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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 400: Uprising in Guangdong

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    It was windy and snowy in the north, and the sun was shining brightly in the south. Tens of thousands of people gathered densely at Damaogang in Shiwan, Foshan. The Fengning Temple here, which was built in the Ming Dynasty, was even more crowded inside and outside.  Fengning Temple was renovated many times during Kangxi and Jiaqing, and is quite large. The temple is located next to the "Lianfeng Day Market", the former bustling city of Shiwan, the capital of Taoism. It is built from north to south according to the Lianzigang Mountain. The main building is formed by the mountain gate.  , bell and drum tower, front hall, middle hall, incense pavilion and back hall, arranged from south to north along the vertical axis, and gradually rising, majestic and majestic.

    From Shiwan Fengning Temple to Damogang and all the main roads leading to Foshan, there are men armed with swords and guns guarding them. There are more inside and outside Fengning Temple.  People gathered here, old and young, men and women, all gathered near Fengning Temple. Everyone looked solemn. The incense bells in Fengning Temple also stopped ringing. The solemn atmosphere made people feel depressed.

    A man, holding an apricot-yellow flag, galloped from the foot of the mountain to the gate of Fengning Temple. He kept shouting while galloping: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Military intelligence is urgent!"

    The men guarding the passage quickly moved out of the way, and the gathered crowd also moved out of the way automatically, but their eyes followed the apricot-yellow flag. From time to time, the crowd whispered, "I don't know if it's good news or bad news.  "We have had enough. Why don't we just go to the provincial capital? What are we waiting for here?" "We are waiting for the order from the King of the West!" "Why does the King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom give us orders?" "Can the King of the West give us money and food?"  Weapons! The King of the West kills demons and revives the Han Dynasty! The King of the West can give us a good life! Haven't you heard that people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian are living a good life?"

    The man holding the flag rode his horse straight into the mountain gate. When he got to the main hall square, he got off his horse and ran directly into the main hall with the command flag in hand.  Dozens of people gathered in the main hall, including rough men, monks and Taoists, wealthy gentry, and women and girls.

    The man walked up to the hall, prostrated himself and said loudly: "Five thousand Qing troops have arrived in Foshan County, and three thousand Qing troops have arrived in Dongguan County. Lord He Xiang of Dongguan can't stand it any longer, and has already raised a flag in Shilong Town to start an uprising!"

    A rough man in the middle of the crowd in the main hall stepped forward and said sternly: "What?! He Liu is already in trouble?"

    A monk next to him, Heshi, pronounced the Buddha's name and said: "He Xiangzhu is very impatient, and the Qing army is advancing. He will definitely not be able to bear it. Mr. Chen, since the brothers in Dongguan have started to revolt, Foshan is here."  It¡¯s time to take action and respond.¡±

    This rough man is Chen Kai, the chief helmsman of the Guangdong Tiandihui, and the monk is Kuang Neng, the eminent monk of Fengning Temple.  The Heaven and Earth Society has a long history in Guangdong, with members from all three religions and nine streams, including monks, laymen, Taoists and nuns. As soon as these words came out, all the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society in the hall echoed Kuang Neng's words.

    Next to Chen Kai, a middle-aged man with fine features waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.  Then he said loudly: "Brothers, listen to what Li has to say." The person who spoke was Li Wenmao, a native of Heshan County, Guangdong, and a Cantonese opera actor. He was proficient in martial arts and a man of justice and wealth. Everywhere he went, he was loved by local Cantonese opera actors and the masses.  Respect.  Everyone in Li Wenmao's Cantonese opera troupe is very skilled.  He also opened Cantonese opera troupes in Guangzhou, Foshan and other places to teach apprentices.  More than a month ago, the Qionghua Guild Hall was closed down by the government, and many of Li Wenmao's disciples were arrested.

    After hearing Li Wenmao's words, everyone fell silent and only heard Li Wenmao say: "Previously, His Highness the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent the Tong Hall Master to contact us about the uprising. At that time, all of us present were blood-blooded allies. Now, the Tong Hall Master  We have not yet returned from Guangzhou, and we have agreed to obey the orders of the King of the West. If we start a rebellion rashly, I am afraid that it will mess up the affairs of the King of the West."

    However, Gan Xian, a leader of the Tiandihui, said loudly: "Mr. Li, how long can we endure it? The Qing army has arrived in Foshan, with swords and guns at their necks. Do you really want me to kill them when they are provoked?" Gan Xian was born  The butcher in the market had a loud voice. As soon as he opened his mouth, the hall was filled with his echoes.

