The village of thatched huts, with its stout old trees, creeping on the ground with various vine branches and branches, climbing up the huge trunk from the roots of the trees, weaving a dense green curtain overhead, the whole village seems to be submerged in this greenery.

This is the diocese of Tarlac in central Luzon, and beyond this hill is the plain through which the Tarah River flows, and the diocese of Tarlac is also the most important rice-producing region in Luzon.

While the Luzon people everywhere laid down their arms and sent representatives to negotiate with the Chinese, only Sergeant Lamadard's forces occupied the city of Tara and declared that they would establish the Republic of the Philippines and no longer accept the rule of any other country.

The task of banning the illegal armed forces in Tara was entrusted to the 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Royal Marine Column of the Imperial Royal Marines, and in fact, to "help" the Spaniards to restore order in the Philippines, the Imperial Navy only used an infantry regiment of the Marine Corps, the 2nd Infantry Regiment.

The third battalion and the second company are one of the ten elite sentinels in the infantry of the naval division, and the sentry officer Deng Shichang, who is just 22 years old this year, graduated from the Guangzhou Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and has achieved excellent results.

Moreover, he is deeply respected by his superiors, and he is escorted as a cadet of the next Ship Master Officer Academy, and the escort list and materials have been sent up, just waiting for the final approval.

This may be his last mission as a Marine.

The Naval Infantry Company under his command is an elite company with light machine guns erected to the squad, with an establishment of 165 personnel, consisting of 4 infantry platoons and 1 light machine gun fire platoon.

Unlike the Imperial Army, the Marine Division Infantry paid more attention to the configuration of light weapons and the ability to assault, and the bulky cannons and mortars would not become the equipment of the Marine Division Infantry for the time being.

Standing on the high ground at the entrance of the village, Deng Shichang raised a clairhand to observe the topography of the river and farmland in front of him, and on his side, there were interpreters and villagers chattering, inquiring about the situation in Dala City, dozens of miles away.

The person who was communicating with the interpreter was the head of the village, a swarthy short middle-aged man with a frightened face, who was begging the interpreter to intercede and spare the lives of the whole village.

Looking at the faces and eyes of these little black people, Deng Shichang didn't like the Luzon people from the bottom of his heart, his face was cunning, his eyes flashed, and the appearance of the snakes and rats at both ends was really difficult to arouse a good impression.

Although I learned to tolerate the differences of various regions and ethnic groups when I studied in a military school, I didn't know from my heart? No matter how you look at it, I don't think that the Luzon people are friends and allies worth helping, but some of the Turkish tribes on Luzon are more simple and more likable.

After muttering for a while, the interpreter and the village chief came to Deng Shichang with a smile and said, "Your Excellency, I have already asked clearly, there are more than 1,000 soldiers loyal to La Madrid, and they are besieging Luisita's manor, and the Spanish soldiers in Tara are hiding in the manor. ”

Deng Shichang nodded, raised the clairvoyant mirror, and looked ahead again.

…… Luisita's estate is a sprawling sugar cane plantation run by Spanish merchant Morales with thousands of Filipino workers, and the main building of the estate is a stone castle, which became a refuge for the Spaniards, but the current situation is really not good for the Spaniards.

The glass of the windows on the second floor of the castle had been shattered, and Spanish soldiers in tawny and red-striped uniforms shot out of the windows from time to time.

Mr. Morales looked out of the window with a stern face, behind the cabins, trees and other bunkers in the courtyard of the manor, there were natives muttering and screaming everywhere, and from time to time with the sound of gunfire from the natives, a cloud of white mist rose, and in the distant sugarcane forest, I don't know how many people were crowded with black pressure.

Mr. Morales returned to the living room in a heavy heart, and on the sofa, Mrs. Morales was uneasy with a cross on her chest and muttering prayers, while his little daughter hid in the sofa with a frightened face, and hugged the bear doll vigorously, as if only a bear doll could give her courage.

Morales sighed, he now deeply regretted why he had come to settle in the East with his family. The natives who besieged the manor, with their brutality, broke through the castle, even his youngest daughter would be brutally killed, and what kind of nightmare his wife would face, let alone imagine.

"Mr. Morales...... "The officer who called him softly beside him was called Tarres, and 50 Spanish soldiers and 150 mercenaries were stationed in Tarrah.

