From 1851 to 1855, the Heaven and Earth Society and the Boat Army launched at least four large-scale sieges in order to seize Wuzhou, an extremely important city on the Pearl River. When Weeser arrived in Wuzhou in 1852, the siege he saw was the second.

The four major militia groups composed of the people in the city as the main soldiers are the backbone of the defensive war, and the people in the city are destined to be plundered by the siege forces after the city is broken, and the people in the city are immediately ruined. So the defenders had a united mentality, and formed a deep friendship in the struggle.

However, in 1855, such a military defense force succumbed to the Liberation Army, and in the face of the Liberation Army's powerlessness from the air and the ground, the bewildered militia itself was the first to lose the will to fight. "Flying in the sky" means mastering the power of the gods, and the weapons flying in the sky of the Liberation Army strongly shocked the leaders of the militia. And after the Guangfu Army occupied Wuzhou, it did not loot or kill people, and this result was quite good.

However, after the "Regulations on the Administration of the Militia League" was officially handed over to the leaders of the militia group, they understood that the Guangfu Army had no intention of following the old practice of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and that the militia group, which was once evenly matched with the government because of the war, was an organization that had to be banned in the eyes of the Guangfu Army. This attitude undoubtedly made the leaders of the militia group make up their minds to completely turn the other cheek with the Liberation Army.

Of course, if you want to completely turn your face with the Liberation Army, this idea of the militia in the city alone is not enough. Their own family business is in the city, and fighting in the city will only lead to the destruction of their own family. The most important thing is that even if the family is ruined, there is no certainty of defeating the Liberation Army. For the local government established by the Governor's Office in Wuzhou, these militia leaders hated it to the core, but they felt powerless. In addition to the tandem, they said that they would never apply for the status of a regular militia group, but they were honest.

However, things changed in September 1855, when the local officials who had been exiled by the Liberation Army secretly returned. What they brought back was a letter of appointment from the Manchu court, as well as an announcement calling on the heroes of Liangguang to rise up and overthrow the Liberation Army.

In the announcement, the Manchu Emperor Xianfeng clearly instructed that those who could kill Wei Ze and a soldier would be rewarded with meritorious fame, and those who could occupy a county seat controlled by Wei Ze would be given a county order. Those who can occupy the capital city of Wei Ze will be crowned the prefect, and those who can occupy the provincial capital will be immediately crowned governor.

In their opinion, there is nothing remarkable about the Guangfu Army, these guys have guns and cannons, but the Qing army and the militia only have burning sticks? As for the things that the Liberation Army can fly in the sky, they were originally shrouded in a layer of mystery. This makes these vigilante leaders very jealous.

However, this fear was broken by the Governor's Governorate itself, who introduced public schools to promote a new style of natural science. Many parents are very interested in sending their children to school, but they are afraid to send them to the school of the Governor's Mansion. Therefore, the Governor's Mansion has carried out some popular science activities, especially the display of hot air balloons. After seeing the simple principle of the hot air balloon with their own eyes, parents realized that it was a large Kong Ming lantern. The operator is an ordinary human, and the material from which zuò is made is an ordinary material. There is no immortal grant immortal art at all.

While these popular science activities did lead many citizens to send their children to new schools, the militia leaders finally realized that their opponents were just a bunch of mortals who were good at pretending to be ghosts. After this was determined, the militia leaders quickly began to act.

When they began to connect on a large scale, there were far more people in Wuzhou who opposed the Governor's Office than they imagined. The officials and troops of the Qing army all hoped to be able to fight back to Wuzhou. It's just that the number of these people is small, and the total number is less than 5,000. The Guangfu army stationed in Wuzhou has more than 10,000 men and horses, and it has the advantage of city defense. If it is a fight, there is no chance of winning at all.

Unexpectedly, these people began to contact more heroes. To their surprise, many heroes of the boat army also joined in after learning the news. At this time, a part of the troops in Wuzhou began to retreat in the direction of Zhaoqing. At this time, many militia members joined the police system established by the Liberation Army, and the news received from here was that the troops of the Liberation Army began to attack other places, and because the total strength was insufficient, the Wuzhou troops were to be transferred.

