The heart of the earth, the heart of New Hanover, is a natural savannah, rich in water and grass, rich in products, no matter in anyone's eyes, this is the pearl of New Hanover, is a generous gift of nature, but in fact, no one has ever exploited the full potential of this land, until a team of big capitalists discovered the treasure hidden in the ground - oil, a railroad was built here, and then a huge coal tar factory was built. The land was also gradually invaded by civilization.

The number one person who developed the Heart of the Earth region was named Levitix Cornwall.

As one of the most direct beneficiaries of the development of the western United States, although his business empire cannot encompass the entire territory of the United States, in Ambrino, New Hanover, West Elizabeth, New Austin, and Lemon, if he says that he is second, no one dares or has the ability to compete with him for the first.

Coal Mine, Petroleum, Salt and Iron, Railway...... As long as it is an industry that can bring huge profits, there is nothing he does not get involved in.

Although Mr. Cornwall is now getting older, according to the old Oriental saying, the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he still retains a spirit of pioneering, exploration and adventure that is more vigorous than that of a young man, so that his career is still on the rise.

However, in any case, he is now older and sits in a higher position, so although he still likes to do it himself, he will also leave some business to other people.

In the heart of the earth, on the main road to the Cornish coal tar plant, a mighty convoy is slowly moving.

It is a bit reluctant to say that it is a convoy, because there are only three carriages in total, but just from the more than 20 loaded gunners accompanying it, this convoy is enough to be called impregnable, not to mention that the two wagons at the beginning and end are also equipped with Makqin heavy machine guns that are ready at any time, and the thick bulletproof armor on the middle carriage.

At first glance, these are protective measures that have invested a lot of money, which not only illustrates the high risk on the surface, but also reveals the hidden high returns. Experienced outlaws can see at a glance that if they can do this vote, there is a ninety percent chance that they will not have to worry about the rest of their lives.

However, the twenty gunners equipped with new weapons, two Makqin heavy machine guns, and the turtle-shell-like carriage, how to look at such a combination is not easy to provoke, even if it is the kind of big gang that commits crimes across states, seeing this kind of formation, you have to think carefully about the gains and losses, and regardless of the consequences of overturning, it is daunting to say that it takes manpower and ammunition to take down this convoy, not to mention, no one knows what is in that armored carriage, in case it takes half a day and costs a lot, The hijacked car does not have the corresponding value, so the deal is a big loss.

And now, standing on the top of a hill not far away, Brandy, looking at the information provided by Ben Rosen in his hand, and then looking at the convoy armed to the teeth with a telescope, now he only regrets, very regrets.

In fact, when Brandi knew that it was Cornwall's team, he was mentally prepared, but he thought that he should be able to deal with it if he was proficient in using the Eye of Death, but who knew that Cornwall's cost was so large that such a team could take a town in less than a morning in the west.

"Son of a bitch, did you transport the gold bars from the Federal Reserve Bank? Or smuggled precious diamonds from South Africa? Brandi cursed and speculated, "Or are you sitting in that car right now?" ”

Either way, one thing remains constant, and that is that Brandi alone will never be able to take this team.

Now, the best strategy is to go ahead with 36 strategies, but Brandi is pretending to be a calf with Ben Rosen, and if he really doesn't get anything, his "Billy the Kid" will be a squib in his first business on the road.

It's a pity to discard it. The taste of chicken ribs, Brandi finally tasted it today.

At this time, the carriage like a turtle shell was completely different from the lurking of the ambushers and the precautions of the loaded guns outside the car.

This carriage looks like a turtle shell on the outside, but it looks like a royal palace on the inside. Scarlet velvet lined the carriages and seats, rosewood tables with precious blue and white porcelain tea sets from the East, and civet cat poop coffee from faraway Indonesia poured out of the teapot.

