Wild North America 1846

Chapter 51 Blocking Hewan Village

In the past two days, the Datang Society has made sufficient preparations for the attack, and it started to operate in an orderly manner as soon as an order was given.

Call at 2:30 on time

The infantry team with muskets on their shoulders walked in front, and the artillery wagon team behind them. Four 9-pound and 12-pound artillery pieces were disassembled and loaded into the wagons, and followed the infantry team.

The last ones were the cavalry and luggage. All the cavalry dismounted and walked on foot. Each horse carried four 2.5-meter-long logs, as well as three-meter-long ladders, tents, etc. The long queue stretched for two or three kilometers.

The march along the way was quite smooth. It was after five o'clock that the vanguard of the musketeers encountered sporadic attacks from the Madison gang, and after being repelled, there was no further action.

sunset
The infantry team successfully arrived at the river beach about 1 kilometer away from Hewan Village, and immediately started digging ditches, which made the opponent puzzled.

river bend village
Alexander Madison, who was full of anger, was standing in the wall of the village. He was surrounded by Sheriff John, "Barbarian" Jack Starr, "Bulldog" Buck Freeman and "Cyclops" Mabry- Jones and the others looked at the busy figure in the distance and remained silent.

Just experienced a disastrous defeat in the afternoon, which dealt a blow to the morale of the gangsters.

"Guys, I think they should launch a cavalry counterattack while they are not getting a firm foothold. Maybe it can disrupt the position of the Easterners and make the brothers vent their anger."

"John, don't think of such good things, those Orientals are not fools. You don't see the musketeers lined up all the time, I bet they've got their guns fully loaded and can fire a volley just by leveling their muzzles. No Who can charge against the dense rain of bullets, damn bastard... Haven't we suffered enough?"

"I can figure it out, whoever attacks first will suffer."

"That's right, now it's the Easterners' turn to suffer. As long as our people guard the wall firmly, I don't believe they can break in?"

"Boss, what do you think?"

Alexander Madison gritted his teeth when he heard the question from the people around him, and uncontrollable anger burst out from his eyes. These oriental people made him suffer continuously, and his teeth itch with hatred.

He said in a low voice; "Let the brothers have a full meal and go to bed early. Tonight I will go out personally and lead people to take over their camp. It is a daydream to want to establish a foothold under my nose."

The series of disastrous defeats made him lose his prestige, and doubts arose everywhere. Alexander Madison was eager to prove it with a victory;

He is still a strong man who firmly controls the American River, and no one can shake his throne, not even the Orientals.

"Bulldog" Buck Freeman licked his dry lips, and said with a bloodthirsty light in his eyes; "This idea is good, I like to use a sharp knife to cut open the soft abdomen of the prey, cut off their hands and feet, in the fear of Easterners It's going to be a great experience to do a bloody carnage while screaming."

"It seems like a good idea to stealthily go and fight at night. Even if we can't succeed, we still have a strong defensive advantage. I agree." The tall "barbarian" Jack Starr's eyes lit up, and he agreed from the bottom of his heart this scheme.

"Then do it." Alexander Madison took a last look at the busy Orientals in the distance, turned around and went down the wooden ladder, and greeted others by the way; "Guys, come to my place for a drink first, find What a strong little bitch to put out the fire, we are going to bring a big surprise to the Orientals tonight, it is worth celebrating."

"Wow... I have no reason to refuse."

"Hahaha... seconded."

Several white bandit leaders completely forgot about the fiasco in the afternoon, they came down from the wall with smiles on their faces, and followed Alexander Madison into the depths of the village.

Although Hewan Village is not big, the women here are coquettish and energetic, the drinks are strong and strong, and the food is plentiful.

these days
The Madison gang attacked with confidence in the morning, and returned in disgrace in the afternoon. Today they were hit particularly hard, and they lost more than 50 people in the three days before and after.

After all, there were less than 240 white gangsters gathered in Hewan Village, and many gangsters who were invited sporadically had the idea of ​​retreating, and they no longer wanted to get involved in this troubled water.

But the problem is that it’s easy to get in and hard to get out. Ever since the old Kahn’s family left with more than a dozen members, Alexander Madison became annoyed when he found out, and said decisively, “Only corpses can leave Hewan Village.”

Therefore, before there is no defeat, there is only one way to go to the dark.

After nightfall

In Hewan Village, the smell of wine and meat is fragrant, white gangsters who want to vent their anger are everywhere, shouting, drunkenly chasing women, a scene of demons dancing wildly.

As long as the white gangsters voluntarily participated in the war, they were free to eat, drink and play in Hewan Village, and the bandit leader Alexander Madison paid for everything, provided that they could not escape without authorization, and when they worked hard, they had to work hard.

At nightfall, about ten o'clock
Alexander Madison, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a shaking. He opened his drunken eyes and asked, "Why is Tate...is it past 3 o'clock at night?"

"No, it's early 22 o'clock."

"Damn bastard, didn't I not understand what I said, don't ask me to go out and kill the world until 3:00?"

"Boss, I think you should go and see for yourself, what are the Orientals up to? I'm afraid the night attack plan has to be cancelled."

"what?"

Alexander Madison immediately woke up from the hangover, looked at the worried Tate in front of him, and found that he was not joking at all, so he stood up suddenly and said; "Go... go to the wall to see Look."

Walled Wall

Alexander Madison looked out, stunned by the scene in front of him, couldn't help cursing, "Fake oil..."

Several piles of bonfires were lit outside Hewan Village, and there were dimly lit lanterns in the nearby forest. The gunmen of the Datang Club set up a camp 1 kilometer away, with neatly erected tents.

This is not the problem. The biggest problem is that at the entrance of the village in Hewan Village, several ring-shaped parapets were built at a distance of more than 400 meters, forming a semicircle to just block the gate of the village.

Behind these French-style wooden parapets about 1 meters high, there are musketeers guarding them from the Datang Society. There are about five or 5 people on duty here in shifts.

About 80 meters in front of the parapet, there is a burning bonfire, which illuminates the Hewan village camp in the night, especially when there is no hiding place at the gate of the village, so how can we sneak attack?

The current situation is;

The white guards in the Hewan Village camp could use muskets to shoot at the defensive parapet and the targets behind it, and relying on the cover of the defensive parapet, the Tang Dynasty gunmen could also shoot at the white guards.

Although it couldn't cause serious harm, Hewan Village was obviously sealed off and couldn't get out anymore. What should we do now?
(End of this chapter)