From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 874

Lucas Benson and Yurien Bertin finally arrived at the outskirts of Jilong Village. Eighteen thousand troops and two thousand Dutch musketeers had all arrived.

Jilong Village had more than a dozen roads out of the village and openings for people to pass through, all blocked by them.

Caught the turtle in the jar, today.

"At least from the current situation, the exploration team is still in Jilong Village and has not moved to any other place."

Yurien took a puff of cigarette, and his whole state was very relaxed. He still maintained his suspicion.

"To be honest, Captain Benson, we think you are old, and this is not prejudice. After all, you have mobilized almost all the forces we can mobilize against an unarmed exploration team of only more than 50 people. This is really too cautious."

"Perhaps the fact is that they are still being guarded by our 40-man musketeer team and are still struggling to find the location of the gold mine."

Lucas said in a deep voice: "If it is really as you said, then it is really great news for me."

"It's a pity that I came here earlier than you, stayed longer, and have a deeper understanding of Zhou Yuan. I know what kind of opponent he is."

"For such a person, not using all your strength is equivalent to giving him a chance."

Lucas' eyes were extremely solemn, and he said in a cold voice: "Give such a person a chance, he will definitely be able to grasp it. This kind of mistake must not be made."

As soon as the voice fell, a soldier had already hurried over.

He saluted and said, "Captain Benson, there is no one guarding the Chicken Coop Society, but someone came out."

"What?"

Lucas frowned and said, "What's the situation?"

The soldier said, "There are no fortifications at all, and no one resisted. The villagers all ran out and said they surrendered."

Lucas had a bad feeling in his heart and shouted immediately, "Let's go! Let's go and see!"

As he strode forward, he lowered his voice and said, "Sir Yulien, tell me, if our forty-man musketeer team is still there, why didn't they come out to greet us?"

"It seems that everything is as I expected. They have already had an accident."

Yulien Bertin frowned, and for a while he still couldn't accept it. More than fifty people could kill a forty-man musketeer team with their bare hands? This is unlikely!

But the next scene made him tremble immediately, and he could hardly contain his anger.

On the main road at the entrance of the village, forty heads were neatly arranged. Because they had been there for some time, they had caused a certain degree of decay. Seeing it at this moment was really shocking and made people's scalps numb.

"Asshole! Beast!"

Urien could not help but rush forward and roared: "How dare they, you bastards!"

He took out his flintlock rifle and pointed it at the people of Jilong Society in front of him. He trembled all over and shouted: "Where is the murderer! I ask you where is the murderer!"

After saying that, he was still not satisfied and could not help but fired a shot into the sky. The gunshot was deafening and no one dared to speak.

They all stared at this scene blankly, with an unspeakable fear in their hearts.

For many years, the Dutch have never been so miserable. Forty people, forty heads, like countless sharp blades, pierced into their chests, and the pain was so severe that they could not bear it.

"Calm down, Sir Urien."

Lucas took a deep breath, obviously suppressing his emotions.

He gritted his teeth and said, "This is similar to what I expected. For Zhou Yuan, it is too easy to deal with forty musketeers."

"To fight him, you need to maintain the sharpest consciousness and extreme calmness."

"Otherwise, there would not be forty heads here, but also me and my thirty-eight cavalrymen."

"Fortunately, I tried to overestimate him, otherwise I would have died."

"He has been waiting for me here for a long time, and I have never come alone. I have to say that this is an objective luck."

Urien shouted, "Calm down? How can I calm down? These yellow-skinned bastards dared to kill our people. I must make them pay the price!"

"The villagers of Jilong Society are all accomplices. They must die!"

Hearing this, the people of Jilong Society panicked.

Watan Warin said immediately: "Sir, please spare us. We had no involvement in this matter. It was all done by the old man Cai Husheng. He betrayed the Jilong Society."

Lucas narrowed his eyes and said: "What about the exploration team now?"

Wadan Warin said: "They left. They left two nights ago and went into the mountains."

Lucas' heart was choked, and he was so angry that he could hardly suppress it.

He shouted: "Don't you know to stop them! Don't you know they are criminals!"

Wadan Warin hurriedly said: "Sir, they have guns, we dare not stop them at all!”

Lucas said: “Why didn’t you send someone out to report the news!”

“We sent someone out, but they stopped us all. The exploration team is very smart. They can guess what we are doing, so we can’t do anything.”

Lucas clenched his fists.

Control, control your emotions, don’t be carried away by anger, and stay rational.

He kept comforting himself, and finally said slowly: “It’s not that we didn’t gain anything. We killed the undercover, and Zhou Yuan didn’t receive the news from the undercover. Now we are like headless flies running around.”

“Going into the mountains to fight a desperate struggle is just a desperate struggle.”

Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his head and said coldly: “Order all the major indigenous tribes to cooperate with us and search for the exploration team. Those who provide useful information will be rewarded heavily.”

“But if anyone dares to receive, shelter, or fund them, they will be punished with the same crime and put to death. "

He looked at Watanwarin and snorted, "Don't think you can get away with it. You are responsible for delivering orders to the tribes, being the vanguard, and looking for traces of the exploration team."

"If you can't do it well, you will be buried with our musketeers!"

Wadanwarin sighed in his heart. He tried his best to avoid participating in such disputes, but he was still involved.

Fortunately... there is no problem with the position, at least he is on the winning side.

Urien said in a deep voice: "Each of our hundred people will lead a thousand troops, watch them enter the mountains, and start searching along the major mountain roads."

"Make a good plan, and don't let go of an inch of land."

Lucas said: "Very good, Sir Urien, at least you gradually understand what kind of people our opponents are."

"Although the progress of things has been a bit bumpy, it must be said that we are still moving towards victory."

"As long as Zhou Yuan is captured, we can make up for any loss. "

Yulian said coldly: "I will chop off his head and hang it on the dock of Fuzhou Prefecture!"

Lucas laughed in his heart. Young people are just hot-tempered. In fact, Zhou Yuan who is alive is much more valuable than Zhou Yuan who is dead.

But he did not emphasize these things now. He always knew what to say in different occasions.

And Yulian seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said: "We both went into the mountains. What if Dajin attacked us?"

Lucas sneered: "So what? Even if they attack, they can't win."

"Don't worry, Lord Yulian, as an old man, I think further than you."

"Do you remember what I said to you? I said that Lord Cobb is paying attention to us in this battle."

Yulian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say: "Don't tell me you applied for Lord Cobb's support! "

Lucas smiled and said, "How can an old man not have any connections? On the day when Zhou Yuan was confirmed to go to the island, which was August 11, I had already sent a ship to inform Mr. Cobb."

"He will send four battleships to support Dongfan Island and prepare for further invasion of Dajin."

"Urion, we will never be losers in this war."

"Winning is just a matter of time and cost."