Guangxi Province is located on the coast, with mountains and humid air.

It rains every few days, and it's not uncommon for it to rain continuously.

The air after the rain was fresh, but it was also mixed with the smell of dirt and rotting branches and leaves.

A thunderstorm that came and went as fast as it came and went, making the already muddy ground outside the city even softer and more difficult to walk.

The rain came at a bad time, and the camp was cooking on a fire.

A heavy rain directly extinguished the fire, so that the dinner of the new army and the Guangdong armed army was lost, and it was changed to a supper.

By this time it was already dark.

In one of the largest tents in the camp, Yu Ke was sitting behind a wooden desk writing a plan.

Since Yu Ke decided to rebel, he has a lot of affairs to deal with every day.

For an individual, there are only three things that are the foundation of life: wealth, power, and fame.

And maybe personal force.

But in the low-martial world, no matter how brave an individual is, he can't withstand a shell bombardment.

For a modern 'warlord', the foundation of his life is:

Guns, manpower, silver, and territory!

Although the Guangzhou Gun and Ammunition Factory is not large, it can also produce two or three thousand new rifles every month.

As for artillery, it can't be built in a short time, but as long as you have money, you can buy dozens of guns from Western arms dealers.

Although the attack range and power of Western artillery are not strong, they are at least stronger than those produced by the Qing Dynasty.

In terms of manpower, the new army under his command expanded to more than 7,000 after annexing the 2,000 Cantonese armed forces.

plus Liu Yongfu's 3,000 Black Flag Army, a total of tens of thousands.

And in two months at most, the army of 10,000 people will be fully equipped with new rifles.

As for the site.

The entire Liangguang and more than 400,000 square kilometers of land are nominally under the management of Zhang Zhidong.

The only thing that is lacking, or not sufficient, is money and food.

The rice grown in the Liangguang region is harvested twice a year, and there are some areas that crop three times a year, which can provide countless grains every year.

But Yu Ke will start a war with the Qing court in the future, if there is a shortage of food, it will be impossible to grab it from the people, right?

So the issue of money is the most important thing.

But as long as Yu Ke can establish a large enough industry before the war with the Qing court, he will naturally not be short of money.

In terms of making money, he can be said to be a modern traverser.

Glass, rubber, white salt, penicillin, cement......

Yu Ke has countless money-making options in his mind.

The only difference is that these money-making schemes take a different amount of time to implement, and the speed and ceiling of earning money are also different.

The manufacture of rubber products is one of Yu Ke's best skills.

Because his family opened a rubber factory in his previous life, he also studied related majors in college.

No one in the world knows better than him.

Rubber production is roughly divided into seven steps:

Tapping, collecting, purifying latex, adding acid to solidify, thinning crepe, granulation, drying.

Subsequently, the prepared rubber can be processed for a second time to make a variety of rubber products.

Such as tires, gloves, gel coats and rubber shoes, hot water bottles, elastic bands, rubber tubes, etc.

As long as these rubber products can be manufactured, there will be no shortage of sales.

"Lord Yu!"

Yu Ke was thinking about the follow-up plan, and suddenly a person rushed into the camp tent in a panic.

Gan Qiliang, who followed behind him, had a pale face and didn't say a word.

"What's the matter?" Yu Ke frowned.

The man knelt on the ground, and spoke incoherently:

"My lord, the villain is the guard of the commander of the third battalion Zhou."

"Just now, the villain and the battalion commander went to the county town to drink, and halfway through the wine, I suddenly saw a group of people riding horses and splashing fire oil everywhere!"

"He also holds a sword, and kills anyone he sees."

"That gang of bandits looked from afar, there were at least hundreds of them!"

"Xiao Hu ran out of the city with Camp Commander Zhou, but was scattered by the people who were scurrying around."

"Villain, villain, I had to run back alone first and report the news to the adults."

Yu Ke couldn't listen to him anymore after hearing him halfway through, and rubbed his eyebrows with some annoyance.

"What's your name?"

"The villain Zhou Zhongsheng, Camp Commander Zhou is the villain's brother."

Yu Ke stood up and said lightly:

"Zhou Zhongsheng? I've heard of you. I have a battalion commander's brother, you have done a lot of bullying things in the army, and someone even sued me. Your brother is a rare talent, and for your brother's sake, I turned a blind eye and didn't punish you. ”

Zhou Zhongsheng's face turned pale when he heard this.

But who knew that Yu Ke said again: "This time, I will spare you first, and after dealing with the matter of Lotus County, I will go and get fifty military sticks." ”

"Yes." Zhou Zhongsheng hurriedly responded.