The leaders of these vigilante groups were suspicious, and they asked relatives and friends in Zhaoqing to inquire about the matter, and they received the same information. At this time, the Guangfu Army had already controlled almost half of Guangdong, and all cities needed to be defended, and there was an extreme shortage of troops. Not only the Guangfu Army in Wuzhou was mobilized, but also the Guangfu Army in Zhaoqing. Moreover, according to rumors, the Guangfu Army is fighting with the Qing Army in Fujian, and many troops are moving in the direction of Fujian.

As if to confirm this news, the more than 5,000 Guangfu troops guarding Wuzhou mobilized more than 1,000 people to Zhaoqing, obviously with the intention of continuing to reduce the number of troops. These militia leaders finally couldn't hold it back, and although three or four thousand people were a great force, they could no longer guard Wuzhou like an iron bucket as they did in the first few months. These forces, whose goal was to oppose the Liberation Army, finally summoned up the courage to hold a meeting of leaders.

On the surface, it was for a few officials who secretly ran back to Wuzhou, but these guys can also be regarded as acquaintances, and the highest official is Qin Deli, the clerk in charge of the treasury, who has made it clear from the beginning that he only needs credit, and then returns to the capital to receive the reward. As for the seizure of Wuzhou, the prefect was naturally the people who contributed to it, and he would definitely not snatch this position.

Li Shouchang, as the boss of the Wuzhou militia group, was naturally elected as the leader by the leaders of the militia group. At this meeting, Li Shouchang also met with representatives of other forces. First of all, they were naturally the representatives of the Qing army, and the Qing army guarding Wuzhou was the green battalion, and these people ate the food of the soldiers, and they also developed a lot of bad habits in the city.

After the Guangfu Army captured Wuzhou, it did not accept them, but dismissed them. These Qing soldiers didn't know how to farm, let alone farm. After being dismissed, many people simply became bandits. But in these years, the army is in chaos, and Guangxi is a place where the people are fierce, and the life of this bandit is not easy. Knowing that someone was preparing to kill the Guangfu Army and recapture Wuzhou, they contacted each other one after another, and more than 1,000 people gathered. Here is a general named Liu Wensheng, who has a mouthful of smoking, black teeth, and Li Shouchang, the boss of the militia group, has seen him and knows that this guy is a big smoker. At the beginning of the meeting, Liu Wensheng could still sit still, but after only a while, he couldn't help but fidget. After a while, Liu Wensheng showed signs of wanting to cry again. However, he also knew that he couldn't light a cigarette immediately at this time, so his subordinates gave him a leaf cigarette, and Liu Wensheng hurriedly smoked it. From the spicy taste, Li Shouchang smelled that the leaf smoke was soaked in big tobacco paste. The pungent smell was very unpleasant. But at this time, Li Shouchang didn't want to care.

Of course, Liu Wen is very firm, "As long as everyone can open the city gate, I will take my brothers into the city, and I will definitely let the Guangfu army not be left!" ”

Another important force opposing the Liberation Army was the heroes of the Boat Army, and several of them were Li Shouchang, who was a little familiar. The two people named Hu Youlu and Wu Fengcai. They attacked Wuzhou together in 1852, and then participated in various teams to fight Wuzhou several times.

Hu Youlu claimed to have two or three thousand soldiers and horses under his command, and when he saw the strange gaze cast by Li Shouchang, an old opponent, he grinned greatly, "I have always asked Luo to call him eldest brother, but this eldest brother Luo changed after becoming an official of the Guangfu Army, not only did he not take care of his brother, but he also took all the benefits of the river into his own hands." If the eldest brother is unkind, don't blame us for being unrighteous as brothers. If I can defeat Wuzhou this time, my brother and I have to be an official. Zhang Guoliang worked as a bandit, and after recruiting An, he still became a big official. I'm going to go to the court with all my heart! ”

Hearing this, Li Shouchang, who didn't fully believe it, could only nod.

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