Sitting in the carriage were two young ladies, although both were dressed in novelty, elaborate workmanship, and expensive hunting costumes, and it was difficult for non-experts to tell the difference in status between the two by their appearance. One of the ladies poured coffee for herself and the other with a calm and skilful expression, pushing a cup of warm coffee in front of the other and putting down the teapot, a smile on her lips full of childlike playfulness: "How is it, Arandina?" Isn't it nice to enjoy someone else's service? ”

"Very well indeed, Miss Lily," said the young woman named Amandina, with a slightly awkward accent, a French flavor that would be difficult to change if a knowledgeable person heard it. She showed the standard smile that only belongs to professional senior service personnel, but this smile contains more human touch, "But I think I will do this kind of thing in the future, you always know everything, but you are always not professional enough, even if it is your own job - to be a high-status and respected young lady." ”

The woman named Lily laughed, completely lacking the reserve that a rich lady should have, and it was clear from this that Amandina was right.

Lily laughed and clutched her stomach, as if the sarcasm from Amandina had really made her laugh. She slowed her breath, suppressed her laughter, and said, "Amandina, you always make me happy, and that's what I like about you." ”

"I am honored to have your affection, Miss Lily." Arandina bowed slightly.

Lily picked up the coffee on the table, her slender legs casually and relaxed on the seat opposite, she lifted the half-hidden velvet curtains, and the natural scenery of the heart of the earth outside the car was refreshing.

"It's a nice view, and the air is good," said Lily, closing her eyes and feeling the warm wind and sweet smell of grass outside the window, "much better than New York." ”

She put down her coffee, but a little loneliness flashed in her eyes: "It's just the same boredom." ”

"It's always good to change a little, Miss Lily." Amandina said.

"Don't they all say that bandits are rampant outside of civilized states? Why haven't I seen anyone hijack the convoy? Lily asked, a little puzzled, as she poked her head out, as if to see if she could spot the ill-intentioned bandits.

Armandina didn't answer, just smiled silently. She knew very well in her heart that with the current armed strength of the convoy, she could even sweep away the bandits who were powerful in towns and even counties, unless there were really people who were not afraid of death and were blind, they would come to rob this convoy.

To be honest, all industries in Cornwall have a long history of being robbed in the business world, which is the same as his commercial position in the western, midwestern and southern parts of the country, and there are really few big capitalists in the whole United States who can touch him in this regard, and the old Cornwall himself is also puzzled by this, and he is not the only big capitalist who develops the wild land, why is he always hurt in the end?

However, almost all of these robberies were committed when the defenses were insufficient or the guards were taken lightly. The Cornish Syndicate is a behemoth to any criminal gang, and the most they dare to do is tear a small piece of flesh off its massive body when it is a little slack. As for hurting the muscles and bones? These grass cowards can't do it.

"Really, I brought my love guns with me, and I buried them in the most wild place." Lily scratched her head in annoyance.

Lily's love gun has two, one from the American Colt company, is a modified revolver from the hands of the master, it not only has the same terrible capacity as the Lemat revolver with 9 revolver bullets and 1 shotgun, using the latest metal fixed load, but also can switch between single action and double action two modes, can be described as the culmination of the revolver, if there is any disadvantage of this revolver, it should be for a lady, it is too heavy, however, Lily likes this heavy feel; The other is the latest Mauser 98 bolt-action rifle from the Mauser Arsenal in Germany, which is advanced, reliable, and flawless, but Lily just likes its gun model, and nothing else.

Unlike the average rich lady, who wass food and air in a dignified manner, in Lily's words, Lily is very interested in firearms, and because she has heard so many stories about cowboys, sharpshooters, outlaws, and bounty hunters, she has an incomprehensible yearning for this unexplored virgin land in the West. That's why she begged her father, Mr. Levitix Cornwall, to let her go west for a long time, and why she was now on her way to the Cornish coal tar factory with her personal maid, Amandina, escorted by a number of gunmen.

Just when Lily was stunned, suddenly, a violent explosion swept through the convoy, and the precious blue and white porcelain tea set on the rosewood table was shattered in an instant.

