The sun never sets in America

Chapter 57 Goodbye Governor Huaco Covia
Tao Wang held the telescope and observed it for a long time, and finally said:
"Command the entire army... to close the mountain!!"

Tao Wang angrily ordered the messenger behind him, and then looked at the Shaoxing Mountain on the opposite side.

"Yes, battalion commander." After hearing this, the ordering soldier responded with clasped fists at Tao Wang, and then left to inform the officers of various departments.

Soon, the officers of each team who received the order immediately led their teams to encircle the entire Shaoxing Mountain. Some officers even issued orders to the entire team that not even a bird could fly. Although it was an exaggeration, it was true. The importance of this mission can also be seen.

In a cave in Shaoxing Mountain, a group of white soldiers were warming their clothes around a campfire, which had not yet been dried due to heavy rain yesterday. They were sitting together in twos and threes, with their upper bodies naked. Everyone's face showed fear and panic. expression, and worry about the future.

"Do you think we can go home alive?" A soldier who came from a blacksmith's family in Naton Town asked his companions who were sitting around the campfire with a sad face. "I have been away from home for a few months. Now the entire California They have all been occupied by infidels. I don’t know what is happening to my family or whether they are safe. I hope these infidels will really treat us white people as they say and let bygones be bygones!!" He was born in a blacksmith family. Soldiers, the atonement policy promulgated by those Liujiapu pagans is dubious.

The so-called atonement policy is actually to make white people pay money in a legal name, and then ask white farmers who own a large amount of land to hand over a large amount of excess land (as for what is excess, the right to interpret it lies with Liujiabao).

If it is donated voluntarily, the excess land will be judged to be more liberal, and the land allocated will be several times that of the confiscated land. Even in some remote and desolate places, the land allocated to white people, especially the white people at the bottom of the class, will be allocated. The land was more than they originally owned, which made many white people, especially the lower class white people, have an instantly better impression of the Liujiabao pagans.

Many local white rebels were often not defeated by Liujiabao's army, but were betrayed by local whites... This must be said to be a great irony.

"Hey, who says it's not the case!" As soon as the soldier finished speaking, a soldier echoed, "We agreed at the beginning that we would go home after fighting the Indians, but now, let alone going home, even if we realize that we will go back to California. It has become a luxury. We probably won’t even have the chance to go home in this life. Didn’t you listen to those people above? We want to go to the United States, to that so-called paradise..." The soldier said to everyone in a mocking tone. Ridiculing the adults who manipulate them is also ridiculing the country of the United States. When did a country that also killed Indians become a paradise? The Mexicans also killed Indians. Isn't Mexico considered a paradise? Isn't this a joke? ?
When did the standards of heaven get so low?

It has become so low that it relies on killing Indians to maintain it.

"Hey..." After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sigh. This sigh contained their longing for their hometown of Nadun Town, their missing for their families, and their anxiety about going to the United States.

For these ordinary small-town soldiers who have lived in Naton since childhood and have never even been to Los Angeles, the United States is a distant term.

My only impression of the United States was that in the grocery store run by Old Luke's family in the town, there were a few products from the United States, and the quality was still lagging behind the British products, and then they disappeared.

Many people don't even know how to speak English, so they are deceived by those military officers and Governor Huaco Covia into having a beautiful imagination of the United States... The United States may be beautiful, but it does not belong to them, it only belongs to people like Huaco Covia. Such a shameless person as the Governor.

"Captain Cus, when can we set off?" In a cave that was decorated differently from the simple cave where soldiers lived outside, Governor Huaco Covia, wearing a shabby military uniform, sat on a wooden bench and said to him Captain Kusi asked, with a hint of hope in his eyes, "As long as we go to the United States, we will be safe. I still have a few friends in the United States, including a senator. Then we can live a normal life." People's lives have been reduced, and even you, Commander Cus, can join the U.S. Army..." At this time, Governor Huaco Covia did not forget to draw a big pie for Captain Cus, hoping to use the so-called American Use personal connections to maintain your position in the group.