    Chen Kai frowned and said: "Tong Hall Master told us before. If we can't attack Guangzhou with a thunderous blow, after a long delay, the foreign devils will definitely send troops to intervene. Now we don't have enough money, food and weapons, and we are in a hurry  If there is an uprising, there is a risk of destruction."

    Gan Xian shouted: "Then there is no risk of destruction if we wait here now?!"

    The eminent monk Kuang Neng said: "Master Chen, we originally made an appointment with His Highness the King of the West for Li Kaifang and Li Shangshu to attack the counties in the east of Guangdong to contain the Qing army. We happened to launch an uprising to besiege Guangzhou Prefecture, but now more than a month has passed. The Qing Dynasty  The army shows no sign of moving eastward, and the poor monk guesses that there must be some changes that prevent Li Shangshu's troops from going south, so we should make other plans as soon as possible."

    Chen Kai walked around irritably with his hands behind his hands, he was a little undecided.  Tong Qiangsheng took people to Guangzhou to inquire about the news more than ten days ago.  Since the Hunan soldiers entered Guangdong, the government's arrests have become more and more strict day by day. News from Foshan has been cut off. Although the Tiandi congregation also got the news, they broke into pieces and went into hiding, but there will still be those who are unfortunate enough to be arrested. Now the city of Guangzhou is already a bloody storm.  Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, did notSo soft, I would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go.  However, the Qing army in Guangzhou continued to move out and arrange the strongholds of the Tiandihui everywhere. They were gradually threatening the fate of the Tiandihui. It was really difficult for Chen Kaiwei to decide whether he should start an attack in advance.

    Although Chen Kai is the chief rudder of the Tiandihui in Guangdong, he is upright and cheerful, but he is quite upright and lacks the ability to adapt. Historically, he led the Tiandihui rebels to besiege Guangzhou for half a year after the uprising.  When the offensive could not be held for a long time, Chen Kai failed to make the decision in time to abandon the siege and went north to Jiangxi to join the Taiping Army. This led to the Qing army's counterattack and the Tiandihui rebels were forced to withdraw from the siege.

    Seeing that Chen Kai was undecided, everyone expressed their opinions one after another. When they disagreed, they started to quarrel, and some even started to fight if they disagreed.  There have always been a lot of gang uprisings in the world, but few have succeeded. The biggest reason is that gang members have strong social habits. Although they value loyalty, they lack discipline and unified command. Quarrels and fights are commonplace. Many times,  Listen to whoever is better, instead of listening to the correct opinions.

    Fortunately, the quarrel between the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Congregation did not last long. A big man on guard outside the hall suddenly loudly shouted: "To Mr. Chen, the Master of the Child Hall of Heaven is back!"

    The hall suddenly became quiet. The special envoy Tong Qiang Sheng Tong Hall sent by the King of the West was quite important in their eyes. Not to mention that the King of the West, the god of war in heaven, fought all the way from Changsha to Tianjing, and later attacked Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc.  After going down to Ningbo, thousands of warships came to Xiamen to support the righteous deeds of the Xiaodao Society, which made people from all over the country give a thumbs up to the King of the West.  King Xi's support and help to the rebels is unparalleled in heaven. At the same time, Tong Qiangsheng's Bai Zetang also has many contacts with major gangs. Everyone admires Bai Zetang for his strict behavior and well-informed information.  Moreover, whenever any difficulty comes to Bai Zetang, they will always help solve it and will never shirk it. Therefore, both Xiwang and Bai Zetang have extremely high status in the hearts of this group of people.

    When Tong Qiangsheng first arrived in Guangdong, he thought that it would take some trouble to reach an agreement with the Tiandihui, but he did not expect that everyone in the Tiandihui had a great favorable impression of Xiwang and Bai Zetang, and they were very willing to obey the orders of the Xiwang.  Tong Qiangsheng found out later.  This is inseparable from some of the things that Xi Wang arranged to do in the past. At the same time, the righteous deed of the Xiamen rescue made Xi Wang's reputation for benevolence spread like wildfire. What seemed like a risky move at the time has now yielded great rewards.  .

    Tong Qiangsheng came up to the hall with several followers. One of his arms fell around his neck, obviously injured.  Chen Kai and others hurriedly asked after seeing this.  Tong Qiangsheng said calmly: "Qingyao was hunting down the rebels and others in Guangzhou City, and our Baizetang also lost some manpower. Fortunately, we retreated in time, and there was no serious problem. It was just that Tong met Qingyao Eagle Dog on his way to Foshan.  I fought a few times and got a little injured."

