The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 731: Fire at Larut (Part )

At 3 o'clock in the morning, more than people were walking on the streets of Larut City. It was quiet here, and even the barking of dogs was rare.

The natives were almost unprepared, and they entered the city from a different direction, so there was not a single living person to be seen along the way.

"They should have rushed out from this side at that time..." Lao Jiu said in a low voice. There were dark brown stains on the ground, all of which were left by blood.

Even after several days, the air was still filled with the smell of blood and burnt food... and even some kind of rotten smell.

This put everyone in no mood to talk.

On one side of the street, you can see that many houses have been burned down, leaving only a charred area, with only a few charred wood leaning there.

Some brick and stone houses were also covered with traces of burning. Even the doors of the houses were gone, leaving only dark doorways and windows, like the mouths of monsters.

"There are Chinese communities over there..." Lao Jiu took a deep breath and turned his head away.

There is nothing good to see in the Chinese community now.

"I came back this time to take revenge!" The captain of the security company patted him on the shoulder.

"People have to hold the gun in their own hands."

Otherwise, you will be like them, with only money but no guns, and will be like the New Year pigs that can be slaughtered at any time.

Lao Jiu nodded.

"Their temple is just ahead..."

The group arrived at the local temple. Unlike the simple temple in this city, this Islamic temple was very grand.

"They gather here every week to worship. It's sacred to them! If we burn this place down, they will go crazy!" Lao Jiu looked at the temple in front of him with hatred and pleasure in his eyes.

"How many people are inside?"

"Usually there are only about a dozen..."

"Go in and kill them all first, don't shoot!" the captain of the security company grinned.

The group immediately climbed over the wall and entered, then pushed the doors of each room one by one, and pounced on anyone they saw and stabbed them to death.

The Imam (religious leader) in the temple was an old man and a light sleeper. He woke up as soon as the door was opened.

"who is it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone rushed over, covered his mouth, and stabbed a knife into his ribs.

Imam's eyes widened immediately, and his old body kept struggling: "Allah will punish..."

At the same time, screams were heard in the courtyard next door, and then everything returned to calm.

The Imam lost all his strength and died with his eyes wide open.

"Cut off all their heads, skewer them on sticks... and stand them outside!" the security company captain ordered with a murderous look in his eyes.

Chen Zhengwei has a very violent temper, and his subordinates have been with him for a long time and are also quite violent.

"Others, go find something to start the fire!"

The group immediately dispersed, collected flammable materials and started a fire.

Especially lamp oil.

Several other people chopped off the heads of the natives in the temple, put them on wooden sticks, and placed them outside the temple.

Half an hour later, the temple was engulfed in flames.

"withdraw!"

The security company and Lao Jiu’s men immediately evacuated from the temple, but they did not evacuate too far. Instead, they hid in the ruins of a Chinese community in the distance.

It was still dark and the fire in the temple was burning fiercely.

A man who got up at night urinated in the yard, raised his head and looked into the distance, and suddenly his eyes widened.

"Allah!"

Then he shouted loudly: "Help, there is a fire!"

The shouting woke up many people. When the natives saw the fire in the direction of the temple, they showed expressions of shock and fear and rushed out to put out the fire.

As the shouts spread, more people were awakened.

When they rushed to the front of the temple, they looked at the fire in horror, and then they saw a row of wooden sticks standing in front of the temple in the light of the fire.

A man walked over curiously and saw bloody human heads. He was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Later, other people rushed over and saw this scene.

“It’s the Imam!”

"And the Bilal (muezzin)... the Lebai (religious scholar)..."

The natives all showed expressions of panic, and countless of them fell to their knees on the ground.

Some people even showed hatred in their eyes: "It's the Chinese! The Chinese burned down our temples!"

"They want revenge on us!"

“They blasphemed Allah…”

"Find those Chinese and kill them..."

While a large number of indigenous people were rioting near the temple, a group of people hiding in the Chinese community watched the scene quietly.

The security company personnel were checking the ammunition and filling the magazines.

Haishan's men also followed suit and loaded bullets into their guns.

It was estimated that the time was almost up. A large crowd had gathered there. The captain of the security company grinned and said, "Let's go, take action!"

"There are so many people, I can't hit them all even with my eyes closed!"

At this time, several men in luxurious clothes had arrived in front of the temple. Looking at the fire in the temple and the heads in front of the temple, there was deep hatred in their eyes.

"Organize people to put out the fire!"

"The rest of you go find those Chinese and kill them!"

Just as they were giving the orders, Lao Jiu and the security company guys had already rushed out of the Chinese community and started shooting at anyone they saw.

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire.

Those natives who gathered together were sitting ducks.

The sound of gunfire caused blood and flesh to fly everywhere, and the crowd fell down one after another like wheat being cut.

The crowd suddenly became panic-stricken.

The natives who were dressed more luxuriously and had great influence in the local area roared loudly after discovering the chaos outside; "It's them, kill them, don't let them run away!"

Some of the natives who were holding guns were already filled with resentment, and they immediately started shooting at the security company.

However, they were similar to the people in Haishan. Their guns lost their accuracy as long as they were more than 10 meters away, and they had to rely on fate. Moreover, their guns were muzzle-loading guns that were discarded by the British. They had been piled in the warehouse for who knows how long, and their power and accuracy were even worse.

