Without the slightest hesitation, Wickham quickly took Captain Stanley's advice and sent a dozen soldiers to assist the Hessian artillery in transporting the two guns to the street in front of the Moxe Palace.

Bert, Aven, and Barnett were gathered behind a house on the corner, somewhat worriedly discussing how to defeat the last of the Moxies' armed forces at a relatively small cost.

However, the coordination of infantry and artillery in this era is still unknown territory, and infantry commanders generally do not think of using artillery to solve problems when their attacks are frustrated, and not everyone is a military genius like Napoleon. The three officers' fears did not last long, and the two three-pounder infantry guns were pushed down the middle of the street, just within the range of the artillery grapes.

Puzzled, Bert called out to one of the artillerymen and asked, "Who told you to bring the cannon?" Bert had no idea that artillery could be used in street fighting.

When the artilleryman saw that the other party was a second lieutenant officer, he replied honestly: "Second lieutenant, it was Lieutenant Wickham who saw that your attack was frustrated and specially sent artillery to open the way for you." ”

Bert wanted to argue a few words, but the second platoon, as the vanguard, did fail in the attack. Even one row of Evan and three rows of Barnett blocked the street. Bert looked at the artillerymen who were busy setting up artillery positions, and asked with some doubts: "Can the power of artillery be unleashed in such a narrow street?" ”

The Hessian sergeant shrugged his shoulders and said in accented English, "Mr. Ensign, I have never done this before. Anyway, I was given the order to bombard the muskets of the Mossi with shotshots at close range. Bert was sure of his chief, and his stomach was starting to run bad again. With a wave of his hand, Bert asked the infantry on both sides of the street to form a defensive formation on either side of the artillery position to cover the artillery movements.

After the artillerymen fixed the guns, they nervously began to load the two guns with shotguns. This distance is a bit close to the artillery, fortunately there is the cover of the infantry, otherwise the Moses will come to a close assault, then their group of artillery without self-protection will be unlucky.

The musket team of the Mossi people apparently also found two cannons not far from them, and felt a little numb in their scalps. At such a close distance, the terrifying power of those two cannons is like a cold meat grinder! But the Moxi people didn't think of any good way to deal with such a situation for a while. If they take refuge in the buildings on both sides of the street, the infantry of the British, who have been waiting for a long time, will take advantage of this opportunity to press up, and the palace gate will be lost. They had no choice but to stay in their original positions in fear, maintaining a three-row line formation.

While the Moses were hesitating, the two British guns had finished reloading and opened fire on the orders of the sergeant major. Just listen to the "boom...... Boom" two loud roars, and two cannons fired a terrifyingly dense barrage at the Moxies. Hundreds of shotguns shot into the Moxi Fire and Gun Team, which had no obstacle to cover, and pierced the impregnable defense line just now! In just one second, more than 30 of Moxi's musket squad collapsed. In the face of metal frenzy, any flesh and blood is just a share of food.

Several Moxi soldiers were shot in several places all over their bodies, and their flesh and blood were blurred. But they did not die immediately, but lay on the ground screaming, and the still living Moxi soldiers caused great psychological pressure. I saw that the Moxi Gun Team had been blinded by the bombardment of two guns, and they were frozen in place, not knowing what to do.

Bert excitedly drew his command knife and shouted: "Gentlemen, let us use the weapons in our hands to send these barbarians to hell, rush!" With that, Bert himself took the lead in rushing towards the Moxie Guns in front. The soldiers in a row looked at the palace gate that was close at hand, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they all followed behind Bert with bayonets, and slammed into the Moxi defenders savagely!

Before the Mossi Lancers could come to their senses, the British infantry was about to rush forward, and before they could shoot and stop, the two troops collided fiercely, and immediately set off a bloody storm.

Wickham put down his binoculars, pleased with Bert's decision on the spot. Unexpectedly, although Bert is usually very nervous, his grasp of the fighter is very sensitive, and it can be regarded as the first infantry coordination in history that was inadvertently completed. Soon, the white-knuckle battle ahead was over, and at the cost of twelve casualties, the British army stormed the palace of King Moxitu.

