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Chapter 385 This is My Qing Dynasty
"Kill the Qing dogs! Kill the Qing dogs!"

In the south of Nanfeng County, Jianchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, a thunderous roar resounded through the sky.

In an instant, countless Hakka warriors armed with swords and guns rushed out from their hiding places.

This is a hilly area called Jinniukeng. The Zhujiang River, which passes through Nanfeng County, turns here. The hills on both sides are undulating and the vegetation is dense, which is a good place for an ambush.

Hearing this earth-shaking roar, the officers and soldiers of the Fuzhou Naval Battalion of the Jiangxi Green Camp ran faster than rabbits.

In the first half of the month, they suffered a lot from these people, and the city of Jianchang was almost taken down by them.

The officers and soldiers of the navy camp were well aware of the value of these "bandit soldiers" who wrapped their heads with red cloth and had a golden sun embroidered on their foreheads.

It is said that they are all former soldiers of Emperor Longwu of the Ming Dynasty who are hiding in Junfeng Mountain. They are sealed in the mountain by a master using all-encompassing Taoist magic. They have no food or water and are invulnerable to swords and guns. They are just waiting for the Holy Emperor to return from overseas to wake them up.

Therefore, it is simply not something that mortals like them can resist.

At this time, Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty was still very influential in southeastern Jiangxi and western Fujian, and there were temples dedicated to Longwu in some rural areas.

After all, Huang Daozhou and Emperor Longwu fought in this area for a long time, and the troops they could mobilize were basically Hakka people from this area. When the Qing Dynasty entered southern Jiangxi, they also carried out large-scale massacres many times.

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for Hakka people to have feelings for Longwu and Huang Daozhou.

At the same time, there were many gentry and common people in Jiangxi and Fujian provinces who refused to shave their heads and change their clothes. Most of them chose to live in seclusion in the deep mountains in southeastern Jiangxi and western Fujian.

Although they were unable to resist the rule of the Qing Dynasty, they were unwilling to shave their heads and change their clothes. Some people chose to wear hats for the rest of their lives and not show their hair in a bun. Some people chose to shave their heads and build tombs specifically for their hair. Others chose to hide in the mountains and die of old age in the mountains as a silent protest.

Their resistance was ineffective, but the spirit of resistance, however weak, remained and was respected by the people.

Therefore, when Yin Chengfang and Ye Xianchun's Hakka soldiers started to quarrel, the people here thought of the dramatic changes in Guangdong and Fujian, and immediately remembered the various anti-Qing heroes who had been active in this mountainous area in the past, and then various rumors began to emerge.

It was normal at first, but later it became more and more outrageous. Ever since the Green Camp soldiers in Fuzhou suffered a series of defeats, with 800 people unable to defeat the 200 to 300 people on the other side, the rumors began to evolve.

Even the news that Emperor Qianlong was beaten to death in Beihe, which had already spread like wildfire in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, was started to spread.

This caused a huge psychological shock to the entire Jiangxi Province, from officials to the people. Many people began to wonder whether the time had come for Hu Wuchan to end his luck.

There are also signs that the rumor is spreading wildly from the Hakka-populated areas in southern Jiangxi to Nanchang and Jiujiang in the north, and even to Anqing in Anhui, Quzhou and Yanzhou in Zhejiang, causing panic among people everywhere.

Look, Lord Zhao, the garrison commander of Fuzhou, who was forced by Jiangxi Governor Hao Shuo to go out of the city to fight, was the first to jump out of his sedan chair and run towards Nanfeng County when he saw the red-headed soldiers rushing towards him all over the mountains.

The fat figure raised a large cloud of dust and ran faster than the skinny sedan bearers.

Behind the Fuzhou Navy Garrison Camp were two thousand people from the Green Camp Jiujiang Town Left and Right Camps.

As soon as they saw that the Fuzhou garrison officers and soldiers, who were the main force, had run away, they had no reason to stay here and fight!

At this time, the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty and the Wei Suo Army of the Ming Dynasty were similar, with both main troops and guest troops.

