Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

If there wasn't still blood on the table and the low wails of the hostages who had their fingers chopped off.

This scene is like a warm moment when a father is patiently educating his son.

At this time, Wang Batian also thought of his father, the former Black Heart Tiger.

When I was as old as Tianbao, I followed my father and learned how to be a good bandit in various bandit rooms.

It was these hands-on teachings that enabled him to successfully survive every crisis and made the name of Black Heart Tiger continue to resound throughout this land.

Now it is his turn to teach his son Wang Tianbao how to be a good bandit. It is another cycle.

For a moment, even Wang Batian, who had killed people like crazy, felt a little dazed.

"Is it possible that my Wang family can only be bandits forever?" Wang Tianba also began to ask himself.

People in the world think that bandits are those who drink big bowls of wine, eat big mouthfuls of meat, measure gold and silver by weight, act as bridegrooms every night, and live a very comfortable life.

But only old bandits like Wang Batian know that the real life of a bandit is not so comfortable, and may even be more cruel than the life of an ordinary person.

Most of those who choose to become bandits are debtors, gamblers, wanted criminals and bankrupt farmers.

These people have lost their desire for life. Their purpose of becoming bandits is very simple, which is to get money. They are typical examples of the saying "whoever feeds you is your mother."

As for the bandits who have just joined the gang, the gang will not give them guns and horses.

Every night they had to take turns standing guard, cutting grass to feed the horses, and chopping firewood for cooking, which was more tiring than being a farmhand.

But once there is a fight or robbery, the new bandits can only charge into battle with wooden guns wrapped in red cloth and rush to the front.

After a period of time, only those desperadoes who are lucky enough to survive will be given real guns.

Only until this time can one be barely considered a bandit, and those who did not live to this time can only be called cannon fodder.

Once you become a bandit, you will be like weeds in the water, drifting with the tide and everyone will want to kill you.

They have to live a precarious life every day, facing constant encirclement and suppression by the government, and they may die at any time during robbery or kidnapping.

Even the bandit leader Hei Xinhu is the same. Although his quality of life is much better than other bandits, he still cannot eat or sleep well.

Because as the boss, he has to keep his eyes and ears open, observe everyone, and be careful of everyone.

On the other hand, he had to constantly consider how to feed the bandits. Once they ran out of guns, ammunition and food, someone might kill him and set up his own group, then join other bandits.

Those who can become bandits are either rich or poor, and they are trash who will do anything to achieve their goals.

Once the spoils are not distributed evenly or there are conflicts, internal fighting is likely to occur at any time. After all, who doesn't want to be the boss who gets the biggest share?

After so many years of hardships and countless hidden injuries, coupled with the enormous psychological pressure he was under all the time, Wang Batian suffered from severe stomach problems and severe rheumatism.

Whenever it was rainy, Wang Batian could only lock himself in the room, biting the quilt and enduring the heat.

The bandits are not like the army. If you are injured, there will be someone to treat you, and if you are sick, there will be someone to take care of you.

No one would tell others if they were sick, they would just bear it quietly by themselves.

Once you can't stand up, ride a horse, shoot a gun, or crawl through the ravines, you will be ruthlessly abandoned.

The reason why Zuoshandiao in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" looks a little weird and acts in a mysterious way is simply because he is old and weak and cannot suppress his subordinates by force.

This was when there was no danger. If we encountered an encirclement and suppression by government troops, we would often have to sleep in the open air in the mountains for a month or so, and we couldn't even light a fire, so we could only go hungry one day and eat the next.

Therefore, there are very few bandits who die of old age. Most of them are in their 20s or 30s and their bodies are thrown on battlefields and execution grounds.

Even the Black-hearted Tiger, who was the boss of the clan, was never over fifty years old.

Wang Tianba clearly remembered that he had four brothers, but he was the only one who survived.

One brother was caught and shot by the Red Army as a black-hearted tiger. Another brother was shot in the waist. There was no medical treatment or medicine in the mountains, and maggots grew in his lower body. He died in pain.

The remaining brother was caught by the government when he went to the brothel in the city. His head was chopped off and hung on the city gate tower for public display.

The previous generation of Black Heart Tiger had four sons who all suffered the same fate, but in Wang Batian's generation, Black Heart Tiger only has Wang Tianbao as his only son.

If Wang Tianbao continued to engage in the dangerous profession of banditry, I am afraid that the title of Black Heart Tiger would disappear in the hands of Wang Batian.

"We must find a way out!"

Wang Tianba finally made up his mind. Even if it was for Wang Tianbao, a little fame didn't matter.

But before that, Wang Batian did not want to stop training Wang Tianbao right now. After all, the dangerous profession of bandit is always better than the hard-working farm worker.

Multiple skills, multiple paths!

"Tianbao, you should stay in the rice seedling room tonight and watch carefully how the meat ticket collapses, so that you can distinguish who is telling the truth and who is lying. Come, Dad will teach you a good method that does not involve bloodshed - hawk-keeping."

The hostages kidnapped by the bandits were severely tortured for two purposes:

First, they interrogated the family about their family situation, including how much land, money, guns, and opium they owned.

Only by asking these questions clearly can we set the best price for the meat tickets, so as to avoid being at a disadvantage if the price is too low, or causing the victims to give up simply if the price is too high.

The second purpose is to make the hostages write letters to their families. The more miserable the better, so that their families can redeem them quickly and receive the ransom more conveniently.

This is a technical job, a game between bandits and hostages, and there are many tricks to learn.

After Wang Batian finished speaking, he didn't care about Wang Tianbao's reaction. He took down a small copper bell connected with a cloth belt from the wall and threw it at the slaves who had been starved for two days and had their hands and feet chained.

"Form a circle and walk around it. Each person rings the bell five times, then passes it to the next person. Do not stop until everyone has spoken out about their family's secrets."

Then Wang Batian handed a bloody whip to Wang Tianbao and said:

"If anyone dares to stop, or the bell stops ringing, you will beat them hard until they start talking."

"Am I alone? Dad, I'm scared."

Although Wang Tianbao had been ruthless and cruel because of the influence of growing up in the bandit's den, he was only a twelve-year-old boy after all. He was a little scared when he thought about having to stay with a dozen hostages for one night.

"Don't be afraid. As long as you are ruthless enough, they will be obedient. Dad went through the same thing back then."

After all, he was the only son, so Wang Batian comforted himself. He thought about how he was thrown into a pile of hostages by the previous generation of Black-Hearted Tiger. After all, he had many sons, so he was naturally more relaxed.

After saying that, Wang Batian did not stay any longer, but took Lao Qi out of the rice room where the hostages were imprisoned and closed the door from the outside.

However, Wang Batian did not leave, but waited outside with Lao Qi.