Chapter 14: Tujia Hakka (14)
The corpses could be seen everywhere in the streets of Wujia Town, and after more than a thousand Hakka people joined, the battle soon entered the final stage. With the Wu family compound and ancestral hall in the town as the core, the Wu family town is engaged in the final battle. With the experience of attacking the two Tujia villages, the villagers did not need Wei Ze's command, so they moved straw and firewood to surround the two buildings.
There are many wooden structures in the ancestral hall, and the fire is together, and the villagers will throw the improvised torches into it like raindrops, and it doesn't take long for the ancestral hall to rise. The armed forces of Wujia Town, who were hiding in the corner and resisting stubbornly, rushed in with smoke and fire.
The Hakka villagers manipulated the spears that had been used in the slaughter of Tujia villages, and the head of the bamboo pole more than three feet long was tied to an iron tip more than a foot long. Some of the fastest runners were lucky enough to escape the flames and spears, and then they were unlucky enough to clash with the denser array of villagers, and quickly lost their lives under the onslaught of various weapons.
Weeser didn't want to be part of the killings, and he quickly scattered his troops again. The focus is on the pharmacy and grain depot in Wujia Town. The remaining elite troops were ready to enter the Wu family's compound and rob it.
The villagers quickly lifted the bolt on the gate of Wujia Town, and used thick wooden beams to make a striking log, and more than 20 people carried it, shouting and hitting the main gate of Wu's house. And the back door of the Wu family was lit with a huge fire, trying to burn down the back door of the Wu family with fire.
Under the attack of the two phases, in less than an hour, the front door and the back door were breached almost simultaneously. First, more than a dozen Hakka villagers who were overly excited rushed into the front door, and a moment later they were killed by the armed men of the Wu family in the courtyard. Taking advantage of the Wu family's armed men to kill the Hakka villagers in a hurry, Wei Ze's troops rushed in.
Once the last gap is opened, the rest of the work is much simpler. The destruction of any force is the same, after the last armed personnel are dealt with, it is the process of "torturing the traitorous party and searching the palace". looted the easily searchable treasures, and then tortured them to find out the hidden treasures. Wei Ze has gained a lot, and nearly 100,000 taels of gold and silver alone have been found. Thousands of catties of gunpowder, sulfur, saltpeter and other materials were also found. As for the title deed, Weese had no interest. In such a troubled world, these things need to be done. Compared with these house deeds, Wei Ze felt that a pile of pen and ink and three or four hundred catties of white paper were more valuable.
Wei Ze naturally couldn't take all the grain, he only asked the troops to move out more than 10,000 catties of grain, and handed over the rest to the villagers for disposal. The destruction of the Wu family's compound is not strict, but after the Wu family was handed over to the Tujia villagers, they were all beheaded by the villagers in the courtyard. Because there were too many people killed and the smell of blood was extremely pungent, Wei Ze could only hold a meeting with Ruan Xihao and the elders of the six villages to find an undamaged cloth shop.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you break Wujia Town this time, I'm afraid that the government will definitely come to find trouble for everyone. I received an order from the Southern King of the Taiping Army to lead the troops to follow the brigade, and I will leave in a few days. I think you'd better come along with me. Wei Ze said straight to the point.
The village elders had already recovered from their excitement, and after listening to Wei Ze's words, they all looked embarrassed. He was reluctant to answer Weeser directly.
Wei Ze can also understand the thoughts of these people. broke Wujia Town, solved the two Tujia villages attached to Wujia Town, and the Hakka people were already covering the sky here. In these days, Wei Ze also learned that there are more than a dozen Hakka villages nearby. At the moment when the Hakka power is turning from weak to strong, it is easy to think of a choice to squeeze out the nearby Tujia forces as much as possible and establish Hakka control over the local area.
In fact, it is not only the elders of these Hakka villages, before Wei Ze saw the brutal vendetta between the Turks and Hakka in Guangxi, he also tried to establish a local separatist regime in a certain place, using it as a base to continuously expand around?
After seeing the vendetta between the Turks and the Turks, Wei Ze had already given up such a plan. In this vendetta, Wei Ze can only choose one side, and he can only choose the Hakka side. With a vendetta, Wei Ze can only face the vast sea of Tujia people, not to mention the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, his own survival is in a precarious situation, not to mention that a spark can start a prairie fire.
For Wei Ze's ability, the elders of the Hakka village admired it very much. So they are all openly and secretly hoping that Wei Ze can stay in the local area to preside over the situation.
Weeser's attitude is very firm, that is, he must go. Not only to go, but also to take these Hakka people with them. The reason that can be said is very simple, that is, neither the Tujia nor the government will sit idly by and watch the Hakka rise so suddenly. Moreover, it is impossible for no one to know about the Hakka involvement with the Taiping Army, and the government will not let the Hakka go at that time.
As for the unspeakable truth, Wei Ze really wanted to take these Hakka warriors out of Guangxi. If these people stay in Guangxi, they will only be trapped forever in the small world of Turkish vendetta. Only by going to a broader space and standing on the stage of the whole of China and even the whole world can we uncover the black curtain in front of us and accomplish greater achievements.
Wei Ze's reasoning can't move the elders in the village, where do the officials and soldiers have such smart eyes and ears, as long as Wei Ze doesn't say it, the villagers don't say it. Who knew that the Taiping army was involved in the attack on Wujiazhen. Even if the officials and soldiers know something, as long as Wei Ze and the other Taiping troops are no longer here, what can the officials and soldiers do?
