mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 960: No Change of Expression on the Battlefield

Obregón was wearing baggy, dirty pants, a woolen vest, and some weird clothing that was neither a T-shirt nor a shirt.

He was wearing a cowboy hat with black handprints all over the place where he always grabbed.

This man's face is full of pockmarks and fat, and when he looks at people he always seems to be smiling with his lips but not his eyes.

After Aguirre Ida explained his purpose, Obregon stared at him with dead eyes for a long time without saying anything.

Zhao Chuanxin: "It's down?"

Obregon didn't understand what the downtime meant, so he tilted his neck and said, "Come with me, the horse is not with me now."

The two followed him to a nearby house, outside of which was a wooden sign that read: Wilson's House.

Zhao Chuanxin's mouth twitched when he saw this.

In the stable of Wilson's house, there was indeed a tall and majestic horse, about 1.65 meters tall, with small ears and big eyes, an arched neck, and prominent neck muscles.

The chest is deep and broad, the shoulder blades are straight, and the shoulders are long and sloping.

Prominence of tendons and joints in the limbs.

Zhao Chuanxin knew a little about horse appraisal, as Lugang Town and Lubin Prefecture both had their own military horse farms, but this kind of horse was something Zhao Chuanxin had never seen before.

He praised sincerely: "Good horse."

Obregon put one hand on his waist and pointed at the horse with the other: "This is the horse. Its name is - Imposter. Although it looks like a British noble horse, it is not actually one. You can take it away for only 42 pesos."

42 pesos, not a lot, but not cheap either.

Aguille Ida rushed into the stable excitedly and stroked the horse's back.

The horse moved away angrily and wanted to kick people with its hooves.

Fortunately, Aguire Ida had been dealing with beasts for many years, so he dodged in time and was not kicked. Even so, he was still scared and broke into a cold sweat.

He came out and said with a sneer, "The fake guy has a bad temper."

Obregon glared at him and said, "I never said that fakes have good tempers. How about it, stranger, do you want to buy it?"

Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you know I'm a foreigner? I'm actually a native Mexican. I'm from Quetzalan."

Obregón paused. “Do you want to buy it or not?”

"Yes." Zhao Chuanxin said cheerfully, "Come, let's sign and seal the deal. We'll pay the money and get the goods."

Obregon frowned. "What kind of signature or pledge is this? We in the Cavalry Patrol never use this when doing business."

"Yes, yes, yes. We, who were born and raised in Mexico, need to sign a contract."

"you……"

Agulei Ida quickly winked at Zhao Chuanxin, signaling him not to provoke the other party.

Obregon said coldly: "I have never been to school and I can't write."

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and took out a piece of paper covered with words: "Here, I have already drafted the contract. You don't even need to sign it. Just a fingerprint will be fine."

"..."

He hesitated again and again, rolled his eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and pressed his handprint on it.

Zhao Chuanxin said at this time: "Okay, let's talk about the price now."

Obregon's eyes widened. "The contract has already been signed, and now you want to bargain?"

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to a blank space in the contract as a matter of course: "Yes, look, this is where the price is written. I haven't added it yet, so there is still room for bargaining."

Obregon, who had ulterior motives, felt that he was the one who fell into the trap.

This is really unreasonable.

He was so angry that he pinched his waist with both hands and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm: "Ah... tui! Do you fucking know who I am?"

Zhao Chuanxin scratched his head: "Man? Mexican? Your skin looks a bit dark, are you a mulatto?"

The Mulattos are a mixed race of black and white.

"..." Obregon said with his nose turned up: "I am a cavalry patrol policeman, a foreigner, please be careful with your words."

"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time." Zhao Chuanxin said sincerely, "How about this, you pay 42 pesos and I pay 15 pesos."

"No, it's at least 35 pesos."

"Okay, 20 pesos then."

"No, it's at least 30 pesos, and I can give you the saddle along with it."

Zhao Chuanxin picked at his fingers and said, "How about this, let's make a middle price of 21 pesos."

Obregon thought about it carefully. Is the compromise between 30 and 20 21 pesos?
"Pah!" Obregon said angrily. "You cunning foreigner, if you compromise, it's clearly 25 pesos."

"I can see you're anxious, but don't worry." Zhao Chuanxin grinned and said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's compromise between 21 pesos and 25 pesos and go with 22 pesos."

"..."

In the end, the two sides reached a deal at a price of 23 pesos.

The contract is in duplicate, one for each person.

Zhao Chuanxin put the contract into his arms and said to Aguilei Idanu, "Why don't you hurry up and get the horse?"

The two men led the "fake" away and walked further and further away under Obregon's sinister gaze.

