Contact these horses in the Northeast. It's not that they have to fight with him in the future, and they can't rely on their guns at all. It is important to make them available to the imperial court. These people are fierce and swift in the old forests of the northeast, and the terrain is familiar to everyone. If you use it well, spread it out and it's a net. Control these people, and in the future, I will have to fight against the Qing army on the one hand, and on the other hand, I will have to guard against these people making trouble behind my back. This battle is much easier to fight.

Guangxu and the General Staff both thought so, so Zhang Peihua came. Actually, I think so too.

After the overwhelming cold wind. It's a white snowstorm. Approaching the end of the year, the snow fell for three days in a row.

This is the biggest snow of the year, and the wind is much colder than before, and the sky and the earth are white. The mountains were undulating, the earth was like mist, and there was a thin layer of ice floe in the river, and the sound of cracking could be faintly heard.

Approaching the end of the year, heavy snow closed the mountain. Normally, when the weather is cold and the roads are difficult, most of the various trading caravans outside the customs have been settled, unless they are important to buy and sell. The various businesses have already gathered their business and are ready for the coming spring. Seeing that it is the end of the year, the businessmen who are wandering outside the pass have been running for more than half a year, and they are also preparing to take a good rest. In such weather, even the horses outside the customs have shrunk back into the tunzi. Who doesn't want to live a year in An'an.

In the snowstorm, there was a small caravan of about a dozen people, quietly crossing the Yalu River from the North Korean side, stumbling into the wind and snow. The leader sat on a horse and wrapped himself in a thick leather jacket. The eyebrows and eyes are covered by fur hats, and they can't see clearly. The dozen or so knights around him are obviously used to the wind and snow roads. One by one, they sat on their horses and straddled their guns, not caring at all about the blizzard, and their expressions were extremely fierce and alert. Although it was dressed like a caravan, there were only two horses carrying two large bags of things tightly wrapped in the whole horse caravan. No other goods were seen.

It is rare to be able to walk the aisle in such weather. This group deliberately avoided the official road and picked the mountain road that the horse bandits were accustomed to walking. Not to mention that the road is muddy and difficult, and the walk is unusually slow. After passing through Phoenix City, the group suddenly turned northwest and marched in the direction of Lonely Mountain in the snow.

In a tunzi near Lonely Mountain. Every year at such a time, every house closes its doors and windows. Guarding the hot kang, the men smoke tobacco leaves, and the women do some handicrafts. Unless it is a ginseng digger who enters the mountain, he usually does not go out of the tunzi for half a step.

I don't know why. A few days ago, the people of King Liang on the mountain suddenly stationed in the tunzi. The leader is Liu Heihu, the second leader under King Liang. Since King Liang occupied Gushan, this tunzi has been under the protection of King Liang, not only outsiders dare not make trouble in the tunzi, but King Liang's people have never looted in the tunzi. Liu Heihu arrived with more than 20 brothers. He lived in the big family surnamed Du, and there was no movement again.

In fact, the northeast is vast and sparsely populated, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the imperial court has not set up liuguan to guard the land. It has always been rampant with horse thieves and bandits, and the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip, but they can't manage it. These tunzi, which are scattered all over the place, are usually led by large households to organize the people to defend themselves against theft. Behind the scenes, the horse dredgets everywhere are also secretly talking, and it has become a place for horse thieves to stay.

The wind and snow subsided a little and then in the afternoon. Standing on the high-rise building of the Tunzi wall and looking at a villager, he suddenly saw a team of more than a dozen people on the white earth, and a team of more than a dozen people was walking through a forest with difficulty. I didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and hurriedly ran down to report.

After hearing the news. Liu Heihu, who was drinking with his brothers to pass the time at the home of a big family surnamed Du, suddenly stood up from his chair. He didn't speak, and with a wave of his hand, he led the horse out of the tunzi.

"Nohara-kun. I guess it's Liu Heihu and they are here. "Listen to the sound of horses' hooves rising from the tunzi. One of the hardcover knights in the caravan quietly jumped to the leader's side and said. It's just that he speaks Korean.

