"Check, if you want to recruit people, as long as you go to Wuzhou, don't say that people from a village, it will be easy for the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society to gather twenty or thirty thousand people. Let's go to Wuzhou for three days at most, why spend a whole day going to a village. Hu Chenghe persuaded Wei Ze.

Wei Ze laughed, he pointed to the more than 300 brothers of his subordinates who continued to clean the battlefield and said to Hu Chenghe: "Commander Hu, let's not say what you have, I just ask you, are you a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, or a member of our Taiping Army?" ”

Hu Chenghe thought for a while before replying: "I am naturally a member of the Taiping Army. ”

Wei Ze nodded, "In this case, Wuzhou Heaven and Earth will be able to gather twenty or thirty thousand brothers, why should people listen to the orders of our three hundred people?" ”

This question was asked sharply, and Hu Chenghe couldn't answer it lightly. The truth on the rivers and lakes is obvious, whoever has a big fist and who has a long experience will be counted. Worship of God is just a religion that has only emerged in the last three to five years, and it cannot be compared with heaven and earth at all. Heaven and earth will ask the year, month and day poem and say: "The righteous brother asked me what my birthday was, and the year was Jiayin, and the auspicious month was the fifth day of the good time, and I was born when the son was ugly." The Jiayin years of the Qing Dynasty were the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674), the twelfth year of Yongzheng (1734), and the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong (1794).

As for the question of whether the fist is big or not, although he has been in the Taiping Army for so long and knows the ability of the 3oo people under Wei Ze, but he has no real swords and guns, and the brothers of the Wuzhou Tiandi Society will not think that Wei Ze, the 3oo people, have the capital to command Wuzhou. Hu Chenghe himself also knew that he wanted to make full use of his influence in the Heaven and Earth Society to show the Taiping Army in Wuzhou. It's going to take quite a long time.

Seeing that Hu Chenghe had figured it out a little, Wei Ze continued: "The front team of the Qing army has already run away, and with their virtue, they will definitely harass the place. We can't manage the Tujia villages, and the Hakka villages can't let the Qing army be so scourged. In any case, if the nearby Hakka village is harassed, we can't say that it has nothing to do with it. ”

Hu Chenghe saw Wei Ze's all-encompassing appearance, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. If it is logically speaking, Wei Ze and they failed to annihilate all the Qing troops, and the fleeing Qing army harassed the place, Wei Ze and they had something to do with it. It's just that this has to be based on the idea that even if the Taiping army is just passing by, they must be responsible for the villages along the way. The tube is so wide, Hu Chenghe feels that Wei Ze is a bit suspicious of taking mice.

Weize didn't care about the idea of the moat, the map was taken out to determine the direction, and Weezer began to enter with the team. After walking for more than an hour, I finally arrived at the Hakka village.

The village is called Lijia Village, near a valley, the village is not large, with a population of more than 100 households. The houses they live in don't look very good. This is also the norm of the Hakka people in Guangxi, and the Tujia have long occupied the most plastered large area of land in Guangxi. The Hakka can only try their best to find a place to cultivate, and they are like dandelions scattered on this land, a small patch here, a small plot there. In the face of the Tujia family, which is surrounded by clan forces, the Hakka people are bullied.

Seeing Wei Ze and more than 3oo of them appear in front of the village, the people in the village closed the door early. However, a group of more than 50 young men rushed to the entrance of the village with all kinds of weapons, and confronted Wei Ze's troops without fear.

Wei Changrong came out of the crowd, he walked generously to more than fifty people without weapons. He arched his hand to the villagers and said in Hakka: "Fellow villagers, we are from the Taiping Army, not bandits!" This morning, we fought a battle with the people of the government, killing more than 200 people, and more than 200 officers and soldiers fled. We came here to see if the officers and soldiers had escaped here. ”

Just hearing Wei Changrong's Hakka words, the nervous expressions of the villagers dissipated a lot. The only thing that can be used in a small Hakka village is Hakka, which is the identity proof of mutual communication and the basis of mutual trust.