When they disappeared around the corner of the road, Obregón pulled up his pants and ran away.

He went to gather his men and said, "The stranger has taken the horse away. What's worse, the cunning guy insisted that I sign the contract. Now he has evidence in his hand. We must solve this trouble quickly. So, go and inform the American Fran Welsh immediately."

So, someone went to find Fran Wales and said, "Mr. Don Fran Wales, someone just called the police to report that someone saw your horse being taken away."

Fran Wales is an investor from the United States. He owns a woolen spinning workshop and also sells some advanced products imported from the United States locally.

During Diaz's time in power, he governed the country according to the North American style of capitalism.

Although it introduced foreign capital and carried out large-scale capitalist construction, it even became the world's major silver producer, its copper production jumped to second place in the world, and more than 20,000 kilometers of railways had been laid.

However, this is just a false prosperity, and foreign-funded products and profits will be brought back to their own countries.

However, local peasants and even large landowners wanted to maintain the feudal debt serfdom system and were unwilling to transform into a capitalist economy.

This contradiction has not been resolved, and the influence of American businessmen in Mexico is growing.

Basically, the local Mexicans hate the Americans, but they are also afraid of them.

Fran Wales immediately went berserk upon hearing this: "What? The counterfeit was stolen? Damn it! Who did it? If you had time to report to me, you might have found my horse."

The visitor was very unhappy to hear this.

I came to tell you with good intentions, but instead you ridiculed me.

But he still said: "Don't worry, we will do our best to help you find the counterfeit, you can come with us."

Fran Wales immediately picked up his coat and went out with him...

Zhao Chuanxin and Ajure Ida walked back, leading the horses and carrying the Chihuahua.

Aguirre Ida said, "Sir Constantine, do you notice something is wrong? Why is this horse so cheap? Obregon said he can't read, but he pressed his fingerprints without even looking? Dealing with these mounted patrol police always makes me feel uneasy."

"Agulei, you can try to only say auspicious words in the future."

Just as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves came from behind him.

"Stop, you horse thieves, stop!"

Aguilera Ida was confused.

Zhao Chuanxin had a sneer on his face.

The two men stopped near the oak grove.

A group of eight mounted patrols, accompanied by the American Fran Welsh, came in a menacing manner.

When they got closer, Fran Wales dismounted angrily and pointed at Zhao Chuanxin: "You are the one who stole my horse?"

Aguilera Ida was horrified.

He hesitated and dared not speak.

Zhao Chuanxin handed the Chihuahua to Aguilera Ida, pointed at the fake and said, "This is my horse."

"Bullshit, there must be my name engraved on that saddle - Wales."

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned and looked over. "Hey, why did you carve your name on the saddle of my horse? It's really unreasonable."

Fran Wales: "..."

Zhao Chuanxin said to Ajulei, "Why don't you say something now?"

What to say? For example, if all eight of the other team members suddenly died at the same time, the problem might be solved immediately.

Unexpectedly, Aguire Ida failed at the critical moment and was so scared that he couldn't say a word.

Zhao Chuanxin sighed and took out the contract from his arms.

Just as he was about to speak, Obregón's face changed drastically and he shouted, "This horse thief is trying to escape. Kill him."

Escape method!

They said that if anyone tried to escape, regardless of whether the person was guilty or not, as long as he was a suspect, they had the power to shoot him.

Zhao Chuanxin immediately hid behind the counterfeit.

boom!
They didn't dare to hit the horse.

It just hit the ground, splashing up some dust.

Seeing this, Obregon was about to ride forward, bypass the impostor and shoot Zhao Chuanxin.

But when his horse got closer, he suddenly saw a triangular barricade made of iron pipes under the horse's legs.

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

puff.

People fell down.

Obregon fell right at Zhao Chuanxin's feet, completely dazed.

Zhao Chuanxin was shocked: "Wow, with such long legs, there is still a hurdle that a horse can't overcome?"

Obregon glanced at it from the corner of his eye. Where were the chevaux de frise?
Just now, hallucination?
The rifle fell aside and he was just about to reach out to hook it.

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin kindly said: "Obrego, the country roads here are not flat, let me help you..."

Before he could finish his words, he tripped over a stone.

"Oh……"

Zhao Chuanxin rushed forward.

His elbow dropped and caught Obregón right in the ribs.

Click...

When Obregon's ribs broke, Zhao Chuanxin screamed, "Ah, I'm dying from the fall."

Obregon: “…”

Why did I suddenly lose the desire to scream?

The rest of the people didn't understand what was going on and walked over here.

Afterwards, Zhao Chuanxin and Obregon were seen lying on the ground side by side. Obregon's face was pale with pain, while Zhao Chuanxin was screaming in pain.