"We camped in this grove and waited for them to come. Let your people be careful, and be careful of these dreadlocks to give us a black eat. "The leader of the man known as Nohara-kun loosened his tightly wrapped fur hat. Let out a long breath.

His name is Konosuke Nohara, and he is known as the intelligence officer of the General Staff Headquarters of the Army. This time, I came to the Northeast with a special mission on my back. I didn't want to be blocked by the wind and snow, so I arrived here a few days late. Beside him was the Flower Horse Team specially recruited in North Korea this time, responsible for protection and liaison.

These teams are connected to the horses in the Northeast. This time, Konosuke Nohara came with the Donggakuma team in the name of Donghak-do in the north of North Korea, and the name Kim Jung-wol who came to lead this time was called Kim Jung-wol. They still have a friendship with Liu Heihu, who is coming. This information was investigated by the Genyosha as early as before Konosuke Nohara came to North Korea.

For this operation. His Excellency Yoroku Kawakami, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army General Staff Headquarters, personally dispatched some of the officers on active duty to the DPRK with members of the Hyunyang Society. Responsible for planning the entire operation. And Nohara Konosuke's mission was arranged in the territory of the Northeast, dealing with these Northeastern Horse Hairs. Whether he can complete the mission, Nohara Konosuke is not sure in his heart. But as an Imperial soldier, he can't retreat no matter what.

Come to think of it. Konosuke Nohara called Kim Jung-wol beside him and said. "They have a saying among the Qing people, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. Let your people load their guns, if Liu Heihu and they have any abnormal movements. Just kill them all. Don't let go of a single one! ”

"Nohara-kun seems to be too careful. I know Liu Heihu well. Rest assured. Kim Zhengyue wiped the wind and snow on his face and said with some indifference.

Konosuke Nohara sneered. He slowly turned his head and said. "Don't forget, once the leak is leaked, there is an accident. Don't talk about them, even you and your entire horse team, and your family in North Korea can't save ......."

Looking at the cold look in Nohara Konosuke's eyes. Kim Jong-wol couldn't help but shiver. He knew very well the strength behind this Konosuke Nohara. Pinch yourself to death like pinching an ant. Otherwise, Tou would not have let him brave the snowstorm and hardships to accompany him here.

Kim no longer hesitated. Dial the dock and walked back. He whispered a few words to the dozen or so knights behind him. Then I heard the sound of a bolt being loaded. A dozen or so people slowly dismounted and dispersed. Quietly hidden in the pine forest.

There was a windy sound of horses' hooves, and a dozen knights whistled in a moment. At a distance of more than ten feet from Konosuke Nohara and Kim Zhengyue. The black-faced knight at the head suddenly pulled the reins of his horse and shouted loudly on the back of his horse that jumped high: "It's Kim Zhengyue." Liu Heihu has been waiting for a long time. ”

"I have heard the reputation of the Black Tiger King in the Northeast for a long time, and now I see that it is really extraordinary, which makes people admire. This time, I asked Kim Jung-wol to bring me over. I just want to make friends with Black Tiger Jun......" Konosuke Nohara said very politely in standard Chinese official dialect.

"Myself?" didn't think that Jin Zhengyue hadn't spoken yet, Liu Heihu was confused by the person who spoke first: "What are you doing Jin Zhengyue?" ”

Kim Jung-wol smiled lightly. Hands raised and slapped twice in the air, and immediately two people unloaded two large bags of tightly wrapped things from the horses behind them, and carried them heavily.

"This is a little bit of Nohara-kun's heart, look at ......" Kim Jung-jun smiled and asked him to unwrap the package.

The first package of things is not too unusual, they are all gold, silver, jewelry and jade, Liu Heihu glanced at it roughly, it looked like it should be worth ten thousand taels of silver, but he didn't pay much attention to it. And the second package of things really made the black tiger's eyes black, it was actually ten brand-new and clear leaky bottom five guns, and even the butter had not been wiped. This thing is really not good for Liu Heihu, a group of officers and soldiers who pretend to be horses, they are now using Hanyang Arsenal's imitation of the German Mauser 1882 rifle, this bird gun they have also used but not handy, and the ammunition does not match, and now there are not many in the whole team. Liu Heihu thought to himself, don't the people of the Ministry of Intelligence always say that there are spies everywhere, why don't we know the situation of our gang of bandits.

