Chapter 1 Wedges
Chapter 1 Wedge ()
In the 26th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty.
In a private house in the outskirts of Beijing, a middle-aged man was dying, lying on a dismantled door panel, with several wounds on his chest still gushing with plasma, dust and blood on his face, looking ferocious. A tall and thin young man next to him was holding his arm with an anxious look on his face.
"It's all your fault for making money. It's your master. It hurts your brothers. In the future, don't help Qing and destroy the foreign countries, and you must clear the foreign countries! You have to go out alive! The little emperor is not a thing, and the old witch is not a thing. He didn't treat us as human beings..." The middle-aged man said a few words, gasping for breath and had to stop.
This man was named Li Changshui. He was the leader of the Boxer Regiment in Shandong. He was a master of the "Tianjun Creation Achievement" to stimulate the land of Yanzhao. The tall and thin young man was his great apprentice Jiang Jun. He followed Li Changshui to practice martial arts for more than ten years. Although he was only 20 years old, he achieved great success. He caught up with his master's heyday and became the number one master of the Boxer Regiment and was known as the "Attack of Thousands of People".
"Master, you won't be in trouble! I will definitely save you!"
Jiang Jun's original name was Jiang Facai, and his parents were both poor local tenants. After learning from his master, he thought the name was not good, so Master Yang gave him the name "Jiang Jun". Li Changshui also hoped that his most talented apprentice could shine his family and become a majestic general.
At the beginning, Li Changshui led a group of poor people to rebel and attack the government, hoping to drive away corrupt officials and let the poor people live a good life. At that time, they formed the Boxer Regiment and came out to kill "one dragon, two tigers, three hundred sheep". Among them, the "dragon" refers to Emperor Guangxu; the second "tiger" refers to Li Hongzhang and Ronglu, because these two have always advocated suppressing the Boxer Regiment; and the "sheep" are those corrupt officials of all sizes.
At that time, many Western priests preached in China. They colluded with the government to oppress the poor. The Boxer Rebellion also cracked down on those Western priests who acted arrogantly.
Unexpectedly, the Western powers have always coveted China's vast land and wealth, and now they have found an excuse to send troops. They immediately formed the Eight-Nation Alliance of Britain, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, and the Boxer Regiment to kill missionaries and innocent religious people and invade China. After the Eight-Nation Alliance came, the Qing army was defeated step by step. Empress Dowager Cixi, who held real power, sent people to find the Boxer Regiment, promising high officials and generous salaries, so that they could "help the Qing Dynasty and destroy foreign countries."
At the time of foreign aggression, Li Changshui and the leaders of various regiments agreed and led the troops to fight against the foreigners to the death. However, the weapons were inferior to those of others and their tactical qualities were poor. Although there were many people, they were a mess. In addition, the Qing army, which claimed to be an alliance, did not work at all, so they had to retreat step by step. The Eight-Nation Alliance relied on advanced weapons to attack without any disadvantages.
Empress Dowager Cixi was panicked when she saw the foreign devils' power. She immediately sent someone to seek peace from the Eight-Nation Alliance and agreed to take action together to suppress the Boxer Regiment. Under the fierce artillery fire of the Qing army and the Japanese, the Boxer Regiment suffered heavy losses. Most of the members led by Li Changshui also suffered casualties and injured. She led the army. Although she killed more than a dozen foreigners and more than 30 officers and soldiers, she was seriously injured in the rifle, so she had to flee to this house with her remaining troops.
When Li Changshui thought of this, he couldn't help but suffocate his chest and another mouthful of blood spurted out: "Foreign devils are robbers, it's time to kill them! Remember to get rich, you should kill more foreign devils in the future and fuck their women..."
Jiang Jun felt cold: "Master, you are almost gone, and you still want to fuck a foreign woman at this time."
But when he saw the master gasping and his face was dark, Jiang Jun felt sad and cried, Master, don’t worry, I will rescue you. I will follow you to fight foreigners in the future!"
"Master is not good, please listen to me when you get rich. Kill foreign devils to avenge your master, and fuck foreign women... it is useful... you will know in the future... Now... you... run away quickly! Be sure to... go out alive!" Li Changshui gasped even harder.
At this time, a Taoist man next to him wearing a high crown and a gossip clothes came up and shouted, "Don't worry, the boss! I will do this to bless the gods of the great religion and make my brothers invulnerable! We must always protect the boss!"
When Jiang Jun saw this stinky Taoist priest, he immediately became angry and said angrily: "Get out! If it weren't for your bull's nose, how could we have been defeated so badly?"
