mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 98 Seeing Chengming Again
More than two months ago, more than 200 gangsters in the Baoshan area suddenly attacked Lalin City.

The Yamen of the Lalin City Association did not react at all, and was suddenly beaten into the city by the gangsters.

The lock is like a mouse that fell into a rice bowl. It was like a fish in water, burning, killing and looting everywhere, looting the local shops, and even taking away the taxes from the tax bureau.

People, merchants, and taxes from the tax bureau have lost a total of more than 30 yuan.

Afterwards, several armies including the Russian cavalry jointly suppressed the bandits, and the brigade of bandits was wiped out.

However, not all of the lost finances have been recovered.

After several follow-ups, these scorpions first fled to Hongshilazi, and then turned southwest.

The officers and soldiers originally planned to give up. After all, the distance was far away, supplies were not good, and the time was too long, so the weather was cold and they were unwilling to send troops.But the gentry and merchants in the city refused to let it go, so they fought all the way here.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't meet a lock, but he met officers and soldiers.

"Listen up, the people over there. This is the official army of La Linxie's yamen. Put down your weapons immediately!"

Zhao Chuanxin and the others looked at the shouting officers and soldiers as if they were fools.

Shuangxi was so impulsive that he couldn't hold it back: "What are you pulling Linxie to lead the yamen? Where are the big-tailed wolves? We are from the Lugang Town Insurance Team, so get out if you know how to do it."

After Shuangxi finished shouting, the officers and soldiers ran back in a hurry.

After a while, a group of people came out.

"Captain Zhao, long time no see!"

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned: "Chengming?"

He really didn't expect to meet Chengming here.

Zhao Chuanxin and his men also rode forward, and the two sides stopped more than ten meters away.

Chengming felt that Zhao Chuanxin's appearance was more mature!

Immaturity is not enough. At this time, Zhao Chuanxin has grown a beard for more than a year, but his cheeks are often groomed. The longest beard on the chin is five centimeters, and it is extremely thick.

Fortunately, Chengming can recognize this.

But Zhao Chuanxin looked at Chengming, but he didn't change much.

The two smiled at each other.

Zhao Chuanxin spoke first: "Chengming, why are you here?"

Obviously, although Zhao Chuanxin and others were fully armed, they all had short hair, so they were not officers and soldiers at first glance.

Ke opened their mouths and called their Shangguan's name directly, so many people showed indignation on their faces.

But Chengming didn't care at all. If this person was groveling, he wouldn't be Zhao Chuanxin.

People dare to say bad things about the court in front of him, so what's the point of calling him by his first name?

Cheng Ming smiled and said: "Ping was transferred to Lalin City to be the leader of the yamen. Something happened a few months ago, and he almost took off his top hat. This is not another old job of suppressing bandits. What about you? What are you doing here?"

"We are short of food and clothing, which caused a lot of famine. Why don't we come to Niu Zihou and ask him to return the favor?"

"..."

Look at Zhao Chuanxin, everyone has a horse, the foreign guns are still so sharp, and the clothes are uniform, clean and tidy. How does it look like a famine?

And it seems that their horses are not local pony horses, they seem to be Russian Don horses, and they are well-fed and strong after being taken care of.Even the harness looks elegant and comfortable.

Zhao Chuanxin's harness is even carved...

"You are still so dishonest."

Cheng Ming sat upright and smiled and pointed at Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "You are a lot more naughty."

Cheng Ming stopped smiling.

It's the first time someone said he was naughty when he grew up so big...

Zhao Chuanxin asked: "Which gang are you beating?"

Cheng Ming's expression became more serious: "Liu Yihe, Lao Laihong, Shuanghe Yue, Shun's visiting friends, have you heard of these scorpions?"

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head honestly: "I haven't heard of it. Generally, those who have heard of it are afraid of being snatched by us, and they ran away long ago."

Ouch, what a big breath!
The soldiers behind Chengming were full of disdain.