This really can't be blamed for the poor intelligence ability, but the reading group itself is too cunning. The Reading Group itself has a warehouse full of Hanyang-made in Qingfeng Village, and if it weren't for the plan to fight which Ma Maizi, they usually go out with guns used by ordinary bandits. And the people who were incorporated from other horses, and Ben didn't even have a chance to see Hanyang-made. And said that my mind is all about clearing [***] affairs and the economy, if it weren't for increasing the chances of winning, I didn't pay attention to these horsetails before. Who would have thought that the dignified emperor would become the head of the bandits.

Black Tiger looked at Konosuke Nohara in surprise and said, "Jin Yaosan, the big leader of their Dongxue Horse Team, is my friend, and I often receive the favor of the Dongxue Horse Team on the ground in North Korea. Since it was introduced by Jin Yaosan, what does it need to be done by me Liu Heihu, although it is clearly said, such a heavy gift is out of sight. ”

"Friends to friends, business to business, this is just a meeting gift." Konosuke Nohara fiddled with the fire that had just been lit with a wooden stick, and said lightly, "I know, this is your rule. Since there is a demand for people, this rule is naturally indispensable. I have some friends who are going to come over from North Korea to do some business and bring some goods, and I want to ask Black Tiger Jun to take care of them. ”

"No problem." Liu Heihu patted his chest and said arrogantly: "When will you arrive, which way to go, you speak, I will arrange for my brothers to answer and ensure the safety of your people and goods." "On the ground in the Northeast, this little thing is nothing to him at all.

Nohara Konosuke smiled slightly, rubbed his hands vigorously and said, "My friends are walking this road for the first time, and they have no experience, in order to be cautious, I would like to ask the Black Tiger Jun for a small favor and let people help inquire, from the Yalu River all the way to the vicinity of Niuzhuang, how many garrisons are there in the Qing Imperial Court, where are they, and how are the troop deployments, they have a plan in their hearts, so they can bypass it, so as not to bump into an accident." ”

Liu Heihu was stunned for a moment and stared at Konosuke Nohara. I didn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing Liu Heihu's stunned expression, Nohara Konosuke was not in a hurry, put down the wooden stick in his hand, and looked very sincere: "My friends are all serious businessmen, and I can't compare to you who often run this road, and everything is clear, they just don't understand anything, so they have to be more cautious." Therefore, they are willing to pay a high price to buy the entire military deployment of your Qing court from the Yalu River. If the Black Tiger Monarch has any conditions, you might as well speak directly, and I can make decisions for them......"

"What the hell is your friend trying to do?" Black Tiger couldn't help but blurt out his debut.

"Black Tiger Monarch, every road has its own rules, and you can't just ask about it. You know these rules better than I do, and they are willing to pay a high price for them, as long as you are willing to sell. It's not a risk to you, I don't know what to expect? Nohara Konosuke looked at Liu Heihu with deep eyes.

At present, the news that the empire is about to start a war with the Qing State must not be leaked, as for the reason he chose, he believes that the elite second master in front of him will definitely not believe it, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't work. What he wants is to test the attitude of King Liang, once the war breaks out, he can tie a horse lock like Qingfeng Village to the chariot of the empire, and his goal will be achieved.

"It's too big, I'll have to go back and talk to the guys. In addition, even if we agree, we will only be a horsetail. At most, the situation of the officials and soldiers is only a rough ......," Liu Heihu hesitated for a moment, and said with a twinkle in his eyes. He said that he was going to do it, and he had to send the news back to the General Staff as soon as possible.

"Very well, that's it." Konosuke Nohara nodded dryly. "I will send someone to get it in half a month, even if you say the price, Black Tiger Jun is so refreshing, I believe we will have a lot of cooperation in the future."

Konosuke Nohara stood up with a smile, looked at the white expanse of rolling mountains and pine forests, and took a deep breath. This rich land looks so beautiful!

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