Chapter 152: [Internal Breakthrough]

"Yes, Mr. Brannan," Big Ear said politely.

Brannan's store was built outside of Sutter's Fort and looked like a brand new building, as if it had just opened.

Brannan stood at the door of the store, holding a bottle of wine in his hand: "I got some good wine here, better than the last time I sold you, wouldn't you like some?"

"No, no." Big Ear was not in the mood for that now. "We have to go help Mr. Sartre with his work. It would be bad if we were late."

"Okay." Brannan didn't say much and walked straight towards Sutter's Castle.

Seeing this, Big Ear couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Brannan, are you going to Sutter's Castle too?"

Brannan: "Yes, I went to collect a debt. There was a damn carpenter in the fort who owed me a lot of money."

Big Ear nodded, and he and Brannan came to the gate of Sutter's Fort.

The two soldiers guarding the gate let Brannan in and questioned Big Ear: "Which clan are you from?"

Big Ear said respectfully: "We are the Maidu people, from the Wild Duck Clan, and we are here to help Mr. Sutter build a house."

"Mr. Redding told us about this yesterday," said another soldier.

The soldier who asked the question nodded and said, "You can go in."

Big Ear led everyone into Sutter's Fort, while the two soldiers, holding their rifles, continued chatting against the city gate.

"It's a bit cold this morning, and those Maidu people are still not wearing shirts."

"Of course, they are savages. Wild beasts are naked, and savages are only half-clothed."

"Indeed... But did you notice just now that one of the Maidu people had an unusually large nose?"

"How big?"

"You can see it through the clothes anyway... I'd estimate it's probably ten inches."

"Ten inches? You have to be kidding." Another soldier was clearly unconvinced.

"You are such a short-sighted guy." The soldier sneered.

Just then a white woman came over and he asked, "Beautiful lady, have you ever seen a ten-inch nose?"

The lady left in shame and annoyance.

"Hahaha!" The two soldiers laughed heartily.

The Apache soldiers who carried out the infiltration mission were undoubtedly the elite among the elite. They were all professional veterans who had been trained for three years, and had all participated in actual combat and killed the enemy.

Ma Shao has been leading his troops for only three years, so they are the most elite soldiers under Ma Shao.

So after entering Sutter's Castle, they observed the surrounding buildings and thought about tactics as if by instinct.

In particular, the two towers equipped with cannons were the focus of their observation.

After a while, Pearson Redding came out of a house: "You are here quite early, follow me."

"Okay, Mr. Redding." Big Ear followed Redding.

Soon they came to an open space where a lot of wood and tools were piled up. It was obvious that all that was missing was the workers.

Redding held a blueprint in his hand and explained to Da Er the house to be built, and then said, "Do a good job."

After saying that, he left.

Big Ear arranged for everyone to start construction. While the soldiers pretended to work, they continued to observe the situation inside the fort.

Through the accumulated information, they can basically conclude that there should be about fifty soldiers in Sutter's Fort.

There were perhaps a hundred and fifty white people, all together.

There were also many slaves, mainly local Indians, and a few blacks.

After a while, there was a quarrel coming from a house not far away.

"Give me back my money!"

"Samuel Brannan, you black-hearted moneylender, I will never pay you back a penny!"

Big Ear was startled: "It's Brannan."

The escalating argument attracted the attention of many people, and soon it turned into a physical conflict, with Brannan and a middle-aged man pushing each other out of the room.

More people turned their attention here.

"what happened?"

Brannan held a contract in his hand. "Ladies and gentlemen, please look at me. I have an announcement to make."

He pointed at the middle-aged man opposite him and said, "This guy didn't pay his debts and even beat people up!"

The middle-aged man opposite him blushed: "Nonsense, it was obviously you who started it first!"

A group of people had already gathered around the two of them, talking and pointing.

Seeing this, Du Tiao couldn't help but smile: "This is a good opportunity, brothers, get ready for action."

The twenty soldiers were immediately divided into three groups, one group went to the east gate of the fortress, and the other two groups rushed to the towers in the southeast and northwest corners respectively.

Du Tiao brought four people and personally entered the tower in the southeast corner.

When they entered, they saw several white soldiers leaning against the windows, watching the quarrel outside.

"What are you doing?" The soldiers who were not watching the fun did not react in time.

"Bang!" The answer was a bullet, and the soldier fell to the ground with a burst forehead.

Five Apache soldiers pulled the trigger one after another and quickly eliminated the white soldiers on the first floor. Then one of them confiscated the rifles of several white people, and the remaining four rushed to the second floor of the tower as soon as possible.

Compared with the soldiers on the first floor, the soldiers on the second floor were obviously more prepared.

"Enemy!" the white soldier shouted as he raised his rifle and pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang!" Dense gunfire rang out in the small space, and then several people fell to the ground, including four white people and two Apaches.

The four white men who fell to the ground were all shot several times and were almost certainly dead. One of the two Apaches was also killed, and the other was wounded in the leg.

A white soldier surrendered.

Du Tiao pointed a gun at his temple and pointed at the cannon next to him: "You are an artilleryman, right? I order you to use this cannon to fire at the South Gate."

"Hurry up if you don't want to die!" Du Tiao kicked him, then turned to the other soldiers and said, "Be sure to keep an eye on the entrance and don't let anyone come up."

"Yes!" the Apache soldiers responded.

Before he could finish his words, two gunshots rang out and two white soldiers who had just rushed up were shot dead.

The Apache soldiers moved quickly, taking control of both towers and the east gate of the fortress in a few minutes.

Just as they were about to take action, Ma Shao also heard the sound, put down the telescope, and pulled the reins: "Follow me and attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, sixty cavalrymen galloped out!

At this time, the east gate of Sutter's Fort was controlled by Apache soldiers, and some white soldiers were trying to retake it, but they did not have enough firepower and were not as brave as the Apache soldiers.

What's even more terrible is that both towers were occupied, and the Apache soldiers on the towers cooperated with the soldiers on the ground, firing guns and even cannons from a high position.

"Boom!" The South Gate was hit by a cannon, and the white soldier in charge of guarding it was killed on the spot.

The white people who wanted to escape from the south gate screamed and turned around, trying to escape from the north gate.