Chapter 11

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When Vézé left the King Of The East's residence, he did not know that he had become famous among the Taiping army and the Qing Army. Even if he knew, Vézé would only think that it was someone else's business. When he finally finished his work, Vézé felt as if all the energy in his body had been sucked out. What he needed to do now was to hurry back to the encampment and rest. Wei Ze was still able to gather a small amount of mental and physical strength, but it was for another task that he had to complete. That was the place where they were to be stationed.

After the Taiping army occupied Yongan, the Qing Army would soon launch a siege on Yongan. Because of the flames of war, a large number of civilians escaped from Yongan, and the Taiping army gathered the empty houses. Ten days ago, when Vézé led his men to attack, he and his men were stationed in two rooms in an ordinary courtyard. These two rooms took up half of the house. Ten days later, when they returned to the encampment, Vézé was worried that the place had already been occupied. However, it was more urgent to report to Yang Xiuqing, so Vézé asked his men to return to the encampment first.

When Vézé arrived at the house, the expected quarrel did not happen. There was no need to prepare any sentries in the city. The gate of the encampment was slightly closed, and there was no one in sight. Pushing open the dilapidated door, the courtyard was quiet, and the doors of the four rooms were closed. Randomly opening one of the rooms, he saw five or six of his men lying neatly in the room. They had spread their army blankets on the straw mattress, and were all sound asleep.

After looking through the four rooms one by one, Vézé discovered that the other Taiping army brothers who lived with Vézé and his men had all moved away. Vézé's troops completely occupied the house.

Why the other troops moved away, and where they moved to, Vézé did not care at all. He closed the gate of the courtyard and lay down on an empty straw mattress in the main room, exhausted. Soon, he fell into a deep sleep.

After accumulating too much fatigue, Wei Ze slept all the way until the sun rose. Even though someone next to him spoke loudly and startled Vézé, Vézé continued to sleep as soon as he woke up. When he fully woke up, it was almost noon the next day.

Lin Asheng was in charge of logistics, a Cantonese man who had joined the God Worshipping Sect earlier than Feng Yunshan. He was one of the "old brothers of Guangxi". He didn't have any amazing talent, but he had one thing that Wei Ze thought was amazing, and that was that he did things in a step-by-step manner. If Lin Asheng was instructed to do something, he would do it without a word.

The logistics department was responsible for cooking. When Wei Ze woke up, the smell of food wafted into the house. He had not eaten for almost a day. Smelling the aroma of food stimulated Vézé's appetite.

It was a rule of the Taiping army to hand over seized goods to the treasury, but Vézé and his men were not stupid enough to hand over everything. Vézé secretly ordered his men to hide some salt and gunpowder. As for the cured meat, they had to hide it well. Vézé also told Lin Asheng not to cook the cured meat rice when they returned to the city. At this time, Vézé did not smell the aroma of the cured meat.

"Wei Sima, we saw that you were sleeping soundly, so we did not dare to wake you up. We left some food for you. " Zhang Yingchen, who was chatting with Wei Changrong and others, saw that Vézé had woken up and said in a tired voice.

"Okay!" Vézé got up and tidied his clothes. When he went out, he saw that there were seven to eight sets of food by the fire. In the army, each person had a set of food. It seemed that Vézé was not the last one to wake up.

After wolfing down the food, Vézé immediately returned to the house. "Yingchen, Changrong. Both of you, follow me to get the new recruits. "

Zhang Yingchen was stunned, but Wei Changrong reacted quickly. "Fourth Uncle, you were promoted?"

Vézé smiled. "I have been promoted to the Captain of the Soldiers. I will be getting the new recruits soon. Both of you, come with me. "

Wei Changrong and Zhang Yingchen were sitting on the straw mattress on the ground. When they heard this, they immediately got up. Wei Changrong immediately asked, "Are the new recruits from Guangxi?"

Zhang Yingchen's eyes were also shining. These days, he had a deeper understanding of the "Guangxi old brothers". Today, after talking with Wei Changrong for a while after waking up, they talked about many things.

According to Wei Changrong's description, before Vézé's nephew, Wei Changrong, joined the Taiping army, he was a famous local Hakka hero. He had been practicing martial arts since he was a child and could be said to have experienced hundreds of battles. As for the 19-year-old Vézé, he was a rising member of the local Hakka community. With a small number of elite troops, they defeated the armed forces of the local landlords, and even defeated the Qing Army.

After hearing this, Zhang Yingchen finally understood why Vézé and the "old Taiping army" could be so brave and good at fighting. They didn't become brave and good at fighting just now, but because they were brave and good at fighting, they finally chose to join the rebel Taiping army.

Therefore, when he went out with Vézé to receive new recruits, Zhang Yingchen kept asking Vézé to teach him martial arts. Naturally, Vézé wouldn't refuse, but looking at Zhang Yingchen's excited expression, Vézé didn't feel particularly proud.

In Vézé's opinion, his martial arts was not something to be proud of. The reason why he could easily kill people, naturally, had a difficult story behind it.

After 1750, due to the rapid population growth, Manchu Qing began to implement a government-directed immigration. Many immigrants also appeared in Guangxi, giving rise to the division of Hakka and Hakka. The Hakka were the locals, while the Hakka were outsiders.

The large number of Hakka who came to Guangxi to open up land had many conflicts with the local residents. There was not much land in Guangxi, so the Hakka and the locals often fought over the issue of land rent and land. Due to the influence of the Triad rebellion and the effect of military education, the bitter feud between the Hakka and the locals quickly escalated. Other than the common bandits and gangs, the squires were convinced that they couldn't expect help from the corrupt and incompetent government. Therefore, they established the Local Defense League, which led the village affairs and mobilized the militia.

