The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Seeing that the adjutant's eyes were red, Yusaku Uehara's anger gradually subsided and he said in a deep voice: "What about the remaining soldiers? Where are our artillery?"

"The artillery was captured by the God of War team. The remaining soldiers and reinforcements are outside Guluji Ridge. They are not acting rashly and are waiting for your instructions."

Hearing that all the artillery pieces were gone, Yusaku Uehara's forehead throbbed with veins.

He sighed: "If we attack overnight, maybe we still have a chance. At that time, Zhao Chuanxin and the God of War team were already at the end of their strength. Although our reinforcements were on their way, they were still physically strong compared to them. They might not be able to defeat them in one go. Exit. Now, there is no chance. Recall the army, and I will personally apologize to Commander Hasegawa..."

People all over Korea are staring at the news about the God of War team and the Japanese army.

You can't hide this kind of thing.

On the third day, newspapers spread the news about the God of War team throughout Seoul.

At this time, Korea was divided into three levels of administrative divisions: cities, counties, and myeon.

These newspapers slowly spread from Seoul to surrounding counties.

Park Zehu was drinking morning tea and reading current affairs with a newspaper.

The "Korean Daily Report" stated: William Carroll Will, the U.S. Minister to South Korea, visited the Lotus Temple and coincided with the battle between the Ares Team and the Japanese army in the mountains. The American envoy witnessed the battle. Zhao Chuanxin fought against 500 Japanese troops with one man, and then the Ares team joined in the hand-to-hand combat. The battle was brutal, with numerous casualties and casualties, and the scene was unbearable to watch. The Japanese army was finally defeated and retreated. The U.S. minister said that during the Russo-Japanese War, Tsarist Russian soldiers suffered from Japanphobia. Today there are Japanese troops who are suffering from fear of Zhao again. In addition, in this battle, the name of Gulujiling Meat Grinder may be passed down to Zhao Chuanxin for his martial prowess...

Park Zehu choked on his tea and coughed for a long time.

One man fighting 500 Japanese troops?

Is Japan suffering from "Zhaophobia"?

Gulujiling meat grinder?

The U.S. Minister to South Korea really dares to say that.

In fact, William Carroll Will was bragging on the one hand.

He witnessed a shitty fight, which was just made up to show off his courage during the interview.

Yankees like this tune, they like to brag about the kind of awesome stuff that shows off their manliness.

As for the number of Japanese troops, he heard about the total number of the Japanese company's leading troops and follow-up reinforcements, and then added a little exaggeration to the number.

To put it bluntly, this is bragging.

While bragging, he is also burying the Japanese.

Although Park Zehu couldn't believe the numbers in the newspaper, he at least knew that the Ares Team won this battle.

Putting down the newspaper, he looked pleased, feeling that the 100,000 yen was not wasted.

At least it's not like the previous investment, which was in vain and didn't cause much trouble.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but get up and pace back and forth.

"Zhao Chuanxin really has some tricks up his sleeve. I wonder how much of his business ability accounts for his fighting ability? Should I listen to him?"

In Qingyun Palace, Li Xi received the aggressive Ito Hirobumi in his office.

After Ito Hirobumi entered the door, he sat down on a chair and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I am familiar with the connection between the palace and the thugs, and I have evidence in my hand that the palace provides funds to the thugs."

Li Xi's expression changed slightly.

After he was forced to abdicate, he originally wanted to call himself the "Supreme Emperor" in an attempt to continue to secretly control power.

However, this was rejected by Ito Hirobumi, who directly called him "Emperor".

In terms of details, Ito Hirobumi is very good at it.

Li Xi has been unable to contact Zhao Chuanxin and Park Seung-yeol recently, so he sent someone to secretly contact civilian volunteer activities and quietly provide anti-Japanese funds.

He said stubbornly: "I didn't."

Ito Hirobumi sneered: "Not only that, I also know that the Emperor has many secret envoys and secret telegrams with Koreans in Shanghai, Puchao and other places."

Puchao is Vladivostok.

Li Xi couldn't sit still now.

If you just lied to him with words before, he would be unable to refute what you said later.

But how would the Japanese know?

Could it be that the eunuchs and guards closest to him were also bribed by the Japanese?

What he didn't know was that Ito Hirobumi was secretly monitoring the telegrams from the Korean Royal Palace.

No matter what telegram he sends, it will definitely appear on Ito Hirobumi's desk immediately.

But Li Xi doesn't understand the tricks of this high-tech technology.

