Codex of the Old Gods: I Have a World

Chapter 1119 These days, everything is in chaos

Li Guangzong is not a person who is easily influenced.

If someone asked him for help, he would not be so embarrassed as to refuse and would help him eagerly.

He has his purpose.

He told Zhao Chuanxin about Bai Lang and his story.

Like many people of that era, Bai Lang was forced into this difficult situation.

He was from Henan, and his original name was not Bai Lang. No one had ever determined his specific name.

Anyway, everyone calls him Bai Lang now.

The Bai Lang family was not wealthy, but they had enough food and drink.

He has a generous and righteous character, a bit like Song Jiang.

This is the qualities of a leader among the poor people.

As a result, he gained some fame in his hometown and was able to win the support of the people.

In his village, Da Liu, the most common surname is Wang.

People from the same village are bound to have conflicts.

The Wang family was large and they took advantage of their power to bully others, and it would often be more than a dozen people beating him up.

As time went by, he couldn't beat the Wang family, so he tried his best to make friends.

Who doesn’t know how to form cliques?

There are many mountain roads in the area, and bandits often appear on those rugged and ravine-filled paths.

When people encountered bandits, Bai Lang dared to stand up, protect the coachmen and clear the way for others.

Sometimes, he would be beaten for standing up for others.

His altruistic character of helping others solve their problems made him more and more famous. Many business teams joined Bai Lang's team, allowing him to gradually become more powerful.

Everyone calls him "Brother Guan".

There was a local landlord named Wang Qi.

In 08, Bai Lang once again had an argument with the Wang family.

The Wang family, who usually bullied Bai Lang, gathered more than 20 people and wanted to beat Bai Lang up as usual.

As it turned out, Bai Lang at this moment is no longer the same Bai Lang as before.

An arrow pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet you.

Dozens of people rushed into Da Liu Village and surrounded the Wang family.

Wang Qi got scared when he saw this and quickly ordered someone to close the door.

I can’t beat him. I really can’t beat him.

After closing the door, Wang Qi couldn't swallow this humiliation, so he asked Wang Zhen, an 80-year-old elder in the clan, to go out and negotiate.

Wang Zhen, an eighty-year-old man, is also a prestigious elder in the village.

It would have been fine if the old man had just admitted his mistake and apologized, but he relied on his old age and the Wang family's accumulated prestige to start a dispute with Bai Lang.

Bai Lang thought, times have changed now, how dare you, Wang Jiaan, bully me?

Immediately, he pushed Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen was eighty years old. He suffered from osteoporosis and weak internal organs. He fell to the ground and died soon after.

The Wang family bribed the county magistrate to arrest Bai Lang and put him in prison.

In prison, the bribed jailer hung him up and beat him severely.

During his one-year prison sentence, Bai Lang suffered a lot.

In order to get him out, the family spent all their money.

Having offended the Wang family again, Bai Lang could no longer settle down in the local area and had to leave.

After he was released from prison, he wanted to go into the mountains and become a pioneer.

Bandits are called different names in different places. In Shandong, they are called "Xiangma", outside the Great Wall, they are called "Lianzi", and here they are called "Tajiang".

There were many disasters in the late Qing Dynasty, and the people could not survive so they went into the mountains and became bandits.

The original word for "Tajiang" was "Tajiang", which describes a craftsman who runs errands.

These craftsmen became bandits, and the people called them "Tajiang".

But Bai Lang's family did not agree with him going into the mountains to be a trekker. After much persuasion, Bai Lang had to give up the idea and found a job raising horses.

When he went, he brought a good horse with him, which was strong and handsome.

After arriving at the place, the rich landlord became greedy and, relying on his large number of people, forcibly exchanged his old red horse for Bai Lang's good horse.

Anyone would be furious!

Not only that, the landlord even asked Bai Lang to pay him 50 taels of silver.

Bai Lang was almost furious, so he took the old red horse home and swallowed his anger.

