Li Yunzhong and his brothers returned to Shanren Village and encountered a problem: to rebel or not to rebel. All the brothers looked at Li Yunzhong. This confused Li Yunzhong. If they rebelled, they should wait until Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan came to preside over it. If they didn't rebel, then

Just wait for the officers and soldiers to come and take revenge.

Su Sanniang said impatiently, "You are a bunch of big men, what's the matter with my mother-in-law? When I rebelled, I was not like you, who were afraid of wolves before and tigers behind."

Li Yunzhong was aroused by Su Sanniang's move and thought to himself, how could he show cowardice in front of his sweetheart if he made a mistake? Suddenly Hao shouted loudly, "Rebellion, rebellion, everyone is gathering troops and preparing to rebel."

"You go back and gather all the believers in Siwang Town. The terrain there is open and it is close to the county seat. I will lead the elite to attack the county seat of Pingnan County immediately. By the way, brother, you are responsible for contacting the believers in the county seat. You must lead us

Open the city gate when the army arrives." Li Yunzhong warned Meng Sheng again.

Hu Yihuang and others all breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that Li Yunzhong would choose to wait at home for the officers and soldiers to come to arrest him. He said that he would go back and prepare to gather the believers of the God-worshipping cult.

Meng Shengsheng said: He must rush to the county seat in person to direct the believers to open the city gates.

Li Yunzhong, Su Sanniang and Lai Wang rode in front, followed by 6,000 men and horses. From time to time there were cavalry running on the road urging everyone to run faster.

The city wall was gradually visible, but Meng Shengsheng and a few others were running towards the team. Li Yunzhong signaled to stop and said to Meng Sheng, "What's going on? Why is the city gate closed?"

Meng Sheng took a breath and said loudly, "Maybe the county magistrate has got the news and closed the city gate in advance."

Li Yunzhong looked at the county town he was visiting. The city walls were covered with Qing soldiers. He also recognized the county magistrate who put him in jail. At this moment, he was on the city wall with many people standing around him.

Li Yunzhong was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do for a moment. He couldn't help but look at Su Sanniang and Lai Wang, wanting to ask for professional advice.

Lai Wang said, "Since we can't outmaneuver, we must attack by force. If the county town is hastily deployed, it will not be properly arranged."

Li Yunzhong thought: Didn't we also attack the city in a hurry, without even any equipment, how could we climb the city wall? It seems that we must learn a lesson if we attack the city in the future.

"No, let's go back to Siwang Town to join the parishioners first." Li Yunzhong felt that he had his own opinion and could not rely on others like this. He added, "Don't the county magistrate have to guard the county seat? Then let him guard it, and we will send troops to occupy each township."

In less than half an hour, Li Yunzhong led his people to Siwang Town. Many religious people had already arrived. Lieutenant General Li Yunzhong told the brothers about the attack on the county town.

Hu Yihuang said, "Many parishioners refused to come to the camp after hearing that they were going to rebel."

Li Yunzhong couldn't think of any good way. He couldn't use a knife to force others to rebel. I don't know what Hong Xiuquan did in his previous life, and how he could have so many people following him.

Zhang Weikun said angrily, "It's the same with me there. Many people don't want to come no matter how much I try to persuade them. Those ungrateful people make me so angry."

"It's not their fault. The people will not rebel unless they are forced to a dead end." Li Yunzhong sighed, and immediately estimated how many believers would come to the camp. He couldn't help but wonder: Why did the believers in Europe in the Middle Ages become so weak?

So fanatical.

Zhang Suimou checked that there were no outsiders around, then came back and said harshly, "Then force them to a corner, set fire to their houses and fields, and leave them with nothing. We'll see if they come back."

Li Yunzhong wanted to object, but when he saw that Hu Yihuang and others agreed, he fell silent. He could only comfort himself: As the saying goes, thieves are like combs, and soldiers are like gobs. Even if their houses are not burned down, they will be when the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress them.

Got robbed clean.

"Burn it, send people to burn it secretly, say it was burned by the government, and then send people to pretend to put out the fire. Then the people will be grateful to us and prevent them from regretting it. We should separate the family and drag them around for hundreds of miles. Even if

They want to go home, but they can't find the way, so they can only follow us." Seeing that everyone agreed with what he said, Zhang Suimou came up with many bad ideas.

"Okay, this is a good method. You don't have to be hated by the people, and you can frame it to the government, haha...then we don't need to persuade, the people will follow suit and rebel. Some people have not even left the village a few times. They have to leave.

Hundreds of miles away, I'm afraid I don't even know where my home is." Meng Shengsheng was really impressed by the damaging moves he made against Zhang Suimou one after another.

Now that he had decided to exterminate all households, he sent people to set fires in various places. Later, all houses, whether religious or not, were burned down, causing many people to become homeless. Li Yunzhong was also troubled by the fact that there were too many old, weak, women and children in the team.

Li Yunzhong brought his brothers to Su Sanniang, and in front of Lai Wang, he said straight to the point, "You two, as the saying goes, a snake can't move without a head, and soldiers without a leader can cause chaos. Since you want to rebel, you can only listen to one side."

Lai Wang said, "I am willing to obey Sir's orders."

Su Sanniang also said, "I would also like to join the God-Worship Cult."

Li Yunzhong knew that they were members of the Tiandihui, so he reminded them, "Since we have joined the God-worshiping Cult, we can no longer be as lax and disobedient as in the Hehui Party."

