Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 183: Breaking the City and Dragon Veins

On the ship.

All the Shenlong Sect captives have been escorted on board.

The money and food accumulated within the sect naturally became the spoils of the Dragon Subduing Army's navy.

This siege on the island went exceptionally smoothly and was resolved in half a day. Huang Sixi did not even ask the army to spend the night on the island. After emptying the treasures and food from the headquarters of the Shenlong Sect, he immediately signaled the fleet to continue northward towards the Liaodong Sea.

After Huang Sixi returned to the main ship, he began to summon the prisoners.

There were less than a thousand Shenlong followers on the island. Since all of them were young men and women abducted from various places and had no experience in fighting, they were unable to form an effective resistance when they were besieged by a large army and were in a panic. There were not many casualties and almost all of them were captured alive.

There were more than ten leaders of these captives, and they had all been escorted to Huang Sixi's cabin.

Standing in the front were four men and one woman.

Just now on the island, Lu Gaoxuan had introduced the identities of these people to Huang Sixi. They were the Black Dragon Envoy Zhang Danyue, the White Dragon Envoy Zhong Zhiling, the Yellow Dragon Envoy Yin Jin, the Red Dragon Envoy Wugen Taoist, and the Dragon Sect Leader's wife Su Quan.

There were five Dragon Envoys among the leaders of the Dragon Sect. Among them, the Green Dragon Envoy Xu Xueting and the Fat and Thin Monks were killed when they besieged the sect leader Hong Antong in a cave.

Only Su Quan and four others managed to survive. When they were brought to Huang Sixi by Lu Gaoxuan, they immediately knelt down and saluted.

But the boys and girls behind them did not follow them. Instead of kneeling, they held their heads high and chests puffed out, appearing very tough.

Lu Gaoxuan immediately shouted, "This is the emperor of the day, kneel down and kowtow!"

But one of the boys replied: "We only worship the leader as the emperor. Apart from the leader, we will not kneel to anyone else!"

Then he stretched his neck and shouted: "The leader's blessings are as high as the sky, and the loyalty of all the disciples must be shown first!"

The other boys and girls all echoed: "Teach everyone to be loyal!"

Their slogans were uniform and consistent, obviously the result of years of training.

Lu Gaoxuan knew clearly that these teenagers were captured on the island by the Dragon Sect leader Hong Antong when they were young. He made them shout slogans every day and instilled the concept of loyalty in them in order to control their minds.

Over time, they became no different from fanatical believers.

Lu Gaoxuan was worried that they might offend him, so he bowed to Huang Sixi and said, "Your Majesty, they are all controlled by Hong Antong. Keeping them here may bring disaster. Why not send them to reunite with Hong Antong?"

When the boys and girls heard this, they did not show any fear. Instead, they shouted out the new slogan with all their might: "Everyone lives for the leader, and everyone dies for the leader! With unity of purpose, we can become a stronghold, and our power will be unrivaled in the world!"

After shouting, he cast a stern look towards Lu Gaoxuan, thinking that it would be just right for us to follow the leader for all our lives and reunite with him!
Seeing that they were unmoved, Lu Gaoxuan thought that Huang Sixi would be angered.

Huang Sixi laughed out loud: "Take them away. They like to recite slogans so much, so send someone to watch them and make them recite them every day. Anyone who dares to slack off will be severely punished!"

After hearing the imperial order, Lu Gaoxuan thought that His Majesty did not intend to kill these young men, but seemed to want to appoint them to other positions.

Lu Gaoxuan obeyed first, and then made a suggestion: "Your Majesty, why not change the leader in the slogan to your majesty, and then let them recite it, what do you think?"

He planned to personally discipline these young men, brainwash them once again, and make them loyal to His Majesty for generations to come.

Huang Sixi nodded: "Let's do it."

Huang Sixi came to Liaodong this time to capture the Russian city of Yaksa, but this city is located in the extreme north of Liaodong, and it is covered with ice and snow for at least six months a year, so it cannot attract immigrants for the time being.

These hundreds of young men captured on Shenlong Island were settled in the city to garrison and open up the wasteland.

After conquering the city of Yaxica, Huang Sixi would not return to the capital immediately. His next step would be to order the Dragon Subduing Army to continue to eliminate another Russian stronghold in the Far East, the city of Nerchinsk.

When the Russians built the two cities, there were not many purebred yellow-haired barbarians, and there were only a musketeer team of more than a thousand people in total. The rest of the soldiers were all slaves they captured from the indigenous tribes of Siberia. The habits of these slaves were similar to those of the fishing and hunting tribes in Liaodong.

After Huang Sixi sent troops to the Far East, whenever he encountered the Russians, he would definitely not leave any alive, but he would try his best to recruit the rest of the indigenous tribes, and then send these indigenous people as pathfinders deep into Siberia to find the Russians' strongholds.

The entire Siberia is vast and boundless, but it is also freezing cold. The Russians are naturally cold-resistant and can survive in any harsh environment. Their colonial musketeers are stationed all over Siberia. In the future, if Huang Sixi wants to capture them in the ice and snow, he will need to form troops with similar physiques to theirs.

