As usual, on the night after returning from robbery, everyone gathered together and had a good meal, not only to celebrate the victory of the robbery, but also to pay homage to the dead brother.

After all, without the brothers risking their lives, the big guy wouldn't be able to get back so many things.

Chen Zhao was sitting in the main seat, holding a bowl of wine, looking at the men, women, and children filling the village, and looking at the many empty tables and chairs filled with wine, he shouted: "Go on your way with peace of mind!"

"Go on your journey with peace of mind!" Thousands of people echoed in unison.

Everyone drank all the wine in the bowl in one go.

After paying homage to the dead brothers, everyone ate meat and drank wine, and had a great time.

Chen Zhao looked up at the bright moon and felt that it was a lively night.

The next day, he convened a meeting with the village leaders.

"What we robbed this time was the food and grass of the Qing army. I heard that they gave it to Kuiziying this time. Everyone knows that Kuiziying is the main force of the Qing army. It has excellent muskets and many soldiers. If they find out, it will be us."

Those who robbed us will definitely come back with revenge. We will definitely suffer heavy losses by then."

"Even if they can't find us, if we rob the army a few more times, we will be exposed sooner or later. If the Qing court wants to fight with the Taiping Army, we must ensure that we have no worries. Sooner or later, we will be targeted by them, so we all discuss it,

What to do next?”

Chen Zhao opened his mouth and said.

"Master, what are you afraid of what they will do? We also have muskets now." Shi Jinbiao shouted.

"Championship, no matter how powerful our muskets are, we can't defeat others who are powerful." Wang Feng, the mature and solemn leader of the cottage, said.

"Then fight them!" Shi Jinbiao shouted.

"Of course we have to fight hard, but if we fight too much, we will all die, and the men, women, and children behind us will not be bullied by them." Another leader, Ye Fusheng, retorted.

Shi Jinbiao remained silent.

He also knew that bandits and officers and soldiers could not resist forcefully.

There are only a few people on our side, but the opponent's side is sending out troops in a steady stream, and the exhaustion can even wear them to death.

But Shi Jinbiao and the Qing court had a sworn hatred. If the Qing court came, he would have no choice but to fight.

But the problem now is that no one can afford to fight hard.

If you don't resist forcefully, do you have to kneel down and surrender to the Qing court?

Thinking of this problem, he couldn't help but look at Chen Zhao.

Not only him, but all the leaders also thought of this, and all looked at Chen Zhao.

You are the backbone and pillar of the big guys, and the master of the cottage. What do you think we should do?

Jiang Wuyang, a handsome man with unshaven beard, said: "Brother, what do you think we should do? We all listen to you."

As soon as he said this, everyone agreed.

"Yes, listen to the boss!"

"We listen to the boss!"

"Yes, the boss makes the decision and we just follow it."

After some discussion, Shi Jinbiao's unruly face also showed a look of expectation.

Chen Zhao stretched out his hand and flicked it on the armrest. When the crowd's voices gradually stopped, he said: "Say a thousand words and ten thousand. No matter what we do in the future, we must first twist it into a rope."

"From today on, we have to pick out elite soldiers and practice musketry. No matter who comes to attack us, we have to tear off a piece of their flesh so that they don't dare to attack us easily."

Everyone nodded.

It is true that they were bandits, but they were also bandits located in the war zone between the Qing court and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Unlike the toasts in Yunnan and Guizhou, they have no knowledge at all.

Everyone knows that muskets are more powerful than bows and arrows. As long as the muskets are coming in dense numbers, no matter how strong you are, they can't withstand them.

Since we grabbed so many muskets this time, of course we had to build a musketeer team.

"A musket is a more precious thing than a sword or a spear. It cannot be fired without bullets, and it also needs maintenance on a daily basis."

"In addition, if we have muskets, we can attack the landlords, grab gold, silver, food and cloth, and even recruit strong men to join us. Shi Jinbiao, Wuyang, you young people, you can also grab a girl to be your mother-in-law.

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"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed easily.

"Now that the Qing court and the Taiping army are fighting against each other, they actually don't have much energy to pay attention to us. In the future, as long as we don't provoke them easily, we just make a fortune in silence, continue to accumulate guns, strengthen the team, and wait until the winner is determined between the two sides,

We have long since become a big force. No one dares to look down upon us. When my mother-in-law first learned it, it was called a feudal town in the books. We would listen to the instructions but not the propaganda. We would go to some Kui camp and have our heads shaved.

