mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 959: Hands are two doors, killing with mouth

Like the members of the Blizzard team, Zhao Chuanxin slept in the wilderness, exposed to ice and snow, and endured the cold wind.

He was also wrapped in a blanket in his grass nest and was woken up by the cold in the morning.

Especially since it was snowing lightly last night. When I woke up in the morning, my body felt like a machine without lubrication. My movements were slow and my body was stiff.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he loves his soldiers like his own sons. Old Zhao has his own style of doing things.

Breakfast is instant noodles, which is the business of apprentice Yao Bing's family. The noodles and seasoning packets are all provided by them.

Years ago, the whole family worked together, frying pancakes almost day and night, making a lot of money, and Yao Bing's status in the family rose rapidly.

Zhao Chuanxin finished a pot of noodles and drank the noodle soup, and his body finally felt better.

Badanga, Chehezha, Blizzard Team's captain Suhebaru, and deputy captain Dariachi ate with him.

Zhao Chuanxin asked with a breath of hot air: "Come on, tell me, what heroic insights have you gained about leading troops during this journey?"

There are famous generals in history, some sucked pus from soldiers, some bandaged soldiers, some shared the joys and sorrows, and some had bad tempers...

Zhao Chuanxin is different from all the famous generals.

His distinctive and sharp personality gives him a certain unique charm.

Even the lowest-ranking soldiers liked to be close to him, listen to him, and follow him in doing things.

But everyone still has a sense of awe.

Upon hearing this, Sukhbaru pulled out a book called "Reading History and Military Strategies" from his bosom and began to read it nervously, as if he were a candidate sharpening his sword before an exam.

This book was written by Hu Linyi. It is said that Hu Linyi devoted himself to studying the art of war and compiled the book based on military contents from historical books such as "Zuo Zhuan" and "Zizhi Tongjian".

Zhao Chuanxin was so angry when he saw this that he raised his hand and slapped the book away: "If you keep looking at this broken thing, don't say I'm going to cut you! Look at this, what's the use of it?"

Sukhbaru smiled awkwardly, but picked up the book and put it back in his arms.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a cigarette and lit it. A group of people looked at him eagerly: "Sir, can you share one?"

Zhao Chuanxin shared the cigarettes.

Batanga was a rough man. He said, "In my opinion, the most important thing is the soldiers' unstoppable spirit. All the people we saw along the way fled. Wasn't it because of their morale that they ran away?"

"Bullshit!" Zhao Chuanxin said disdainfully.

Che Hezha simply stopped talking and kept glaring at Sukhbaru.

Sukhbaru gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice: "Whoever has more guns and cannons is more powerful."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chuanxin nodded: "You are a little right."

"Uh..." Sukhbaru scratched his head: "Is there anything more important than guns and cannons?"

Seeing that they really couldn't come up with anything, Zhao Chuanxin couldn't help but sigh, "Nothing."

Everyone: "..."

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Let me tell you what preparations are needed for a small battle.

Before leaving, Zhang Heyan had prepared various plans to deal with negotiations between Japan, Russia and the Qing government.

The Official Goods Bureau purchases and inspects all of your equipment except guns and cannons, including your blankets, belts, ammunition pouches, leather bags, even a small button, and food. The Official Goods Bureau puts a lot of thought into these.

We had conducted a detailed pre-war analysis and determined the general route and objectives of this trip.

Then came the war itself.

Strong and efficient logistics are more useful than reading ten thousand military books.

The pension system and salary are the key to stabilizing military morale and improving the quality of individual soldiers.

Soldiers are trained to fight until it becomes their instinct. When they encounter the enemy, they don't even need to think, they will instinctively know how to hide and use various combat skills. This is equivalent to auto chess, and the generals can command more effectively.

Only after doing these can we talk about courage, morale and will. "

Dariyachi said self-righteously: "Sir, after these, it is the strategy of war, right?"

