Ningzhou, in front of the City God Temple, small square.

"Smack!"

The seal of General Longhu was heavily stamped, and when Wang Kefan raised his hand again, there was an extra red seal on the letter of appointment.

"Xiong Lichun is hereby appointed as the guerrilla general of the Daming Ningzhou Volunteer Army......"

Wang Kefan picked up the letter of appointment and blew it, and solemnly handed it to Xiong Lichun, that is, the owner of the village with a leopard's head and eyes, "Zhang Fei".

This letter of appointment is written in a nondescript manner, with no specific rank or official position, only a guerrilla general in name, and a glaring prefix "volunteer soldier" in front of it...... The volunteers are the militia, the volunteer guerrilla generals, similar to the head of the security regiment, not a serious official position, but Xiong Lichun didn't see it at all, or didn't care at all, holding this letter of appointment in his hand like a treasure, grinning non-stop.

"Thanks to General Wang, under the ...... No, no, no, the humble post will swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty and General Wang! ”

Xiong Lichun was originally just a bandit head, but he suddenly turned into a general of the Ming Dynasty, and even he didn't expect it, as if he had stepped into the cloud battlement, he staggered and almost flew up.

"Allegiance to the Ming Dynasty! Pledge allegiance to General Wang! ”

Behind him, there were hundreds of ragged men, all professional farmers and part-time bandits, raising their swords and guns together, chanting in unison, and the momentum was quite amazing.

The onlookers all showed a look of fear, and some destitute lamas followed suit, but several gentry and businessmen who were tied up with flowers were as pale as earth.

"Old cousins, you are all loyal and righteous people of the Ming Dynasty, and you have always been inseparable from the Tartars, but some shameless traitors are willing to be the lackeys of the Manchu Dynasty!" Wang Kefan stretched out his hand and pointed at the gentry and businessmen: "We must resolutely suppress these Manchu lackeys!" ”

"Suppression!"

"Chop off the skull!"

"Kill them!"

The bandits were indignant, and the bluffs applauded. Wang Kefan waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion dragged these gentry and merchants to the front row, and Lu Renqing loudly announced the crimes of these people, and colluded with the Tarzi County Order, actively paid taxes and grain to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, bullied the poor people, and so on.

Wang Kefan made a look, Xiong Lichun immediately stepped forward to scold these gentry and businessmen, and then announced to the onlookers that in the name of the Ningzhou Volunteer Guerrilla General, they were all beheaded for public display.

The knife flashed. The head fell to the ground, the blood stimulated everyone's nerves, and a big drama ended in a climax.

After the end, the Gongyi battalion and the Ningzhou volunteers went to confiscate the family property of these gentry and merchants. Wang Kefan called Xiong Lichun to talk alone.

"Have you memorized all the rules I set for you?"

"Yes. Remember. Don't oppress the people, don't flirt with women......" Xiong Lichun hurriedly recited it again.

"Yes, as long as you follow these rules, there will be no major deviations." Wang Kefan nodded: "But there is one more thing to remember, after killing these people today, we must try to appease the other gentlemen and businessmen." Don't easily offend the wealthy and powerful families in the township, one hand is soft and the other is hard, understand? ”

killed several gentry and merchants in public, and there was no shili in the county town to threaten Xiong Lichun. The sealed family property is enough for him to maintain for a period of time, as long as he manages it properly, he can slowly open up the situation in Ningzhou.

"General Wang, rest assured, I have been in the rivers and lakes for so long, and I understand all the bends and bends inside." Xiong Lichun is a bandit, and he has always survived in the cracks, dancing on the tip of the knife.

"After we leave, Ningzhou will be handed over to General Xiong, you must act according to the rules, otherwise my army will turn around and destroy you!"

"Yes, yes, the lowly position has always done the right thing for heaven, and he doesn't dare to do bad things!" Xiong Lichun promised: "General Wang, don't worry about killing the Tartars, my old Xiong must guard Ningzhou, people are in the city, and swear to serve General Wang!" ”

"Guarding is to guard haode, but you don't have to defend it." Wang Kefan said with a smile: "If the Tartars send a large army to suppress it, they will lead their troops back to Mufu Mountain, and don't give up their lives......

Supporting Xiong Lichun is Wang Kefan's last resort, although his subordinates are just a group of rabble, but it is still more than enough to defend the remote Ningzhou, at least to make trouble for the Manchu Qing and share the pressure for the Gongyi battalion. After the Gongyi camp left, everything depends on Xiong Lichun's own ability, if he does something wrong, he will bring about his own destruction, if he can survive, there will be one more base to resist the Qing Dynasty.

The next morning, the Gongyi battalion left Ningzhou.

Zhou Guodong had already occupied Wuning County, and collected a batch of boats and bamboo rafts to send back to Ningzhou, and the Gongyi battalion set off by boat in several batches, and went straight down the Xiushui River to Wuning in half a day.

Wuning is located in the middle reaches of the Xiushui River, but also a basin in the hills and mountains, to the east is the Jianchang and Poyang Lake in the lower reaches of the Xiushui River, to the north is Jiujiang Mansion, to the south is Nanchang Mansion, Gongyi Battalion occupied Wuning, it opened the door to Jiangxi, south to north, gallop at will.

The Gongyi battalion did not rush to send troops, but took a temporary rest here, and erected the banner of the Ming Dynasty to mobilize the people's volunteers to jointly resist the Qing Dynasty.