"You..." Li Xi was frightened, but still said stubbornly: "I didn't!"

The defense was very pale.

"Haha, His Majesty the Emperor, in order to ensure the safety of the Emperor from thugs, our Japanese police consultants will replace the security command of Qingyun Palace. From now on, the palace will implement a 'menjian' system, clear the palace ban, and there will be no unified supervision. Those who do not have tickets issued by the government are not allowed to enter the palace."

My Cao, Li Xi’s head buzzed.

Blood rushed to his head.

Ito Hirobumi wanted to cut off his connection with the anti-Japanese forces outside the palace, leaving him in an isolated and helpless situation.

Then he will have no chance to turn around.

At this time, Ito Hirobumi's secretary Taijiro Mori hurried in and said a few words in Ito Hirobumi's ear.

Ito Hirobumi stood up suddenly, turned his head and took a deep look at Li Xi, then turned and left.

Li Xi wanted to know what Taijiro Mori and Hirobumi Ito said.

Hundreds of claws scratch my heart, impatient to wait.

After Ito Hirobumi left, the little eunuch delivered today's newspaper.

Li Xi quickly picked it up, eager to see what happened.

He saw the news that Zhao Chuanxin and the God of War team defeated the Japanese at Guluji Ridge, and immediately stood up excitedly: "Okay, I know that Zhao Chuanxin will not let me down! Ito Hirobumi must have received a message from the Japanese army He was eager to leave only after hearing the news of the defeat.”

The more he looked, the happier he became and his face flushed.

The little eunuch comforted him: "Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body and don't get too excited."

Li Xi flipped through some more newspapers at the back.

There are also Japanese mouthpieces among them.

For example, the "National News" published by the pro-Japanese faction "Yi Jin Hui" has a completely different tone: Recently, the thug Zhao Chuanxin led a team of thugs to engage in a fierce battle with the Japanese army at Gulujiling. The mob suffered heavy casualties, and Zhao Chuanxin was seriously injured and was on his deathbed. The Japanese army retreated tactically, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback and defeat the mob in one fell swoop. The general trend is inevitable, and anyone who dares to stop it is like a mantis trying to block a chariot. Zhao Chuanxin's demise is imminent...

Li Xi's nose twitched, just like the reaction of some people in later generations after seeing online comments from people who were against his own camp. It was exactly the same.

"How unreasonable, actually ignoring the facts and confusing right and wrong..."

But as he looked at it, he thought of something and said to the little eunuch: "Quick, while Ito Hirobumi is in a state of distress, send someone out of the palace as soon as possible to spread the news that National News is confusing right and wrong."

He was afraid that this kind of report would really affect the people, and he wanted to go out and parade in person to give a speech.

When the young eunuch arrived at the door, Li Xi hurriedly stopped him: "Wait a minute, find someone else to find a way to contact Zhao Chuanxin, and say that the Japanese want to imprison me..."

…

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin, who was "dying", was sitting on the floor in Qinglong Hall, with piles of guns and scattered bullets in front of him.

After that night's consumption, he needed to refill his ammunition arsenal.

Ning An knelt down beside him, inserting bullets into the magazine with his slender pale fingers. Although it is slow, the work is done very carefully.

Ning An suddenly had the courage to ask: "Mr. Zhao, how many people have you killed?"

"I have never killed anyone. I faint when I see blood. I am just an ordinary child."

"..." Ning An has never seen anyone who can tell lies so smoothly. "Mr. Zhao, are you afraid when you kill someone?"

"I was scared, so scared that I kept pulling the trigger with my eyes closed."

"..."

Li Xiuji entered the hall and brought back some ingredients with a shoulder bag.

He came in and said excitedly: "Mr. Zhao, Captain Park and the others have transported the cannons, guns and ammunition to Suwon. On the Gyeonggi Road, not only are Korean merchants and people protecting us, but some flag merchants have turned to us. There is a lot to do."

That day, Zhao Chuanxin sent people out to conduct reconnaissance and found that the Japanese army had no courage to continue attacking Gulujiling.

He asked Park Seung-yeol to take the captured mountain artillery and field artillery, and distributed them guns and ammunition from the weapons depot, and called the large troops from Ares Island to go south and enter the mountains to find a base.

Zhao Chuanxin was not surprised at all: "The Japanese army has no way of controlling the whole of Korea. Merchants and their like are all unjust for profit. If you have milk, you will be a mother. It is better to be a bad person first and then give some sweet things than to be a good person and occasionally do evil." The effect must be strong. Didn’t Lantian say, put down the butcher’s knife and become a Buddha immediately? We are now the Buddhas of those Japanese flag merchants.”

