mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1065 The whole army attacks
Liu Ai said nothing, put on his Guanshan sword and prepared for a bloody fight.

Du Lisan held him down and said, "Don't be impulsive. This matter must be reported to the Beishui Army. There is no rush for revenge."

Liu Ai was so angry that her voice was no longer gentle: "You report it, and I will go to detect the whereabouts of the devils."

Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Du Lisha hurriedly sent a telegram to Ge Yunpeng.

The Huining Floating Bridge was destroyed by floods last year, and a new one was built.

A new concrete stone bridge was being built next to the floating bridge. The construction site was bustling with activity. While the workers were working, they saw soldiers wearing gray-green uniforms carrying cannons harnessed to horses and silently crossing the bridge.

"Boss Zhu, are they going to fight the devils?"

Supervisor Zhu Jianye was puzzled: "I haven't heard of it."

In one afternoon, about two thousand soldiers crossed the river, and the guards of the Chamber of Commerce outside the Great Wall also assembled.

Interestingly, the new army town that Wu Luzhen had newly established in Yanbian was now withdrawn to the rear and away from the troubled area.

Zhu Jianye went to inquire and learned that with Xu Shichang being transferred back to the capital, Wu Luzhen also lost his support and was transferred back to the capital at the beginning of the year.

In April, Wu Luzhen was sent to Germany and France to inspect military affairs, and has not returned yet.

The new border defense army once established by Wu Luzhen was now back in the hands of Xiliang, the new Fengtian Governor.

Xiliang was a die-hard supporter of the Qing court and had no friendship with Zhao Chuanxin.

As soon as he took office, he discovered that power was overflowing outside the Great Wall and the finances were in distress.

The new policies implemented by Xu Shichang outside the Great Wall were very effective, but the various places under Zhao Chuanxin's control were like huge sponges, absorbing tons of money from outside the Great Wall.

In addition, all the silver flowed to the center of the bottomless pit, resulting in a lack of silver available.

Xiliang submitted a memorial to the Qing court, requesting to vigorously promote immigration, establish governments, divide defenses, and open a bank.

But I was told that every year a large number of immigrants moved to the outside of the Great Wall, but not to Fengtian, not to the Qing Dynasty’s jurisdiction, but to Lugang Town and Lubin Prefecture...

Xiliang asked the governor Zhu Jiabao: "What about opening a bank?"

Zhu Jiabao was helpless: "Sir, now there are Lubinfu Banks everywhere outside the Great Wall. Outside the Great Wall, Hankou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong Island, Macau Island, there are Lubinfu Banks everywhere. Sir, you see there is an Internet movie theater, which was built by Lugang Town. There are endless moviegoers every day. They only accept banknotes issued by Lubinfu Bank. The movies shot by Zhao Chuanxin are good, the ticket prices are not high, and the people are flocking to them. Gradually, the people realized that the banknotes of Lubinfu Bank can be exchanged for silver at any time, with high quality, cannot be forged, and are easy to carry. Even foreign banks are not its opponents..."

Xiliang was confused.

Immigration is not allowed, and opening a bank is not allowed.

He thought of another way: "Why not borrow money from the United States? On the one hand, the United States can contain Japan and Russia, and on the other hand, it can pay for the huge amount of money for road construction."

Zhu Jiabao smiled bitterly: "Zhao Chuanxin got in touch with the United States last year. The American consortium spent a huge amount of money to build railways and tram tracks for Zhao Chuanxin..."

Xiliang was stunned: "What does Zhao Chuanxin want to do? Is this going to leave us with no way out?"

Zhu Jiabao added: "In terms of border defense, we have the Gray Axe Army in the north, the Lugang Town Insurance Team and the Backwater Army in the east, which are enough to guard against Japan and Russia. Zhao Chuanxin even sent people to take over the Changchunfu Railway Station, and Japan and Russia dared not speak out."

