On December 5, Gong Chuntai gathered more than 20,000 Hongjianghui disciples in Mashi. Everyone wrapped their heads in white cloths, armed with earthen guns, cannons, broadswords, and hoes, and marched forward in a mighty manner to the city of Shangli, and the procession was five or six miles long.

Shangli City is the central town in the north of Pingxiang County, 80 miles away from Pingxiang County, only 20 miles away from the border of Liuyang and Liling counties, and the waterway can lead to Changsha and Hankou. If Shangli City is occupied, you can attack Liuyang and Liling, and you can return to Mashi if you retreat. Along the way, Gong Chuntai promulgated strict discipline, strictly prohibiting adultery and robbery, except for asking rich households for grain, rice, grain, and cloth, nothing else was allowed to be robbed, otherwise, it would be charged with violating the rule of law of the Hongjiang Society.

On the morning of the 6th, the rebel army reached the outskirts of Shangli City, and the Qing army garrison in Shangli City was only 20 people. When they saw the great momentum of the rebels, they saw the head of the team and not the tail of the group, and they were already frightened, and fled without firing a shot. Many of the citizens are Hongjiang members, and they have poured into the streets to set off firecrackers and welcome them. The rebels occupied Shangli without the slightest resistance from the Qing army, and Gong Chuntai settled his troops in the city, and the headquarters was set up in Wanshou Palace.

At this time, the straw shoes reported good news again, Cihua City in Yichun County and Tongmu in Pingxiang County, each with four or five thousand members raised troops to respond. Jiang Shoudan also sent someone to contact him, saying that he could cooperate with the Hongjiang Society, but he would not be restrained by the Hongjiang Society. Gong Chuntai immediately comforted Jiang Shoudan's people and greatly encouraged them.

The Hongjiang Society held a meeting in the Wanshou Palace, and decided to temporarily elect Gong Chuntai as the governor of the vanguard of the Southern Army of the Han Guangfu Army, Gong Ren as the commander of the left guard and the copywriting department, Wei Zongquan as the commander of the right guard and the governor of the treasury and grain department, Liao Shubao as the commander of the front battalion, and Shen Yigu as the commander of the rear battalion.

The ten major crimes are: the Tartars are brutal, slaughtering more than 2 million of our Han people, stealing China, and a major crime. The Tartars have ravaged our motherland of 4,000 years of civilization with the inferior species of barbaric nomadism, so that the great powers are not regarded as equal, and the two major crimes are also the same. More than 5 million Tartars, no farming, no work, no business, no business, sitting on the blood of our Han people, the three major sins. The Tartars are arrogant, claiming to be born of a goddess, an Oriental nobleman, who does not have equal interests with the Han people, prevents me from being a thief, and regards me as a slave, and the four major sins. The Tartars coerce the fallacy that "the Han people are strong, and the people are full of death", and those who can kill the Han people and control the death of the Han people will do everything, and the five major crimes are also. The Tartars have long lost their prestige to outsiders, causing the countries to take the opportunity to invade and occupy important areas, and the six major crimes are also great. In order to protect the court by outsiders, the Tartars gave the rights of the Han people to outsiders, and said that "it is better to give them to neighbors than to give them to their slaves", and the seven deadly sins are also. The Tatar government was bribed, and the officials were sold in gold, resulting in political disorder, ruined people's livelihood, and the eight deadly crimes. The Tartars should hold important policies in the country, and they will be suspended without money, and the banquets in the officials, the opera in the Summer Palace, and the millions of gold, the nine deadly sins. The Tartars falsely issued a constitutional document and implemented a centralized policy to reduce the power of the Han people and consolidate the cause of the emperor of the court, which is also one of the ten major crimes.

The rest of the sins cannot be exhausted. Special outline, in order to show the heavens.

As soon as the ten major crimes of the Qing court came out, the people's hearts were even more restless, and those who had money contributed money to support the Hongjiang Society, and the young people who had no money participated in the Hongjiang Society, resulting in a great increase in the power of the Hongjiang Society. The morale of the Hongjiang members was high, and they demanded to fight on the front line and demand greater military action against the Qing army.

On the 7th, Gong Chuntai received a secret report from the straw sandals that thousands of members were brewing a secret riot in Nanshi Street and Fenglinpu outside Liuyang County, and sent people to contact the Hongjiang Association, saying that they were willing to listen to the call. I also heard the secret report of straw shoes, Jiang Shoudan sent someone to contact again, saying that he would attack Liuyang County with Hongjianghui.