The carriage at the head and behind the palace directly withstood all the power of the explosion, and the only two heavy firepower units in the convoy were instantly destroyed into a pile of irreparable broken copper and iron, and although the bulletproof carriage in which the two ladies were riding was fine, the horses pulling the carriage were also killed in the explosion, and the convoy was completely halted. The whole convoy lost its previous strict order, and for a time people turned on their backs, and mourning was everywhere.

Brandy, who was still hesitating and stalling at the top of the mountain, was almost frightened by the sudden explosion and fell off his horse, he tried to stabilize his body and calm the frightened giant horse under his crotch, but as before, he still had no intention of leaving.

The explosion was followed by a dense and chaotic burst of gunfire, and Brandy could not have imagined that he could see such a level of gunfire in a land where there was no war, and the rain of bullets was not even enough to describe the scene.

Along with the gunshots, there were thirty or forty bandits with sacks or cloth bags, and no one else knew who they were, but that kind of dress, Brandy remembered only seeing in one gang.

"The Odrisko Gang?" Brandi was both shocked and puzzled, "After their plan to grab the train was prostituted by Ducky, they actually had a new plan so soon?" And the intelligence is so accurate that not only the number of convoy escorts is known, but even the fact that the convoy in Cornwall carries heavy firepower weapons is taken into account? Colm's source of information is much more reliable than Ducky's. ”

While Brandi was stunned, the battle under the mountain had entered a white-hot stage. Despite the surprise and ferocity of the Odrysco gang, the gunners hired by Cornwall were indeed highly professional, and immediately organized in an orderly manner after a short panic, relying on bulletproof carriages that were relatively complete except for the absence of horses, and for a time they were on par with the Odrysco gang, which was twice as large as them.

Brandi held up his binoculars and watched the shootout from the mountain, watching it with relish. Soon, he noticed that there was a sharpshooter in the carriage of the bulletproof carriage, although he did not shoot many times, but he had a very accurate grasp of the battle situation, and every shot fired was in place, and every shot could win a chance for his side.

However, despite the most advanced equipment, highly qualified combatants and a sharpshooter with a high strategic vision, Colm had been planning for this attack for a long time, and the Odrysco gang was well prepared, and it seemed that they had already realized that in order to win this vote, they had already realized that they had already realized that they would break the boat. After ten minutes of white-hot stalemate, Cornwall's side began to rout.

In the end, the Odrisco gang replaced more than 20 guards in the Cornish convoy at the cost of more than 30 people, and won the final victory in the shootout.

More than a dozen members of the Olympic gang rushed up on horseback and hulala, surrounding the bulletproof carriage. In the procession, a man with a black cloth bag on his head dismounted and left the group, removing the hood from his head, revealing a weather-beaten face that still contained fierceness and cunning.

The man shouted, "Well, dear Miss Lily Cornwall, give up resistance, your sons have all met Satan, and as for you, my advice is to follow us obediently, we have professional ethics, unless your dear father does not follow the rules of our game, under normal circumstances we will never tear up the ticket, so, for your personal safety, I think it is better for you to obediently get out of the carriage and surrender." ”

"Colm Odrysco!" Brandi on the mountain saw that face from a distance, and his heart was full of shock, "He actually took action himself!" Also, such a big action would be done by Dutsy himself, but as cunning as he would actually take the risk and directly confront the convoy protected by Cornwall? It doesn't make sense. ”

Brandi thought for a moment, "Could it be that what's in the car is really so important that he's really intrigued?" ”

In a short time, the carriage door opened, and two women with good faces but not very ornate clothes stepped out of the carriage, and although their bodies were wrapped in clothes that were no different from those of men, the youthful air revealed in them and the delicate countenance rarely seen in the Wild West made them surprisingly unanimous in the noise of the members of the O'Drisco gang, not to be considered rude, for this may be the common way men who beg for a living in the West to praise women's looks and figures.

