In Dong Liang's impression, the British Empire, the leader in the world at this time, should be the kind of master who would use big guns to reason whenever he disagreed. He did not expect that the other party would take the initiative to talk to him.

He just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the Chinese control area as much as possible and improve his own strength before the Manchus and foreigners recovered.

Dong Liang finally entered Xiamen City.

Xiamen City is located in the southwest of Xiamen Island. It is built on the mountain and faces the sea on three sides. The city is not far from the Gulangyu Concession area.

The city is divided into an inner city and an outer city. The inner city is surrounded by four walls, with four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest. The four sides are 125 feet and 9 feet tall. The high parapet wall is 1 feet and 9 feet wide. It is 8 feet and 5 inches wide. There are two huts.

12. Duozi 496, gate four: the south is called Qiaide, the north is called Huangshu, the east is called Qiming, and the west is called Huaiyin. Each building is built above.

Using today's measurement methods, the perimeter of this inner city is about 1,400 meters.

Dong Liang waited until Sun Yanping came to find him before entering Xiamen City. While Dong Liang was at the dock, the rebels were cleaning up the remaining Qing troops in the city.

The Third Brigade of the Guards and the Artillery Brigade held an entry ceremony together to demonstrate the strictness and strength of the Guards.

"One, two, three..." A dockworker in shorts pointed at the passing gun trucks.

These artillery carts have two wheels and are pulled by a horse. The huge wheels made of pig iron rattle on the stone road.

The orderly formation of the escort infantrymen who had just passed by, and their uniform muskets, were enough to shock them.

Now seeing so many artillery pieces has pushed everyone's enthusiasm to a climax.

The streets are full of people watching the excitement. Regardless of the fighting ability of the rebels, their discipline is still good.

Because the people in the city responded to the uprising, most of the officers and soldiers fled by boat, so the entire city of Xiamen was basically not damaged at all.

The anti-Qing mass base in Xiamen City is very good. Because of the development of commerce, there is a very large non-agricultural population group here.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Qingzhen founded the Little Knife Club here.

This time the escort army captured Xiamen and received strong support from the local people.

In order to increase the confidence of these people in the guards, Dong Liang went to great lengths to conduct such an initiation ceremony.

"Chaide Gate?" Dong Liang raised his head and looked at the name on the door.

He almost pronounced it "Hardman".

Dong Liang and his party entered the city after the city entry ceremony was over and the people dispersed.

He didn't want to show off in the city. On the one hand, Dong Liang liked peace and quiet, and on the other hand, it was for safety reasons. After all, this city had just been occupied.

"Huifu, why is the name of this city gate so weird?" Dong Liang asked Zhao Liewen beside him. Zhao Liewen was known as "Hong Lan". He had read thousands of volumes and memorized extensive knowledge.

He understood almost everything Dong Liang didn't know. Of course, he didn't necessarily understand what Dong Liang knew.

Because he couldn't see these contents in the book at all.

In Dong Liang's impression, most city gates would have a simple and auspicious name, which was basically the same, but this Xiamen inner city was quite strange.

"The Xiamen City of the Head of State was built in the Ming Dynasty. It was originally the Zhongzuo Station. Later, Zheng Chenggong resisted the Qing Dynasty and changed it to Siming Mansion. As his base camp, the city began to be built. The names of these four gates are indeed

The meaning is profound.”

"The word "Qiaode" in the south gate comes from "Dayu Mo" in "Shangshu", which said that Gaotao's "good life virtues are in line with the people's hearts", that is, he cherishes living creatures and does not engage in killing."

"The "Huangshu" of the north gate is the provincial name of "The Hub of Tianhuang". Tianhuang is the name of a star and also refers to the royal family. It is naturally metaphorical that the city is the hub of the country."

"Qiming" at the east gate is the morning star that appears in the east in the early morning. It means "an open-minded mind and a clear understanding of nature".