After discussing with Gong Chuntai and several people, he felt that this was a good time, and decided to advance the army in Liuyang and meet Jiang Shoudan before trying to develop. Kamiguri City is an important base area, and it should not be taken lightly, and a veteran and serious person must be sent to guard it.

Gong Chuntai thought about it for a while, called Shen Yigu aside, and said in a consultative tone: "Although Liao Shubao is brave, he is reckless, and he is a little worried about handing over Shangli to him, who do you think is better to guard Shangli?" ”

Shen Yigu smiled and said, "I know what you mean, I'm old, it's your young people's business to run around, and the task of guarding the old camp will be left to me, right?" Liao Shubao follows you, I don't worry, you can also take care of him. Gong Chuntai nodded and said: "It is not easy to defend Shangli, there are enemies on all sides here, and there is no danger to defend, once the enemy comes to attack, it will be a hard battle." And Shangli is extremely important, once it is lost, we can't go back to home. ”

Shen Yigu didn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed and said: "Your burden is not light, although there are a lot of people in the Hongjiang Society, but our weapons are too poor, and the members have not been trained, let alone fought. Whether it is Liuyang or Liling, the city is high and deep, and it is well prepared, I am afraid it is not easy to fight. After a long time, the Qing army surrounded us, and it was even more difficult for us to deal with it. The only way out now is to unite with Jiang Shoudan and lay down Liuyang as soon as possible. As long as we take Liuyang, we have food, firearms and ammunition, whether we advance or retreat, we will take the initiative. ”

Gong Chuntai nodded and said, "The old master is the same as I think." You look at Shangli, how many people should be left? Shen Yigu thought for a while and said: "If there are fewer people, it will not work, and if there are more people, it may not be able to hold it, mainly because the terrain is too poor and there is a lack of guns and ammunition." You fight Liuyang, you need people and guns more, so let's do it, you leave me 2,000 people, right? Gong Chuntai nodded, arched his hand and said, "Then please Master Shen." Shen Yigu also arched his hand and said, "With me, there is Shangli." ”

After Gong Chuntai led the large army away, Shen Yigu drove all 2,000 people into the Wanshou Palace, and asked the Hongjiang members to raise the courtyard wall of the Wanshou Palace, repair the fortifications, and once the Qing soldiers attacked, they would be able to hold on. He also asked Hongjiang members to closely monitor all avenues and report any enemy situation as soon as possible.

Most of these 2,000 Hongjiang members are farmers who farm the land, and when they see that they can't go to Liuyang, they mumble and complain. It turns out that in the summer and autumn, there is a severe drought in this area, and in October, there is a great shortage of food here, prices have skyrocketed, and people's hearts are fluctuating. In the team that fought Liuyang, there were many people who went with baskets, and they all thought that Liuyang would definitely be able to fight, and once they beat Liuyang County, they could get food, and they would never have to go hungry again in a year.

These people can't go to Liuyang, how can they not be in a hurry, and the military discipline is not easy to restrict, so they secretly ran hundreds of people that day, and hundreds of people ran away at night, and they all went to catch up with the team that beat Liuyang.

On the morning of the 9th, Shen Yigu checked the team, and there were only more than 500 people left, and he was very angry. He gathered the team, reprimanded him, and gathered the loyal apprentices who had come with him, and held a meeting, asking them to play a central role and take the lead in stabilizing the morale of the army. In this way, the team is indeed much more stable.

On the morning of the 10th, straw sandals suddenly reported that a large number of Qing troops had been found four or five miles away. Shen Yigu was taken aback, and felt very strange, where did this Qing army come from? Hurry up and call straw sandals to explore and report again. Shen Yigu immediately ordered the rebels to take their positions and prepare for battle.

After a while, Shen Yigu looked south through the courtyard wall and saw about 1,000 Qing troops, who stopped not far from Wanshou Palace and began to line up. Some Hongjiang members here couldn't hold their breath and fired guns at that side for a while, but the distance was too far for these earthen guns and bird guns to hit them at all, but on the contrary, they exposed the details of the Hongjiang Society, which made the Qing troops calmly set up their formations, greatly increased their morale, and had no fear.

A straw sandal came over and approached Shen Yigu's ear and said: "I heard that this Qing army is the team of Hu Yinglong, the former battalion of the patrol left army stationed in Pingxiang, they didn't dare to take the avenue, they passed through the dangerous road in the mountains overnight and went straight to Li City. Shen Yigu patted his head anxiously and said: "It's broken, it's broken, I only thought of the main road, but I didn't expect the Qing army to come from the dangerous road in the mountains." I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it......"