Xiliang's intestines were almost tied up after hearing this. Zhao Chuanxin had never rebelled, but he seemed to have quietly undermined the rule of the people outside the Great Wall.

Recently, Xiliang heard the news.

After the Japanese annexed Korea, they no longer abided by the law and were ready to make moves in the Huining area, killing members of the guard team of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce.

When Zhu Jiabao came to him, he gave an intriguing order: "Withdraw the new border defense army built by Wu Luzhen."

Zhu Jiabao did not dare to offend Zhao Chuanxin: "Is it inappropriate to target him so obviously?"

Xiliang has been worried and angry recently, and his health is not as good as before.

He said angrily: "I have made up my mind! Zhao Chuanxin has dug up the foundation of our Great Qing outside the customs, so we have nothing to say."

……

Japan.

Taikichi Miyashita, with his young allies, bombed several locations in Tokyo within a few months.

Rensuke Isogai was unable to escape and not only witnessed them becoming more and more skilled in making bombs, but also had to help.

Taikichi Miyashita was too much. He wrote "Isoya's name" on the wall with charcoal after the two explosions.

In addition, the cane that Rensuke Isogai had left at the "crime scene" meant that there was no way back.

The four of them knelt in the wooden house.

Miyashita Taiji's face was full of seriousness: "What is our slogan against the Zhao Society?"

Outside Hirotsu, Utagawa Masanobu and Isogai Rensuke shouted together: "Blow up the Emperor!"

At first, Rensuke Isogai refused to shout along.

He had to shout later.

By now, it has become very easy to say.

The goal of the anti-Zhao Society was to blow up the emperor.

Rensuke Isogai once asked: "Why don't we call ourselves the Anti-Emperor Society?"

Miyashita Taikichi scolded: "What do you mean by Anti-Emperor Society? How vulgar! Let's call it Anti-Chao Society! Don't mention the emperor. I feel sick when I mention the emperor. Now that he has annexed Korea, he will definitely start a war and impose heavy taxes on the people next."

Isogai Liansuke was speechless.

Sure enough, not long after, Miyashita Taikichi heard that the Emperor was going to visit the newly restored Soul-Calling Shrine and ask for blessings from the spirits of his soldiers in heaven, and he knew that he must want to go to war again.

"Our targets this time are the Soul Recalling Society and the Emperor. Let's blow them both up into the sky!"

Utagawa Masanobu was in charge of money and supplies: "Black powder is too weak. If we want to blow up the Soul-Calling Society, I'm afraid we'll need a bomb that the four of us can lift together. We have more and more money, but the management of military gunpowder is becoming more and more strict. We can't buy it at all."

Rensuke Isogai complained in his heart: You guys are bombing this and that every day, how can people not keep a strict watch on you?
Taikichi Miyashita was not interested in money and was truly able to break away from vulgar interests.

But money always comes to you automatically.

For example, if you bomb a certain official's home and find out the money he has embezzled, it would be a waste not to take the ill-gotten gains.

Gradually, the funds became abundant.

Miyashita Taiji thought for a moment and said, "I'll find a way to deal with this matter."

Lianjie Isogai habitually complained in his heart: What the hell do you have to say? You are just a crazy guy from the countryside.

Taiji Miyashita stood up and walked towards the back hall.

Isogai Lianjie also stood up: "I'm going to the bathroom."

Guang Jinwai and Utagawa Masanobu looked at each other, and one of them guarded the front door and the other guarded the back door.

Rensuke Isogai secretly followed Taikichi Miyashita to the back hall.

He eavesdropped by sticking to the window paper.

"Song'er's true name, protect my true soul. Show yourself, bandit."

Outside, Rensuke Isogai: “…”

Madman, indeed he is a madman.

"Song'er's true name, protect my true soul. Show yourself, bandit."

"..."

at this time.