"Ximen Huaiyin" is an allusion to the ancient saying of "eating mulberry trees and cherishing my good music". The Book of Songs says: "Flying owls gather in Panlin, eating my mulberry trees and cherishing my good music." Flying owls are evil birds.

, the cry is unlucky, and if you eat mulberry, you will repay it with a good voice. The meaning of education is contained in it..."

When Zhao Liewen talks about allusions, he can talk endlessly. This is one of the few places where he is better than Dong Liang.

"Master Zhao is indeed knowledgeable." Wang Ziyu on the side praised.

Zhao Liewen had a bit of the arrogance of a young talented man, and he was not very fond of the surrendered minister Wang Ziyu, but Wang Ziyu smiled at everyone.

Moreover, Wang Ziyu has the flattering temperament of a small person, which Zhao Liewen can't get used to.

Xiamen City, Tongzhi Yamen.

This is the best-built yamen in the city. It has been sorted out at this time and became Dong Liang's temporary stay.

"Führer, most of the officials in the city have fled, we haven't caught a few." In a temporary conference room in the mansion, Sun Yanping reported with some regret.

He gave Dong Liang a brief report on the process of the uprising.

"Commander Sun, you have done a good job this time and greatly exceeded our operational expectations. Now, our original operational plan has to be changed," Dong Liang said.

"Please give instructions from the head of state. I am the commander-in-chief of the Anbu. I should not interfere with the military affairs. I came here today to hand over the command of the Zhangzhou garrison and militia."

Sun Yanping actually has certain commanding talents, otherwise he would not have taken the entire Zhangzhou just by relying on the rebels.

But his time within the Chinese community is not short.

He knew that Dong Liang had always hoped to establish rules among the Chinese.

One of them is the separation of military and political affairs, each performing its own duties.

The ANBU can run the uprising, but they cannot reach out to the army.

Dong Liang does not want to base his work on trust, but on rules.

He glanced at Sun Yanping and did not refuse. This time Sun Yanping brought out tens of thousands of troops, which exceeded his expectations.

But it did play a big role.

If we want to capture Fujian Province in a short period of time, we really need this kind of snowballing explosive force. How much territory can we take care of with just a few thousand regular guardsmen?

"Commander Sun, how many troops and horses are there in Zhangzhou now?" Dong Liang asked.

Sun Yanping thought for a moment and said: "There are a total of twelve garrison brigades and forty militia brigades."

The reason why Sun Yanping wanted to think about it was because the number of rebels in Zhangzhou was increasing all the time. Sun Yanping followed the principle of not rejecting anyone who came and gathered all the young and strong people who were willing to join the army.

Up to now, they have controlled Zhangzhou and part of Quanzhou, a total of 16 counties. Fujian has a relatively high population density. These 16 counties have a total population of nearly 2 million. Recruiting 26,000 soldiers and horses from them does not count.

many.

Everyone took a breath of air.

"I only have five hundred soldiers and horses in my hands." Peng Neng sighed in his heart.

"In this way, these troops will maintain their original formation. I will not replace them on the spot. However, except for some to guard various counties, the rest will be assigned to various brigades for joint operations."

Everyone looked at Dong Liang and seemed not to understand what Dong Liang meant.

Most of these brigades were established on the basis of the township party. In order to facilitate management, Sun Yanping usually appointed core members of the local Renaissance Association as the captains and squadron leaders of these brigades.

This not only facilitates management, but also creates centripetal force within this small team.

"From now on, the third to eighth infantry brigades will be expanded into six detachments. The original brigades will remain unchanged. Each detachment will be assigned two garrison brigades and five militia brigades.

In this case, a detachment would include eight brigades with a size of 4,000 people.

Such an army can fight alone.

The core of each detachment is naturally the original escort brigade. Their equipment and training are first-class, followed by the two garrison brigade, which are elites selected from the militia. The remaining five militia brigade are more like

It's an auxiliary soldier.

"Peng Neng, take four detachments to Zhao'an to defend against the Qing troops in Guangdong and Guangxi." Dong Liang gave the order directly without any intention of discussing it with anyone.
Chapter completed!