Around 4 a.m

Riverbend Village

The dense figures in the camp swayed, bringing together about one hundred and fifty or sixty white bandits, all of whom were murderously armed with sharp knives and loaded bullets, preparing to attack the camp of the Tang Society at night, and let out a vicious breath for many days.

Alexander Madison had been woken up at ten o'clock in the night and had not gone to sleep since, his bloodshot eyes and his violent appearance.

He argues;

The extinguishing of the bonfire of the Datang Club is undoubtedly a precious opportunity given by God, and it is necessary to firmly grasp the turnaround in one fell swoop, and whether it can continue to eat and drink spicy food in the future depends on this hammer deal.

"Jack Starr, are your people ready?"

"It's all here, our blades are going to drink the blood of the Orientals today and bring a long-lost victory, you just need to prepare women and wine, we won't be polite."

"Great, man, Buck Freeman, are your guys ready?"

"I'm here to help, your Excellency, the guys are getting tired of waiting."

"Wonderful, let any anger be vented on the Orientals, it is a feast of blood and death, I seem to have heard their wonderful wails......" Alexander Madison, who was in a mood to regain his spirit, looked at the bandits huddled together and pressed the black, and couldn't help but feel blood and adrenaline, and inevitably broke his mouth and said a few more words.

That's when it happened

There was a terrible howl from the crowd, piercing the quiet night sky, which made Alexander Madison suddenly startled his heart and blurted out; "Damn bastard, you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw countless black shadows in the night rushing over, and several bandits standing on the periphery had been knocked down, and there were screams and howls, and there was a sudden chaos.

"Wolves, it's a pack of wild wolves......"

"God, what's going on? Yes...... Help me! ”

"Die!"

In the darkness of the night, dozens of wild wolves pounced on the crowd, and in the wild wolves' frantic bites, the screams and howls of the crowd mixed together to convey the emotions of extreme fear, and spread as quickly as a plague.

Some of the bandits couldn't see clearly in the dark, so they swung their knives in fear, and the people next to them were unlucky, and they were inexplicably stabbed with short blades after a few cuts.

Time

The vicinity of the gate was like a fried pot, and the white bandits fled in all directions crying and shouting for their mothers, and the unlucky ones were stabbed a few times inexplicably, or they were torn off a large piece of flesh by the wild wolf, and they rolled on the ground and screamed in pain.

Alexander Madison and the other bandit leaders were frightened and angry, and shouted loudly to be quiet, but in the night it became a pot of porridge, and sixty or seventy wild wolves rushed in and tore wildly and bitten, and the screams of crying father and mother were extremely noisy, who could hear the order clearly, and how could they be quiet?

No one noticed it at this point

The two white bandits standing guard at the gate of the camp were hit by several arrows and fell down one after the other, and the other lookout posts in the camp were also quickly eliminated, more than 30 ladders were set up from the outside of the camp, and then more than 30 musketeers climbed up along the ladders and pointed their guns at the inside of the camp.

Pile after pile of bonfires were quickly lit, driving away the darkness and making the area around the camp bright again.

At this time, more than 220 musketeers had gathered around the ladder, and more than 30 archers quickly ignited rockets and fired into the camp, which caused 10 fires to rise in the camp, and it was rapidly increasing.

A little farther outside the camp, more than 170 heavily armed cavalrymen of the Federation, at this moment, holding their war horses, stood on the periphery to watch the battle, ready to enter the battle at any time.

meanwhile

The musketeers, who were climbing on the ladders, could see the approximate position of the enemy by the light of the campfire, and immediately opened fire, and there was a scattered sound of gunfire around them, accompanied by the screams of the white bandits.

Immediately after firing a shot, the musketeers handed the flintlock pistols in their hands to the people below, and then took another flintlock musket full of bullets, aimed at the figures in the camp and continued to fire, and so on, and so on.

The sound of crisp gunfire was incessant, and from time to time white bandits were hit and fell to the ground and died.

It was more of a one-sided slaughter than a battle.

Before the war, President Richard issued strict orders;

Anyone alive or human, whether human, was killed, and no prisoners were needed in this battle, with no exceptions.

After the gunmen of the Datang Society took control of the wall, the white bandits, who were already a little clever, hid in the house, took out their guns and shot at them, and the "ping pong" was very lively.

But soon they realized that something was wrong, rocket after rocket came in, set fire to the hay, set fire to the huts, set fire to the stables, and the houses were set on fire for four weeks, and the fire in the camp grew bigger and bigger, and the smoke was billowing from the houses.

The bandits had no choice but to escape from the burning houses, exposed to gunpoint, and then shot dead in the streets.