"Mr. Morales, we're running out of ammunition." With a frustrated look on his face, Tarres said he was confident that he would be able to hold out if he had enough ammunition, but after days of fierce fighting, the soldiers were running out of ammunition.

Morales's heart immediately sank to the bottom, and there was no doubt that even if they surrendered, they would all be killed by the Filipino mob.

"Aren't reinforcements coming?" Morales asked, with a faint hope.

Tarres said bitterly: "I don't know ......" Half a month ago, he lost contact with Manila.

Morales didn't speak, silently walked to the sofa, hugged his wife, picked up his daughter again, and listened to her whisper: "Dad, are we saved?" Morales clutched his head in pain, not knowing what to say to comfort his daughter.

Outside, there was a faint sound of gunfire, and Morales kissed his daughter on the forehead and said, "My dear Mary, I will not let you suffer." Tears welled up in his eyes.

Hearing Morales's words, Mrs. Morales jerked her head up and said, "No, you can't, you can't do this!" Forgive him, O Lord Almighty, for his mad sins. ”

Suddenly, cheers rang out outside, and the door was banged open by a soldier, who shouted: "Our reinforcements have arrived, we are saved!" God ......" Before he could finish speaking, he slammed to the floor, his back soaked with blood, and he rushed to report the news in apparent ecstasy, forgetting to dodge a stray bullet as he passed through the corridor.

Maria screamed, and Madame Morales blindfolded her daughter.

Morales couldn't wait: "I'll go out and have a look." Mrs. Morales said, "I'll go too." ”

Morales hesitated slightly, then carried his daughter, walked out of the living room, bent down and ran through the short corridor, into the music room where the soldiers were fighting, and the room was already full of cheers, and even two soldiers hugged and danced merrily.

Second Lieutenant Tarres was standing at the window, looking into the distance with a telescope.

Morales looked out of the window, but saw that the natives in the manor compound were running out in a hurry, and in the distance, the gunfire was extremely fierce, and in the southeast, it was baptized by bullets, and there were patches of sugar cane falling.

Morales took the binoculars from one of the soldiers and looked into the sugar cane groves, which swayed as the gunfire got closer, and it seemed to be imagined that the natives were fleeing in all directions in a fan-off position to the southeast.

A few minutes later, at the edge of the sugar cane forest, several soldiers wearing double-breasted snow-white and bright green military uniforms appeared, they moved swiftly, gestured to each other, and soon set up a rifle with a tripod behind a tree, and then, listening to the sound of gunshots, hundreds of paces away, next to the brick-walled wooden house of the manor, immediately burst into screams.

Second Lieutenant Tarres suddenly said in surprise: "It's the Chinese, the Chinese sailor infantry!" ”

Perennial in Nanyang, he naturally knew the military uniforms of the infantry of the Chinese naval division. In fact, among the world's powers, the Chinese [***] team is the only armed force that has abandoned colorful and gorgeous military uniforms, of course, there are exceptions, such as the Chinese Emperor's Praetorian Guard, which is famous for the "Red Sea of Blood", and the Chinese Naval Infantry Regiment, which is a beautiful, bright and dazzling white-green military uniform.

What Second Lieutenant Tarres didn't know was that the Chinese Marine Division Infantry Regiment also had dark green combat uniforms, but according to the dress code, fighting in areas where the natives were entrenched, dangerous level, and combat intensity below Grade C, the members of the Marine Column of the Marine Division wore white and green uniforms, and the reason was nothing more than deterrence.

"Chinese?" Morales was a little surprised, but also relieved, anyway, this most powerful country in the East is one of the members of the civilized world.

Mrs. Morales hugged her daughter, kissed her on the cheek and said, "Don't be afraid, dear, we are saved, it is the Chinese who saved us." ”

Maria secretly poked her little head out from behind the bear doll, and at the window, she could already see a row of handsome Chinese soldiers approaching, and someone even shouted through a loudspeaker, in Spanish: "We are the Chinese Navy who have come to the rescue, please allow us to enter your castle." ”

Morales breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, rescuing in the war and still abiding by the rules of the law, such a high-quality soldier is rare even in Europe.

