Chapter 37: The Bandit and the Beast One Step Away

After a while, Ruhl came to the cellar with more than two dozen soldiers in the second platoon, and then gave a military salute to Wickham: "Sir, I have brought the men you need, please instruct!" Ruhl's eyes never took off the dozen or so large boxes, and he thought that maybe this was the trophy of the officers.

Wickham nodded, and then said to the soldiers, "Okay gentlemen, please remove these documents of the Princely State of Moxi, these things are very important information for the kingdom, you should be careful." "In order to avoid an uncontrollable situation, Wickham did not tell the truth. Sometimes, the truth doesn't have to be honest, and maybe it can drag those in the know into the abyss!

"As you wish, sir." Ruhl gave a military salute to the officers present, and then led the soldiers to carry the so-called "documents". A soldier stumbled to lift a box with his partner, and the meridians in his hands bulged as if they were about to burst because of the force.

The soldier did not expect some of the written materials to be so heavy, and whispered: "My God, what kind of documents would sink like this!" Could it be that the Moses wrote on stones? The soldier had only half guessed right, and it was indeed not literature in this box, but heavy gold nuggets!

Wickham regretted a little why he had thought of such an unreliable reason just now, and hurriedly remedied: "Okay soldiers, the Moxies are used to inscribed their history and documents on bronzes, so the contents of these boxes are a bit heavy, thank you for your hard work, and when you return to the fortress, I will reward each of you with a bottle of rum!" Hearing that there was rum to be served, the soldiers rejoiced and thanked Lieutenant Wickham for his generosity.

Ruhl didn't believe Wickham's words at all, he was determined that it was the officer's trophy, and maybe there would be gold in it! Although Ruhl was only a humble and uneducated weaver, he was not stupid in his mind. Ruhl chose to shut up and buried himself in carrying the box.

After most of the loot had been removed from the cellar, Wickham planned to take a walk around and see how the discipline of the Independent Marine Company was doing. As early as when he entered this palace, Wickham told the soldiers who wanted to get rich that they could rob whatever they wanted when they got to the inner city. However, it is important to note that the ordinary inhabitants of the royal city of Moxi cannot be slaughtered at will, let alone raped by women. This is Wickham's moral bottom line, and he doesn't want his subordinates to become a group of "beast army" without conscience and bottom line.

When Second Lieutenant Barnett saw that his boss was going to make his own inspection, he said with some displeasure: "Sir, I don't think it's necessary for you to personally supervise the soldiers. Several of our officers have long emphasized that the soldiers should not commit crimes against the wind. Wickham's move made Barnett feel that he was not fully trusted by his superiors, and this feeling made him very uncomfortable.

Because Captain Stanley was a mercenary and didn't care much about military discipline, he echoed Barnett and said, "Lieutenant Wickham, leave the inspection to the military discipline officer." The most important thing at the moment is to discuss how to bring today's harvest back to the port! That's an incomparably large fortune, and I estimate that the total value will not be less than 150,000 pounds. Such a fortune is enough to make the guys in the harbor go crazy, so I think we should negotiate a safe way before we go back. ”

Captain Stanley's tone was tinged with concern, after all, they were just a bunch of junior officers. It was a fluke to be able to grab such a huge wealth this time, and after going back, I couldn't help but feel a little lacking in confidence in the face of those high-ranking and powerful people. If Mr. Fritz Mellon, or Lord Magalny, had asked for a redistribution of the spoils, they would have nothing to say.

Wickham glanced at the surrounding officers and said in an unquestioning tone: "Okay, I have my own way to deal with the loot, and now your task is to go on patrol with me." "The £100,000 sounds like a lot, but Wickham thinks Governor Mellon and Lord Margarny are not going to make a fool of themselves for the money. When the time comes, he will naturally take the initiative to honor these guys.

And now there was only one officer outside, Aven, who was staring, and Wickham was afraid that he alone would not be able to suppress the soldiers who had snatched the red eye. Especially the hundred or so mercenaries under Captain Stanley, the military discipline of those guys is really reassuring. After several battles, Wickham initially established his authority in the newly formed force. At his insistence, several officers had nothing to say, and silently followed behind him, preparing to go out for a patrol.

After walking out of the main hall, everyone found that the entire palace of Moxi was full of soldiers in twos and threes, each with a greedy German gaze in their eyes, and they were busy looting anything of value. Wickham even spotted several soldiers using bayonets scraping off a layer of gold dust from Moxi's sacrificial objects and placing them in a small bottle. When King Mossitu, who was in the back, saw this scene, his eyes were so angry that they were about to burst into flames. The Tamoshi have always believed in the sun god, and now this sacred religious ritual vessel has been ruthlessly trampled on by the infidels!

