Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 77 The Wilderness

  Two days later, early in the morning

  Thylacine Rock

  This piece of undulating rocky land is densely covered with caves, and the rocks are no more than a dozen meters to thirty or forty meters high. It is the highest point on the surrounding endless grassland.

  A wolf flag flutters in the wind and hunts, inserts it at the highest point of the rock, declaring the ownership of this piece of land.

  More than 320 wolf riding guards moved to camp here, and most of the dozen cowboys sent by the No. 18 grazing point lived in nearby caves. The large caves were dry and warm and sheltered from wind, which was much more comfortable than living in a tent.

  Li Fushou and his party arrived here with more than 50 rides for inspection. It has been ten days since they came out with their heads and tails. The family affairs are piled up and they must go back as soon as possible.

  Looking over

  The withered and yellow pastures all over the place are half a person tall, swaying in the wind and making rustling sounds, the blue sky is as clear as washing, and white clouds are floating.

  The scenery on this wasteland is bleak and vast, containing the taste of endless loneliness.

Li Fushou rode a horse around, accompanied by the wolf cavalry commander Zhou Dahammer and deputy commander Li Baihu, and other officers and officials. What he saw besides endless weeds or weeds, occasionally sporadic kangaroos staring at the cowboys Look, there are blindfolds in her sullen eyes.

  The scenery on the wasteland is tired after a while.

  Li Fushou confessed a few words casually. He was about to turn his horse's head and return. Suddenly, he heard the long horn sounded from Thylacine Rock, and at the same time a black smoke went straight into the sky.

  A powerful enemy is coming! ! !

  Everyone did not dare to neglect, and immediately guarded Li Fushou galloping away on horseback, and soon came near the Thylacine Rock.

  This is a rocky field with a radius of two to three kilometers. It is composed of hundreds of large weathered rocks, which appear solitary and abruptly on the wasteland.

  In the vicinity of the rock, more than 300 knights of the wolf cavalry are already fully armed and sitting on horses, ready to attack at any time.

   Hidden in the grass on the rocky ground, there are two 6-barrel Gatling hand-operated heavy machine guns, which came from the seizure.

  "Master, please go to the headquarters..."

   "No, other non-combatants enter the command post. Let me go up and see what's going on?"

  Talking room

Li Fushou rolled over and got off the horse, and with his whip in his hand, he strode to the rocky ground. The commanders behind him had dispersed and returned to the cavalry. Only the commander was Zhou Dahammer and the deputy commander who made Li Baihu follow closely. .

   came to the highest point of the rock, and a wolf rider knelt on one knee to report;

  "Report to the lord of the mountain and the commander; the Pilken gang has more than a hundred criminals, less than three miles away from here, and they are still approaching."

   "Well, step back."

   "Yes."

  Li Fushou picked up the binoculars and observed it carefully. He could clearly see the gangster with one man and two horses with extremely arrogant expression. They were slowly approaching with horses, and "Wild Wolf Birken" was in the line.

"Ready to fight."

   "Yes, ready to fight."

  The command was Zhou Dahamu, who slapped his feet, repeated the order loudly and passed it on. A sound of gun preparation sounded under the rock, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

  In the distance, "Wild Wolf" Pilken was also observing with a binoculars. He clearly saw the tall Li Fushou, dressed in a cloak, and immediately became the focus of attention.

   "Stop moving forward."

Birken lifted his hand, and commanded his subordinates arrogantly; "Go to someone, inform the opposite [Li], tell him that I want to talk directly, no one has ever taken my things and hurt my person without paying. cost."

   "Yooo..."

  The gangsters screamed in excitement, Yiqi left the group and rushed over, stopped about 150 meters away from Thylacine Rock, yelled loudly, and conveyed the words of the bandit leader.

  Red River Valley’s answer is equally powerful; get out of here, or die!

  The distance between the two sides is close, and there is no need to report, the wolf Birken has heard it clearly, his face flushed with his aura.

  The other party did not respond to the request of the face-to-face conversation at all, and he appeared extremely contemptuous and rude, which really angered him.

  No matter how the "Wild Wolf" Birken is a bastard, he has done countless conscienceless bad things, but the spirit of chivalry is still admired in his bones, just like a bad boy wants to be praised.

  It is derived from the chivalry spirit of the Middle Ages and is very popular in Britain and France and other countries. Such bridges often appear in the confrontation between the two sides;

  "Excuse me, sir. I have to direct my army to attack you. In order to maintain the lofty knighthood, we will not open fire first. Please accept my sincere compliments."

   "It's a pity that a noble knight will not take the lead on the enemy. I can only reject your proposal. Please fire on us first."

   "Sorry, I think this is an insult to my personal and family honor, so I insist on firing on us first."

   "I can't do it. The knight would rather die gloriously than let the lofty honor be stained. My army will not take the lead in firing anyway."

  This deeply poisoned spirit of S.2 has deeply affected the white cowboys in North America and Australia. They always fantasize about a dialogue before the battle, defend the honor of the knight with blood and life, and write an immortal legend.

  This is almost a man’s ultimate dream, even if "Wild Wolf" Birken is just a gangster.

  It is a pity that the wolf guards did not cooperate at all. [Li] was not in the mood to play this kind of naive game with "Wild Wolf" Birken, and the gentleman would not stand under the dangerous wall.