Seeing Morales nodding, Second Lieutenant Tares hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to lay down their arms, and then waved the peace flag again, and said loudly: "Welcome, my friends! ”

Deng Shichang, accompanied by an interpreter and several soldiers, entered the castle, and was greeted by a little blonde girl who said loudly: "I like Chinese." He even ran to the front to kiss Deng Shichang's hand, and was immediately hugged by a European woman, who said sorry repeatedly, and it could be seen that there was still a trace of fear in the eyes of European women.

After listening to the translation, Deng Shichang smiled at the girl and said, "Welcome to become a friend of the Chinese." ”

In less than an hour, the Filipino armed forces, who were immediately designated as "rebels" and "thugs" from the "rebel army" because they refused to make contact with the Chinese, were beaten to pieces and fled to the West in a chaotic manner.

Deng Shichang and Second Lieutenant Tarres saluted each other and shook hands and greeted each other, Deng Shichang said: "Due to your country's request, our army will restore order in Luzon, and during this time, I also ask Second Lieutenant Tarres to provide necessary help." ”

Second Lieutenant Tarres smiled, "Definitely. He didn't care if the Chinese would take over Luzon, and if the Chinese took over the defense of Luzon, he and his brothers could return to China, which was really unbelievable, not to mention that it was the Chinese who had just saved his life and that of his soldiers.

After a few words of greeting with Second Lieutenant Tares, Deng Shichang turned around and asked someone to bring a military map and prepare to attack Talacheng, this kind of small town is actually no different from the towns and villages in the Central Plains, and it is not protected by a strong city wall, so it can be said that it is easy to get it.

In fact, when the [***] team appeared a few miles away from the city of Tarlac, the city was already in chaos, and after a fierce dispute, the leader of the rebels, Lammadad, sent a letter of surrender announcing his surrender.

…… While the Chinese and the Spaniards began negotiations over the status of the Luzon Dominion, Ye Zhao led the negotiations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch behind the scenes, which allowed the Chinese to obtain the right to extract oil on the islands of Sumatra and Java, and according to the agreement, the Chinese Imperial Oil Company was the only country with the right to extract oil in Sumatra and Java, and the Dutch merchants had no right to exploit it.

The real oil industry emerged more than 20 years ago, but it was in China, the most advanced chemical technology, that developed most rapidly, although Poland opened the first modern oil mine 20 years ago, but there is no doubt that China is now the world's largest oil user, with the most refineries and the largest number of oil fields in the world.

In China's oil exploitation, the empire encourages exploration outside the country, and the approval of domestic oil fields is extremely strict, and the imperial oil company, the main oil producing areas are in the South Seas, the oil fields of Kalimantan and the oil fields of Seran Island.

Needless to say, Kalimantan Island is an imperial colony except for the surrounding Brunei, and Kalimantan Island is also extremely rich in oil resources, and Selaman Island is the easternmost side of the East Indies, from the perspective of maritime trade, it has no commercial value, so it soon fell into the hands of the Chinese, and oil fields were discovered from the coast of the island.

Ye Zhao naturally will not let go of the oil fields of Sumatra and Java, and after signing the agreement with the Dutch, all the oil fields representing Indonesia are included in the imperial bag, in fact, with the current demand for oil in China, only one oil field in Sumatra can be solved, but Ye Zhao is excited when he mentions oil, and he can't wait to encircle the oil producing areas in his sphere of influence.

In today's Western countries, the fastest development of the oil industry is the United States, and the British Shenghe Hong annexed the Standard Oil Company six years ago, appointed a minority shareholder, Rockefeller, as CEO, and began the great journey of merging the national oil companies.

Of course, no one knew that Wells, a wealthy British tycoon, would have half of the shares of the Chinese emperor in his Shenghe Bank.

As for the Netherlands, like many European nations, they were far from recognizing the importance of oil, and soon signed the latest treaty of friendship after Chinese promised to protect their commercial interests and to regard it as hostile if a third country encpropriated Dutch trade Chinese interests in the South Seas.

Obviously, the Dutch have heard of the secret treaty between China and Britain, and after the British thundered and rained little and were unwilling to tear their faces with the Chinese, and more or less implemented a policy of appeasement in the East, China undoubtedly became an international police in the waters of the South Seas, easing relations with China, and getting the security commitment of the Chinese became extremely important in the South Seas, so after signing the latest friendly trade treaty with the Chinese, cheers broke out in the Netherlands.

