Wilderness Redemption Tour

Lin Yan and John originally came to see what Dutch was doing, but unexpectedly they were pulled into the action team by Dutch.

The two did not say much in front of the Eagle. After the Eagle left, John asked Dutch: "What are we going to do?"

Looking at Eagle who was gathering people, Dutch took out a cigar and said, "The garrison at Fort Wallace robbed their horses a few days ago, and now they want revenge. Eagle's people found out that these garrisons patrol around the garrison regularly every day, and there is an excellent ambush location in the Cumberland Forest on their patrol route. We plan to warn them and set up an ambush at a place called Fir Slope in the Cumberland Forest, trap them, disarm them, and humiliate them severely so that they will not bother these Indians again."

After lighting a cigar, Dutch turned his attention to Arthur and Charles, who were talking to Chief Luo Yu and a middle-aged man in military uniform. "Arthur was going to go with me, but since you're here, I'll let you two go instead. He can free up his hands to do other things."

"Who is the person talking to Arthur?" Lin Yan pointed at the man dressed as an officer and asked, "Don't these Indians have conflicts with the army? Why did they let that officer appear in their camp?"

"That was Captain Monroe, the only man with a conscience among the Fort Wallace garrison. He had been trying to improve the relationship between these Indians and the local garrison, but when he realized that the top brass headed by Colonel Favors was deliberately targeting these people for some interests, he gave up his original idea and started to help these poor people instead."

"It's really admirable." Lin Yan said respectfully: "It's rare to see such a person. It's a pity that he is not the one in charge here, otherwise there wouldn't be so many disputes."

"You are too naive, kid." Dutch shook his head and corrected him, "In the face of interests, kindness is worthless. Even if he doesn't do it, someone with a higher position will do it for him. Human nature is greedy, and desire is endless. Showing weakness will only make the other party think you are weak and can be bullied. When your interests are violated, you should fight back at all costs. Only when the other party sees your determination will he retreat."

"Okay, no more talking." Dutch crushed the cigar with his bare hands and put it back into the cigar box. "Flying Eagle has almost gathered all the people. I will go and prepare as well."

After Dutch walked away, John raised his hand and touched Lin Yan's arm, "Jamie, did you hear what Dutch said just now? Didn't he say that as long as we humiliate those soldiers, they will not cause trouble to these Indians? Is he joking? Even I know that doing this will only intensify the conflict between the two sides. How could he not know?"

"How could he not know?" Lin Yan looked at the high-spirited Feiying with a serious expression. "To put it bluntly, this set of rhetoric is used by him to deceive Feiying, a silly boy. The purpose is to provoke a war between these Indians and the army so that he can reap the benefits."

"What good will it do him if the two sides fight? These Indians are already miserable enough, but he still schemes against them. Dutch has really changed. If it were in the past, he would never do this."

"Yes, the current Dutch is no longer the Dutch we know." Arthur appeared behind the two of them at some point, "So, John, take Abigail and Jack with you when you go back. There's nothing worth staying with Dutch anymore."

Less than a day later, John heard almost the same words from Lin Yan and Arthur, which made him feel entangled. "But my loyalty..." Seeing what Dutch did, John felt that his persistence became pale and powerless.

Arthur glanced at the tent where Dutch lived, then pulled John away and whispered, "We should be loyal not to Dutch as a person, but to his spirit in the past. Do you understand? Think about it, John, what we did before and what we are doing now. Dutch has become the kind of person he hated the most, and we are no longer the righteous people of this land. Although what we did before was not glorious, at least we have a clear conscience. But look at him now, he is actually pushing a group that hopes for peace into a war, and it is a war that is doomed to fail. Seeing this scene, do you still think he is worthy of our loyalty?"

John's expression suddenly brightened. After Arthur's guidance, he had come to terms with it.

"So what do we do now..." he asked Arthur.

"Now..." Arthur sighed. "The arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot. We should continue to do whatever he tells us to do."

"But isn't doing so tantamount to declaring war on the troops stationed here?" Lin Yan asked.

"The war started the day before yesterday when we helped them get back the horses," Arthur explained. "Besides, even if we didn't get involved, Flying Eagle would have led his men to cause trouble for the garrisons. Now most of the tribe are radicals like him, and the nominal chieftain Luo Yu can't stop them at all. He and Dutch are the kind of people who are willing to fight and be beaten, and the reason is just an excuse."

"Well, it seems that whether we participate or not has little impact on the outcome." Lin Yan's sense of guilt was slightly reduced.

"Oh, right." Lin Yan suddenly remembered that Dutch had just said that Arthur had another mission, so he asked him: "We will go with Dutch later, what are you going to do? I heard from Dutch that he has other things to do."

"It's like this." Arthur said, "Many people in the tribe are sick. Chief Luoyu applied to the government for a batch of vaccines a while ago, and Captain Monroe is in charge of the vaccine management. He just came to inform Luoyu that Colonel Favors believed that these indigenous people had violated some kind of non-existent promise, so he was going to seize the vaccines allocated by the federal government as a punishment. Now the vaccines are still on the way, and he suggested that Luoyu send someone to take back the vaccines, but try to minimize the impact. These young men in the tribe are rash and completely useless. This happened suddenly. Charles and I were originally here to supervise Dutch, so we had to send one person to take the vaccines. But Captain Monroe only overheard that the carriage transporting the vaccines would go south after passing Valentine, and he didn't know where it was going. Charles might miss the carriage if he went alone. We were just worrying about this, and then you came. It's better for you to go with Dutch. Someone is watching him and he won't do anything too outrageous."