Lantian, who had just entered the Qinglong Hall, almost fell over.

It was once again used as a negative example.

Li Xiuji added: "There is one more thing. Didn't you, sir, ask someone to inquire about Li Wanyong? You can't guess that this thief, after his son committed suicide in shame and anger, he shamelessly and his daughter-in-law Ren adultery."

The people in the hall suddenly felt no longer sleepy.

Everyone pricked up their ears, waiting for Li Xiuji's next words.

Zhao Chuanxin held a horse card player in one hand and clicked it twice.

His eyes were bright: "Have you seen that Ren family? What does he look like?"

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chuanxin's attention was on Ren's appearance.

Li Xiuji was shocked and said, "This was discovered by your little intelligence team. I didn't see what Ren looked like."

"Little widow, this identity has a halo bonus. If you were more coquettish, tsk tsk..."

Zhao Chuanxin clicked his tongue.

"Um... and another thing is that Li Wanyong seems to be planning to take his widowed daughter-in-law Ren to the Onyang Hot Spring in Yincheng County for recuperation and to avoid the limelight, because the people of Seoul have been very unfriendly to traitors recently. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What a great opportunity.”

Zhao Chuanxin understood that he was talking about the assassination of Li Wanyong.

"You actually need a chance to get Li Wanyong?" Zhao Chuanxin said disdainfully: "Why are you treating him like a pawn?"

He was injured, and the reason why he was still in the Lotus Temple was because the wound hurt too much once he moved around.

So he didn't move with the Ares team.

Seeing that Lan Tian and Xinzhi were also here, Zhao Chuanxin waved to them: "Come here to work and help me reload the ammunition."

The only fly in the ointment was that Maxim's ammunition was all used up.

The economic lifeline of Korea is controlled by the Japanese. Unlike the Qing Dynasty, which had many compradors, they could blatantly purchase arms.

This is also the reason why Korean volunteers have always been tepid.

Some domestic salt lords and horse thieves can expand their troops as long as they have money.

Without Zhao Chuanxin, many Korean patriots would have gone to the territory of the Qing court to operate.

Seeing that Li Xiuji was suddenly depressed, Zhao Chuanxin asked him, "What's wrong? Do you miss your wife?"

Li Xiuji was immediately embarrassed and hesitated to answer.

Zhao Chuanxin said happily: "I heard Park Shengyeol talk about you and your wife. You are really too young. You know, being dumped is a good thing."

This is the life experience Zhao Chuanxin summed up after experiencing an era when he was bombarded with all kinds of information and having several relationships that shattered all three views.

If you don’t want to be disappointed, never have hope.

At this time, there were no words like "dumped" and "cheating".

Li Xiuji felt that the word "dumped" was really expressive.

So he was even more depressed.

Zhao Chuanxin patted him on the shoulder, pressed his shoulder by the way, struggled to stand up and move his hands and feet and said: "Between men and women, the first two years are just for freshness. Later, love becomes family affection. If she dumps you, you will too. Don't scare people with knives and guns. The worst is a divorce, how about getting a new one? Do you think Li Wanyong is good at playing?"

Li Xiuji felt numb after hearing this.

He had never heard of these three views.

"I disagree with this."

"It's okay. If you tolerate it for a long time, you will agree with it."

Lan Tian next to him laughed out loud.

Seeing everyone looking at him, he quickly shut up and turned serious.

Zhao Chuanxin said to Lantian: "You remind me of an old friend. That old man is studying in Japan now. He seems to be busy singing foreign operas every day and even pretending to be women. You bald donkeys, don't behave like It’s really puzzling that he has to become a monk despite being so carefree in the world of mortals. One day, if he wants to become a monk, you should go to Lantian and persuade him not to think too hard. "

This stick struck all the monks in the room.

Lan Tian smiled bitterly: "If the friend of Donor Zhao wants to become a monk, he must have a reason to become a monk. This kind of thing cannot be persuaded."

"Haha, if you can't persuade me, I will take him to the God of War Team, the Backwater Army and the Lugang Town Insurance Team for a round of training. I will make sure that he is tired and has no thoughts."

Zhao Chuanxin had heard a saying before, saying that the army is the best place to train people.

He had had friends from the army before, but for some reason, those few were all possessed of the five poisons, which made Zhao Chuanxin shake his belief.