"Wrong." Zhao Chuanxin didn't give him any face: "Then there's the intelligence. Along the way, you had almost no intelligence. What you heard and saw were all news that people deliberately released. If you go headfirst into Sang Beizi, you'll probably be beaten so hard that you won't recognize your parents."

Batanga was not convinced: "We have more people, it's not certain who will win or lose."

Zhao Chuanxin handed him a drawing: "Look for yourself."

The drawing shows the terrain of Sangbeizi, with power grids, minefields, machine gun ambush points, enemy bases, etc. marked in great detail.

The four of them leaned over to take a look and gasped.

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and asked, "You think your morale is good and your equipment is excellent, but are you okay if you run into this trap? Talking to me about the number of people? What does a large number of people count for in front of machine guns and artillery?"

The four of them had nothing to say.

Zhao Chuanxin concluded: "War is not metaphysics, nor is it philosophy. You don't need to read "Zuo Zhuan", "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Dushi Binglue". Don't learn the literati's tricks, which are useless. If they were useful, the foreigners would not have beaten you to tears. War is the operation of a machine. If you can operate each gear well, you have already won half the battle. In the first half of the journey, I let you experience, feel and adapt to war; in the second half of the journey, I want you to take care of each gear yourself."

Zhao Chuanxin only gave the route and really didn't care about the rest.

When they encountered various tribes on the grassland, Sukhbaru and Dariyachi went to negotiate on their own.

If negotiations were not possible, Badan'a and Chehezha would come forward. After all, they were the general managers of a wing and had some authority.

A day later, Team Blizzard and the Gray Axe Army met outside the city of Zobarsay.

The soldiers in the city saw the two armies joining together as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Che Hezha took people to negotiate and told them that they were there to suppress the bandits, but the city gates remained closed.

Che and Zha were used to it because this was basically the same reaction throughout their experience, and in the end, it was left unresolved.

However, as soon as he left, Garu, the city's garrison commander, immediately called for help: "Send a quick horse to Sangbeizi to inform the Japanese that the Lubinfu troops are coming."

"Notify Ji Chechen Khan."

"Notify the city of Barras."

The middle last banner, the middle left front banner, the middle right rear banner, the left wing left banner, the left wing right banner, the right wing left banner, the left wing rear last banner, the right wing middle right banner, the right wing middle left banner, the middle last right banner, the right wing middle front banner... all were notified one by one.

Zhao Chuanxin allowed his men to do what they wanted without making a sound, and sat on his horse like an old monk in meditation.

Che Hezha, Badang'a, Sukhbaru, Dari Achi and others led the Blizzard Squad on the right wing, while Hu Da led the Gray Axe Army on the left wing, advancing side by side several kilometers apart.

To the north of Sangbeizi, Aoki Nobuzumi learned that Zhao Chuanxin had arrived, and immediately handed over the military power to the newly promoted Russian captain. After making some arrangements, he headed north.

……

When Demuchukdorji learned that Zhao Chuanxin led his troops past Zhuobarse and intended to attack Sangbeizi, he told the messenger to tell Garu not to act rashly.

On the other hand, he immediately went to inform Yan Zhi, the Manchu Minister of Kulun.

Yanzhi was a high-ranking Manchu official. He had served as the governor of Henan and Shanxi, and had managed the Yellow River. He had a rich resume and was experienced in his work.

People like this usually don't make big mistakes while in office.

He was shocked to learn that Zhao Chuanxin had really come. "Don't provoke him. I will report to the court immediately and wait for the imperial decree. You must not create a rift with him. Giving him a handle will cause endless trouble. Don't say I didn't warn you!"

Seeing that Yanzhi was afraid of Zhao Ruhu, Demuchugdorji was puzzled and said, "Zhao Chuanxin and his men are running rampant in the Chechen Khanate. They are really arrogant and have no regard for the law. Are we going to let him do whatever he wants?"

He is the Chechen Khan after all, it would be a lie to say he is not angry.

