When the "Northern Expedition Pioneer" led by Luo Yaoguo entered the territory of Hengzhou Prefecture, it was obvious that the power of the gentry became stronger, and the further north they went, the stronger the power of the gentry became. Relatively speaking, the power of the Tiandihui was
It seems relatively weak.
When the Taiping Army was active in the southern part of Yongzhou Prefecture, Guiyang Prefecture, and Chenzhou Prefecture, most towns could be destroyed without attack. Only some prefectural cities, prefecture towns, and county towns could withstand the Taiping Army's front. But most of them were defeated by the Taiping Army.
He Tiandihui cooperated internally and externally, and easily broke through the city. Only Lingling, which was garrisoned by tens of thousands of people including He Chun, Jiang Zhongyuan, Bao Qibao and others, blocked the advance of Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing.
In Hengzhou Prefecture, although the situation is not as good as in the southern part of Yongzhou Prefecture, Guiyang Prefecture, and Chenzhou Prefecture, it is still quite favorable. Needless to say, along the river bank in the south, once the Taiping Army troops arrive, Qingyao will
, the gentry fled looking at the wind, the poor people lined the streets to greet them, and the good men rushed to join the army.
Although Luo Yaoguo left a small force of armed forces and a few preachers in each town, the number of strong men who joined was far more than the number of men he dispersed.
So when his team entered the bank of the Xiangjiang River, the number of people had soared from the 5,000 when he and Xiao Chaogui split up to more than 8,000! In other words, the number of new brothers joining the army increased by more than 3,000 - this was something Luo Yaoguo would not allow.
Absorb too many new recruits to prevent the army from expanding too quickly and becoming too numerous, otherwise the number of troops will increase even more.
As Luo Yaoguo led his troops into the areas along the Xiangjiang River, the situation became somewhat different. This area had convenient transportation, more flat land, developed agriculture, and produced more gentry families. Moreover, the Taiping Army was in Yongzhou Prefecture and Guiyang Prefecture.
There has been turmoil in Chenzhou Prefecture for three or four months. They are dividing the land, attacking local tyrants, and printing two volumes of "Anti-Jing" and distributing them everywhere. Of course, the gentry in "Northern Hunan" were prepared, and they started to train in regiments and armed forces.
When Luo Yaoguo led his troops to attack the two large towns of Dabu City and Leijia Town on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, they encountered some obstacles. They fought for two days in Dabu City and three days in Leijia Town.
Before Luo Yaoguo's army arrived in these two towns, the local gentry regiments learned the lessons of Daozhou, Guiyangzhou, Chenzhou and other places that were captured by the Taiping Army inside and outside.
The Tiandihui and the beggars were all driven away, so the Taiping army could not rely on internal forces to break the city, so they had to attack by force.
Although they were all defeated, the losses were not huge, but the gains were very little.
These two towns are both on the banks of the Xiangjiang River, and the territory on the other side of the Xiangjiang River is temporarily in the hands of those local tyrants and evil gentry who "read the Anti-Jing" and are loyal to the Qing Dynasty. During the two or three days when Luo Yaoguo sent his army to attack the city,
They moved the goods and food in Dabu City and Leijia Town, and finally set fire to the city when it was destroyed, leaving only two ruins for Luo Tiantian.
However, Luo Yaoguo didn't have much naval force at hand, and he didn't have many troops, so it was naturally impossible to cross the river to get it.
So he could only keep two soldiers of the Taiping Army and a few lecturers from the second phase of the crash course, try to mobilize the poor farmers in the local area, and then went deep into the territory of Changsha Prefecture. The strength of the gentry regiment in Changsha Prefecture was only
Stronger!
So much so that Luo Yaoguo did not attack the big towns such as Zhuting, Tutian, Zhaoling, and Lukou along the Xiangjiang River. Instead, he circled the city all the way. He galloped to Zhuzhou Town, which was less than a hundred miles away from Changsha, and then suddenly took action. At the same time, he also He ordered Jiao Hong, Xu Yuegui, Bo Yong and others to disguise themselves as fleeing gentry from Guiyang Prefecture and sneak into Zhuzhou in advance. They also cooperated with the outside and caught the local gentry group by surprise.
This time, I finally gained something. I got a lot of information and had the capital and foothold to march into Changsha.
However, before leading his army to charge towards Changsha, Luo Yaoguo still had two more urgent things to do than the attack on Changsha.
"The rent is heavy, the interest is high, and it is difficult for the poor to survive these days. Open the door early to pray for peace, and the discipline will be happy...
