Chapter 16: Take Whitewater County
No one expected that a qiē would change so quickly.
When Wang Er entered the county government with 30 domestic soldiers and more than 50 dependent peasant soldiers, everyone realized that the situation might be wrong.
However, Wang Er will not give them time to come back to their senses, and they will be slashed and killed, but anyone who wants to resist will be killed as soon as possible. The first time you kill someone, you may feel disgusted, and there will even be various side effects, but it cannot be denied that a soldier who does not kill will never become an elite soldier.
Killing someone once, feeling the blood spraying out, and even splashing the temperature and feeling of your face, the whole person will get a sublimation.
It's just that the side effects are not without it, the soldiers are well trained and can maintain themselves, and most of those peasants are completely freed from the shackles on them after killing the first person. Without the restraint of shackles, they are like a pack of mad dogs, completely losing themselves and beginning to slaughter indiscriminately.
Earlier, Zhang Hongbin had clearly told them that they could not kill people who had no ability to resist, let alone kill the elderly, weak, women and children, and of course they could not rape them. But at this moment, they seemed to have forgotten about this, just kept killing and killing, and when they met a good handmaid, they pushed her to the ground as soon as possible.
"TMD, this is a group of rebels, it's a group of mobs at all!" Wang Er's anger was so big that he cut down the two peasants who were committing violence without saying a word.
"Listen to me, the Redemption Boss has ordered us something, if you dare to forget it, don't blame my king's second-hand knife ruthlessness!" Wang Er looked at the peasant soldiers who had come to their senses in the madness, looked at each other angrily and roared.
At this moment, many people have come to their senses, but some people still feel aggrieved. Since there is a rebellion, what does the Ming Dynasty have to do with himself, these evil bureaucrats are acting as a prestige on their own heads, and now they are collecting some interest?
The difference between the peasant soldiers and the rebel army is that the former is a pure army of ordinary people, without any culture or organization, they are typical avengers, who only think about revenge against this evil society, but do not think about how to let the people like themselves live a happy life; The latter was to take doing great things as their own responsibility from the beginning, restrain the soldiers, and formulate complete military laws, so the soldiers were well-founded in advancing and retreating, and the discipline was clearly loved and recognized by the people.
Zhang Hongbin doesn't plan to be a rogue, nor does he plan to be a meteor, he wants to be a star, so he must let the soldiers become a rebel!
"Can't understand people? Whatever you have to do, you can do whatever you want to do for Lao Tzu, if you are cheating and slippery, and you don't listen to orders, you will be killed! Wang Er roared again.
I don't know if it was due to Wang Er's prestige and strength, or the thirty Ding soldiers next to him, or the threat of death, these more than forty peasant soldiers finally acted according to Zhang Hongbin's pre-formulated strategy.
The government was completely occupied, and Ma Yu was arrested and taken away while drilling a dog hole. The entire government was taken over as soon as possible, and all the rooms were sealed as soon as possible.
The soldiers, who had a little medical knowledge, began to treat the wounded peasant soldiers, and these untrained fellows died the most in this operation, a full five, three of whom died at the hands of their own people. There is one of the most damned, Wang Er has ordered, and he still has to commit it.
"How's it going over here?" Zhang Hongbin, who now claims to be a redeeming thief, came to Yamen.
"Five peasant soldiers were killed, and none of the others were slightly wounded. Three of them broke the rules and were killed by me! Wang Er told him frankly.
"At the critical moment, it is the time when the rules are most tested, we are an insurrectionary army, not the kind of thieves who burn and loot, and we must distinguish clearly. The latter wants to be happy for a while, but in the end he can't escape the end of destruction. The former process may be a little harder, but after the success of the matter, it will benefit the children and grandchildren, I believe you will not know which is more cost-effective, right? Zhang Hongbin warned seriously, not only to Wang Er, but also to the soldiers behind him.
"My subordinates understand!" Everyone replied sincerely.
"Empty the treasury and announce to the world our savings! In addition, send people to the major merchants and wealthy families, and invite all their people to me, remember, we only have three days! Zhang Hongbin immediately gave an order.
Wang Er and the others received the order and immediately arranged for people to work.
