"Red Turban: A New Threat to the Chinese Government."

"Wenzhou is located in the southeast corner of Zhejiang Province, bordered by Taizhou and Chuzhou in the northwest, Fujian in the south, and the sea in the east, covering an area of almost 3,500 miles, according to the latest census, about 2.2 million or more people live on this land, and now a new Red Turban rebel army is sweeping across the province."

"The rebellion first originated in Yueqing County, north of Wenxi (known to the Chinese as Oujiang), when a shopkeeper selling sauce products found that he could not continue his business properly, he found a large number of allies, and incompetent and greedy officials forced them to unite, and in mid-February of this year, they launched an uprising and called themselves the Red Turban."

"After the uprising was launched, they soon occupied the whole of Yueqing County, and the messenger of the Taiping King, a general Liu, led hundreds of Taiping troops to join their ranks, greatly increasing their combat effectiveness, and around the arrival of the Chinese New Year, this Red Turban army had occupied the entire north of Wenxi and wiped out all government forces in the area."

"Unlike the Xiaodaohui rebels, who had occupied the county seat of Shanghai for seventeen months, this Red Turban rebel army received strong support from the local peasants, and in March they crossed Wenxi and marched south with some victories, and one of their water allies took control of the estuary near Wenxi and collected protection money from all the ships that passed."

"Now the whole of Wenzhou Province is under martial law, but the government officials of Wenzhou Province always believed that the situation was under their control until mid-April, when another decisive event occurred, when an allied force of the Red Turban rebels captured Pingyang County, the most extensive area of the province, and in order to support this rebel army, the main force of the Red Turban rebels had marched towards Ruian and attempted to capture the county seat of Ruian and join the allied forces in Pingyang County."

"The senior officials of Wenzhou Province are not allowed to admit that the fall of Ruian County represents the complete defeat of the government forces in the entire Wenzhou Province, and the entire Wenzhou region has to be reduced to the backyard of the rebels, but they believe that they are capable of defending the county town of Ruian, and have taken some strong measures, such as the arrest and possible execution of an official who is Dingjikang for abdicating his responsibilities."

"The outcome of the battle at Ruian is unknown, but the government's authority in southern Zhejiang has been dealt a powerful blow, and the rebels have not only controlled two county towns and an extremely large area, but have also won several decisive victories, according to unreliable statistics, the government army has lost more than 10,000 soldiers."

"In particular, in a battle against General Liu, a subordinate of the Taiping King, the government army was devastated, 3,000 soldiers were either killed or captured, and two generals were killed in battle."

"The rebels have about 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, and their weapons are Chinese, and no Western weapons have been found so far, but it is said that the rebels are trying to get some Western-style arms from the Shanghai Concession."

"Here we must mention the commander sent by the Taiping King to the rebels, General Liu, who was one of the thirty-six most trusted commanders of the Taiping King, and he had under his command about three hundred real Taiping soldiers, in addition to about a thousand to two thousand local indigenous soldiers, all of whom were fanatical believers in the worship of God."

"General Liu was an extremely harsh man, he was as ruthless to his men as he was to the enemy, and he organized his troops into two infantry battalions and a reserve battalion, and repeatedly defeated the superior government forces, who cursed him in the most vicious language, but had to admit that his troops were the most powerful of the rebels."

"The rebels were nominally under the leadership of the Taiping king, but most of the commanders except General Liu were on their own, and they knew nothing about the Taiping army or the worship of God."

"Judging from the current military situation, the battle in Ruian County will determine the ownership of the entire Wenzhou province, and once the rebels win, they will dominate the entire Wenzhou province and cause a staggering impact in the far-reaching rear of the government."

