The pillar of wind swirled and roared, speeding away in the direction of Roswell.

Chen Jianqiu rode his horse and continued his journey with Black Radish to chase the wind.

They soon ran parallel to the pillar of wind, and Chen Jianqiu kept a relatively safe distance, watching as the monster slammed headfirst into the town.

First and foremost are the abandoned adobe houses on the outskirts of the town.

They were submerged in the wind pillar, and Chen Jianqiu couldn't see through the thick dust wall around the wind pillar to see what was happening inside, but when the wind pillar passed, there was nothing left.

Most of the remaining people in the town did not expect the tornado to come in the direction of the town, and they were running in all directions towards the outskirts of the town, screaming loudly as they ran, mixed with Spanish and English, but quickly drowned out by the roar of the tornado.

Only one person did not leave, and he was a local priest.

Yes, there is a priest in this dilapidated town.

A few years ago, he, along with Vaughan's army, brought the Lord's "grace and teachings" to the land.

Guns and crosses are now about to be destroyed.

At this time, he stood in front of his little adobe church, looked at the raging pillar of wind, closed his eyes and prayed.

The storm quickly engulfed him and his church, tearing everything apart and tossing the debris high into the air, flying around the center of the pillar of wind and continuing with the pillar and clouds.

In addition, what Chen Jianqiu also saw, because he didn't have time to dodge, "spiraled to heaven", including but not limited to: cows, horses, wooden fences, buckets, etc.

The tornado was like a juicer, sucking everything it touched into the air and stirring it up, leaving a trail of ruins in its wake.

It looks like the town is probably going to be destroyed.

Chen Jianqiu was a little regretful, if his plan was successful, now this monster would actually smash his field!

But he thought about it again.

These broken copper and iron, if they are smashed, they will be smashed, and if they are not broken, they will not stand, maybe it will still be a good thing.

Chen Jianqiu drove the black radish to deflect the direction, and the tornado gradually moved away, heading in the direction of the stone fortress.

What he is more concerned about now is actually the situation on that side.

Two days ago, in the stone fortress, on the stone wall.

A uniformed soldier with big ears watched Vaughn leave with a large army looking for oil, and smiled.

According to Vaughn's previous ranking, there was no him, he was just a veteran head with a slightly higher status than the other soldiers.

But last night, before he left, Vaughn summoned him to his barracks, lectured him face-to-face, and then handed over the command of the dozens of men who remained behind.

"Remember, when we're gone, do it as soon as possible, preferably at night!" Vaughn finally admonished, and he threw his pocket watch to Big Ears, "Do a good job, if you do a good job this time, you'll be the next garrison." ”

Thinking of this, Big Ears suddenly became full of ambition, and his eyes showed a fierce light.

Is it murder, when is it not killing? There were only a dozen or so people in that group, and there were two women among them.

So, he turned his head and prepared to make arrangements.

However, he only saw one soldier with whom he usually had the best relationship standing behind him, and other than that, there was no one running on the city wall.

"Where are the Indians?" Big Ear had to ask the soldier, "And what about the people on the city wall just now?" Where did they go? ”

The soldier pointed behind him, inside the stone wall, "Oh, there." ”

Big Ears hurried to the other side of the stone wall and looked in the direction the soldier was pointing.

In the camp inside the stone wall, in front of the house where the Indians lived, there was a large table made of three small tables.

A group of people surrounded the table three stories inside and three layers outside, and among them were the Indian soldiers, and their own comrades.

They all craned their necks and stared at the table inside, where else could they tell each other.

In the West, there are only two activities that can attract so many people to one place at the same time.

One is a duel, and the other is a gamble.

And the following is now carried out, apparently the second type.

There were several people sitting around the table, among them a few of Holmes's henchmen, as well as his own soldiers.

It was the turn of a black man with a stack of pokers in his hand and dealing cards to everyone.

"Everyone, everyone, listen to me, if you lose all of them, please leave the field by yourself." The black man shuffled his cards as he spoke to the participants sitting at the table.

Big Ears was a little annoyed, Vaughn had just left on his front foot, and the gang was like herding sheep, completely ignoring himself as a temporary commander.

