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Corpses could be seen strewn all over the streets of Wu Village. After more than a thousand guests joined in, the battle quickly entered its final stage. With the Wu Clan Courtyard and the ancestral hall as the core, Wu Village carried out its final battle. With the experience of attacking the two Tu Clan villages, the villagers did not need Vézé's command to move straw and firewood outside the two buildings.
The ancestral hall was made of wood. Once the fire started, and the villagers threw in torches, the ancestral hall was soon engulfed in flames. The armed forces of Wu Village, who were hiding inside, rushed in with smoke and fire.
The guest villagers were controlling the super spears that they had used when they slaughtered the Tu Clan village. The bamboo pole was over three zhang long, with a foot-long iron point tied to it. This super spear struck out again, piercing the fleeing people into the flames from afar. Some of the faster ones were lucky enough to escape the flames and spears, but they were unlucky enough to run into the denser formation of the villagers. Under the ferocious attacks of all kinds of weapons, they quickly lost their lives.
Vézé did not want to participate in these killings, so he quickly sent out his troops. The focus was on the medicine shops, grain stores and other places in Wu Village. The rest of the elite troops were ready to charge into the Wu Clan Courtyard and rob it.
The villagers quickly carried over the bolts on the main gate of Wu Village and used a thick wooden beam as a battering ram. More than twenty people carried it and slammed it against the main gate of the Wu Clan Courtyard. Meanwhile, a huge fire was lit at the back door of the Wu Family. They were trying to burn down the back door of the Wu Family.
Under the attack of the two sides, the front gate and back gate were broken through in less than two hours. First, a dozen excited guest villagers rushed through the front gate, but were soon massacred by the armed forces of the Wu Clan in the courtyard. While the armed forces of the Wu Clan were excitedly killing the guest villagers, Vézé's troops rushed in.
After breaking through the last gap, the rest of the work was much simpler. The destruction of any power was the same. After the last armed forces were taken care of, the next step was to "torture the traitors and search the palace". Loot the easy to find treasures, then interrogate them to reveal the hidden treasures. Vézé's harvest was huge. He had found nearly a hundred thousand taels of gold and silver. Several thousand kilograms of gunpowder, sulfur, saltpeter and other materials were also found. As for the house and land deeds, Vézé was not interested in them at all. What was the use of these things in such a chaotic world? Compared to these house and land deeds, Vézé felt that the pile of ink and 300 to 400 catties of white paper were more valuable.
Naturally, Vézé could not take away all the food. He only ordered the troops to move a little more than ten thousand catties of food and left the rest to the villagers. The damage to the Wu family compound wasn't severe, but after the Wu family was handed over to the Tu family villagers, they were all beheaded in the compound. Because they had killed too many people, the smell of blood was very pungent. Vézé, Ruan Xihao, and the elders of the six villages found an undamaged cloth shop to hold a meeting.
"Everyone, now that Wu Town has been breached, I'm afraid that the government will come looking for trouble. I received an order from the South King of the Taiping army to follow the main group and will be leaving in a few days. I think it's better for everyone to follow me. "Vézé went straight to the point.
The village elders had already recovered from their excitement. After hearing Vézé's words, they all looked awkward. They were not willing to directly answer Vézé's words.
Vézé could understand what they were thinking. After breaching Wu Town and taking care of the two Tu family villages, the Guest Clan was now in a position to cover the sky with one hand. During these days of contact, Vézé also learned that there were more than a dozen Guest villages nearby. When the Guest Clan's power was growing from weak to strong, it was easy to think of a way to exclude the nearby Tu family forces and establish the Guest Clan's control over the area.
In fact, it wasn't just the elders of these Guest villages. Before Wei Ze had personally witnessed the cruel vendetta between the natives of Guangxi, he had also tried to establish a local separatist regime in a certain place. Using that place as a base, he continuously expanded to the surrounding areas.
After witnessing the vendetta between the Guangxi Guests, Vézé had already given up on this plan. In this kind of vendetta, Vézé could only choose one side, and he could only choose the Guest Clan's side. Once the vendetta started, Vézé could only face the vast sea of Tu family people. Not to mention overthrowing the Manchu Qing, his own survival was already in a precarious state, let alone a single spark that could start a prairie fire.
The Guest village elders were very impressed by the ability Vézé had displayed. Therefore, they were secretly hoping that Vézé could stay and take charge of the situation.
Vézé's attitude was very firm. He had to leave. Not only did he have to leave, he had to take the Guest Clan with him. The reason was very simple. Whether it was the Tu family or the government, they would not sit idly by and watch the Guest Clan suddenly rise. Moreover, it was impossible that the Guest Clan's involvement with the Taiping army went unnoticed. When the time came, the government would not let the Guest Clan off.
As for the reason that he could not say it out loud, Vézé sincerely wanted to bring the Guest Clan's warriors out of Guangxi. If these people stayed in Guangxi, they would forever be trapped in the small world of vendetta between the Guest Clan. If they went to a wider space, to stand on the stage of the whole of China, or even the whole world, then they would be able to uncover the dark secrets in front of them and achieve greater achievements.