Yang Changmei's voice is very beautiful, listening to her read the translation of Beihua Jiebao is simply a pleasure, but after reading this translation, Yang Changmei asked her brother: "This Liu inspection point seems to have a little use value." ”

"It's more than a little bit of use." Yang Xiuqing's face was full of boldness: "Maybe we can still use this Liu Chang, as long as he agrees, he is the official envoy sent by our Tianjing." ”

Yang Changmei was taken aback, although the Red Turban Army had already captured two county seats, and if they could capture Ruian County, they might be able to rule the entire Wenzhou Mansion, but what they could do was limited to this.

The man in front of her was not only her brother, but also the most powerful person in the entire kingdom of heaven, with just one word, he could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, millions of people, and turn countless famous cities into ruins.

There are countless forces that are trying to contact the Heavenly Kingdom, and the local tyrants, twisted armies, and hui parties in various places have their eyes on the Dongwang Mansion, wanting to get a little support from Yang Xiuqing.

But why is it that such an impostor's Red Turban Army actually won Yang Xiuqing's special favor, his ears heard it right?

You must know that last year, the Xiaodao Society captured six county towns near Shanghai in one go, and Yang Xiuqing was also disdainful, as for the leaders of the powerful and righteous armies in various places, there were tens of thousands of commanders, and Yang Xiuqing was just a little restrained.

Yang Xiuqing is a person who attaches great importance to family affection, he saw that his sister was a little puzzled, and immediately said: "Recently, the situation in the Kingdom of Heaven has been a little twists and turns, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Shanghai Xiaodao Society was defeated, and our army's westward expedition has also suffered some setbacks, and there are ......."

He lowered his voice, obviously not wanting too many people to know about it: "On the nineteenth day of the first month, Lianzhen fell, Deputy Prime Minister Lin was captured by the Qing Demon, and he has ascended to heaven in Beijing......

The deputy prime minister he said was Lin Fengxiang, who had been executed by Ling Chi in Beijing at this time, and Li Zhengcheng was Li Kaifang, who defended the Tang Dynasty with hundreds of people at this time, and the monk king besieged the city with more than 10,000 soldiers for several months, and could not break the city, but suffered repeated setbacks, but the Northern Expeditionary Army only had hundreds of remnants in such a lonely city, and the defeat was a foregone conclusion.

This is almost the biggest military setback since the Taiping Rebellion, and it can even be said that the entire war situation has changed: "Look at the place where the Red Turban Army rose up!"

Yang Changmei glanced at the map and already understood that Wenzhou Mansion was at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian, so it could arm an army of more than 100,000 troops, and it was very close to the source of the Qing army's salary and soldiers, and it would definitely contain the troops of two or even three or four provinces to go to the conquest.

"In the past, the strategy of setting the capital of Tianjing was the most wise and martial, but the Qing Demon attacked Tianjing with two battalions in the south and north of the Yangtze River, which was a great threat." Yang Xiuqing is well aware of the military situation: "Today, there is a change in Wenzhou Mansion, I am afraid that the Qing demons in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces will be undecided, not only to mobilize elite troops from the province to pacify, but also to transfer troops from neighboring Jiangxi and Anhui Tian Provinces, and even borrow troops from the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan." ”

It is really too much of a threat to the Red Turban Army, which will inevitably allow the Qing Army to transfer troops from several provinces to encircle and suppress, so that the military pressure of the Taiping Army will be reduced a lot, and Yang Xiuqing also sees a point: "What's more, if the Red Turban Army develops anywhere, there is no conflict with the Kingdom of Heaven." ”

One of the important reasons why he was reluctant to support the Little Knife Society was that if the Little Knife Society succeeded, it would inevitably occupy the vicinity of Shanghai and form a confrontation with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which occupied Tianjing.

"Therefore, no matter what Liu Chang's intentions are, if he is willing to be used by me, he can be temporarily restrained, and even give him a true inspection! I am ready to send people to Wenzhou Mansion to discuss cooperation with them. ”

Yang Changmei suddenly spoke: "Dongwang is a good brother of nine thousand years old, then let me go to Wenzhou Mansion!"

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