Although these young men from the Shenlong Cult are slow-witted, they are all useful. Huang Sixi will assign them to a special education team and let them educate the children of the indigenous tribes in the Far East in the future.

After these young men were escorted out of the cabin by Lu Gaoxuan, only five elders of the Shenlong Sect, Su Quan, Zhang Danyue, Zhong Zhiling, Yin Jin, and Wugen Taoist, were left at the scene.

Several elders were highly skilled in martial arts and were old, so simple brainwashing could not control them, so they were given special Leopard Embryo Muscle-Strengthening Pills by the Dragon Sect Leader Hong Antong.

The reason why they joined forces to rebel against Hong Antong was because they believed what Lu Gaoxuan said, that Huang Sixi could remove the poison pills in their bodies.

If someone else made the promise, they would not believe it easily, but Huang Sixi was an exception. Even though they lived on an isolated island overseas, they had heard of the reputation of the Dragon Subduing Hero for his benevolence and righteousness.

The first thing the Dragon Subduing Hero did after regaining the Central Plains was to exempt the people of the world from agricultural taxes. No ancient sage could compare to him. Since the Dragon Subduing Hero had opened his mouth, he would detoxify them as long as they caught Hong Antong. They never thought that the Dragon Subduing Hero would go back on his word.

Besides, the Hero Subduing the Dragon has superb martial arts skills. If there is anyone in the world who can extract the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills from their bodies, it would probably be the Hero Subduing the Dragon.

They rebelled against Hong Antong cleanly and efficiently and joined Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi followed the agreement and first took out the poison pills for several people, then said: "I will help you get rid of the poison, just to reward you for your contribution in arresting Hong Antong! But you still have to be investigated for the crime of colluding with the Luosha people and trying to seize the Central Plains!"

When several people heard this, they all looked very nervous. They had followed Hong Antong to the Yaksa city of the Rakshasa Kingdom many times. They not only traded goods with the Rakshasa people, but also secretly discussed the strategy of jointly attacking the Central Plains. The crimes that Huang Sixi mentioned were definitely not unfair to them.

Zhang Danyue, Zhong Zhiling, Yin Jin and Taoist Wugen buried their heads in the ground, not knowing what to do for a moment. They could only say some words of apology, hoping to seek Huang Sixi's magnanimity.

Su Quan was not in a hurry and understood the hidden meaning of Huang Sixi's words.

She bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to make amends! There is a princess of the Rakshasa Kingdom living in Yaksa City. I meet her several times every year. I am willing to go to the city, capture the Rakshasa princess, and present her to Your Majesty!" Zhang Danyue and the other three quickly echoed, "We are all willing to make amends, go deep into the Rakshasa tiger's den, and die for Your Majesty!"

They thought again, His Majesty summoned them and specifically mentioned the Rakshasas, it should not be without purpose. His Majesty led tens of thousands of naval forces to the north, it was definitely not just to attack the Shenlong Island, it was most likely to attack the Rakshasas.

If they can capture the Rakshasa Princess and force the city of Yaxica to surrender, it will definitely be a great achievement. It will not only make up for their mistakes, but also be a great achievement in expanding the territory.

The Yellow Dragon Envoy Yin Jin added: "The Russians traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong mainly for money. They coveted tea and silk from the Central Plains the most. But the Tartars hated them for looting Liaodong, so they blocked the Liaodong border and prevented merchants from trading with them!"

Among the five dragon envoys of the Shenlong Sect, the other four are all martial artists, but Yin Jin is the most flexible-minded and is most interested in a career in politics.

He smiled flatteringly and began to express his loyalty to Huang Sixi: "Your Majesty, the Luosha people have always purchased goods from the Central Plains through Shenlong Island. As long as your Majesty allows us, we are willing to disguise ourselves as merchants and sneak into Yaksa City to help you capture this Luosha Castle!"

This was actually exactly Huang Sixi's intention in recruiting these people.

As early as in the capital, Huang Sixi had heard Lu Gaoxuan talk about the situation in Yaksa City.

The city of Yaksa was the central base for the Russians to govern the east.

The Rakshasas came to the East from afar, seeking wealth was only one reason, the main purpose was to explore and colonize.

They were ambitious and had invaded Siberia as early as the Wanli period. Their musketeers opened up nearly ten thousand miles of territory from west to east in sixty years. Since the indigenous people in Siberia were basically primitive tribes with a very low level of development, they were simply unable to resist their conquest.

They were also influenced by the large-scale colonialism of Western Europe. Everyone had a "gold exploration dream" and regarded the Far East as a place of gold and silver.

It just so happens that the Central Plains is at the end of the Far East. The tea and silk produced in the Central Plains are very profitable if they can be sold back to Western Europe.

Many factors together drove them to continue to expand into the Far East.

Until ten years ago, they set up camp in the northern border of Liaodong and built the cities of Yaksa and Nerchinsk.

