Legacy of the Sabretooth

The townspeople who were summoned to the church learned from the sheriff and the priest that the Seminole were about to attack their town.

The men then organized themselves and took up their weapons to build a line of defense at the entrance to the town. Of course, there are also people who choose to go home and want to stick to their home.

Since there are those who choose to resist, there are naturally those who choose to escape, but those who want to run soon find that they can't run away.

Because the Seminole had surrounded the entire town and launched an attack, the inhabitants who had gone to the entrance of the town to prepare a defensive line were bloodily slaughtered.

Shotguns couldn't stop the Seminole hunters on horseback, and they hadn't had time to block the way into the town with anything.

As a result, the Seminole rode into the crowd on horseback and began to kill them, and after slaughtering them, they began to wreak havoc in the town.

They killed every living creature that came into their sight, whether it was a man, a woman, a dog, or anything like that.

Then torches were thrown to set fire to every building in sight, and on such dry nights, the wooden houses of the townspeople were almost alight.

Those townspeople who chose to hold on to their homes were either burned along with their houses, or they rushed out in flames and were shot dead by the Seminole with guns and bows and arrows.

Of course, there were also some people who hid in the basement, but they were also blocked by the Seminole with firewood and then smoked inside.

In fact, the Seminole often used smoke to hunt prey in caves, and the prey were either smoked alive or had to rush out and fall into their encirclement.

But no matter which one it is, the final outcome is inevitably death, even if it is not smoked to death at that time, it will lose the ability to resist, and finally become a delicacy in the belly of the Seminole.

And now, the townspeople are the prey of their eyes. They hunt their prey and laugh heartily when they get their way.

The resistance of the townspeople was unusually determined, but weak. After all, they were just ordinary immigrants, and although some of them had joined the army, the weapons in their hands were too rudimentary.

And the number was not proportional, and thousands of Seminole warriors rushed into the town, which was only a little more than a thousand people, and the resistance of the townspeople was defeated one after another.

Eventually, all the inhabitants gathered in the only stone building in the center of the town: the church, where they had built a strong enough defense against the Seminole.

And there were enough people, and the townspeople near the center quickly rallied to the church after discovering the tragic situation of the outlying residents, and used the time that the outlying residents had exchanged their lives for to build a simple line of defense.

All they had to do now was to hold out until the American army came to their rescue, after all, the fire in the town would definitely attract the attention of the nearby garrisons and other towns.

In fact, the Seminole realized what the townspeople were planning, and they gathered a large part of their men and began to concentrate their forces on attacking the church.

The others were divided into small teams and were tasked with cleaning up the remaining residents and homes. In short, to kill and set fires.

And one of the squads came to the location of Old Clyde's house, and by this time our protagonist had realized that the situation was wrong.

He unfastened his chains and went to the door of the basement, where he leaned against the door and listened to the movement outside.

He heard the howls and cheers of the Seminole, the cursing and screams of the townspeople, and the smell of roasted meat and burnt wood in the air.

As for why he was still locked up in the basement, it was because the Clydes had been armed and ran to the church as soon as they heard the bell.

And Old Clyde, a former officer and one of the richest men in town, was elected commander of the defense of the church.

There was no way to get out and go home and let Victor out, and it was even more impossible to let Mrs. Clyde go back alone.

Also, Old Clyde and Mrs. Clyde felt that the iron-reinforced basement door should protect Victor as well.

After all, the Seminole did not go out of their way to break down the basements of the town's residents—they came to kill people and set fires in revenge, not to rob.

What's more, this kind of basement that is locked on the outside with a lock, and it is obvious that there is no possibility of people inside, they should not spend energy to break it and inspect it.

And with the high intelligence of their sons, it is unlikely that they will actively expose and attract the attention of the Seminole.

So in the end, both chose to stay at the church, and waited for the rescue of the American government forces with the rest of the town.

Old Clyde organized the men to begin firing at the Seminole who were attacking the church from all sides from various windows and lines.

I have to say that at this time, the men in Florida all have a good marksmanship, after all, the Mexican-American War has only passed, and everyone is still practicing marksmanship hard in case of emergency, so after every few gunshots, an attacking Seminole falls.

And as the distance to the church increased, the higher the proportion of Seminole who fell in response to the gunfire. But it's not just the church that has a good shooter.

The Seminole, who have been at war with the Americans all year round, also have sharpshooters skilled with bows and rifles, their accuracy honed by years of hunting and guerrilla warfare.

