In a brief conversation with Hu Youlu ensuing, Mai Ke learned that they were members of the Tiandihui, the largest anti-Qing group in Guangxi. They dispatched the most elite 1,200 congregations today to help Mai Ke fight those officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion.

According to Hu Youlu, the reason why they were in such a hurry today was because their spies discovered that the 100,000 sects of their sworn enemies had come here. On the territory of Guangxi, one family swore to oppose the Qing Dynasty, although the family did not stand with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but it was an ancestor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, safeguarding the interests of the Manchu Qing Dynasty everywhere, and the two families were naturally incompatible.

Therefore, seeing that they dispatched more than 100 people to this county seat, the Heaven and Earth Society quickly gathered ten times the enemy's manpower and sneaked in. Today, they have been lurking in nearby houses, and most of the houses they are hiding in are their own property, so they don't have to worry about it.

It wasn't until it became clear that Mai Ke and the others were also enemies of the Manchu Qing that they decided to come out to help. As for those 100,000 sworn enemies, since they haven't shown up yet, we'll talk about it later.

Mai Ke listened to Hu Youlu's words, and his mind brought out the relevant preparations before his time crossing out of his memory, and connected them with the leader of the party in front of him.

A very important aspect of his plan was to unite with them and concentrate their scattered forces to form an important striking force to contribute to the completion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Instead of being like history, there was no ambition to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and the blood of countless people with lofty ideals was spilled, but in the end nothing was achieved and was broken by the Manchu Qing Dynasty one by one.

Most of these anti-Qing guilds were directly established by those who failed to resist the Qing in the Ming Dynasty, and the rest were also influenced by these people. Their courage and ambition are commendable, but their intellect is very lacking. If it is said that in the early Qing Dynasty, due to the disparity in power, there were still extenuating circumstances, but in the late Qing Dynasty, the Manchu rule was full of holes, internal and external difficulties, and was constantly suppressed and exterminated by the Manchus, then we can only blame ourselves.

One of the reasons for their repeated failures is that although they all have the same motive and goal of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, they have never formed a unified action. In terms of time and region, there is always a lack of coordination and cooperation. As a result, the Manchu Qing calmly mobilized the army, and wherever the fire caught fire, it was extinguished.

There is another reason, which Mai Ke thinks is the most important, that is, they can't put forward a proposition that makes people return to their hearts and has centripetal force, as people's yearning and pursuit.

The idea of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty" seems to be very far-fetched in essence. The Ming Dynasty was first overthrown by the Han themselves, and the Manchus just picked a cheap one, and took the fruits of victory away from Li Zicheng. It is said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty, and it is unreasonable in the first place.

Another is that after the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a series of measures were taken to alleviate ethnic contradictions, including the use of Han people to participate in the governance of the government, and the implementation of Manchu and Han dual official positions in major functional departments. For example, the six departments of the central center, whether they are the main or deputy positions, are appointed with Man Shangshu, Han Shangshu, Man Shilang, and Han Shilang. The middle-level and low-level officials below are basically held by Han Chinese.

This essentially created a situation in which the most capable Han Chinese had assimilated with the Manchu rulers, and the anti-Qing restoration had lost its most powerful base. The slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty will not only not resonate with them, but will cause them to react in the strongest way.

And what about the common people? Obviously, the turmoil at the end of the Ming Dynasty will not leave them with fond memories worth remembering, let alone be willing to live such a life of displacement again. They can be forced to rebel in the midst of a new predicament, without being stirred by the distant and unbearable past.

In real history, although the Heaven and Earth Society and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were united in their anti-Qing slogans, they did not have the same goal of establishing the Kingdom of Heaven and restoring sight. What about the end? That is, neither escaped the fate of tragedy. One is like a brilliant epiphany, fleeting, and the other is like a small wave, swept down by the great waves of history, drowning in a larger wave.

Therefore, Mai Ke has clearly determined that these party forces must be reorganized and adjusted, and given new pursuits to be incorporated into unified forces and actions. Only in this way can they avoid the repeated tragedies they have suffered in history.