The Fuzhou Naval Garrison Battalion is responsible for the defense of Fuzhou and Jianchang Prefectures. Now that they are fighting within the territory of Jianchang Prefecture, they are naturally the main troops.

The Jiujiang Green Camp came from hundreds of miles away to lend a hand, so they were naturally guest soldiers.

According to the rules, it is not reasonable for the visiting troops to take on the enemy's fierce attack after the main troops have fled.

So everyone dispersed.

However, the left and right camps of the Jiujiang Town Green Camp, which are at the forefront, are mostly related to the Jiu Green Camp and the governor's flag behind them.

Therefore, when they ran, they were not just running around randomly, but shouting as they ran. Not everyone was shouting, but there were people shouting specifically. The language was concise and clear, the voice was high-pitched and sharp, and the sound could be heard from far away.

This is very beneficial. It allows friends and family at the back to quickly know what is happening in front, so that they don't have to squeeze forward without knowing it, thus blocking their own group.

For a moment, cries of "Run! The red gold thieves are coming! The red gold thieves are coming!" echoed across both sides of the Zhushui River.

More than 7,000 Jiangxi Green Camp soldiers collapsed, no, they retreated, in a very rapid and very regular manner.

If it weren't for the baggage and property they left behind, this wouldn't have looked like a retreat at all, but rather an attack on Nanfeng County.

Although the Hakka men recruited by Yin Chengfang were strong, they were still some distance away from being a real army.

They were badly treated by the Qing Dynasty in the mountainous areas of southern Jiangxi and western Fujian. Almost every household was so poor that even the rats would cry.

Therefore, when they saw the good things all over the ground, their previous heroic courage immediately turned into greed. Few people chased after them, and all of them were scrambling to pick up the things on the ground.

Ye Xianchun was extremely nervous. He was very afraid that this was a strategy of the Qing army's Green Camp, that is, to throw away valuables for them to pick up, and then counterattack and kill them.

Then, he led 600 men from his own Hakka Second Regiment to charge forward. After climbing over a hill, they were shocked to see the backs of Green Camp soldiers with braids dragging all over the mountains and even throwing away their military caps and uniforms.

"Damn it!" A Xing Tang army captain looked at the Qing army in the distance and couldn't help but mutter, "This doesn't look like a trick.

Holy shit, they’re really running!”

Ye Xianchun had never fought such a battle. He grinned. In his opinion, no matter how useless the Green Camp soldiers were, they were still Han people. They couldn't be so useless as to be as bad as the Cambodian natives.

But reality taught him a hard lesson. He lost his faith and training of the Green Camp soldiers, which led to his failure.

"Captain Qian, let's charge. This is a rare opportunity. Let's take over Nanfeng County directly!" Captain Bai shouted beside Ye Xianchun.

"Yes! Charge, charge into Nanfeng County!" Ye Xianchun shouted after he woke up.

He had never experienced the glory of six hundred men chasing seven or eight thousand enemy troops. This was something only the famous generals in ancient times in history books were qualified to enjoy.

The Xing Tang Army chased after seven or eight thousand Green Camp soldiers and headed straight for Nanfeng County.

But Yin Chengfang and several Hakka bosses behind them were furious, but they just couldn't get the team together.

Everyone is busy picking up the treasures on the ground. You whip them, kick them, and beat their asses, but they don't care.

"Draft?" Yin Chengfang cursed in his heart. If something went wrong with Ye Xianchun's troops who rushed into Nanfeng City, how could he be worthy of the emperor and the brave soldiers of the Xingtang Army.

At the moment when he was sweating profusely, Yin Chengfang suddenly thought of a trick, so he immediately asked the guards around him to shout with him:

"The Qing army's 30,000 taels of silver for military pay is in Nanfeng City, first come, first served!"

"The Qing army's 30,000 taels of silver military pay is in Nanfeng City. First come, first served. Don't let them take it all away!" What?
Mist grass!

Thirty thousand taels of silver!
When the Hakka soldiers heard the words "You are picking up half a piece of cloth on the ground, and I am pocketing a few copper coins", they immediately raised their heads, and greed flashed in everyone's eyes.