Just over 20 minutes later

The houses in the camp had burned into a sea of flames, spreading under the cold winds of the April night, and the flammable hay piles were more than 20 meters high, and even set fire to part of the wall, forcing the Chinese gunmen on the wall to retreat.

Richard stood side by side with William Richardson with a long knife in his hand, his skeletal face reflected in the blazing fire, and he looked resolute and resolute.

"O God Almighty! Please forgive this endless greed and killing, and I sincerely pray for your guidance......" Ronald Evenson walked over from the side, pretending to draw a cross on his chest, looking compassionate.

Richard glanced at him as if unintentionally, and said; "After the wolves entered, the mouth was blocked, and these wild wolves who have tasted human flesh will not survive, I hope this will make you feel better."

"May all beings be freed from suffering, and God willing! Amen! "Ronald Evenson drew another cross, and there was a lot of endless momentum.

Seeing him do this, Richard was speechless.

William Richardson, who was standing next to him, sighed lightly, silently drew a cross prayer on his chest, and then said; "This fire will come down, there won't be a few survivors in Hewan Village, hopefully ......"

At this time

He saw several white bandits on fire climbing over the wall, trying to escape from this place of death, and then were shot to death by the Chinese gunmen below, and fell into the raging fire again, and were cremated directly.

The rest of William Richardson's words were like a block, and he couldn't say it anymore.

People have been killed, what is the use of saying?

From this point alone, it can be seen that Richard has unparalleled prestige among the musketeers of the Tang Dynasty, and the order has been carried out to the letter.

After this incident, William Richardson got to know the young man standing next to him again;

Not only is it highly skilled, it has a mysterious ability to communicate with wild wolves, but it is also ruthless, and its mental fortitude is far beyond ordinary people, and it must not be its enemy.

The raging fire burned for more than six hours, not only burning all the buildings in Hewan Village, but also destroying nearly half of the wooden wall.

If it weren't for the continuous pouring of water on the fire extinguishers by the Datang Society, the entire wall composed of logs would have been destroyed.

The rest is simple, clean up the ruins, bury the remains of people and animals in a big pit, collect the remains of some swords and guns, and return them to the blacksmith to be re-smelted when the time comes.

A staggering amount of gold nuggets were found in the ashes of Riverbend Village, especially in the Alexandria-Madison gang's lair, where a secret chamber was burned down, and two and a half tons of gold were unearthed from it.

Taken together, the total amount of gold is more than three tons, almost 97,000 ounces, and it is a solid fortune.

This part of the proceeds, minus the Datang Society's combat expenses and pensions, and minus the promised generous bounty, left about 87,500 ounces of gold.

1/4 of the proceeds will be given to Fangcaodi, and the rest will be used for the development of armaments, payment for immigration expenses, and the reconstruction of Hewan Village.

The war burned Riverbend to the ground, but the need for gold prospectors along the American River was not going away, so the reconstruction of Riverbend was on the agenda.

After the meeting and discussion, it was decided to establish the American River United Gold Mining Company under the Federation, with Datang Club and Fangcaodi accounting for 7:3 shares respectively and a total share capital of 10,000 shares.

That is, the Datang Club holds 7,000 shares, Richard himself owns 5,000 shares, and there are a total of 347 members of the Datang Club who participated in the battle, including 326 ordinary gunmen with 5 shares each, a total of 1,630 shares.

There are also 21 officers, 10 shares of the squad leader, 30 shares of the deputy captain, and 50 shares of the principal captain, a total of 370 shares, and the two add up to exactly 2,000 shares.

The reason why Richard holds so many shares is because the operation and armament of the entire Datang Society need to be maintained by Richard himself, in fact, playing the role of a big warlord, and the armed forces of the Datang Club are his personal armies.

The master eats meat and the servant drinks soup, which is natural in feudal society since ancient times, and no one disagrees.

In this way, everyone is happy, everyone knows that the gold rush company is a good business to make money every day, and the cohesion of Datang will be unprecedentedly high, and there will be joy and encouragement from top to bottom.

As the main management body, the American River United Gold Mining Company is responsible for maintaining the division of the American River Gold Mining Area, the identification of gold mining areas, the collection of fees, and the construction of Shanghewan Village and Xiahewan Village.

The village of Shanghewan is now a burned camp, and the area is expected to expand to about five acres, mainly building wooden houses, operating grocery stores, pubs, grain and oil stores, restaurants, customs and gambling stalls to meet the basic needs of gold prospectors.

Xiahewan Village is near the former Datang Club campsite, and that gold-rich area has been included in the Datang Club, and a waterwheel-type gold panning trough will be built as the self-operated business of the American River United Gold Mining Company.

Other words;

The American River United Gold Rush Company is both a manager and a specific gold panning participant, and if you think about it with your toes, you will definitely occupy the most abundant gold vein and benefit greatly from it.