Yan Zhi said solemnly: "Even the great powers are afraid of him, do you think he will be afraid of you?"

Demchukdorji was displeased.

After returning, he told the person who wrote the letter, "We should make things difficult for Zhao Chuanxin as appropriate. Although we cannot fight him, we cannot let him pass smoothly either."

It's true that I'm afraid of you, but don't think that I have no temper.

……

It cannot be said that the Grey Axe Army and Team Blizzard incurred the wrath of heaven and man along the way, but they certainly made the princes and nobles in various places unhappy.

No matter who you go to someone's house and show off your power, they won't be happy about it.

Garu quickly gathered a group of people.

As the sun set, the Grey Axe Army and the Blizzard Squad set up camp to rest.

From the direction of Zhuobarse, there was the sound of horse hooves.

Hu Da, Badan'a, Che and Zha immediately went on alert.

A group of knights came from afar. They shot a round of arrows, and the arrows landed far away from the camp.

They shouted into the wind: "We advise you to leave immediately!"

"Otherwise you will be in trouble."

"You wait!"

"Our Chechen Khan is angry!"

Hu Da and others looked at each other, then burst into laughter.

Half an hour after the group left, they came back, shot a round of arrows, shouted for a while, and then left.

Half an hour later, come back to shoot arrows again.

The main point is a toad on the instep, it doesn't bite but it's annoying.

Furthermore, they seemed intent on not letting the army rest, which was despicable.

Che Hezha was furious and came to Zhao Chuanxin for instructions: "Sir, let me lead the troops to teach them a lesson."

Zhao Chuanxin said, holding a cigarette in his mouth: "Tell someone to pull out the arrows on the ground and put them on your arms. When they come, say you were shot by them. Then fight back and capture someone alive to find out who is behind this. There is no need to be angry. Instead, we should thank Big Brother Bang for sending us the carnival. The Bal-Hu Right Banner is going to expand its territory."

Che Hezha obeyed the order and left.

Sure enough, the group came again.

Here, several Blizzard Squad soldiers were shaking with arrows on their bodies, screaming: "Oops, I was shot."

"damned!"

"it hurts!"

boom!
Then a gunshot rang out.

The Sauron sharpshooter who was lying in ambush on the side shot one man in the shoulder and knocked him off his horse.

The other side was so scared that they turned around and ran away. Some of the brave and skilled people wanted to rescue their fallen companions, but were scared away by Che Hezha and his men's random shooting.

They captured him alive and brought him back for interrogation.

The other party clenched his teeth and kept silent.

Zhao Chuanxin watched coldly, and finally became impatient and waved his hand: "Bring the person over here."

After the man was brought in, Zhao Chuanxin took out a Mosin-Nagant rifle bullet, pulled out the warhead and said, "I have a spell called - Great Memory Restoration Spell! It doesn't matter if he doesn't speak now. Once I cast the spell, he will open his mouth."

Everyone became interested and gathered around to watch: "How exactly is the master going to cast the spell?"

The wounded knight was extremely nervous, because he had also heard that the prefect of Lubin Prefecture knew magic.

Zhao Chuanxin sprinkled the ammunition in the shell onto the knight's wound.

"what……"

It really hurts to kill.

Zhao Chuanxin activated the Old God's Crucible Brand, and the high temperature instantly ignited the gunpowder.

laugh……

The gunpowder ignited, and flames shot out from the wound in front and behind.

"what……"

The knight let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Everyone watched with fear and grimaced.

How much does it hurt?
Zhao Chuanxin asked him cheerfully, "How is it? Did my great memory recovery technique work?"

The man looked at Zhao Chuanxin with hatred, his facial muscles twisted in pain.

Zhao Chuanxin was disappointed: "This spell may not work once, let's try again."

After saying that, he took out another bullet, removed the warhead, and prepared to spray medicine into the knight's wound.

Seeing this, the knight finally broke down: "Ah... I'm telling you, I've recovered my memory!"

