The night in the New Mexico desert is silent, but it is also vibrant, and the vegetation that has been roasted by the scorching sun during the day is greedily sucking on the coolness of the moonlight;

The lizards, hares, and armadillos that hide in the crevices of the rocks during the day also come out to forage for food and move.

A hare was gnawing on the grass on the ground, but it suddenly sensed danger coming, and a pair of eyes seemed to be watching it in the sky not far away.

It sprang forward and began to run.

But he didn't run a few steps before his body was pierced by a feathered arrow.

The position where the arrow pierced was fatal, and the hare struggled a few times, and soon lay on the ground and disappeared.

Out of the bushes not far away came a cowboy man, who came over and picked up the carcass of a hare.

Several Indians followed.

"Chen, I didn't expect your archery skills to be so good." Geronimo praised.

Chen Jianqiu threw the rabbit carcass to an Indian, and took a look at the corn hovering in the air.

It is not a particularly good idea to go out hunting in the middle of the night, and without the blessing of the archer state, it is difficult for him to find a rabbit that does not move in a dark grass without much hunting experience.

Hunting rabbits wasn't his ultimate goal.

After some conversation with Jeronimo, he realized that the most important thing at the moment was to better arm his people.

They need weapons, supplies.

Otherwise, before they reach the area where the treasure is, they will starve to death or be chased to death by Crook's cavalry, and even if they reach the Nahuas, he will not be able to mediate with them with the local garrison.

Chen Jianqiu's first thought was his identity as the major shareholder of the "Browning Gun Shop", he originally wanted to buy a batch of guns and supplies, but this plan was quickly rejected by himself.

It was too far from Montrose to here, and it took more than a month to go back and forth, and they would have to change camps if they couldn't last that long, and besides, the risk of the transport convoy was extremely high.

It is even more difficult to go to the nearest town to buy or "borrow", the surrounding whiteskins are highly concentrated, and on the first day of action, Crook's cavalry will kill their station on the second day.

Chen Jianqiu couldn't help but sigh that in this barren mountain and wild mountains, there is no mass base, and it is indeed difficult to fight guerrillas.

Then we can only see if there are any scattered scout camps nearby that can be looted.

Chen Jianqiu had Holmes make some of their own dry food and distribute it to the hungry Indians, barely dealing with a dinner, which was considered a celebration of the victory of rescuing the high priest.

After settling the people in the cave, Chen Jianqiu took Asuka, Sean, and the Indian warriors of Geronimo out to investigate.

The best way to find camp in the wilderness at night is by smoke and fire, and experienced people will avoid building campfires in areas that are too bare, unless they are numerous enough and the fire is strong enough.

Chen Jianqiu is much more convenient, he has corn.

They traveled south along the mountain, hunting some game along the way, which they brought back later as the tribe's ration for the next day.

However, after more than an hour, they did not find any camps.

This is bad news, but also good news, the bad news is that the purpose of their trip has not been achieved, the good news is that Crook's scouts are not nearby, and the area is safe at the moment.

"Chief, where is it further south?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at the corn in the sky again, and the corn flew not far in front of them all the way, and it never showed any abnormality.

"When I came back five years ago, it was still a mine, and I just looked at it from a distance and didn't bother them." Jerónimo thought for a moment, "There's no town around there. ”

Chen Jianqiu and the three of them glanced at each other.

They know the mines, after all, that's where the journey begins. Generally, mines will be armed to protect themselves from bandits, and if there is no town nearby, there will be less contact with the outside world, and some supplies will be stored.

In Chen Jianqiu's opinion, those weapons were not to be feared, not to mention, there was also something called explosives, which Chen Jianqiu liked very much.

This could be a goal to consider.

A few kilometers further on, suddenly, the corn began to hover over behind a ridge.

The mine should be there.

The crowd dismounted, quietly climbed up the hill, and looked down to see everything in the mine.

But the mine didn't seem to be what they imagined.

There was no dense lighting, no trolleys full of ore being pushed out of the tunnel's tracks, and in the end, there was no movement of workers toiling.

"Boss, their boss is so kind, there is no movement in the mine until nine o'clock in the evening, do you remember our previous mine, there were several shifts in turns, and there was no rest in the mine." Sean said softly to Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu also felt a little strange, as a miner, he knew that the mine bosses would not be so kind, and his previous boss never gave him a day off until he died, and he never allowed the sound of machines and workers in his mine to stop.

He continued to look down, gradually noticing something unusual here.

The houses below were brightly lit, and near each room, there were men on guard with guns;

Normal mines generally have only one or two, and at most three watchtowers, but the number of watchtowers below is as many as six, and a few of them were obviously built later.

On each watchtower, there is a heavily armed man on duty.

It's more like an armed stronghold than a mine.

Chen Jianqiu looked at Jeronimo, the chief was constantly observing the direction of the mine, and it was clear that he had also noticed that something was wrong.

"Boss, shall we go down and have a look?" Asuka asked.

Chen Jianqiu didn't speak, he stared at the brightest wooden house downstairs.

The door opened, and a man stepped out of it.

He walked directly to the wall on the side of the house, and began to "release the pressure" on the corner of the room, shouting at the door as he released.

Chen Jianqiu didn't understand the language of scolding, and it sounded like Spanish.

But Geronimo understands that he is a linguistic genius and has been dealing with Mexicans for many years.

"He's scolding his subordinates for being pigs, and no one in the Hyena Gang can help him share the pressure, and now he doesn't even have a way to release the news to the Astor family, which is a shame in the kidnapping world." Said the chief.

Astor? Chen Jianqiu smiled.

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no labor to get it, and I am looking for him everywhere, so this product is actually here.

But which god man took this guy from his own hands, Geronimo and Pinkerton?

The man walked back from the shadows of the wall to the light of the door, and Chen Jianqiu could also see his face clearly.

Still an old acquaintance, Hernandez.

And here, it is the gang hideout of the hyena gang.

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(End of chapter)