Wickham, accompanied by a group of officers, walked into the Moxie palace with a sword. Although it is said to be a palace, this stone building is ugly, and compared with the palaces of European countries and the Forbidden City of China at this time, it is shabby. Moxi's Tuwang and his wives and daughters all stood tremblingly in front of a group of British ** officials, for fear that these white guys would drag them out to shoot targets.

Wickham tilted his head and asked Captain Stanley, "This is King Moxitu and his family?" Could it be that there are some servants mixed in? "This can't blame Lin Zihan for not thinking too much, there are too many members of the Moxi royal family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a reinforced platoon, among which there are not only middle-aged women, but also some young women, and more than a dozen children, but from one or two years old to teenagers. If this is all the family of King Moxitu, this guy's sowing ability is too strong.

Captain Stanley, who had also been in Ghana for several years, was familiar with the situation in these places, and answered Wickham's doubts: "Lieutenant Wickham, you don't know anything. These barbarians used the number of wives as a measure of wealth and status. So as long as they are from a good family, they all have more than one wife. Oh, the Lord will not condone the ugly deeds of these infidels. "Captain Stanley was a devout Protestant and had a disdain for polygamy.

Captain Stanley paused, and continued, "King Mossitu had fifteen wives and seventeen children. However, this is not inferior to the earth king of Asandi, and it is said that the fellow's wife is more than thirty. At this time, Bert next to him smiled lewdly, and a man knew what he was thinking. Wickham wasn't too surprised, thinking that if this group of European buns knew that the emperors of China were all three thousand beauties in the harem, they wouldn't be so jealous that they would go crazy.

"By the way, ask this earth king, where is the treasury of the Moxi royal family, this is what we have to do." Wickham didn't have time to discuss with these obviously suffocated old men whether it was the "sexual" happiness of King Moxi or the happiness of King Ashanti. After a long day of work, Wickham is most concerned about the legendary wealth of the Moxies.

Captain Stanley had been in Ghana for a few years and knew some of the local dialect. I saw Captain Stanley step forward and take out King Moxitu, who was dressed like a peacock, like a chicken. Thinking that the English were going to pull him out and kill him, King Mossitu's face turned pale and his legs trembled. And the women and children next to them cried and cried very sadly.

Wickham was upset by this cry, which always reminded him of the scene after the little devil entered the village in those anti-Japanese film and television dramas in his previous life. Wickham shook his head, throwing the nonsense out of his mind, and motioned for Evan to make the world quiet. Ewen immediately ordered the soldiers to take care of the family of King Mossitu's reinforced platoon to another room.

"Captain Stanley, tell this King of Moses to hand over all his belongings and we will ensure the safety of his family. Otherwise, none of his family will be left behind, see if he thinks money is important, or his family's lives are important! "Of course Wickham wouldn't do that, and he just wanted to scare the timid earth king.

After listening to Captain Stanley's questioning, the king of the earth fell to the ground and grabbed Wickham's leg like a life-saving straw, and expressed his willingness to give all his possessions. The savings of the Moxi royal family for hundreds of years are hidden in the cellar of a palace in the back! When the officers present heard the news, they were all excited. In this era, who doesn't want to make a small fortune? Today they finally got what they wanted.

Soon, the crowd escorted the King of Moxi to the palace behind. With the help of a few soldiers, the ornate woolen mat in the center, which looked like it was supposed to be sleeping, was removed, revealing a wooden door inlaid in a stone slab. Everyone didn't expect that this King of Moxitu usually slept above the entrance of the treasury, which was really unexpected.

Looking at the cellar of the black hole, Wickham was a little timid. After watching some adventure movies, he suddenly remembered that on the movie screen, this kind of treasure hiding place usually has some mechanism, or some poisonous snakes or something, to protect the treasure. Wickham didn't want to lose his life for no reason, so he handed the lighted torch to King Moxitu and motioned for him to clear the way. The timid King Mossi did not hesitate, and obediently went down to the cellar with torches, followed by a few officers who rushed in, and the soldiers who remained outside to guard the entrance to the palace.