As the Taiping Army marched into the city, the song "Welcome the Taiping" gradually became louder. This song contained the desire of the poor farmers in Zhuzhou Town to allocate their land and cancel their debts!
It is already late August in the lunar calendar, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed! The autumn harvest season is coming soon, and autumn... is often the time when the conflicts between rural landlords, tenant farmers, and poor peasants are most acute. Because after the autumn harvest, It’s time to pay the rent and pay off the debt!
The rent is really heavy and the interest is really high... I can’t afford it, so I can’t pay it!
After a year of hard work, we only have a little food. If we have to pay the rent and interest in full, even if the remaining food is replaced by dried sweet potatoes, it will not be enough for the whole family to survive. Although the landlord We are all "kind-hearted" and don't want to see the tenant farmers below and the poor households starving to death, so they will always reduce or reduce some rents and roll part of the interest into the principal.
But... who wouldn't want to not pay rent or repay debts, and then turn the land of the master's family into a good thing for their own family?
So after hearing that farmers in several state capitals in southern Hunan were already living a "good life", farmers around Zhuzhou Town began to eagerly look forward to the Taiping Army coming soon... It's best to do it before this year's autumn harvest. Come! This way everyone can always have enough to eat for one more year!
The feeling of being full...that's so good!
Standing on the city wall, watching the scene gradually starting to boil under the setting sun for a while, Luo Yaoguo suddenly turned around, turned his gaze to the east, and murmured: "It's almost the autumn harvest... To the east of Zhuzhou is Hunan and Jiangxi Is it over?"
"That's right," Zhang San, who was following Luo Yaoguo, nodded and said with a smile, "The east of Zhuzhou is almost the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. There are mountains at the junction of the two provinces, and there are mountain roads going east and west. I couldn't walk all the way for days and nights!" "Are the people there poor? Are the gentry vicious?" Luo Yaoguo asked repeatedly, "Are there many brothers in the Tiandi Society?"
Zhang San smiled bitterly and said: "Where in the world are the people not poor? Where are the gentry not vicious... As for the Tiandihui, there are certainly many brothers. Those who dominate the mountains on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi are all the Hongmen family."
Luo Yaoguo nodded lightly and said with emotion: "Yes, everywhere in the world the people are not miserable, and everywhere in the world the gentry are not vicious, but we are just going to break this gentry is vicious, the people are suffering, and the corrupt officials are like beasts , a world where the emperors of Manchuria are comparable to demons...and then recreate a peaceful world where everyone has food to eat, clothing to wear, books to read, fields to cultivate, and work to do!
As long as we can explain this truth to those who are suffering, those heroes who care about the world, and have an army that can smash the dark Qing world, they will definitely stand by our side and defeat the Qing demon with us.
!" What he was talking about now was the true truth in Volume 1 of the Anti-Jingtra. Several people on the city wall nodded their heads, looking like they had been taught a lesson.
Luo Yaoguo paused and said softly: "But our enemies, the Qingyao and the traitorous gentry, are quite cunning and vicious. We had successive battles in Yongzhou, Guiyang, and Chenzhou before, and the progress was so smooth because they didn't react at the moment.
, there is no collusion. But since our army marched north along the Xiangjiang River, the collusion between the Qing demons and the traitors has become increasingly close... So we cannot take it lightly and ignore the difficulties."
His eyes were burning, and he glanced at the days before him: "If...we are temporarily defeated in Changsha and have to give up the attack on the city and turn north. Then our God Worshiping Association branch and the team left behind in Zhuzhou Town will
What should we do?" "Teacher," Wang Yan, Luo Yaoguo's favorite disciple, immediately understood what he meant, "You want the Taiping Army and the lecturers who stayed in Zhuzhou Town to go to Hunan and Jiangxi when... the situation is unfavorable.
develop?"
Luo Yaoguo nodded lightly and said: "This is just one of them. The world between Hunan and Jiangxi is vast, and there is a lot to do! When you attack local tyrants in the Zhuzhou Town area and divide the fields, you will definitely get a lot of backbones.
If the situation is unfavorable, Wang Yan, Xiang Gui, you two will take the backbone and troops pulled from Zhuzhou to the Hunan and Jiangxi borders to seek development. At that time, the Qingyao will besiege the Southern King who is entrenched in Xiangnan and eye the Guangdong and Guangxi.
To prevent our heavenly army from attacking Wuchang and heading eastward along the Yangtze River, we will not have any spare power to use the Hunan-Kiangxi border.
So you will have a lot to do!
Chapter completed!