Ye Zhao began to think about the plan for the extension of the Western Regions Railway again, and finally extinguished this idea, it was too advanced, wasn't it? It's a bit of putting the cart before the horse. However, it is possible to maintain friendly relations with the Ottoman Empire and wait and see what happens, most of the countries in West Asia are reading after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and no one knows what the future of this world will become because of their own involvement, just take one step at a time.

At the same time, Ye Zhao is ready to promote negotiations with the Americans to ban whaling in specific waters of the Pacific Ocean, in fact, with the current whaling industry processing technology, with the rise of the oil industry, the whaling industry will inevitably decline, because today's whaling is nothing more than the lighting agent and lubricant market, these two markets have been gradually replaced by cheap petroleum products, the decline of the whaling industry is inevitable, and when science and technology develop to a certain extent, human beings will discover new uses of whale products, and the whale population will face a greater danger of extinction.

Although Ye Zhaoling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs negotiated with the Americans, more to declare his dominance in the Pacific, he could not help but find that unconsciously, the power in his hands could gradually affect all aspects of the world, including the rise and fall of deep-sea species, and this wonderful feeling may only be felt by those who have experienced the cultural influence of the 21st century.

The day after the signing of the treaty between China and the Netherlands, Ye Zhao boarded a train to Tianhu City.

Accompanying Ye Zhao were two lecturers from the Department of Soil Science of Beijing Normal University, both wearing glasses and Si Swenwen, one of whom was a schoolboy sent out by Ye Zhao back then, surnamed Zhang, called Zhang Jinchang, but Zhang Jinchang himself, and he didn't know that Mr. Wen, a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry sitting opposite him, was the great benefactor of the year.

Ye Zhao's identity is a guest lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, and he has not had much contact with professors and lecturers in the Department of Soil Sciences, and in the past two years, Ye Zhao has been a private interview, and he no longer wears makeup.

Although photography technology has developed rapidly in the past two years, Ye Zhao has been in the newspaper several times, but he is more calm when he goes on patrol, and he is not as secretive as before.

Of course, if it weren't for Ye Zhao's side, I'm afraid no one would confuse the emperor with Ye Zhao, who was very dignified in the photo but was a little stiff because of technical problems.

Zhang Jinchang and Wang Zizhong are discussing the debate between catastrophism and uniformitarianism, and in terms of the macro theory of geology today, there are two kinds of catastrophism, catastrophism, which holds that there have been many catastrophes in the history of the earth that have led to the extinction of organisms, and uniformitarianism, which holds that natural law is always the same.

The geology departments of the universities of the empire are mainly engaged in the study and study of mineral mining and refining technology, and they are lecturers and professors, but in fact, they are also teaching and teaching, and they are also studying and researching to improve, after all, from the perspective of the world, this is a new discipline, and there is far from a set of truly systematic theories to guide it.

Zhang and Wang, the two lecturers, went to Tianhu City, mainly to explore the mineral deposits around Tianhu City, but the two were nerd, and the discussion of astronomy and geography finally became arguing.

Ye Zhao didn't interject, just leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, after a few years, he went to the Western Regions again, but there was a train, three or five days, it can be said that it was coming in a flash, how could it not make people feel emotional? Thinking of the Spanish Civil War, I don't know what is not enough for Isabel's various supports? You have to help her recover.

Ye Zhao only brought one "servant" with him, the deputy chief Zheng Aqiao, and the firearms and martial arts skills were all first-class masters.

However, the dozens of passengers in this carriage are all dressed as Ouchi guards, and they are all young men with lofty spirits, and Zhang and Wang can't see it.

Sitting next to Ye Zhao was Mr. Han Yihai from the logistics department of the university, a very stable middle-aged man, who was the leader of the trip, responsible for taking care of the lives of the three scholars, coming forward to contact the local political axe, and so on. Scholars are all strange-tempered and not good at dealing with people, so it is natural to arrange a "team leader".

Han Yihai was really nervous at the moment, and he had already secretly told Ye Zhao not to mess with the gang of young men in the carriage, it seemed that they were a group, and they were not good.