He hurried down from the walls and ran towards the crowd.

Big Ears came to the side of the crowd of onlookers, and at this time it was already three layers inside and three layers outside, and it couldn't be squeezed in.

He grabbed the outermost soldier who was looking inside:

"Why don't you go on duty? What about your guns? ”

The soldier glanced back at his big ears and said angrily: "It's thrown into the house, the boss is out, what kind of duty is he doing?" ”

With that, he continued to turn his head away, ignoring his ears no more.

The big ear was so angry that his eggs hurt, and he used brute force and began to squeeze into the crowd.

He had to stop this undisciplined behavior as soon as possible.

After scrapping all his strength, he finally squeezed into the inner circle.

Big Ears straightened his uniform and was just about to speak, when the crowd around him suddenly exploded again.

It seems that the results of the previous round have already been decided.

Big Ears looked up and saw that the black man was holding his head and wailing at the two A's in front of him, while a soldier opposite him was holding a large sum of money into his arms, and his face was smiling.

His hole cards weren't big, but combined with a gourd of three jacks, he won the black man from the bottom up.

Sean reluctantly stood up, and suddenly saw the big ears behind him, so he handed the poker in his hand.

"You come to be the banker, I'm done losing." He said to Big Ears.

Big Ears wanted to refuse, but the deck of cards had already slipped into his hand.

The black man parted the crowd with a sad look on his face and walked out.

The surrounding soldiers were a little angry, many of them had been waiting for a while, but as soon as the temporary camp commander arrived, he went straight to the field.

It's really unreasonable.

Big ears were a little upset when they saw their eyes.

You don't let me play, I want to play, even if it's just a game.

So, he sat down directly, took out the money from his jacket pocket, put it on the table, looked around, and began to deal cards.

However, the more cards played, the more he felt that something was not quite right.

There were actually three flushes in the community card, although they were separated, but it seems.

He quickly flipped over his hole cards.

Sure enough, it's a straight flush!

This one made him win a lot of money, and the people around him suddenly became more excited.

The big man and the beautiful lady in red at the table prepared to leave.

"You're too lucky to play." The big man said.

Big Ears held the money on the table and glared at the round: "Stop me!" Come on, keep playing, whoever runs is the dog! ”

The two of them had to sit back down again.

The gambling game continued, and there were more and more onlookers around.

The luck of the big ears has not always been so good, but due to the luck of the first few rounds, the cost is quite thick.

In addition, he still wants to win when he wins, and he wants to win back when he loses, so he has been relying on the gambling table.

His opponents changed one after another, and gradually, the gang under Holmes were all out, and those who were made up were all soldiers from the barracks.

This soon became a gamble among the remaining soldiers of the Stone Fortress.

It was soon dark, but the gamblers and the crowd of onlookers had no intention of ending, and the big ears asked people to bring kerosene lamps, light torches, and fight at night, with great intention of fighting until dawn.

As for dinner? What's that? Is this thing important?

As the night wore on, torches lit one after another, and the tables changed from one to two, and the cowboy under Holmes gave them a few decks of playing cards, which made them finally feel the warmth of civilization again in this place where birds don't.

Just as Big Ears blushed and shouted at an opponent whether to increase the size.

With a "whoosh", an arrow hit the table.

The crowd froze.

As they looked up at the dark night sky, with the sound of piercing the air, many arrows flew over the stone wall and in their direction.

The dense crowd was full, and four or five lay down at once.

"Nahua! The Nahuas are here again! ”

Big Ear exclaimed, and staggered up from the stool, his legs a little numb from sitting for a long time.

"Go to the wall! Get on the wall! ”

The crowd was about to return to their guns as usual, but they suddenly looked at each other dumbfounded.

Most of them didn't have guns.

Yes, gambling for money, who will bring a gun, gambling in a hurry to take a gun and collapse the other side?

"Go back and get it!" Big ears are so anxious that they jump to their feet.

So the crowd began to scurry around like headless flies again, carrying lamps and torches back to the house looking for guns.

However, the results left them in shock.

Their guns are gone.

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