But at least the training intensity of the Lugang Town Insurance Team is second to none. Datantao and Chuishuiju are the best examples.

The two of them were trained to be docile, and all the bad habits on their bodies were gone.

At this time, Ning An suddenly raised his head and raised his pretty face: "Mr. Zhao, I want to go with you, whether I join the God of War team, the betrayal army, or the insurance team."

Everyone was surprised.

I don’t know if Ning An took the wrong medicine or something.

How can such a delicate and frail body go into battle?

Lantian persuaded: "Ning'an, your parents didn't put you in the temple to make you a real monk. I guess they wanted you to increase your number..."

He couldn't speak anymore.

Zhao Chuanxin thought about it, Huh? Could it be that he wanted Ning An to increase his masculinity?

No one else listened to what Zhao Chuanxin said just now.

Only Ning An had some thoughts and his eyes were firm: "Mr. Zhao, please promise me."

Zhao Chuanxin rubbed his chin: "You have to think about it. If you don't sweat in a war, you will bleed. After you enter, no one will be polite to you. If you are going to be held back, you may even be ostracized."

He wished that all the people in Korea would join the anti-Japanese ranks.

It would be better to make it difficult for the little devil to move forward.

"I will work hard and never regret it. Instead of wasting time in the temple with the Green Lantern and Ancient Buddha, I will die in a grand manner even if I die."

It feels very inconsistent to say such passionate words with such a soft voice.

Xinzhi was the first one who was not willing to listen. He pointed at Ning'an and said, "What are these words? We also want to save all sentient beings."

"Go, go, get out of here." Zhao Chuanxin said to shoo away the flies: "Who the hell can you save? If you have the strength, why not go save the Japanese devils?"

If all the gods and Buddhas in the sky were effective, how could there be so many tragedies in the world?

The new wisdom is refreshing.

There are no years in the towers in the cave, but there are gods in the clouds and chickens and dogs.

In the temple, it is easy to lose track of time.

Early morning three days later.

Zhao Chuanxin woke up early, washed up, went to the temple, raised his elbows and twisted his hips, and did radio gymnastics.

Li Xiuji came out yawning and asked, "Mr. Zhao, what kind of martial arts is this?"

Zhao Chuanxin was doing side exercises and said: "This is called the 'Nine Yang Divine Skills'. There was once a person who reached the realm of Emperor Cao at the age of eleven or twelve. It was so terrifying. Even if he was an immortal Even though I am invincible, I will stay away from him when I see him."

Li Xiuji was shocked.

Zhao Chuanxin could not defeat "Emperor Cao" even though he was able to fight off one or two hundred Japanese soldiers?

He sighed: "If I could catch a glimpse of his style, I would have no regrets in my life."

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "It is not difficult to see him. If you live another 103 years, if you are not dead yet, you can have the chance to meet him."

It turned out to be Emperor Cao. It would take more than a hundred years to see him.

Lee Soo-gil secretly made a note to tell Park Seung-yeol about this "Emperor" later.

Park Seung-yeol seems to be writing a book about the God of War Jo Chuan-sin, which should be of interest to him.

After finishing the radio gymnastics, Zhao Chuanxin felt refreshed and said: "Let's go to eat quickly. After dinner, we will go down the mountain to study Li Wanyong."

"Is Mr. Zhao's injury healed?"

"The mortal body also has realms. Ming Jin, Dark Jin, Hua Jin, Dan Jin, Gang Jin, see the gods and be indestructible. Now I am in the state of seeing the gods and indestructible. How can I be moved by a mere injury? "

"..."

If Li Xiuji remembered correctly, Zhao Chuanxin's heart-rending screams echoed over the Lotus Temple that day. Even the birds around the Lotus Temple were so frightened that they did not dare to fall off the trees.

It seems that he still doesn't quite understand what moving looks is.

In Seoul, more than 2,000 people spontaneously took to the streets to demonstrate.

It's sunny and windy.

Patriotic groups such as the Korea Self-Reliance Association and the Douyouhui Association followed the marchers and delivered patriotic speeches everywhere.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, do not abdicate!"

"Kill the traitorous traitors!"

Their slogans are not very unified, but they are roughly divided into two categories.

The first was to retain Emperor Li Xi and prevent him from handing over his power.

The second is to denounce traitors.

When they passed by the office of "National News", the official newspaper of "Yi Jin Hui".

Someone shouted: "This newspaper ignores the facts, slanders the death of the God of War Zhao Chuanxin, and confuses right and wrong. We smashed it..."

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