Yin Chengfang took the opportunity to draw his sword and swung it forward, shouting, "Grab the rice, grab the cloth, grab the silver!"

At this moment, Yin Chengfang really wanted to cry. He had imagined ten thousand situations of leading the army and commanding Fang Qiu, but he didn't expect that in the end, this most realistic thing would work.

"If you want money, come with me!"

"If you are brave enough, just follow suit!"

A group of Hakka bosses also shouted with their trusted tribesmen.

The morale was finally raised, and thousands of Red Turban Jinri Hakka soldiers began to shout loudly and followed Yin Chengfang to launch a charge.

. . . .

Ye Xianchun was about to chase into Nanfeng County, but Jiangxi Governor Hao Shuo had not yet left the Nanfeng County Government Office because he had not yet received the ceremonial gift from the Nanfeng County Magistrate and the local gentry of Nanfeng.

Think it’s outrageous, right?
No, it may seem outrageous to others, but it is not outrageous at all to Hao Shuo. He is a heavyweight, a heavyweight in every sense of the word.

This Hao Futai was a member of the Han Army's Bordered Yellow Banner. His father was Hao Yulin, the Governor-General of Liangjiang. His ancestors were former generals of the Guanning Army who followed Zu Dashou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Hao Shuo is a traitor with a deep-rooted pedigree. His biggest characteristic is that he has no talent and is extremely greedy.

Historically, he served as the governor of Jiangxi three times. Then Emperor Qianlong summoned him to his side to make reports. However, he was unable to deal with most of the affairs in Jiangxi, and he could not even recognize all the prefects of the prefectures in Jiangxi Province under his jurisdiction.

It's so stupid! Even Emperor Qianlong was shocked at that time. He never expected that he had such a useless person under his command. He served as the governor of Jiangxi three times for a total of nine years, but he was completely clueless when asked about the situation.

It would be fine if Hao Shuo was ignorant, but he was also extremely greedy. As long as he could get the money, he would take it all, no matter where it came from.

When the famous Guotai case broke out in the later years of Emperor Qianlong's reign, Hao Shuo was also dug out. When Emperor Qianlong heard about it, he was stunned and couldn't believe it, because compared with Hao Shuo, Guotai actually looked quite handsome.

Even Emperor Qianlong, who was very tolerant of corrupt officials in his later years, was shocked beyond words. He could only sigh and say:

"Hao Shuo's crimes are similar to Guotai's. Guotai has some talent and can handle local affairs. Hao Shuo once went to the imperial court and was asked about local affairs, but he didn't know what to say. I didn't expect him to be so greedy!"

At this moment, Hao Shuo was hesitating and threatening, refusing to leave.

The magistrate of Nanfeng and the famous squire of Nanfeng, Tang Zhiyue, a third-class Jinshi who was recuperating at home due to illness, all felt a bitter taste in their mouths.

Because when the army entered Nanfeng, in order to prevent these Green Camp masters from harassing the local area and causing trouble to Nanfeng County and the surrounding countryside, Nanfeng County Magistrate Zhang Jiuyue and Tang Zhiyue summoned the gentry and gave them 800 taels of "life money".

At the same time, they also prepared a ceremonial gift of five hundred taels for the governor Hao Shuo who was coming to command the army.

This is a lot. Nanfeng is a poor inland county, and the county government has an annual income of less than 3,000 taels.

Every magistrate of Nanfeng would leave a deficit when he left office. This was not intentional, but was due to financial difficulties that could not be made up.

After giving away the 1,300 taels this time, the Nanfeng County Magistrate still didn't know what to do in the days ahead.

However, Hao Shuo was still not satisfied. He asked for one thousand taels. His reason was that when he went south, the county magistrates and gentry of Linchuan County and Nancheng County all gave him one thousand two hundred taels. Taking into account the economic difficulties in Nanfeng, he deducted two hundred taels and only asked for one thousand taels, which was already an extra consideration and a great favor.