Lao Jiu and others from the security company retreated while firing, and then ran away.

I almost got made into a dumpling.

And those natives were chasing us from behind with ferocious looks on their faces.

"It's like stirring up a hornet's nest!" The captain of the security company turned his head and looked back while running, only to see many natives chasing after him without even taking their weapons.

"That kid has done a great job this time!"

At first glance, there are at least one or two thousand people.

More than two thousand young and strong indigenous people chased after them with ferocious faces, wanting to capture and skin the Chinese.

Then he plunged into the ambush.

More than three hundred people were lying in ambush outside the city.

"They have stirred up a hornet's nest!" A young man hid in the woods and watched as a large number of natives chased after them, leaving many behind who were left behind and unable to run.

But we can't wait any longer now.

"Fire!"

Da da da!
With the sound of a gunshot, people stood up in the woods and fields on both sides, pointed their guns and opened fire at the natives. There was a lot of gunfire.

A large number of natives were shot and fell to the ground before they could react. The pain and fear of death finally made them wake up.

Some of the natives lay prone on the ground, while others fired back with guns.

However, for that kind of muzzle-loading rifle, you have to reload the gunpowder bag and bullet every time you fire a shot. Many people were shot to pieces before they even had the chance to fire a shot.

The sound of gunfire also reached the city, and the faces of the natives in the city suddenly changed.

Including those indigenous people who are dressed elegantly and have great influence in the local area, one of them is Datuk Sheikh Matt.

He was also the highest-ranking Malay in the local colonial government, responsible for managing the Malay community.

He was one of the main driving forces behind the indigenous uprising in Larut.

Although the person who contacted him was a British businessman, he was sure that the colonial government was behind the other party, otherwise it would be impossible for them to produce so many guns.

After the massacre of those Chinese, his status and power in the colonial government were further enhanced.

At this time, when the sound of gunfire outside the city was like a rainstorm, Sheikh Matt's eyes flashed with panic: "Such dense gunfire...how many Chinese are there?"

The gunfire sounded more like the military.

"Oops……"

He suddenly realized that the gunshots outside... were from the Chinese who appeared in Krian Port and massacred many of their compatriots.

I was so angry just now that I lost my mind. Almost all the young and strong people who had been given guns earlier chased out, and only a few of my family members were still around.

But where did the Chinese get so many guns? Did the Qing Dynasty intervene?
He knew the Qing Dynasty...he knew it was a big country, but not very powerful, and it did not dare to provoke Britain.

Chet Mach couldn't understand.

No matter what, he knew that the other party must have bad intentions.

"You guys stay here to put out the fire, I'll go and notify the Councillor!"

Shet Mach tried to remain calm, pushed through the crowd and hurried to the residence of the Councillor.

However, there are still Indian troops guarding here, and he had to spend a lot of time and effort to get someone to notify the Resident Council.

Later, Councillor Hugh Lowe received him at his home.

"As you can see, our army is only enough to protect ourselves!"

"You killed so many of them, the Chinese will definitely retaliate! But I don't think their number is too large. I heard that there are only more than a hundred people... You must have heard the news from Kerian Port. Even if they have guns... you have these 20,000 people, why are you afraid of them?"

Hugh Luo comforted Chet Mach with a few words.

He actually didn't want to pay attention to the other party, but he still needed these natives to block the Chinese.

He heard some news, so he was ready to run away...

China Chen, Tiger Chen, is now in Penang.

These people are inseparable from him.

Otherwise, those Chinese wouldn't have so many guns.

He didn't know much about Chen Zhengwei, but he was clear about one thing.

That's how ruthless Chen Zhengwei's methods are.

Even though he didn't pay much attention to what was happening in the United States, he had read a lot about it in newspapers from all over the country.

If he continues to stay here...those people may not be afraid of his identity.

"But the gunshots I heard outside don't sound like there are more than a hundred people..." Sheth Mach hesitated.

He also heard from people who fled from Krian Port that there were more than a hundred people, but the gunfire outside was too frequent just now, so he was panicked.

"Your feeling is wrong, there are only more than a hundred of them! Besides, this is a matter between you and the Chinese, and it has nothing to do with us! We did not stop your behavior before, and we will not target those Chinese now... You can only rely on yourself!" Xiu Luo reminded.

"Don't forget what you did to the Chinese."

After a while, Shet Maher left the British community, took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, organized people to pick up weapons, and waited for the people outside the city to come back.

We just chased out so many people. Even if some people died due to being caught off guard after being attacked... the other side can't kill so many people, and their own people also have guns.

The gunshots just now might have been our own people exchanging fire with the enemy.

It's just that I've been worried about retaliation from the Chinese these days, so I was overly panicked and made a fuss out of nothing.

Even if their people were ambushed and failed to defeat the enemy, they would run back, and then they would just have to defend in the city.

There are only more than a hundred people on the other side, and one less person dead is one less person.

……

At the same time, the gunfire outside the city gradually stopped.

The roads outside the city were littered with corpses and the blood almost formed a river.

The security company members and Haishan Company's henchmen, wearing hunting suits, stepped on the body with guns to check it, and would shoot if there was still breath.

When inspecting the pile of corpses, the bloody smell constantly irritates people's nerves.

A henchman from Haishan Company vomited it out directly.

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