As a rising general, Zhao Dangshi now urgently needs support from two fronts - fame and primitive accumulation. These two are indispensable, and if he wants to make a name for himself and not be overwhelmed by the vast sea of rogue forces, he can only choose to gamble sometimes.

This time, he was right.

As the first force to rush into the city, Zhao Dangshi first assigned Hou Dagui and others to control the county government, warehouse and arsenal.

The county yashi is the county magistrate, and the cangyi and the arsenal are the storage places of the county's money, grain, and soldiers, and Zhao Dangshi occupied these three places first, and he controlled the three most valuable positions in the entire city in his own hands.

Mao Angxiao, the magistrate of the county, went to the official earlier, and the city was temporarily presided over by the county Cheng Li Keshou and the lord Bo Dai. These two people were loyal and sat in the yazhong waiting for the rogue. Many subordinate officials went to the county government office and inquired about staying in the county, but unexpectedly when they heard the proposal of these two people to die, many people cried on the spot. Just as they were about to run away, Zhao Dangshi's soldiers and horses arrived early, and they were all tied up.

For these people, Zhao Dangshi didn't want to kill. There is no shortage of warriors and fierce men in the ranks of the Liukou, and the most lacking thing is these literati who dance and write. Ironically, the rogues created the rebellion of these officials and officials, and in the end, whether it was Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, they had to use these scribes they hated the most in their lives. Facts have proved that it is impossible for any regime with military men as the main body to be long-term, and in fact, a regime without intellectuals to systematize government affairs cannot be called a regime, and at best it can only be armed with bandits.

In the face of Zhao Dangshi's solicitation, from Li Keshou and Dai Yixiang, no one agreed. Li and Dai were not even afraid of knives, guns and axes, and began to scold. These literati, who were deeply influenced by Cheng Zhu's scientific thoughts, put loyalty to the monarch and patriotism in the first place, and their lives could not be wanted, but their names could never be corrupted.

Not only Zhao Dangshi, but also many rogue leaders consciously wanted to recruit some intellectuals to work for them, but very few actually succeeded. Although there are many people who are greedy for life and afraid of death who are afraid of coercion and join the gang, most of them are just some exaggerated and unusable people, and the elite is rare. In this regard, the Ming Court, which has Zhengshuo, has an unparalleled advantage in the collection of talent elites.

Zhao Dangshi was unwilling to be just a bandit and thief, he was eager to seek talent. In his plan, as long as there is an opportunity, he will recruit these well-dressed men, even if it is in vain once or twice, but if he persists dozens or hundreds of times, he will always receive some useful people.

Zhao Dangshi circled around the officials of Chengcheng County who were forced to kneel down the steps. On the way, Li Keshou and Dai Yixiang insulted the entire yamen. Hou Dagui was irritable, and he drew a knife several times to rub their mouths, but was stopped. In the end, Zhao Dangshi felt that it would be ineffective not to give these people some fierce medicine, and said coldly: "Wait and listen, now surrender to serve me, everything is fine; If you continue to resist, not only you, but also the next one in your family will want to live! ”

He was angry, and there was a deterrent between the momentum, and when the officials heard this, the timid ones were already shaking like chaff, and only a few people such as Li and Dai didn't care about it, and scolded themselves.

Zhao Dangshi saw that there was still no answer, so he gave Hou Dagui a look, Hou Dagui's hands were itchy for a while, without saying a word, he grabbed Li Keshou, his hand fell with a knife, and he cut off his head, and blood suddenly splattered all over the stone steps.

Several officials were full of heart and gall, and they fainted in fright when they screamed, Dai Yixiang's face turned pale, and his lips and teeth trembled: "A thief is a thief, if you kill me, I will not give in!" As soon as the words fell, Hou Dagui slipped over and wiped his neck.

The two bloody heads were placed in front of the steps, and the remaining officials were either fainting or speechless in terror. Zhao Dangshi looked at them, knowing that today's affairs must not be dragged into the mud and water, and people woke up the people who had fainted, and said loudly: "I, Zhao, have always respected scholars, and I sincerely seek talents today, just to break the mediocre rule of the imperial court, return justice to the people, and give the world a peace. After a pause, he said, "I won't hide it from you, even if I release you today, and get it for the rest of the people outside the ya, the death will definitely be a hundred times more ugly than these two." Today, you are willing to show your talents for me Zhao to join the gang, if you don't want to, I Zhao is also a good person, fast and sharp, and send you on the road. ”

After saying this, many of the officials below wept. Zhao Dangshi waited anxiously, and looked at Hou Dagui again, Hou Dagui comprehended, and shouted: "Send you on the road!" Wielding his sword, he knocked down two people in the blink of an eye. Although the officials were terrified, somehow no one begged for mercy. Seeing that there were already seven or eight corpses lying in wait under the stairs, and the blood was flowing like a drain, Zhao Dangshi was disappointed and turned around to leave, but someone shouted: "The villain is willing to serve the general!" ”

Zhao Dangshi's heart fluttered, and he looked over urgently, but saw a person in a green shirt in the back row standing upright and looking towards his side. Hou Dagui happened to kill him, and when he heard this, he was stunned and raised his eyes to look at Zhao Dangshi.

