In the Changshu area of Suzhou, the army of the Tiandihui began to flee everywhere. Xu Yao, who had just taken over the helmsman www.biquge.info the chief helmsman, ran around with his troops, and circled around Changshu, Suzhou. They were already exhausted, and there was no way to escape the pursuit of this Qing army.

"Master Xu, we have less than 80,000 people left. Even, people's hearts are fluctuating, and people are deserters every day, what should we do? ”

Xu Yao was also very helpless, and said, "Thirty days, it's just thirty days!" We attacked from Jiading to Jiangning, and we had an army of 300,000 at that time, but it was only 30 days, and we lost 220,000. Hou Aimin's Qing army is still pursuing, and we are already running out of food. “

"I really didn't expect that our 300,000 army was chased by only 50,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court and defeated like a mountain."

Since Xu Yao took over as the chief helmsman, he has actually not been stable for a day. Although he became the helmsman, he really didn't feel the slightest sense of power. He now fled with his men everywhere, hoping to escape the pursuit of the Qing army, but it was all in vain.

Now he has no choice, the current Heaven and Earth Society rebel army is about to collapse, and there is almost no help.

Now Xu Yao has no way at all, and he doesn't know what to do. But then he didn't know what to do, the Qing army was chasing behind, and his men were exhausted and had no morale at all. Even the Qing army was chasing and killing behind them, and they didn't know when they were going to be caught up, and most of them were going to be exterminated.

"Hey, I'm the helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, and there is no way to compare with the past!" Xu Yao said with a sigh.

However, the bitter fruit he planted could only be eaten by himself, Xu Yao drank a sip of salt water and replenished his strength before he barely stood up.

But at this time, the bad news came one after another.

"Chief helmsman, the imperial army is already only twenty miles away from us. The brothers can't run anymore, what do you think we should do? Give us an idea! ”

"Chief helmsman, it's not good, Hao Laosi has led people to defect to the Qing court, and they have already attacked us."

Xu Yao said angrily: "Hao Laosi, he is not thin undercover!" He betrayed me at this time! “

"Chief helmsman, now that the hearts of the people are fluctuating, I don't know how many people will betray? There are more than 6,000 people under Hao Laosi, let's hurry up. We can't entangle with Hao Laosi, the Qing army is only twenty miles away from us! If it's fast, it will be there in less than an hour, let's hurry up, don't delay with Hao Laosi. ”

Everyone was in chaos, and Xu Yao had no idea.

"If we fight with the people of the Qing court, we can't live, killing one is enough, killing two earns one!" Xu Yao said angrily.

Now these people of the Heaven and Earth Society are completely unable to continue to flee for their lives, these are only 80,000 people, and they have long been unable to escape, so they can only stay and fight as trapped beasts.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The sound of muskets rang out, like popping beans. Hao Laosi's subordinates were killed one by one, and Hao Laosi's troops began to collapse.

"What's going on? How can there be the sound of muskets? Xu Yao asked.

"The helmsman of Zhou is here, our reinforcements are coming, the helmsman of Zhou is coming, the helmsman of Zhou is coming, and he is here to support us!"

In the distance, there was a large flag with the word "Zhou" written on it. Everyone is no stranger to this banner, that is, Zhou Lichun's banner, everyone sees this banner and naturally thinks that Zhou Lichun's reinforcements are coming.

"Chief Helmsman Zhou? Zhou Lichun? I really didn't expect that it would be you ...... at this time" Xu Yao gritted his teeth and said, obviously he no longer had the face to see An Zhou Lichun.

"Miss Zhou, are you here? You're here to support us? ”

At this time, the middle and high-level leaders of the Tiandi Society had long forgotten that they had taken Zhou Lichun's father and daughter away, and now they saw Zhou Xiuying bringing people over, and they all "forgetful" to ask Zhou Xiuying for support.

"Miss Xiuying, I'm ......" Xu Yao had nothing to say.

"Uncle Xu Yao, I didn't want to save you, but my father said that you can be unrighteous with him, but he can't do that. Also, the husband also said that these tens of thousands of people are members of the Heaven and Earth Society, and they can't die without help. So I brought someone to rescue you, and you and I went to Shanghai with me, and it was initially safe to enter the concession. ”

"Order, the first mark of the rebel army will be cut off for me, and cover the retreat of the brothers!" Zhou Xiuying ordered.