Now, by chance, God has sent this leader of the Heaven and Earth Society to me without warning according to His will, and I will start with him and do my best to change the people of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Mai Ke looked at the two battlefields before and after, and saw that all the people of the Heaven and Earth Guild were engaged in the battle, one side was well-armed, and the other side was high-spirited.

Mai Ke glanced back at Hu Youlu, who was also looking at his brother's confrontation with those Qing soldiers. Looking at his weather-beaten face, he reveals a heart full of perseverance, and his angular facial features show the decisiveness of his character. This vivid image immediately blended with the flat figure he knew.

When Mai Ke was making up for the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before crossing over, he read Luo Ergang's "History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", and the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society in front of him was actually listed as the first place in the "Biography of the Hui Party", which shows its importance.

Of course, Mai Ke doesn't look very carefully, and he can't laugh at those words full of the atmosphere of the times, but he still thinks that Mr. Luo is rigorous in his studies, and the use of each historical material has full research and careful choice after careful consideration, which is trustworthy.

The Hu Youlu in front of him is the leading boss of the Guangxi Heaven and Earth Society, and the whole family has participated in the Heaven and Earth Society, and then he constantly leads the congregation to fight against the Manchu army and the gangs that support the Manchu Dynasty, including 100,000 sects, which is called a righteous and firm position.

In July of the 26th year of Daoguang, he led the congregation to attack Hunan, but failed, and retreated. However, this setback obviously cannot shake Hu Youlu's firm will.

In the second year, together with his brother Hu Youfu and another leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, Luo Dawang, they attacked Yangshuo County in Guangxi, and were defeated again. His brother Hu Youfu was captured and killed. It's really an old revenge that has not been avenged, and a new hatred has been added.

In August of the second year of Xianfeng, Hu Youlu united with Zhu Hongying, another leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, and in the second year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty again in Nanning, southwest Guangxi. Because they had a strong mass base in the north of silicon and the south of the chamber, after the Nanning uprising, they soon developed northward. The shape shì is a great good.

In the third year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, that is, in November of the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, Hu Youlu finally defeated the Qing army in Hunan, and avenged the defeat in this place last time. It's a day of great pride.

On the fourth day of the ninth month of the fourth year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hu Youlu led the people of the Heaven and Earth Society to conquer Guangxi Guanyang and establish a regime here, known as the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom. Then Hu Youlu named himself the king of Dingnan, and another leader, Zhu Hongying, was the king of Zhennan. The anti-Qing movement of this group of heaven and earth will also reach its peak.

During this period, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent a general surnamed Liu to be stationed in Hu Youlu's army as a representative. Soon after, the Taiping army was in a difficult situation in Hunan and Hubei, and Yuezhou, Wuchang, and Hanyang fell one after another. After the fall of the Tianjia Zhenjiang Defense Fortress, the Manchu army attacked as far as Jiujiang and Hukou.

In order to support the Taiping army to deter the enemy in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Hu Youlu, Zhu Hongying, and General Liu, together with General Liu, led the Tiandihui congregations in Liangguang and Hunan, and launched a fierce attack on the rear of the Hunan army at the same time to support the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to resist the enemy.

In the first month of the fifth year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping army defeated the enemy in Jiujiang, pursued the victory, and successively recovered Wuchang and Hanyang. Subsequently, Luo Xuan, the winter official of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, sent a letter to Hu Youlu, inviting them to come to the rendezvous.

This Luo outline is also from the Heaven and Earth Society, and he participated in Hu Youlu's several anti-Qing attacks before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the Jintian Uprising, he joined the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Army, served as the commander of the Heavenly Kingdom's naval division, made great contributions many times, and was promoted to the prime minister of Dongguanzheng.

At this time, Hu Youlu garrisoned Taochuan Town, forty miles southwest of Yongming County, Hunan, with a congregation of more than 10,000 people. After receiving the letter from Luo Xuan, he prepared to go. He then repelled the invading Manchu army, then divided his troops into two routes, and then marched to Hunan. All the way into the Daozhou area, all the way through Daozhou, through the Lingling border around the Dong'an. Soon after, Dong'an was conquered.