"Mr. Governor, according to our recent investigation of the heretics in the nearby Liujiapu, tomorrow morning is the best time for us to leave." Captain Cus replied to Governor Hua Ke. Covia that he had recently discovered something about the Liu family. According to the calculated time for the changing of the guard of the Fort troops, they will have at least two hours tomorrow morning to leave here and come to the U.S. border. Of course, if you observe carefully, you will find that Commander Cus has a clear opinion of Hua Ke. The tone of Governor Covia's speech was no longer as respectful as before, and even the original address of Your Excellency and Your Excellency was changed to Sir.

It can be seen that along the way, Captain Kusi's attitude towards Governor Huaco Covia has undergone a fundamental change.

After all, a governor who ran away twice and refused to save the army at the last moment, leading to the destruction of the army, his status in the heart of Captain Kusi, not to mention being greatly reduced, can be regarded as hitting rock bottom.

Even if Governor Huaco Covia was not still of some use, Captain Cus would have killed him long ago. Whether it was using his head to surrender to the Liujiapu pagans, or passing through the blockade and returning to the Republic of Mexico, It was enough to clear them of the charge of escaping. Even the Mexican bureaucrats, in order to show their magnanimity and set an example for future generations, might even promote Captain Cus...

"Captain Kus, as long as you..."

"It's not good, the big thing is bad..."

Just when Governor Huaco Covia was about to continue to use illusory promises to win over Captain Kus, a panicked shout suddenly came from outside... which made Captain Kus stand up.

tread... tread...

"Captain, commander..." An officer from the Nadun regiment ran in in a panic and shouted to Commander Kus who stood up, "Infidel, the infidel is coming." The officer's face There was a scared expression on his face, and even his hands were trembling.

The long period of escape and the successive defeats by Liujiabao's troops had long ago made everyone in the Nadun regiment fearful of Liujiabao, the Chinese, and even the Indians in the Weiwei Camp. , as soon as they hear the sound of gunfire from the other side, they don't dare to fight back. There is only one word in everyone's mind, that is...escape! !

This is a fear engraved in the bone marrow and deep in the brain. Once the news about the Liujiabao pagans is received, the seed of fear will take root and sprout in the heart, and quickly grow into a dark tree, sweeping all the people away. The courage, wisdom, and even the spirit of resistance were all covered up, leaving only the fear of Liujiabao and the pagans.

"Quick, run from the back mountain..." After realizing the danger, Captain Kusi didn't even bother to pack anything. He took the only [-] people in the group and fled through the secretly opened back mountain path. .

Everyone along the way had no complaints, only the ever-accelerating pace and the panic on their faces.

Even the soldiers of the Mighty Battalion who came up to search the mountain could only see the food and scattered ammunition boxes that they were too panicked to collect.At the bottom of the back mountain, a group of Indian soldiers from the Mighty Battalion were setting up artillery positions and pointing the muzzles in the direction of the next generation. No matter who walked out of the back mountain, as long as they resisted, they would explode without saying a word.

When Captain Cus led the remaining [-] defeated soldiers out of the back mountain, what he saw was the dim light of the artillery, the dense cannonballs on the ground, and the Indian soldiers who aimed their guns at them. , as if as long as the officers in the rear give an order, these people will be beaten into sieves immediately...

The soldiers around Captain Kusi who were panting because they were rushing too fast could no longer care about their breathing or tired and sweaty bodies at this moment. Everyone seemed to be pinched by the throat, and it took a long time. Unable to say anything, it was like all three hundred people had become mute.

Even some timid soldiers had peed their pants. The urine flowed from the thighs to the calves, and then flowed to the ground, soaking the already tattered military boots.

But no one present reacted, not even the soldier who peed his pants.

Because everyone, at this moment, is really like a puppet that has lost its soul, with only empty eyes and a trembling body left.

Like a mouse blocked by a cat, only the fear of death remains.

"Mr. Governor..." At this critical moment, Captain Kusi suddenly called Governor Huaco Covia.

