"John, Miller, they're going to change their guard before the sun goes down, you try to get rid of the guards at the mine entrance as much as you can, and in five minutes someone will patrol here to inspect it, so you can change into the clothes of the dead and deal with it calmly."

"Fantesi, Tarn, you and I grope in with explosives, the workers should be off duty at this time, but there should be people on duty inside, kill them."

The afterglow of the setting sun casts on the ridges of Ronoke Mountain, and the braids of the banyan trees are no longer visible in the light of the original charming orange red. On the banks of the Lanahchi River, a row of golden willow branches and leaves hang down naturally, like a traveler's bent fishing rod stretching to the other side, more like a mother's hand caressing every fisherman who returns late, softly urging them to reunite with their wives.

John patted the dagger around his waist and motioned for Miller to get ready to act. As the last rays of sunlight flooded the horizon, white blades flashed around the necks of the two men standing at the mouth of the mine west of Anissberg, and a fountain of blood gushed out, and John immediately untied the deceased's coat, leaving no trace of red.

After disposing of the bodies, John and Miller stood guard at the entrance of the mine with old carbine repeating rifles, John glanced at Dutch lurking in the grass, and the three men entered the mine with bundles of explosives, and soon there was the sound of beatings inside.

A few minutes later, as expected, a patrol of seven men came from the south side of the mine.

"Is there anything unusual?" The person at the front asked.

"No, it's as calm as usual." John said in a low voice.

The man looked around and left, and John thought it might have been the first robbery before the gang stepped up the guards.

After the patrol was gone, Ducky blew the agreed whistle in the mine - it was time to enter.

It took a long time to walk along the mark left by Ducky with the miner's lamp, and John saw with his own eyes that the gold that Sir Marlin spoke of, the size of a cow's belly just when it was exposed, and the light of the lantern seemed to dim in front of it, and the lump of metal ruthlessly stimulated everyone's possessiveness, no matter who it was, it could be the economic basis for his plan for the next ten years, and just standing on the sidelines and looking at it could make the corners of people's mouths rise. Dadge, who was standing next to him, had a light in his eyes, but sighed in his mouth: "John, such a big piece, the Fantesi brothers can't move it!" ”

John looked at Fantesi, who was sweating profusely and had clearly made a useless attempt.

Fantesi shook his head: "I really don't know how the three brothers got in in the first place......"

Daqi hesitated for a moment, took out a bundle of explosives, and stuffed it into a dug hole in the wall: "I think we can only blow it up as much as we can, and then take as much as we can, this plan is absolutely feasible, but the people outside will rush to this side as soon as they hear the sound, and it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable." ”

Ducky and Fantesey fill the few remaining holes in the explosives, reminding John and the others to stay away, and then they light matches on their leather boots and ignite the explosives at the same time.

"Stand back!" Dutch shouted as he stepped back.

Boom!

The sound of the explosion echoed through the cavern, and John saw Ducky and his brothers groping for something in the thick gray smoke, and when the smoke cleared, they saw that the gold was still intact on the wall, and that the ground was scattered with only broken coals and stones, like a large golden wheat field on the scorched earth.

Daqi touched his soot-covered face, and his face was full of unconvinced: "Damn! This huge lump is ready for a second blast! ”

Just as they were about to drop the explosives again, Miller, who was supposed to be standing guard at the mouth of the mine, hurriedly ran over.

"—the guards, they're coming!"

After receiving Miller's report, Ducky instructed John, Miller, and Tarn to stop the enemy, John found a railroad rickshaw not far from the entrance of the cave, and Miller and Tarn also found their respective defenses.

John took off the roller lock rifle from his back and held it tightly in his hand, filled a bullet into the magazine, pressed the hammer, raised the gun to shoot, and the action was as smooth as a cloud, in fact, John rarely used a single-shot rifle, but he was relatively quick to master, and he achieved the integration of man and gun, maybe this is the innate talent of fast gunners.

In a few moments, the three Van der Linde gangs had knocked out several people, but John could feel several bullets bouncing in the rickshaw—death was close at hand.

At this time, Daqi yelled inexplicably, and then a second explosion was heard.

- Boom!

Black smoke drifted in the direction of the cave, and John believed that the inhabitants of Anissberg could feel the tremor of the earth tonight, the roar from the depths of the mine, the cry for money, the power of faith......

Still, the gold is ...... It's so solid that not even a crack exists.

"Oh! No! God, how is it still like this, I ran out of explosives! Ducky cried hysterically, and John felt that the roar was heard even by the guards on the other side, but a louder sound came from the deeper cavern beneath his feet, a very shrill sound, not like the roar of a wild beast, but like the sound of the earth being torn apart.

"Listen up, Ducky, we may have gotten into trouble." Fantesi looked around suspiciously.

What happened next, everyone realised, everyone from Van der Linde to the James guards began to shake violently, and the earthquake was so severe that the two sides stopped fighting, but this pause did not last long.

"Brothers, we have to get out!" Dutch shouted at the gang members.

Thanks to the addition of Ducky and others, the battle was much fiercer, and the Van der Linde gang also advanced a lot, but the enemies kept pouring in, John was worried that he would not be able to parry if he kept dragging like this, he pinched the only dozen bullets left in his pocket, and his palms were cold sweat.

The earthquake continued for a while, and then it transformed into a more figurative and dangerous way – the mine collapsed, first the coal seam on the mine ceiling began to peel off, and then the rock layer crumbled into small pieces under the action of squeezing.

"We've got to hurry!" John said, looking at the falling stone on his head.

Ducky held the Whitchurch cowboy pistol and rushed to the front, he was flanked by John and Fantesey, the three of them lined up in a triangular bucket to clear the enemy in front of him, John felt that Ducky at this time was a real fearless of life and death, a real outlaw, such a person can bring confidence and courage to those who follow him, and guide them to put their lives on the stakes of their lives for the things they pursue.

The Van der Linde gang rushed to the door with high spirits, and watched the guards flee from the desert, and then a puff of green smoke rose from their feet—the western mine was completely filled, and then the gang leader Ducky suddenly remembered something, turned his head and shouted heartily at the newly created pile of rubble.

"Tarn! Tarn! ”

Tarn, the nineteen-year-old boy, was buried forever in the mines of Anissburg, New Hanover, because he was one step too slow.

"Ducky, we need to get out of here!" The loss of a gang member was uncomfortable in everyone's mind, but John knew that the James family would definitely send pursuers, and if they hesitated too long, the soldiers on fast horses would soon catch up with them.

Ducky and the others found their horses in the Rowanoke woods and rode deep into the jungle, leaving a brown Tennessee horse to cry alone—his master would probably never come looking for it again.

The moon was still lingering at the edge of the dark forest, the river glowed silver from time to time, the treetops swayed slightly, the trees and ghostly statues cast long, unpredictable shadows among the boulevards, and the rustle of the evening breeze through the vast silence of the night. At this time, the moonlight had not yet reached the world, but humans had somehow found a glimmer of light—it was packed into a lantern to accompany the traveler on his last journey.

"It's just another mining disaster." John told himself in his heart......