A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 3 The Van der Linde Gang
"Who's in front of you? Tell me your name." Dutch and Arthur raised the kerosene lamp hanging on the saddle, and pulled out the revolver at their waist with the other hand.

The sudden increase in wind and snow made it impossible to see the person coming in front of the white snow.

I saw a light gradually approaching without answering, until I could barely see the outline of the distance.

"Mika!"

Dutch put the pistol back in his gun bag.

"Did you find anything?"

"Yes. We found a small farm over there."

Micah obviously didn't know that this small farm was where Arthur had come to bring back food supplies and the Adlers.

"Is anyone there, Micah?"

"It's not just people, it's like a party there, it's bright and noisy." Micah looked very happy. Robbery has always been his specialty.

"Wait a minute Dutch." Arthur called to Dutch who was about to go, "There's no need to go, that's the Adler family's ranch."

"..."

"What's the situation?" Micah looked at Arthur suspiciously.

"Mr. and Mrs. Adler are helping us at the camp." Arthur has always disliked Micah. This man makes people instinctively dislike him, and what happened in the past six months has made Arthur even more disgusted with the person in front of him. He doesn't know if he is related to Micah. Did that memory matter or was Micah just so annoying that Arthur didn't like him anyway, but Arthur was willing to make it less obvious.

Arthur put down the gun and said: "I almost forgot to say, Micah, I'm glad to see you are still alive."

"Of course." Micah looked very indifferent. He was following Dutch. Although Arthur was in the way, his skills left people speechless.

So he was also willing to show friendliness and kindness to Arthur that he could only treat Dutch.

Micah turned his horse's head and lined up with the two of them, looked at Dutch and asked:

"What to do Dutch?"

"Apparently the Adlers have some other guests."

Dutch thought for a moment and said:

"Go ahead and inquire, see how many there are and who they are, and then make other decisions."

Arthur was noncommittal, Micah agreed, and confirmed that they had no other suggestions, so the three of them moved on.

Soon we came to a hillside not far from Adler's farm, where we could see cowsheds, stables, a two-story cabin and an empty barn in the distance.

This sudden heavy snow almost froze to death all the livestock on the farm. This is why the Adlers were happy to use the carriage to pull supplies back to Arthur. After all, Arthur actually gave these dead livestock that he didn't know what to do with. For a very fair price.

"Hey, Dutch, there are at least six horses tied at the door." Micah on the side briefly counted through the binoculars.

"There were lights on in the stables and there were probably no less than ten people there."

"Can you see who it is?" Dutch tightened his windbreaker.

Arthur said: "I guess they are from the Odrisk Gang."

Arthur was 90.00% sure. In his memory, Mr. and Mrs. Adler should have been here. Mr. Adler would be killed and Mrs. Adler would hide in the cellar until Dutch and he came here to look for supplies. At that time, the people who eliminated this group of O'Drisik Gang were rescued by them.

Micah didn't want to question it, because there was no difference between the pursuers and the O'Drisco gang. They were old enemies with the Vanderlin gang.

"Go back, it's too dangerous. We only have three people and three guns. Even if we are surprised, it's not safe."

Arthur put forward his own ideas. I don’t know when it started. Arthur was no longer just the Arthur who listened to Dutch and Hosea’s instructions. He also made many decisions that he thought were normal in the past. Arthur Will come up with some different ideas.

"Dutch?" Micah took out his pistol and checked the magazine.

He pulled out the bullets and inserted them one by one.

"I have a plan, Arthur. Listen to me. Apparently most of them are in the main house. Let's sneak to the stables. There must not be a few people left to look after the horses. There won't be more than two at most."

"We can quietly capture someone and bring him back for interrogation without alerting others. No matter who they are, we have to figure out why they are here."

Apparently this is Dutch's Plan A.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. With such a heavy snowstorm, the distance between the stables and the main house is enough for us to solve other minor troubles quietly."

Arthur is no stranger to Dutch's plans. Dutch has always been a person with plans for so many years.

"Okay, if there's no problem, just take action. Tie the horse here and touch it quietly. Don't shoot unless it's absolutely necessary."

……

in the stable,
Arthur looked through the cracks in the wooden boards and saw only a figure taking care of the horses inside.

Arthur gestured behind him, holding a long-handled dagger in his other hand.

Micah and Dutch followed Arthur in a half-crouched position. After confirming that there was only one person in the house, they only heard the horses neighing briefly. Micah and Dutch followed Arthur closely. Entering the house, the man in the house had been pushed to the ground by Arthur with a dagger at his throat.

Without much pause, Micah skillfully took out the rope and tied the person up. As for the trapped person revealing his identity and trying to threaten everyone, no one paid too much attention. After all, holding a dagger to the throat is the best. answered.

As Dutch briefly looked around at the door to make sure no one else noticed, Arthur and Micah raised their hands and feet to pull out the man who was gagged and bound.

The three people returned the same way, threw the man on the horse's butt and fixed it, and then rode away from here without anyone noticing.

(End of this chapter)