Chapter 31: Mine Raid
"Stop, what are you talking about?"
"Wild Wolf" Bilken could not understand obscure Chinese, but it could be seen from the resentful eyes of the Hongmen brothers that it was not a good word.
He himself is a brave and ruthless bandit leader, unreasonably stirring up three points, how can he bear it when he sees this situation?
The white bandits threatened the Hongmen brothers, so of course there was no need to put up with it. Li Heihu came out of the crowd, flashed the shiny revolver at his waist, and replied;
"I know that you wild wolf Bilken, everyone does not interfere with river water, you don't think that the Han people are easy to bully, and you can't mess with some people."
"Wow, are you teaching me to do things? What is your name...... Oriental. ”
"I'm a black tiger, tell you how to behave, don't bully people too much."
"Black Tiger?" Bilken stared at Li Heihu, the big man opposite, chewed these two words repeatedly, and said; "It's a strange name, I'm a wolf, you're a black tiger, are you going to eat me? Or do you want to kill me and take the position of the boss of the Wolf Gang? ”
Li Heihu was stunned, he didn't expect the gringos to understand it so much, yes, these hairy whites are more like uncivilized barbarians.
"I'm not interested, I advise you not to do too much if you lack virtue, just do it in moderation."
"Hey...... Sounds like a preacher who preached, and perhaps I should introduce myself solemnly, Bilken the wolf, who once killed three pastors with my own hands, two of them, and I cut their throats with my own hands because they were so loud. ”
Bilken licked the corners of his mouth with a murderous expression, and when facing the larger number of Chinese, the momentum prevailed; "In my dictionary, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks, and those who dare to do so are already dead."
The confrontation between the bandits and the Hongmen brothers attracted the attention of the nearby Hongmen brothers, who quickly rushed to support from all directions.
Such a big movement made the bandits of the Wild Wolf Gang also stop, and nervously gathered around Milken, and their confidence was no longer enough.
There were only about 10 bandits, but there were hundreds of Hongmen brothers who surrounded them, many of whom were armed with guns.
The fact that the gold mines did not allow the Chinese miners to carry guns and were open to the white gold diggers was the basis for their reckless force.
The Hongmen brothers don't care about this, since the security of the gold mine has deteriorated day by day, many people have hidden revolvers in their clothes, and it is impossible for the white guards of the gold mine to search one by one anyway.
"It's okay for you to scare those little characters with your words, you don't need to show off in front of me." This kind of small scene, Li Heihu has seen a lot in the Victorian gold field, he is quite proud of his hands clenched into fists and bowed to the sky, said; "Introduce yourself, Li Heihu, deputy of the Qinglong team under the main seat of Hongmen Mountain, I have tens of thousands of Hongmen brothers in Queensland, you can afford to provoke it yourself."
"Wow, that sounds amazing, what if I have to touch it?" Bilken was an unbeliever.
"That's a dead end."
It was a tall man who spoke from the crowd, looking about thirty-two or thirteen years old, with a stiff beard under his chin that looked even more imposing, and spoke with an aggressive momentum; "I'm Li Baihu, the captain of the Qinglong Brigade under the main seat of Hongmen Mountain, if you want to use a knife or a gun, even if you draw a line, you will accompany you to the end, and if you frown, you will lose."
Bilken couldn't help but take a few steps back, his eyes wary at the large crowd of people coming from the side, many of whom had weapons bulging from their waists, staring at the bandits with unkind eyes.
It can be seen that they are all hard stubble that has seen blood.
Don't ask why you know, it's a kind of mutual induction between people of the same kind, and you can feel the danger at a glance.
"OK, okay, I think it's a pleasure to talk about today, and I don't mean to take the initiative to find trouble." Bilken continued to take a few steps back, and there was obvious cowardice between his words, he was not the kind of reckless man who only knew how to fight and act recklessly, otherwise he would not be alive now.
In the face of the Hongmen brothers, who are outnumbered, "Wild Wolf" Bilken knows that he can't go on; "Let's all calm down, Mr. White Tiger, oh...... By the way, and Mr. Black Tiger, your name is really depressing, the wild wolf can't single out two tigers, it's not fair, we'll get out of here quietly, huh...... Get the chance to have a drink. ”
Li Baihu looked at the three gold diggers who were dying miserably on the river beach, the anger in his eyes loomed, and he forcibly pressed his rolling emotions and said;
"People are doing it, the sky is watching, and you will be punished by God for your reckless behavior."