The King of Moxi, who originally seemed timid, was blood-red at this time, and his eyes were shining with a poisonous light, which made people feel a chilling feeling. But Wickham didn't stop the soldiers, and it didn't matter if the Moses wanted to eat them raw. It was originally a one-shot deal, and after this vote, maybe he Wickham would never come back here, and the Moxies couldn't find anyone if they wanted to take revenge.

The soldiers were scraping the gold dust as if nothing had happened, and they didn't even bother to salute when the officers came. Barnett glanced at them and saw that these were all his soldiers, so he said embarrassedly, "Sir, the soldiers need an outlet after the battle, but these are under control. "Wickham is undeniable, he is not a moral emperor, everyone is a robber to the Moxies, he will not laugh at fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps. As long as these soldiers didn't burn and kill adulterers, he didn't bother to say anything else.

At this moment, a woman's scream came from a nearby house, mixed with the laughter of several men. However, the city of Moxi is in chaos, and if you don't distinguish it carefully, you really can't hear the anomaly here. Hearing this voice, Wickham's face suddenly became gloomy, it was obvious that some British soldiers took advantage of the chaos to commit violence against the Moxi women! Are these scumbags taking his words as a deaf ear?

It turned out that Ensign Barnett, who had given Wickham a packing ticket, and the soldiers would not have any problems, his face was a little unbearable, this was simply a slap in the face naked! Now Barnett can't wait to hang those guys who can't control their crotches to show the public!

Wickham suppressed his anger and said, "Is that what you are talking about? That's what you promised me with your chest? After saying that, Wickham ignored the officers who lowered their heads, pulled out the saber at his waist, and "kick...... Pedal to the house around the corner of the street.

In the room, I saw two soldiers in Marine uniforms, with rifles, smiling at a Hessian mercenary, crushing a disheveled black woman! The black woman's figure is very plump, and her breasts are even more turbulent, ignoring the skin color, such a figure is definitely a hot existence! These soldiers had not touched a woman since they went out to sea, and when they saw such a plump woman, they intuitively felt that there was only an evil aura rushing up from under their lower abdomen. The soldiers, who had been caught in the brains of the spirits, no longer took the warnings of the officers to heart.

One of the Marines looked teased and shouted at the Hessian mercenary, "Bill, you kid don't hurry up, John and I can't wait." ”

The mercenary rubbed the breasts of the Moxi woman under him with one hand, completely ignoring the painful expression on the face of the woman under him, and replied with a smile: "You two boys are in a hurry, today is time, we can play slowly!" ”

The Marine named John quickly unloaded his equipment, and his uniform was crooked, muttering with some dissatisfaction: "Lieutenant Wickham has already issued a ban on the slaughter of civilians and the rape of women. So we've got to hurry up and don't let those officers find out. ”

Both Marines had been taken from the bar by Wickham to serve as soldiers. Before joining the army, neither of these two guys had any legitimate careers, and they relied on some petty theft to get by. This kind of gangster on the street has a wild temperament, but now without the restraint of officers, these people who are already unstable in their hearts have finally sprouted in a solid state, and they just want to take the opportunity to vent. Anyway, no one will care if these live or die, and when the time comes, set fire to the house and no one will want to catch the pigtails of the three of them.

The Hessian mercenary named Bill laughed and said, "Lieutenant Wickham? What I look down on the most is these hypocritical officers. shows that he looks like a gentleman, but in fact, he takes all the benefits in private. These fellows may have ransacked King Moxitu's palace long ago, and we are not allowed to make a little fortune and have some fun? ”

Ensign Bert couldn't take it anymore and kicked the wooden door of the house open with a "bang". Seeing that Bert didn't say a word, he went up and pulled up the Hessian mercenary named Bill, and then there was an old punch: "You damn Germanic bugs, you dare to slander a group of honest gentlemen behind your back, I am here today to give you a lesson that you will never forget!" ”

Bert said as he lifted his nailed riding boots and beckoned to Bill. There were steel nails nailed to the riding boots, and a kick on the man was a hole, and it only beat this soldier who did not abide by military discipline to cry wolf.

Captain Stanley, who came in later, looked a little bad when he saw that his men were rolled on the ground by Bert. Although it was his own people who violated military discipline first, this soldier named Bill was his direct subordinate after all. Even if it is a lesson, it is a matter for him, the commander of the mercenary battalion, when will it be the turn of an outsider to come and replace him?

Thinking of this, Captain Stanley lowered his face: "Second Lieutenant Bert, I want you to hand over this indisciplined soldier to me, it is not your turn to deal with the affairs of our Hesserians!" ”

Captain Stanley was angry, and his tone was a little aggressive. Bert was already very short-tempered, and when he heard this, he exploded. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to reason with Stanley, when he was stopped by Wickham: "Forget Bert, hand it over to Captain Stanley!" ”

Wickham knew that the independent company of the Marine Corps really had no position to use his military discipline to demand these Hessian mercenaries. Because, legally, Captain Stanley and others were employed by the Royal African Trading Company of the United Kingdom, not by the War Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

Bert was just about to have a discussion with Captain Stanley, but he was stopped by Wickham, and said unwillingly: "Sir, don't stop me, these scum from Germany don't know what honor is ...... at all."