Han Yihai regretted it even more, why didn't he insist on bringing the guards. Before leaving, he had proposed to the school to select two guards from the security department to protect the safety of the three masters, but the school politely rejected his suggestion after considering it, thinking that the train would pass all the way without hindrance, and that when he arrived in Tianhu City, he would contact the local government office, and he would make proper arrangements without using the school's guards.

But looking at these people, Han Yihai also knew that even if he brought guards, it would be useless, the entire carriage, except for him, was full of these young men of unknown origin, but it was really quite infiltrating, I don't know what the origin of these young people is, is it the Axe Gang in the Tianjin Concession?

A few years ago, after negotiations, the empire obtained the security and taxation rights of the British and French concessions, and now the concession is a real concession, and foreigners rent to live and run a company, which is completely under the jurisdiction of the imperial local political axe, and there is no difference between the Chinatown of San Francisco, and in the past two years, more and more foreigners have applied for Chinese nationality, because even from a purely commercial point of view, they have become Chinese citizens and invested within the Southeast Country Group, they have more privileges and conveniences, not to mention the Pan-China Sea, how safe the Chinese citizens are.

It's just that these people are not gang members, so who are they?

Along the way, Han Yihai was guessing the origin of these people, but he never got the gist of it, so he could only recite Amitabha Buddha in his heart, hoping that nothing would happen.

As night fell, Han Yihai took out the cake and coffee, and cautiously called the waiter to bring hot water, for fear of attracting the attention of those young men.

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "I can't eat, I'll go to the restaurant to eat." ”

I ate the cake last night, I ate the cake this morning, and it was still the cake at noon, Ye Zhao's stomach, where can I stand it? If it weren't for Han Yihai's repeated pleading, he would have gone to the restaurant a long time ago.

Seeing Ye Zhao's resolute expression, Han Yihai knew that he couldn't stop it, so he had to smile bitterly, "Okay, let's go together, act together, it's safer." When he turned around, he saw two nerds discussing and picking up the cake to eat, Han Yihai smiled wryly and said, "Professor Zhang, Professor Wang, let's go to the restaurant to eat." ”

Wang Zizhong asked, "Is it still a public meal?" ”

Zhang Jinchang's eyes were a little confused behind the thick glasses, as if he was thinking about a problem, and said casually: "I'll just eat this." ”

Han Yihai is helpless, these three weirdos, Professor Wen doesn't seem to be idle for a moment, and always wants to go out for a walk; Professor Wang, with an annual salary of several hundred silver dollars, and his knowledge is extremely high, and in the past two years, he has published many mining articles that have been well received all over the world, and he is very promising to enter the ranks of professors. I heard that he raised a ** concubine, it seems that the rumors are true, isn't this a swollen face and a fat man? Or is it better to say that the hero is sad and the beauty pass? Professor Zhang, the whole stupid goose, there is no need to mention it.

Seeing that Ye Zhao was about to move, Han Yihai hurriedly pulled up Zhang and Wang, the two living bodhisattvas, and said to Zhang Jinchang: "Collective action, you must go." Wang Zizhong is easy to say, listening to Han Yihai's sentence of "public meal", he will go faster than anyone else.

The wooden carriage is lavishly decorated, with crystal wine glasses on the table covered with white tablecloths, antique-style cloth decorations on the seats and curtains, and beautiful wall lamps and candlelight on the dining table give the carriage a romantic atmosphere.

The price of the restaurant car is expensive, and the people who can come to the restaurant are either rich or expensive, and the decoration is also quite exquisite.

Sitting at the dining table, Ye Zhao knocked on the carriage, well, it is wooden, most of the train passenger carriages in the hinterland of the Central Plains are wooden, but this train to Tianhu City is an iron passenger car, which makes Ye Zhao slightly surprised, but the restaurant, like the mainland train, is a wooden car.

Han Yihai chanted the Buddha repeatedly, because seven or eight young men followed in, and they didn't move in the morning or evening, so why did they have to move when they were eating?

Ye Zhao saw the different color on Han Yihai's face, and he was also a little helpless, if he continued like this, he would have to show his stuff, Han Yihai was not a fool.

After all, the inner guards are not a special service group, and they are not good at disguise.

At this time, the train was not far from Tianhu City, and the desert and grassland were rapidly retreating outside.