It turned out that this Taoist was the guardian of the Boxer Rebellion, known as Yu Banxian. The "big sect" he mentioned refers to Buddhism and Taoism recognized by the court. Since the Boxer Rebellion, some people from Buddhism and Taoism have joined the group. Yu Banxian claimed that he could communicate with the gods of the great sect and invite divine talismans and water. The group could use it without swords and guns, and performed "miracles" such as long spears stabbing the throat and shattering the big stones on the chest.
The leader of the regiment, Li Changshui, respected Yu Banxian very much and invited a large number of divine talismans and divine water armed groups. Unexpectedly, when he encountered foreign muskets, all the magical techniques did not work.
Jiang Jun never believed in Yu Banxian because he knew that the so-called "miracle" that was invulnerable to swords and guns was probably just some hard qigong protection. Although the "miracle" performed by Yu Banxian was extraordinary, he could do it with his own and his master's skills. I wonder why the master had always believed in this stinky Taoist priest. Jiang Jun came to his master in private, and Yu Banxian was probably a liar, but was scolded by his master, and ordered him not to do this again.
When Jiang Facai scolded him, Yu Banxian became angry and said with a gloomy face: "You guy who is not tired! How dare you scold me? Just like you, you are stubborn and unbeliever, you will suffer this disaster!"
Jiang Jun stood up suddenly, pointed at Yu Banxian and roared: "You said you are invulnerable to swords and guns. Why are so many brothers dead? Why did the master get shot?"
Yu Banxian was stunned for a moment and immediately argued: "That's because they couldn't understand the method, so they died under the bullet." Suddenly, Li Changshui's face was gloomy and glared at the angrily, and he didn't dare to say anything again.
Li Changshui gasped for a while, suddenly coughed twice, spit out a mouthful of blood and said, "Forget it! Get rich, take everyone out quickly, don't worry about me... Stay green mountains there... and find opportunities in the future." As he said that, he tilted his head and lost his breath.
Jiang Jun was so heartbroken that he hugged his master and burst into tears. At this time, gunfire sounded loudly, and a group of people ran in panic and shouted: "Senior Brother! Foreigners and officers and soldiers are attacking in!"
Jiang Jun stood up quickly and said angrily: "Brothers, come with me, grandma's fight with them!"
Dozens of group members who could still fight followed Jiang Jun and shouted in unison: "Fight!"
As soon as he pushed open the door, a burst of bullets shot over quickly and closely. Jiang Facai and others had to retreat. They hid behind the only half of the door panel and looked through the crack of the door. They saw that there were many Qing soldiers and foreigners coming into the yard, some holding guns and some holding knives, surrounded them as if they were facing a great enemy.
A man with the appearance of an imperial guard at the door shouted: "Listen to the people inside, as long as the bandit leader Li Changshui is handed over, the rest of the surrenders will be spared from death!"
The group members who knew the man said in a dismay: "It's the old witch's escort, deputy commander Yi Yin!"
By the way, this Yi Yin has a great background and is known as the number one master of the imperial guards in the capital. He once received guidance from the master of Baguazhang Dong Haichuan. He was so talented that he had never been defeated in the past 10 years. This time, the Boxer Regiment was encircled and suppressed, and there were quite a few gangs who died at his hands.
Jiang Jun shouted angrily: "Yi Yin, in order to support the royal family, we support the Qing Dynasty and destroy foreign countries, why do you collude with foreign devils and attack us like this?" Yi Yin curled his lips and said disdainfully: "A bunch of mud legs is also worthy of supporting the royal family? Don't urinate and look at yourself! Give you ten breaths, and don't blame me for being ruthless!" After saying that, a group of officers and soldiers and foreigners raised their guns and aimed at Jiang Jun and other groups.
"One, two, three..." Yi Yin counted slowly, with a cruel and smug smile on the corner of his mouth. He has always liked this way of torture his opponents. This time, Li Changshui led his members to kill many subordinates, and he hated Li Changshui to the core.
It was almost over, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
Suddenly, a voice shouted: "Li Changshui is dead! We are willing to surrender!" A figure rushed to the opposite side quickly, but Yu Banxian. Several groups of people also followed behind.
Jiang Jun said angrily: "Yu Banxian, you are so shameless!"
Yu Banxian ran to the Qing army formation and smiled at Yi Yinmei, "Master Du, Li Changshui's body is inside. The young people have long wanted to surrender to the court!"
Yi Yin frowned and asked, "Is Li Changshui really dead?" Yu Banxian hurriedly said, "It's true! You'll know when Master Du went in and checked it out later."
Yi Yin asked again: "I heard you can be invulnerable to swords and guns?"
Yu Banxian was shocked and his eyes turned, "I dare not! I dare not!"