Wickham didn't want the two sides to get into trouble, so he looked at Bert with stern eyes: "Second Lieutenant Bert, are you going to disobey my orders?" Hearing this, Bert had no choice but to stop his hand fiercely, and just glared at Captain Stanley with vicious eyes.

Captain Stanley ignored Bert's murderous gaze, gave a military salute to Wickham, and then said solemnly, "Thank you for your respect for us Hesses, Lieutenant Wickham." Please rest assured that this soldier who has violated discipline will definitely give him the punishment he deserves! With that, Stanley escorted the soldier named Bill away.

After dealing with the mercenary named Bill, Wickham swept his gaze to the two Marines, the coldness in his eyes palpitating. One of the soldiers, unable to stand Wickham's penetrating gaze, said tremblingly, "Sir, I swear to God that John and I have never touched that woman. If I lie, I will never go to heaven after I die! ”

Wickham snorted coldly, although these two guys did not violate military discipline, it was also an attempted crime! Wickham ignored the two swearers, but turned to Barnett and said, "Remember, disqualify the two soldiers from the distribution of the spoils." Also, you inform any soldier who violates discipline to be given twenty lashes and disqualified from the distribution of booty, including officers! You officers, hurry back to your own troops, and you Sergeant Major alone can't restrain these lawless pigs! ”

"Yes, sir!" Barnett reluctantly took the order, and without a hint of hesitation, he and Bert escorted the two soldiers out of the house. The group of soldiers under his command made Barnett lose face in front of his superiors, and he was now holding back an evil fire.

The black woman, disheveled, was cowering in the corner and weeping. Her eyes were full of hatred for the invaders. Seeing that most of the people were gone, only one guy with a more gorgeous military uniform was still in the house, so the woman seized the opportunity, took out the small bronze short knife hidden in her arms, and stabbed the white guy fiercely! She must kill this white guy and avenge her children and husband!

Wickham was startled by the sudden burst of black women, and saw that the small short knife, which still had a lot of patina, was stabbing him in the abdomen, and his face turned pale with fright. Being pricked by this rusty metal knife is no joke. In this era, if you get tetanus, you really have to wait for death!

Wickham subconsciously stabbed the sword in his hand at the black woman, trying to put down the unknown woman. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step forward, he tripped over the clay pot on the ground and fell to the ground, and the saber in his hand was thrown aside. Wickham was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat and thought, "I'm going to die, this time it's really dead." Sure enough, a mad woman is the most terrifying creature. ”

When the woman saw Wickham tripped and fell to the ground, she burst out laughing maniacally. Her husband and children were all guards of the Moxie Palace, and now they were all killed by these damn white guys, and all she could think about was revenge! The woman came slowly, and she could have killed the white man very quickly, but now she had changed her mind, for the desperate look of the white man pleased her greatly. She wanted to enjoy it a little longer, this pre-vengeful pleasure.

Wickham regretted it in his heart, he had known that he had followed Barnett and them away, but now it was really a shame in the sky, and the earth was not in order. At this moment, Wickham's right hand inadvertently touched the short gun he was wearing at his waist, and his heart suddenly felt a wave of ecstasy. Each officer was issued with one of these pre-loaded pistols as a weapon of self-defence.

Wickham, who comes from the modern era, has always looked down on this ancient weapon, because the reload speed is too slow. However, it is a good prop to use to pretend to be forced, and Yu Wickham has always carried this loaded pistol on the battlefield, but he didn't expect it to become the last straw now.

At this time, in Vickham's mind, there was no rule that he had put on top of him, not to kill women and children. The current situation is either you die or I die, so he didn't hesitate to pull out this short fire gun and quickly shot the woman! Although Wickham has never deliberately practiced marksmanship, he can hit at such a close distance almost without aiming. Sure enough, the powerful lead bullet blasted the woman several feet away, leaving a bloody hole in her chest, showing the terrifying lethality of the round lead bullet!

The vengeful Moxi woman did not expect that the boiled duck would fly away. I saw that the woman stared at her unwilling eyes, fell to the ground, and died of anger.

Wickham got up from the ground and looked at the dead Moxi woman, and he didn't know what it was like. Perhaps in the eyes of the Moses, he is an out-and-out criminal colonist. Perhaps in the Ghanaian history textbooks a few hundred years later, she will become an out-and-out villain, and this woman is a national hero who will never give in.

This was the first time Wickham had killed someone, and he couldn't get used to it, so he just stood silently in the room, looking at the gradually cold corpse in a daze.

ps: I recommend a British drama "Bloody Gangsters", the opening song RedrightHand is superb, and the single has been looping for a day......