Yu Ke said that he would no longer pay attention to Zhou Zhongsheng, and looked at Gan Qiliang and said:

"Qiliang, within three minutes, order the first battalion and the second battalion to follow me to suppress the bandits. The soldiers of the third battalion were ordered to stay in the camp and maintain order. ”

"Yes."

Gan Qiliang walked out of the tent and gathered people resolutely.

Three minutes later, the three battalions gathered and lined up.

Yu Ke rode on horseback and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

Eight hundred new troops quickly rushed to the county seat of Lianhua.

A few minutes later, I saw the fire and smoke rising into the sky in the county town in the distance.

At the gate of the city, countless ordinary people fled out, with tears in their eyes, and they did not dare to stop even if they were out of breath.

And behind those people, there were a few strong men on horseback who chased after them.

Those sturdy men, naked, with their hair tied into some strange braids, and bloodthirsty smiles, easily caught up with those people, slashing left and right with their knives, and cutting off countless heads.

Yu Ke's eyes flashed with anger, and he snatched a new rifle from the guard.

Thirty or forty meters away, he didn't aim very carefully, and with a bang, a bullet hit the forehead of one of them accurately.

The man's head jerked, the smile on his face froze, and he slowly fell off his horse.

"Onda!!" When the four companions beside him saw him fall to the ground, they stepped forward to check, and when they saw that he was dead, they immediately screamed miserably.

Subsequently, the remaining four strong men looked around and quickly locked on Yu Ke's position.

When he saw the well-trained new army behind him, he was not afraid, and without hesitation, he rushed towards Yu Ke with his sword.

Yu Ke's face was expressionless, and he snorted coldly: "Array!" ”

More than 20 new troops behind him moved quickly, and they were in formation within three seconds.

"Aim!"

"Shoot!"

More than twenty muzzles were aimed at the four sturdy men on horseback and with knives who rushed straight in.

When it was less than 20 meters away, there was a loud bang, and the four of them, along with their horses, fell to the ground.

Yu Ke dismounted and stepped forward, stepped on the chest of a sturdy man who still had a few breaths, and asked:

"Who are you? Why go around killing people and setting fires? ”

The man had a maniacal smile in his eyes, and blood was foaming from his mouth.

"Lao Tzu is the seventy-two earthly demons!"

"We want to teach everyone in the entire Lotus County to die!"

"You also wait to die!! Haha, haha! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the man swallowed.

Yu Ke frowned: "The people of the Seventy-two Earth Demon Sect are all crazy, right?" ”

Frowning and pondering for a while, Yu Ke said to Gan Qiliang:

"Let everyone spread out in platoons, occupy a lane or junction, line up their guns, and slowly advance towards the city."

"Don't worry about the house on fire. When you see seventy-two earth-shattering cultists, shoot them directly! ”

"Yes!"

After Gan Qiliang answered, he immediately summoned a total of twenty-four platoon commanders of the first and second battalions and conveyed Yu Ke's order.

Yu Ke left a few guards in place, holding the Qi family knife he got from Zhao Dachang alone, and rushed to the city.

Gan Qiliang didn't ask or stop him.

He knew very well how capable his own leader, who was called a staff officer but actually controlled the entire new army.

The unparalleled posture when he rushed to kill the French army is still vivid.

I am afraid that there will be few people who can kill the remaining staff officers in the entire Qing Dynasty.

……

Yu Ke rode a horse in the city of Lotus County, where the fire was burning, looking for the figure of the seventy-two Earth Demon Cultists.

In this county town where thousands of people live, it wasn't hard to find the Cultists.

Just search for the place where the fire started.

Within half a minute, Yu Ke encountered another Cultist, who was playfully chasing and killing a civilian.

When the man saw Yu Ke, who was also riding a horse, he immediately howled and rushed towards Yu Ke.

Yu Ke didn't even pull out the knife, he easily knocked him off the horse with the scabbard, and then pressed the end of the scabbard against the man's neck, making him unable to move.

"Where's your leader?" Yu Ke asked.

But the Cultist slashed at the horse's leg.

Yu Ke frowned, his arm shook and easily pressed against the blade, and then he saw a flash of knife light.

Half of the Cultist's sword-wielding arm was thrown into the air and landed on the ground.

Scarlet blood gushed out from the empty cuffs.

Yu Ke ignored the other party's miserable howl and asked lightly: "Let me ask again, where is your sect leader?" ”

The Cultist looked at Yu Ke hatefully, but still didn't answer.

Another flash of swords flashed, and before the Cultist could react, half of his arm was cut off.

"Tang Yu, where is it?"

A look of fear flashed in the Earthshatter's eyes as he pointed in one direction.

