The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 116 Pass the order down: The enemy is in Changsha City!

"Underground association? Is it responsible for mining?"

"There are indeed many miners from Daozhou and Chenzhou who have joined our Taiping Army! However."

Wu Ruxiao, Wang Yan, Zhang San, Xu Xianggui, Huang Shicheng, the "crash-trained lecturers" who were in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, the Farmers' Association, the secret hall and logistics in Luo Yaoguo's Angel Palace, did not understand what Archangel Luo was talking about for a moment?
I thought Luo Yaoguo wanted to set up a "association" similar to the Chamber of Commerce or Farmers' Association to specialize in mining.

"No, no," Luo Yaoguo hurriedly shook his head, "The underground society doesn't mean that. Rather, the underground God Worshipping Society is the branches, main halls, sub-halls, and branch halls of the God Worshipping Society that exist secretly on the territory of the Qing demons.

Our God Worshipping Society cannot do without the Taiping Army. The God Worshipping Society exists only when there is the Taiping Army. Without the Taiping Army, there is no God Worshipping Society. However, the Taiping Army cannot go everywhere or stay anywhere at present. And I hope that the God Worshipping Society can also open branches, main halls, branch halls, and sub-hall halls in places where the Taiping Army cannot reach. These halls should also be able to publicize the ideas of our God Worshipping Society, recruit like-minded heroes, and infiltrate the Qing government and army. "

"Isn't this the same as the Tiandihui and the White Lotus Society?"

"Teacher, our Dark Hall seems to be doing these things. Now that I have a Dark Hall, do I still need to establish an underground association?"

Luo Yaoguo nodded gently: "Xianggui, Sanxiang, what you two said makes some sense, but it is not entirely correct. The underground society is somewhat similar to the Tiandihui and the White Lotus Society, and it may need to rely on their power to develop.

At the same time, the underground club should also have secrets similar to the dark hall.

But the underground society is different from the Heaven and Earth Society, the White Lotus Society and the Dark Hall.

First, the underground society cannot be as loose as the Heaven and Earth Society and the White Lotus Society. There must be a strict hierarchy, just like the public God Worshipping Society. Second, the underground society cannot be as small and powerful as the Dark Hall, nor can it be directly governed by the lecturer group. Instead, it must be spread out layer by layer according to the level of the God Worshipping Society. "

He said a lot of things, but the people below seemed to understand him. Luo Yaoguo glanced at them lightly, taking in their expressions one by one, then smiled and said, "Okay, that's all I have to say. Let's use the old method, first pilot, then summarize, and finally promote.

When establishing a Changsha main church in Zhuzhou Town this time, we must be prepared to move some of the branch churches and sub-churches underground at any time.

Therefore, we must try to develop a group of secret members, preferably with some identity to cover up, so as to ensure that when the Taiping Army withdraws from Changsha, the underground God Worshipping Society can still operate. "

"Yes!"

Several people did not quite understand what Luo Yaoguo wanted to do. However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the God Worshipping Society had strong execution capabilities, especially since Luo Yaoguo was one of the four "living fathers" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. So since he had given instructions and explained some specific execution methods, Wu Ruxiao, Wang Yan, Zhang San, Xu Xianggui, Huang Shicheng, Huang Shouren and others would naturally find ways to move forward.

At this time, Su Sanniang climbed up the city wall, walked over, leaned close to Luo Yaoguo's ear, and whispered, "Angel, there's news from Changsha!"

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand, asking the people around him to leave first, then he looked at Su Sanniang and said, "Speak!"

Su Sanniang whispered, "There are 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers and 3,000 Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camp soldiers from Changsha City, as well as a powerful Western lama who claims he can deal with you, the Bull Demon King!"

"Western Lama?" Luo Yaoguo sneered, "To deal with the Bull Demon King, should we chant sutras or draw talismans?"

"It is said to be thunder magic." Su Sanniang said as she handed over an envelope with both hands.

Luo Yaoguo took out the envelope and saw that it was written by Jiao Hong. This Jiao had sneaked into Changsha with Xu Yuegui and Boyong, and successfully got in touch with the Tiandihui in Changsha, so he was able to obtain a lot of intelligence from the Qing army. According to Jiao Hong's report, there are still many Qing demons in Changsha, including 4,000 newly arrived Eight Banners soldiers and Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camp, 2,000 Hunan Fu Biao, and about 5,000 militias gathered from various places, with a total strength of between 11,000 and 12,000.