Did Obregon subdue the foreigner, or did he get injured in the process?

Because the two men were too close, they didn't dare to shoot.

Obregon finally caught his breath and shouted, "Hurry, catch him, capture him alive, I want to torture him." The others dismounted and pounced on Zhao Chuanxin on the ground.

One on top of another, pressed tightly.

Someone touched Obregón's broken bones, and he wailed in pain.

Fran Wales looked on in confusion.

Suddenly, he was tapped on the shoulder.

He turned around in shock and found that it was the Asian who was supposed to be pressed under everyone.

Zhao Chuanxin handed him a cigarette: "Want a cigarette?"

Fran Wales took the cigarette unconsciously. Zhao Chuanxin took out the contract and handed it to him: "Take a look at this."

When he finished reading, Zhao Chuanxin said, "Now, do you understand what happened?"

Fran Wales asked, "Aren't you being held down?"

"Hey, you don't understand. I hate physical contact with men, so I quickly avoided it. I don't know what they are busy doing together."

Fran Welsh's eyes flickered.

He also knew what the Mexican rural patrols were like.

This might be another kind of honey trap.

He said: "I just want my horse back and don't want to worry about anything else."

"I'm sorry, but I bought the horse with real money. If you want to find you, go find Obregon and the others."

The mounted patrol police below heard the conversation between the two and turned around in surprise, only to find Zhao Chuanxin smiling as he watched them lying on the ground like cricket pupae.

"Damn it, everyone, get up..."

Afterwards, they surrounded Zhao Chuanxin, but did not dare to raise their guns because there was an American in the encirclement.

Zhao Chuanxin raised the contract in his hand and said, "This American boss has seen it. Do you still want to continue the performance?"

Everyone was struck by lightning.

Fran Wales said with a grim face: "Perhaps I should go to Mexico City to find Finance Minister Rimantur. He will definitely give me an explanation."

Obregon, who was lying on the ground, said anxiously: "Wait, Mr. Wales, I have something to discuss with you."

It doesn't matter if they do evil things on a normal day, but if it involves foreign businessmen and the matter is reported to the Minister of Finance, they will be in trouble.

Zhao Chuanxin walked up to Ajure Ida and said, "Why are you still standing there? Take the horse home. We bought it legally."

The two turned around and left.

Everyone looked at Fran Wales, then at Obregon who was lying on the ground in agony, and watched Zhao Chuanxin and the others go away.

Fran Wales snorted coldly and rode back on his horse.

Obregon said dejectedly: "Carry me back first, my ribs are broken, and we will settle the score with that foreigner later..."

……

Zhao Chuanxin teleported back to the camp and slept until dawn.

He thought that the joint Japanese and Russian special forces would launch a surprise attack at night, but nothing happened that night.

The next morning, Zhao Chuanxin lay in his blanket and warmed himself up with the Old God's Crucible Brand.

When they were cooking, Taiji Garu of Zhuobarse came with his men.

They did not interfere by shooting arrows, nor did they make ridiculous insults, they just watched from a distance.

I don't know if he wants to find an opportunity to backstab me at any time, or if he simply wants to see how things develop.

After breakfast, Hu Da rode over to Zhao Chuanxin and said, "Sir, do you want a pre-war speech?"

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "I'm just here to watch the fight."

“……”Hu Da had no choice but to go back by himself.

After eating and drinking, the Grey Axe Army advanced towards Sangbeizi.

As soon as we crossed the frozen Kherlen River, we heard the sound of artillery shells breaking through the air.

boom……

It is a small-caliber mountain cannon.

Hu Da never expected that the other party actually brought a mountain cannon.

What does this mean?
This means that there must be someone on the grassland who was colluding with the Russians, otherwise how could they have transported mountain artillery? In addition, they were bombarded as soon as they arrived, which might be because the herdsmen behind them tipped off.

And there were not just one but two mountain cannons; the rumbling sound of the cannons echoed throughout the banks of the Kherlen River.

The Lubin Prefecture's army did not bring any artillery with them, so Hu Da had to retreat before any casualties occurred.

He found Sukhbaru and said, "It's time for the Blizzard Team to go into action. You sneak into the rear and take out the enemy's artillery camp. Use the signal flare as an agreement, and we will immediately attack and assist. Be careful and remember to avoid the minefield."

Hu Da is the theoretical commander-in-chief of this operation.

Sukhbaru clasped his fists and agreed, then went back to mobilize his subordinates.

The Blizzard Squad is an emergency special forces unit that was specially split out after the joint attack on Lubin Prefecture by the Tiger Hunting Squad.