Just when Governor Huaco Covia turned his head, a saber had penetrated his body. Before he could reply, he saw a cold light flash by, and his vision went dark, and then he heard a vague sentence:
"My Lord Governor, I'd like to lend my head to you!!"

"California Governor Juanco Covia will die..." Picking up the head of Governor Juanco Covia, Captain Cus shouted to the prepared gun formation on the opposite side, "We are willing to surrender..." After saying that After saying this, he fell to his knees on the ground.
"surrender……"

"surrender……"

Not long after Captain Kusi knelt down, all the soldiers knelt on the ground, begging the pagan soldiers opposite to spare their lives.

"Is this Governor Huaco Covia?" Tao Wang looked at the human head on the plate, with brains and blood stuck to it, and frowned as he asked Captain Cus standing in front of him.

"Yes, yes, it's Governor Huaco Covia..." Captain Cus quickly replied, "No, no, no, it's the sinner, Huaco Covia." Then, fearing that he had said something wrong, Captain Cus He quickly changed his words, and just like that, Huaco Covia suddenly changed from a governor to a criminal.

"Very good, Captain Kus." Tao Wang looked at Captain Kus with satisfaction and said, "You will return to your hometown, Captain Kus..." Tao Wang smiled and promised Captain Kus, There was a smile in his eyes.

"You mean?" Captain Kus replied excitedly to Tao Wang.

"Of course, you will return to Naton Town." Tao Wang assured Captain Kus. "In view of the fact that you have just killed Governor Huaco Covia, we have decided to appoint you as the Sheriff of Southern California, the local white man's You are in charge of public security to prevent those who disrupt the peace from appearing in California. What do you say, Captain Kus?" Tao Wang looked at Captain Kus with a playful expression and continued.

"Ah..." Upon hearing this, Captain Kus immediately became nervous. Sheriff, don't worry about white people, isn't this a traitor?
"Why, you don't want to?" The smile on Tao Wang's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Captain Cus with a knife-like gaze, "You have to know that there are only four white peace officers in the entire California so far. You Cherish it, Captain Kusi..." Tao Wang told Captain Kusi angrily, as if he really had his best interests at heart.

"This..." Captain Kusi was speechless for a moment, "Okay, I agree, I agree to be the Sheriff!!" Captain Kusi looked at Tao Wang with a half-smile in his eyes, and finally made up his mind to This matter was agreed to.

"Forget it, if you want to be a mole, just be a mole. It's better to die than to live..."

Captain Kusi comforted himself secretly.

"Very good, Commander Kusi, you are a smart man." After hearing this, Tao Wang praised Captain Kusi with satisfaction, "Bring your soldiers with you, we will prepare brand new uniforms and weapons for them... "Tao Wang then pointed at the captured soldiers, who were in ragged clothes, haggard faces, and extremely frightened, and ordered Captain Kusi.

"Go, take your soldiers, and attack those who try to disrupt the security of California..." Tao Wang continued to give instructions to Captain Kus, "Captain Kus, you should know what to do!!" Tao Wang continued to warn Captain Kusi meaningfully, with a strange and suggestive expression on his face as he looked at Captain Kusi.

"I...I understand!!" Captain Kusi gritted his teeth and then agreed to Tao Wang.

"Take Captain Kusi and the Nadun regiment, no, brothers from the security camp, take a shower and change into new military uniforms. What do these tattered uniforms look like..." Tao Wang looked at Captain Kusi. , and the ragged soldiers of the Dun Regiment, smiling and ordering the adjutants behind them.

That afternoon, on a small road outside Shaoxing Mountain, a group of mighty battalion soldiers in gray military uniforms and flying saucer helmets were escorting soldiers in yellow military uniforms, cotton and yellow military caps. Following the team, marching slowly forward...

They have a common name, the security camp, which is actually the puppet army established by Liujiabao in order to better rule the local white people and combat the white resistance forces. It is mainly composed of surrendered Mexican militiamen.

(End of this chapter)