The elders in the village naturally had their own ideas, and in the face of Wei Ze's statement, the elders began to refute, "Lord Wei, you said that the government wants to kill us. If the government kills us all, who will pay them taxes? Can the government still farm the land on its own? ”
These words were conclusive and loud, and Wei Ze had no reason to refute them for a while. Indeed, in areas where the Tujia had a complete advantage, the government did not have enough strength to kill the Tujia in the first place. On the basis of their own armed forces, it is possible that the Tujia will reach a temporary compromise with the official army. Moreover, Wei Ze had already understood what the elders had not said behind their backs, as long as Wei Ze left, the elders would have the basic conditions to deal with the officials and soldiers.
Is it safe to be rich? Weser thought to himself. When these six Tujia villages finally got rid of the Hakka forces that had been pressing on their heads, they naturally looked forward to being able to enjoy the qiē they had just captured. With land and goods, it is the castle of Wujia Town, no one will choose to leave their hometown after being fed, and they will not choose to follow Wei Ze on an expedition with no future. If these Hakka people fight against the government again next time, it must be the heavy taxes imposed by the government that make the life of the Hakka people unsustainable, but that kind of contradiction has not yet appeared, and the Hakka people naturally do not believe it.
Of course, there are not no people who believe in Wei Ze, there is only one Hakka who stands on Wei Ze's side with a clear banner, Ruan Xihao, after all, the Heaven and Earth Society is the Heaven and Earth Society, and there is an anti-Qing tradition. And after going south and north, Ruan Xihao supported Wei Ze's judgment. But Ruan Xihao was too young, and among a group of older elders, he was nothing at all, both in terms of age and number.
Weser also thought about what to do if something like this happened. Seeing that the elders' opinions were quite unanimous, Wei Ze said: "Since you are unwilling to leave, then I can only ask everyone to do one thing for yourself, and each family will give me one person and let me take it away." ”
The elders were a little stunned, Wei Ze wanted to pull people away, and they also thought of this. To fight a war, you need people, and Weezer also needs subordinates. It's just that Wei Ze's reason is too weird, not to say that this is for Wei Ze himself, but to say that the purpose of doing this is for the Tujia village.
"Guys, do you think I'm good at fighting?" Weeser asked.
To this question, the elders sincerely replied, "This ......, that's really powerful!" "Lord Wei has the unfathomable ability of ghosts and gods to fight!"
After seeing Wei Ze's ability to fly to the sky, the elders were completely convinced. Ruan Xihao and the other six people are from Hakka villages, and the elders have already talked to them, and these six people jumped off the cliff several feet high in the back mountain of Wujia Town, and fell into the town of Wujia Town unharmed. With these people taking the lead, Wujiazhen was attacked so easily. Being able to fly so high and such a distance and attack the enemy from the sky, the elders were completely convinced of Wei Ze's ability to fight.
Wei Ze said with a very serious attitude: "I want to fight from Guangxi, conquer Guilin, and conquer the world." When I entered the capital, every person who followed me was a founding hero. At that time, everyone will be from the government, which will be a great benefit to everyone! ”
"Into the capital? Enthroned and sat in the temple? The elders were frightened by Wei Ze's words, but this kind of fright was not even more shocking before Wei Ze and the others attacked from the sky. Since Weese fought so hard, and Wesser's attitude was so firm. More importantly, Wei Ze's words revealed a clear message, as long as he got someone, Wei Ze would leave and would go to "enter the capital", which was in line with the hopes of the elders. After only discussing with each other for a moment, the elders all agreed to Wei Ze's request, and each family gave Wei Ze one person.
With the support of the elders, things are easy to do. First of all, the elders each gave Wei Ze a young man, and under the situation that the elders took the lead in letting their families join the army, the Hakka villages mobilized very effectively. In recent years, every family has had many children, and it is not difficult for Wei Ze to take one away.
As a result, the six villages actually provided more than 6oo people to Wesser. It's just that there are men and women, with an average age of less than 17 years. Ruan Xihao, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, was determined to go with Wei Ze, and at the pass of selecting people for Wei Ze in each household, Ruan Xihao went to several other Hakka villages nearby by himself, and summoned more than 30 young people who were willing to follow Wei Ze for Wei Ze.
After returning to the town, Ruan Xihao saw this group of "warriors" with an average age of less than 17 years old, but he was angry. The so-called half-sized child eats the poor old man, and this group of teenagers is almost a burden in the village now. What made Ruan Xihao even more angry was that there were also a lot of female babies stuffed in the middle of these teenagers.
"Brother Ruan, a girl is a girl." Weser wasn't upset. Giving a group of young people even makes Wei Ze happier than giving Wei Ze a group of adult strong men. Young people are far more capable of learning than adults, as evidenced by the teenagers and children who joined Wei Ze's army in Lijia Village, just after following Wei Ze for more than ten days, some of them have learned a lot of things that adults have not been able to learn.
Ruan Xihao naturally couldn't understand Wei Ze's thoughts, but Wei Ze's magnanimity made Ruan Xihao even more determined to ask for Dora people. There are also many young people in the six villages who want to go out and wander around, and these people are naturally the right targets for Ruan Xihao's best efforts. Nguyen Hee Ho assured Wei Ze that he would do his best to take the gang away.
Seeing Ruan Xihao working so hard, Wei Ze finally gave Ruan Xihao another task, and these teenagers had already started military training. After a few days of military training, they have gradually become accustomed to an organized life. In addition, Wei Ze's troops never deducted from food, and the young man was quite full. Some teenagers want to bring their siblings with them. Wei Ze asked Ruan Xihao to quietly help contact him, and when Wei Ze left with the troops, he would bring as many people as he could.
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