The people who transported the grain, gold, silver and jewelry were requisitioned in Baishui County, and the redemption was very fair, and the levy must be paid, and the wages were very high. They don't need to travel too far, they just need to be transported to a specific place, and there will be people from the secret base to transport the things back.
Secret base, at this moment Zhang Hongbin does not intend to be exposed to the eyes of the world.
At this moment, the major city gates have been occupied by the soldiers he arranged, and the defenders of Baishui County, like many defenders, have too much to pay their officers, and there are actually no more than twenty soldiers in the army, and they have almost no training. Such a defender could not stop Zhang Hongbin's soldiers at all.
It is worth being vigilant that the soldiers of those big families living in Baishui County, those who have spent a lot of money to protect their homes and businesses, may not be many in number, but the fierce soldiers are no less than those under their own hands, at most there is a gap in weapons.
Therefore, Zhang Hongbin didn't settle accounts with them at the first time, but if these wealthy families are not interested, then he doesn't mind letting them know that they are powerful!
Not long after, the county commander Ma Yu was brought to Zhang Hongbin.
Seeing Zhang Hongbin for the first time, even if Ma Yu had seen it before, now he felt that he had recognized the wrong person. Zhang Hongbin's three scars are too conspicuous, making it easy to blur his appearance, so that even if he is with him every day, he may not be able to believe that this is Zhang Hongbin when he sees him now.
"Master Ma, don't come unharmed?" Zhang Hongbin asked playfully.
"Anti-thief, what are you going to do?" Obviously a guy who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, but he is very tough.
It's not surprising that as a county commander, it is his responsibility to defend the territory, and if he loses the county seat, even if he survives, he will be clicked off afterwards. Before and after, it is death, and death must also be temperate.
"Wronged adults work hard for three days, we will leave after three days, and then the adults will still have the responsibility to defend the land, but how to do it, you can think about it yourself!" Zhang Hongbin immediately threw out a fragrant bait.
"What do you mean by that?" Ma Yu didn't believe that the thief would be so kind.
"What's in it for me in the county? It's just a target for the army that the imperial court came to encircle and suppress, but this county can give you, but the materials of the county can not be given to you, there is nothing to discuss. Do you understand? Zhang Hongbin said patiently.
"That's it...... Seriously? After some confusion in his heart, Ma Yu finally tried to believe Zhang Hongbin's words.
In other words, the recapture of the county seat made him a little irresistible, who doesn't want to live well?
"Not only will I give you the county seat, but I will also let Baishui County under your rule double the harvest next year, how about helping you get a good political performance?" Zhang Hongbin continued to flicker.
"What exactly do you want?" Ma Yu didn't believe that he would be so kind, which may be the so-called 'too much'.
"Simple, from now on, on the surface, this Baishui County is under your rule, and here you are the highest speaker. In fact, I have the final say on the affairs of each village and township. I guarantee the safety of Whitewater County and the smooth flow of government decrees, and most of your decisions can be implemented, which is a lot of benefit for you, right? Zhang Hongbin said with interest.
Ma Yu knew that Zhang Hongbin planned to treat himself as a puppet.
But if it is the same as what he said, he can indeed get a lot of benefits, especially if he can keep the peace of Baishui County, this alone can be a great plus for his political achievements.
"Alright, that's it! Master Ma, did you sign this agreement? Zhang Hongbin took an agreement and handed it to Ma Yu.
Ma Yu looked at it, and what was written on it was the same as what Zhang Hongbin said before, there was no difference. The difference is that the former is just a verbal agreement between the two parties, and you can regret it at any time, and turn your face and deny people is the basis of being an official; But the latter is equivalent to having evidence, if it falls into the hands of political enemies or people with intentions, his career will be ...... It's over.
"Can't you sign it?" Ma Yu asked weakly.
"This is the basis of our cooperation, if you don't do it, I will discuss it slowly with the next magistrate, anyway, I am really not in a hurry." Zhang Hongbin shrugged.
At this moment, Ma Yu finally realized that the initiative was in the hands of the other party, and he had no bargaining conditions at all.
So, he could only sign his name with embarrassment and press his handprint.