The entrance to the cellar is not large, so it can only allow two people to pass side by side, but after a distance of six or seven meters, the whole cellar suddenly opens up. King Mossi used torches to light several large braziers in the corners, presumably with some animal fat. Although the brightness was not very good, the whole cellar became bright after the glimmer of the torch was reflected by several large bronze mirrors.

The grouped objects in the center shocked the group of uninvited guests beyond words: the ground was littered with dog-headed gold larger than an adult's fist, and the shelves were neatly stacked with gold ingots that had been rudimentary, each as large as a brick. There were also a few boxes filled with ivory and various animal skins, and Lin Zihan even found fine pieces of rough diamonds in an inconspicuous clay pot, the largest of which was 38 carats! Rich, and big!

Wickham came back to his senses and found that his subordinates' eyes were red with excitement, obviously they had never seen such a shocking scene. If these guys can't restrain their greed, it's going to be bad! Thinking of this, Wickham coughed twice and said to his men: "Ladies and gentlemen, because of the previous agreement with the Royal African Company, all the loot captured this time will be at our disposal. So these are everyone's, and the top priority now is how to transport these things back, don't let the soldiers outside be greedy, and it will be difficult to suppress the bullets when the time comes. ”

Barnett was the first to come to his senses, startled by the glimmer of greed that had just risen in his heart, he had come to serve in the army not only for wealth, but for his own ambitions.

After listening to Wickham's words, Bert and his party reluctantly withdrew their gaze and said to Wickham: "Sir, what should we do now?" Seeing that everyone's eyes had regained their clarity, Wickham secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was a little glad that he hadn't called those soldiers to the cellar just now, otherwise those recruits who had just joined the army and had not yet had a strong sense of discipline might have done something crazy when their minds were hot after seeing these dazzling wealth.

Wickham continued to several officers: "Gentlemen, now we begin to box these things and then put seals on them so that the soldiers do not see the contents. Gentlemen, God has given us the right to pursue wealth and happiness, but at the same time he has left behind the fatal temptation of Satan. Now, these treasures are God's test for us, and I hope that you gentlemen will withstand the temptation to restrain your behavior. ”

Wickham knows that having a million cash in front of you is completely different from giving you a bank card with a million in it. Although the soldiers outside could guess that the large chests contained trophies, without the dazzling gold and diamonds, the greed in their hearts was not enough to make them do anything risky.

Several officers in the cellar hurriedly said yes, admiring Wickham's carefulness. Then the crowd got busy, packing the gold, ivory, and diamonds on the shelves into boxes and sealing them. Although several people were busy and sweating profusely, their emotions were all high, and after these things were shipped back, they were indispensable for the sake of these officers!

After walking out of the cellar, Wickham saw that several soldiers outside were still standing guard dutifully, so he said to one of them: "Private, report your name." The soldier standing guard was shocked, and hurriedly replied, "Sir, it's good if you call me Ruhr." ”

Wickham nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Well, Private Ruhr, now I order you to go and gather the second platoon of soldiers and let them all go down to the cellar to carry the loot." Also, don't open the seal on the box, you know? When he said the last sentence, Wickham's tone was a bit harsh.

"Yes, sir!"

When Wickham returned to the cellar, Ruhl muttered to Smith beside him, "It seems that the officers have made a fortune, and I don't know if we have a share." ”

Smith said indifferently: "Okay Ruhr, Lieutenant Wickham is not a stingy person, the money given to him by the Royal African Company last time was not a Gini for each of us." This time with the loot, Lieutenant Wickham will also give us some of it. ”

Ruhl nodded and said, "Smith, you're right. Lieutenant Wickham is not only generous, but also kind to the soldiers, he is a good man. "In the Ruhr's unpretentious worldview, whoever is good to them is a good person.

In fact, ordinary soldiers such as Ruhr and Smith would never know, in fact, the good man they called Lieutenant Wickham, together with several officers, each shared two hundred pounds, and the ordinary soldiers each only shared a gini gold coin.

ps: Ask for tickets, ask for collections!