After a round of shooting, both sides suffered heavy losses, but the situation was even worse for the people in the church.

Because after all, they were far fewer in number than the Seminole outside, and for every one wounded, there was one less. And the dead Seminole outside immediately had companions fill their gaps.

Fortunately, the movement here has already alarmed the residents of another town not far away, and the residents of that town immediately sent people to the nearest US government garrison barracks to ask for help.

Of course, they also sent people to the outskirts of the town to observe the situation, and after discovering that there were nearly 10,000 Seminole here, they dismissed the plan to organize people to come to the rescue.

Even some timid residents have already packed up their belongings and are ready to flee at any time, after all, they are left in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood.

As long as people live, there will be everything, and as for the inhabitants of the next town, I'm sorry, may God bless you. We, the pious, want to serve the Lord in a useful life, so we don't go to death.

Even if there are relatives and friends over there, because of the absolute difference in numbers, they choose to wait for the arrival of the US military, and then go to the rescue together.

However, apparently Old Clyde and they can't wait for help this time, because they are in big trouble.

The Seminole saw that the church could not be attacked for a long time, and that their own side had suffered heavy losses, and if they continued to waste time like this, they were likely to be surrounded and annihilated by the reacting American troops. So the chieftain of the Seminole made a decision.

Send a team of daredevils to blow open the door of the church or one of the walls with barrels of dynamite to take out the rats hiding in the church once and for all.

"Quick! Focus your fire on the guys holding the powder kegs! "

Old Clyde, at the high ground, soon discovered the Seminole chieftain's intentions and began to order everyone to open fire on the warriors who were holding powder kegs.

He himself even shot a powder keg, turning the Seminole in that direction on their backs, and had to temporarily retreat to repair.

However, the Seminole quickly solved the problem, and they lit a large number of fires nearby, and then added wet firewood, and obscured the view of the shooters in the church with thick smoke.

Eventually, a lucky Seminole warrior ran to a window on the east wall of the church with three shots.

Although this window has long been blocked by heavy objects, it cannot stop the barrel of explosives that can open the mountain and crack the rock.

With a loud bang, a burst of fire signaled that the fall of the church was finally only a matter of time.

The blasted east wall of the church quickly collapsed, and the shooter above the wall fell to the ground and fell half to his death, before being dispatched by the Seminole who rushed in.

With the influx of Seminole, the battle finally entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat. All the active townspeople in the church took up arms and began to resist.

After all, they know that this time, the other party is not prepared to stay alive, and if you resist, you will die, and if you don't resist, you will die. So why not resist to the end, maybe hold on to the arrival of rescue.

However, until the last man fell, the rescue of the American army did not arrive...

Old Clyde fought to the last moment with a revolver in one hand and a knife in the other. He was not knocked out from the front, but by a diminutive Seminole warrior who attacked him from behind with a spear.

Old Clyde, who had been stabbed in the kidney, was then slashed to the ground by the Seminole who swarmed him, and as his consciousness drifted away, the last thing that came to mind was the smiling face of his son Luthor, who had been dead for many years.

Then it gradually changed into another face with a similar appearance.

"Victor, I hope you survive...."

Mrs. Clyde was luckier, as she was near the east wall when it was blown down, knocked unconscious, and buried under a broken wall.

Subsequently, the place was again filled with corpses from both sides, so she was finally ignored by the Seminole who examined the corpses.

Because, the Seminole sentry in charge of the parade noticed the approach of the American troops, and the warriors began to roar and gather their companions and prepare to evacuate.

After all, their purpose has been achieved: to tell their enemies with blood that they will defend their homeland and land until the last moment of their lives.

When Victor heard the sound of the explosive barrel exploding, he expected that something might be wrong, and the throbbing pain in his heart at the moment of Old Clyde's death made him realize that something might have happened to his parents.

Then he stretched out his claws and began to frantically attack the closed wooden door of the basement. Although it has been reinforced with iron sheets, it still can't stop his sharp claws.

The movement he caused also attracted a nearby Seminole patrol, and the moment Victor broke down the basement door and rushed out.

There were three arrows on his body, but he pulled out the arrows carelessly, although the blood flowed all over the ground, but he didn't feel it at all, he just wanted to run to his parents' side at this time and know how their situation was.

However, before he could take two steps, he felt his mind dizzy, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything....