Chapter 18

  Ningxia Provincial Chairman Ma Hongbin received the news and immediately sent someone to welcome him. Ma Zhongying told various circles in Yinchuan that this time he came back to comfort his old troops, disperse them to return home, and make them live a happy life. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Ma Hongbin let Ma Zhongying serve as the instructor of Ningxia troops, selecting lower-level military officers for training.

  Ma Zhongying lived a simple life, sharing the same joys and hardships as his students. He adopted the training methods of the Northwest Army, using examples from the Yellow River-Huai River Campaign and the Central Plains War. The students quickly grasped the lessons. Many students expressed their willingness to follow Ma Zhongying's command. Ma Hongbin was shocked when he heard the news. Ma Zhongying avoided

  People's ears and eyes, all winter, every day go to the suburbs to release eagles and catch rabbits. Sometimes they go out very far.

  When spring was approaching, Ma Zhongying led his loyal followers out of Yinchuan and went into hiding at the Huanghe Ferry in Zhongwei.

  Ma Hongbin's troops searched everywhere, but there was no trace. After investigation, it was found that only seven people followed Gao Commander to leave.

  "With seven soldiers, you still want to cause trouble." Ma Hongbin could now drink his tea in peace, slurp, the hotter the tea, the more flavorful.

  The chief of staff was worried, "In those years, when we took over the county magistrate's office, there were only seven soldiers with us."

  "This matter is up to him, as long as he doesn't take Ningxia from us, it's none of my business. He is Ma Bufang's enemy, not mine, Ma Hongbin's."

  "Then let's withdraw our troops."

  "Look at you being foolish, we have to give Ma Bufang some face, after all, he's a big shot commander, don't let others gossip about us."

  Ma Hongbin took a sip and changed cups, while the guard kept refilling his cup with hot tea.

  The Chief of Staff said: "Hot lips."

  Ma Hongbin said: "I don't know who it's going to scald either, just let it scald!"

  Ma Zhongying infiltrated the Hexi Corridor, riding a large horse, and traveled over a thousand miles in one night, rushing straight to Ganzhou. His old troops of more than 2,000 people were reorganized by Ma Bufang here, forming a brigade, and the brigade commander Ma Qian was also an old subordinate of Ma Zhongying.

  Ma Qian's mouth was wide open as he watched Commander E lead the way into the kiln. Ma Qian didn't know whether to stand or sit. Commander E said, "You're a brigade commander, and I'm just a lone commander. I've come to your place for a meal." Only then did Ma Qian remember to address him as commander and hastily ordered someone to set up a banquet table to entertain the old superior officer. At the banquet, everyone addressed him as "old commander". Several regimental commanders who were relatives of Ma Qian also followed suit, addressing him as "old commander". Commander E said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not here as a commander. I just want to meet with everyone and reminisce about old times. We fought fiercely together for many years, and it's been several years since we parted ways. I miss my comrades!" The doorway was packed with veteran soldiers, a sea of dark faces, their eyes shining brightly in the dim light. Commander E pushed aside the steaming banquet table and walked into that sea of light.

  Ma Chien sent someone to Xining overnight to inform Ma Bufang, who exclaimed: "Isn't he in Ningxia? Even if he grew wings, he couldn't fly that fast!" Ma Bufang ordered the messenger: "Go back and tell Ma Chien, being a division commander is not like rolling out dough, if you want to be an official, you must be ruthless, eliminate Ma Zhongying, eliminate him completely."

  Ma Bufang sent his most elite cavalry regiment, agreeing on a time to assist Ma Ch'ien in destroying Ma Chung-ying. The regiment of men and horses lay hidden in the mountain hollows, ready to rush into Zhangjiakou City at Ma Ch'ien's signal.

  Day after day passed quietly.

  Thursday evening bath, officer first wash. Ma Qian invites Lao Zhang Guan and Deputy Chief of Staff. Ga Commander only brings his younger brother Ma Zhongjie, a teenager.

  Halfway through the bath, a gunshot rang out in the bathroom. Commander E suddenly emerged from the hot water and saw that someone was shooting at him - it was General Ma who had fired the shot. No one knew when General Ma had put on his clothes, but he was now standing close to Commander E, holding two boxes and raising his handgun to fire again and again. It seemed like Commander E was done for. But no one expected that Commander E would leap into the air like a big fish and pounce on General Ma. General Ma grasped the gun with both hands, firing shot after shot, but soon the gun fell silent. Commander E stood in front of him, and the two boxes had been riddled with bullets - they were now just holes in the stone wall at the back of the bathroom. Commander E kicked General Ma, who fell to his knees with a thud. "You're too ruthless! Who shoots like that? You've got the gun jammed from squeezing it too hard - are you even worthy of being a soldier?" Commander E spat in General Ma's face.

  At the first shot, the cavalry outside the city rushed in and were all beheaded by swords in the streets, with blood flowing out of the city gate. Several empty horses galloped wildly back to the Ninghai Army's camp over the Qilian Mountains.

  Ma Bufang quickly assembled a large army, and all of Qinghai's troops were mobilized. Even Ma Buqing's cavalry corps was deployed, with tens of thousands of soldiers taking two routes out of Xining and Wendu to attack Ganzhou.

  Ma Zhongying's most elite infantry brigade, led by Ma Zhongjie, captured Su Zhou, and in just two days, more than a dozen counties in the western part of the Hexi Corridor fell into Ma Zhongying's hands.

  Before the war began, Ma Bufang said to his brother Ma Buqing: "The family business of our ancestors is about to be destroyed in an instant. Brother, we are close brothers and must stake our lives to defeat Ma Zhongying. As long as he lives, I will not live in peace."

  "He's just a tiger, I'm not afraid of him, we have many soldiers and generals, how many people does he have? I'm not afraid of him."

  Tens of thousands of troops marched forward. They were blocked at the most critical point of the Qilian Mountains, Hongshuigou. A small river flowed through Hongshuigou, its water as red as blood, because the soil and rocks were all red. This was a place destined for bloodshed. Damn you, Ma Zhongying! You really know how to choose a location, with such a large Qilian Mountain, you've got me trapped in this narrow pass.

  A whole regiment of troops marched up, wave after wave of dead bodies, filling the Red Water Ditch almost to the brim.

  The guns on the mountain had fallen silent, and Ma Zhongying's sword flashed like a mirror, reflecting the internal organs of his opponents. Ma Bufang pulled out his pistol and fired three shots into the air, "Brothers, charge! The enemy has no bullets!" The soldiers who were chased down the hill by Ma Zhongying's cavalry stared blankly at their officers, as military habit dictated that when the other side was fighting with swords, it would be embarrassing to load bullets. Their officer took the lead, firing one shot and then another, taking down two of Ma Zhongying's soldiers. The Ninghai army below began to fire their guns in a flurry.

  This is already two days and two nights later. This is also after the Ninghai Army's Qingma Tuan Hei Ma Tuan was defeated, and reinforcements were called in, led by Ma Bufang himself to kill at Hongshuigou. Machine guns are firing non-stop.

  "Then hit Ma Zhongying."

  "Officer, I'm going to be killed."

  "Did you see it clearly?"

  "Two hundred bullets, like a downpour of white rain, poured down on him. He must be soaked."

  "Find his corpse, I want to punch several holes in it."

  The search team rummaged through the pile of dead bodies, all of whom were sturdy and strong young men, each one looking like Ma Zhongying. Many corpses had been disembowelled by Ma Bufang, splattered with blood everywhere. Brother Ma Buqing was slightly calmer.

  "Brother, if someone dies, just let it be, it's just a joke."

  "I want him to die a real death."

  "Die for real, bro."

  "I'm not at ease, my eyelids keep jumping."

  "You're too tense."

  "It's not tension but vigilance, being vigilant is good, won't be taken advantage of."

  Ma Buqing shook his head and smiled.

  The scouting party reported that Ma Zhongying's remaining troops retreated to Su County.

  "Leave none alive, kill them all."

  Ma Buqing blocked his crazy brother, "Su Zhou is about to arrive in Xinjiang, so don't chase him anymore."

  "None will be left alive."

  "Brother, you've killed Hong Yan, and you're not even clear-headed. Let's move our main force to Su Zhou, then we won't have to worry about the troops from Lanzhou and Longdong attacking us from behind."

  Big Brother's words scared Ma Bufang half to death. Hurry up and withdraw troops back to camp.

  After returning to Xining, Ma Bufang coaxed his brother to go to Lanzhou to watch a play. Ma Buqing was an opera enthusiast and would be enchanted by just one tune of Qin Opera. His military power was gradually taken away by his brothers. When he realized it, it was too late. He built a Butterfly Building in the city of Hezhou, bought a famous Qin Opera actor from Lanzhou with a lot of money to be his concubine, and had her sing for him alone in the Butterfly Building.

  Ma Zhongjie led the remnants back to Suizhou, greatly wounded and with only a few hundred men left. Everyone searched around but there was no news of his brother's whereabouts. Ma Zhongjie refused to believe that his brother was dead and ordered the troops to continue training as usual.

  A week later, a blood-soaked man walked out of the Gobi Desert. Under the sunlight, there was a terrifying glow on his body. The dried blood on his body was still so bright and red, like being wrapped in a layer of red cloth. Ma Zhongjie shouted: "Brother, brother, my brother is alive, haha, my brother is alive!"

  He crawled out from under the pile of dead men, walked for three days in the Qilian Mountains, and then walked for three more days on the Gobi Desert, making a big circle before returning to Jiayuguan.

  "I walked to Ma Feng Mountain, what a majestic mountain it is. The rocks are layered one on top of the other, shining brightly under the sky, like the wind blowing through horse hair." Nobody had ever seen such a mountain before. "In front of Ma Feng Mountain is Chang Ma Er Mountain, damn good place, Chang Ma Er Mountain, how can horses not thrive?" Commander Ga said as he fell asleep.

  Ma Zhongying held onto Jiayuguan and the four surrounding counties, while Ma Bufang's army surrounded him on three sides. Ma Bufang day and night hoped for Ma Zhongying to disperse so he could absorb his remaining troops. According to intelligence reports, Ma Zhongying was preparing to march into Xinjiang. Ma Bufang said: "In 1930 he prepared to attack Xinjiang, but his subordinates were unwilling, his soldiers were all Hui from Hezhou and couldn't leave their hometown."

  The intelligence personnel said: "Ma Zhongying recruited many Han people and scholars from inland cities."

  Ma Bufang said: "Fortunately, we took action early, or it would have been troublesome if we had delayed for a step."

  Ma Bufang ordered the intelligence personnel to closely monitor Ma Zhongying's movements and sent someone to Xinjiang to contact Jin Shuren, sandwiching Ma Zhongying. In the vast desert like a trapped turtle, Ma Zhongying found it hard to escape.

  This is a year of disaster. When Ma Zhongying was in dire straits, Sheng Shicai also faced a desperate situation in Dihua City.

  Sheng Shi's reputation soared in Di Hua City, and military school students considered it an honor to know Instructor Sheng. The provincial government held a joint meeting, and people eagerly awaited the announcement that Sheng Shi would take on a position such as division commander, standing alone and holding his own. However, Provincial Chairman Jin Shuren announced that Sheng Shi was skilled in governing the military and promoted him to be a consultant at the Military Affairs Department. People saw Instructor Sheng riding his horse, galloping swiftly towards the outskirts of the city. What a fine horse it was, with a shiny black coat! The Kazakh herdsmen outside the city said: "Black horse, black horse, the black horse is looking for its rider." The herdsmen discovered that there was a rider on the horse's back.

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  The horseman and the black horse left the grassland, galloping across the Gobi Desert. The red rocks on the Gobi resembled inflated cowhide drums, which echoed loudly in all directions, emitting a low, gloomy sound like the roar of wild beasts and the harsh rumble of thunder. Later, the black horse rushed into the sandy area, its hooves cracking the ground, kicking up a stormy whirlwind of dust on the deep sand dunes. Many times, the horseman pulled tight the reins, the horse's hooves hovering in mid-air as it stood upright on the barren land, letting out a long, mournful whinny, as if wanting to swallow the huge sun. As soon as the reins were loosened, the black horse burst forth, dashing towards the Demon Mountain. Sheng Shi had just looked down from the mountaintop at the entire city of Di Hua, when the valley below began spewing out rolling clouds of dark fog.

  Sheng Shi is the eldest son, his father is old, he has become the elder brother as a father. He brought his parents, four younger brothers, one younger sister and his wife's family to Xinjiang, it seems that they are going to take root in the border area. His military rank is still colonel, working as a colonel consultant in the provincial government, and part-time in the military school, two salaries can barely support him and his wife, but it's very difficult to support so many old and young people. It's not like Japan here, in Japan, Qiu Yu Fang could go out to find work, Chinese officials' wives are not allowed to go out to make money. Life is very hard.

  Colleagues reminded him to move up and let go of being a county magistrate, as there would be everything. Yang Zengxin, the former governor of Xinjiang, often advised his subordinates to have a conscience when in office and not to be too greedy. Yang Zengxin's motto was: "West of Yangguan Pass, no good people, all who come are greedy officials making fortunes." Yang Zengxin tried his best to reduce his subordinates' greed to the lowest level. You can't let everyone be greedy, this is called the limited corruption principle. A wise old man, he was killed by Xiao Yaonan.

  Chairman Jin Shuren took office, very straightforward. Chairman Jin is from Hezhou, Gansu Province, and Hezhou is at war right now. Ma Zhongying is fighting against Feng Yuxiang, causing chaos, and the refugees from Hezhou fled to Xinjiang to rely on Chairman Jin. Chairman Jin loves his hometown even more than his fellow villagers, scolding Feng Yuxiang for bullying people from Hezhou. Chairman Jin has a duty and responsibility to help his fellow villagers, satisfying their various demands, from food and clothing to job arrangements, to positions in key departments. Chairman Jin couldn't manage everything himself, so he asked his brother to take charge. The only standard for Jin La'er to control the government office was whether or not you could speak Hezhou dialect. If you spoke fluent Hezhou dialect, you could enter the government office as a clerk, section chief, or even platoon leader or company commander. In society, there is a saying that "speaking one mouthful of Hezhou dialect can get you to hang a box gun".

  Chairman Jin's official position is very easy to hold, so easy that if you don't hold an official position for a moment, it seems like you're not human, unless you are a horse.

  Colleagues are very rude to speak to Sheng Shi Cai, Sheng Shi Cai coldly smiles in his heart, "My great wish is to eliminate warlords and corrupt officials, to lift the people out of suffering. The future government of Xinjiang will be a clean and efficient government."

  Sheng Shi believed he could open up a bright and vast world. He couldn't help but feel his blood boiling, everyone didn't know what was wrong with Mr. Sheng, his thick neck turned red, and he rushed out of the office in a hurry.

  "It must be eating mutton and watermelon, bloating the stomach, rushing to the toilet, and the toilet and stomach suffering together."

  Sheng Shi finally calmed down when he ran to the street, his self-control was good, and he could hold back even if his brain was hot. He also felt that he was not doing well, and this impulsive behavior was not good. He walked very slowly, and thoroughly relaxed. He saw Jin Lao Er and Jin Lao Si riding a big horse on the street, the vendors were scared and hiding everywhere, and he also hid to one side, and completely calmed down.

  He couldn't help it when he got home, his fourth and fifth brothers as well as his sister had just come back from school and were quietly doing their homework. His younger siblings were very obedient and were all top students in school. But he still yelled at them: "You few listen up, if any of you ever behave like the Jin family brothers in the future, I'll kill you."

  "What's wrong with you again?" Qiu Yufang pulled her husband into the house, "You scared them to death, look at your face, it's all crooked, are you going to eat people or what."

  "I want to kill people, I must kill many, many people, and get rid of all those bastards. Yufang, remember this, when I become the provincial chairman in the future, remind me. Shengshi Cai, you're not a dog-protecting chairman, you're a sweeper, your mission is to sweep away this filthy world. You spit on my face, like King Goujian of Yue."

  "You don't have to get angry with your brothers either."

  "The president will be ruined by his own brothers."

  After Sheng Shicai took control of Xinjiang, he really did have his fourth brother killed. It wasn't because the fourth brother had become corrupt and degenerate, but rather because the fourth brother was too revolutionary - this was something that neither of them could have anticipated at the time.

  Sheng Shicai's prestige in the army had surpassed that of Provincial Chairman Jin Shuren, and even the border troops at Ili and Altay were talking about him.

  The senior generals of the troops came to Di Hua to visit Jin Shuren, and everyone agreed that if Sheng Mou was not removed, they would find it difficult to control their subordinates. Sheng Shicai was recruited by Lu Xiangxian, so Jin Shuren asked for Lu's opinion. Lu said: "When we first recruited him, we valued his talent. The fact that the military academy students worship him shows that he is trained properly and indeed has a set of skills."

  The commanders said: "Subordinate officers only know that there is a prosperous world, but they don't know that there are superiors. What do you want us to do?"

  Jin Shuren said: "It's laughable to drive someone out of their own home, at first I just wanted him to get the troops in order, as long as it looked like something."

  The commanders said: "Chiang Kai-shek didn't even dare use him, which shows how dangerous he is."

  Lu Xianzhi said: "Chiang Kai-shek didn't kill him either."

  Jin Shuren said: "We didn't give him much power either, isn't he just a military school instructor? The Military Affairs Department's consultant is also an empty frame. Hey, why don't you guys use your brains? When someone surpasses you, you know to come and bother me, you people are really useless."

  Everyone patted their heads, and there was a big guy on everyone's shoulder. Everyone went back to think carefully.

  Lu Xiangzu was in a difficult situation. After returning to the mansion, he called Sheng Shicai and asked him to come over quickly. Lu Xiangzu reminded him to pay attention to safety.

  That night, Sheng Shicai's bedroom was attacked by a gunman, the bed board was shot into pieces by a handheld machine gun, and Sheng Shicai lay under his desk, narrowly escaping disaster.

  In the late afternoon, Sheng Shi Cai rode his horse to the outskirts for a stroll. Suddenly, an arrow shot from the sand thorns pierced the horse's hindquarters, causing it to rear up. The onlookers gasped in shock, as this situation would normally result in the rider being thrown off and trampled by the horse's hooves. However, the rider on the horse's back tightened his grip on the reins, and with a swift motion, pulled out a short knife from his boot and sliced through the horse's neck, causing its head to fall to the ground. The horse let out a deafening screech as it collapsed, sending dust flying high into the air until it disappeared into the distance. The archer emerged from the sand thorns, walked up to Sheng Shi Cai, discarded his bow and arrow, drew his knife, and said, "If I lose, kill me like you killed that horse." Sheng Shi Cai used Japanese swordsmanship, striking down the archer's knife. He then put away his own knife and used jujitsu to pin his opponent to the ground, holding him there for almost an hour until the opponent's entire body was shaking, his face pale. The onlookers commented, "This is like a cat playing with a mouse, softening it up before eating it."

  That's exactly the weather in December, Sagittarius' blood has all retreated to his heart. Shengshicai tied him to a white poplar tree and said: "Horses are the souls of soldiers, unfortunately I can't kill you with the method of killing horses. You don't deserve to be with horses."

  Sheng Shicai used the method of shaving people alive with a Northeastern beard to shave him. Sheng Shicai opened his clothes, brushed his chest with a snow brush, and after brushing it wet, he inserted the knife and patted it on the back of his heart, and the heart jumped out. Sheng Shicai swallowed the snow and the heart together, and the mustache on his lips was covered with a layer of frost, completely a real red beard.

  That scene was witnessed by everyone in Di Huacheng. No more assassins dared to show up, they didn't dare take the job.

  The commanders who planned the assassination gathered at Jint Shuren's home again. Jin Shuren said, "What's going on with the army?"

  The commanders were unanimous, "The young faction quickly blew Shengshi into Napoleon."

  "Now it's even hard to find a charge for him, or else people will suspect that we are the masterminds behind the murder case."

  The commanders were at their wit's end.

  Jin Shuren said: "At this time, any unexpected event can make a prosperous world. Think about it, will there be chaos in Xinjiang recently?"

  Everyone first looks for loopholes in the government's decree, all of which are impeccable, and all articles can prove that Chairman Jin is extremely wise.

  Everyone spent a quiet night.

  The next day, an urgent telegram arrived from the eastern border, saying that the Uighurs in Hami had rebelled against the abolition of the feudal system. The provincial government was thrown into confusion, but only a few officials knew clearly that Sheng Shicai's chance to take action had come.

  Jin Shuren and the commanders decided to dispatch a large force to quell the uprising. Zhu Rui, commander of the 1st Division, Xiong Fa, commander of the 2nd Division, and Du Guozhi, commander of the 3rd Brigade, led over 10,000 provincial troops to Hami. The rioting peasants were defeated outside the city of Hami, and the provincial army won a complete victory.

  The prosperous world was shocked for a while. Di Hua City celebrated the victory of the Eastern Border War, Chairman Jin presented awards to the generals who went on an expedition, the military band played Western instruments and beat Western drums, Sheng Shicai was also invited to sit on the chairman's platform.

  A prosperous world is desperate to the extreme.

  The victory of the provincial army was very brief. The remnants of the rebel army who escaped into the mountains grew stronger again under the leadership of Hezhou and Gani Yasen Aji. At this time, Huwang Ruo Lebo Si, the general manager of the Hami royal palace, also revolted with a part of the palace guards.

  The whole of Eastern Xinjiang fell into a state of utter confusion. The troops sent by the Dihua government suffered a crushing defeat and returned. The cavalry from Ili also went up but came back defeated.

  Di Hua City had no troops to dispatch, only a few hundred students from the military academy could be used. The old-brand divisions and brigades that were supposed to be elite couldn't hold up, the generals wanted to see the joke of Sheng Shi Cai, a few hundred student soldiers took on the task, let this proud overseas student experience war for once. It's said that Sheng Shi Cai had never led troops before.

  A battalion of police also went to the front line with military academy students.

  Sheng Shicai was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Eastern Route Army, while Lu Xianzu served as the Commander-in-Chief. Sheng Shicai was introduced by Lu Xianzu and they made a good pair. Qiu Yufang said with hatred: "Jin Shuren is really not a good person, at this time he still doesn't give you the power, the Chief of Staff is just a staff officer, being someone's staff officer for life isn't bullying? I won't go, I don't care about being the Chief of Staff under that mother*cker."

  This time Sheng Shi finally listened to his wife.

  "Napoleon left a large army in Egypt and escaped back to Paris alone. Why? Because he had established military achievements, and Paris needed an iron-fisted figure. Ditto for China, which also needs an iron-fisted figure, military achievements and victories to calm people's minds."

  The prosperous world only took down the eastern sword from the wall, the war horse neighed outside, he flew up on the horse, and galloped away. Qiu Yufang's face turned pale, so pale! It wasn't until much later that she realized her husband had gone to battle. Hadn't they been tempered for so many years just for this day? What kind of day was it, the war horse took her husband away from her, her heart tightened more and more, she stood up with a whoosh, as if trampled by a horse's hoof, she tidied herself up in front of the mirror, went to take care of the old man, the whole family relied on her support.

  The war unfolded at the foot of the mountain. Shengshi put the military academy students in the front line, and a team of police officers led by Commander Lu Xiangzu were placed in the rear. If they lost, not a single military student would be able to escape, and Lu Xiangzu could retreat with ease.

  Sheng Shicai charged forward on his horse, quickly leaving his troops behind. He single-handedly charged into the fray, and with a swing of his Japanese sword, he cut down an iron tower-like strongman, splitting him and his horse in two. The horse's hindquarters fell to the ground, its hooves still standing upright, while the rider's head rolled on the ground.

  Sheng Shicai took down eight more strongmen in one breath, and no one dared to come forward to fight him anymore. The enemy began to fire their guns, and they became timid. Bullets pierced through his clothes, grazing his hair, and blood flowed from his temples, shining brightly like a mask. "Blood! Blood!" the enemy cried out.

  Sheng Shicai charged forward again, calm and composed, wielding his Japanese sword with ease, making it sing with a "whooshing" sound. The blade sliced through flesh and bone, producing different sounds as it moved along the seams of the bones. Those who were struck by the blade were shocked beyond belief, their mouths and eyes wide open or tightly shut.

  The icy blade moved swiftly, like a bird crying out in joy. Sheng Shicai had already forgotten about the waist box at his side. Later, he grabbed a rifle from one of the guards, and the enemy was already collapsing in disarray. The military academy students were killing with abandon, shouting out their slogans.

  The group of police who had been watching from the mountain ridge finally stirred up their dormant masculine power and charged into battle.

  Heqin Yazi and Huwang Shaolebozi were completely destroyed, utterly annihilated.

  Sheng Shi was half-kneeling on the mound, and the guards gave him a burst of gunfire. Two rifles took turns firing, with no bullets wasted, following the trajectory, a long line of people fell to the ground, stiffening into corpses.

  The prosperous world just put away the gun, the muzzle was emitting a green smoke, and there was a choking smell of sulfur. He smelled the breath of gunpowder and was extremely excited.

  Lu Xiaozu came over with a loud laugh, "Well done! Well done! Old Sheng, you can let go and command now."

  That group of police officers is now all handed over to Sheng Shi Cai.

  After a few more battles, the rioting peasants were all driven into the mountains. The government army captured a lot of spoils, and the soldiers found gold in the sheep's intestines, Sheng Shi Cai distributed it to everyone on the spot, rewarding them according to their merits. He himself did not take a single penny. On his return, a team of people and students from the military school had become a powerful force. The people of Di Hua were wildly celebrating the great victory in the eastern border, Sheng Shi Cai's expression was calm and indifferent, these people who can cheer for you can also be defeated by you. He tightened the reins, following behind Lu Xiao Zu. Lu Xiao Zu did not hand over his military power, this powerful force was his backing.