After hearing what the Gongyi Battalion had done in Ningzhou, the gentry of Wuning were panicked, they were all local leaders, and after surrendering to the Manchu Dynasty, they would inevitably have to pay taxes and grain, and have all kinds of dealings with the Manchu officials.

Confronting the Gongyi battalion is definitely a dead end, and they can't hide and hide, so they have to take the initiative to cooperate with Wang Kefan.

"Smack!"

The seal of General Longhu was heavily stamped, and when Wang Kefan raised his hand again, there was an extra red seal on the letter of appointment.

"Fan Wenqin is hereby appointed as the guerrilla general of the Ming Wuning Volunteer Army......"

Wang Kefan picked up the letter of appointment and blew it, and solemnly handed it to Fan Wenqin. Fan Wenqin is a big family in Wuning County, the ancestors have produced several Jinshi people, Shili is very big in this county, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Wuning, Fan Wenqin was repeatedly wooed, and he was allowed to be a high-ranking official, but Fan Wenqin cherished his reputation and never came out.

Although he didn't want to be an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he didn't want to raise the flag to rebel, he just wanted to be a peaceful and obedient citizen, and after receiving this letter of appointment, the smile on Fan Wenqin's face was more ugly than crying.

"General Wang, this is not in accordance with the rules of the official system, it doesn't count if you take it out......" He saw the problem with this letter of appointment at a glance.

"Oh, what's wrong? Let's change it. Wang Kefan's expression was very sincere.

"Forget it, so be it." Fan Wenqin carefully put away the letter of appointment, and regretted that he was talking too much, the more bullshit this letter of appointment is, the easier it will be to distinguish for himself in the future.

"General Fan, these strong men are all volunteers under you, let's get to know them."

Wang Kefan pointed behind Fan Wenqin, and nearly a thousand ragged bandits and bandits raised their swords and guns together and shouted in unison.

"Allegiance to the Ming Dynasty! Pledge allegiance to General Wang! Pledge allegiance to General Fan! ”

"Okay, good, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to the Ming Dynasty......" Fan Wenqin smiled reluctantly and nodded to these volunteers.

"These are all your generals, Drill Mountain Tiger, Chaotian Dragon, they are all famous heroes in Wuning, and they will be closer to General Fan in the future." Wang Kefan introduced him to several bandit leaders, bandit heads.

"Brother Fan, take care of your brothers more in the future!" Drill Mountain Tiger and others clasped their fists and saluted together.

"Good, good, take care of it, take care of it!"

Fan Wenqin rode a tiger hard, so he had to return the salute, he had already heard the names of these heroes, but he didn't expect that one day they would be in the same camp as generals, and they would be brothers.

At this time, a string of Manchu officials tied up with flowers were escorted up.

Fan Wenqin looked up and saw that they were all old acquaintances, county commanders, county officials, lords, and wardens appointed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty...... There were also more than two dozen green battalion soldiers, all of whom were as earth-colored as they were pressed down and knelt on the ground.

"Old cousins, you are all loyal and righteous people of the Ming Dynasty, and you have always been inseparable from the Tartars, but some shameless traitors are willing to be the lackeys of the Manchu Dynasty!" Wang Kefan stretched out his hand and pointed at the gentry and businessmen: "We must resolutely suppress these Manchu lackeys!" ”

"Suppression!"

"Chop off the skull!"

"Kill them!"

The thieves were indignant, and the bluffs applauded together, Wang Kefan smiled slightly, and stared at Fan Wenqin with sharp eyes like a knife: "General Fan, if you want to lead troops to fight in the future, you must see the blood first, and this Tartar county order will be handed over to you." ”

Fan Wenqin's face changed, he hesitated again and again, hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth, stepped forward a few steps and shouted: "My Fan family is favored by the country, and I am inseparable from the Manchu Tartars, and today I am willing to fight the Tartar county order with my hand, and I will swear to resist the Qing ...... from now on."

One, two, and three ......, Fan Wenqin slashed more than a dozen knives one after another, and finally cut off the head of the Manchu county commander, splashing his face covered with blood, and several other Manchu officials and green battalion soldiers were frightened, and they all wailed to Wang Kefan, begging to give them a good time.

"General Fan, who these people should let kill, you have the final say." Wang Kefan followed the good temptation and inspired Fan Wenqin: "Are there any other anti-Qing righteous people in Wuning, and there is also a ...... of blood feud with the Tartars?"

"Yes, yes, Zhang Juren of Dongdajie, Du Yuanwai of Nancheng, and Zhao Daguanren ......" Fan Wenqin reported a long list of names, all of whom were figures with heads and faces in Wuning.

Wang Kefan glared, and shouted at Lu Renqing beside him: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and follow General Fan to invite these righteous people!" ”

"Whoa!" Lu Renqing agreed loudly, and Fan Wenqin hurried away with hundreds of people from the headquarters.

Wang Kefan sat down and waited slowly, then took a pen and paper and wrote an anti-Qing essay, citing scriptures, the article was just done, Lu Renqing and Fan Wenqin came back with a large group of leading figures in the county.

The sword is up, the head falls, the businessmen and gentry, the heroes and bandits, everyone gets on the boat together.

Wang Kefan picked up the haode essay he had just written and read it to everyone, and there were many knowledgeable people among the gentry, and they all praised General Wang's brilliant writing.

Wang Kefan waved his hand modestly.

"I'm just a showman, I still know how many catties I have, and I want everyone to polish this article, and then sign it together." (To be continued......)