That’s not all. The other party actually brought the thugs who were guarding the house to Bai Lang’s house and snatched the old red horse away.

This is really going too far!

In the second year of the Xuantong reign, soldiers and officers robbed Bai Lang's property on trumped-up charges and confiscated his sister's home, accusing her of collaborating with bandits.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Bai Lang simply became a bandit.

Go to hell, there is no way for good people to survive in this world.

Local proverb: If you want to be an official, go and pull the lever; if you think your position is too low, you have too few men and horses. Pull the bolt of a quick rifle and you will get two or three thousand silver dollars; pull the lever early in the morning and you will be an official in the evening.

Pulling the lever means gathering together as bandits and looting.

It can be seen that the local people can no longer survive, and everyone wants to become a bandit.

You can't spill the oil if you can't topple the gourd.

Bai Lang decided to go all out and became a bandit.

He first wiped out the Wang family who had harmed him, killed the jailer, and then massacred the landlord who had extorted his horse.

Bai Lang has means, and under various circumstances, his team gradually expands.

They robbed houses and occasionally helped the poor.

But he had few guns, but many cannons and swords, so he was not yet a powerful force.

At this time, the dynasty changed.

When Yuan Weiting came to power, he began to "reduce the power of the feudal lords" and ordered local governments to reduce their military forces.

In many places, soldiers are not good people to begin with. They are from all walks of life, and some are bandits who have been recruited.

Now that the army is being disarmed and there is nothing to do, I will go to Bai Lang.

This group of people did not come here for nothing, they even brought guns.

Bai Lang's back suddenly stiffened.

The dynasty changed, the slogans were shouted loudly, we had democracy and a republic.

But guess what?

The people found that there was no difference from the Qing Dynasty. The authorities were extremely poor, but they collected all the taxes they should have, and in some cases even more. Those who should not have food to eat still did not have food to eat.

Bai Lang has the greatest power, and those who can't afford to eat flock to Bai Lang.

The situation was unstable as the dynasty had just changed, so the local government turned a blind eye to Bai Lang and others.

With semi-tacit approval, Bai Lang's team expanded rapidly.

Yuan Weiting was born in Henan, where he had an old friend named Zhang Zhenfang.

As everyone else was rising, Zhang Zhenfang also stood up.

Yuan Weiting asked him to suppress the bandits.

Zhang Zhenfang had many crooked ideas. He imitated Zhang Zuolin's tricks outside the Great Wall. He lured all the generals into the city under the guise of recruiting them, saying that he could be a platoon leader among ten men and a company commander among a hundred men...

As soon as these people enter the city, we will close the door and beat the dog.

Bai Lang didn't fall for Zhang Zhenfang's tricks, so he didn't go and escaped the disaster.

At the same time, I also realized that Yuan Weiting was not a good person.

Fuck it, keep doing it.

Moreover, all the generals were killed by Zhang Zhenfang, leaving only Bai Lang in power.

Bai Lang temporarily avoided the limelight and developed quietly, breaking up into smaller units, doing everything from kidnapping landlords to robbing wealthy people and robbing trains.

It also absorbed the remaining troops of the annihilated generals.

If someone comes to invest, we will give them a lot of money first.

Later, Sun Gongwu and his men made a fuss.

When Bai Lang saw that the two sides had started fighting, he felt that his chance to become more powerful had come, so he went to contact Huang Xing.

When Huang Xing saw that this man was sensible and willing to bow down to him, he thought that he was someone worth winning over, so he gave him 20,000 silver dollars and several hundred guns.

Moreover, Sun Gongwu appointed Bai Lang as the vanguard commander of the joint forces of Hunan, Hubei and Henan provinces, a title that was terrifyingly powerful.

But Bai Lang still felt that it was not enough, so he proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief to support the Han and fight against Yuan Shikai, determined to be as famous as Zhao Chuanxin, who had his own army in the north.

Without the title of governor, it would not be enough to show one's power.

Yuan Weiting was confused.