Suddenly, Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up: "It sounds like several gangs have merged to fight with you? Tell me, is there any money. If they have enough capital, I will help you kill them."

When it comes to the point, Chengming's team has long been exhausted, and he doesn't want to continue chasing.

It's so cold, it's not easy.

And he knew the dispositions of the people in the Lugangling Village Insurance Team, and he didn't hide it. He told the truth: "They took away as much as 30 yuan in property."

After saying 30 yuan, the breathing of everyone behind Zhao Chuanxin became heavy and their eyes turned red instantly.

Back then, they dared to fight the gang for 30 yuan, let alone 30 yuan.

Seeing the dangerous expressions of this group of people, the soldiers behind Chengming felt as if they were facing a big enemy, and even started touching their guns.

Cheng Ming was startled, and hurriedly waved his hands behind him to signal not to act rashly, and then smiled wryly: "You are still the same. I haven't finished my sentence yet. In fact, this is an imaginary number. At that time, those merchants and common people waited for their houses to The losses were all falsely reported, fearing that it would not be easy to distribute the recaptured property in the future. Moreover, we also killed more than 50 gangsters and regained part of the property.”

Zhao Chuanxin looked proud and dry: "Stop talking nonsense, let's just say, how much money can this group of gangsters have?"

"There are thousands of silver dollars, there are at least 30 horses, some guns and ammunition."

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "We have done this ticket! You just find a place to wait, and I will come to ask you to collect the corpse when it is done!"

Cheng Ming: "Happy! When we're done, I'll go with you to find Boss Niu, maybe I can help you talk about things!"

Zhao Chuanxin and his party left without saying a word.

When they were far away, Chang Hai, the co-leader behind Cheng Ming, was puzzled and said, "Who are they? Why are you willing to trust them, Commander?"

Cheng Ming had a mysterious smile on his face: "Our officers and soldiers suppressed the bandits, and we needed the cooperation of hundreds of people, as well as the support of Russian cavalry. Do you know that these people were defeated by a group of hundreds of people who were beaten by a dozen people? ?”

"Ah?" Chang Hai opened his mouth wide, not believing it: "I'm afraid they can't do it even if they have three heads and six arms?"

At that time, he participated in the robbery battle in Lalin City, and was honorably wounded, so he had to retreat when he was exhausted.

Although there were 200 people in the gang at that time, they were not only about twenty in number, wouldn't they not be able to defeat the gang?

"Just wait, as long as they catch up, there will be results today. Now we just need to find a place to camp and rest first..."

……

The biggest advantage of tracking in winter is that there are traces to follow.

There are horseshoe prints and footprints everywhere on the snow, which are very recognizable.

What's more, the group of gangsters didn't run very far, and they caught up in an hour.

When Zhao Chuanxin and others showed up, the gangster reacted immediately, but they didn't shoot because the distance was too far.

It can be seen that the number of people in this group does not seem to be officers and soldiers.

When officers and soldiers fight, they always dare to coax them up by fighting more and fighting less.

There are only a dozen people in this team, obviously not.

But they did not take it lightly, and each took up arms.

And Zhao Chuanxin took out his binoculars to observe.

Gao Li squinted her eyes and said, "About fifty people, more than 30 horses, only a dozen foreign guns, and more than 30 earthen guns..."

Everyone put down the binoculars and looked at Zhao Chuanxin, waiting for his order.

Zhao Chuanxin looked around. There was a wide field of vision here, and there was no favorable combat terrain.

So he said: "Let's disperse later, you outflank from the two wings, and I will center myself, first let them be afraid to run away, and then everyone surrounds and fights and it's over!"

Everyone didn't know what tactics Zhao Chuanxin used to make the group of gangsters feel fear, but they couldn't help but everyone was willing to trust him, so Shuangxi and Gao Li led the team to disperse.

Xingyue began to charge forward.

But Zhao Chuanxin raised his arm...

(End of this chapter)