Two days earlier, Han Yihai didn't think there was anything wrong, he just dined in the restaurant a few times, and he always met these young men unexpectedly, and these young men, after they arrived at Dihua to transfer trains, they still followed, and it was still a carriage, which was too coincidental. He gradually felt that something was wrong, and he had been holding back his energy to distribute cakes to the big guys in the past two days, but in fact, where did he have an appetite?

Wang Zizhong had to drag Zhang Jinchang to another table to eat and stir-fry, and then listen to the dishes he wanted, which made Han Yihai even more helpless, but it didn't cost money, right?

Ye Zhao just asked for a barbecue, plus a cup of Guizhou Daughter's Cellar, which is 1 silver dollar, 10 yuan, ordinary people, they can't consume the food on the dining car, and they can only bring their own food or buy boxed lunches sent to each carriage.

Taking a sip of wine, Ye Zhao whispered in Han Yihai's ear: "Mr. Han, don't worry, I think it's just a coincidence, the four of us are worth spending so much effort?" If you want to make a feud with someone, Mr. Wang has a lot of romances, but even if people seek revenge, they won't do it again with all the way to the Western Regions, right? ”

Han Yihai nodded, and said in his heart that he could only hope for so, and reported the situation to the patrol police an hour ago, and saw that he was a university employee, and the patrol police happily agreed to check the origin of these people, but he has not replied to the letter until now.

At this time, the speed of the train gradually slowed down, and you could feel that the front car was gradually rising up, and it was hilly and highland.

The railway from Dihua to Tianhu City, from the Alashan Pass, can be said to be a straight line, the road is extremely smooth, only this hill needs to be climbed, and the monthly shuttle bus is naturally full of goods, with the current steam power, the speed will inevitably drop.

Ye Zhao picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "I knew that I would come to dine later, this climbing up and down is not good for the stomach." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a bang, and Han Yihaiqi said, "What sound?" Before the words fell, I felt that it was dark in front of me, and I was thrown to the ground, and then the glass of the dining room was shattered to the ground, and in the restaurant, screams were everywhere, and the gentlemen and ladies had long lost their manners, some immediately lay on the floor, and some ran to the outside of the restaurant, chickens and dogs jumped, and they were in a mess.

It was the sound of gunfire, bang gunshot, and there was an occasional muffled sound from the wooden compartment, which was shot by a bullet, but it was clear that perhaps it was still far away, and it was difficult for the attacker's bullets to penetrate the thick planks of the carriage.

Han Yihai turned his head around, he felt that his arms were lifted, and his legs did not obey the call, and he walked around with the strength of others, and after a while, with a bang, he was pushed against the carriage, and when the tablecloth on his head was removed, he found that he had returned to the carriage, Ye Zhao and he were squatting under a glass window, the glass on the window had already been shattered, he didn't know that this was done by Zheng Aqiao, so as not to break the glass window with a stray bullet, and the glass ballast touched Ye Zhao who was hiding below.

Han Yihai turned his head to look and saw Zhang Jinchang and Wang Zizhong squatting under the seat next to him, both of them turned pale with fright, but they were not injured, and Han Yihai breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Zhao said: "It's a Kazakh horse bandit." ”

The vast desert steppe between Lake Balkhash and Lake Susserkel, there is no tribal nomadism, and this area is far from the concept of national borders, as the Chinese gradually control this area, some Kazakh tribes in the north, supported by the Russians, gradually formed several groups of horse bandits, roaring, robbing the Chinese immigrants around Tianhu City, at first the Chinese immigrants suffered a loss, but in the past two years, with the improvement of the security camp of the construction corps, another Chinese cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment were stationed on the shore of Tianhu City, Kazakh horse bandits have gradually become afraid to go to the Tianhu City area. Last year, a gang of more than 1,000 horse bandits was completely wiped out by the Chinese cavalry regiment, and the Kazakh horse bandits no longer dared to provoke the tiger's beard in Tianhu City.

In fact, the cavalry regiments stationed in Tianhu City were all formed by recruited Kazakh warriors from the Chinese territory of Balkhash Hunan.