Zhang Zhenfang had told him before that Bai Lang and other generals had been destroyed, so how come they were resurrected in the blink of an eye?

So he said to Zhang Zhenfang: "You have three months to wipe out Bai Lang. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As a result, although Sun Gongwu and his men made a lot of noise, it was just a lot of noise and little action, and the fire was quickly put out.

Bai Lang, on the other hand, traveled across states and prefectures. Wherever he passed, some government offices fled in fear, and those who could resist were no match for Bai Lang. After three victories, the morale of Bai Lang's army was greatly boosted.

The defenders in various places were made of paper and were easily broken by a single attack.

The Bailang Army was not only good at fighting, but also at running, covering a distance of 130 miles a day.

As a result, Zhang Zhenfang's army lagged behind and could not catch up with Bai Lang no matter what.

Bai Lang rushed in front and Zhang Zhenfang chased behind.

From then on, Bai Lang was nicknamed White Wolf.

Bai Lang took a look and thought, great, great, this battle is too easy as the more we fight, the more troops we have!

So they boldly divided their troops, one route from Xinyang to the west, directly capturing Suizhou, Zaoyang, Xinye, and Guanghua, then turning north to Dengzhou, passing through Xixia, and fighting all the way to Lushi; the other route went east, capturing Luoshan, Guangshan, Huangchuan, and finally reaching Gushi.

He chopped melons and vegetables with ease along the way.

Because there were many foreign churches wherever they passed, Bai Lang remembered how Zhao Chuanxin dealt with those missionaries who occupied land wantonly, so he did not tolerate them at all. Whenever he saw a church, he would rob and kill the missionaries and open the warehouses to release the grain.

This made Yuan Weiting lose face internationally and he was very angry.

After many twists and turns, Sun Gongwu and his men were completely defeated, but Bai Lang was still fighting.

But at this time, Yuan Weiting can concentrate on encircling and suppressing him.

The situation suddenly became serious.

That's why Huang Xing and others were anxious.

This thing is just like love and the stock market. Once you give your money, you will put your hope on it and you will be trapped.

Li Guangzong was not considering Huang Xing and others, but considering Bai Lang's background and his amazing military record.

This Bai Lang is awesome.

Sun Gongwu and his men are nothing, and Yuan Weiting's Beiyang Army can't even do anything to Bai Lang. Isn't this a real talent?

That's why he called Zhao Chuanxin.

"Master, if we recruit such a talent, wouldn't he be another Liu Yonghe?"

Liu Yonghe was also a member of a gang. Later, he led people to fight against the Russians. They fought back and forth in a very capable manner.

After Liu Yonghe led the Backwater Army, although he made many mistakes in the early stage, he managed to gain a firm foothold later and finally died on the battlefield.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "There are all kinds of people in his team, which doesn't match our style."

He could figure it out with his toes that wherever Bai Lang's men went, they would burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of atrocities.

Bandits are just bandits, a mob.

On the surface, Bai Lang made quite a big fuss.

But in reality, they were all snatched away along the way and are nothing but rootless duckweed.

I estimate that he can still be arrogant for another half a year before he is completely wiped out by Yuan Weiting.

The Beiyang Army's morale was low at this time, but it was not really without combat effectiveness.

Zhao Chuanxin looked down on this ragtag team.

Li Guangzong hurriedly said, "Master, I'm not talking about his team, I'm talking about Bai Lang. He can lead a mob of people to victory again and again, so he must be an incompetent person."

Zhao Chuanxin realized that Li Guangzong really admired this man.

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go meet him in a few days. Tell Huang Xing and the others not to worry. Newspapers like to exaggerate. I think Bai Lang is at his peak right now and is in high spirits."

The reason why Huang Xing and others were anxious was that the Beiyang Army sent by Yuan Weiting to encircle and suppress Bai Lang lied about their military achievements.

If they killed ten people, they would report a hundred or even a thousand.

If you kill a thousand of Bai Lang's men, you can say there are 50,000.