The Manchus were greatly shocked, and hurriedly mobilized the most elite Qing troops in Hunan to besiege the city, increasing their troops and attacking the city in every possible way, determined to gather these congregations in the city of Dong'an. Hu Youlu and Zhu Hongying and others led the Tiandihui congregation to fight the Qing army for three months, and finally could not resist the enemy and broke through to Quanzhou, Guangxi.

Hu Youlu led the defeated army to retreat to the Four Star Cave in Quanzhou, and the Manchu army chased after him. Hu Youlu had no choice but to continue to escape, returning to Beihuaqiao in Dong'an from a little-known path, and rushing towards Xintingzi. The Qing army could not catch up with the tail, and under the guidance of the locals, they went to detour to Tongzi Mountain to intercept head-on.

Soon after, Hu Youlu encountered the enemy at Tongzi Pass. He didn't expect the enemy to catch up with him so quickly, so he was caught off guard, and was defeated again, and hurriedly fled to Siming Mountain at the junction of Qiyang and Shaoyang. Two days later, the Qing army caught up, and Hu Youlu fought hard, covering the congregation up the mountain, falling from his horse and being captured.

The remaining thousands of people, into the Simingshan Temple to refuse, the Qing army besieged on all sides, could not attack, set fire, all of them were buried in the flames, no one surrendered. Hu Youlu himself was also sent to Changsha and was later killed by the Manchu government.

Such a talented leading boss, such an anti-Qing struggle with the participation of thousands of people, once vigorously across three provinces, was silently annihilated in the long river of history.

Mai Ke knew that the Hu Youlu in front of him was just a microcosm of the anti-Qing activities of the entire Heaven and Earth Society, and at the same time, their endings were not substantially different. Larger-scale anti-Qing protests abound. Fujian's Little Knife Society, Shanghai's Little Knife Society, not to mention the Twist Army Uprising in Gyeonggi.

And that's just one of them. The incision of the rivers and lakes "the bottle is too full of water and must go, and the green leaves, red flowers and white lotus roots" are talking about the three main forces in the gang association party. The safflower is the Red Flower Society, which is another name for the Hong Gang, just as the Heaven and Earth Society is another different name for the Hong Gang.

Aoba is another gang that is at least no smaller than the Hong Gang, which developed from the Caoyun Boat Gang, and the ships in the northern provinces are basically controlled by it. The white lotus root represents the White Lotus Sect at a glance.

In addition to the three main forces, there are also thousands of local gangs, which are the basis for me to complete the crossing mission, and it is also the burden of my responsibility to change their unfortunate fate. Lao Hu, let's start with you!

As the saying goes, no matter how fast things are, they can't be faster than thoughts. It only took two minutes for Mai Ke to think about these things, and then Lao Hu turned his gaze away from the place of battle and looked at Mai Ke, "It seems that your two companions have been relieved, and they have already walked this way." The barricades in front have also been opened, you can go first, and we will deal with the rest of the Manchu army. ”

Since Mai Ke had made up his mind, he was not polite, and said to him, "Brother Hu, we really have to leave quickly, we have to go outside the city." I'll leave it to you here. If possible, don't let them out of the city to support the enemy forces over there. ”

Mai Ke pointed in the direction of the east of the city, and then instructed, "After this battle, you and my brother must have a drink! I will wait for you in the east of the city." ”

At this time, Feng Yunshan and Wei Changlu had already arrived, and Mai Ke introduced Hu Youlu to them, and once again thanked him for sending charcoal in the snow. Both of them also bowed their hands to Lao Hu, "Brother Hu, those brothers of yours are all good, they are really strong generals and have no weak soldiers!"

Then, the three Mai Ke brothers were in front, and Qin Qi and the other four people carried the wooden cage behind and walked towards the east city gate. After another street, you're going to grab the door!