Quick Transmigration: The Villain Also Wants to Be a Good Person – Chapter 7

Ch 7: Tianbao 6

Tianbao gazed at the man before him. He was over seven feet tall. Though his figure was somewhat thin and his complexion slightly yellow, one could still glimpse his former might through his haggard face. His body was like a steady mountain, seemingly containing boundless power. His broad shoulders appeared capable of bearing a thousand-jin burden; his strong arms seemed ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment. His eyes revealed a firmness and decisiveness, as if he had undergone countless life-or-death trials on the battlefield. Though he was slightly weary at the moment, his innate martial spirit was still awe-inspiring.

“I wonder how I should address this brother?”

“My name is Cao Bianbiao. I was formerly in the Liaodong Army, but I was captured last year.” (Fictional character)

“Hmm? That name sounds familiar.”

“Is General Cao Bianjiao related to you?”

“He is my elder brother.”

“General Cao Bianjiao was truly a great general, whose bravery was unmatched. I greatly admire him. It is a pity, however, that the Imperial Court was incompetent. Last year’s great defeat led to General Cao’s death.”

“Last year’s great defeat not only left the Ming Army with no more soldiers to fight. Many generals also basically died. Even Grand Supervisor Hong, alas!”

Others did indeed die or were wounded. However, Hong Chengchou did not die; he had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

“What? You say Grand Supervisor Hong surrendered?”

“Yes, but the news hasn’t spread yet. The court still believes he died for the country. Why? Didn’t you discover him when your army was defeated?”

“I knew nothing. I was tripped by a tripping rope during the breakout. I fell off my horse and then fainted. When I woke up, I was already in the Prisoner of War Camp. Actually, they only fed us thin gruel once a day. It was to prevent us from causing trouble or escaping. Thankfully, you came to save us.”

“So, are you willing to fight the Tartars with the young men?”

“My whole family has a blood feud with the Tartars. As long as it’s fighting Tartars, I’ll do anything. After all, my life was saved by you.”

“Let’s make it clear beforehand that we’re not people of the court. We are only fighting for the countless Han Chinese living in this Border Pass.”

“Alas, my whole family has served the court once, so we don’t owe the court anything. Since you saved my life, my life belongs to you from now on…”

“In that case, choose whoever you want to rescue from here; you’re familiar with them anyway.”

In this way, he not only had his own territory, but also finally had reliable generals under him.

However, I believe that the situation here will soon be known to the people of Shengjing.

Before that, we must strengthen our strength. Ningyuan City is nearby; we must seize Ningyuan City before Shengjing reacts.

“Dabiao, arrange for our brothers to guard the City Gate and all the key routes. The news here cannot be spread yet. We must catch the enemy off guard while they are still unaware of the situation here.”

After the war, Tianbao gathered everyone. He distributed the land equally to everyone, regardless of age or gender. He also brought out his grain seeds. At first, everyone didn’t understand this new grain. However, after having a full meal with this new grain, everyone liked it. The old and weak, women and children in the village also slowly came to the island. As everyone talked and got to know each other, they increasingly recognized the power of this new grain.

Tianbao freed them from their slave status, and everyone was assigned land. Everyone was very enthusiastic. Soon, they harvested the original grain and planted the new grain seeds.

After a few days of training, Cao Bianbiao’s more than one thousand men gradually became familiar with the use of flintlock guns and volley fire tactics.

Several mortars were purchased through the system. The system learned that they had entered the industrial age. Therefore, their weapons were becoming more and more powerful, but they were strictly controlled. Except for a very small number of royal guards, ordinary people could not get such advanced weapons. The other party also reminded us not to expose overly advanced weapons. It’s best to use flintlock guns if possible; use flintlock guns. In this era, flintlock guns were already the most advanced weapons.

In fact, in addition to equipping his brothers with advanced weapons, Tianbao also carefully taught them the martial arts he had learned at Shaolin. Fortunately, these people were not like the soldiers under Eunuch Liu before. They knew that in this era of war and chaos, it was how difficult it was to survive with good skills. So after they were full, they practiced day and night, never daring to slack off. Tianbao often encouraged them with his famous saying, “My fate is in my own hands.” In this era, you can only get what you want by striving for it yourself.

These soldiers did not know that their physical strength and martial arts were far superior to those of ordinary soldiers.

Tianbao didn’t care about the saying of not passing on martial arts to young people. As his master had said, learning martial arts is to help others. Since he wanted to help others, he might as well teach all the martial arts he learned at Shaolin to these brothers so that they would have the ability to protect themselves on the battlefield.

That’s what he thought when he was under Eunuch Liu, but those people didn’t understand his efforts. They always thought he didn’t treat them as human beings.

A week passed like this. That day, Tianbao suddenly asked the system.

“System, help me investigate the troop deployment in Ningyuan City.”

“Ding, Host, Ningyuan City is about 80 li from here. The military strength in the city is similar to that of Hulu Island originally. However, they have more Qing soldiers than here. There are two Niu Hulu of Qing soldiers, and the Han Eight Banners have more than 1,500 people. There are fewer slaves there than here, because their land is also less than here, about more than 3,000 slaves. And they are also mainly cavalry archers using cold weapons.”

“If that’s the case, then I’m relieved. System, what if I let the word out that the slaves of Hulu Island have rebelled? Do you think the people of Ningyuan City will send troops to suppress them?”

“Host, based on their arrogance, I think they will definitely send troops to suppress it. After all, it is the time when the Qing army is at its most powerful. If they know that their slaves suddenly rebelled, they will immediately come to suppress the slaves. This can just serve as a warning to others. After all, their Manchu population is small, and there is no need for slaughter to deter them. How can they rule so many people?”

Now we need to consider how to make them believe that the rebellion is a slave rebellion.

“Someone, go and call Zhang Dabiao.”

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

“Come in.”

“Reporting, Zhang Dabiao is here.”

“Dabiao, are the traitors captured before still here?”

“Yes, leader, they are currently undergoing labor reform in the labor camp.”

Find someone who was captured in the fields before, find a few to act, make him think that we are the slaves who were previously invited to help, and then let him escape. Do you understand what I mean?

“Understood, I’ll arrange it now, and he will escape tonight.”

“Go quickly, be prepared, we have another battle to fight.”

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