"We didn't see any officers or soldiers coming." A sturdy man in his thirties took a few steps forward, stood in front of Wei Changrong and said. After speaking, he carefully looked at the black hair of Wei Changrong and the others, as well as the buns on their heads. This type is so unique in this era, and if you want to keep such a long head, it is not something that can be done in a day or two, "Are you really from the Taiping Army?" ”

"Exactly. We are the subordinates of the Wei Inspection Point of the Taiping Army. Wei Changrong replied proudly.

The official system of the Taiping Army meant nothing to these ordinary people in Guangxi, who had neither heard of nor had any interest in it. In fact, even the officers and men of the Taiping Army, most of whom did not understand these complicated systems. Therefore, in the face of the people's indifference to the official name, Wei Changrong is also very understandable.

"In that case, can we rest outside the village for the night? It's getting dark, and we can't get there in the dark. Wei Changrong said.

Although they are all Hakka, it is also very dangerous for such a 3oo number of heavily armed outsiders to spend the night next to the village. It's just that the people in the village don't dare to refuse, and it would be a bad thing to anger these armed men with a large number of muskets and spears in their hands.

The village chief came out to welcome the Taiping army to stay outside the village. They also took out some food and "offered" it to the Taiping army. According to the system of the Taiping Army, money was required to sell things. Lin Asheng, who was in charge of logistics, gave the village silver according to the amount of food. At this moment, the people immediately became excited. In Guangxi, it is quite common to rely on force to coerce others to eat and drink for nothing, and it is rare to give money for food. The village chief simply invited Wei Ze and other commanders to the village as guests.

The house is naturally not a good house, and the diet is very ordinary, mainly dried sweet potatoes. Wei Ze and they eat better in Yong'an than in these villages. When the Taiping army occupied Yong'an, they mobilized troops and local people to urgently harvest rice and other crops outside Yong'an. Coupled with the copying of the rich people in Yong'an City, rice has become one of the staple foods.

As a thank you, Wei Ze also gave the village chief a pound of salt, and the village chief and the village elders were even more smiling.

While eating, Weeser asked about the situation in the village, last year's harvest. Naturally, the village chief complained a lot, what taxes were heavy and the harvest was poor. Wei Ze didn't care whether what these people said was true or not, so he got off the donkey and said, "We have a song here, but I don't know if you have heard it." ”

"What song?" The people in the village joked.

"The superior people owe me money, the medium ones have to sleep, and the inferior ones go with me, it is better than renting oxen and plowing thin fields!" Wei Ze sang in Hakka fluently. After singing, Wei Ze smiled and said, "Everyone, since everyone said that this situation is like this, it is better to follow us and turn it back." Our Hakka people fight the world and sit in the world. What if you are from an inferior background? Fight down the world, we are also the best people! Don't be angry with others anymore! ”

This did not cause any surprise among the villagers, the poverty of Guangxi, coupled with the extremely fierce contradictions between the Turks and the Turks, has become the norm to fight and kill. The Hakka people who were in a weak situation were forced to organize themselves to resist the persecution of the Tujia and the government, and often had to prepare for a "big battle" in a certain place for more than half a month, because it often took ten days and a half for Hakka teams from other places to participate in the war. The more brave people in the Hakka family in Guangxi have long been accustomed to the life of licking blood with knives. For example, Wei Ze and Wei Changrong were the backbone of the "Hakka Standing Army" before joining the Taiping Army. According to Wei Ze's observations, several men in their thirties and forties who sat with him in this Hakka village had injuries on their bodies, and one of them had knife wounds on his face. It is clear that there is also a "Hakka standing army" in this village.

However, it is one thing not to be surprised, and quite another to be willing to participate. The village chief said lightly: "But I don't know where you are going?" ”

"I'm going to fight Wuzhou now." Weese replied.