The nomadic herdsmen in Central Asia are indifferent to the national concept, and only the same tribe is related to each other, but the concept of the same regional ancestry, and it is the policy of the Soviet Union to clearly divide the nationalities, adopt the same policy for the same nation, and force them to migrate and gather, then the natural nation will gradually join together and become a foreign race in the eyes of the main nation, which is the fundamental difference between instilling the national concept or instilling the national concept.

Nowadays, each tribe will work for whoever is good to it, not to mention that the Kazakh horse bandits also do not have the concept of the same race, whether it is the Kazakh tribe in China or the Kazakh tribe in Russia, they will not escape the fate of being plundered and killed by them.

As for the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions of China, the policy adopted by the empire is to publicize that you are all citizens of the empire, and those outside the rule of the empire are foreigners, and they have nothing to do with the miscellaneous ethnic groups. The superiority of the citizens of the empire is the essence of the propaganda of the national concept.

On the outer wall of the carriage, there was an occasional muffled sound, and Ye Zhaoxin said that he finally understood why he used the iron carriage.

This was the first time that Kazakh horse bandits attacked a train, and although the iron car was not to protect against the horse bandits' bullets, it was naturally from the perspective of safety.

The sound of gunfire suddenly intensified, and it was the guard company on the train that began to shoot back, and even the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard from the roof of the car, so that the soldiers of the guard company ran to the cargo car to set up defense, lest the horse bandits take advantage of the speed of the train to slow down, climb onto the train and loot the goods and throw them out of the car.

Thinking about this joint, Ye Zhao rubbed his nose, how did he feel that he was dealing with the railway guerrillas?

Suddenly, Han Yihai screamed, but it was at the window of the car, and he climbed up with two hands, Zheng Aqiao suddenly stood up, there was already an extra six thunder cannon in his hand, and he shot the head of the horse bandit who had just emerged, and the horse bandit didn't hum, and fell off the train, he was superb in riding, probably wanted to perform a leap from the back of a horse into the train car, but he went to see the king of Hades in a daze.

Han Yihai opened his mouth wide and looked at Zheng Aqiao in surprise, and his eyes were even more frightened.

According to imperial regulations, private people were "allowed" to carry guns, and the reason for the quotation marks was that the approval was extremely strict, and almost no one could obtain a license or gun license except for the merchant groups that traveled for foreign trade all year round.

Therefore, Han Yihai was shocked when he saw Ye Zhao's "servant" suddenly take out a fire gun to kill.

Then he noticed that the young men in the carriage, each with a firearm in his hand, and a rifle, raised his gun from time to time to shoot outward, and a patrolman with a gun in both hands hurriedly ran by, as if he was not surprised, and did not stop at all.

The train slowly crossed the hills and began to accelerate, the sound of gunfire gradually thinned out, Ye Zhao stood up, the lights in each carriage had long been extinguished, the moonlight outside the window was bright, and hundreds of galloping fast horses could be faintly seen getting farther and farther away from the train, and on both sides of the tracks, there were corpses scattered there.

"You be careful......" Seeing Ye Zhao poking his head out, Zheng Aqiao was startled.

Ye Zhao shook his head, walked towards the back door of the carriage, and said as he walked: "It's too messy to eat, right?" ”

Zheng Aqiao followed Ye Zhao's side and said hatefully: "These horse bandits should have been killed a long time ago!" Turning his head and seeing that he was far away from Han Yihai and the others, he said: "The bandits have the audacity to disturb the holy car, and when they arrive in Tianhu City, the servants will order the cavalry regiment to enter the Eastern Turkic land to suppress the bandits, and if the Russians obstruct it, just expel it!" ”

Ye Zhao didn't squeak, lit a cigarette, entered the restaurant, looked at the mess, frowned slightly, and said, "Go and ask about the loss sheet." ”

In fact, there was no need for Ye Zhao to order, after a while, a guard hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words to Zheng Aqiao, Zheng Aqiao said: "Master, two passengers were injured by stray bullets, and several others were injured by glass, and the three guards and soldiers were slightly injured, but the goods did not lose anything." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, feeling that the power of the carbines of the horse bandits was also very limited.

"It's a pity for my barbecue!" Ye Zhao said with some regret.

Taking a puff of cigarette, Ye Zhao said again: "The horse bandits in the Northern Regions are very confused, and it's time for them to wake up." ”

Zheng Aqiao bent his knees: "Wow! Master Shengming! ”

(To be continued)