"Kill the pure monsters and welcome Taiping. When Taiping comes, we will divide the fields. When Taiping comes, we will have food to eat..."
"The Taiping Army has entered the city! Kill the demons! Go to heaven!"
"His Royal Highness the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has come to Daozhou with one hundred thousand troops!"
"Rebellion, rebellion, kill the demons, welcome peace, and go to heaven!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The storm of the armed uprising of miners in Daozhou has, at this moment, enveloped Daozhou, a solid fortress that was firmly entrenched by the feudal forces of the Qing Dynasty not long ago!
At the beginning, only a few Yu Wanqing soldiers from the Qing Dynasty and three to four thousand miners under the leadership of the Thirty-Six Xiangtang of the Tiandihui were mobilized and staged an armed uprising.
But soon, other unemployed miners, boatmen, beggars, and all kinds of poor people who could not survive gathered in Daozhou City spontaneously joined this uprising. The number of rebels soon exceeded 20,000!
At this time, the Qing army in Daozhou City, including the officers and soldiers of the city guarding camp, the strong soldiers of the state government, and the newly established Daozhou regiment training, was only more than a thousand people, and only a dozen of the rebel army. one part.
The once arrogant government turned out to be so weak in the face of the miners, boatmen, and beggars who were mobilized by the God Worship Society and the Heaven and Earth Society.
The North Gate and the West Gate, guarded by the Daozhou City Guards Battalion with an actual number of just over 200, were breached by two rebel armies led by Jiao Hong and Xu Xianggui shortly after the uprising broke out. More than a hundred Qing troops guarding these two city gates , disappeared out of thin air without even putting up any resistance!
After successfully controlling the two city gates, the rebellious miners, led by Jiao Hong and Xu Xianggui, began to attack various government offices, barracks, and official warehouses in the city. In the middle of the night, in addition to Huang Shijie, Zhang Dingxiang led The Daozhou Prefecture Government Office has not yet been broken, and other government offices, barracks, and official warehouses in Daozhou City are already under the control of the rebels.
The flag of the rebel army, a red flag with the four characters "Taiping Unification" embroidered in black thread, has been placed at the north gate and west gate of Daozhou City, the prefectural judge's yamen, garrison yamen, garrison camp, official warehouse, and Flying in the sky above the entrance of the main hall of the Tiandihui Military Recruitment Hall.
The miners' volunteers sent by the Zhaojuntang Headquarters even began patrolling throughout the city to maintain order and at the same time hunt down the clear demons who slipped through the net.
The battle surrounding Daozhou's last fortress of demon-free demons, Daozhou Yamen, started when the first shot of the Daozhou Uprising was fired, and continued until the darkest hour before dawn.
The performance of the Daozhou regiment training tonight, which was just established, was remarkable. Not only did they defend the south gate of Daozhou City, keeping Wang Kuiyi, Huang Shijie, Zhang Dingxiang and others alive, but they also had three or four hundred people left. The people in Daozhou Yamen refused to retreat.
Although Yu Dabao and Ji Dapao brought seven cannons and blasted them hard at the wall of the Yamen, creating more than a dozen gaps. However, the rebels who rushed in were not very effective and were beaten again and again by the regiment led by Zhang Dingxiang. come out.
However, there are too many "rebels" in Daozhou City!
They poured in continuously from all over Daozhou City, and finally gathered into a sea of ​​"red-headed men", which was about to submerge the small state government office.
Huang Shijie, Mr. Huang, now changed into a pair of coarse clothes, and with dozens of members from the Huang family clan, he was stationed in the courtyard of the state government office. Dozens of camphor wood boxes were placed around him, with all the lids opened. Under the light of the torches held by the group members, these dozens of boxes were all filled with silver!
Every time Zhang Dingxiang led the regiment to kill the rebels who rushed in through the gap in the wall, he would shout: "There will be rewards for every effort!"
And dozens of Huang family members around would shout together: "Master Huang has a reward!"
Then Zhang Dingxiang, who was covered in blood, would run over with the dead soldiers who had just repelled the rebels to receive the reward. It was with the support of the money released one by one that Daozhou Yamen persisted until now.
However, the roaring shouts coming from all around clearly told Huang Shijie that Daozhou City could not be defended!
Not only Daozhou City cannot be defended, but Ningyuan, Jianghua, Yongming, Xintian and other counties near Daozhou may be lost! Even Guiyang Prefecture next to Yongzhou Prefecture and Chenzhou next to Guiyang Prefecture will soon be destroyed. The future is broken by Changmao.
The worst-case scenario is that the whole of Hunan and even Hubei will be swept away by the long-haired army, the Tiandihui in the two lakes, and countless poor people... In fact, from the end of Qianlong to the beginning of Jiajing , the Huguang area was full of white lotus troubles, which lasted for eight years!
The period from the end of Qianlong to the beginning of Jiajing was much better than it is now. At that time, so many people in Huguang were unable to survive, let alone now... Thinking of this, Huang Shijie's body began to tremble involuntarily.
