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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 174: Gang Fight for Hegemony

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    In a dilapidated earth temple in the northwest suburbs of Shanghai, Liu Lichuan and others were sitting on the ground, looking very ugly.  After Liu Lichuan and others separated from Tong Qiangsheng and others that day, they planned to sneak back to Shanghai City to inquire about the news. However, when they arrived at the outskirts of the city, they found that there were Qing troops and foreign soldiers stationed at many intersections here. People coming and going were strictly checked, and if anything was amiss,  , was captured by the Qing army and foreign soldiers.

    Liu Lichuan and others had no choice but to retreat to this earth temple and wait for the news to pass before sneaking back to Shanghai.  What makes Liu Lichuan anxious is that there is no news now. He doesn't know what happened to Li Xianchi and Chen Alin who stayed in the city.

    Since Shanghai opened as a port in 1843, refugees from Guangdong, Fujian and other places who could no longer survive have flocked to Shanghai as a trading port to seek life.  In this way, Shanghai's population surged, and apart from the indigenous residents, the largest number of residents were from Guangdong and Fujian.  Most of these people are handicraft workers, sailors, coolies who move goods on the docks, clerks in foreign firms, trading houses, shop assistants, etc., as well as some unemployed vagrants.  In order to resist the oppression of the government and help each other when encountering difficulties, the poor people in these cities formed large and small gangs based on regions.  There are so many gangs in Shanghai. Among them, the Guangdong Gang, Chao Gang and Jiaying Gang are formed by Cantonese people. The Fujian Gang, Xinghua Gang and Min Gang are formed by Fujian people. The Ningbo Gang is formed by Zhejiang people. The Ningbo Gang is formed by local people.  There are thousands of people in the Shanghai Gang, Luohan Gang, etc.

    Liu Lichuan is the leader of the Guanggang Gang. After arriving in Shanghai, Liu Lichuan relied on his intelligence and open-mindedness to gain the support of the other two gangs in Guangdong and became the co-leader of the Guanggang, Chao Gang and Jiaying Gang.  Later, Liu Lichuan made good friends with other gangs and won over Li Xianchi's Fujian Gang, Lin Afu's Xinghua Gang, Chen Alin's Min Gang, Pan Qiliang's Luohan Gang, etc. Several gangs jointly elected Liu Lichuan as their leader, and Liu Lichuan rectified the gangs and established  Got the knife club.

    But just like gang hegemony at any time, among the various gangs in Shanghai, there are some who join Liu Lichuan, some who seem to be inseparable, and some who are blatantly doing the right thing.  Xie Yinglong of the Xiang Ningbo Gang is a typical example of a man who seems to be in harmony with his appearance, but gangs such as the Guandao Gang of the Shanghai Gang are openly hostile to the Xiaodao Society.  In short, several gangs have been competing for territory, docks, and living space in Shanghai for several years.

    Because Su Songtao and Wu Jianzhang were from Cantonese, they always took care of Liu Lichuan's Guangdong gang. Many people in the Xiaodao Society worked in the yamen.  Recently, as the Taiping Army marched eastward, Wu Jianzhang was suffering from a lack of troops, so he planned to build Yong Camp. Many members of the Guangdong Clan recruited into Yong Camp, which greatly increased the power of the Little Sword Society.

    Liu Lichuan originally planned to go out of the city this time to contact several other gangs in Qingpu and Jiading areas to start a joint uprising. As long as there was a Xiao Dao Gui inside and reinforcements from outside, the Xiao Dao Gui would be able to quickly capture Shanghai, Qingpu, Jiading and other places once an uprising broke out, and he would  But to build the Ming Dynasty of his dream, even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forced him to surrender in the future, he would have Shanghai and other cities and more than ten thousand elite soldiers in hand, and he would have the capital to ask for a good price from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

    Unexpectedly, overnight, someone actually said that the Qing government took advantage of him and several leaders to leave the city and wiped out all the gang members in the city. How could Liu Lichuan believe this?  He sat on the stone ridge of the ruined temple without saying a word, his expression frighteningly cold.

    At this moment, Pan Qiliang, who had gone out to inquire about the news, returned to the ruined temple with a few brothers. Among them, Chen Alin, the leader of the Fujian Gang, was followed. Liu Lichuan saw that Chen Alin had arrived, and stood up in a hurry and asked in surprise: "Brother Chen, are you in the city?"  How is the situation?"

    Chen Alin, who was in his thirties and had a broad face and broad ears, breathed heavily and said sadly: "Last night, the government and foreign soldiers attacked the brothers in the Yamen and Yong camp first. Hundreds of brothers in the two places didn't know the situation. The government lied to them and said it was  Changmao is approaching, and they want to unite the foreign soldiers to conduct a military exercise and have the brothers line up. Then the foreign soldiers suddenly attack and arrest all the brothers on the spot. The bastards from the Shanghai Gang, Ningbo Gang, and Guandao Gang also have men in Yongying.  , they joined forces with foreign soldiers to arrest our brothers. Suddenly, none of the brothers escaped, and Lin Afu was also arrested on the spot. Lin Afu, a softie, after the government used severe punishment, he did everything. Then the foreign soldiers and  Under his leadership, the government troops raided the headquarters of each gang. No one was prepared. The foreign soldiers blocked the front and back of the house. The gangs and government troops who had a grudge against us rushed in to fight as accomplices. In the end, they were outnumbered.  The general rudders of the gangs were captured, and the Li Xianchi brothers were also trapped in the city. After the general rudders of each gang were captured, the gangs in the city had no leaders. The official army and foreign soldiers asked the weaklings in each gang to follow them to surrender, saying  Why surrender to avoid death? We only asked about the leader and not the coercion. As a result, most of the gangs had no leader and had no choice but to surrender. Unexpectedly, the government became ruthless and rushed all the captured gang members and more than 3,000 gang members outside the north gate to behead them.  , I heard that the government was extremely cruel. Regardless of whether they were members of our gang or not, as long as they were related by relatives or suspected by the government, they also took many people and killed them all at the north gate. Lin Afu, this thief.  , after we surrendered to the army, the people who killed us were the most ruthless. Several brothers and I finally escaped with the help of a foreign priest.?I followed Father Yang's carriage out of the city this morning and met Brother Pan Qiliang at Puhuitang River, and then I escaped here.  "

