The shocking explosion occurred at noon, but the negotiating envoy did not appear outside Maple Leaf Fort until dusk.

Because before this, the Tiefeng County Army was busy catching people from the river.

In order to ensure that the culvert can be blown up in one go, Mason ordered the watertight coffin to be filled with the amount of "guaranteed to destroy" medicine.

But no one expected that the power of underwater blasting was so terrifying. Blasting on the ground was just a loud charge, and underwater could actually "turn the rivers and the seas" literally.

When a coffin was gunpowder went down, let alone a culvert, even the large and small ships anchored on the river were instantly overturned.

Fortunately, before the official detonation, Mason, who had always been cautious, ordered the evacuation of the idle staff at the scene.

But when the explosion occurred, the sailors left on the ship and the engineers responsible for manipulating the winch were all thrown into the river.

So throughout the afternoon, the soldiers of the Tiefeng County Army were all trying their best to save people.

Especially Moser Jack, who was riding alone on the "diving clock" to detonate explosives underwater, Mason Yan ordered his subordinates to find him - to see people alive and to see corpses alive.

When I heard that something happened on the river, the light cavalry squadron stationed on the outskirts of the city also dispatched urgently to assist friendly forces in search and rescue.

However, the soldiers of the Tiefeng County Army searched every beach and every reed on both sides of the Anya River, and found the others back, but did not find the stonemason apprentice.

It was not until dark that the farmers living in the lower reaches of the Anya River drove the carriage and sent the semi-unconscious stonemason apprentice back to the Tiefeng County Army.

It turned out that when the underwater blast occurred, not only were the ships on the river surface overturned by huge waves, but a large number of river fish were also killed under the water and washed ashore downstream.

Although the Paratus custom does not eat fish, such a wonder still attracts many residents along the coast to pick up "gifts from nature".

So, on a river beach about five kilometers downstream, residents along the coast found a dying stonemason apprentice.

Fortunately, there is still anger.

After cleaning up the chaotic situation at the blasting scene, it is time to clean up the remaining enemies in Maple Leaf Fort.

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The new "rebel" negotiator is a young man with a tall figure and a rosy complexion.

Although his rank cannot be seen in his clothes - from Major Felt's perspective, the rebels, regardless of military officers and soldiers, were dressed like beggars and poor people - the major instinctively felt that this was a character far greater than the messenger yesterday.

The new negotiator walked into the black Maple Leaf Castle gate without fear, ignored Major Felt's invitation to have an interview alone, and stood in the small open space inside the Maple Leaf Castle gate, and announced directly: "Stop wasting time, Major! Surrender now, you, and you..."

The negotiator scanned the faces around him, which were reflected by torches: "No one will be executed at will in every soldier in Maple Leaf Fort. You will be treated fairly and kindly."

The last thing Major Felt wanted to see was that the negotiator of the "rebels" directly talked with the defenders.

"Sir..." Major Felt made a gesture invisibly and said loudly: "Please follow me to the fort to discuss in detail."

The only two remaining formal officers under the major—Person Nemet and another— immediately stepped forward, intending to control the negotiator of the "rebels".

"Get out!" The rebel negotiator roared and instantly suffocated the two lieutenants, making them afraid to take action directly.

He asked Felt: "Major! Maple Leaf Castle is everyone's Maple Leaf Castle, which is what you said! Since that's the case, what can't be discussed in front of everyone?"

Major Felt knew something was wrong and urgently ordered his officers to say: "Don't let him talk again."

"You!" The rebel negotiator pointed at the soldiers around him before the two lieutenants took action and shouted: "Aren't you afraid that this Unionist will sell you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was pressed to the ground with his hands and his mouth was blocked.

Major Felt tried to regain control, signaling the two lieutenants to bring the "rebel" negotiators into the fort, then waved his hands and shouted, allowing the soldiers gathered around to disband.

But no matter how many times the major repeated it, no one of the defenders in the small open space moved.

Seeing that the soldiers could not be persuaded, Felt planned to retreat into the fort first. After all, once the "focus" is lost, the crowd will naturally disintegrate slowly.

But the dark figure blocked his way and surrounded him instead.

"Yes!" someone in the crowd shouted: "Why can't the negotiation be in front of us?"

Major Felt knew that he could not explain at this time, and the more he explained, he had to stare at him and ask, "Who is talking, come to me!"

No one left the list, but the questioning came one after another, and the tone became more and more angry.

"What's there to hide?"

"Why don't we listen?"

"Are you going to betray us?"

The soldiers began to move forward step by step, and the space around Major Felt became increasingly cramped.

In desperation, Major Felt could only adopt the worst of the worst - trying to explain to the angry crowd: "If negotiations were made in public, the rebel envoys would incite you to oppose me, and by then, Maple Leaf Fort would only be self-defeating!"

However, the soldiers who started the fire did not listen to the major's words.

"lie!"

"Get out of here!"

Some people were even shouting: "Beat this nonsense man to death!"

Major Felt couldn't help but lament in his heart: the water source was cut off, and it would eventually become the last straw that crushed the defenders; even though there is still a lot of water left now, I hope that once it is lost, the harm it brings is far greater than that of the cut off water.

