Chapter 813 Seizing Power

So the reserve soldier Delgado and his friends transformed themselves into the temporary guard of Gusman, the governor of Santo Domingo City. This small group of soldiers surrounded Gusman and quickly rushed to the headquarters of the garrison in the city.

However, the weapons they were equipped with were not the spears and knives of the reserve army, but serious Spanish-made matchlock guns.

With Gesman's status, naturally no one would come forward to stop him, but the soldiers here looked at Delgado with a somewhat unkind look. The smart ones among them had probably already shot Lopez and Delgado.

After all, if it wasn’t for Delgado’s instigation, how could Lopez appear in the most dangerous area of ​​​​the city at his own risk. Of course, as for how the enemy gunmen ambushing outside the city could be found in the distance.

Seizing this opportunity to accurately hit Lopez, no one can figure out the mystery. Even Delgado, who participated in it, did not know exactly how the Haihan Army achieved this seemingly impossible assassination plan.

But when a discerning person sees Delgado actually appearing next to Gusman, even if he thinks about it with his butt, he will know that the entanglement is not that simple. Although Gusman usually can't take care of the military's affairs, he still plays the role of Santo Domingo.

As the city lord, no one was willing to take the initiative to offend him. Although many people stared at Delgado with fire in their eyes, no one came forward to cause trouble for him, even if there were one or two stupid young people who planned to do so.

Qian, has been restrained by the mature and prudent people around him.

"Who is in charge here?" Gesman came to the small courtyard of the headquarters and asked loudly: "Hurry up and see me!"

"Sir, there is no one in charge here at the moment." The people in the yard were silent for a while, and finally someone stepped forward and answered.

Gesman saw that the man who responded was Giroud, the captain of Lopez's guard, who was also a die-hard warrior like Lopez. He immediately asked: "How is Captain Lopez's injury now? I want to see him right away!"

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"The captain is currently inside rescuing people. Perhaps you should wait here before going in." Giroud blocked the way into the house and had no intention of getting out of the way.

"Captain Giroud, what do you mean you don't want me to see the captain? Do you want to take this opportunity to seize the captain's command?" Gesman was also prepared for this. Since some people are unwilling to cooperate, then

He immediately launched an attack without hesitation. At this time, taking the advantage is often more important than grasping the truth.

"Sir, I don't have such an idea, but I suspect that the assassination of Captain Lopez is related to certain people..." Giroud's eyes stared at Delgado next to Gesman fiercely, as if he wanted to swallow him alive.

In general. As an eyewitness to the entire incident, Giroud believed that Delgado was the main person responsible for Lopez's assassination, and he probably deliberately arranged this opportunity for the Haihan people outside the city to take action.

Delgado did not show the slightest fear, and directly confronted him with his eyes. He knew that if he showed any signs of retreating at this time, the timid and suspicious Gesman would probably betray him again immediately and give up the relationship.

His cooperation will not only fail to achieve the goal of seizing power, but may actually be treated as a murderer by Lopez's supporters.

Although Gesman is usually a coward, he did not give in at the critical moment. According to his agreement with Delgado in advance, when encountering such a resistance situation, Gesman should adopt a tougher attitude.

He lowered his face and said, "That's right. If Delgado hadn't informed me in time, I can't imagine anyone in the city colluding with the Haihan people to attack Captain Lopez!"

Before Giroud could understand, Gesman raised his finger and pointed at him and said: "You are a close confidant of Captain Lopez. You know his behavior and habits best, and you also know his style of commanding operations. How can the Haihan people remain silent?"

He set up a blockade outside the city and was able to seize the opportunity to assassinate Captain Lopez. Isn't this because someone close to him betrayed the intelligence? After the incident, you stopped me from visiting Captain Lopez's injury. Was it because you were afraid?

Will the Captain tell you something that will completely expose you?"

"Sir, you are a slanderer. I have not done anything to betray the captain, but this Delgado..." Only then did Giroud realize that he was listed as a suspect by Gesman, and he quickly wanted to defend himself. However,

With one move and one move after another, Gesman has already seized the opportunity, so how can he give him a chance to defend himself and escape.

