Chapter 121: A Brief Engagement
The horses' hooves broke through the mountain road and weaved through the jungle along two heavy wheels, and by this time it was dawn, and a squadron of fifteen soldiers, all with spears on their backs and scimitars hanging from their waists, was menacing.
They followed the rut without the slightest stop, not knowing how much faster than the wagon, and chased along the winding coastal road.
It was about eight o'clock in the morning, and Gordon stood on the hillside, looking at the Jackdaw below, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's go, it's safe to get on the boat. ”
The carriage stopped on a hill on the coast, and Mickey was kind enough to cut the ropes that bound the horses.
Two dinghys paddled from the shore, ready to pick everyone up, and Alan could even be seen laughing and waving.
But it was at this time that Serena came over and took Gordon's hand.
"Captain Gordon, someone is chasing you. ”
Gordon looked at her with a serious expression, and it didn't seem like he was joking.
The tremors under their feet were getting closer and closer, and it was only until Serena's reminder that Gordon realized what it was.
"Cavalry units!"
Gordon looked at the Jackdaw, he absolutely could not allow the Jackdaw to be exposed to the Spanish government, absolutely, no.
"Everyone prepare to hide, we need to kill these cavalrymen who are coming with us, Mickey, tell Alan to hurry back to the ship and get the cannons ready!"
The others had begun to understand what was happening, and they all went into action, and Jon and the two sailors began to tear off the ropes from the carriage and tie them to the trees on either side of the road, using the shadows of the woods to make a perfect tripping horse.
Mickey ran off the shore, then shouted at Allen, then waved his finger behind him, and the long-term tacit understanding made the latter understand in an instant, and the dinghy, which had not yet been far from the ship, quickly turned around and returned to the Jackdaw.
The sound of the horses' hooves was getting closer, and the sailors prepared their muskets and hid behind their books or in the grass, while Gordon found a large tree and climbed up, staring warily at the position of the carriage ahead.
TapTapTap......
The cavalry rushed and quickly approached where the carriage had stopped, and everyone held their breath and waited for the suggested trap to work.
The three leading cavalrymen rushed directly to the position of the tripping horse, and then mixed with the neighing of the horses and the screams of the soldiers, fell directly to the ground.
"Save me, save me......"
The commander of the cavalry squadron at the front died directly under his mount, and the horse rolled directly down to his chest, and the only surviving soldier hit the back of a tree trunk, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
"There is an ambush, everyone is hidden!"
The surviving adjutant shouted, and the soldiers who followed began to stop their horses and then each looked for a place to hide.
The wails of wounded soldiers remained throughout the field, the cavalry units were trying to find where the enemy was hiding, and Gordon was waiting for an opportunity, a one-shot fatal one.
Boom! Boom!
Rows of cannonballs from the Jackdaw rained down directly on this position, two wagons being the best mark, and a row of sixteen cannons slammed into the ground, stirring up large areas of dust and even piercing countless trees.
"Hiss......"
The horses began to be frightened and scurry wildly, and the blow of the artillery broke the cavalry's will to fight.
Collapsing trees, trampling of horses' hooves, direct hits from artillery and a loud roar.
Fifteen cavalrymen fell three at the beginning, and six more fell directly into this shelling.
The smoke and roar in the sky, mixed with screams and the neighing of horses, was the opportunity Gordon had been waiting for.
"Up!"
He roared loudly, and then rushed into the dust first, Hawkeye turned on, locking on to the enemy's position.
Bang bang!
Two crisp gunshots once again took away a fresh life.
"Kill them, up!"
The sailors shouted too, and then summoned up the courage to rush forward, and the bullets didn't know which big tree or dirt they shot in, but they did break the enemy's will to fight, didn't it?
The cavalry experienced a one-sided slaughter, the order from above was to pursue a gang of escaped prisoners, but not to make them subject to cannon bombardment, the vitality of the enemy was not at all ordinary criminals, this was war, a war of fundamentally asymmetrical forces.
The end result was that the only surviving lieutenant dropped all his weapons and surrendered.
"Don't, don't kill me...... Please. ”
The adjutant lowered his head, even his voice trembled, his face was covered with blood, and there was already a cut in his forehead.
He lowered his head and raised his hands high, signaling that he was unarmed and did not pose a threat.
"What to do, Captain. ”
To be honest, Gordon is really a little unbearable, I can't say why, it may be the mercy and conscience that exist in human nature.
Even though he knew that the team in front of him was here to kill him, the moment he shot it, he unconsciously closed his eyes.
Bang!
The soldier collapsed, and a hole was opened in his head.
"Captain, are you alright? ”
Mitch could see that something was wrong with his expression, and Gordon finally took a deep breath and shook his head.
"Everybody get on board and get out of here. ”
This position was too close to Lisbon, he was not sure if there were any other ships on board to see, and he was not sure if there were any patrolling navies around, and the only thing they could do was to quickly leave this place of right and wrong and return to the Caribbean, where they could feel true freedom.
Twenty minutes later, everyone boarded the Jackdaw, leaving behind a messy battlefield that no one would find out.
"Alan, set sail at once, the target is the port of La Guairah. ”
The first thing Gordon said when he climbed aboard the ship was to give the order to hurry away.
"Knowing the captain, all the sailors are ready to sail......"
After this battle that was not a battle, Gordon still wanted to lie down and sleep, he didn't close his eyes all night, and he was already yawning a little at this time, but now there is still a problem that has not been solved, and that is Serena.
The ship is full of rough men, where do you let Serena live with a girl? It seems that there is something wrong with the drawing room, it is full of some important tools for navigation, and the captain's room is even more impossible, where can you sleep by yourself?
Serena is a beautiful woman, in her own words, a beautiful witch, even when she is in prison, she will keep it clean, and a simple wash after boarding the boat is even more touching.
"We're going to the Caribbean, when are you going to disembark? ”
When Gordon said this, he was greeted by Serena's pitiful expression, and then asked in a low voice, "Don't you want me?"
"Hey, are you mistaken, we've only known each other for less than one night, and if it's less than six hours since you officially introduced your name!"
"Alright Captain Gordon, I just want to see El Dorado. ”
Serena smiled, looking very seductive.