    Among the members of the Shanghai Knife Club, there are many hooligans and many who have committed serious crimes. These people are extremely unstable people. Some of them are bribed by the government when they are in crisis.  Rebellions often occur when gangs are fighting for hegemony. Now the government threatens them with torture and killing, and many members of the Knife Club surrender immediately, and some even become accomplices.  The Qing court was ruthless and would rather kill by mistake than let go, so many innocent people became victims of the sword.

    Hearing this, Liu Lichuan's face turned livid, and he couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood. He staggered to the ground and hurriedly supported him from left to right.  With tears in her eyes, Liu Lichuan took a deep breath and sighed: "God won't help me, God wants me to die. I'm sorry for all the brothers."

    Chen Alin, who was always wise and resourceful, said hurriedly: "Brother Liu, please don't lose heart. It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. We might as well join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and raise our troops to come back to attack Shanghai. By then, whether it's the government, foreigners, Ningbo Gang, or Shanghai  People like the Gang and the Guandao Gang cannot escape, and this blood debt will always be recovered."

    Liu Lichuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly: "We have no contact with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, how can they accept a few of us? It would be okay if we still have hundreds of brothers, but now we only have dozens of brothers, people will take it seriously.  Us?"

    Pan Qiliang gasped and said: "Brother Liu, didn't you say that Tong Qiang defeated the brothers last night? The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked Suzhou and Hangzhou was their Western King. This Western King is said to be brave and good at fighting, and there are not a few Tiandihui brothers who defected to him along the way.  , and Tong Qiang Sheng also wanted to recruit him last night, so we should go to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

    Chen Alin also said: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Brother Liu, our drawings and figures are everywhere. The government will definitely search everywhere. Now we have no choice but to defect to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

    After Liu Lichuan pondered for a moment, he could only say slowly: "Forget it, we can only go to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

    In this way, Liu Lichuan and others hid in the ruined temple for a day, and then headed towards Jiading after dark.

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    After more than 2,000 people from the West Palace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Jiading, Zhou Lichun and his daughter brought thousands of peasant rebels from Qingpu and other places to join forces. The two armies joined forces and the momentum was extremely huge.  On that day, Zhou Lichun and other rebels announced that they would join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, cut off their braided hair that had been in place for decades, and officially changed their hair into buns. For a time, all the red cloth in Jiading City was out of stock.

    After changing their clothes, Zhou Lichun, Zhou Xiuying and other rebel generals came to the county government office to meet the King of the West.  Our King of the West had worked hard all night and had just slept soundly. When he heard that Li Zuoche had come to report, Xiao Yungui had to wipe the saliva from the corner of his mouth and hurriedly sat up and ordered the Zhou family father and daughter and the rebel generals to come in.

    Taking the sweat towel handed over by the swordsman, Xiao Yungui wiped his face in confusion. His face felt refreshed, but he felt that the beard on his face was a bit intrusive. It was autumn and winter when he first traveled through time, and he didn't feel that the beard on his face was in the way.  The weather was getting hotter and hotter now, and Xiao Yungui was wondering whether he should shave off his beard.

    While wiping their faces and thinking wildly, the Zhou family father and daughter came in together with more than a dozen Qingpu rebel generals. They saw that all the male generals had lost their braided hair and wore red headscarves, looking much more comfortable.  Everyone stepped forward to salute, and Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite, everyone. I don't like these red tapes. In the future, I will avoid them if possible. Let's sit down and talk."

    Zhou Lichun and others were secretly happy. This Western King had no airs. He seemed rude, but he was polite to others. After everyone sat down, Xiao Yungui asked again: "How are the armies in order now?"

    Zhou Lichun stood up and said: "I own all the weapons of Qingyao in Jiading City. However, our rebel army has a large number of people and still lacks equipment. Many brothers still use hatchets and hoes. The uniforms of each army have been changed, but the red cloth is out of stock.  , the armies are collecting red cloth at high prices from the people."

    Jiading is not too big, and it is understandable that the red turbans of thousands of people have used up all the red cloth on the market. Xiao Yungui hummed and said: "It is okay to collect red cloth from the common people, but you must pay.  There must never be any plundering of the people, otherwise our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom¡¯s military law will severely punish them.¡±

    Zhou Lichun and others stood up to accept the order. Zhou Lichun nodded and said: "We all come from a poor background. Naturally we know the sufferings of the people, and we will never harm the people. When buying cloth, we will naturally pay according to the price. Please rest assured, King Xi."

    Xiao Yungui nodded, suddenly stood up and said seriously: "At noon, regardless of whether we have found enough red cloth or not, all armies will gather their troops. After we have a full meal, we will launch our army to attack Shanghai. But now Shanghai  I heard that there were many foreign soldiers. After we arrived at the outskirts of Shanghai, we stationed ourselves outside the city and bombarded the Qingyao camp outside Shanghai. We did not attack the foreign soldiers for the time being. But if the foreign soldiers shot at us, thenDecide to fight back!  "
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