Zhao Dangshi walked closer in three or two steps, helped the man, and looked closely, only to see that the man was about forty years old, thin, roe deer, and had a few messy beards under his chin, and his image and temperament were very in line with the definition of "profiteer" in Zhao Dangshi's mind.

"Dare to ask Mr. Respect?" The poor perception does not prevent Zhao Dangshi from accepting this person, everything is difficult at the beginning, no matter whether it is good or bad, now there is the first person to take the initiative to surrender, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical significance.

"How terrible is the villain, seeing the general's passionate speech, he was very moved, and he was willing to call for the general under the cleansing mood, and he took the saddle of the ring and did his best."

This person is thick-skinned, especially better than Yang Chengfu, Zhao Dangshi gave him the first evaluation in his heart, and his face was like a spring breeze: "Mr. He is well aware of righteousness, which shows that he is wise and thoughtful." What Zhao needs is a talent like Mr. who knows advance and retreat and knows right from wrong. Then he said, "Where is the gentleman's home, I will immediately send someone to protect the upper and lower mansions." ”

Then He Kewei shook his head and said: "Thanks to the general's kindness, the villain's parents died early, and his wife did not have it. ”

Zhao Dangshi nodded secretly, this guy is a bachelor, no wonder he has no scruples. This person is unknown, but with this cheeky face and the stinky mouth that fires indiscriminately, it seems to have something to use.

At that moment, he didn't ask anything else, and sent a few of his subordinates to follow He Kewei, telling him to go home and pack up, and by the way, recruit the remaining few people. The rest of the people saw He Kewei taking the lead, and they also lowered three, but these three cried a handful of snot and tears, without a human form, only kowtowing and begging for mercy, this kind of performance is undoubtedly much worse than He Kewei before, and I can't see anything special, Zhao Dangshi didn't care, just accepted it as usual.

Hou Dagui led people to search the county government, but he didn't find much useful things, and then Cang Yi came to report, and said that there was not much money and food, and Zhao Dangshi's heart instantly cooled half. Fortunately, news came from the arsenal that there were many armor blades and some guns, and the mood was refreshed.

Zhao Dangshi was about to go to the arsenal to take inventory, but the front foot stepped out of the yamen, and someone on the back foot reported urgently, saying that Yang Chengfu, who was in charge of the cang, was leading people to fight with other departments, and the situation was sinister, so he immediately changed his mind and turned his horse to see what was going on.

Before I reached Cangyi, I heard the commotion there. Zhao Dangshi whipped several times and urged the horse to approach, only to see the crowd boiling, and it could be roughly observed that the two groups were confronting each other.

As soon as Zhao Dangshi came forward, the scene settled down a lot. Several regiments of soldiers who were catching and fighting were all pulled apart, but in one place, they were fighting.

"Who is this?" Zhao Dangshi looked at the scene in front of him and was surprised. I saw a huge man with messy cheeks and beards, as strong as an iron tower, fighting with his own athletes with one enemy and four against him. Thinking that the four athletes under his command were also in good health, they were completely suppressed by the big man now, and they had no power to fight back.

Yang Chengfu gently touched his swollen right cheek, and said with a sad face: "Mr. Qian, this black man is extremely hateful, he will draw his fist against him if he doesn't agree with him, and three or four of the brothers have been injured by him, and he can't stop it left and right." ”

Zhao Dangshi looked at the man in astonishment. Seeing him waving his fists as big as a bowl, no one dared to stand within five or six steps. The four athletes in their own family were imposing, and they saw that they were about to lose.

At the critical moment, Zhao Dangshi raised his breath and shouted: "Strong man, stay!" After shouting several times in a row, the man was in the middle of the battle, so he didn't listen, and finally the four athletes saw Zhao Dangshi and crawled over to ask for help.

"Strong man and don't do it, dare to ask the honorable name?" Zhao Dangshi took two steps forward and stood in front of the menacing man.