"Are you saying God will punish me?" Bilken and his men had stepped back some distance, and he said with his hands spread out indifferently; "I'm destined for hell, just have a good time until then, listen...... The two tigers in the east, the wild wolf Bilken are not afraid of you, but to avoid unnecessary fire, which is a situation that neither of us wants to see, so ...... Just goodbye. ”
After speaking, he led a group of bandits to slip away very simply.
The Hongmen brothers forced back the murderous bandits, and the crowd involuntarily resounded with cheers, looking at the domineering Li Baihu with reverence, this is the captain of the Hongmen Qinglong Brigade.
Li Heihu stepped forward and said; "Big brother...... It's really embarrassing! ”
"Needless to say, I know what you're trying to say."
Li Heihu looked around at the messy river beach and said with a long sigh; "Even if our brother has a thousand strengths, how many nails can he hit? This is a cannibalistic world, even if you are unwilling to do it on the territory of the gringos, is the flesh and blood really capable of muskets and cannons? Try your best to the last part, you can only protect your Hongmen brothers from disaster, we can't control anything else, and we don't have the ability. ”
"Alas...... The big dragon head doesn't know what to think? ”
"Shut up."
Li Baihu categorically stopped, and reprimanded with a fierce expression; "Are you dizzy after two good days, and the big dragon head dares to talk about it, he is the backbone of our tens of thousands of Hongmen brothers, if there is no big dragon head and ghost guys trying their best to deal with them, do you think the situation of my Hongmen brothers will be much better than these scourge gold diggers?"
"Big brother, I'm ...... I was wrong. ”
"Remember, we are in trouble below, and the head of the dragon is worried about the safety of tens of thousands of Hongmen brothers in his heart, which is a hundred times more difficult than ours.
"The foolish brother has been taught."
As the sun sets, the sunset in the sky glows blood-red, and it is thrillingly beautiful.
At the end of the day's hard work, the Dennis Gold Mine workers were gradually dispersed, many of the freelancers came on horseback, and the horses were guarded in the woods.
Indentured labourers boarded a crowded four-wheeled carriage and endured a bumpy ride back to Brisbane, hoping to get a hot meal at the FLM Hotel, where they could cut a plate of fragrant pork head meat and drink it.
The vast Dennis gold mine is only a row of wooden houses on the hillside, and the armed guards load the gold dust harvested today into wooden boxes and load them one by one into wagons.
There is also a prospecting tax paid by each hunter, four silver shillings per person a month, not a one-time payment, but three copper pennies per day, regardless of whether Chinese or white enter the mines.
Thousands of people add up, which is not a small number.
John Dennis, who looked high-spirited, walked out with a horsewhip in hand, followed by more than two dozen heavily armed goldfield guards, and Alita, an Irish girl with a cowering expression, her beautiful face still stained with tears and her dress still stained with blood.
There were more than 100 armed men on the Dennis gold field, except for more than 30 people who were left on duty at night to prevent anyone from stealing gold sand while it was dark, the others followed Master John Dennis back to Brisbane, escorting thousands of pounds worth of gold sand along the way.
"Hurry up, don't grind, I'm going to the ball tonight with Speaker Edward's wife, hurry up and load all this damn gold sand."
"Right now, Master Dennis."
John Dennis looked back impatiently and felt a pang of boredom in his heart when he saw Alita cowering closer; "What are you doing with this stinky bitch, trying to tell everyone I'm abusing you, damn it!"
He slapped Alita down with an angry slap, and red blood flowed from the corners of the weak woman's mouth, and she put her hand on her fair face in fear, where five bright red finger prints appeared.
"You stay in the mine tonight, and don't follow me everywhere to make a fuss." The abuse of women gave John Dennis a different kind of pleasure, and he wiped his hands with a silk handkerchief triumphantly amid the excited screams of the armed guards around him, and said; "Oh...... Oh my God, I can't imagine the despair of a beautiful aristocratic lady to hear me fooling around with an Irish woman. ”
"No ......"
Alita's eyes widened because of fear, her white chest rose and fell violently, and she screamed bitterly, full of extreme fear and despair.
There are only more than 30 rude men in the dead of night in the mine, and how miserable will a weak woman be if she stays here?
Alita struggled to climb a few steps on the ground, despite the pain on her face, clutching John Dennis's shiny cowboy boots and pleading; "Please, merciful young master Dennis, please don't leave me in the mines, I'm afraid ......"
