America 1881: Legend of the West

Shortly after the refinery's transport convoy left, another convoy set off from Roswell.

Compared with the long and heavy transport team in front, this team appears to be much lighter.

A team of about twenty horses moved forward in a relatively loose formation.

They did not move forward at full speed, but always maintained a distance of two to three hours from the refinery convoy.

At the front of the team was Chen Jianqiu, who was riding a black carrot. He wore a dark red light coat; and beside him was Camilla, who was wearing a skirt of the same color as him. She was carrying a , is Sharps wrapped in layers of thick cloth.

Following them was Li Sifu. This young man was dressed almost exactly like Chen Jianqiu.

Next up is Asuka and Sean in overalls.

Unlike usual, Sean didn't open his mouth. He just looked at the corns hovering in the sky in the distance;

Abiot and Hanif did not quarrel, they were each checking their weapons; Danny, his wife and their son Holly, a family of three, followed behind.

Further behind, there were about a dozen Chinese, all of whom were equipped with the latest repeating rifles brought by Browning, and revolvers at their waists.

Chen Jianqiu also equipped them with broadswords, but because they needed to keep a low profile, they scabbarded them, wrapped them in cloth and hung them next to the saddle.

"Sifu, who are we in the transportation team ahead?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head and asked.

"Uncle Niu San and the others are here." Li Sifu replied.

The earliest group of people under Zhang Danian were all his old subordinates there, who had fought against Zeng Shatou and Li Zhongtang's soldiers.

Some of those people were in the transportation team at the refinery in front, and the other part were among the dozen or so Chinese.

The rest also worked in gun shops, and they fought with the endless gangs around Montrose with real swords and guns.

Chen Jianqiu never gave up training them in gun shooting.

Zhang Danian once lamented that if he had had these guns back then, so many of his brothers would not have died.

Chen Jianqiu raised his hand again and snapped his fingers at Feiniao.

Feiniao patted his horse and came to Chen Jianqiu.

"The Gatlin who sent Tiago set off a few days ago?"

"I set off on the same day I received your order." Feiniao looked worried, "I'm still a little worried."

"Don't worry, that guy will betray you sooner or later, but not now." Chen Jianqiu knew what Feiniao was worried about, "Go ahead, keep an eye on it from the front, and come back and tell me if anything happens."

Asuka nodded, pulled the reins, patted the horse and left.

In the evening four days later.

Chen Jianqiu's team appeared at the edge of a forest outside Lincoln County.

He looked up at the corn hovering over Lincoln County and said to himself: "It looks like these people have arrived in Lincoln County."

Chen Jianqiu raised his hand to the team behind him, signaling the team to stop.

"Boss, aren't we entering the town?" Sean asked from behind.

"No." Chen Jianqiu turned over and dismounted.

"Then why don't we go to Uncle Sun's place?" This time it was Li Sifu who asked.

After all, Chen Jianqiu now owns a large amount of land around Lincoln County, including some pastures and farms.

The farm closest to here is what Li Sifu said that Uncle Sun and some people were looking after for Chen Jianqiu.

"I'm not going either." Chen Jianqiu took out a note from his saddle bag and handed it to Li Sifu, "Just ask him to send some supplies. Be quick and make as little noise as possible."

"We will set up camp here. If nothing else happens, they will continue to leave tomorrow, and we have to follow them immediately." Chen Jianqiu said, "Of course, they may also leave in the middle of the night."

They found a place to camp in the lee of the wind.

From Chen Jianqiu to the Chinese, they all slept in their clothes.

In the wilds of the West, you can't sleep too hard, even if there are twenty or so men with guns.

Sanshu Sun's supplies arrived in the early morning, and what came with Sanshu Sun's supplies were flying birds on horseback.

"Boss! They are setting off!" Feiniao said to Chen Jianqiu who came out of the tent after hearing the sound.

"Did they find you?" Chen Jianqiu took some dried meat from the supply truck sent by Uncle Sun and put it into his saddle bag.