Lai Wang said, "From now on... my name will be Luo Dayou. Lai Wang is dead."

Su Sanniang also said that she would not obey the orders of Tiandihui in the future.

Li Yunzhong was surprised and delighted that Luo Dayou was a fierce general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he unexpectedly got such a good general. He did not want to push too hard, and began to discuss with them to reorganize the team.

Reorganize the team into five armies, front, rear, center, left, and right. The leader is called a general. There is no limit on the number of armies for the time being. There are brigades under the army, and the brigade is led by a brigade commander. There are three battalions under each brigade.

There are five companies under each battalion, and five squads under each company. In this way, there are 10 people in a squad, 50 people in a company, 250 people in a battalion, and 750 people in a brigade. They are all men over the age of 16.

, unlike in the past where there were everyone, men, women, old and young.

The front army was composed of Ling Shiba and Luo Gang, who were in Xinyi, with 3,000 troops and 1,000 troops drawn from among the believers. Ling Shiba was appointed commander and Luo Gang was deputy. Before Ling Shiba joined forces, Luo Gang was the commander.

The task of the front army is to charge into the battle and serve as the vanguard of the army.

The rear army was commanded by Meng Shengsheng, and Qian Duo, the original beggar leader, was his deputy. Three thousand men were drawn from the believers and given to them. Their task was to serve as the rear guard of the army, focusing on protecting children and the elderly who had no fighting ability.

The Chinese army was personally led by Li Yunzhong, and the 3,000 men who had been trained the longest were incorporated into the army, together with the 2,000 men led by Su Sanniang. In order to appease this group of people, Su Sanniang was appointed deputy commander.

The left army was led by Hu Yihuang, with Zhang Weikun as deputy. Four thousand people were selected from among the believers. Their mission was to protect the central army and support the front army.

The Right Army was led by Zhang Suimou, with Zeng Shuiyuan, who had outstanding performance in missionary work as his deputy, who was in prison with Li Yunzhong and was rescued together. All the remaining 3,000 strong men were incorporated into the Right Army. The task was also to provide support.

Forward, guarding the central army.

Li Yunzhong organized more than 5,000 women into a female army and put them under the management of Lin Daji, with several brothers' wives as assistants. He selected a thousand of them who dared to go into battle to kill the enemy and put them under the command of Su Sanniang.

The children formed the Boy Scouts as a backup, and children under the age of eight followed their mothers. The tasks of the female soldiers were to transport food and grass, build equipment and other logistics.

When it came to the issue of military power, Li Yunzhong did not dare to be ambiguous and let his sworn brothers take command.

After another day, the scattered crowd became orderly. Li Yunzhong set the meeting place at Wang Gang's home. Now both Wang Gang and Wang Xin serve as brigade commanders in Li Yunzhong's Chinese Army. The remaining two brigade commanders are Li Desheng.

and Liu Cai, a brave general in Su Sanniang's army.

When Li Yunzhong saw that all the major figures were present, he said, "Since we have rebelled, we must inform Mr. Hong and Mr. Feng. Also, I have sent people to contact Yang Xiuqing of Guiping County and Qin Yuegang of Guixian County. They

He also agreed to the uprising and has ordered the believers to camp." Li Yunzhong fully imagined what Yang Xiuqing looked like when he received the letter. The God-worshiping religion in the Zijingshan area was completely unprepared. If the officers and soldiers sent troops from Xunzhou Prefecture, they would have to pass through Zijingshan and Jintian.

Town. No need to think about it, Yang Xiuqing would also think that it was coming for them. He had to help Li Yunzhong resist the officers and soldiers coming from the west.

Seeing that everyone was smiling after hearing the news, Li Yunzhong said again, "I think the imperial court has not sent troops to attack us yet. I will mention the main direction of our rebel army and ignore the west side for now. Yang Xiuqing and the others are there."

Bearing in mind, we will attack Pingnan County first, then Teng County, and finally Wuzhou Prefecture, and join up with Ling Shiba who came from Xinyi County. We will also see if we can catch Messrs. Hong and Feng." Li Yunzhong doesn't want Ling.

Like history, Shiba was abandoned in Guangxi to contain the Qing army. In the end, he was defeated and committed suicide by jumping into a well.

"The mission of the left army is to wipe out the Qing forces in the towns and collect food. The right army rushes to Teng County first, contacts the believers, and drives the Qing troops to the county as much as possible. The women's camp and the boy scouts rest in place, and the rest

The men and horses followed me to attack the county seat.

The county magistrate Ni Tao did not expect that the rebels would attack the county town again. The presence of rebels under his rule was enough to warrant dismissal and investigation. If the county town was to be occupied by rebels, he would be exiled at the least, or beheaded at the worst. Of course.

When the rebels besieged the city for the first time, he was already prepared to live and die with the city. Fortunately, with the blessing of his ancestors, the rebels retreated when they saw that there was no advantage to be taken. At that time, he was still thinking that it would be better for them to harm other counties.

It occurred to me that it had only been a day and we were surrounded again.

The master standing next to him said worriedly, "The rebels have gone and come back. I'm afraid they are determined to win the county seat. The county minister should make preparations in advance. There are many big households in the county. Shouldn't they be allowed to contribute? After all, the rebels will not come back."
Chapter completed!