Yi Yin suddenly grabbed a knife from a personal soldier beside him, flipped his hand, pushed forward, quickly pierced into Yu Banxian's chest, and then pulled it out. A bloody rain shot out from the middle of the Yin-Yang Diagram on Yu Banxian's Taoist Suit.
Yu Banxian pointed at Yi Yin: "You! You..." He pounced on the ground with his eyes wide open, his face full of reluctance.
"A group of fools and unlucky men dare to fight against the imperial soldiers!" Yi Yin sneered several times and turned around and ordered: "Since the bandit leader Li Changshui has been killed, the rest of them will be shot and killed! No one will be left!"
Yi Yin suddenly saw several personal soldiers showing shock. He felt quite displeased. He thought he was not following his orders and was about to scold him. Suddenly, a fierce wind came from behind. He was shocked and hurriedly flashed to the side.
But it was late! Yi Yin felt a sharp pain in his back, and then something suddenly appeared in front of him. When he looked down, it was a gun head! His throat was sweet and he spitted blood. Yi Yin fell down staggeringly.
It turned out that the attacker was Jiang Jun. Li Changshui treated him with kindness as much as a mountain. When his master died, he felt bored. However, he did not avenge his great revenge and felt that he had no face to meet his master. Seeing Yi Yin turn back, he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So he ran the "Tianjun Creation Power" to the extreme, and he attacked with a gun, and in an instant he was successful.
Seeing Yi Yin being stabbed to the opposite side, Jiang Jun knew that the great revenge was to be avenged. He turned around and shouted to the brothers: "Take Master away! I'll stop them!" He grabbed a Pub Sword, and was as powerful as a mad tiger, and he got up and killed all directions.
When Yi Yin's personal soldiers saw that the chief general was dead, they knew that their crimes were inevitable, so they all tried their best to move forward, but they wanted to capture Jiang's army, but although there were many people, they could not resist Jiang's bravery. They saw that several more personal soldiers were killed by Jiang's army.
Seeing that the situation was not good, a personal soldier quickly ran to a foreign leader, nodded and bowed: "Master, the thief leader is fierce. I hope you wish me a handful of strength."
The foreign leader said contemptuously: "You are all sick men in East Asia! You all dodge!" He led more than fifty foreigners and surrounded him with guns.
Seeing that the foreigners took action, the personal soldiers hurriedly retreated. In the end, Jiang Jun was left alone in the encirclement.
The foreign leader gave the order and rushed straight to Jiang Jun. Faced with the spears of foreigners, Jiang Jun knew that today was afraid of more and more misfortunes.
"Kill one is enough, kill two and earn one." Jiang Jun gritted his teeth and turned fierce. Suddenly, he remembered the life-protection method that his master usually taught. He bit his tongue hard and spit out a mouthful of blood. Tianjun's Creation Mind Technique was running, and the speed was several times faster than usual, and he walked forward like a snake, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the foreign leader.
The leader was shocked and quickly raised his gun and fired. Unexpectedly, Jiang Jun was too fast and was short and he was holding a knife. The foreign leader's gun was pushed to the sky and the bullets were shot in the air.
It was a while since then, Jiang Jun shrank his knife and quickly wiped it horizontally, tangenting towards the neck of the foreign leader. A blood column splattered, and a head flew out, with wide open eyes full of horror and disbelief.
The foreigners next to him saw Jiang Jun so brave, and they all raised their guns to shoot at Jiang Jun. Jiang Jun used his body to perform his body and killed seven or eight foreigners. Suddenly, he felt hot and knew that he had been shot. His body stopped for a moment, and he stood up with his hands. He stood still, staring at the foreigners shooting with guns, and countless bullets flew towards him.
Jiang Jun felt his body fluttering, and in a trance, it seemed to be rising higher and higher, rising to mid-air. Suddenly, he lowered his head and saw that his body had been shot into a sieve by a random gun. Blood flowers squirted wildly, rolling down, falling heavily to the ground, bounced a few times, and then landed again, and was no longer alive.
Jiang Jun was shocked. He clearly still had consciousness. Why did he see himself dead in the air? Could it be an illusion?
Unconsciously, he pinched his arm with his hand to see if he was in a dream. Unexpectedly, he stretched out his hand and found that it was empty. His body was actually floating, as if it was not there. He smiled bitterly, but no sound came out. Jiang Jun knew that this might be what the old people often said, and he had already left his body.
Seeing that his body was still moving, the rest of the Boxer Rebellion were all under spears and had no time to resist and escape, and were all knocked to the ground like harvested wheat. Jiang Jun was as strong as a knife, but he was powerless.
In fact, with Jiang Jun's martial arts, it would not be difficult to break out alone. However, it would be absolutely impossible to let him abandon his master and his brotherly brothers.
Chapter completed!