The team was composed of Soran soldiers and sharpshooters who were originally experts in hunting.

They walked away, and Zhao Chuanxin followed behind.

They first rode fast horses and circled the south for nearly fifteen kilometers. Then they abandoned the horses, took off the leather bags containing blankets, and crawled forward in the dry grass by the Kherlen River.

At this point, they had completely given up on mobility and were fighting alone in the deep enemy lines.

Dariyachi saw a sentry hiding behind a stone in front of him. He stretched out his hand to stop him, then moved forward alone, tiptoed closer, and moved with his back against the stone.

He leaned forward as fast as lightning, covered the man's mouth, and stabbed the man's neck with the dagger.

Once, twice, three times, pull the other person's vocal cords horizontally and break them.

Sukhbaru waved his hand and the rest of the people filed out.

However, when wading through a tributary, someone may have broken the ice, either to fish, to get ice, or to dig a hole in the river to get water, causing a member of the Blizzard team to accidentally step on thin ice.

Crack, plop…

"what……"

He shouted out instinctively.

Before his comrades next to him could react, Zhao Chuanxin appeared, grabbed the man's arm, lifted him up, and threw him aside.

However, this cry alarmed both the visible and hidden sentries.

bang bang bang...

There was a burst of gunfire.

Everyone hurried ashore and looked for cover to fight back.

Xingyue said: "In a hurry, they did not have cross-fire cover, resulting in many people crowded in a bunker and exposed to the gunfire. Not to mention that some people did not overcome their fear instinct and actually cried out when they fell into the ice hole."

A qualified special forces soldier shouldn't even cry out even if his eyebrows are in a state of panic.

Six or seven people were killed or injured in an instant, all because of this.

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin didn't look for cover, but walked forward naked.

The Blizzard Squad soldiers widened their eyes when they saw this.

Zhao Chuanxin held the Mosin-Nagant and fired a shot.

There was a scream from the other side.

Then he stood behind a soldier in an orderly manner, lit a cigar and said, "Now, the enemy will see the smoke and focus their fire here. You two take the opportunity to counterattack and cover me, and by the way, attract fire, and then I will fight back."

Sure enough, the large cloud of smoke rising from the cigar was like a target in such a close-range fight.

bang bang bang...

Stone chips flew.

A piece of gravel cut Zhao Chuanxin's neck, and the bleeding was immediately stopped by the blood-locking membrane.

But everyone saw that Zhao Chuanxin didn't even blink, his eyelids drooped, as if he was about to fall asleep.

This calmness is contagious.

Even the prefect is not afraid, so what are they afraid of? Is their life more precious than the prefect's?

So they all stuck their heads out to fight back.

Sure enough, the firepower was dispersed, and Zhao Chuanxin suddenly poked his head out while the other party was pulling the bolt.

boom.

One shot to the head.

The others then remembered what they had learned in training and began to move forward with cross-fire cover.

Zhao Chuanxin did not hide, and did not even wear chaos armor. He just wore glasses and followed the crowd, forming a team with the soldiers beside him to take care of each other.

Of course, the others might not be able to hit the target in a panic.

However, Zhao Chuanxin emptied the five bullets of the Mosin-Nagant and every shot hit the target.

Sukhbaru shouted, "Quick, quick, take out the artillery positions before they surround us."

Zhao Chuanxin saw through his glasses a group of people coming from the northeast corner.

Judging from the distribution of the light spots and the speed of their advance, he believed that this group of people was not a regular army.

However, when they appeared, the enemy's firepower increased sharply.

This is a group of quick shooters.

This was the first mission for the Blizzard team after its establishment, so Zhao Chuanxin had to reduce the difficulty for them step by step.

So he took out the Black Widow puppet and threw it out.

The Black Widow puppet rolled in the air to find its balance and landed on the ground. Its eight legs moved alternately as it ran close to the ground like flying. No one noticed it.

……

A group of quick-shooting troops composed of green forest bandits are rushing to the rescue.

Although they are unconventional, their marksmanship is even better than that of ordinary soldiers.

The army would limit the amount of ammunition for shooting, but this group of outlaws was not troubled by that. They usually fired more shots than ordinary soldiers.

The sentry post here was originally in a tough battle, but with their arrival the pressure was suddenly reduced.

The morale of these heroes was boosted for a moment: "Oh, Zhao Chuanxin, nothing special."

Just finished.

bang bang bang...

The gunshots came from beside me.

One after another, the heroes were shot in the head.

Those who were still alive only saw a black shadow moving quickly on the ground, flashes of gunfire, and someone fell to the ground without a single flash.

bang bang bang...

They fired at the ground but hit nothing.

(End of this chapter)