The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 65: The opposite (Please collect, please vote, please read!)

"Kill the Qing demons and usher in peace. When peace comes, we will divide the land and have food to eat."

"The Taiping Army has entered the city! Kill the Qing monsters! Go to heaven!"

"His Royal Highness the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has led 100,000 troops to Daozhou!"

"Rebellion, rebellion, kill the Qing demons, usher in peace, and go to heaven!"

"Boom boom boom"

The storm of the Daozhou miners' armed uprising has, at this moment, enveloped Daozhou, a solid fortress that was firmly entrenched by the Manchu feudal forces not long ago!
At the beginning, only a few tens of thousands of Qing soldiers and three or four thousand miners under the leadership of the Sanshiliuxiangtang of the Tiandihui were mobilized to launch an armed uprising.

But soon, other unemployed miners, boatmen, beggars, and all kinds of poor people who could not make a living gathered in Daozhou City spontaneously joined the uprising. The number of the rebels soon exceeded 20,000!
At this time, the Qing army in Daozhou City, including the officers and soldiers of the city defense camp, the strong soldiers of the state government, and the newly established Daozhou militia, had no more than a thousand people, only one-tenth of the number of the rebel army.

The once all-powerful government was now so weak in the face of the miners, boatmen and beggars who were mobilized by the God Worshipping Society and the Heaven and Earth Society.

The North Gate and West Gate, which were guarded by Daozhou City Defense Camp with only 200 soldiers, were breached by two armies led by Jiao Hong and Xu Xianggui shortly after the uprising broke out. The more than 100 Qing soldiers guarding the two gates disappeared without even offering any resistance!
After successfully controlling the two city gates, the rebel miners, led by Jiao Hong and Xu Xianggui, began to attack various government offices, barracks, and official warehouses in the city. By the second half of the night, except for the Daozhou government office led by Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang, all other government offices, barracks, and official warehouses in Daozhou City were under the control of the rebels.

The flag of the rebel army - a red flag with the four characters "Taiping Yitong" embroidered in black thread - was already flying over the north gate and west gate of Daozhou City, the prefectural yamen, the garrison yamen, the garrison camp, the official warehouse, and the headquarters of the Tiandihui's military recruitment hall.

The miners' volunteer army sent by the Recruiting Army Hall even began to patrol various places in the city to maintain order and hunt down the Qing monsters that had escaped.

The battle surrounding Daozhou's last Qing demon bastion, Daozhou Yamen, began when the first shot of the Daozhou Uprising was fired and continued until the darkest moment before dawn.

The performance of the Daozhou militia, which had just been established, was remarkable tonight. Not only did they defend the south gate of Daozhou City tightly, saving the lives of Wang Kuiyi, Huang Shijie, Zhang Dingxiang and others, but they also had three or four hundred people holding out in the Daozhou government office.

Although Yu Dabao and Ji Dapao brought seven cannons to bombard the wall of the government office, creating more than a dozen gaps, the rebels who rushed in were not very strong and were beaten out again and again by the militia led by Zhang Dingxiang.

However, there are too many "rebels" in Daozhou City!

They poured in from all over Daozhou City, and finally formed a sea of ​​"red-headed men", which was about to submerge the small provincial government.

Mr. Huang Shijie had changed into a coarse cloth suit at this moment, and was stationed in the courtyard of the state government office with dozens of militiamen who were relatives of the Huang family. Dozens of camphorwood boxes were placed around him with their lids all opened. Under the illumination of the torches held by the militiamen of the Huang family, the contents of these dozens of boxes were all shining silver!
Every time Zhang Dingxiang led the militia to fight off the rebels rushing in from the gap in the wall, he would shout: "There will be a huge reward!"

Dozens of Huang's soldiers around him would shout together, "Master Huang has a reward!"

Then, Zhang Dingxiang, covered in blood, would come over with the soldiers who had just repelled the rebels to claim the reward. It was with the support of these silvers that Daozhou government office has been able to hold on until now.

However, the raging shouts coming from all around still told Huang Shijie clearly that Daozhou City could not be defended!
Not only Daozhou City cannot be defended, but the counties near Daozhou, such as Ningyuan, Jianghua, Yongming, and Xintian, may also be lost! Even Guiyangzhou next to Yongzhou Prefecture and Chenzhou next to Guiyangzhou will be conquered by the Taiping in the near future.

The worst case scenario was that the entire Hunan and even Hubei were swept away by the Taiping army, the Tiandihui in the two lakes, and countless impoverished people. In fact, from the end of the Qianlong period to the beginning of the Jiaqing period, the Huguang region was full of White Lotus riots, which lasted for eight years!
The situation from the end of Qianlong's reign to the beginning of Jiaqing's reign was much better than it is now. At that time, so many people in Huguang could not survive. Moreover, thinking of this now, Huang Shijie's body began to tremble involuntarily.

