Chapter 434: Meeting on a Narrow Road (Part II)
Chu Tianjiang arrived in Houston safely, and only a few days later, Perry, nicknamed "The Fox" because of his greed for life and fear of death, was killed in his home, and none of the twelve bodyguards who specialized in protecting him were spared. Subsequently, Chu Tianjiang left Houston with a large escort team. After successfully reaching Oklahoma City, he led a half-expanded caravan back to Lakewood.
Now, it's not just Monica who is terrified.
This guy has the ability to turn his hands into clouds and rain, and his combination with the Asian American group will inevitably pose a serious threat to the Jewish community.
It's just that on the issue of how to deal with Chu Tianjiang, there are serious differences among the six rabbis.
Monica's position is very resolute, i.e. to get rid of it quickly. In her words, a capable person like Chu Tianjiang would definitely not be subservient, and even if he was given a position as a rabbi, he might not join the Jewish group, so only by getting rid of him could he eliminate the threat.
Sadly, only one of the other five rabbis agreed with Monica.
In the eyes of the other four rabbi, Chu Tianjiang is indeed very capable, but it is not that he cannot buy him, but that the price offered by Monica when he bought him was too low. For a person with outstanding ability like Chu Tianjiang, a small vice president of the Chamber of Commerce would definitely not be able to enter his eyes. He can take Stewart's caravan all the way to Denver, and after successfully reaching Houston, he can easily kill Perry, even if Monica gives up the position of president of the Chamber of Commerce, he may not be tempted. The only way to buy him off is to make him a real magnate.
The problem is that the six rabbis do not have the power to decide on the increase in seats, that is the power of the big rabbi.
As for whether there was any other way to buy Chu Tianjiang, several rabbis couldn't think of it.
The final result of the discussion among the six rabbis was to hold the troops for the time being, and when Chu Tianjiang returned to Lakewood, he would send another rabbi to contact him. It would be nice if you could buy him. Even if he can't be bribed, it's not too late to mobilize forces to attack Lakewood.
Obviously, this is not the outcome Monica wants to see.
In her opinion, no matter what, Chu Tianjiang could not be allowed to return to Lakewood alive. The problem is that, apart from the Grand Rabbis, even the rabbis in charge of the legion have no right to mobilize the legion alone, and must have the support of four people at the rabbinical meeting, or three people in the case of one abstention, in order to mobilize the legion in the name of the collective decision of the rabbinical meeting, and now there are four rabbis who are explicitly opposed to the transfer of the legion.
The only thing Monica was able to mobilize directly was her guards.
Although she is in charge of the chamber of commerce's escort team, the escort team has no heavy equipment, and the escort personnel are uneven, so there is not much combat effectiveness at all.
For Monica, there is also a very serious problem.
That is, there is not much time left for her.
On the third day after Chu Tianjiang arrived in Oklahoma City, Monica received the news. Even if the caravan was delayed for one day, as long as Chu Tianjiang traveled day and night, he would be able to rush from Oklahoma City to Lakewood in five days, that is, when Monica received the news, there would be three days at most. If the Asian-American group acts, and will do, such as sending the Rose Legion south, Monica will have to act in two days. She could attack the caravan without reproaching her, but if she was in a head-on battle with the Rose Legion, and the news got out, not only would the other rabbis take the opportunity to deal with her, but even the Great Rabbi would not forgive her.
In such a short period of time, Monica would not have counted on the help of other rabbis, let alone the Chamber of Commerce's escort to work.
If he wanted to deal with Chu Tianjiang, Monica had only one choice, to dispatch his own guards.
If it was just against an ordinary caravan, even a large caravan with a strong guard, Monica's guards would be more than enough.
It's just that it is definitely not so easy to deal with Chu Tianjiang's caravan.
In the case of ensuring that the caravan was unscathed, Chu Tianjiang would be able to kill more guards in the battle to protect the caravan. In addition, the twelve guys around Perry were all genuine X warriors, and they were the most powerful X warriors, but they were still killed by Chu Tianjiang without leaving a piece of armor. The members of Monica's guards are nothing more than X warriors, and most of them are just ordinary X warriors, even if they send all the remaining nearly 400 people out, they may not be able to deal with Chu Tianjiang.
Monica has enough reason to believe that Chu Tianjiang has very powerful superpowers, and maybe his subordinates also have superpowers.
Besides, if she suffers another defeat, Monica becomes the Commander of the Light Pole. Even if the Great Rabbi rebuilds the Guard for her, her position will fall to the bottom, and the other rabbis will surely use this opportunity to attack her, take power from her, and make her an ornament.
Monica couldn't take such a risk, and the only way was to personally lead the guards to deal with Chu Tianjiang.