"Ziying, Ziying, you won again! You won again..."
Zhang Dingxiang's shout suddenly sounded in Huang Shijie's ears, interrupting his trembling.
Huang Shijie looked up and found that Zhang Dingxiang seemed to be injured. He was covering his head with a rag, and his face was full of exhaustion.
Seeing Huang Shijie's gaze, Zhang Dingxiang shook his head and whispered: "If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood, but you can't lose all your capital..."
Huang Shijie stood up suddenly and shouted: "Reward! Reward...there will be rewards for many rewards!"
After shouting, he turned around and walked quickly to the lobby of the Yamen with Zhang Dingxiang. As they walked, the two of them took out a large piece of red cloth from his pocket and wrapped it around his head. Zhang Dingxiang also At the same time, he tore off his uniform, revealing the coarse cloth jacket underneath.
The Huang family members who were guarding the silver box struggled to push down a silver box with only the lid open, and the silver ingots and coins were scattered out...
...
"Hold on! Hold on, I will be rewarded..."
To the west of Daozhou City, Shisanlipu.
Zhang Guoliang, who had set up his own formation in a small dilapidated temple, once again issued a cry that could not be fulfilled.
Is there a reward? Where does the reward come from?
He, Zhang Guoliang, only has a garrison title, he does not take any quota, he does not drink the blood of soldiers, he does not even have a place for flood defense, and he has no foundation in the green camp. Officials in Guangdong and Guangxi also think that he is from the Heaven and Earth Society, and they are always watching him .If he didn’t still have some soldiers, he would have been found guilty and dealt with severely.
So he couldn't get a big reward at all, he could only shout and deceive himself.
"My lord, my lord, we can't hold on any longer and will be defeated!"
"Sir, this is Su Sanniang...it's Su Sanniang from Guangdong Zhongyi Hall!"
"Sir, please withdraw. We can't lose all our capital. If our capital is gone, it's over!"
Zhang Guoliang's three thousand generals all retreated anxiously. They had already withstood the Taiping Army's fierce attack with their respective battalions for half a night. If Zhang Guoliang hadn't really had some military talent, they would have seen the Taiping Army coming fiercely and resisted it. Unable to hold back, he immediately made a decisive decision and seized a ruined temple on the side of the road. With some support, he was not defeated by the Taiping Army.
But even so, Zhang Guoliang's men were still a little unable to withstand it. They were attacked by the Taiping Army before, and the men under him died and escaped and were captured, so they lost two to three hundred people. After being beaten for a few rounds, they found out that The losses were too great and the enemy was too fierce, so we stopped doing anything.
Although they are called the Green Camp of the Qing Army, they are actually similar to regiment training. It is just that it is not the regiment training of the Hunan Army that relies on the relationship between teachers, students, clans, villagers, and party members. , the relationship of disciples is organized.
Zhang Guoliang is the big boss, and the three thousand generals below him are all red sticks with double bonuses. Next to them is a military advisor shaking a white paper fan and a loyal second master... And the ones charging into the battle below are all Ma Tsai!
Such a "gangster army" was actually led impressively by Zhang Guoliang!
But after all, Zhang Guoliang was a big boss who betrayed the Tiandihui. It was difficult to replenish his troops and he was defeated after the battle.
And without capital, those white paper fans, red sticks with double flowers, and Second Master Zhongyi would all be in trouble. Either they would be stabbed three times and six times by assassins from the Tiandihui, or they would have to be imprisoned by the officials they had offended. .
So this group of people can help Zhang Guoliang for a while, but they have to help him fight tooth and nail.
Besides, the enemy is Su Sanniang...
Zhang Guoliang looked back at his white paper fan. This was a skinny old man in his sixties. He was not holding a white paper fan, but a book. The old man held the book and handed it to Zhang Guoliang: "Boss, you look."
"Read... a book?" Zhang Guoliang rolled his eyelids, "How many words do I know?"
"Boss, you must recognize the words on the cover of this book!"
Zhang Guoliang lowered his head, and a boy next to him immediately put on a lantern.
"Anti... Sutra?"
The white paper fan nodded: "It was brought by a horse boy that Su Sanniang brought back... I have read it, and it makes sense! The Qing Dynasty is definitely going to be in chaos. There is a high probability that it will be chaos." It’s the end of the Yuan Dynasty! We can no longer fight with the Taiping Army now. We must preserve our strength. Only with strength can we get promoted and make a fortune and grab territory!
Boss, run away quickly! If you run away now, you can still keep hundreds of brothers as capital. If you give Sai Shanga some money, you might be able to get promoted.
If we lose them all, it’s really over!”
"Kill the clear demon! Go to heaven! Kill the clear demon! Go to heaven..."
At this moment, a loud cheer suddenly sounded outside the ruined temple, as if reinforcements from the Taiping Army had arrived.
Chapter completed!