Chapter 98: Surrender Your Weapons and You Will Not Be Killed

Brandon was about to gather his men and retreat from this troubled place.

At this time, dense gunfire was heard from all directions.

"We are surrounded!"

The bandits exclaimed.

His remnants soon fell into chaos.

But he was still an officer who had experienced war. He remained calm in the face of danger and calmly commanded his men to quickly form a hollow square to meet the enemies from all directions.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Liang Yao raised his telescope to observe the battle below the mountain.

This was an unequal battle. His soldiers, under the command of Deng Yan, Isaac and Elvis, launched an orderly attack on the hollow square formed by Brandon.

Brandon's hollow square was shaky under the fierce offensive. Every time a burst of orderly gunfire sounded, a bandit was shot and fell.

For a while, gunshots, shouts, and wailing echoed in the mountains and forests, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and blood.

Brandon had never fought such an asymmetrical battle.

He could only watch his former friends and classmates fall down beside him one after another, and his heart was broken.

"Break out."

Seeing the increasing casualties and the loose formation, Brandon knew that he could no longer hold on and gave the order to break out.

The idea of ​​surrender flashed through his mind, but he quickly gave up the idea.

The crimes he committed in California were enough to send him to the gallows.

These Chinese soldiers were Liang Yao's men, and Liang Yao would not let him go.

From the moment he chose to leave the army and become a bandit, he had no way back and could only go all the way.

When breaking out, there were only more than 40 accomplices who could still move around Brandon. He didn't know how many people there were on the other side, because there were Chinese soldiers and Indians all over the mountains.

Brandon, who was in trouble, had no time to care about the seriously injured and unable to move accomplices in the team. Brandon decisively chose to abandon these wounded.

"The enemy is preparing to break out. Isaac asked his subordinates to ask you whether to launch a charge?"

A signalman ran to Liang Yao breathlessly and asked Liang Yao for instructions.

"I told you before the battle that how to fight the battle is up to them!" Liang Yao said unhappily. His eyes did not leave the battlefield, and he was still observing every move on the battlefield.

Swoosh~

Swoosh, swoosh~

Brandon had just moved his feet when several feather arrows broke through the air.

What caught Brandon's eyes was a group of Indian tribal warriors wearing cloth robes, wearing feather ornaments on their heads, holding American hunting bows and old muskets.

Within fifty yards, the Indians' bows and arrows were fast and accurate. Two of Brandon's accomplices fell down in the middle and wailed miserably.

Brandon raised the revolver in his hand and pulled the trigger continuously, firing all the bullets in the cylinder.

Just as the Indian warriors in front had just fallen, there were still a steady stream of Indian tribal warriors rushing up from behind, which made Brandon feel desperate.

Indians also participated in this battle. Brandon was already desperate at this time.

"Surrender your guns and you won't be killed!"

"Surrender your guns and you won't be killed!"

"Surrender your guns and you won't be killed!"

Following the Indians, Chinese soldiers holding rifles, shouting "Surrender your guns and you won't be killed", and charging at the bandits who were trying to break through with their bayonets in a murderous manner.

Their shouts resounded throughout the mountains and forests, scaring the wild animals in the mountains to flee in all directions.

The morale of Brandon's party members had already reached the edge of collapse. Looking at the Indians and Chinese soldiers approaching them all over the mountains, they no longer had the will to fight.

At this moment, they collapsed.

They knelt down without hesitation, raised their guns above their heads, and shouted: "We surrender! We surrender! We surrender!"

They shouted very loudly, fearing that these Chinese soldiers and Indian warriors could not hear them.

"Aren't these foreigners good at fighting? They surrendered so quickly?"

"If you want to surrender, just surrender. Why do you have to kneel down and surrender your guns?"

Faced with the quick surrender of this group of bandits, Deng Yan and the Chinese soldiers felt a little unbelievable.

Elvis and Isaac confiscated the guns of the surrendered bandits very skillfully and tied them up.