Vézé's reason could not move the village elders. The government's eyes and ears were not so sharp. As long as Vézé did not say anything, the villagers would not say anything. Who knew that the Taiping army had been involved in the attack on Wujia Town? Even if the government knew something, as long as Vézé and the Taiping army were no longer here, what could the government do?
The village elders naturally had their own thoughts. Facing Vézé's words, the elders started to refute. "Lord Wei, you said that the government wants to kill us all. If the government kills us all, who will pay taxes to them? Can the government farm their own land? "
These words were spoken with certainty and power. Vézé did not have any reason to refute them. Indeed, in areas where the Tu family had complete dominance, the government did not have enough power to annihilate them. With their own armed forces as the foundation, the Tu family might be able to reach a temporary compromise with the government. Moreover, Vézé already understood what the elders did not say behind his back. As long as Vézé left, the elders would have the basic conditions to deal with the government.
Be content with a little bit of wealth? Vézé thought to himself. When these six Tu family villages finally got rid of the guest clan forces that had been suppressing them, they naturally looked forward to enjoying everything they had just seized. With land, wealth, and even a castle in Wujia Town, no one would be so bored as to choose to leave their homes and follow Vézé on an expedition with no future in sight. If these guests were to fight with the government again, it would definitely be because of the heavy taxes imposed by the government. However, that kind of conflict had not appeared yet, so the guests naturally did not believe it.
Of course, there were people who believed in Vézé. The only guest who clearly stood on Vézé's side was Ruan Xihao. After all, Tian Di Hui was Tian Di Hui and had a tradition of fighting against the Qing. Moreover, after travelling extensively, Ruan Xihao supported Vézé's judgment. But Ruan Xihao was too young. Among a group of older elders, whether it was age or number, he was nothing at all.
Vézé had also considered what to do if such a thing happened. Seeing that the elders were in agreement, Vézé said: "Since you are not willing to leave, then I can only ask you to do one thing for yourselves. Each family will give me one person and let me take them away."
The elders were somewhat dazed. They had also thought of Vézé wanting to take people away. People were needed to fight a war, and Vézé also needed subordinates. However, Vézé's reason was too strange. He did not say that he was doing this for Vézé himself, but for the Tu family villages.
"Everyone, do you think that I am good at fighting?" Vézé asked.
To this question, the elders sincerely replied: "This …, you are really good!" "Lord Wei has an unfathomable ability to fight a war!"
After witnessing Wei Ze's ability to fly in the sky and burrow into the ground, the elders were already completely convinced. Ruan Xihao's group of six came from a guest village. The elders had already talked to them. These six people had jumped down from a several zhang high cliff behind Wu Village and safely landed in Wu Village. With this group of people leading the way, Wu Village had been easily breached. To be able to fly so high and so far and launch an attack from the sky, the elders were completely convinced of Vézé's fighting ability.
Vézé's attitude was extremely serious: "I want to fight my way out of Guangxi, conquer Guilin, and conquer the world. When I enter the capital, everyone who follows me will be a founding hero. At that time, we will all be government officials, and this will be a great thing for everyone! "
"Enter the capital? Ascend to the throne? " The elders were shocked by Vézé's words, but this kind of shock was not as shocking as knowing that Vézé and the others would launch an attack from the sky. Since Vézé was so good at fighting, and Vézé's attitude was so resolute, the elders could not help but be shocked. More importantly, Vézé's words revealed a clear message. As long as they could get the people, Vézé would leave and "enter the capital". This was in line with the elders' expectations. After a short discussion, the elders agreed to Vézé's request. Every household would send one person to Vézé.
With the elders' support, things were easy to handle. First, the elders each gave a young man to Vézé. With the elders taking the lead in having their families join the army, the mobilization of the guest villages was very effective. These days, every household had many children, so it was not difficult for Vézé to take one with him.
As a result, six villages unexpectedly provided more than 600 people to Vézé. Among them were men and women, and their average age was less than 17 years old. Ruan Xihao, the little leader of Tiandi Hui, was determined to go with Vézé. When each household was selecting people for Vézé, Ruan Xihao went to the other guest villages and recruited more than 30 young people who were willing to go with Vézé.
After returning to the town, Ruan Xihao was furious when he saw this group of "soldiers" whose average age was less than 17 years old. As the saying goes, a young man eats a poor father. This group of teenagers was more or less a burden to the village. What made Ruan Xihao even angrier was that there were many girls among this group of teenagers.
"Brother Ruan, girls it is." Vézé was not unhappy. Giving a group of teenagers made Vézé happier than giving a group of strong adult men to Vézé. Young people were far more capable of learning than adults. The teenagers and children who joined Vézé's army in the Li Village were proof of this. They had only followed Vézé for a dozen days, but some of them had learned many things that adults could not.
Ruan Xihao naturally could not understand Vézé's thoughts. Vézé's generosity, on the contrary, made Ruan Xihao more determined to take more people. There were also many young people in the six villages who hoped to go out and adventure. This group of people was naturally the right target for Ruan Xihao. Ruan Xihao promised Vézé that he would do his best to take this group of people with him.
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