"You want to shift this responsibility to Delgado? He is just a soldier in the reserve army. He usually works on the plantations outside the city and only changes his identity to serve in the military during the war. You want to say that he is a semi-professional soldier?"

, able to have access to military secrets and sell them to the Haihan people?" Gesman interrupted Giroud before he could finish his words and took over the topic: "I heard about sending Delgado out of the city to break out and ask for help.

, was it you who suggested it to Captain Lopez? I didn’t expect you to be so scheming, and you had already planned to frame Delgado from the beginning!”

"Sir, it was this Delgado who said that there were enemy leader activities outside the city, so Captain Lopez appeared in the dangerous area and was assassinated! He should be responsible for the assassination of Captain Lopez!" Giroud saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly

He can't afford to shirk responsibility and collude with the enemy to betray his boss.

"That's a good reason, but it's a pity that it's too late. If Delgado hadn't seen the situation bad and sneaked out to find me to report the news, you would have arrested him and executed him on this crime, right?" Gesman shook his head and said.

: "Girou, you really disappoint me!"

Before Giroud could argue a few words, Gesman had already waved his hand and said: "Catch this guy! I'm going to send him to a military court in Manila!"

Delgado was waiting for this opportunity. He and several other guards around Gesman swarmed forward, pushed Giroud to the ground who still had not fully understood the situation, stuffed his mouth with a rag, and then tied him up with a rope.

As for Giroud's soldiers, you look at me and I look at you, but no one stepped forward to stop Delgado and others' actions. Because after Gesman's accusation that sounded reasonable, they actually did it.

I don't know whether my boss is loyal or traitorous. If he stands up and goes against Gesman, he will probably be treated as an accomplice of Giroud immediately.

Although it was not a good time to win, Gesman felt that he was in a very good mood. At this moment, he had even forgotten that there were powerful enemies waiting outside the city. He could make one of the leaders of the local garrison deflate in front of him.

, Gesman feels that the comfort of being in control of the overall situation now is really the best.

"Who else?" Gesman looked around at the people in the courtyard, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes. He wanted to see clearly the expressions on these people's faces at this time, especially those guys who usually treated him as if he were transparent, but now they didn't see him at all.

I didn't dare to look at him anymore.

"A bunch of cowards! No wonder they can't defeat the enemy outside the city!" Gesman muttered something in a low voice and waved to Delgado: "You come in with me."

Delgado nodded and handed Giroud to his companion. He touched the short knife at his waist, and then followed Gesman into the emergency room that was temporarily converted into a headquarters.

Starting from where you entered the door, you can see the blood stains that have dried on the ground and have not had time to be wiped off. Some of them have been stepped on by latecomers and are blurred, which looks shocking on the light stone floor. Gesman can't help but frown.

Because he really didn't like the smell of blood in the air. If he wasn't forced by the situation, he would never take the initiative to walk into such a place.

The staffing of the city of Santo Domingo has always been relatively simple. Naturally, there is no specialized military doctor. There is only one doctor in the city, and he is a general practitioner who treats everything but is not specialized in anything. At this time, the barefoot doctor was guarding

Next to the rescue table made of two wooden tables, Lopez looked helplessly on the table. The ground next to the rescue table was covered with blood-stained cotton cloth, as well as several basins of blood used to clean wounds.

, the smell of blood was much stronger than that of the outhouse, and two assistants were cleaning up the medical waste in the house.

Lopez was lying on the rescue table with his upper body covered. There was a gunshot wound on his right chest and right shoulder, which was wrapped with a large piece of cotton cloth, but most of it was soaked in blood. Gesman frowned and walked over.

Lopez's face was as white as a sheet of paper and his lips were ashen, which were obvious signs of excessive blood loss. Delgado also cautiously moved closer to the side, trying to determine the severity of Lopez's injuries.

"Is Captain Lopez's injury okay?" Gesman asked the doctor carelessly.