Then he heard Miyashita Taiji muttering to himself: "Is it really a lie? But I have already said that I will handle this matter, how should it end? Oh, the mantra should be recited three times. Let's try it again. Sing your real name, protect my real spirit. Show yourself, bandit."

"What do you want from me?"

Outside the window, Rensuke Isogai widened his eyes.

The voice was deep, with a strong chest resonance and a hint of murderous intent, and it definitely did not belong to Taiji Miyashita.

Gangster?

Could it be...

Taikichi Miyashita said: "Mr. Bandit, we are going to blow up the Soul-Calling Society again because the Emperor is going to worship. But we are short of military gunpowder, so we ask for your help."

The voice said, "I can give you a finished bomb."

Miyashita Taiji's voice was filled with joy: "That's great, the bomb made by the bandits must be extraordinary."

"Yes, it will make a lot of noise." The voice suddenly paused: "The eavesdropper outside the window should leave immediately."

Lianjie Isogai was startled and ran away.

He ran back to the front hall, still in shock.

Not long after, Taiji Miyashita came back with a sullen face.

His cold eyes swept across the three people in the room, finally landing on Rensuke Isogai, but he said nothing.

Isogai Lianjie laughed awkwardly, refusing to admit that he had eavesdropped, and laughed, "The weather is really nice today."

Miyashita Taiji retracted his gaze and said, "I have prepared a bomb, a remote-controlled bomb. But how to place it in the Soul-Calling Society is a difficult problem. All the wise men should brainstorm and come up with a solution."

Rensuke Isogai felt guilty and worried that this madman would blow himself up prematurely. He was eager to show off and his mind was working extraordinarily fast.

An idea struck Rensuke Isogai, saying, "Why do we have to go to the Soul Summoning Society? We can set up an ambush on the road leading to the Soul Summoning Society. Our target against the Zhao Society is the Emperor anyway."

Miyashita Taiji's eyes lit up: "Not bad!"

……

Sakhalin.

Japanese warships carrying soldiers crossed Aniva Bay and arrived at the Ōdomari-cho naval port in Ōdomari County.

Soldiers armed with live ammunition pushed four 28-centimeter howitzers and ten Type machine guns ashore.

They organized their troops and marched northward.

Ken Nakamura of the incense shop was looking at the mosquito coils at the door and was amazed: "If I could make this kind of mosquito coils and sell them to department stores, I would be rich in less than two years."

Clara looked at him with admiration.

Ken Nakamura was very poor, but he never had to worry about food and drink.

Peter Grebin came over with a notebook and pushed Nakamura Ken: "Are you going in?"

The three entered the tavern.

Peter Grebin ordered a glass of wine and went to the table to write furiously.

He watched two movies, "Fist of Fury" and "Kwan's Blade", in a row, and had gained some insights on acting that he needed to digest and record carefully.

The Maozi nearby laughed at him and even sneered: "Hey, isn't this our great scholar here?"

Peter Grebin ignored the voices and simply recalled the plot of the movie, simulating the performance in his mind.

Nakamura Ken heard people talking and said, "Have you heard that the Japanese are sending more troops to Sakhalin?"

"Lord Neng and Lord Levitan have led their troops to dig trenches. Maybe there will be a war."

"Really? How about we go back to the north and hide there?"

"The north has also increased its troops in the upper reaches of the Polonai River Valley." Nakamura Ken gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Japanese, they just don't know how to be quiet. Peter, if a war breaks out, are you willing to go to the battlefield with the Peacekeeping Bureau?"

"willing."

"Me too. I'm going back to herd two sheep to feed the peacekeepers."

The Peacekeeping Agency has only been established for a short time, but it has already attracted a group of loyal followers.

But there were also those who packed their bags and ran away.

In the Varanasi Valley, Levitan saw people carrying large and small bags walking towards the checkpoint.

"Register."

"Sir, isn't the Peacekeeping Bureau free to come and go?"

"Yes, but register now."

"Register for what?"