"Dear Miss Lily Cornwall, my surname is Odrysco, I have admired your name for a long time, I heard that Miss has come here from New York, and I have come to invite Miss to sit in the Humble House, so that Miss can experience the western style deeply, I wonder what Miss thinks?" Colm was polite, not at all like a criminal who had kidnapped and robbed money.

"Odrysco? I've heard of that name," Lily didn't look scared, but looked Colm in the eye, "you're not a small name in New Hanover and Ambarino, and your head is worth $10,000 on the federal bounty." ”

"It's a great honor to be remembered by Miss Lily, my Colm Odrysco," Colm bowed standardly, but looked funny because of his dress and appearance, "then, please walk with your female companion and come with us." ”

Lily smiled contemptuously and said, "Do you really think that my father only arranged for this little man to escort me?" ”

"I didn't think so, but a recent incident has convinced me that at least on your side, your dear father has no more follow-ups," Colm said, his fists clenched quietly, "an old friend of mine, or an old adversary, has attacked my camp, stolen a copy of my plan, and yesterday attacked your father's private train carrying bonds and belongings, and now, I think Mr. Cornwall must have gone mad and started using all the power at his disposal to search for my old friend, and as for you, your father did send a strong squad to escort you, but that's all, and my plan this time was flawless. ”

"Damn it......" Lily cursed inwardly. Although she didn't want to admit it, she knew that Colm's every word was the truth, and the facts were irrefutable, but she couldn't help it, in order not to make her future life too difficult, she could only continue to pretend that she still had hole cards and continued to deal with the man in front of her.

"You're right, Mr. Odrysco, my father really doesn't have anything left over for me now," she forced a confident look, "but are you so sure that I haven't left myself a little behind?" ”

This sentence, although simple, is effective, because it does deepen Colm's doubts.

That's right, his plan to kidnap the eldest lady of the Cornish family this time is indeed more complete than the previous plan taken away by Ducky, and he did go to the closest place to success, but he did ignore one point, that is, this young lady Cornwall who is still a minor but already has a lot of brains and insight may keep a hole card to save her life.

But how likely is this to be in a young girl who has not yet started to take over the business in Cornwall?

Colm's thoughts were only for a moment, or he barely thought about it, because he made a decision at once.

He whistled sharply, stepped on his horse, and the whistle called to the two horses that had already been prepared.

"Well, Miss Cornwall, I don't think there's any point in going on with the, so why don't we go now?" Colm's smile revealed a slightly dark temperament.

Lily and her personal maid, Amandina, exchanged glances and sighed. The pair of masters and servants knew that they had lost this confrontation.

As soon as the two ladies were seated on horseback, at the summit of a hill not far away, gunshots suddenly exploded.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Seven gunshots rang out, seven bullets burst through the air, seven heads were pierced, and seven fast horses scattered in panic.

"What's the situation!"

The team of the Odrysco gang immediately went into chaos, and Colm's eyes immediately locked on the location where the gunshots rang out, and he was about to direct the remaining brothers to continue the attack, when the gunshots rang out again, and a bullet flew past his scalp and pierced the head of one of the O'gang members behind him, and almost instantly, his back was soaked in cold sweat.

"This marksmanship ......," Colm thought in disbelief, "it can't be, it's impossible......"

The gunfire rang out again, and another head was lifted into the air.

"Damn it!" Although very reluctant, Colm immediately made the most suitable choice at the moment, "Retreat!" Fall back! Damn, it's all for Lao Tzu to withdraw! ”

The remnants of the O's gang fled like lost dogs.

Colm ran out more than ten meters in embarrassment, stopped his horse and turned back, looked at the two ladies who were still out of condition behind him, and said viciously: "It's Miss Cornwall, it's really a good means, but I'm sure we'll meet again." ”

The gunshots rang out again, and Colm shrank his head, the bullet grazing his scalp again.

Colm only felt that his whole head was so hot that he could light a cigarette, and he roared angrily: "Your grandfather's Van der Lind, can't Lao Tzu go?" You TM to Lao Tzu waiting! ”

After saying that, he rode away without looking back, and disappeared on the horizon in a short time.