Whether it was the League formed by the squires or the locals under the leadership of the Triad, they all seriously harmed the interests of the Hakka. Under the pressure of survival, the Hakka quickly organized and mobilized, and began to develop armed forces.

In the struggle between the locals and the Hakka, the Hakka had several disadvantages. They lacked the common family structure that the local rich people had, and their armed forces relied on the cohesion of the clan to maintain stability. In addition, they might suffer because they lived separately, which depended on their economic status, because they all settled on small pieces of land in the periphery. After 1800, the conflict between the locals and the Hakka became more and more intense, and finally became a war between the locals and the Hakka.

In the continuous armed conflicts, the poor and powerless Hakka villages were often forced to leave their homes. Although the way of living and the wealth were all advantageous to the Hakka, the common language allowed the Hakka of all classes to unite and form a considerable armed force in the face of crisis. Because the Hakka lacked blood ties, their military organization broke away from the original form of the blood militia, and became very similar to the organization of the modern country's standing army.

After the Hakka had a formal armed organization, the feud entered the stage of pillbox warfare. Every village was building pillboxes, digging trenches, and "national training", which was in full swing. In this way, the vast rural areas of Guangxi relied on their own armed forces to exercise self-government, and were completely out of the control of the Qing court. Whether it was collecting taxes or maintaining order, the local yamen could not effectively carry out these two main tasks. This power was transferred to the hands of the powerful armed groups. The gang rebellions and armed feud in Guangxi and other places made the local residents quickly adapt to the life of living on the edge of a knife. They were brave and violent, and the strong self-defense forces of the villagers made them despise the government to an unprecedented level. In fact, this muddle-headed and ruthless court really did not have anything worthy of attention. Especially when the feud developed to the era of pillboxes, the military experience of the farmers at the border of Guangxi and Hunan had far exceeded that of the Green Camp soldiers who had not been trained for many years. The middle and lower level leaders of the Taiping army also quickly matured through these feuds.

That day, the border of Guangdong, Hunan and Guangxi was like a barrel of gunpowder. Just as Hong Xiuquan said in his poem, "When the wind and clouds gather, the world will be settled." The millions of tigers and wolves in Guangxi and Hunan were only waiting for a program, an idol, to organize them effectively, and become a great force to change the world.

After all, Vézé himself was a person of the 21st century. In the three months of the Taiping Rebellion, he easily understood many of the internal characteristics of the Taiping Rebellion. In particular, he completely understood the characteristics of the "old brothers in Guangxi." It was not because of the emergence of the Kingdom of Tianping that these brave old brothers were born, but because of these brave old brothers, the real core strength of the Taiping Rebellion came into being.

Therefore, Vézé did not say much on the way. He was not optimistic that Yang Xiuqing would give his old brothers in Guangxi. Every old brother in Guangxi was very valuable to the Taiping army. In fact, Vézé thought it was worth considering whether Yang Xiuqing would remember to give him subordinates.

But what Yang Xiuqing did was Yang Xiuqing's business. Vézé never thought that he had any reason to refuse what he should do. If Yang Xiuqing forgot to tell the Prime Minister to give Vézé more subordinates, then what Vézé needed to do the most was to remind Yang Xiuqing through the system that he had some unfinished business.

However, after hearing Vézé's words, Prime Minister Hu Yihuang, who was in charge of human resources, replied with a smile, "This has been ordered by the King Of The East. The King Of The East specifically asked me to give Wayne Brothers more subordinates. I have already prepared 104 brothers for Commander Wei Zu. "

This time, Vézé was shocked. According to the system of the Taiping army, four taels were soldiers, and the commander was the commander. Only when the soldier reached the rank of commander would he have subordinates. One soldier had 104 subordinates. Vézé originally had 23 subordinates, so he only needed 81 to fill the ranks. Vézé did not expect himself to get enough reinforcements.

One soldier had 104 subordinates. Naturally, Vézé's original 22 subordinates would continue to be under Vézé's command. With the addition of the 104 new subordinates for Vézé, Vézé's troops were already overstaffed. In the Taiping army, subordinates were basically led by officers. In other words, Vézé's troops had suddenly increased by four times. And unless Yang Xiuqing gave the order, no one could deprive Vézé of his subordinates.

Vézé immediately saluted excitedly and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you, King Of The East!"

Hu Yihuang smiled. "Wayne Brothers, the King Of The East also asked me to tell you that the South Prince asked the King Of The East for you yesterday, and the King Of The East has already agreed to the South Prince's request. After you receive the troops, report directly to the South Prince. From now on, you will be the South Prince's subordinate! "

Hearing this, the smile on Vézé's face immediately froze. Because he was too shocked, Vézé's voice trembled. "Prime Minister, don't joke with me."

Hu Yihuang waved his hand and replied seriously, "How could I joke about this kind of thing? Wayne Brothers, the South Prince thinks so highly of you, and Wayne Brothers is a hero in our Taiping army. When you become the South Prince's subordinate and make military achievements, you will naturally be promoted! "

Vézé saw that the Prime Minister Hu Yihuang was not joking at all. He was stunned for a moment, and then he called Wei Changrong and Zhang Yingchen, who were also stunned by the big change, over. "Prime Minister, these two are my brothers. I will leave the handover to the Prime Minister and these two people. I will go see the King Of The East now. "

"Oh!" Hu Yihuang heard Vézé say that he was going to see the King Of The East, but he didn't say much and just nodded.