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Since the Opium War, due to the impact of foreign goods on Foshan's original handicraft industry, iron nails, iron wire, homespun cloth, pottery and other workshops have closed down, and on the other hand, the rivers and wharves are shallow, and the traffic conditions have deteriorated day by day, so that a large number of Foshan's industry and commerce have moved to Guangzhou, where the traffic conditions have been greatly improved. All this led to a large number of unemployed workers in Foshan, and social unrest.

It was precisely at this time that Sushun's strategy of sending soldiers to arrest soldiers and raising taxes and levies made Guangdong, which had already borne a large burden of reparations because of the defeat of that war, even worse, and the people's grievances were boiling, and the resentment accumulated among the vast number of poor people was like piles of dry firewood.

Foshan has become the flame that ignites this dry firewood.

Under the guidance of the liaison officers sent by the Celestial Empire, the leaders of the Tiandihui in various parts of Guangdong, under the cover of opening various martial arts halls, gradually gathered in Foshan Town, and set up the general headquarters of the Tiandihui headed by Chen Kai, the famous Cantonese opera singer Li Wenmao, Chen Rong, Chen Jingang, Zhou Chun, Chen Yihe, Zhai Huogu, etc., to coordinate and direct the actions of the congregations in various places.

Under the leadership of the headquarters of the Heaven and Earth Society, congregations in various places took the opportunity of entering the barracks and entering the regiment to actively develop the congregation, build weapons, and wait for the best opportunity to riot. The congregation of the Celestial Church grew rapidly to include farmers, craftsmen, sailors, soldiers, and Cantonese opera artists, and its influence spread almost throughout the whole of Guangdong, and the development and arrangement of the congregation in Kowloon was of paramount importance.

At the same time, more and more guidance officials were sent by the Celestial Empire.

With the successive arrival of the guidance officials of the Celestial Empire, and their modest and patient work, the "**" ideal of Hong Tianwang Datong has gradually taken root in the hearts of the people. The leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society slowly realized that if the people wanted to achieve a real turnaround, it was not enough to simply rely on "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", and that while completely overthrowing the Manchu imperial rule, they also wanted to build a new society, a new society in which no one could eat people and oppress people.

As soon as the Guangdong campaign of the Heavenly Army began, according to the deployment of the General Headquarters of the Heaven and Earth Society, Chen Rong and Wu Baiji of Zhaoqing, Chen Yihe of Yingde, and Ge Yaoming of Lechang first launched a riot at the same time. The Yingde and Lechang rebels assisted the Red Second Army, which had entered Guangdong, to capture the capital of Shaozhou. Chen Rong and Wu Baiji, with the cooperation of the rebel Shui Yong, captured Zhaoqing Mansion in one fell swoop, welcomed the Heavenly Army troops coming from southern Hunan, and threatened Wuzhou.

The armed rebellion in Zhaoqing gave Su Shun, who was already like an ant on a hot pot, and it was a stuffy stick in the first place. Just when Su Shun was angry and depressed, and was still considering whether he should use the garrison troops in Guangzhou to suppress the Zhaoqing mob, in Foshan, the general riot order of the general headquarters of the Tiandihui was issued. In an instant, hundreds of thousands of congregations of the Heaven and Earth Church and thousands of ships poured in from all around, surrounding the city of Guangzhou.

Su Shun panicked. It's really a house leak and it's raining in a row, and he wants to cry without tears.

However, what is more panicked than he is now is another person. That is, he is still sleeping peacefully in the Governor's Mansion on Hong Kong Island, still thinking about Pauling in Taiwan. There was also a large-scale armed riot in Kowloon. And to his surprise, after destroying the Manchu government office in Kowloon, the mob actually turned their target not to Guangzhou, but to break through the cordon on Hong Kong Island and kill him directly.

