In the wee hours of the morning, the night was thick.

The entire Hewan Village had fallen asleep in the night, and there were only a few lights on the wall, reflecting the huge black shadow of the entire camp, as if it was a huge monster entrenched on the side of the riverbank.

A sturdy figure cautiously approached, then jumped up, put one hand on the wall, and then climbed over the tall wall made of logs, light as black smoke.

This man was none other than Richard, who had taken advantage of the darkness of night to explore the enemy camp alone.

In the darkness of the night

Richard's dark starry eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding environment, sneaking into the village by the moonlight, appearing and disappearing, and it didn't take long to touch the entire village.

Hewan Village is not large, about half an acre of land enclosed by the camp, dozens of houses, stables, and forage sheds have been built, and the inside is overcrowded, and the roads are full of feces and urine, and the environment is quite bad.

The haphazard construction of buildings caused the roads to be narrow and winding, and white bandits could hide in the buildings and open fire, which was extremely unfavorable for cavalry combat.

There are three fixed sentry posts in the camp, two of which are dozing off at night, and a night patrol team of four people who turn around every half hour.

See this scenario

Richard's mind was turning, and he knew that it was not advisable to attack hard, and he had to find a way to get it.

Although this Hewan village is not big, it has a large number of residents, it is estimated that there are always about 200 to 300 people, and it is located in the middle of the American River, the population is highly mobile, and there are many white gold diggers who come and go.

Here, I have to admire that the American River is simply a river of gold, the gold sand resources are extremely rich, and ordinary gold diggers can dig for two or three ounces of gold in a hard day, worth sixty or seventy dollars, as easy as picking up money.

After saving up for a few days, these white gold diggers would go to Hewan Village to find a woman to have a good time, and then drink and gamble to squander the money, and enjoy it first.

The gold diggers all pay their bills with golden sand, and when they run out, they go to the river to mine, anyway, there are many of them, and no one feels distressed.

So, this is not only the lair of the Alexander Madison gang, but also a veritable gold cave.

Richard had already figured out the situation in the village, so he walked out along the dimly lit corner, but he heard the sound of a dog barking not far away, which made him look nervous and unconsciously speed up his steps.

The barking of the dog behind him became louder and louder, and Richard cursed in his heart; And you will be rampant for a few days, and settle the accounts together.

He soon came to the wall and jumped up, and after stepping on the wooden pillar with one foot, his body rose again, and fell like a light bird outside the black wall.

After about a minute or two

Only then did two dogs, one big and one young, rush over, barking at the outside of the wall, as if they had found something?

This attracted the attention of the night patrol team, and after coming over, they probed and said suspiciously; "Did you find something when the dog barked so loudly?"

"It should be, otherwise the dog wouldn't have come from so far, could it be that someone touched it?"

"Unlikely, right? The village was so big that we didn't notice anything, and the dogs barked outside. ”

"That's weird!"

Just when everyone was puzzled, they suddenly heard the terrible howls of wild wolves coming from outside the wall. This caused the other dogs in the camp to bark wildly.

For a while, the quiet night was broken, and the dogs and wolves howled at each other, and the barking sounds.

It turned out to be a wolf!

The North American gray wolf is a frequent visitor to the western wilderness, and now the patrol team put a heart back in its stomach and shouted at the dog to calm down and stop yelling.

In the forest where you can't see your fingers

The two eyes of the wolf's "one ear" are like small green lanterns, revealing a cruel and ruthless bestiality, but under Richard's caresses, its eyes are squinted like docile domestic animals.

Richard conveyed clear thoughts to the head wolf "one ear" through invisible tentacles;

Don't be idle at night these days, or harass the dogs from time to time to make everyone sleep restlessly.

These dogs are hunter-bred hounds, sensitive to the smell of wild beasts, and must bark at their targets, which only the dog owner can stop.

Early the next morning

Marbury Jones, the "one-eyed dragon", and Tate, the leader of the white bandits, each set off with a few cavalrymen, with black circles under their eyes and yawns, cursing and swearing incessantly.

The dogs in the camp barked intermittently almost all night, and no one had a good rest.