The Qing army began to attack, they lined up in a horizontal line, slowly approaching the Wanshou Palace, and from time to time they stopped and fired a volley at the courtyard wall of the Wanshou Palace. Only the masonry of the courtyard wall of the Wanshou Palace was cracked, the dust was flying, and more than a dozen Hongjiang members fell in a pool of blood.

As soon as they saw the blood, the Hongjiang members, who had no combat experience, immediately caused a burst of panic and confusion, and there were already people looking left and right, preparing to escape.

The Hongjiang members here only had a dozen fast guns, more than 20 earthen guns, and more than 200 broadsword spears, and they had no power to fight back under the fire of hundreds of guns of the Qing army. The team became even more panicked, and some people got up and ran backwards, and they all ran, and the team retreated.

Shen Yigu shouted angrily: "Don't run!" Don't run! But the shouts of a man, under the firing of the row of guns, seemed so faint. After a while, only more than 100 martial arts disciples were left. Shen Yigu pulled off his coat, held an iron pot lid in his left hand, brandished a big knife in his right hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Apprentices, if you are not a bad seed, follow me to kill!" ”

More than 100 apprentices saw that the master was fighting, and none of them dared to slack off, and they all leaned close around the master, wanting to fight to the death with Qing Gouzi.

The Qing army climbed into the wall. Shen Yigu slashed at a Qing soldier who had just come up, cut off his head, and the hot blood in that cavity surged high, stopped for a while, and then his body swayed and slowly fell, his head turned around a few times, and finally stopped in front of Shen Yigu with his face up, and his frightened eyes stared straight at Shen Yigu, as if he didn't understand.

Shen Yigu slashed at a Qing soldier again, cutting him off at the waist, and the green intestines in his stomach were tumbling rapidly, just like a grinding plate. Three or four Qing soldiers rushed up and stabbed Shen Yigu with bayonets together, Shen Yigu blocked them with the lid of the pot, blocked their bayonets aside, and then "brushed" a few knives, only to see blood splashing everywhere, a red light......

After a while, Shen Yigu only slashed his hands and neck sore, and his whole body became a bloody man.

The apprentices also mingled with the Qing soldiers, and the sound of "clanging" knives and guns, the chaotic gunshots, the sound of big knives slashing on the skin and flesh "pounced" and "pounced" were intertwined, and the painful wails of people at the time of death were intertwined, forming a group of wonderful and magnificent music. The Qing army killed more and more, and the apprentices became fewer and fewer in the gunfire of the Qing army, and in the end, there were only a few dozen people left.

Under the persecution of the Qing army, these dozens of apprentices surrounded Shen Yigu and retreated to the center of the Wanshou Palace.

An apprentice saw that the situation was extremely critical, and said to Shen Yigu: "Master, stay in Qingshan, don't be afraid of no firewood, we will cover you, you stand out and find the big army!" Shen Yigu shouted: "I have already told Gong Chuntai the Metropolitan Governor, if I am here, Shangli will be there, Shangli is gone, what old face do I have to see Gong Chuntai!" The apprentice said, "Master don't have to feel guilty, no one can keep Shangli if you replace him, so you should retreat quickly!" Shen Yigu roared again: "It's my apprentice, just live and die with Wanshou Palace, it's not my apprentice, run for your life quickly!" ”

After Shen Yigu finished speaking, he let out a loud roar, shook off the apprentices and pounced on the Qing soldiers.

The Qing soldiers surrounded more and more, and there were few apprentices left, and with a burst of gunfire, the last two apprentices fell again.

Dozens of Qing soldiers looked nervous and aimed at Shen Yigu with guns, and several Qing soldiers took out ropes, they wanted to capture Shen Yigu alive. Shen Yigu laughed out loud and sighed at Qingtian: "I'm in my 70s, why don't I be afraid of death, but it's a pity that my apprentices are too young." After saying that, he killed himself with a knife.

At this time, Shangli was in chaos, the unorganized Hongjiang members ran around, and the Qing soldiers were armed with fast guns to arrest people everywhere, taking the opportunity to rob property, rape women, kill people and set fires, and do all kinds of evil. The streets were littered with the corpses of Hongjiang members, innocent people who had been beaten to death, and discarded baskets, flat shoulders, burdens, clothes, and daily necessities were thrown everywhere.

Residents were shutting their homes, and everyone was terrified. Poor Shangli City, when Hongjiang will come, Qiu did not commit any crimes, but at this time, he was devastated, and he suffered such a great disaster.

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