was Chen Jianqiu, who was riding a black radish, and he was wearing a dark red light coat; beside him was Camilla, who was wearing a skirt of the same color as his, and she was carrying a jacket on her back. , is Sharps wrapped in layers of thick cloth.

Following them was Li Sifu, a young man whose attire was almost exactly the same as Chen Jianqiu's.

Next came Asuka and Sean in overalls.

Unlike usual, Sean didn't open his broken mouth, he just looked at the corn hovering in the distant sky;
Abiot and Hanif did not argue, they were checking their weapons; the Danny couple and their son Holly, the family of three followed behind.

Behind them were a dozen or so Chinese. They were all equipped with the latest repeating rifles brought by Browning, and they carried revolvers on their waists.

Chen Jianqiu also equipped them with big knives, but because they needed to keep a low profile, they scabbard them, wrapped them in cloth and hung them beside the saddle.

"Sifu, who are we in the transport team ahead?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head and asked.

"Uncle Niu and the others are here." Li Sifu replied.

The earliest group of Zhang Danian's subordinates were all his old subordinates there, and they had fought against Zeng Shatou and Li Zhongtang's soldiers.

And those people, some of them were in the transportation team of the oil refinery in front, and some of them were among the dozen or so Chinese.

And the rest of them also took turns in the gun shop. They and the gangsters that emerged around Montrose had done real work with real knives and guns.

Chen Jianqiu never gave up training them to shoot with guns.

Zhang Danian once sighed that if he had these guns back then, his brothers would not have died so many.

Chen Jianqiu raised his hand again and snapped his fingers at Asuka.

Asuka patted his horse and came to Chen Jianqiu.

"How many days ago did Gatling, who sent Thiago, leave?"

"I set off on the day I received your order." Asuka looked worried, "I'm still a little worried."

"Don't worry, that guy will turn his back sooner or later, but not now." Chen Jianqiu knew what Asuka was worried about, "Go ahead, keep an eye on the front, come back and tell me if there is anything."

Asuka nodded, pulled the rein, patted the horse and left.

In the evening four days later.

Chen Jianqiu's team appeared on the edge of a forest outside Lincolnshire.

He looked up at the corn hovering over Lincolnshire, and said to himself, "It looks like this group of people should have arrived in Lincolnshire."

Chen Jianqiu raised his hand towards the team behind, signaling the team to stop.

"Boss, aren't we going into town?" Sean asked behind him.

"No." Chen Jianqiu turned over and got off the horse.

"Then don't we go to Uncle Sun's?" This time it was Li Sifu who asked.

After all, Chen Jianqiu now has a lot of land around Lincolnshire, including some pastures and farms.

The farm closest to here is what Li Sifu said about Sun Sanshu and some people taking care of Chen Jianqiu.

"Not going either." Chen Jianqiu took out a note from his saddle bag and handed it to Li Sifu, "You can just ask him to send some supplies, and the less movement the better."

"We will camp here with you. If there is no accident, they will continue to set off tomorrow, and we have to follow immediately." Chen Jianqiu said, "Of course, they may set off in the middle of the night."

They found a leeward place and camped.

From Chen Jianqiu to those Chinese, they all slept with their clothes on.

You can't sleep too hard in the wilds of the West, not even with twenty men with guns.

Uncle Sun's supplies arrived in the early hours of the morning, and together with Uncle Sun's supplies came flying birds on horseback.

"Boss! They're leaving!" Asuka said to Chen Jianqiu who came out of the tent upon hearing the sound.

"Did they find you?" Chen Jianqiu took some dried meat from the supply cart sent by Uncle Sun and put it in his saddle bag.

"No, I entered the town in the dark." Asuka said with certainty, "I was staring at them from the roof opposite the hotel where they were staying, and I heard the noise from the opposite side before dawn."

"Which way are you going?" Chen Jianqiu asked calmly.

The road from Roswell to Albuquerque diverges as it exits Lincolnshire.

One, the one Meyer had chosen in the first place, was stolen.

The other one, the one that Asuka took with them, was robbed via Mount Blanca.

Chen Jianqiu was very curious which path they would choose.

However, Asuka's expression suddenly became very strange:
"They are divided into two teams."

"Two teams?" Chen Jianqiu touched his chin.The members who were preparing drinking water and dry food next to them also looked puzzled.

Divide into two teams, don't put all your eggs in one basket, and reduce losses?how is this possible?

Not to mention whether Meyer can tolerate this kind of thing happening, it is completely unnecessary to escort with so many armed personnel.

"How are their teams divided? Have you seen it?" Chen Jianqiu raised his head and asked Asuka.

"Mayer led a team, and Lynch and Pinkerton detectives led another team." Although it was just dawn, Asuka could see clearly.

"How about the armed configuration?" Chen Jianqiu continued to ask.

"Meyer's team was weaker, with a few detectives following, and Lynch and almost all the other Pinkerton detectives were on the other team."

"Could it be an empty plan?" Li Sifu put forward his own opinion, "Is there a possibility that Lynch's tanker is empty."

When he was a child, he watched this Peking Opera with his grandfather. Zhuge Kongming played the piano upstairs and pretended to be defenseless, but it scared Sima Yi away from the downstairs.

Chen Jianqiu was silent.

The weakest defense is often the best barrier.

This possibility is not ruled out.

"I have a solution." Abiot suddenly said on the side, "We might as well split up with Thiago, each with his own way."

Chen Jianqiu still didn't speak.

"I don't think so. Anyone who touches Lynch's side will be tough, and they will not be sure of winning." Hanif objected, adhering to the spirit of raising the bar as long as it was proposed by Abiot. .

"Then let Thiago fill in the hole." Abiot rolled his eyes.

"No, Thiago is going to touch that side. Whether you can beat him or not is another matter. Even if you can beat him, what about the Chinese workers in the team?" Hanif stuck his neck, unwilling to let go.

"What do you think?" Chen Jianqiu suddenly looked at Danny.

"You can still take a gamble." Danny thought for a while, and said, "Stud Lynch's side, or the big one here, Meyer's side, and Asuka and I just take a few people there."

"This seems like a good idea." Both Hanif and Abiot nodded.

Chen Jianqiu thought for a while, but did not give an order.

He walked to the side of the black radish, straightened the saddle, and turned around to ask everyone, "Have you prepared the food and water?"

Everyone nodded.

"Get on the horses! Get ready to go." Chen Jianqiu waved at the crowd, "We need to go to the scene to analyze the specific situation."

"Detour around Lincolnshire and take a look at the two roads."

In the light of dawn, a group of horses and horses galloped on the plain outside the town under the light of morning light, leaving behind the sound of horseshoes, breaking the silence of dawn.

"It's here!" The bird leading the way suddenly reined in the reins, and pointed to a row of ruts ahead, "This is the new road, which is where I took them, and now it's the direction Lynch and the others are going."

Chen Jianqiu and the others stopped their horses.

Chen Jianqiu jumped off the horse, walked to the side of the road, squatted down, and carefully observed the ruts on the ground.

Then, he got on his horse.

"Another way."

The other road is almost the same, covered with dense ruts.

Chen Jianqiu stretched out his hand and compared the depth of the rut with his knuckles.

It is much shallower than the previous road.

He stood up, patted the ashes on his hands, and showed an imperceptible smile on his face.

"What kind of empty city plan?" Chen Jianqiu shook his head, "It's completely taking off his pants and farting."

Chen Jianqiu mounted his horse again, pointed to the previous road, and said to Asuka and others at the same time:

"The first way, start, Asuka, hurry up and inform Thiago, the first way, wait for them!"