"The Peacekeeping Bureau has too many people, and perhaps they need to reduce their staff. Don't ask. If you want to leave, just register. It's hard to say whether you can come back."

"Uh... then I won't leave."

Some people also insisted on leaving.

Doctor Gavrilovich drove a carriage to the checkpoint.

Seeing this, Levitan's face turned pale: "Doctor, you want to leave too?"

Gavrilovich was not drunk, which was rare. He shook his head and said, "I am here to deliver medicine and bandages to the peacekeeping soldiers. These are all my savings from this year. I am giving them all to you. At my age, I will die if I go to the battlefield. I can only do my best in my own way."

……

Mexico.

President Porfirio Diaz, who had originally promised the military, the government and the people to step down, went back on his word and prepared to run in the election.

Mexican people are shocked: How shameless!

Those who oppose re-election of party leader Francisco Madero are very angry.

"Damn Diaz, he plans to be a dictator until the day he dies!"

He urgently declared himself a candidate.

The public outcry for Francisco Madero was so strong that Porfirio Díaz panicked and quickly arrested Madero.

At the same time, he held a fake election around the time the Japanese shot down the Aries.

Since it was fake, voting was a joke and Porfirio Diaz simply declared himself the winner.

He was re-elected as president for the seventh time.

The whole country was in an uproar.

At this time, there were two groups of Francisco Madero supporters in Mexico.

One group was Pancho Villa, and the other was Emiliano Zapata, an old acquaintance of Zhao Chuanxin.

The two sides are one in the north and one in the south.

After Porfirio Díaz was re-elected, he felt that there was no threat and released Francisco Madero.

Madero traveled north to San Antonio, Texas, USA.

There he secretly contacted Emiliano Zapata: "Zapata, I have heard that you are close to Mexico City. Díaz is going to kill you first. The executioner General Huerta will launch an attack soon. You must be prepared."

In Quetshalan, the local Chili Patrol, which was secretly expanding its forces, was also gathering.

Aguirre Ida had a small meeting with Miguel Esteban, Pablo Rojas, and Justino.

"Don John Constantine hasn't been back for a long time. Our sentinels have detected that a group of nearly a thousand mounted patrol police are surrounding us."

"How about going to Zapata for help?"

"The Zapata movement is responding to Madero's uprising and I'm afraid they have no time to spare."

"Hey, we only have less than 200 people now. How can we fight against a team of 1,000 people?"

"Didn't Don John Constantine leave behind a Maxim machine gun? It's quite capable!" said Aguirre Ida, touching the bronze eye hanging on his chest.

……

Liu Ai disguised himself, put on a Korean robe, put on a tall hat, and rode to Fengshan area for reconnaissance.

He avoided the Japanese garrison in many ways, changed into a black night suit, and sneaked near the garrison at night.

He saw many Japanese digging the ground with lights at night and burying something inside.

He took a nap, and around two o'clock in the morning, he sneaked over to see what they were up to.

But when he approached, a Japanese man who had gotten up from the night heard the noise and asked, "Who's there?"

Liu Ai drew his Guanshan knife, rushed forward, and stabbed the Japanese man in the neck.

Because Aries was killed, his heart was filled with hatred, and he pulled the Japanese man's trachea with such rage that it was severed, and he could only make a "hissing" sound.

Liu Ai trotted over to take a look and saw bombs and mines connected by metal wires buried in the soil.

Why did the Japanese plant mines here?
Mines and bombs are everywhere.

If it was intended to deal with the Beishui Army, why didn't they bury it near Huining, but had to go so far away?

He wandered around for two days and discovered another airport.

The reason why he recognized the airport was because there was also an airport in Lugang Town, which was much better than this one.

And Lugang Town already has airplanes, but their speed is only 60 kilometers per hour, and their range is only 60 kilometers. They are said to be training aircraft to familiarize pilots with aircraft operations. There will be better ones in the future.