  On marksmanship and riding skills, cough cough...

   "Boss, we should show them some colors, and give these obedient children a lesson."

   "Hey hey... I'm really looking forward to it!"

   "Don't worry, boss, I will take the guys under me to kick them in the ass. When we launch an offense, the rookies who are in line will be scared to pee. I can guarantee that."

  The bandit gang kept clamoring, "Wild Wolf" Pilken finally nodded and said with a gloomy expression;

"Boy Billy, let your men prepare to launch a tentative attack. We need to wait a little longer for the people led by Billy Clanton and "Scarface" Eke to reach the predetermined position and copy these guys back. "

   "Don't worry, my people can attack at any time and greet them with swords and guns."

   Billy Clayburn, nicknamed "Billy Kid", showed a cruel grin. The victory on the shore of Lake Carl made them arrogant, and their extremely arrogant emotions spread, as if they were the king of this world.

   "Wild Wolf" Pilken really deserves to be the cunning bandit leader, he divided his bandits into two groups, one wave frontally meets the enemy to absorb the other party's attention, the other wave steals back.

Although the Red River Valley Militia Regiment is well-trained, it has not gone through a big battle or a **** battle. Once it is attacked, it is easy to lose its position and collapse all at once.

  At that time, the gangs can get what they want.

   "Wild Wolf" Pilken is indeed afraid of the Red River Valley Cavalry, which has more than 1,300 soldiers, which is more than 6 times the number of bandits.

   No matter how arrogant Birken was, he would not think that in a head-on one-to-six battle, he would severely suppress his opponent and win.

  Three or four hundred cavalrymen in the Thylacine Rock area, he didn't care about it.

  The confrontation between the two sides did not last long, as Feng'er heard a faint cry of killing, which caused the "Wild Wolf" Pilken's face to change suddenly.

  The sound of screaming and killing came from the direction that his subordinates Billy Clanton and "Scarface" Eke led more than a hundred bandits to outflank. Is there an ambush there?

  "Go to a few people and see what happened?"

  Several detective horses in the team heard the sound and came out, raised their whips and slapped the horse's **** fiercely, and galloped away like a gust of wind.

  It is not practical to be so troublesome. There is already a husky man who has escaped from the hilly area in the distance. The smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves are all over the sky, and the face of the visitor will soon be seen.

  Not the gangster Billy Clanton and "Scarface" Eke who are they?

   Nearly half of their men had been lost, and only fifty or sixty were left to flee in an embarrassing manner. The expression on their faces was hard to conceal, and they approached at a high speed in the direction of the Pilken gang.

  Behind the defeated generals

  A tiger cavalry guard fluttered in the wind, the commander Wagner and the deputy commander made Ahu rush to the forefront, leading a large number of horse teams to chase wildly, and the horses' hoofs were as dense as drums, which lifted up even greater smoke and dust on the wasteland.

  The well-trained tiger riding guard spread out in the form of a geese in the chase. With an order, Qi Qi pulled out the riding lances in the front horse bag, stood up with the power of the stirrups in the high-speed gallop, raised the guns and fired at the front.

   "Papa Papa..."

  After the intensive row of guns, the gangsters escaping in front fell down more than 10 and rolled into a pile on the dust-filled grass.

  Commander Wagner’s shining command knife was held above his head and circled around, pointing at the gangster ahead again.

   "Papa Papa..."

  After another intensive platoon of guns, the gangsters who were rushing forward were hit a few more, and they fell over with blood.

  The command made Wagner's shining commanding knife rush to the sky, then retracted and inserted it into the scabbard, and continued to chase the horse wildly.

  The tiger cavalry guard quickly put away the lance, instigated the horse to sit down and follow closely, and the hoofs rolled like thunder across the grassland.

   "Hahahaha...I can't think of such a coincidence, it seems that I wanted to go together." "Wild Wolf" Birken's face didn't show the slightest panic on his face, but he laughed.

  These gangsters died as soon as they died. There is nothing to be a pity, just like the weeds on the wasteland that have been cut and grown.

  As long as the golden sign of "Wild Wolf" Bill is there, some bandits are willing to rush over.

  Experienced Birken knows at a glance;

  I wanted to outflank others' back roads, but the other side had the same idea. Before the boss started fighting, the two teams in charge of outflaming collided head-on and started fighting.

   "The enemy has been prepared, brothers retreat."

  Bilken knew that he was caught in the trap. Red River Valley was obviously using a riding guard force as a bait, and even the legendary [Li] appeared in person to attract the bait.

At this time, it was too late to retreat. The wolf riding guard rode up at a high speed, spreading out on the wasteland with two wings far away, echoing the tiger riding guard a few miles away, like two big hands rushing toward the center fiercely. To crush everything to the slag.

  See this situation

"Funatic" Virgil's eyes suddenly turned red, and the blue veins on his forehead jumped, waving the saber in his hands and shouted; "Boss, I'll take a wave with my subordinates, you rush out from the opening, remember to give us Take revenge."

   After finishing speaking, without waiting for Birken's permission, he led dozens of gangsters and rushed out, riding a horse and galloping into a group, like a huge iron fist hitting the oncoming wolf riding guard.

  (End of this chapter)