The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 415: The Dragon is Here

After that, Liu Shijiu and Wu Peifu never spoke again. They just watched silently as the troops of the 3rd Mixed Brigade hurriedly passed by on the distant mountain road, almost jogging all the way south.

Looking at the retreating troops of the 3rd Mixed Brigade that seemed to be fleeing in panic, both of them felt a little uncomfortable.

Liu Shijiu clapped his hands heavily on the edge of the ditch, sighed, and seemed about to curse, but he opened his mouth for a long time before speaking helplessly.

"Our vanguard army has never been in such a mess before. This fake defeat is played out like it's real!"

Wu Peifu could tell that Liu Shijiu was speaking sarcastically, but he didn't know what to say, so he just gave a helpless smile.

After a long while, Wu Peifu finally found a topic to talk about. He listened to the gunshots and said, "Uncle Master, the gunshots are getting closer."

Liu Shijiu said to Wu Peifu, "You are staying in the opposite troop. Can you give them some more instructions?"

"No need."

Wu Peifu shook his head and said, "The deputy chief of staff is there, so I don't have to worry at all."

"what!"

Liu Shijiu asked curiously, "Good boy, when did you have a deputy chief of staff?"

Suddenly, Liu Shijiu laughed cunningly again.

"It's Xingfu who has taken care of you, his favorite student, and quietly arranged a deputy chief of staff for you."

Liu Shijiu said angrily, "No, I have to go find him and ask him why he is so partial and only assigns a deputy chief of staff to his disciple. I want one too."

Knowing that Liu Shijiu was deliberately joking with him, Wu Peifu smiled bitterly and lowered his voice.

"Master, I was not sent by the teacher as the deputy chief of staff. The teacher asked me to transfer my third battalion commander, Li Zixiong, to the Huguang 7th Mixed Brigade as the chief of staff."

"I thought that I should let Li Zixiong train here first, so that he wouldn't ruin the teacher's plan after he arrived in Huguang. So I asked the teacher for permission and let him serve as deputy chief of staff first."

When Wu Peifu said the sentence "ruined the teacher's big plan", he deliberately emphasized the word "big plan".

Ever since Wu Peifu joined the Endeavor Society, he has not had time to look for Liu Shijiu, Li Xiance, Liu Yuzhi, Liu Changfa, or even Wei Jinghai and others. He had wanted to take this opportunity today to have a good talk with Liu Shijiu, but Zhu Kaishan was always by his side and he could not bring himself to talk.

Since there was no way to explain in detail, he couldn't come here in vain. He wanted to test Liu Shijiu again.

Liu Shijiu hummed and said, "Xingfu has put a lot of effort into you, kid. He has thought it through very carefully. But you must remind your people that when they arrive in Huguang, they must not only train the Seventh Mixed Brigade, but also keep a firm grip on it. At all times, they must listen to Xingfu, when necessary."

Having said this, Liu Shijiu lowered his voice and whispered into Wu Peifu's ear.

"As long as Xingfu gives the order, we can pull this group out. They have to fight wherever Xingfu points, so we must select reliable people to go there. Otherwise, we must stop them firmly. You have to keep a close eye on this matter for Xingfu."

"Also, there are some things that can only be said by people like us. Xingfu won't say them. Do you understand what I mean?"

Seeing Liu Jiujiu's rare seriousness, Wu Peifu understood that Liu Jiujiu was not only a fellow traveler, but also more direct than they thought. For his teacher, Liu Jiujiu would dare to do anything. Thinking of this, Wu Peifu could not help but lean closer to Liu Jiujiu's ear and whispered:
Only about half an hour later, the intense gunfire was already very close to where they were.

Another unit of the 3rd Mixed Brigade also withdrew. This time, there were very few stretchers in the team that appeared on the mountain road. Many people were being carried on others' backs, jogging as they retreated.

Obviously, this was not only because the war was so intense that there was no time to make stretchers, but they didn't even have time to find door panels.

Not long after this force of nearly two thousand troops withdrew, amid sparse gunfire, another five or six hundred troops from the Third Mixed Brigade ran past them on the mountain road opposite them. The last sentinel of the team retreated, stopping from time to time to fire a few volleys of gunfire at the back.

Obviously, this force of five or six hundred people was the last remaining force.

Following closely behind them were hundreds of Allied cavalrymen, all of whom were wearing brightly colored uniforms and riding strong and tall horses. They were obviously the Russian Cossack cavalrymen.

The retreating infantry are originally the best target for the cavalry to attack. However, if the enemy is retreating in an organized manner, the situation will be somewhat different. Even if the enemy does not have heavy machine guns and only uses volley fire, it will cause certain casualties to the cavalry.

Of course, if the number of cavalry is sufficient and casualties are not taken seriously, the final victory will definitely belong to the cavalry.

These pursuing Allied cavalry were divided into two parts, the front and the back. There were about four hundred people in the front, and they did not chase very closely. It seemed that they just wanted to keep a close eye on the retreating Third Mixed Brigade.

These Cossack cavalry seemed very experienced. They rode their horses at different speeds, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and kept firing on horseback.

Obviously, these Cossack cavalrymen wanted to keep enough pressure on the troops behind the Third Mixed Brigade so that they could not rest, but they dared not relax. Once they were negligent, these cavalrymen would spur their horses to charge at them like lightning.

The more than one hundred cavalrymen at the back were divided into two groups. Whenever they encountered a hill on the mountain road, a cavalryman would ride up the hills on both sides of the road to look around, obviously searching for ambushes.

Looking at the Allied cavalrymen behind them who kept riding up the hills to check, Zhu Kaishan couldn't help but say with admiration.

"The Marshal is really amazing. He is right. These foreign devils have become much more careful. If we set up an ambush on the hill, we will definitely be discovered by these old Russians."

Liu Shijiu glanced at Zhu Kaishan, then glanced at the people in the column around him and said.

"The Marshal is not only a true god, in my opinion, he is a living dragon. There is nothing he cannot predict when fighting against the foreign devils."

Liu Nineteen's words made everyone pause.

There is nothing wrong in saying that Teng Yuzhao is a deity who has descended to earth, but it is a bit taboo to say that Teng Yuzhao is a dragon who has come to earth.

Although Wu Peifu was somewhat surprised, he noticed that after Liu Shijiu finished speaking, he seemed to have been observing everyone's expressions inadvertently.

Zhu Kaishan said admiringly, "Brother, you are right. The Marshal is like a dragon descending from heaven. Otherwise, how could he defeat the foreign devils so terribly and make them timid? Even when they were chasing the Third Mixed Brigade, they did not forget to search the hills and highlands on both sides of the road, fearing that they would be ambushed by the Marshal again."

After hundreds of Cossack cavalrymen chased after him, Wu Peifu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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