    Although everyone saw that he was speaking easily, the Qing army had already set up blockades on the way from Guangzhou to Foshan.  Tong Qiangsheng said that the several battles must have been quite brutal.

    Tong Qiangsheng didn¡¯t say any more nonsense. He took out a letter from his arms and said, ¡°His Royal Highness the King of the West has come here with a handwritten letter. Please open it and read it together.¡±

    Chen Kai and others hurriedly took it and opened it, and saw that the letter read: "Heroes of the Tiandihui: Typhoon and rain are causing heavy disturbances in Fujian, and Li Kaifang's troops in Fujian are short of food and grass, so they may not be able to go south to rendezvous on time. Starting from Guangdong  If the situation is extremely urgent, we should ignore the previous strategy and start the attack as soon as possible to protect ourselves. All the rebel forces should unite and move together. As long as it can last for half a year, our army can enter Guangdong to provide support. Everything should be adjusted accordingly.  In everything, the priority is to preserve yourself and wait for the opportunity"

    Li Wenmao was born in a theater troupe and was relatively literate. He was the first to read the letter at a glance and ten lines at a time.  Then he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Commander Chen, it seems that we should discuss how to start an incident as soon as possible."

    The eminent monk Kuang Neng also said: "Yes, the West Palace Army cannot go south for the time being. His Highness the West King asked us to start the uprising first to protect ourselves from being defeated by the Qing Demons one by one. Mr. Chen, we should discuss the uprising immediately."

    Hearing this, Tong Qiangsheng asked curiously: "Don't you guys have any plans for an uprising yet?"

    The eminent monk Kuang Neng said: "The original strategy is no longer feasible. Qingyao has cut off traffic in Dongguan, Yantang, Shenghe, Foshan and other places, and it is inconvenient to communicate with various strongholds. Dongguan He Jiu has started an uprising, which is no longer what we agreed on before.  The strategy is to start an uprising and attack the provincial capital together."

    Chen Kai also finished reading the letter at this time, pondered for a moment and said: "Since the matter is like this, we will start the attack first. The incense masters immediately ordered the people to cut their braids and wrap their heads, set up flags, prepare all the equipment, and attack Foshan City first.  !¡±

    Although Chen Kai is indecisive, it does not mean that he does not have the talent to govern. He has been the leader of the Tiandi Society for a long time, and he usually has his own way of doing things.  The incense master of the Heaven and Earth Assembly immediately accepted the order, turned around, left the hall, and went to order the crowd.

    ??Following the eminent monk Kuang Neng, he said: "Chief Commander, the rebel armies from all over the place should immediately send people to contact and mobilize together to boost their momentum. At the same time, they can mobilize everywhere to make it difficult for the Qingyao guards to take care of them."?¡±

    Chen Kai nodded and said: "That's right, brother Gan Xian, you lead a hundred brothers in disguise and go to Yantang, Shenghe, Dongguan and other places to contact you. After we capture Foshan, the rebels from all over the province will immediately gather outside the provincial city.  , will attack the provincial capital!"

    Gan Xian was about to accept the order, but Tong Qiangsheng interrupted: "Mr. Chen, leave the contact to us, Bai Zetang. We have carrier pigeons everywhere to contact us, and Qingyao is guarding them everywhere. It is too dangerous to send people to contact us.  It¡¯s better to use homing pigeons.¡±

    Chen Kai nodded and said: "In that case, please ask Brother Li to write a personal letter and add the seal of our Heaven and Earth Society, so that the child hall master can contact the brothers scattered around to work together!"

    On the same day, Chen Kai launched an uprising at Fengning Temple in Foshan. Li Wenmao, Chen Xianliang, Gan Xian and others led tens of thousands of people to respond. The rebels wore their hair and wore red scarves, respecting the Heavenly King as their co-leader and following the orders of the Western King.  Chen Kai is the deputy prime minister of Qiuguan of the West Palace, Li Wenmao, Chen Xianliang, Gan Xian and others are in charge of inspection and other military positions. The eminent monk Kuang Neng is the military advisor. Mengqing Gang is the main camp, Dawu Gang is the deputy camp, and Fengning Temple is the base camp.  A gathering of 70,000 to 80,000 revolting people will attack Foshan.
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