Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 255 Toast
"came back!"

Chen Gu glanced at Lao Piao, put down the book in his hand, and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"I don't care what I do. Anyway, I don't want to stay in Guangyuan anymore!" Lao Piao handed the wine gourd to Chen Gu and said with a smile, "Would you like to try Maotai Shaochun?"

"I don't drink liquor!" Chen Gu shook his head and said, "Then you can become a prefect? ​​How about I hand over Chengdu to you?"

Lao Piao took back the wine gourd, took a big sip, and said, "If you really can't arrange for me, then I'll just go and mingle in the martial arts world!"

"Where are you going?" Chen Gu said with a smile, "There aren't many people from the underworld in my Huaxia territory. As for going to the Qing court, I'm afraid that all the people in the underworld want to catch you, the leader of the rebels, and collect the reward. The underworld is no longer suitable for you!"

"Damn it, it seems to be true. Chen Gu, what's wrong with your head? You actually made the entire underworld disappear?" Lao Piao asked in surprise. He was really surprised.

When the Qing Dynasty ruled Sichuan in the past, the whole of Sichuan was in great chaos. There were too many hilltops and water strongholds, large and small. Anyone who was famous in the underworld would never have to worry about food and a place to stay wherever he went.

But now the whole Sichuan is very peaceful. Not to mention the mountains, even the White Lotus Sect has been wiped out. Even the monks, nuns and Taoists in the temples and Taoist temples in famous mountains and rivers are under the control of the government.

If this happens, the former gangsters will no longer be able to gain a foothold in Sichuan, and it will not be an exaggeration to say that they can hardly take a single step forward.

"There is no such thing as Jianghu in this world. It was just that the imperial court did not manage it properly before. The retreat of public power will inevitably lead to the growth of private power. The power of my Huaxia Department extends to every town, so the so-called Jianghu will naturally disappear.

No matter how powerful a person's martial arts is, it is impossible for him to go against the entire government. There is no future in gangsters, especially in my Huaxia tribe. I'm afraid you won't even have enough food to eat. So, you'd better stay in the court in the future!

At least there is plenty of fish, meat and wine!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

"Okay, I heard that you are planning to increase the offensive in the south next year?" Lao Piao asked.

"That's what I meant!" Chen Gu nodded and said, "But I don't think I've told anyone about it!"

"That means they have seen through it. That's enough. Send me to the south. I promise to help you take over Guangdong and Guangxi, and then fight around the coast. Then we can follow up from the Yangtze River. As long as your armaments can keep up, just give me a year." Lao Piao said.

Chen Gu was speechless and said with a smile: "Your attack rhythm is really fast!"

"You don't believe me?" Lao Piao raised his eyebrows and said, "I can issue you a military order!"

Chen Gu sighed and said, "Forget it. Even if you can really attack me, I can't manage such a large area in such a short time. Next year's strategic goal is Yunnan and Guangxi.

As for other places, let’s wait and see!”

"Just two provinces?" Lao Piao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard that. After thinking for a while, he continued, "Two provinces are fine. Then you leave Guangxi to me!"

"The roadblock in the Guangxi direction is in charge." Chen Gu said.

Lao Piao couldn't help curling his lips and said with some disdain: "With the two brushes of Block Tiger, I'm afraid he won't be able to take Guangxi in a year. I heard that he has stationed troops on the border of Guangxi for three months and still can't make an inch of progress!" "That is the strategic plan of the General Staff. Block Tiger stationed troops on the border of Guangxi to let Scar take Yunnan first." Chen Gu said with some laughter: "Block Tiger is not as bad as you say, he easily took Guiyang."

"There are only a few thousand soldiers in the whole of Guizhou, and more than half of them were killed by Changlin. With the combat effectiveness of our army, even if we send a dog to lead them, it would be easy to take Guizhou!" said Lao Piao.

"That's too much. Although the imperial court's military strength in Guizhou is insignificant, the strength of the chieftains in Guizhou is not weak. In addition, they have geographical advantages. It is not easy to eliminate the chieftains' power!" said Chen Gu.

"Didn't you write a letter to all the Chinese people?" Lao Piao asked curiously, "Don't those chieftains give you face?"

"They don't even give face to the emperor, so how can they give face to me, a leader of the Huaxia tribe who only controls Sichuan?" Chen laughed self-deprecatingly, "They don't even bother to look at the legislative assembly of my Huaxia tribe."

Lao Piao was stunned when he heard this and asked, "So you let the roadblock wipe them out?"

"Since they want to refuse my toast and drink the forfeit wine, I will naturally oblige them." Chen Gu sneered.

The so-called Tusi was actually the leader of a minority ethnic group's gathering place. The Ten Thousand Mountains in Guizhou divided the entire Guizhou into various very messy small plains, which made it difficult for various Tusi to govern themselves and a unified force to emerge.

In general, the sphere of influence of each chieftain was not large, and their strength was also uneven.

Many of them were small forces like the Fuyuan Town. Such forces were naturally willing to submit to Chen Gu. On the one hand, they had no power to resist, and on the other hand, Chen Gu was really good to them and showed full sincerity.

The Huaxia Ministry actually subsidizes them every year.

However, there are always some powerful chieftains who are unwilling to join the Huaxia Tribe, because after joining the Huaxia Tribe, it will not be so easy to abuse their power.

After all, being a minor official in the Huaxia Department is not as comfortable as being a local emperor.

Chen Jue would naturally wipe out these stubborn people.

Because when the chieftains become powerful, or when their population grows to a certain level, they will choose to attack other people's territories to gain opportunities for expansion.

It would be fine if they just made some trouble around their own forces, but the areas around them are actually not enough to provide them with enough resources to solve their problems.

So in the end they would turn their attention to the prosperous towns of the Han ethnic group. For example, Yang Yinglong led the Bozhou army to massacre Qijiang County and then attacked Jiangjin, which was recorded in the county annals of Jiangjin County.

When Chen Gou saw this passage in the county annals of Jiangjin County, the so-called Tusi of Bozhou Army had already been included in the list of those who must be eliminated by Chen Gou.

After all, Jiangjin County is the birthplace of Chen Gu, the place where he first appeared, and he has lived in the city for so long.

At this time, Jiangjin County was very important to Chongqing and even the entire Huaxia tribe. How could Chen Gu tolerate the existence of the threat of the Bozhou Army?
If they had been sensible and sent representatives to Chongqing to discuss the matter, Chen the Executor would have naturally released them. Unfortunately, they were unwilling to come.

(End of this chapter)