"Wuzhou? Is it just you? The village chief looked at Wei Ze with a funny look. It seems that the village chief has also participated in many battles, but I am afraid that he has also gone to Wuzhou. As far as Wei Ze's 3oo people were not able to beat Wuzhou at all.

"Now the brothers of the Wuzhou Heaven and Earth Society are preparing to attack Wuzhou, and they are waiting for us to join. Didn't the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society give our village a heroic post? Wei Ze said seriously. After speaking, he turned his head and asked Hu Chenghe, "Chief Hu, are the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society just recruiting people in Wuzhou?" ”

Hu Chenghe was good at accidents, and he had also discussed with Wei Ze how to answer before entering the village, and he immediately said to Wei Ze respectfully: "Wei Checkpoint, the brothers of the Wuzhou Tiandihui feel that it is enough to recruit people in Wuzhou, except for waiting for our Taiping brothers to go to the lead, they have not gone to various places to post heroes." ”

After listening to Hu Chenghe, Wei Ze turned his head and said to the village chief, "How?" Do you want to join. If you join at this time, everyone will follow us to Wuzhou. Laying down Wuzhou City is more than laying down one or two Tujia villages! ”

Naturally, it is impossible for these "Hakka standing troops" from all over Guangxi to go out for nothing, and after each sortie, they will naturally have to share the money for the sortie, and there will also be a reward for the battle after the battle. In a sense, the people in this gang are running around like "mercenaries".

The village chief thought for a while and said, "But I don't know how to divide it?" Divide it first, or just divide it? ”

This is the special rhetoric of the real heroes of all walks of life, "divide first" means to determine the reward first, and "divide casually" refers to how strong everyone is when the arson loots, take out half of it to the leader, and the remaining half belongs to the trooper.

"Then let's divide it first." Weese replied. The two sides bargained, and finally determined that these Hakka people can go out together with the whole village, men, women and children, and those who can fight will be given half a tael of silver for ten days to participate, and those who can't fight will be given half a tael of silver for ten days.

By the time we were done, it was already dark. The village chief asked Wei Ze and the others to rest first, and he still had to discuss the matter with the people in the village.

Weeser asked to borrow straw and door panels from the village. Everyone has been walking for so long, and it is difficult to rest in the village, and they don't want to continue to sleep on the ground, but have something underneath to sleep well.

After a night without saying a word, as soon as he woke up the next day, Wei Ze ordered the soldiers who were resting outside the village to tie up the straw and put it on the door panel for the villagers to carry back. Doing things from the beginning to the end, tying up the straw again, and putting the door panels on the people, these are all small things. However, the Taiping Army's dealings with the people now are entirely these trivial matters. Such trivial matters are 1oo% contact between the Taiping army and the people.

Sure enough, seeing Wei Ze and the others doing this, the attitude of the people in the village towards the Taiping Army became even closer. When Wei Ze led the team to install all the departmental boards and the straw was put in place, the village chief said: "This spring, I still have to plant crops." If you go, you won't be able to go to many people. So this time we won't go to the Heroes Club in Wuzhou. I hope this Brother Wei will forgive me. ”

Wei Ze did not force it, and took his brothers to breakfast, and the team waved goodbye to the people and headed towards the south.

From morning to noon, a few young men suddenly came from behind, and the scouts in the rear team immediately stopped them, but they were people from the village. After being stopped, the young man immediately knelt down for Wei Ze and the others, "Everyone, after you left, the officers and soldiers came to our village and began to loot things, everyone, please go back and save us." ”

After finishing speaking, the sweaty young men were afraid that Wei Ze and the others would not go back, so they lay on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. Some honest young people knocked their heads down, and blood marks appeared on their heads.

Wei Ze had no expression on his face, but he was overjoyed in his heart. The Qing army finally showed its true colors and began to help Wei Ze recruit soldiers.

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