What's more, the major has been deliberately ignoring a fact in his propaganda to soldiers - even if he is arrested and executed, it may not be a bad thing for the soldiers.

Ultimately, he had differences with the interests of the defenders, and his reasoning was untenable.

Once the soldiers are motivated, the already shaky tower of trust between the two sides will collapse quickly.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay!" Major Felt, who was forced into a desperate situation, made up his mind to burn his boats. He looked around the soldiers and shouted: "Just talk here! It's here! In front of everyone! Listen to what the rebels want to say!"

The rebel negotiator was brought out again. He rubbed his swollen wrists and looked at Major Felt without saying a word.

"Mr. Messenger, you are very brave." Major Felt praised with some other slightest comments, then changed his sentence and spread his arms: "But if you want to take Maple Leaf Castle, it is not enough to rely on your courage. If you have the courage, we have too..."

"I know." The rebel negotiator sneered: "You have tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder."

Major Felt was stunned for a moment.

"You have tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder." The rebel negotiator repeated and stamped his feet: "It's buried in the reservoir below - I heard it callous in my ears."

"If the Blood Wolf doesn't satisfy us." Some of the soldiers around were intimidating: "We will be with Maple Leaf Fort..."

"Diet together?" The rebel negotiator turned around and stared at the person who was talking: "Yes, you can go and light the fire now."

Everyone couldn't believe their ears, and even Major Felt was caught off guard.

The rebel negotiator looked around contemptuously and repeated word by word: "If you have the courage to die together, go and light the fire now."

The soldiers were irritated.

They pushed the rebel negotiator and took the latter into a hidden hole under the wall of the fort on the west side.

The Zangbing Cave is a space that is directly carved out in the fortress wall. It is about the size of a bedroom. It was originally used to conceal people and store ammunition. There is a staircase in the Zangbing Cave that leads to the underground where you can't see your fingers.

A soldier pointed to a roll of hemp ropes wrapped around the stairs and told the rebel negotiator in a threatening tone: "See, have you seen it! This is the fuse that leads to the gunpowder depot! As long as your people dare to come, we will..."

"Die together?" The rebel negotiator sneered and said disdainfully: "Then I'm here, you can light the fire."

The defenders were stunned.

The rebel negotiator opened his eyes angrily and shouted loudly: "Light!"

A defender soldier was so angry that he cursed, gritted his teeth, and stretched the torch towards the fuse with red eyes.

The soldiers in the Tibetan soldiers' cave couldn't help but exclaim. It was too late for others to come forward to stop them.

However, just as the tongue of flame and the hemp rope were only one foot away, the torch stopped. The soldiers holding the torch had no way to stretch their hands down any more.

Everyone's heart almost jumped out of their throats and then they resumed their beating.

Major Felt wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to say something, but the negotiator of the "rebels" stepped forward, grabbed the wrists of the torch-holding soldiers, and pressed the blazing flames on the fuse.

The burning sound of "hiss" immediately followed.

The defenders who realized what was going on, screamed in tears and rolled and crawled out of the Tibetan soldiers' cave.

Only Major Felt had a brief loss of consciousness, flew into the depths of the Tibetan camp, picked up the bucket prepared in advance in the stairwell, and quickly extinguished the fuse.

After a great chaos, only the rebel negotiator was left standing still, standing still.

"Don't scare people if you can't do anything." The envoy looked at the defenders with no longer contempt. He stood proudly in the center of the defenders' soldiers, calmly declaring a fact: "You are not afraid of death, you are not as good as us."

"I...you..." Major Felt's hands were still trembling unconsciously, holding the bucket.

He organized the language for a long time and finally lowered his head: "I would like to hand over the Maple Leaf Castle to Captain Montane intact, but can..."

"Impossible. Don't expect it!" The rebel negotiator coldly rejected the major in advance: "The more stubborn the situation, the more preferential it is? We will never allow such wrong information to be passed on. If you were not for your mercy, you should all be hanged in the square of Maple Stone City to serve as a warning!"

Everyone's expressions became dark in an instant, and the eyes of Major Felt also showed some resentment.

The negotiator changed his tone and looked at the soldiers around him, and promised: "But if you surrender now, I can guarantee that that fate will not come to you. Your treatment will not be more generous than the previous captives, but it will not be worse than them. Most of you will work in the captive camp for a period of time and then be released home. However, remember that the patience and compassion of the Blood Wolf are limited. Don't waste your last chance."

After saying that, the messenger opened the file bag at his waist, took out a large stack of folded letters, and showed them to all the soldiers: "These are letters sent by your family in Fengshi City. If you don't believe me..."

He threw the letter heavily into the crowd: "Then listen to what your family said."

The appearance of Jiaxin completely disintegrated the psychological defense line of the defenders. The soldiers frantically scrambled to scatter the letter papers scattered in the open space, even if they could only grab half of the pieces of paper, even if they could not read at all.

"What a good means." Major Felt walked to the rebel negotiator and nodded silently: "Then next..."

"We will send people to the fort tonight." The messenger replied bluntly: "There will be a surrender ceremony tomorrow."

"Okay. OK." Major Felt nodded nodded: "Who will surrender?"
To be continued...