Everyone: "..."

It turns out that this is called the Great Memory Recovery Technique!
"It was Jichechen Khan. He asked Garu to lead people to obstruct you, but he couldn't fight you. In addition, Jebtsundamba was unhappy with your actions on the grassland and was very disgusted with you, so he supported this matter."

Zhao Chuanxin said to Sukhbaru: "Have someone write down his words and put his fingerprints on them. These will all be evidence."

The man's expression changed slightly.

Zhao Chuanxin added: "By the way, remember to write that Ji Chechen Khan Demuchukdorji condoned traitors and allowed horse bandits and robbers to cause thousands of casualties in Lubin Prefecture. This account should be attributed to him."

This is pure extortion. There are only so many soldiers in Lubin Prefecture. How could it be tolerated if so many of them died?
The man finally got scared: "I didn't say that. I won't admit it."

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Come on, force him to sign and put his fingerprints on it."

"you……"

Che Hezha said worriedly, "Sir, this is not appropriate, right?"

After all, that was Chechen Khan, who was also considered a local lord in the past.

Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "Do you think I am slandering him? Think about it, although the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, we can still see many herdsmen when we come. They tell each other that we are here. Are they blind when the Japanese and Russian thieves come? Is Demchukdorji blind?"

Che Hezha's eyes widened: "Sir, are you saying that Ji Chechen Khan deliberately indulged them? He colluded with outsiders, isn't this..."

Che and Zha wanted to say that Meng was traitor.

But halfway through his words, he suddenly remembered that since the New Deal, the court had disregarded the interests of the bannermen and the princes and nobles and participated in the reclamation of grassland.

In particular, more than half of the land rents from various princes and nobles were collected by the imperial court and deposited into the national treasury.

It can be said that none of the decrees issued by the Qing court was beneficial to the herdsmen.

Why did Zhao Chuanxin gain the support of the grassland people at the fastest speed?

The reason is that although he opened up the land and recruited Han people, he also took into account the interests of the grassland people and the princes, and gained something in return despite the loss in one place.

Che and Zha are typical examples.

If they simply followed the Qing court's decrees, they would eventually be stripped of everything they had.

But Zhao Chuanxin made them rich, and those who were obedient could retain a certain amount of power.

So, Che and Zha were halfway through their conversation and couldn't continue no matter what, as they could somewhat empathize with the other person.

Then he looked at Zhao Chuanxin and said, "Sir, it would be better to take over all the land east of Kulun and make it the property of Lubin Prefecture. The taijis of various tribes, the herdsmen, and even the Shabi Yamen of Jebtsundamba will support you in the end."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "Are you sure that Jebtsundamba and the nobles will support me?"

The Qing government implemented new policies, and Zhao Chuanxin was also carrying out reforms.

Zhao Chuanxin's methods were relatively gentle, retaining the noble and removing the respected.

Money can be given, but power will be taken back, and their aristocratic aura will gradually disappear.

Zhao Chuanxin's attitude towards religion has become clearer. The major temples are more like public institutions. Don't even think about collecting taxes. People are also required to reduce their donations. As for power?

Don't even think about it.

But Tsarist Russia was different. They tried their best to win over and incite the princes and lamas, and sent "expedition teams" and "investigation teams" to the grasslands many times, doing everything they could to win over the living Buddhas.

When Zhao Chuanxin and the civil servants of Lubin Prefecture drank together on weekdays, they often talked and laughed. When the Russian merchants sold their goods, they would pay tribute to Jebtsundamba first. Russian women could often be seen entering and leaving the Living Buddha Temple.

Having tasted the sweetness, Jebtsundamba Khutuktu might find it difficult to accept Zhao Chuanxin's policy towards them.

Che Hezha sighed.

Batanga sneered: "Either you surrender, or we take it ourselves."

He is a die-hard fan of Zhao Chuanxin.

Che Hezha shook his head: "It's not that simple."