Even the Empress Dowager Cixi in the capital can't do anything to us! Maybe we can conquer the capital and seize the throne."

"When the time comes, you Shi Jinbiao can become a general and kill all the corrupt officials who harm your family."

Shi Jinbiao said one sentence with excitement on his face.

"You, Ye Fusheng, will be a minister, in charge of all the officials in the world. Anyone who dares to show his teeth to you, will take off his hat."

"Hehe." Ye Fusheng scratched the back of his head and smiled honestly.

"Brother, when the time comes, you will be the emperor, sister-in-law Liansheng will be the queen, and I will stand guard for you!" Jiang Wuyang shouted.

He is a fanatical admirer of Zhao Erhu and wants to follow his eldest brother.

"Go! Is there any need for you to stand guard for me then? Isn't that the eunuch's job? You can be the governor of Liangjiang, dominate Jinling City, and do whatever you want. Wouldn't that be better?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A group of people laughed.

When everyone's laughter subsided, Chen Zhao stood up and stood with his hands behind his hands: "In the long run, that's just me bragging, I can't be sure, but in the short run, in order for us all to live well, we have to train elite soldiers.

Practice musketry. In addition, I have to teach everyone how to read and write. I have something to say first. I want to lead everyone to survive. If anyone objects, leave as soon as possible."

No one left.

Because we are bandits, although our knowledge is not high, we are still higher than the ignorant country folk.

Everyone knows that if you want to survive in this troubled world, you must have soldiers, guns and strength.

Otherwise, it will be over sooner or later.

So from that day on, Chen Zhao began to organize the team, select the backbone, and train the musketeers.

Based on the situation at the time and combined with his own experience in military training, he initially selected a musketeer team of 400 people and started training in unison.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, he does not just do rigorous training. He also talks to his subordinates every day, visits various houses in the village, constantly chats with everyone, and tries to solve practical problems.

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In the evening, he summoned the young leaders of the musketeers, including Jiang Wuyang of course, and began to teach everyone how to read and write.

Everyone thinks that Liansheng, the mother-in-law of Zhao Erhu, the leader of the village, was a thin horse in Yangzhou. She taught music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. She is the best at reading and writing. In the few years since the leader of the village has been married to her, she has learned so many words.

It’s not surprising that he knows so many things.

And since there was no team practicing musketry, he didn't stop training either.

After training like this for three months, taking advantage of another battle between the Qing army and the Taiping army, he led his troops deep into the mountains at the eastern foot of the Dabie Mountains and began to attack "Weizi", a landlord in a town.

He had muskets and elite soldiers, and he disguised himself, went in to explore the terrain, and adopted the most suitable tactics. Sure enough, he captured the siege in one battle and gained a lot of wealth.

Then he pulled the landlord's family to the stage and held a grievance meeting.

As soon as the meeting started, there was an outburst of crying.

After he divided the fields, the surrounding farmers enthusiastically joined the army.

He began to establish political power in the town.

Kill the local tyrants, divide the land, build a strong army, and at the same time recruit people to teach everyone how to read and write.

These days, the government and landlords are frantically exploiting the people, and the hatred between the two sides is so great that Chen Zhao's power quickly snowballs.

In just one year, he occupied half of Lu'an Prefecture, and hundreds of thousands of people under his command divided their fields. He had an army of 15,000 people, including 3,000 musketeers.

Of course, some of these guns were smuggled from Qing soldiers, and some were purchased from the Taiping Army.

In addition, he also established an early industrial workshop and built water-powered machines that could repair guns and make bullets.

However, he was developing in a low-key manner. He killed many local tyrants and evil gentry, and people kept complaining to them. Sooner or later, the Qing court would draw attention.

Chen Zhao also knew that sooner or later such a day would come.

But he first noticed something.

In view of the fact that Shucheng in southern Anhui was the stronghold where the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom penetrated into Anhui Province, relying on it, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could continuously obtain food from Anhui Province and maintain their power. Therefore, in order to eliminate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army decided to pull out this nail as soon as possible.

So they sent guerrilla leader Pang Qingyun and an army of 1,500 men to join forces with the Kuizi Battalion to attack Shucheng.

When Chen Zhao saw this information, he couldn't help but laugh.

He knew the plot of the movie was coming.

He was already prepared for this.
Chapter completed!