The first regular army of the Heaven and Earth Society began to be responsible for blocking those Hao Laosi's rebels, Hao Laosi's rebels are actually not worth mentioning, what they really pay attention to is the Qing army behind. These first-class soldiers began to fight and retreat, gradually covering the retreat of 80,000 people.

After more than half a month of running-in training, these first-target soldiers finally reformed an army, so there was no discomfort in fighting. Even the density of the muskets' firepower was further strengthened, and the Qing army could not get close at all with 500 rifles.

"The thief's firearms are too fierce for us to get close!" Qing Jun shouted.

"The thief's firearms are sharp, don't rush too fast."

Yiliang was immediately furious: "What's the matter? The musketeers of the thieves have reappeared? What the hell is going on with this gang of thieves, we thought they didn't use muskets when they had them. Now we think there are no firearms, but they actually use them? ”

Yi Liangzhen felt extremely depressed, at that time he was afraid that the Heaven and Earth Rebel Army would have muskets, so he did not dare to rashly pursue the army. But after chasing for a long time, he didn't find that the Heaven and Earth Society rebels had firearms, and he thought that the enemy's firearms were running out. But in fact, the musket team just left and belonged to Zhou Xiuying's leadership. But now Zhou Xiuying has come to support with the first standard, and the musket team has been reorganized into a musket battalion, a musket unit of 500 people. And they are all rear-loading rifles, with high accuracy, high rate of fire, and a longer firing range, this musket team of 500 people is enough to top thousands of Qing army musketeers, and it may not even be a realm at all, because the effective range of the Qing army's artillery is not as far as the range of these rifles, and this realm is too bad.

The Qing army was constantly killed by the musket team, so that the Qing army did not dare to retreat. The barrage of five hundred musket bullets blocked tens of thousands of Qing troops, and they did not dare to approach at all. The musket battalions fought and retreated, covering the retreat of those of the Heaven and Earth Society. Retreat in the direction of the Shanghai Concession, strive to enter the concession as soon as possible, and kneel down to be much safer.

After two days of rapid retreat, the 80,000 Tiandihui rebels also began to retreat into the British Concession and began to rest in the British Concession. However, this Yiliang rushed to the direction of the Shanghai Concession with the Qing army, and when he saw this concession, he was immediately furious.

"Sir, this is the concession area, and according to the previous treaty, your Chinese army is not welcome here." A British petty officer replied.

"Bastards, you British are harboring the rebels. The rebels can get in with 80,000 people, so why can't we get in? Bastard, do you believe I killed you or not? Yiliang said angrily.

"Sir, I didn't see any rebels, I just saw a group of refugees. They were sloppy and had no food or clothing, and in the spirit of humanitarianism, our concession decided to take in these refugees. The British petty officer replied.

"Bastard, pull this Englishman to behead me and attack the concession for me!" Yiliang said angrily.

Yiliang was the hawkish governor of the Qing Dynasty, and he always advocated the use of strong means to safeguard national interests, so he could stand the British reversing black and white and being so shameless. He immediately ordered the British officer to be beheaded and prepared for a large army to attack the concession. Yiliang thought that even if these Heaven and Earth Society rebels had muskets, they would not be able to stop the attack of his tens of thousands of troops.

"My lord, slow down, how difficult it is for the court now, don't make any extraneous branches!" The master next to him hurriedly said.

"Yes! Don't make any extraneous branches, my lord! "My lord, don't make any extraneous branches!" ……

Zhou Wei, many timid and fearful Qing Dynasty officials have dissuaded him, especially now that the Qing Dynasty is already in rebellion everywhere, it is not suitable to offend the British at this time. Although they were not afraid of the British, they were afraid of extraneous complications, and at this time the Manchus were in turmoil, and if the British joined in, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Yi Liang scolded, and finally did not order the continued beheading of this British petty officer, nor did he order an immediate attack on the concession.