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Let him put his fingerprints on it."

After dinner.

Zhao Chuanxin asked Sukhbaru to arrange the soldiers on night duty and then teleported back to the white house.

"come over!"

The Chihuahua has found its new owner.

Its legs gradually got better, and although it walked with a limp, it was able to exert force with its injured leg.

Zhao Chuanxin gave it a small piece of sausage and some bread soaked in water.

This dog can't eat dog food that is too dry.

Ajure Ida was sweeping the fallen leaves off the newly laid tiles in the courtyard. Every time he turned around, Zhao Chuanxin came.

"Mr. Constantine, you are back. Would you like to have breakfast?"

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "I just finished dinner, what do you want for breakfast?"

"..." Aguilera Ida scratched his head: "It would be nice if I didn't have to eat breakfast after dinner."

Zhao Chuanxin asked him, "Have you found out what I want?"

"I found out." Aguirre Ida put down his broom and said, "I heard from Urquidi Gomez that a policeman from the mounted patrol in Cholula has a mixed-breed horse for sale. It is tall and can run and carry loads. It is very suitable for you to ride.

As for the oddities you want, they can be found two days' ride away in Puebla, where they are shipped from the chemical factories in Mexico City."

Those chemical materials were used by Zhao Chuanxin to make incendiary bombs.

He hasn't refreshed the Code of the Old Gods for a long time.

All fear comes from lack of firepower.

It’s quick to go to Puebla, after all, he has a ward at the Palafos Library.

So he said, “Where’s Cholula?”

I decided to buy a horse first.

"From here to the east, it takes a meal's worth of riding a horse, and half an hour on foot."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at his watch and said, "You lead the way, we're going to buy a horse."

The main purpose of buying horses is to conceal one's tracks.

He can't always ride the second-generation dragon openly.

Especially short distances.

He has become accustomed to Quetshalan. It is his transit warehouse, a resort, and Xingyue's laboratory and workshop.

Aguire Ida went to lock the door, and just as Zhao Chuanxin was about to leave, the Chihuahua limped after him, barking as he walked.

Zhao Chuanxin picked it up and said, "What are you yelling about?"

The dog was so light, like a big rat, that Zhao Chuanxin hardly felt the weight.

A mountainous city in Mexico.

The trouble with traveling is that it is always up and downhill, and you have to go through forest paths.

In a jungle, Zhao Chuanxin saw a deer.

The strong wind made it impossible for people to open their eyes. Zhao Chuanxin carried his Chihuahua and followed Aguile Ida through various paths.

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to a small hillside and asked, "What are you growing here?"

"Only agave can be grown in this barren mountain area." Agulei Idamenqing.

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a moment, "Tequila can be used to make wine, right?"

"Sir, agave can also be eaten. When I become rich in the future, maybe I will plant a field of agave and make soup to share with the poor."

"That's very generous of you."

"..."

While chatting, we arrived in Cholula.

Aguilera Ida stopped in front of a fairly nice house with a black cherry tree in the yard.

Before knocking on the door, he warned Zhao Chuanxin, "Mr. Constantine, you need to know in advance that Obregon is a local Cascist and a policeman from the Mounted Patrol. He always puts guacamole on his tortillas, always has roasted venison at home, and always drinks punch with every meal. He always buys his wine by the arrova. He is a man of status."

Kasik is a local tyrant.

Arova is a unit of weight, one Arova is about 23 kilograms.

Zhao Chuanxin opened his mouth into an "O" shape: "Wow, so powerful, I have never seen such an awesome person in my life."

"..."

Aguilera Ida was about to knock on the door, but he stopped again and turned around and said, "The mounted patrol police are very dangerous. You must be careful when dealing with them, otherwise you will be killed."

"Boil!" Zhao Chuanxin cursed, "Do you really have to add this?"

This kid - his hands are two doors, and he kills people with his mouth.

I hope my bad words won’t come true.

(End of this chapter)