Alien world

Chapter 1317 239. Delay
The gang members who were looking forward to it saw the new leader walking back alone.

The good news is that she is back, the bad news is that she is the only one back.

"Boss, where is the help you mentioned?" Harding asked bravely.

It should be too late to catch up with the Wolf Gang messenger at this time...

Joan forced herself to smile and told everyone: "Reinforcements are on the way and will be here soon!"

The gang members who had already learned from Harding that the new boss was of some importance cheered. Their interests were already tied to Joan, so they had to believe it now.

"but--"

The gang members stopped moving.

Joan took a deep breath and said, "I'm worried that the Wolf Gang will arrive faster, so we must hold out against the enemy before the reinforcements arrive!"

The gang members whispered to each other, that was the Wolf Gang...they were just ordinary people...

"Harding, who is most familiar with the terrain and mining areas in this area?"

"Bores and I are most familiar with each other!"

"Boss, I'm here!" Bores stood up.

Joan looked at him and said, "I will give you a task now: run to every mining area you know and shout loudly outside, 'The Wolf Gang is about to attack Joan of the Freedom Gang!' Not a single word less."

"Whether the reinforcements can arrive depends on you."

"Boss, I got it!"

Joan selected three more people and asked them to go to Hyjal Ditch and bring back all the people there, including the laborers.

"We don't want Hyjal Trench anymore?" Harding was a little anxious.

"It's just a temporary suspension of work. Don't give the Wolf Gang a chance to defeat us one by one. We need to concentrate our strength together." She said to Harding, "Go tell the workers that they don't have to work today. Gather everyone."

He told his men to keep a close eye on the outside and make a sound if there was any movement, and then he walked into the cave.

In a few minutes, all the workers were called over.

Joan chose to make the current situation public, and then said in panic: "I am not threatening you. You have seen the treatment of the hard laborers. If the Freedom Gang falls, you will become slaves again, hungry and exploited. But if you take up arms and stand with the Freedom Gang, I swear, you will no longer be inferior to others, and you and your family will no longer be slaves of others!"

"If anyone wants to leave now, I won't stop you."

Several figures swayed among the workers. Harding jumped out and cursed: "You will only seek death if you leave! The vagrants outside like to catch people who are alone. They will eat your belly and thighs with the most fat first, and your chest and arms with the most chewiness are also good. Your internal organs, intestines, heart and liver will be pulled here and there-"

Harding struck fear into the workers, but also discouraged them from retreating.

Joan allowed Harding to finish his threats and inducements, and continued, "I know the addresses of all of you. If you die in battle, I will give your families a pension of 10 guineas and send them to a safe place to live out their lives in peace."

"Whether we can reunite with our families with the money we earn, or let them live a worry-free life, depends on this one chance. Even if we die, we must die on the road fighting the enemy!"

Joan didn't know the workers' emotions, but her own blood was boiling.

“The Wolf Gang is indeed powerful, but as long as we can hold on until the reinforcements arrive, they will be in trouble! So we have to set up traps and delay time...hahahahaha, Rhodes.”

Joan called out the name that impressed her deeply.

"Boss, you called me?"

Hahahaha Harold looked around.

"Is there anyone here with such a weird name?"

Joan's words caused a burst of dull laughter in the tense atmosphere. Hahahahaha. Rhodes showed a familiar silly smile on his face and walked out of the crowd.

"Harding, there is no other exit from the mine, right?" "No!"

Joan looked at Hahahahaha Rod and said, "I'll give you a task. You lead all the workers to move out all the rubble that was chiseled out and block the exit."

"Boss, then we will be trapped in there and die. All the Wolf Gang needs to do is smoke us out of the cave..."

"They wouldn't dare unless they wanted to be punished by the Oyster Gang."

When Joan bought the slaves, she deliberately checked with the slave trader - the Oyster Gang prohibited any gang from killing or harming the slaves without reason, and those gangs that dared not treat the slaves as human beings were hanged outside the gate of the Oyster Gang.

This indirectly proves that although the conditions of the hard laborers are bad, they are indeed not expendable, and that the Oyster Gang still has dominance in the Broken Mining Area.

Only slave traders complained about this. After all, the hard labor was consumed slowly, so they made money slowly.

Joan had no other choice but to lock herself in the mine. Even if the Wolf Gang was not as powerful as Harding said, the fact that they dared to collect protection fees meant that they had at least several professionals.

This group of people is absolutely not qualified to fight. There is no other possibility except collapse at the first touch...

So we can only delay the time.

Even if you, the Wolf Gang, bring an army, you still have to move the stones slowly outside.

Hahahaha, Harold led the workers into the depths of the mine, and Joan ordered the gang to bring in all the supplies outside.

Only Harding was kept by her on purpose.

"Boss, what do you want me to do?" Harding knew why he was left behind.

"Your mission is the most important."

Joan lowered her voice and said, "I need one of my most trusted people to go to the Wolf Gang and help us delay time. The longer you delay, the greater our chances of winning."

Harding was stunned there. Joan couldn't bear it, but there was nothing she could do. Among these people, Harding was the least likely to betray her.

"Boss, if I die, my daughter..."

"If anything happens to you, we will take care of your family. I swear."

He lowered his head, hesitated for a long time, and took out a purse from his pocket.

“This is the money I saved…”

Joan took it. The purse was very light. She could tell by weighing it that it was almost entirely made of silver coins, but it was also so heavy that she could hardly hold it.

Joan took a deep breath and said softly, "You are just delivering a letter. They won't kill you. At most you will suffer a little. As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we will set out to rescue you..."

Harding forced out a smile that was uglier than crying: "I believe you, Boss."

Qiong An couldn't help but said: "Remember, you just need to delay time. If it doesn't work, just surrender. We won't blame you."

"Got it, boss."

Hardin left, riding away on the only long-haired horse in the Valoran Basin.

Joan clutched his purse tightly, feeling the trust heavy and bitter.

"I really am not suited to doing this kind of thing..."

Last night she was still proud of being the gang leader, but just a few hours later, the situation took a turn for the worse.

"It's better to be a soldier. You just need to charge in the front and die. If you hide in the back, you have to consider many things..."

(End of this chapter)