"Ziying, Ziying, we won again! We won again."

Zhang Dingxiang's shout suddenly rang 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 piece of rag and his face was full of fatigue.

Seeing Huang Shijie's gaze, Zhang Dingxiang shook his head and whispered, "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. But we can't lose all our capital."

Huang Shijie stood up suddenly and shouted, "Reward! There will be a big reward!"

After shouting, he turned around and walked quickly towards the hall of the government office with Zhang Dingxiang. As they walked, they took out a large piece of red cloth from their pockets and wrapped it around their heads. Zhang Dingxiang also tore off his uniform, revealing the coarse cloth short coat underneath. The Huang family members who were guarding the silver boxes pushed down the opened silver boxes with all their strength, and the silver ingots and silver coins just splattered out.
"Hold on! Hold on, I will reward you handsomely."

To the west of Daozhou City, Shisanlipu.

Zhang Guoliang, who had set up his base in a small dilapidated temple, once again issued a cry that could not be fulfilled.

There are rewards for every level? Where does the reward come from?

Zhang Guoliang was only a garrison commander, and he didn't take up vacancies, didn't drink the blood of soldiers, and didn't even have a place to guard. He didn't have much foundation in the Green Camp. The officials in Guangdong and Guangxi also thought he was from the Tiandihui and kept an eye on him all the time. If he didn't have some soldiers under his command, they would have found a crime to punish him severely.

So he couldn't offer a huge reward and could only shout a few words to deceive himself.

"My lord, my lord, we can't hold on any longer. We are going to lose!"

"Sir, the one who came is Su Sanniang, Su Sanniang from Guangdong Zhongyi Hall!"

"Sir, let's retreat. We can't lose all our capital. If we lose our capital, it will be the end!"

The three captains under Zhang Guoliang retreated in a hurry. They had already led their respective battalions to resist the fierce attack of the Taiping Army for half a night. If Zhang Guoliang did not have some military talent, seeing the Taiping Army coming in full force and being unable to resist, he would have immediately taken prompt action to seize a dilapidated temple on the side of the road and had some support. This is how he avoided being defeated by the Taiping Army.

But even so, Zhang Guoliang's men could not hold on any longer. After being attacked by the Taiping Army, two or three hundred of their men were killed, escaped, or captured. After being beaten several rounds, the remaining men realized that the losses were too great and the enemy was too fierce, so they quit.

Although they were under the name of the Green Camp of the Qing Army, they were actually similar to a militia. However, they were not a militia like the Hunan Army that was united by the relationship between teachers and students, relatives and fellow villagers. Instead, they were organized based on the relationship between the halls, bosses and disciples of the Tiandihui.

Zhang Guoliang is the big boss, and the three captains under him all have double-flowered red sticks. There is also a military advisor waving a white paper fan and a loyal second master on the side. And those who charge into battle below are all straw-sandaled lackeys!
Such a "gangster army" was actually led so successfully by Zhang Guoliang!
However, Zhang Guoliang was, after all, a big boss who betrayed the Tiandihui. It was difficult to replenish his troops, so they would be defeated after the battle.

Without the capital, those people with white paper fans, double-flowered red sticks, and the loyal and righteous second master would all be in trouble. They would either be stabbed by the assassins of the Tiandihui, or be thrown into jail by the officials they had offended.

So this group of people can help Zhang Guoliang for a while, but they can't fight him to death.

What's more, the enemy is Su Sanniang.
Zhang Guoliang looked back at his white paper fan. This was a skinny old man in his sixties. What he held in his hand was not a white paper fan, but a book. The old man handed the book to Zhang Guoliang and said, "Boss, look."

"Reading a book?" Zhang Guoliang raised 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 his younger brothers immediately held up lanterns.

"Anti-seminal?"

The white paper fan nodded: "It was brought by a henchman released by Su Sanniang. I have read it and it makes sense! The Qing Dynasty is bound to be in chaos, and it will most likely be the end of the Yuan Dynasty! We can no longer fight the Taiping Army. We must preserve our strength. Only with strength can we get promoted, make money, and seize territory!
Boss, run away! If you run away now, you can still leave a few hundred brothers as capital. If you give Sai Shang'a some money, you may even get a promotion.

If they are all destroyed, it will be the end!"

"Kill the Qing monsters! Go to heaven! Kill the Qing monsters! Go to heaven!"

At this moment, a loud cheer suddenly sounded outside the dilapidated temple, as if reinforcements from the Taiping Army had arrived.

"Dou Lei's mother!" Zhang Guoliang cursed, "Let's go first!"

(End of this chapter)