Chapter 67: The Aftermath (Part II)
The cavalry captain naturally shook his head again and again, he had not been authorized to arrest people, and the people present did not act hostilely against the cuirassiers at all, so it was reasonable that he was at a disadvantage.
If this matter is stabbed in front of Poly, maybe he will be charged with acting without permission.
The cavalrymen with ropes dismounted and stood in place at a loss, looking at their captain hesitantly.
"Ahem, Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte, the situation is urgent, please forgive me for carrying out the order first..."
The cavalry captain coughed awkwardly and gave his men a look, ready to ignore Lawrence, and motioned for them to continue the capture.
After receiving the order, the cavalry had to take the rope and approach the people step by step, and the people on the field immediately retreated in panic and subconsciously retreated behind Lawrence.
At this moment, in their eyes, Bonaparte is their only support.
"Wait!"
Lawrence broke off again, took two steps forward, stared straight into the eyes of the cavalry captain, and said:
"Captain, you said you were going to arrest the thugs, but I would like to ask who these people are thugs, in my eyes, there are only righteous Corsican fighters here."
"Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte, General Pauly has identified this as a riot, then all those involved are naturally thugs."
The cavalry captain didn't dare to look Lawrence's eyes, so he had to scan the crowd present and say, but his tone had long since lost the majesty and heaviness of when he first came.
"Everyone? There are nearly a thousand people here, and you want to put them all in the dungeon? ”
Lawrence sneered and said:
"If the army's dungeons are not enough, is the captain still going to borrow the dungeons of my patrol? And then stuff the Ajaccio prison as well? ”
The cavalry captain shook his head bitterly, the entire Ajaccio had a population of only about 20,000, and it was impossible for him to capture all the thousands, so he said:
"Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte has said that we will only punish the chief thug as a punishment."
"Oh... I see. ”
Lawrence pretended to be in a moment's whesitation, nodded his head exaggeratedly, turned to face all the people present, and said loudly:
"Do you hear me, citizens, they came to arrest me?"
After that, before the captain could reply, Lawrence turned his head to look at him, and said preemptively:
"Captain, I am both the thug you call and the chief thug you call the thug, and I initiated and led this operation, so please arrest me and leave."
"It's... This... Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte, don't be kidding. ”
The cavalry captain suddenly couldn't sit still in the saddle, and with a smooth turn, he jumped off the horse, grabbed Lawrence's arm and said in a loud voice.
Lawrence shook off his badge as if he hadn't heard, and walked straight toward a cavalryman with a rope in his hand.
The cavalryman stood stunned, not knowing what Lawrence wanted to do, but he saw Lawrence grab the rope in his hand, put it directly on his body, and said to himself:
"This rope is a little rough, it's really uncomfortable to tie."
Seeing this, the cavalry captain's heart suddenly tightened, in his eyes, Lawrence was now Ajaccio's red man.
Councillor Carlo's own brother, General Pauly's cronies, the battle hero of Giethoorn Bay, and the much-anticipated patrol captain, any of these identities are brought out, and it is impossible for the cavalry captain to capture Lawrence without authorization.
In addition, the captain didn't know the relationship between Lawrence and Pauly, and only felt that Lawrence was promoted to lieutenant colonel in less than a month, thinking that he must have been infinitely valued by Pauly, and he decided not to offend Lawrence.
Seeing that Lawrence took the initiative to tie himself up, the people present also took a few steps forward in indignation and re-held the strange weapons in their hands.
In their eyes, without Bonaparte, the whole of Ajaccio would never have such a prefect who respected and protected him.
"Damn, this sucks!"
The cavalry captain looked around, looking at these angry people, and couldn't help wiping a cold sweat from his forehead.
If his self-imposed decision provoked a popular revolt, even if it would be a one-sided massacre of the common people by these cuirassiers, the consequences would not be something that a small captain could bear.
"Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte!"
Thinking of this, the captain hurriedly walked to Lawrence, personally untied the rope on his body, and said hurriedly:
"I'm sorry, but I made a mistake, I... Our task is to maintain order, and I ask for your understanding, Lieutenant Colonel. ”
Lawrence glanced at him quietly:
"My subordinates also said that order here has been controlled, and I will evacuate the people immediately, and you can go back to your life."
"It's... Well, we'll leave as soon as the people leave. ”
The captain of the cavalry saluted and nodded in agreement, then returned to his horse and ordered all the cavalry to lift the siege and reassemble behind him.
Lawrence also knew the truth of being forgiving and forgiving, and Lawrence was a little worried that these people continued to gather here, so he ordered his patrols to start dissuading the people to leave.
"Thanks to Master Bonaparte."
"yes, those cavalry are horrible, they scared me to death."
"I heard that the people who were captured by the army basically didn't come back, but fortunately, fortunately."
As they left the beach, they chatted loudly with the people around them, and they were full of praise for Lawrence's recent up-and-coming actions.
Many people take a few steps to look back at Lawrence, and finally leave the beach with great gratitude and reluctance.
Seeing this, the cuirassiers also said nothing with gloomy faces, and directly rode their horses and walked back quickly to recover their lives.
The only thing left by the ruined church were a scattered crowd of onlookers, Lawrence and his patrolmen, and the detained gang.
Lawrence listened to the sound of horses' hooves fading away, and breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered:
"Whew... This kind of trick of the fox and the tiger is quite effective. ”
Just now, Lawrence also knew that the identity of the Wehrmacht Lieutenant Colonel alone could not suppress the cavalry captain, and what really made him a rat trap was his status in Poly and the people.
"Monsieur Bonaparte, the perimeter of the church has been basically cleaned, and the supplies inside have been brought out before it collapses."
Old Sean watched the cuirassiers leave, and he also relaxed a lot, and came to Lawrence's side to report.
"What's in the supplies?"
"Most of them were eaten, bread and dried meat, and in addition, there were quite a few coins, mainly Corsican gold coins, and some French gold louis and livre."
"How many coins are there?"
Old Sean heard Lawrence mention this, sighed, and said with a sad face:
"There should have been a lot, but most of them were taken away by those people, and the rest is estimated to be more than 4,000 Corsican gold coins."
Thinking that the one-eyed net worth was more than 4,000 gold coins, and the money in this Cilo's headquarters must be more, old Sean felt even more distressed.
Lawrence smiled and shook his head, in his eyes, this was what those people deserved.
"Everyone is done, let's get ready for the return trip." Lawrence commanded.
"It's over, oh no..."
Old Sean suddenly remembered something, frowned and said:
"Ya'an's kid has been gone since just now, and he hasn't returned to the team now."
"Ya'an..."
Lawrence's mind came to mind the boy who had sworn allegiance to him that day in the dungeon of the patrol, and his hatred for Ciro was definitely engraved in his bones:
"It's okay, let's go first, he still needs a little time."