"Get the hell out of here, stinking bitch."
Amid the malevolent playful laughter of the guards, John Dennis raised his foot and kicked ......
At this moment, a mutation suddenly occurred.
"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"
A continuous burst of crisp gunfire rang out, echoing through the valley.
The white guards gathered together had patches of blood blooming on their bodies, and they fell like leeks, and several bloody holes appeared in the violent John Dennis silk shirt, and they trembled violently and took a few steps back, and sat down on the edge of the wooden house.
There was an incredible look in his eyes, and he gradually lost his lustre......
"Oh my God, we've been attacked, Master Dennis......" Goldfield Captain Steve McQueen reacted quickly and fell down as soon as possible.
He looked back and saw John Dennis, who was staring blankly, and his heart beat a beat slower in fright.
Sir Dennis has a total of 3 daughters, but there is only such a precious son, and now something is very serious, and some people will have to bear the thunderous wrath of Sir Dennis, including himself.
The attackers were clearly prepared, and the guns and bullets were pouring like rain, and the white guards who gathered around to watch the bustle suffered heavy casualties, and the lucky ones who escaped crawled to find cover and began to fight back.
In the face of the enemy in the shadows, this is doomed to futility.
The gunfire exploded like popping beans, sending sawdust flying from the wagons and wooden houses, and dense bullet holes appeared.
The two sides are in flames
From time to time, the white guards were hit by bullets, screaming and screaming, and tossing and rolling on the ground.
These small cabins on the hillside have been turned into bloody slaughterhouses.
The red blood stained the ground, the splashes of blood stained the wooden house, and there were large corpses lying on the ground, and there were seriously injured people dying and struggling.
The attackers were very firepowering, they were armed with sharp German-made 1871 Mauser rifles, and with one shot, they could manually unload and reload with a pull on the bolt, and then shoot again.
Compared with the breech guns in the hands of the gold mine guards who used paper shell charges, the firepower was several times fiercer, and they kept pressing the opponent and beating hard.
During a fierce firefight
The white man was shocked to find the attacker, with a strange wooden mask on his face, like a messenger crawling out of hell, and his morale collapsed in an instant, and he raised the white flag and surrendered in the face of heavy casualties.
Some reckless white gold diggers tried to go to the rescue, but they were put down by a torrential rain of bullets, and they were immediately frightened.
After a dozen minutes of firefighting, the battle was quickly over.
From the bushes on all sides, a number of armed assailants, all wearing hideous wooden masks, waved the remaining gold diggers to leave, and then carefully surrounded them with guns.
Seventy or eighty white guards had gathered at the door of the hut, and most of them had been killed by a burst of gunfire, and less than 20 were still alive, most of them suffering from gunshot wounds.
Amazingly, Alita, who had been devastated by the violence, was not injured in the shootout, but fainted from excessive shock.
"Big guy, there's a woman here ......" The grimace team couldn't help but cry out in surprise, revealing a thick Chinese accent.
"Alas, it's also a hard-working woman, take it back."
"Okay, what about the others?"
"There is not a good thing in it, and it is a scourge to stay, so let's slaughter it."
"Spare your life......"
"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"
The sound of pleading for mercy came to an abrupt end as a succession of crisp gunshots rang out, and on this spring evening the banks of the Palmer River were heavily bloody.
The Grimace team members who participated in the attack were extremely strong, and after quickly cleaning up the battlefield, they drove the wagon from the gold field away, leaving only corpses everywhere, and John Dennis, who was sitting at the door of the gold field cabin, still with wide eyes and a dead look.
In the shootout, Li Baihu and Li Heihu, brothers who were lying in the grass, faintly heard the familiar accent coming from them, and they couldn't help themselves with excitement.
Li Heihu slammed his fist on the mud and shouted; "It's so exciting! , Big brother, do you think it's the mountain lord who made a move? ”
"Well, nine times out of ten." Li Baihu couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, looking around the entire Queensland, there was only such an elite large number of people, and there was only the Red River Valley Ranch.
The blow is sharp, the command is strict, and the blow is gone.
The most dramatic thing is that the Chinese gold diggers Qiu did not commit any crimes, but when the white gold diggers gathered, it was a "crackling" shot, killing and wounding.
Saying goes; What people play with what birds.
This sharp and ruthless style is very similar to the style of the big dragon leader Li Fushou, and he will never be ruthless.