The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1479 Turnaround
When Luo Jin entered the basement, a strong smell of blood immediately hit him in the face, making him feel a little uncomfortable. After he untied the gauze stained with blood, he felt his scalp tingling.

"This is a gunshot wound! Who is he?!"

The nun said, trying to keep her voice down.

"It doesn't matter who he is, the important thing is that he is dying. Please do me a favor and help this poor man."

Rogin took a deep breath. He was fed up with such a life. At this time, there were no poor people who were shot on the island of Cuba. They were either from La Concha's army or the rebels, or the unlucky ones involved in the fight between the two sides.

Luo Jin would rather be poor all his life than get involved in this war. Although he did not pledge allegiance to any side, nor did he oppose anyone, his home was still engulfed by the flames of war.

"Oh my God! What am I doing!"

Although Luo Jin said this, he still tried his best to complete the operation.

The operation was successful. Although the wounded man was convulsing in pain, at least he did not die immediately. The shrapnel had been removed and the wound had been sutured. The rest could only rely on God.

Seeing the injured gradually stabilized, Luo Jin and the nun beside him had no time to catch their breath, when suddenly a huge explosion shook off some of the dust on the ceiling of the basement.

Luo Jin wanted to go out with the nun to check, but the nun gave him an order.

"Mr. Luo Jin, please stay here. Don't come out no matter what happens."

In an instant, Luo Jin had a bad premonition, but the nun simply closed the lid of the basement.

Only then did Luo Jin discover that there were several seriously injured people in the basement and several children curled up in the corner.

At the same time, the church's main door was blown to pieces by explosives, and more than a dozen refugees seeking shelter in the church were killed on the spot. Others were pierced through the body by flying wood chips while trying to get up.

Suddenly a white horse leaped up and landed on the man's body. The crisp sound of bones breaking echoed throughout the church, and the injured person under the horse's hooves instantly became dead.

The man on the horse was wearing a wide-brimmed cowboy hat, with two revolvers on his waist, a lasso behind the saddle, and riding boots with spurs. He looked like the legendary western cowboy.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen."

The man on the horse took off his hat and bowed on the horse. Only then could people see his face with prominent cheekbones and a bit of Indian style.

"Joa! It's Joa!"

Someone recognized the man on the horse, and there was a commotion in the church because of the name.

Joe was pleased with people's reactions; he saw horror, anxiety, and, to a certain extent, admiration, even jealousy.

"Bang! Bang!"

Qiao Ya fired two shots into the air, and the church finally became quiet.

"Father Mansta, someone reported that you have taken in another group of people of unknown origin. Is that true?"

"There are no unknown people. They are villagers from Elswell Village."

Before Father Mansta could finish his words, he was shot in the leg.

"Did I ask you who they were?"

Qiao Ya said viciously.

"No, no."

Hearing the priest's answer, Qiao Ya was very satisfied and continued.

"Very good. Now I'll ask you again, have you taken in any new people?"

"Yes."

"So what was our previous agreement?"

“They are all innocent.”

"boom!"

Another bullet hit Father Mansta's other leg. "Who defines an innocent person? Why didn't you stand up when I was called a bastard? You all deserve to die!"

Father Mansta struggled to get up, clasped his hands together and raised them above his head, begging the man on the horse.

"For God's sake, leave us alone."

Joe Ya snorted disdainfully and raised his gun again, but this time he did not shoot at Father Mansta, but aimed at the statue in the church.

Two guns fired at the same time. After a burst of gunfire, accompanied by screams from people around, the head of the statue rolled to the ground.

"Your God is now in danger of losing himself."

"You're going to hell!"

"boom!"

But no one was hurt because the sound came from Qiao Ya's mouth.

"I tell you, with the gun in my hand, I am God! Compared to your God, it is more promising to be with me."

"No, never!"

"That can't be helped. I'm a trustworthy person."

Joe threw a lasso around Mansta's neck, then rode away with a whip.

The remaining people in the church were not spared either, and Qiao Ya's men rushed into the church and began to rape and rob. After venting their anger, they dumped a box of cold weapons on the ground and let the survivors fight each other. Only those who survived could join Qiao Ya's team.

In order to survive, people choose to give up their dignity and humanity.

After the entertainment, Joya's men set fire to the church and planted the flag of the Cuban colonial government in the courtyard.

Qiao Ya was looking at the masterpiece of his men on horseback, and he turned around to look at the team.

"painter!"

"exist!"

"Draw it! Send it to General Narciso Lopez and tell them that the Cuban colonial army is too brutal! We need more assistance!"

"Understood, Mr. Qiao Ya, I will definitely pass on your message."

Not long after, La Concha's army came again. After Roquin paid a considerable amount of protection money, the leading officer finally agreed to report the situation here to Havana.

While the war was going on in Cuba, many reports of war atrocities by both sides reached the United States. However, most people didn't care about this at all. They only cared about how much money and land there was on Cuba.

But Senator Lincoln saw a turning point.

Lincoln held high the U.S. Constitution above Congress.

"Since Cuba is joining the United States, then Cubans are naturally our fellow Americans."

"What do you want to say? Are you and those lepers from the same family?"

Davis deliberately joked that he once said that black people were no different from lepers and were the cancer of America.

Lincoln knew that the other party wanted to embarrass him, but he would not be fooled.

“I want to ask, our compatriots are suffering, should we just stand by and watch?”

"We are not using the right word. We in the South are actually taking action. You northern gentlemen are just talking big in Congress all day long, but you don't do anything practical."

"What you call action is nothing more than a struggle for power and territory. I mean true humanitarianism, not turning a blind eye to the lives of our compatriots."

Davis wanted to retort, but Lincoln shouted.

"Gentlemen, I ask the federal government to grant Cubans the status of American citizens! This also includes La Concha and his army. As long as they are willing to lay down their arms and surrender, they can also become Americans."

There was immediate applause in Congress. In fact, both the South and the North of the United States wanted to find a reason to end the war without bloodshed.