"No, I walked into the dark town." Feiniao said with certainty, "I stared at them from the roof opposite the hotel where they stayed, and I heard the noise from the opposite side before dawn."

"Which way to go?" Chen Jianqiu asked calmly.

The road from Roswell to Albuquerque diverges as it exits Lincoln County.

One path, the one Meyer first chose, was stolen.

The other one, the one Asuka took them on, via the Blanca Mountains, was robbed.

Chen Jianqiu was curious which path they would choose.

However, Asuka's expression suddenly became very strange:

"They are divided into two teams."

"Two teams?" Chen Jianqiu touched his chin. The members who were preparing drinking water and dry food next to them also looked puzzled.

Divide into two teams, don't put eggs in one basket, reduce losses? How can it be?

Not to mention whether Meyer could tolerate this kind of thing happening, it was completely unnecessary to escort so many armed personnel.

"Have you seen how their teams are divided?" Chen Jianqiu raised his head and asked Feiniao.

"Meyer led one team, and detectives Lynch and Pinkerton led another team." Although it was just dawn, Asuka could see clearly.

"How about the armed configuration?" Chen Jianqiu continued to ask.

"Meyer's team was weaker, with a few detectives following him, while Lynch and almost all the other Pinkerton detectives were on the other team."

"Could it be an empty city strategy?" Li Sifu put forward his own opinion, "Is there a possibility that the oil tanker at Lynch's side is empty?"

When he was a child, he had watched this Peking Opera with his grandfather. Zhuge Kongming played the piano on the tower of the tower and pretended to be undefended, but actually scared away Sima Yi who was below the tower.

Chen Jianqiu was silent.

The weakest defense is often the best barrier.

This possibility is not ruled out.

"I have an idea." Abiot on the side suddenly spoke, "We might as well divide Tiago into two groups and each side will rob him."

Chen Jianqiu still didn't speak.

"I don't think it's possible. Anyone who comes into contact with Lynch is a tough guy and has no guarantee of victory." Hanif objected, adhering to the spirit of taking advantage of anything raised by Abiot. .

"Then let Thiago fill the hole." Abiot rolled his eyes.

"No, if Thiago goes over there, it's another matter whether he can beat him or not. Even if he can beat him, what will happen to the Chinese workers in the team?" Hanif frowned and refused to let him go.

"What do you think?" Chen Jianqiu suddenly looked at Danny.

"You can still take a gamble." Danny thought for a while and said, "Study Lynch's side, or bet on the big one here, Meyer's side. Asuka and I can just bring a few people there."

"This seems to be a good idea." Hanif and Abiot both nodded.

Chen Jianqiu thought for a moment and did not issue an order.

He walked to the edge of the black radish, adjusted the saddle, and turned around to ask everyone: "Are the food and water ready?"

Everyone nodded.

"Then everyone mount up! Get ready to go." Chen Jianqiu waved to everyone, "The specific situation needs to be analyzed on site."

"A detour through Lincolnshire and a look at both roads."

The morning light dewed slightly, and under the illumination of the morning light, a group of people and horses galloped on the plain outside the town, leaving behind waves of horse hooves, breaking the silence of the dawn.

"We're here!" Feiniao, who was leading the way, suddenly reined in the reins and pointed to a row of ruts in front of him. "This is the new road, the one I took them on. Now it's the direction Lynch and the others are going."

Chen Jianqiu and everyone stopped their horses.

Chen Jianqiu jumped off his horse, walked to the roadside, squatted down, and carefully observed the ruts on the ground.

Then he got on his horse.

"Another way."

The other road was almost the same, covered with dense ruts.

Chen Jianqiu stretched out his hand and used his knuckles to measure the depth of the ruts.

It is much shallower than the one on the previous road.

He stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and showed an imperceptible smile on his face.

"What kind of empty city plan?" Chen Jianqiu shook his head, "It's just like taking off your pants and farting."

Chen Jianqiu remounted his horse, pointed to the previous road, and said to Feiniao and others:

"Let's go on the first road, Feiniao, hurry up and tell Thiago, wait for them on the first road!"