Liang Yao looked at the time on his pocket watch. The battle lasted only about half an hour.

In this battle, 23 bandits were killed on the spot and 44 bandits including Brandon were captured.

These bandits were all deserters and the backbone of Brandon. It can be said that the results were fruitful.

His Chinese soldiers also paid the price of 11 deaths, 5 serious injuries, and 13 minor injuries.

Although Liang Yao felt that the casualties were a bit large, considering that this was the first battle for these big soldiers, he could still accept such a result.

The Indian Pomo and Maidu warriors who came to assist in the exhibition also suffered heavy casualties, with 11 Indian warriors killed in the battle alone.

Liang Yao brought 15 doctors with him. After the battle, he immediately asked these doctors to treat the lightly and seriously wounded to avoid unnecessary casualties.

"Our casualties exceeded expectations. It was my poor command. Please punish me, Your Excellency."

Elville asked Liang Yao to punish him. Before the war, he promised Liang Yao that the casualties would be controlled within 8 deaths and within 16 injuries.

As a result, both the number of deaths and the number of injuries far exceeded the numbers he promised Liang Yao before the war.

"Elwell, you are too strict with yourself. We are leading a group of new recruits. It is already very good to have such a performance."

Isaac was very satisfied with the result.

Such a battle loss ratio is a very good-looking battle loss ratio even for the ordinary reserve British Army who have no actual combat experience. The gangsters they fought were deserters from the U.S. Army who had participated in the Mexican-American War, and they were not a bunch of rotten fish.

Of course, Isaac also meant to excuse himself by saying this.

"Isaac, but this was a well-prepared ambush! As commanders, our performance was indeed poor." Elwell said.

"We will discuss the summary of this battle after we get back." Liang Yao said with his hands behind his back.

The performance of Deng Yan and Elwell did not disappoint Liang Yao, but he was very dissatisfied with Isaac's performance on the battlefield.

Before the war, he authorized Deng Yan, Elvis and Isaac with command authority and allowed them to perform freely.

As for Isaac, he even asked him for instructions on whether to charge or not.

Liang Yao knew that this was because Isaac was afraid of taking responsibility. Although he didn't know much about military affairs, he knew that a commander who was afraid of taking responsibility could never become a good commander.

"This is Brandon."

Deng Yan escorted Brandon to Liang Yao.

"Are you Liang Yao?"

Brandon looked at Liang Yao with disdain.

"Exactly. Are you not convinced?" Liang Yao said calmly.

"If you're not convinced, what's the point of a sneak attack? If you're a man, just fight me!" Brandon said unconvinced.

"You also sneak attacked me in Sacramento at the beginning of the year. It's a pity that you are not as good as me. At least I succeeded in the sneak attack, but you didn't even succeed in the sneak attack." Liang Yao said with a mocking tone.

Immediately, Liang Yao asked the guards around him to come forward and search him.

The guards found three U.S. dollar bills and a letter from Brandon and handed them to Liang Yao.

The three dollar bills belonged to different banks, but all three were signed by John Jacob Astor.

Liang Yao opened the letter. This letter was also written by John to Brandon.

"A dignified New York celebrity is actually involved with deserter bandits."

Liang Yao said coldly that he had known about John and Brandon's secret communication for a long time. These three huge U.S. dollar bills and John's handwritten letters further confirmed this.

"Coward! Coward! Do you dare to duel with me?" Brandon shouted arrogantly.

Liang Yao did not intend to give Brandon a way out, nor did he intend to hand Brandon over to the court for trial.

Brandon was a deserter, and even if he was tried, he would be tried by a military court.

Griffin is a man who protects his shortcomings. Even if he sends Brandon to a military court, there is no guarantee that Griffin will save Brandon.

Since Brandon wanted nothing more than to die, there was no harm in him granting his wish.

As for duels, respectable people would not duel with bandits. In this era, duels were divided into three levels.