A knife slashed off the head of the cultist, and Yu Ke immediately rushed in the direction of the sectist's finger.

At the end of the road, on a higher ground.

A big man dressed in black, with a dragon's head in both hands, looked at the countless burning houses in the city, and the earth-shattering cultists who were burning everywhere.

From time to time, his eyes flashed with excitement and madness, as if he was enjoying a superb Cantonese opera.

The miserable wails of the people before they died came, but they fell to his ears like a pleasant music, and he hummed along with them.

Tang Yu was holding an eight- or nine-year-old child in his arms, who was his only son Tang Long.

Tang Long, who was still young, looked at the scene in front of him with a look of ignorance.

"Dad, why are these Han people shouting so loudly?"

Tang Yu said: "Because someone wants to kill them, of course they will shout." ”

"It's like a pig in a pigsty, when a butcher wants to kill a pig, the pig howls desperately."

"These Han people are no different from the pigs in the pigsty."

"We Western Xia people, when we need money, just kill a few Han people and rob them of their money. Got it? ”

"Oh." Tang Long nodded.

At this moment, I saw a man riding a horse a hundred meters away and coming unhurriedly towards his location.

Tang Yu hugged his son and pointed at the man: "Look, a wild boar is coming." ”

As he spoke, Tang Yu glanced at a disciple who was standing silently behind him, and said, "Old Five, go over and slaughter him." ”

The cultist who was called the fifth elder was a mediocre-looking man, with strong muscles and bones, and his qi and blood were as vigorous as a furnace.

After hearing Tang Yu's command, he walked slowly towards Yu Ke with an expressionless face, and at the same time agitated all over his body.

A sound like a tiger's roar or thunder came from the belly.

This person is actually a martial artist who has cultivated dirt!

Yu Ke's heart was awe-inspiring, and he felt a faint sense of threat.

Never felt this way since he was well-nourished.

Even when someone has a gun pointed at the head on the battlefield, there has never been!

But this feeling is not because of this earth-shattering cultist called 'Old Five', but because of the black-clothed man holding the child!

This person is estimated to be the sect leader of the Seventy-two Earth Demon Sects, and the martial arts master who is rumored to be in the realm of Huagang!

Yu Ke's heart gradually ignited a little excited.

At this time, the speed of the Earth Demon Cultist, who was called the 'Old Five', gradually increased.

In the end, he stepped heavily on the bluestone pavement, and he was three meters high, crossing a distance of seven or eight meters, and the three-foot thick back knife in his hand slashed down towards Yu Ke!

Flashing knives! The wind is howling!

This knife is impeccable in terms of timing, speed, strength, and angle!

He is a master of knives.

Before the blade fell, Yu Ke felt an amazing killing intent!

Yu Ke's eyes did not change at all.

The knife technique is good, but it's a pity that the person who uses the knife is not strong enough.

It wasn't until the blade was less than three feet away from him that Yu Ke pulled out the Qi family knife at his waist.

A flash of swift sword flashed.

In the next moment, an incomparably piercing metal clash erupted!

I saw Yu Ke holding the Qi family knife upside down, and hit the jaw of the opponent's big knife fiercely.

He actually broke the three-foot-thick back broadsword made of fine iron from the jaw!

Only the broken blade less than twenty centimeters long was left, which was held in the hands of the fifth child.

Lao Wu was also repelled by the amazing force, the arm holding the knife was extremely sore, the tiger's mouth was almost broken, and the remaining broken knives also came out of his hand.

Yu Ke turned over and dismounted, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and slashed down at the fifth head with a sharp and swift knife.

This sword is bound to be won!

Who knew that he saw a little under the other party's feet, his hands were flat, and he actually moved back a few feet out of thin air against common sense, and dodged this knife!

Hey?

Yu Ke was a little surprised.

How? How is it the same as the light skills in martial arts novels?

Master Niu's coffin board is almost unpressable!

Although he was shocked in his heart, Yu Ke's movements did not slow down a bit.

The waist turned and let out the remaining strength, and then stepped heavily on the foot, shattering the stone bricks!

Yu Ke's whole person was like a speeding train, rushing towards the fifth child with great momentum.

The blade of more than one meter long in his hand is stabbed flat, and the Qi family knife is used as a gun!

A knife stabbed into the heart, and a foot blade came out through the back, and blood gushed out.

Lao Wu raised his hand weakly, and his head slowly drooped.

Yu Ke picked Lao Wu's body aside and shook off the remaining blood on the blade.

Holding a knife and pointing at Tang Yu, the corners of Yu Ke's mouth hooked up an arrogant smile:

"Sect Master Tang, I heard that you are a martial arts master of the Huagang realm?"

"Come, show your hands!"