There were three planes at the airport here, with two machine guns mounted on top and black-painted bombs hanging below, and the words "USS Sickles" written on the fuselage.

Liu Ai didn't quite understand, but he felt something was wrong.

He wanted to sneak back to report, but because he had killed a Japanese that night, Japanese soldiers were ambushing on all the important roads.

……

The agreement that both sides would not station troops in Musan, Huining and Onseong was broken due to Bai Yang's death.

Ge Yunpeng led his troops across the border in a swaggering manner.

"Has anyone been caught?"

"They have been arrested. Lee Jae-myung and his gang have all been arrested and brought to justice."

Ge Yunpeng personally interrogated Li Zaiming: "Did you lead the way for the Japanese?"

Huining had a well-planned patrol route for the guards. The Japanese were able to approach without being noticed, kill Bai Yang and other guards, and then leave calmly. This must have been because someone tipped off the Japanese.

Li Zaiming stiffened his neck and said, "So what if it's me? I feel happy when you guys are fighting each other."

Ge Yunpeng asked again: "Why did the Japanese provoke this time? What is their conspiracy?"

Li Zaiming spat a mouthful of blood foam on Ge Yunpeng's face: "Ah... tui! I won't say anything, even if I know I won't say it. Don't think you can scare me, you are far from it..."

Ge Yunpeng felt extremely disgusted and couldn't help but get angry.

Then someone came to report: "Captain Zhao is here."

Just as he finished speaking, Zhao Chuanxin had already entered the room.

He walked straight to Li Zaiming and said, "It's you."

Li Zaiming's eyes were red as he stared at Zhao Chuanxin: "I was blind earlier. I actually thought that you were loyal to the Great Korean Empire. I didn't expect that you were letting a wolf into the house! Zhao Chuanxin, you will not die well."

After receiving the news, Zhao Chuanxin rushed back from Nanjing.

If it weren't for Zhao Chuanxin, the Japanese would have caused a lot of trouble in history.

But with him around, the Japanese still dared to cross the border and kill people, so we have to think carefully about the motives behind it.

Either Hasegawa Yoshimichi became too ambitious and thought he could do whatever he wanted after taking over South Korea.

Or maybe Meiji wanted revenge.

Zhao Chuanxin came to Li Zaiming and grabbed his arm.

A red light flashed.

laugh.

The light blade cut off Li Jae-myung's arm at the elbow.

Zhao Chuanxin smashed Li Zaiming's face with his broken arm.

boom.

"Ah..." Li Jae-myung let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"You idiot, answer my question properly. What is the Japanese conspiracy?"

As he spoke, Zhao Chuanxin took out a piece of iron, heated it red with the old god's crucible, and casually branded Li Zaiming's wound to stop the bleeding.

chi chi chi...

The air was filled with the smell of barbecue.

Even Ge Yunpeng couldn't stand the smell and ran to the door.

Li Jae-myung kept wailing, and Zhao Chuanxin became impatient and reached out to grab his other arm.

Li Zaiming collapsed: "No, don't cut my arm, I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."

"Pretend to be a tough guy!" Zhao Chuanxin: "Ah... tui!"

He spat on Li Jae-myung's face.

Li Zaiming looked at Zhao Chuanxin in horror: "I, I don't know much. The Japanese have combined all the forces they can to deal with you. I don't know anything else."

Zhao Chuanxin stared at him seriously and felt that he was not lying.

I guess the Japanese will take advantage of his hatred but won't tell him the details.

"Then there's no need for you to live."

Zhao Chuanxin picked up the hammer in the torturer's hand and hit Li Zaiming on the head with the hammer.

puff……

The account is settled.

Ge Yunpeng breathed a sigh of relief, he finally died.

This kind of tragic situation is really not something that ordinary people can endure.

Zhao Chuanxin wiped his hands and threw away the rag: "The entire army will attack and hunt down the Japanese!"

(End of this chapter)