Luo Bingzhang, who was originally the acting governor of Hunan, has now handed over military affairs to Shengbao, who led the Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp of Gansu and Shaanxi to Changsha!

There is also a minister named Zeng Guofan who was ordered to manage the Hunan militia, and he is said to have already arrived in Changsha!

There was also another important official from Hunan named Luo Raodian, who had just finished fulfilling his filial duty. He was also recently assigned to assist in military affairs and entered Changsha.

In addition, Luo Bingzhang also has a master under him named Zuo Zongtang who is also very active. Before Zeng Guofan and Luo Raodian entered the city, the leaders of various militias in Changsha were headed by him.

"Haha," Luo Yaoguo chuckled twice, "Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Luo Raodian, and most likely Luo Zenan, Guo Songtao and others, right? They have all arrived in Changsha, right? Great! Just in time to catch you all in one fell swoop!"

His tone suddenly became solemn: "Sanniang, pass the order down: the enemy is in Changsha City!"

"Yes!"

Changsha City, Taiping Street.

Countless low and dilapidated houses are clustered on both sides of this long and narrow old street paved with bumpy bluestone. Dozens of alleys extend from this north-south long street to the east and west, and interweave with dozens of north-south streets and alleys, forming a dense spider-web street network covering the southwest corner of Changsha's old city.

This area is not where respectable people live. Respectable people in Changsha live in the north of the city. The streets built around the governor's office are relatively spacious and grand, especially the area along the north city wall, which is full of houses of dignitaries and nobles. The southwest corner of Changsha City has always been a mixed place since ancient times, where all kinds of people gather. People from all walks of life make a living in these low and narrow streets.

In fact, the group that had been ruling this area since many years ago was the Tiandihui, not the Shanhua County Government established by the Qing court.

Of course, the clerks in the county government could come in with the master's letter of credit to do business, but whether the work could be done and whether the clerks could leave safely were not something the county magistrate could decide.

The one who has the final say in this area now is Zhu Jiutao, the ninth master of the Chu Yitang of the Tiandihui.

Although there were already more than 10,000 Qing troops in Changsha, including the Eight Banners, Green Camp, and Militia, the sign of Chu Yitang was still openly hung on the gate of the most luxurious mansion on Taiping Street.

Master Zhu Jiutao is already quite old, with an aged face, gray hair on his temples, almost no eyebrows, protruding cheekbones, deep eye sockets, and his eyes are always half open and half closed. No one knows what he is thinking.
At this moment, Master Zhu Jiu was sitting in the lobby with his nine disciples, spinning two iron balls with his left hand and looking at the two distinguished guests with a pair of eyes that were covered with a layer of light gray due to old age.

The two distinguished guests were none other than Jiao Hong and Boyong. Jiao Hong was originally the leader of the Recruiting Hall of the Tiandihui, and together with the leader of the Chuyitang, they were both considered members of the Hongmen family. After sneaking into Changsha City, they naturally contacted Master Zhu Jiu immediately, and proposed a plan to take Changsha by jointly attacking from both inside and outside.

However, after listening to the plan they proposed, Master Zhu Jiu was not moved at all, as if he had heard nothing. He neither said that he would cooperate with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to launch an uprising, nor did he say that the Changsha Tiandihui would not participate in this matter.

The atmosphere in the hall was quite strange and gloomy. After an unknown amount of time, Master Zhu Jiu finally coughed and said, "I just got the news that the Manchu assistant minister Shengbao has sent the general of Xi'an Town, Fucheng, and the deputy general of Tongguan, Yin Lipei, to lead 1,500 elite soldiers of the Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camp out of the city to Shimapu in the south to set up a battle array to lure the enemy.

And Shengbao will set up an ambush inside the Huangdao Gate of Changsha City and use Western-style bombs and muskets to deal with the Taiping Army. Your Taiping angels should be careful and don't let the Eight Banners soldiers kill them with Western-style bombs!"

(End of this chapter)