The man approached, almost Gao Zhao was in the world, and when he saw that the other party was neatly dressed and polite, he put away his fist and asked in a rough voice, "Who is Ernai?" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, a strong smell of wine sprayed on Zhao Dangshi's face. It seems that this Han had robbed a lot of wine in the city before.

Everyone else was busy looting clothes, gold and silver, but he was empty-handed, his face was full of alcohol, Zhao Dangshi felt that this person was very interesting, and said with a smile: "In Xia Zhao Dangshi, Guan Zhuangshi made extraordinary moves, presumably there must be a famous person, and he came to seek knowledge." ”

The man didn't answer, and the others said it for him first, only to hear someone say: "His surname is Hao, he is not very famous, he is a flag bearer in the army, and he works hard to shake the flag in battle, and he is called Hao Shaoqi." ”

"Hao Shaoqi?" Zhao Dangshi was stunned, and seemed to have heard of it. Soon looking back, isn't this person Hao Yongzhong, one of the thirteen families in Kuidong in the future? It turned out that this fashion was just a small flag bearer. It's really hard to find a place to step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there, and I don't want to meet here.

Not to mention Zhao Dangshi's thoughts, when Hao Shaoqi heard the words "Zhao Dangshi", he was also in awe, put away his frenzy, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be a fierce general who beheaded Cao Zongbing, and the surname Hao was rude." ”

As he was talking, several more horses arrived, and the leader turned over and dismounted, and Zhao Dangshi looked at it, it turned out to be the general of the king of Chuang.

The general of the king of Chuang looked around, and he knew it in his heart, and walked up to Zhao Dangshi with a smile: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." These little ones under my command did not recognize the way, went to the wrong place, and offended General Zhao. I'll tell them to roll the ball, and General Zhao will give me a face, don't be surprised. ”

Before he broke the city, he publicly announced that Zhao Dangshi had absolute control over the area he occupied, and it was not easy to break his promise, and these cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods under his command caused trouble, which made his face really dull. Especially that Hao Shaoqi, who was originally a good man, bravely crowned the three armies, but had a problem with alcoholism. It's okay not to stick to alcohol, but when you smell the wine, you can't take a step, and you will go crazy when you drink it. The good future has been ruined by this problem several times, and after many years of confusion, he can only be a little-known flag bearer in the camp.

He thought that after he went back, he would teach Hao Shaoqi a good lesson and make an example of killing chickens and monkeys, but Zhao Dangshi suddenly said: "The man named Hao Shaoqi is very angry with me." If the general wishes to give in, the villain can be exchanged for Meiji. At the end, he added, "The person who is a talented villain has a beautiful concubine in the county mansion, very charming, absolutely extraordinary, and the general will be satisfied when he sees it." ”

"Huh?" The general of King Chuang looked at Zhao Dangshi like a ghost, and he didn't know what kind of head he had. This Hao Shaoqi is a famous thorn, the most capable of things, King Chuang was unwilling to put him under his command at the beginning, but he never had a chance to kick him. This kid surnamed Zhao doesn't know which line is wrong, and he is willing to exchange a beautiful concubine for such a rough man - I can't see it, he is young, but his taste is so heavy, if he is really young and talented, I can't do it.

After thinking for a moment, he agreed and summoned Hao Shaoqi to step forward. When Hao Shaoqi heard that he belonged to Zhao Dangshi's subordinates, he was very happy, completely ignoring the ugly face of his original superior. He was quite suppressed in the original camp and had difficulty developing, but now he has changed the world and is just showing his strength again.

Zhao Dangshi easily arrived at Hao Shaoqi, he was in a good mood, and after a few words of nonsense with the generals of the King of Chuang, he left with his men and horses. When Yang Chengfu heard that Hao Shaoqi was received by President Qian, he was angry and annoyed, and glared at Hao Shaoqi with resentment, but he dared not speak out.

Chengcheng County is not big, and it was plundered by more than 10,000 jackals, tigers and leopards for a night, and it was empty. Walking on the streets of the county early in the morning, there are still some unhappy rogues who are still busy. A few people on the main street were busy collecting the dead people, but there were no farts, they were very dissatisfied, shouted and left, and some were angry and even drew knives and slashed, unloading an already indistinct corpse into several pieces. On the other side, the girls who had been gang-raped all night were basically gone, but there were still people busy with their bloodstained bodies. Their eyes were blank, their faces were pale and dead, their heads tilted to the side, and they looked silently at the people who walked by. No one cares if it's dead or alive.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. Zhao Dangshi is not the Holy Mother, but he still has a conscience, and he has seen countless scenes in Chengcheng County that are like Shura hell. But now he is powerless to change that. All he could do was walk away.

If I am still a fish on the chopping board, how can I change the situation of other fish?