Chapter 17: Overthrowing the Tyrants and Striking it Rich

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Wen Song placed his hands on his hips and said, “I am Xue Yu, commander of the 4th Battalion, 189th Regiment of the Guangxi Army. We just finished fighting the Red Bandits. Our camp is full of wounded soldiers, and our supplies are exhausted. We need to enter the city to procure some food and medicine.”

After speaking, he motioned to Little Stone beside him to unfold his officer’s identification.

Zhang Min held up his binoculars for a closer look, then told Guo Baozhi, “County Magistrate, no problem. This is an officer’s ID issued by Commander Li. These are definitely Guangxi Army men.”

Only then did Guo Baozhi relax and hurriedly order the city gates to be opened.

But as soon as the gates swung open, soldiers armed with Maxim guns charged in, aiming their barrels at Guo Baozhi and the Security Corps commander Zhang Min.

Wen Song coldly stared at the two and said, “Tell your men to lower their weapons. Our 189th Regiment plays by the rules. We only loot and leave. If you don’t want to die, cooperate.”

Seeing Wen Song’s fierce demeanor and the guns pointed directly at him, Zhang Min nervously tugged at Guo Baozhi’s sleeve.

“County Magistrate, what do we do? Should we fight?”

“Fight what? We’d all be riddled with bullets in one burst,” Guo Baozhi replied with a troubled look.

“Commander Xue, this isn’t appropriate. After all, we’re all under Commander Li’s command…” Guo Baozhi began.

Before he could finish, a click sounded as Wen Song cocked the box gun at his waist.

“Enough nonsense. Tell your men to put down their guns or I’ll shoot you right now.”

Guo Baozhi had no choice but to order the Security Corps to lower their weapons.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t defeat the few hundred men before them; it was simply unnecessary. After all, those being robbed were ordinary civilians, unrelated to them.

Wen Song then waved his hand, and the Red Army soldiers disguised as the 189th Regiment stormed into Longsheng County.

However, they didn’t target common folk but went straight for the local tyrants and landlords.

Identifying the rich and corrupt was simple.

Peng Hongsan, who had arrived the day before, led men to gather intelligence and marked the estates of these families on their courtyard walls.

All they had to do was find those marks and search accordingly.

By late morning, dozens of commandeered carts were piled high with gold, silver, jewels, salt, stockpiled grain, and more.

Seeing the loot, Long Wencheng was extremely satisfied. He thought to himself, “It’s definitely more satisfying to rob the rich. It’s quick money and improves our reputation among the common people.”

At this moment, Little Stone had already tallied the supplies and funds and reported to Long Wencheng.

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“Over twenty thousand silver dollars, fifty kilograms of gold, and many pieces of jewelry…”

After Little Stone finished the report, Long Wencheng was secretly delighted. Now they could give the 18th Regiment’s Red Army soldiers some pocket money.

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