Using the two cities as bridgeheads, they regularly sent troops to attack the Liaodong Plain to burn, kill and loot, attempting to incorporate the entire Central Plains into their territory. They also wanted to force millions of people to submit and become their serfs. However, the Tartars occupied the Central Plains first and blocked their plan of invading the south.

However, they always missed the Central Plains. In order to take root in Liaodong for a long time, they built thick walls for the city of Yaksa, placed cannons on the walls, and equipped soldiers with muskets. They had sufficient ammunition and piles of food and grass. Deep wells were dug in the city, so there was no shortage of drinking water. Even if they were trapped for three to five years, they could hold on.

Since they had few soldiers, they recruited many slaves from the Far East. However, they were afraid that these slaves would rebel, so they killed all the men to ensure that the city would not be breached from within.

So Su Quan and Yin Jin just proposed to sneak into Yaksa City to act as an insider, which is the best way to break into the city.

Huang Sixi saw that several people were willing to go to Yaksa City to take the risk, so he did not need to persuade them further. He ordered people to prepare goods for them and let them sneak into Yaksa City as internal support after the army went to Liaodong.

In this way, the fleet sailed all the way on the sea.

After landing, go to Shengjing City first to join forces with Hu Gui's troops in the south.

These troops were mainly composed of generals from Prince Mu's palace, and the other part was anti-Qing soldiers recruited by Hu Guinan from Goryeo.

When Huang Sixi moved into Shengjing, Hu Guinan's troops were outside, encircling and suppressing the defeated Tartar troops who had retreated from the Central Plains. Knowing that Shengjing had fallen, these Tartars did not dare to retreat to Liaodong, but fled westward into the prairie.

It would be difficult for Hu Guinan to completely wipe out the defeated Tartar troops in a short period of time. After receiving the message from Huang Sixi, he temporarily withdrew his troops and rushed back to Shengjing to meet with Huang Sixi.

Not long after, Huang Sixi and Hu Guinan joined forces and marched towards the city of Yaksa by land.

The combined strength of the two men exceeded 100,000 troops, but the troops that actually conquered the city of Yaxica were only over 10,000 elite soldiers.

It was the season between spring and summer, but the climate in Liaodong was still cold. The further north one went, the more ice and snow there was, making it quite difficult to supply food and fodder.

Most of Huang Sixi and Hu Guinan's troops were used to transport food and fodder, so there were not many soldiers involved in the expedition.

In fact, during this trip, Hu Guinan always felt that it was not suitable to conquer the Russians now. Firstly, the journey was too long. It was not cost-effective to go hundreds of miles to the northern border of Liaodong to attack a city with only a thousand yellow-haired barbarians stationed there.

Secondly, the remaining Tartar troops have not yet been completely surrounded and wiped out, and these talents are the priority targets to be eliminated.

Thirdly, Hu Guinan was stationed in Liaodong, so he could fully take on the responsibility of attacking the city of Yaxica, and Huang Sixi did not need to lead the army in person.

But Huang Sixi had made up his mind and had already arrived in Liaodong, so Hu Guinan did not try to dissuade him. He just marched strictly in accordance with Huang Sixi's orders.

Thanks to Su Quan and Yin Jin who had sneaked into the city first to act as insiders, the siege did not encounter any setbacks.

Su Quan and Yin Jin opened the city gates at night and cooperated with Huang Sixi and Hu Guinan's army to enter the city. After just one night, all the yellow-haired barbarian troops in the city were wiped out.

Hu Guinan originally thought that after breaking into the city, Huang Sixi would first summon the captured Princess Luosha and several nobles. However, Huang Sixi showed no interest in Princess Luosha at all. He only had a special liking for Luding Mountain behind the city and had been exploring the terrain for several days.

It was not until Huang Sixi led the Dragon Subduing Army to dig a cave at the bottom of Luding Mountain and opened the door to a huge treasure that Hu Guinan understood the real reason why Huang Sixi insisted on attacking the city of Yaksa.

When Huang Sixi was in the Central Plains, he dug up several treasures, but those treasures contained only gold, silver and other valuables.

The treasure of Luding Mountain is different. In addition to the treasure, there is also a dragon vein buried inside.

In fact, Luding Mountain is just a tomb selected by Tartar nobles in the past. It was originally opened to bury the remains of Tartar chieftain Nurhaci.

Since it is a tomb, the Feng Shui must be checked. The concept of dragon vein is also related to Feng Shui.

It is rumored that as long as the dragon vein under Luding Mountain is destroyed, the rule of the Qing Dynasty can be ended. This is absolutely an exaggeration and unreliable.

Because even if Huang Sixi did not destroy the dragon vein, he would still have overthrown the Qing Dynasty and recovered the Central Plains.

So it seems that dragon veins are useless?
For other people in the world, the dragon vein is a Feng Shui treasure land, but for Huang Sixi, it is completely different. He can see different things in the dragon vein.

(End of this chapter)