What the hell is going on? Awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of gunfire and reported by the Marine Corps officer, Pauling was suddenly confused. A few days ago, Ali Guo also sent a message that he had exchanged views with Liu Lichuan of the Navy Management Commission again, and told Liu Lichuan that Britain would effectively maintain a policy of neutrality and not take sides in the civil war in China. Liu Lichuan is also repeating what he said before, why we Chinese are peace-loving ceremonial countries, hope to make friends all over the world, for the Hong Kong issue, the Celestial Empire does not want to use force, everyone can find time to sit down and talk slowly, after all, Britain still has invested a lot of energy and financial resources in Hong Kong. He also said that this was also what they meant.

Thinking about this, Pauling was about to go crazy, and the roots of his teeth hurt in hatred. Alas! If it weren't for the gullible belief in them, why would I be so careless? This group of sick men keep saying that they are the state of etiquette, they are simply scoundrels who have no word to believe! Shameless villain, murderous ......

"Damn bastards, immediately mobilize all the expats who can fight, all into battle, we have to respond to these thugs with artillery and bullets!" Pauling spun almost madly for nearly ten minutes, thinking of a vicious word that could be remembered, and cursing countless times before he roared and issued the order.

It's late. The Kowloon Rebels, assisted by the rapid reinforcements of the two battalions, were invincible, and smashed through any fortress that dared to resist and the weakly organized defense line that was hastily organized with the help of "hand cannons" that even the British soldiers felt were inexplicable.

With a dense burst of explosions, the walls of the Doge's Palace collapsed. Almost again, the footage of the Battle of Shanghai, when the four British gunboats were still maneuvering with the small ships of the Rebels, Pauling became a prisoner of the Rebels.

"Dear Mr. Pauling, please order your fleet to immediately cease resistance and surrender to our Cantonese people's armed forces." Zou Guojian shot casually, knocking down a British officer who was trembling and cowering to the side, and stared at Pauling without question, ordering, "Otherwise, you are the second!" He didn't know that the officer he had just killed was the chief officer of the Hong Kong Garrison. In fact, he didn't care about that at all, as a pioneer, his first task was to coerce Pauling to issue a surrender order.

"I ...... I protest against your backsliding, against ...... Protest against your rude behavior. Pauling's neck was stiff, but his voice was a little weak, "You...... Your king Ann has a promise, no...... No use of force. ”

"Fuck you! King An, what King An? With the words, Zhou Chunqi, the leader of the Kowloon Rebel Army, walked in. He looked back at Chen Jingang, the deputy behind him, "Have you heard of King An?" ”

"I haven't heard of it, I only know that our chief leader is called Chen Kai." Chen Jingang touched the official hat of the Ming Dynasty on his head that could only be seen on the stage, pursed his lips, and shook his head again.

"I sue you, standing in front of you is the Guangdong Tiandi Society. It was you who robbed us of our jobs, it was you who poisoned our compatriots with opium, it was you who secretly supported those Qing Dynasty barbarians, and we have an enmity with you! Zhou Chun turned around, pointed at Pauling, and was furious, "Hurry up and honestly order surrender, if you don't surrender, Zou Xianxian, kill me!" I'll see who dares to be trick-or-treating! ”

"Kill? It's too simple, I think it's better not to talk nonsense, pull all the foreign devils who his mother was captured alive to the beach, and light the fire, saving a lot of trouble. Chen Jingang waved his hand and shouted dryly.

Zou Guojian put away the short gun in his hand, stepped forward and patted Pauling on the shoulder, "How is it, Mr. Pauling, please?" ”

Facing the shorter man who was a head shorter than himself, Pauling took a few steps back in a panic, "First...... Gentlemen, you ...... You don't ...... It can't be like this...... I...... I promise you. He hung his head and said cowardly. At this moment, he felt that he was much shorter than the other party, a lot......

Ye Mingchen tried his best, almost cried and wiped his tears, and did not invite the foreigner gunboat, and arrived at Guangzhou City at this time. It's a pity that the foreign gunboat Su Shun saw was facing Guangzhou at this time. Of the original four gunboats, except for one that refused to surrender and fled, the other three had already joined the ranks of the rebels.

As soon as Hong Kong was seized by the rebels, Guangzhou had become a dead city.

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