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"The Qing Yao army near Daozhou hasn't mobilized at all. This area has a lot of potential." Vézé, Wei Changrong, and Hu Chenghe said as they walked. At this time, the city gate was already wide open. A division of more than 500 Taiping army soldiers and over a thousand "heroes" of Jianghua region gathered by Zhou Fagui swarmed in through the gate.
"It's just that we are unfamiliar with Jianghua County, and we still have to gather provisions. Things may not be easy." Hu Chenghe was not as optimistic as Vézé.
Vézé shook his head. "Hu is the commander. If we can kill four to five thousand Qing Yao soldiers in this area, the main force of the Taiping army in Daozhou can be easily reorganized. We don't want to stay in Daozhou for too long. Once we finish reorganizing, we still have to attack Changsha. "
Wei Changrong interrupted. "Prime Minister, after we take Changsha, where will we go?"
"Naturally, we will attack Jinling City." Vézé answered without even thinking. No matter how rich Hunan and Hubei were, they were not as rich as Jiangnan. From a strategic point of view, seizing Nanjing was not wrong.
"Jinling City? Where is Jinling City? "Wei Changrong asked curiously.
After being asked by Wei Changrong, Vézé remembered that the geography class he was in charge of did not mention the map of China. "I will tell everyone about this later."
The county was not big. The three of them talked as they walked. Soon, they arrived in front of the county yamen. However, they heard a commotion inside the yamen. "I am an official appointed by the imperial court! Are you trying to rebel? "
Vézé and the others stopped in front of the Jianghua County yamen. They saw Zhou Fagui carrying a knife and two Tian Di Hui brothers dragging a man wearing the county magistrate's official robe out of the yamen. At this time, Zhou Fagui was still dressed in the uniform of the Qing Army. The magistrate obviously did not understand what was going on and was still shouting.
The magistrate yelled as he was dragged out of the yamen. Seeing Vézé and the others, the magistrate immediately opened his mouth and stared at Vézé's head, or rather, at Vézé's head with his hair in a bun.
Zhou Fagui glared at him and shouted, "Make him kneel!"
Two Tian Di Hui brothers exerted their strength to press down on the magistrate. The magistrate's body was relatively weaker, he was forced to kneel on the ground.
"Get out of the way!" Zhou Fagui raised the Ghost Head Blade in his hand and shouted. As soon as he finished speaking, the two Tian Di Hui brothers let go of him and ran away.
The magistrate did not seem to understand the situation. He looked at Vézé blankly, then at Zhou Fagui. In the blink of an eye, the Ghost Head Blade in Zhou Fagui's hand chopped horizontally, unexpectedly chopping off the magistrate's head. The official's hat and head flew up at the same time. As they tumbled in midair, they separated from each other. The head, dragging a small tail behind it, flew several feet before falling to the ground and rolling several zhang away. The headless corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out from the severed neck.
Vézé felt that Zhou Fagui was doing this to show off to him. However, Zhou Fagui's body technique and saber technique had no way to make Vézé feel fear. On the battlefield, Vézé could take care of two or three people with this level of combat ability. If he used the double-barreled handgun strapped to his waist, Vézé felt that he could even take on five people at once.
Without waiting for Vézé to say anything, Wei Changrong, who was standing next to Vézé, chuckled. Vézé turned his head and saw that Wei Changrong had a somewhat disdainful expression on his face. However, due to the current situation, Wei Changrong could not say anything.
It seemed that Zhou Fagui was not satisfied after killing the magistrate. He shouted excitedly, "Go, capture the entire family of this dog official!"
A moment later, following the women's shouts, the Tian Di Hui brothers dragged out several men and women from the back hall. There were men and women, old and young. Most likely, the magistrate's entire family had been captured. This was not strange. After Vézé and his men disguised themselves as Chao Yong, after deceiving the city gate, they immediately began to attack the Qing Army. Apart from a few unlucky fellows at the city gate, the rest of the Qing Army, without exception, chose to turn tail and run. This time, they did not run in the direction of the county government. Instead, they ran through the county and out of the county through another gate.
When Zhou Fagui arrived at the county government, the magistrate was still sitting calmly in the main hall of the county government, trying a case. Needless to say, the magistrate's family in the back hall had no idea what was going on outside.
Zhou Fagui seemed to be immersed in the excitement of beheading people. Ignoring the cries of the magistrate's family, he ordered the Tian Di Hui brothers to force the magistrate's family members to kneel on the ground. The magistrate had two sons, the older one eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one seven or eight years old. Zhou Fagui first killed the other members of the magistrate's family, then said in an excited voice, "Wayne Brothers, I'll leave the two younger ones to you!"
Vézé was sure that Zhou Fagui was demonstrating his power to him. Killing children was not a particularly glorious thing. Even in the cruel feud between the locals in Guangxi, adults would not take the initiative to kill children unless it reached the stage of an all-out bloody battle. Of course, adults would not kill children, but young people would. Just like that, many young people began their bloody lives.
"They're just two brats. What's wrong with sparing their lives?" Vézé said with a smile.
