The burning of Riverbend Village made the Tang Society famous throughout Upper California, and it has become a hot emerging top force in San Francisco, comparable to John Sutter and Parkview Green.

This short and bloody conflict made everyone begin to face up to the strong strength of the Tang Society, and Richard's great name spread throughout the Bay Area, and the progress of the prestige title task "King of the Bay Area" rose rapidly from more than 3,000 people to nearly 10,000, achieving a great breakthrough.

This suggests; There are more people who recognize Richard as the real voice of San Francisco.

And the most anxious among them is undoubtedly John Sartre, the head snake.

New towns

Not far from the church, in a Victorian manor building on Washington Street, the fat John Sutter paced up and down the European-style promenade in a well-textured light-colored suit with an anxious expression.

The bad news from the river of America completely lost his former calm, and his right-hand man, Sheriff John A. Clark, and more than fifty mounted police and militiamen were all burned to the fire, and none of them escaped.

This dealt a heavy blow to John Sartre's forces, and after receiving this shocking news, John Sartre endured the panic in his heart, took out thousands of ounces of gold to comfort the families of the deceased, and sent someone to urgently contact the Mexican leader Juan Carlos to try to huddle together to keep warm.

It should be said that John Sartre's measures were appropriate, at least not frequent.

The Tang Society and Parkview Green colluded, and after the fall of the Madison gangs, the balance had been upset, and the Coalition forces formed a serious threat to the John Sutter forces.

But a few days passed, and there was no response from Juan-Carlos' side.

The footsteps sounded, John Sartre looked up, and saw that the lawyer Adam Tatum was hurrying over, so he couldn't hide his anxiety and asked; "Adam, what do they say?"

"I'm sorry, but the Mexicans probably guessed my intentions and hid from me, and I suspect that Yerba Buena or the Englishmen behind it have made a move and promised enough terms to make people happy. Otherwise, how dare Juan Carlos refuse our extended olive branch? ”

"Oh...... Damn, are you sure? ”

"According to our people, Juan Carlos stayed in that mansion and didn't see him leave. But his butler prevaricated that he had been going to Sacramento for a few days, and he didn't know when he would return. Doesn't that tell us a lot about the fact that Odom Russell, the grocer in Parkview Green, was able to enter in a grand way? ”

"Damn it, how dare these vile and lowly Mexicans betray me?"

Hearing Adam Tatum's words, John Sade's face turned iron blue and he couldn't help but curse; "I cursed them to hell, and if I hadn't gotten open up and acquiesced to Juan Carlos' existence, he should have been hiding in Sacramento with other lowly native whites, how dare he do that?"

It's not easy to answer, Adam Tatum wisely shut his mouth, and just shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

Now the situation is clear;

Parkview Green and the Tang Dynasty have joined forces to firmly occupy the territory of Parkview Green, Grape Valley, Rose Manor and River America, and are deeply involved in the new town, and the limelight has overwhelmed the John Sartre forces.

In particular, Li Cha, the leader of the Tang Society, led his troops to burn Hewan Village, and the chickens and dogs that were really killed were not left, and hundreds of Madison gangs were slaughtered, and everyone talked about it for a while.

Even the dullest person knows that this is a ruthless master, and he can't be easily provoked.

Because Sheriff John led more than 50 gunmen to join the Alexandria Madison gang, the two sides were in a de facto conflict and had to end with one being beaten down.

Datang will have people, guns, and combat effectiveness, Fangcaodi is rich, powerful and influential, and there are British forces standing behind it, and John Sartre, a local snake who has been operating in San Francisco for 10 years, is obviously unbearable.

in the final analysis

John Sartre was just an ordinary mountain man from the poor ravine of Switzerland, who came to the North American continent with nothing, and with his brains and luck he became hot here.

The death of John A. Clark, the most powerful minion, and a dozen of his henchmen on the banks of the American River is tantamount to a slap in the face, and it becomes a fierce and inward-looking.

John Sutter chattered and scolded loudly, scolding the Mexicans, scolding the white people of the grass, and most scolding the Chinese of the Tang Dynasty, which attracted several people in the manor to probe their brains to take a look, and quickly shrank back.

At this time, if you move forward, is your head in water?

More than 10 minutes later

Adam Tatum saw that John Sutter was tired of scolding, so he hurriedly showed a smile on his face and interjected at the right time; "Dear Mr. John, the Federation is indeed hateful, and I think that Juan Carlos's reluctance to stand up and support you at this critical time may not be as simple as betrayal."

"What do you mean......" John Sutter was still angry at this time, and immediately looked at Adam Tatum with doubts after he said this.

This is not to blame for his suspicions, after sheriff John A. Clark and a dozen mounted police officers died on the banks of the American River, accounting for almost 1/3 of the private police force, John Sutter's control of the new town has greatly declined, far more than 1/3.

Ralston, the big rancher who has always followed his ass and is submissive, and Juan Carlos, the leader of the Mexican ethnic group, have become ambiguous.

In John Sartre's view, this is undoubtedly a betrayal.

Although the lawyer in front of him, Adam Tatum, behaved very dogleggy and was nothing unusual, this guy was a lonely man who ate and drank, and it was hard to guarantee that he saw the other party turn over and colluded with the first two anti-bone boys.

In the Wild West, anything is possible.

Seeing John Sutter's skeptical gaze, Adam Tatum hurriedly turned grim and said with a look of "I think about you";

"Dear President John, all that I have is given by you, and for God's sake, trust me and give me my reasons.

As you know, the newspaper said that Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna strongly criticized the ambitious expansionist policy of the United States, saying that he would not hesitate to recapture Texas, which originally belonged to Mexico, and issued a war mobilization order to vigorously expand the army and weapons.

We all know that Juan Carlos, the former garrison chief of San Francisco, is a remnant of Mexican interests who openly and covertly hook up with Mexico City.

In today's situation

The deterioration of U.S.-Mexico relations will inevitably spill over into the province of Upper California, and we are Americans through and through.

At this time, Juan Carlos will inevitably be infamous as a traitor if he gets closer to us, and he can't help but have some concerns.

Besides

We all know that Great Britain has an undeniable influence in Mexico and in Central and South America, and Yerba Buena is the pawn that the British inserted into the Bay Area, and this is where the trickiest part is.

At present, the relationship between the United States and Britain has deteriorated extremely, and the newly inaugurated US president has strongly stated that the United States has natural sovereignty over the British Canadian colonies of Oregon, Seattle, Portland and other places, which may trigger the second US-British war.

In this case

If the Mexican forces represented by Juan Carlos can not side with the Federation, then we should be thankful that it is difficult to ask for more. ”

John Sartre was confused by these words, he couldn't read a lot of big words, and he didn't usually read a newspaper, but he understood a little bit;

You may become a victim of the current situation and suffer unjustified disasters.

"You mean...... The United States is going to war with Mexico, so what does it have to do with me? This is a Mexican place, can the Americans come and fight? ”

"That's true, the U.S. army will definitely come over."

"Huh?"

John Sutter's mouth opened wide in surprise, enough to fit a duck egg.

Alta California is more than 1,000 kilometers from Texas, a hot spot of war, and is bordered by the Sierra Nevada, the Nevada Desert, the Rocky Mountains, and the vast Gobi Desert of New Mexico.

He really didn't expect that the American army would come over?