In addition to being an all-round X-warrior with superior strength in her own right, Monica also has a secret weapon, the "Energy Orb" she obtained from the Great Rabbi. Using this energy orb, Monica can not only strengthen her superpowers, but also give the members of the guard more combat power. Monica has enough reason to believe that even if Chu Tianjiang is a super soldier similar to an X warrior, or even an all-round X warrior, with strong superpowers, it is nothing more than the crystallization of human science and technology, and it cannot be compared with the superpowers she has at all.
Besides, if Chu Tianjiang is really powerful, do you need to go to Houston to find Craig?
To put it bluntly, if Chu Tianjiang is sure enough to kill Monica and the other rabbis, there is no need to go to Houston to win over Craig and kill the six rabbis in one fell swoop, which can not only help the Asian American group tide over the difficulties, but also dominate Denver. In addition, he has the ability to do so, and he doesn't even need to cooperate with the Asian group, and he can completely form his own separatist force and become the hegemon of the western region.
With these thoughts in mind, Monica didn't hesitate any longer.
After unsuccessful discussions with the other rabbis, Monica returned to the manor where she lived, gathered all the members of the guard, and then headed south with the guard.
At this time, Chu Tianjiang's caravan had reached Trinidad, south of the Arkansas River.
Clearly, Monica's judgment was grossly wrong.
Because the escorts were sent to Oklahoma City in advance to prepare the caravan for departure, Chu Tianjiang did not delay in Oklahoma City, or even entered the city. After joining the caravan outside the city, most of the accompanying escorts headed south to Houston, while the rest followed Chu Tianjiang westward. Over the next three days, the caravan traveled more than a thousand kilometers day and night. If it weren't for the fact that all the trucks were full of grain, and the roads and mines were relatively bad, the speed of the convoy had been controlled at about twenty kilometers per hour, otherwise Chu Tianjiang and the others would have crossed the Arkansas River and even returned to Lakewood.
The city of Trinidad, located between Denver and Albuquerque, is nominally administered by Albuquerque Mexicans, but is actually a free-trade town. The Mexicans only set up a tax post here for passing caravans to pay their taxes, and did not arrange for legions to guard it.
The caravans did not enter the city and set up camp on the outskirts.
During dinner, Chu Tianjiang left the camp and met Andre, who had made a special trip.
According to Chu Tianjiang's arrangement, Connie had already led the legion to the north bank of the Arkansas River and camped in a valley a few kilometers from the road. Wild Rose has also made arrangements for Tamara to lead a thousand-strong force south from Lakewood, which is expected to reach the north bank of the Arkansas River tomorrow afternoon. On top of that, the Jewish bloc remained motionless, with all regiments stationed in their respective camps, no pre-major military movements and deployments, and no news of the attack on Lakewood in Denver.
Although Chu Tianjiang found it a little difficult to understand, even Wild Rose thought that the Jewish group would not do it immediately, so what was there to worry about?
After Andre left, Chu Tianjiang returned to the camp.
The fact that the Jewish group did not take immediate action was also related to one factor, that is, the caravan was moving too fast, and no one expected Chu Tianjiang to return at such a fast speed. It is almost impossible to keep a caravan full of goods on the road day and night. If it weren't for Craig's special arrangements to provide the best vehicles and the best personnel, Chu Tianjiang would not have been able to do it. No matter how good Chu Tianjiang and Nichol were, they couldn't push more than a hundred trucks full of goods to travel thousands of miles a day on a rough road.
At a normal pace, it would take more than ten days for the caravan to reach Lakewood.
In this way, the Jewish group may not be in a hurry.
Clara had already eaten dinner, and Angelina was preparing warm clothes for her. Although she is Craig's daughter, Angelina is not at all the leader of the eldest lady, not only is she very diligent, she has no scruples, and she rarely interacts with other people in the caravan.
Half an hour later, the caravan set off again.
According to Chu Tianjiang's arrangement, the caravan would reach the south bank of the Arkansas River before dawn and enter Pueblo on the north bank tomorrow morning. As long as the Jewish group has not yet turned against the Asian group, after arriving in Pueblo, pay the full protection fee immediately, and wait until Connie and Tamara arrive, the next problem is not very big. In any case, the Jewish group had never before openly dealt with caravans that had paid protection money.
The key is whether the caravan can reach Pueblo safely.
Chu Tianjiang did not rest. As the saying goes, for the mountain, the success falls short. He was cautious all the way, Chu Tianjiang didn't want to overturn on the last part of the road. Besides, the fact that the Jewish clique did not intend to deal with him did not mean that Monica would let him go, and that Monica would let him return to Lakewood safely. Chu Tianjiang thought very clearly, if Monica wanted to deal with him, he would have to do it before he reached Pueblo.