This doctor is a Spaniard, but his status in the city is low, and he does not dare to show any airs to Gesman. He responded cautiously: "Sir, Captain Lopez's injury... I'm afraid it's not very optimistic..."

"What do you mean?" Gesman narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Sir, the bullet wound on the captain's shoulder is fine. It's just a common flesh wound. It won't be a big deal if the bleeding is stopped. But the bullet in the chest... the bullet hit very deep and got stuck in his lungs. There is no way to remove it.

Coming out...I'm afraid...it will be difficult..."

"You mean Captain Lopez's life can't be saved?" Gesman raised his voice, but there was no sadness in his tone.

The doctor looked at Lopez who was in shock on the rescue table with some embarrassment. He did not directly answer Gesman's question, but just nodded silently.

Gesman took a deep breath to calm down his excited mood, and then told the doctor: "Wait at the door. I want to have a few words with Captain Lopez alone."

The doctor didn't dare to ask any more questions, and just retreated out of the room. Although there was Delgado still in the room, he seemed not to have noticed this person's existence at all.

"What do we do now? Do we wait here for him to wake up?" Gesman asked Delgado.

Delgado knew that this was not Gesman asking for his opinion, but that he wanted to shirk certain responsibilities. Delgado adjusted his breathing, took a piece of blood-stained cotton cloth from the rescue table, and said

Gesman said: "Sir, please step aside."

Gesman did not respond, but slowly turned around as he was told. He knew what Delgado was going to do, but he had to pretend not to know.

Delgado stepped forward, glanced at Lopez expressionlessly, and then suddenly covered his mouth and nose with cotton cloth. Perhaps feeling the threat of death, Lopez, who was in shock, suddenly opened his eyes.

, staring at Delgado's face, and subconsciously grabbed Delgado's wrist with both hands. But he was too seriously injured, and his hands were completely weak, and he could not move at all. He put his weight on his face.

Delgado.

"Captain, if you don't die, most of the people in the city will have to be buried with you. I'm sorry, I can only send you to see God!" Delgado murmured to himself, not knowing whether Lopez was in this state.

I could hear what he said clearly, but my hands were even harder.

After a moment, Lopez, who was seriously injured, stopped struggling. Delgado slowly let go of his hand, took away the cotton cloth, sniffed first, then touched the side of his neck, and finally opened Lopez's eyelids to look at it.

After a moment, he turned back to Gesman and reported: "Sir, Captain Lopez has been summoned by the Lord because of his serious injury."

"This is really regrettable news!" Gesman pretended to regret and shook his head: "He is the backbone of our city of Santo Domingo!"

Delgado had no interest in appreciating Gesman's acting skills. He lowered his head and said, "I'll call the doctor in."

After the doctor came in, Gesman said to him: "Captain Lopez seems to have fainted again, please check his condition."

The doctor came over to check. He had clearly wiped off the blood on Lopez's face just now, but now his face was covered in blood and his face was ferocious. His hands were shaking with fear. He bowed his body and replied: "Sir, Captain Lopez...

… He died of serious injuries!”

"Are you sure?" Gesman asked, his voice rising.

"Definitely sure!" The doctor actually knew very well what happened just now, but he could only seek to protect himself first before saying: "The villain can see very clearly that the captain did die due to excessive injuries and excessive blood loss."

"Then please announce this fact to the soldiers outside, so as not to let them have any bad misunderstandings!" Gesman's tone became colder again: "Remember, your wording must be true and believable, Santo

Mingge City cannot have any internal troubles now!"

"Yes, yes, I understand!" The doctor responded quickly and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. If he could get through this and leave Santo Domingo alive, the first thing the doctor would do is to return to Manila.

Go, no matter how high the salary is offered, I won’t stay here anymore.

Lopez was dead, and his top generals were also arrested. At this time, no one in the city could hinder Gesman's monopoly of power. After sending the soldiers away, Gesman asked Delgado:

"I think you must have a way to contact the Haihan Army outside the city, right?"
Chapter completed!