Since Wei Congyi occupied Fangshan County, he knew that he could not stay here for a long time, nor could he defend it. He simply arrested the officials in the county and took them out one by one to behead them in public, firstly to frighten the large gentry in the county, and secondly to eliminate the possibility of reorganizing the county.

Finally, when it was the turn of the soldier Lana to behead the master, the master's face turned pale and he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, wait a moment! I think your Majesty has great ambitions, but the world has not yet been peaceful, so you want to kill the strong men?"

Wei Congyi couldn't help but smile when he heard this. He looked at the master, who was as lean as a monkey, and asked, "Who are you? How do you know someone has great ambitions?"

The master stroked the sparse beard on his chin, raised his head and straightened his chest and said: "Mou Ma, whose name is wrapped in cloth, and his character is wrapped in it. He studied writing when he was young and failed to achieve his ambition, so he served as a staff member to support his family. Now he is already fifty-two . There are so many bandits in the world, and I have seen a few. However, Ma has never heard of someone like your Excellency who attacked the county town without killing or looting, and was as good as the officers and soldiers."

"In the past, when Liu Bang entered the Three Qin Dynasties, he had nothing to gain and women had no luck. This was not a small ambition. From this, you also have aspirations for the world!"

Wei Congyi smiled strangely when he heard this and said: "In that case, you can't keep him here. Come on, take this man out and kill him slowly. Don't give him a happy life!"

Master Ma couldn't help but turn pale when he heard this, and quickly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me! My Majesty, have mercy on me! I don't know why Ma collided with Your Majesty, and ended up like this? Death, please let Your Majesty let Ma know how to die!"

"A certain number is 'Little Yuchi'. He was entrusted by the lord to lead an army to conquer the capital in order to welcome the lord's ascension to the throne! As the leader of the army, a certain person is already in a place of suspicion. How can he dare to claim to have great ambitions?"

"I'm afraid you think that I live too happily, so that I can die without a burial place? If I don't kill you, wouldn't I be acquiescing to your words!"

"Ah?" Master Ma couldn't help but sweat profusely after hearing this, and he flattered his horse's legs emotionally. Fortunately, Mr. Ma is the best at observing words and expressions as he rolls and crawls around half of his body.

He saw that although Wei Congyi's face was expressionless, there seemed to be a smile in his eyes, and he suddenly realized: Since this person was willing to talk to him so much, he definitely didn't want to simply kill him, he just needed to find a suitable excuse. Can survive.

Thinking of this, Master Ma was refreshed and said quickly: "Ma made a mistake, please ask the general to punish him. It's just that although Ma has no ability, he is good at writing. If the general can use Ma in some way, please punish him." General, take care of me."

"If the lord lacks staff, Ma can do it reluctantly. Ma is willing to abandon the dark side and join the bright side. Ahem, abandon the bright side and join your army!"

Wei Congyi originally wanted to get rid of this person directly, but just now he thought about it. The strong dragon can't suppress the local snake. He is new here and needs the local people to cooperate with him to complete this important task.

When he saw that the master recognized him, he smiled and said: "In this case, death penalty can be avoided, but living penalty cannot be forgiven! Come on, please take me out and give him ten blows with the stick, as a warning to others!"

The master's face paled when he heard this, and he quickly begged for mercy: "Ma is old and frail, and cannot bear such a blow with the stick. General, please give me some relief!"

Wei Congyi paid no attention to him and directly ordered: "Beat!"

Master Ma's eyes darkened when he heard this, and he just said: "My life is at stake!" Unexpectedly, the soldier took out a thumb branch and slapped him on the back.

It felt like a knife, and when struck, there was a trace of blood, which was even more painful. Fortunately, this wooden stick only hurt the skin and flesh, not the muscles and bones.

Master Ma received ten blows, and his back was dripping with blood. However, he couldn't help but smile and said: "General Renyi, Ma's life is saved!"

"This matter has nothing to do with a certain person. It is a punishment method formulated by my lord. If you want to thank me, thank my lord!" Wei Congyi told the truth. He wanted to recruit this person, but he had always been familiar with military books and knew that he was a general. The most taboo of a person is to be jealous of his master, and he should avoid suspicion himself.

That Master Ma was just a petty official, but he had become a mature man. Hearing this, he had to look at Wei Congyi with new eyes, and even looked at the so-called "lord" with a high regard. He thought to himself: Who can subdue such a person? Maybe he can actually do something great, it is unknown!

Originally, he was just trying to survive by flattering him randomly so as not to fall into the fate of his colleagues. It's just that if you follow the thief, it will never be possible to recover, but now it seems that things are turning around?

Thinking of this, Mr. Ma quickly found some herbs, randomly asked someone to apply them on his back, bandage them, and then rushed over to follow Wei Congyi's order.

Wei Congyi knew very well that if he wanted to achieve great success, he could only coerce the people. It just so happened that this master was familiar with the surrounding terrain and villages. Wei Congyi asked him to lead more than 20 soldiers and went to the surrounding villages to recruit young men.

Wei Congyi was responsible for Fangshan County. He personally led people to search for food from house to house. Once the food was found, he burned down the house and trapped the entire family in the army.

Zhang Shun would never do such an immoral thing, but Wei Congyi was originally a military strategist, and he only talked about the use of troops, not benevolence, justice and morality. What's more, he has been in the rebel army for a long time, and he has already learned this method 100%.

It's just that he was dependent on others before and couldn't act randomly. Now that he was out of Zhang Shun's control, and Zhang Shun never told him not to act like this, he did it on his own, trying to make the momentum even bigger.

Fangshan County is not a big town, and apart from some strong men, Wei Congyi could only hold hostage seven to eight hundred households. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ma was so capable that he managed to hold three to four hundred households hostage with the help of his twenty or so soldiers.

There were five to six thousand people together when the two of them came together, and Wei Congyi couldn't help but look at this man with admiration. Now that Master Ma was well aware of Wei Congyi's strength, he quickly offered Wei Congyi a plan: "General, it is best to organize all the old, weak, women and children into one camp to serve as hostages, organize the young and strong into groups, and lead them with old soldiers." , In this way, one can defeat ten, and ten can defeat a hundred, and the general can conquer a hundred thousand people without any effort."

"Then we will compile all the food, grass, gold and silver into baggage and guard it with our confidants. Anyone who listens to my orders will have food for their whole family; whoever does not obey my orders will not have food for their family. With this, a large army can be formed and the capital can be destroyed!"

When Wei Congyi heard this, he glanced at Master Ma in surprise and thought: I have been in the rebel army for a long time, and I am very knowledgeable about it. How can a master from this Taiping era be so knowledgeable?

But now that it was time to employ people, Wei Congyi didn't dare to think of this person's temperament, so he used him randomly. If any problems arise later, it will be solved by his own master, so he has nothing to worry about.

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