Zhou Fagui glared at him with his triangular eyes and sneered, "Ha! Wayne Brothers, you're wrong. This was your idea to trick them into opening the city gate, but after entering the city, you didn't want to kill them and let me do it. What's wrong with that? Besides, as people of Jianghu, the last thing we want to do is to come face to face with the government. Although these two brats are young, they have seen us before. "
"Since Head Zhou says so, it looks like I have no choice but to do it." As Vézé spoke, he unsheathed the saber at his waist. This saber was a spoil of war that Vézé had seized from a guy wearing a yellow magua. It was indeed handy to use. It did not have Zhou Fagui's posture before killing people, nor did it have that ferocious expression. Vézé calmly walked over. After swinging his saber left and right, the two brats were beheaded.
Zhou Fagui thought that he had Vézé under control. He thought that a young fellow like Vézé would either not dare to make a move, or he would have to put on some kind of posture. He did not expect that Vézé would walk over casually without any killing intent, but in the blink of an eye, he had killed two people. Then, he saw Vézé wipe off the blood on his saber on the clothes of the corpses. He calmly sheathed his saber and smiled at Zhou Fagui. Although there was no killing intent in his expression or posture, Zhou Fagui could not help but shiver.
This kind of bloody scene had no effect on Vézé. Whether it was the previous Vézé or the current Vézé, they had both taken many lives. The reason why Vézé smiled was that he was thinking of something else. If this county magistrate didn't have two sons but two beautiful daughters, would Zhou Fagui show mercy and take them back to enjoy himself like a storyteller?
But it was just a thought, and Vézé dared not to ask. Vézé smiled and asked, "Head Zhou, why don't we take out the silver and divide it now?"
Zhou Fagui stared at Vézé for a moment with his triangular eyes. Vézé looked at Zhou Fagui calmly with a smile on his face. Vézé did not even blink when Zhou Fagui held a saber dripping with blood in his hand.
Seeing that he failed to scare Vézé, Zhou Fagui suddenly laughed, "Wayne Brothers' method is really good. I didn't expect it to be so easy to open the city gate. Let's divide the money now! "
Both sides sent out a total of 1,500 people. Zhou Fagui was a local tyrant, and the county government was a big target, so he knew he could not avoid it. After attacking the county town, he sent his brothers straight to the pawnshop. Zhou Fagui, on the other hand, wanted to keep Vézé in the county government. Although they had agreed to divide the money in half, as long as Vézé did not send people to block the pawnshop, all the money stolen from the pawnshop would belong to Zhou Fagui.
More than 8,000 taels of silver were stolen from the county government's official office. After the two sides divided the money in half, Zhou Fagui was about to lead the brothers of Heaven and Earth Hui out of the county town.
"Head Zhou, do you want to go to Yongming County?" Vézé asked.
"I'm not going." Zhou Fagui actually rejected Wei Ze's suggestion without hesitation.
"Why?" Vézé was very puzzled. If Yongming County was conquered, Zhou Fagui would undoubtedly make more money. There was no danger in cooperating with Vézé, but Zhou Fagui decisively gave up such an opportunity.
Zhou Fagui also refused to give a reason, but he insisted on leaving, and Vézé could not force him to stay.
On the second day after Jianghua County was conquered, Luo Dagang led a fleet of Taiping army to Jianghua County. Luo Dagang was an experienced man. After hearing Vézé's question and seeing Vézé's puzzled expression, he actually laughed out loud.
Vézé looked at Luo Dagang and laughed very happily. Although he did not think there was anything strange about his question, he could not help but feel angry. He said sullenly, "Brother Luo, if you don't want to tell me, then don't. Is it funny to laugh at me like this? "
Seeing that Vézé was really angry, Luo Dagang held back his laughter and said, "Wayne Brothers, have you ever heard of the saying that you have money but no life to spend it?"
"I have!" Vézé replied unhappily.
Luo Dagang ignored Vézé's unhappiness and said with a smile, "This Zhou Fagui is the head of Jianghua County's Tian Di Hui. If he sends a hero's invitation to attack a county in his territory, it's possible. But Yongming County is not Zhou Fagui's territory. If he brings people to attack Yongming County, the first to object would not be the county magistrate, but the local Tian Di Hui and other heroes. If there is any disagreement, I'm afraid these people will start fighting among themselves. After conquering Jianghua County, Zhou Fagui has already made a fortune. If he goes to Yongming County, won't he have money but no life to spend it? "
Vézé knew that the bandits had their own territory. However, Vézé still did not understand why the bandits would stop other forces from destroying the government in their territory. He asked, "We are fighting the government. What does it have to do with the heroes of Jianghu?"
Seeing that Vézé was actually suppressing his anger, Luo Dagang put away his smile. "The heroes of Jianghu don't care who you want to fight. If you step into their territory, they will fight you. This is the rule of the underworld. Wayne Brothers, you are lucky this time. Zhou Fagui came to you first. Otherwise, even if he knew you were going to fight the government, he would not stand on your side. After you conquer the county, it is already polite of him to give you a share. I'm afraid it's possible for him to tip off the authorities first. "
Even though Vézé knew that what Luo Dagang said might be reasonable, he was still quite unconvinced in his heart. Seeing Vézé's unconvinced expression, Luo Dagang couldn't help but continue to explain, "Wayne Brothers, we want to conquer the world and rule it, but this Zhou Fagui wants to make a fortune. I heard that you fought with the big-headed demon Zhang Zhao's subordinates. Zhou Fagui and Zhang Zhao are actually the same kind of people."
When Luo Dagang said this, Vézé remembered that Wei Changrong had said that when Zhang Zhao's subordinates were attacked, they were still thinking of selling their boats. Comparing the two, he had to admit that what Luo Dagang said was reasonable.
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