According to experienced hunters;

A large group of wild wolves came from outside the camp in Hewan Village, and they arrived near the camp at night, and they could not patrol all night, which was extremely rare if it were not for the excessive hunger of the wolves.

In the bushes around the camp, the hunters found a lot of footprints and fresh feces of wild wolves, and preliminarily judged that this was a large wolf pack of fifty or sixty wild wolves, and raised an alarm;

Small groups of three or five people should not go deep into the jungle to avoid being attacked by wolves.

meanwhile

The legend that the mysterious Orientals were able to control the wolves also spread rapidly, adding a mysterious color to the Datang Society.

It was close to noon

The number of white armed men entering the village gradually increased, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, John Sr., the sheriff of the new town, arrived with more than 60 white gunmen, including more than a dozen mounted policemen, which made the atmosphere here unprecedentedly high.

Not counting the idlers, there were more than 260 white cowboys with loaded guns alone, which was an unprecedented force in San Francisco, which made Alexander-Madison and his gang feel more confident than ever, and there was a shouting and killing.

But the news brought by John the Sheriff made everyone feel like they had poured cold water on their heads and became sober again.

Later this afternoon, 220 musketeers reinforced by the Datang Society and more than 50 white cavalry from Fangcaodi arrived one after another, bringing the strength of the Datang Society to more than 390 people.

In particular, the white cavalry of Yerba Buena joined in to make the situation confusing.

Hear this

The elder Kahn led a dozen of his own sons and nephews to leave, but was stopped by Marbury Jones, the "one-eyed dragon", at the gate of the camp, and the two sides had a fierce verbal altercation.

"Get out of the way, Jones, you damn bastard deceived me, this isn't what you're talking about as a war against the Orientals, the Karns won't turn their guns on Yerba Buena, never!"

"Don't be stupid Karn, Parkview Green now wears the same pants as those Orientals, and they are all our enemies."

"Fart, the Karns are all devout Protestants, and there is no way to go to war with fellow Protestants, there's nothing to say about it, get out of the way."

"Damn old thing, you're blatantly hostile to us!"

"Don't come with me like this, Jones, the Kahn family withdraw from this armed struggle, we remain neutral, neither will help you nor the Tang Society, but warn you not to provoke me."

"Come when you want, leave when you want, how can it be so easy?"

"Then you can try ......"

Both sides drew their guns and glared angrily, seeing that a fire was about to be fought at the gate of the camp, when John, the sheriff who was hiding in the crowd to watch the excitement, had to stand up and stop the imminent fire between the two sides.

"Wait a minute, don't be impulsive, Jones...... Have your people put their guns away. "Sheriff John walked into the middle of the crowd, separated the two glaring men, and said to old Karn;" Don't be such a man, you're making it hard for all of us. ”

Old Karn was a middle-aged burly man with a leopard's head and eyes, with thick beard, and a well-known temper temper, which could not be pulled back by nine oxen if he had identified something.

When he saw John come out to play the round, his tone became a little softer, but he still replied firmly; "God testifies, Jones tells me, that this is a war between whites and Orientals, a war against the infidels. However, this is not the case. So the Kahns opted out. ”

"Karn, you can choose to stay here for the time being, and I promise Alexander Madison won't force you to do anything, just stay here. It will make us look more united and invincible, rather than sending the wrong signal. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't."

Old Karn flatly refused, he was the kind of fanatic who had been heavily brainwashed by religion, and had a strong belief that he would never do anything that God hated.

God taught the Puritans to love one another, so how could they draw their guns against each other?

Kahn the elder would not allow his sons and nephews to join the Protestants at every turn, unless he endangered his own safety, which earned him great prestige among the white gold diggers.

Of course, this does not include Mexicans and Orientals.

Seeing that he could not be persuaded to persuade him, Sheriff John had to back down, and motioned to Jones and his gang to get out of the way and let the old Kahn family leave.

Although the "one-eyed dragon" Marbury Jones is unwilling in his heart, he can't keep his love, otherwise he will inevitably merge, and he can only get out of the way with hatred.

With a disdainful wave of his hand, old Karn led his men and nephews away, and a dozen or so rode up the river bank to return to their own territory.