Because Yiliang knows that in the imperial court, there are too few hawks like himself, and almost all of them are ****-based. There are few hawkish Han people like him, so is he suitable for a flag man? The bannermen who are really in power are all ****, and they will not support him to continue the attack. If he attacks the concession, An will not only have no credit, but will be held accountable.

"Surround the concession for me!" Yiliang said.

Although Yiliang did not dare to attack, he dared to encircle, and he ordered the concession to be surrounded, hoping to force the British to hand over these Tiandihui rebels.

In the concession, Zhou Xiuying immediately asked people to organize and settle these people from the Heaven and Earth Society rebel army, especially all kinds of settlements. The wounded were bandaged in various ways, and those who were tired and hungry began to gradually feed porridge to regain their strength. As soon as those people from the Heaven and Earth Society entered the concession, they immediately fell. They were all supported by a breath of qi before, but now when they arrived at the place, they were all completely collapsed.

"Zhou Zhou Zhou ......" Xu Yao saw Zhou Lichun sitting in a wheelchair, and he couldn't speak a word smoothly.

Zhou Lichun finally said: "You are not righteous to me, but I can't do this." What's more, the virtuous son-in-law is right, this 80,000 people are also our own brothers. Since we have joined the association, we are our people, and we cannot die without help. ”

"Father-in-law, these people are actually an important population! Being able to persist in escaping for nearly a month is definitely a good physical fitness. Those who are bad have also been eliminated in this long escape process. As for these people, we can recruit some of them as soldiers, and then the rest can go to work as workers, or cultivate near the concession. ”

"So we saved them, we saved them in distress, and we even helped them regardless of our previous suspicions, so that the kindness lesson is really deeper than the sea! So they can continue to be our cronies in the future. ”

Chen Dingtian said this to Zhou Xiuying and Zhou Lichun, the remnants of the tens of thousands of Heaven and Earth Society defeated generals actually have a lot of value, after a month of escaping, most of the old and weak have been eliminated, and the rest are strong people, and they will not suffer if they are saved.

Although these guys have "betrayed", it is just a betrayal of the high-level, and as for the middle and low-level people, they actually have no idea at all, so there is no need to anger the middle and low-level! It's like even if the rebels rebel, any court will at least give the high-level to the Jiu clan, and the low-level rebels will not go to the Jiu clan, and they won't even be overly investigated. If you are really angry with the middle and low levels because of this, and you want to punish the middle and low levels to the Nine Clans, then there is no need to surrender at all, and the whole country will be killed.

As for the betrayal, as long as you deal with the high-level, there is no need to anger the middle and low-level. On the contrary, if they save them regardless of their previous suspicions, they will be grateful. These middle and low levels can be broken up and incorporated into the new system, which is equivalent to new wine in old bottles, in fact, the leaders of those middle and middle levels have been replaced, and the remaining low levels have no idea at all, and can only go with the flow.

So these people are not a bad thing, but a good group of manpower, don't waste it. Annexing them again is tantamount to rapid expansion. However, this annexation is the annexation of the old by the rebel army of the new Heaven and Earth Society, not the annexation of the old by the old to the new. That's the biggest difference. In this way, the old system is broken up, in fact, it is also a reorganization. However, it is very beneficial to have the same name, so as to achieve the purpose of filling old bottles with new wine. In this way, the old system is easy to integrate into the new system, because sometimes the "name" is not important or important, but sometimes the name is used well, and it can also be used as a good means. With this name, it is also a "contradiction among the people", but without this name, it is a "contradiction between the enemy and us", and there is a big gap in this.

Internal contradictions are easy to solve, but contradictions between friends and enemies are difficult to solve, so this name is also very important.

This is also the reason why Chen Dingtian did not change the name of the rebel army, or it is still called the Heaven and Earth Society, this advantage Bismarck also pointed out, this does not change the name to help Li Yongxin's system to annex and absorb the old system, and it is much easier for those people to accept, which is also the wonder of people's hearts. In a name, the benefits are also enormous.

However, now that everyone has just rested, they are about to face an important problem, that is, Yiliang, the Manchu Governor of Liangjiang in the Manchu Dynasty, is still besieging the Shanghai Concession with his troops, and it is obvious that he can attack the Concession at any time to exterminate them! (To be continued.) )