"The Governor-General led over 10,000 elite troops south, and wherever he went, he responded to every request. How come you dared to be so negligent when you arrived in Nanfeng?
You must know that the place where the red-headed soldiers caused trouble this time was in your Nanfeng County.

Linchuan, Nancheng and other places did not arouse civil unrest. Everyone knew that they were considering the governor. With so many people mobilized, food for people and horses is free!

Nanfeng County, you are so ignorant, do you still want to be the county magistrate? "

Nanfeng County Magistrate Zhang Jiuyue was almost going crazy when he saw Hao Shuo's staff ordering him around in a domineering manner. Linchuan and Nancheng were just county magistrates of the attached prefectural capital, which were nothing compared to Nanfeng.

He worked tirelessly to supply military supplies, humbled himself to please everyone, and negotiated with the local gentry about the agenda and etiquette. In the end, for five hundred taels of silver, they wanted to accuse him of the capital crime of inciting a civil uprising.

If I had known earlier that Futai Hao was so greedy, I would have let the Red-headed soldiers capture Nanfeng County and let myself be killed by the rebels, so that everything would be over once and for all.

The local squire Tang Zhiyue was furious. He was a Jinshi in the 1757nd year of Qianlong's reign () and the most outstanding talent in Nanfeng in recent years. Naturally, he wanted to stand up for his hometown.

Nanfeng County suffered such severe military losses, but the governor did not try to comfort them and instead came to extort money.

But just when he was about to come out and rant, the sound of thunder and waves crashed into Nanfeng County, and the "retreating" Green Camp soldiers entered the city.

At this time they had no scruples and the officials were unable to restrain them. Although they were fleeing for their lives, many of them still did not forget to plunder in their busy schedule.

They entered through the south gate and began looting along the way, regardless of whether it was a shop or a house, even the civilians passing by were not spared.

Tang Zhiyue was furious. These people were all his fellow villagers, but he didn't see any of them as soldiers from the imperial court. Instead, they were mistreated by the imperial court's soldiers.

Even after being defeated, they still had the mind to plunder. This is truly unique in the history of our Qing Dynasty!
Tang Zhiyue was furious and was about to go find Governor Hao Shuo to argue with him, but when he turned around, he saw that Hao Shuo, who had just brought Geshaha and the lawyer to ask for bribes from them, had completely disappeared, leaving only a few flags disheveled in the wind.

Damn it, they actually abandoned Nanfeng and ran away!

"Hao Shuo, you dog Tartar, I'll fuck your mother!" Tang Zhiyue's defense was completely broken and he couldn't hold it in any longer. He looked at the governor's flag flying away and cursed.

"Brother Duxi, please leave quickly. I'm going to surrender to the enemy." Tang Zhiyue looked at Zhang Jiuyue, the magistrate of Nanfeng County, and said, "No, I'm going to submit to Emperor Guangzhong, to the true Lord of the Han family!"

After saying this, the Manchu scholar took out the fruit-peeling knife on the table and cut off his braid with one stroke.

"You Tartar dogs, if you won't give us a way to live, we'll all surrender to Emperor Guangzhong and restore the Han Dynasty!"

Several of the Nanfeng gentry were so angry that they were about to have a heart attack, and when they saw how useless the Qing Green Camp soldiers were, they immediately shouted in response.

"Escape? Why should I escape? The current situation is like this. Even if I escape, I will be harmed by the parasite Hao Shuo." As he said this, Nanfeng County Magistrate Zhang Jiuyue threw away his official hat and let his braids loose.

"It's a pity that my little clansman is still in Xiangtan and can't follow Brother Jinya. Just tie me up!"

　Something happened at work today, so Lao Hu was called back in the morning to deal with it. He didn't get home until after three o'clock. There is still work to do in the evening, but it will take even longer to finish writing now.

　　I couldn't find out who the Nanfeng County Magistrate was, as it wasn't even mentioned in the Nanfeng County Annals. So Tiger used Zhang Jiuyue, who was in office ten years ago, as a replacement. Please be aware of this, fellow readers.

　　
　
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