In the Western Prince's Mansion in Suzhou, Xiao Yungui touched his chin after hearing Hong Yun'er's words and said, "Yes, it must be like this. Since the Fujian Xiaodao Society has already raised an army, we cannot ignore it. We must send someone to contact He Bin, Liu Lichuan and others immediately. Suzhou has been settling here, and the Qing reinforcements outside Hangzhou have retreated. It is still a matter of time to settle an isolated city in Hangzhou. Then I will go back to Shanghai in person to end the war in Shanghai. Hangzhou can allow Li Xiucheng's troops to go south to support Fujian at any time!"

Hong Yuner nodded happily and said, "That's right, in this way, we can not only take down southern Jiangsu, but also seek Fujian." The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling that the haze that had been shrouded in front of us for a long time had dissipated, and a bright road seemed to be revealed in front of us. They didn't know that after the Fujian Xiaodao would uprising, they were now struggling to support it.

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On that day, He Bin, Liu Lichuan, Pan Qiliang, Chen Alin and others took dozens of brothers from Bai Zetang to head south on foreign merchant ships and arrived in Xiamen a day later. After landing, everyone disguised themselves as a boat and rushed straight to Haicheng County, the head of the Xiaodaohui Association of Fujian. Haicheng County is the name of a county in the Qing Dynasty. In the 45th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it was established in part in the Jinghai Pavilion and Zhangpu County in Longxi County and belonged to Zhangzhou Prefecture.

Since Huang Demei, a wealthy businessman in Longxi County, joined, the Fujian Xiaodao Association has strongly supported Xiaodao Association economically. At the beginning of the second year of Xianfeng, he and Huang Wei, another leader of the Fujian Xiaodao Association, went to Nanyang to contact members, and purchased thousands of Xiaodao secretly shipped them to Shimeishe South Gate. At the same time, a martial arts museum was set up, and he practiced martial arts hard, recruited many people, and prepared to arm the anti-Qing army.

In February of the second year of Xianfeng, 42 Dagu ships were built at the Zhuoqi Shipyard in Haicheng County; in April, 36 broad-headed shallow ships were built at the Shima Fuhe Shipyard for business purposes. In April of the third year of Xianfeng, Wang Shiqing, the magistrate of Haicheng County, sent troops to attack Zhupu Village, and the brothers of the leader of the Xiaodaohui, were arrested and imprisoned.

The Fujian Xiaodaohui was in panic for a moment, and the news came. The crowd was infuriated, some people were clamoring to immediately raise trouble to save people, and some were old-fashioned and steadfast suggestions that it was best to contact the Shanghai Xiaodaohui and Nanjing Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to work together to achieve great things. At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had occupied Nanjing, and anti-Qing uprisings were on the rise one after another in the country. The Shanghai Xiaodaohui was also preparing to prepare for an uprising. Huang Wei and Huang Demei believed that the uprising was ripe, but they needed to contact foreign aid and defend each other, so they sent a contact person north to Shanghai in May. However, they did not expect that the contact person would never return, and Huang Wei and Huang Demei used money to temporarily save the lives of the Jiang brothers. All kinds of news came in chaos. The Taiping Army was defeated, the Taiping Army had captured Shanghai, and the Qing army had counterattacked. In short, the chaos made Huang Wei and Huang Demei not know how to make a decision.

After He Bin, Liu Lichuan and others arrived in Haicheng County, they immediately contacted Huang Wei and Huang Demei. Huang Wei and Huang Demei met Liu Lichuan and others and He Bin, the envoy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. They were naturally overjoyed. After discussing the truth, He Bin and others decided to raise the matter immediately and rescue the Jiang brothers first. Taking advantage of the fact that the Fujian Admiral Li Tingyu went north and the Qing army in Fujian was empty, they seized several big cities and thought it was the foundation, and they met with the Taiping Army in Xu Tu.

On the fourth day of June, Xiaodaohui raised the banner of "officials forcing the people to rebel" and "anti-Qing and restoring the Han Dynasty" at the southern gate of Shimei. The uprising army publicly recommended Huang Wei as the Grand Marshal, Huang Demei as the Grand Commander. Huang Chao was the deputy commander and Liu Lichuan as the general. Within three days, thousands of people joined the army. The uprising army was organized into four routes in the east, west, south, north, and twelve brigades, Pan Qiliang, Chen Alin, Huang Baye, Cai Maozhao, Lin Sha, Huang Ying as the land general, and Huang Mayi as the navy general. The uprising army learned from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and all had their hair and their heads wrapped in red cloth. On the sixth day of June, the uprising army vowed to set off, and Shimei got off the ship and crossed the Jiulong River to Haicheng, and attacked the county town overnight.

Because of the incident involving Xiaodaohui, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Fa's brothers were killed by the Qing army in prison. The rebel army captured the guerrilla Chong'an in Haicheng County alive, and tied him to the spirit of Jiang Yuan's brothers to worship and chant. He also learned from the Taiping Army to release food to the people in Haicheng County, and the followers were like rain for a while.

On the night of the seventh day of the sixth month, the rebel army took advantage of the situation to attack and captured Shima. On the tenth day of the first day, the rebel army captured and killed Zhangzhou City and Changtai County, and captured and killed Zhangzhou garrison Cao Sanzhu, Tingzhang Longdao and Zhangzhou Prefect Wenxiu. On the 12th, Huang Wei and Huang Demei learned that Shi Degao, the admiral of the Qing Xiamen Navy, went out to patrol the outer sea, and the troops in the city were empty, so they led three or four thousand people to follow the trend and landed in Xiamen Jundang Port. Members of the Xiaodao Association in the city opened the city gate to respond. The rebel army quickly occupied Xiamen City and captured and killed the guerrilla Zheng Zhenying. On the same day, Tong'an and Anxi were occupied, Zhangpu on the 13th, Pinghe Guanxi, and on the 14th, Tongshan and Yunxiao were captured.

The rebel army was so powerful that it received the support and support of the working people wherever it went. People near Zhangzhou, heard the news and responded to it. Xiaodaohui occupied Shima. After Changtai, the number of people nearby increased to more than 8,000. The people voluntarily donated grain and slurry to welcome the rebel army. Most dock workers, boatmen, policemen and people in all industries responded immediately. The people were willing to follow Xiaodaohui and resist the Qing Dynasty to the end.

After occupying Xiamen, Huang Wei, Huang Demei and others officially announced their joining the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and issued a notice in the name of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to denounce the crimes of the Qing Dynasty: "The elders have been harsh in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and corrupt officials and governments have all become harsh and exhausted their burials." They called on the people to support Xiaodaohui. After the rebel army entered Xiamen, they did not commit any crimes and were warmly welcomed by the people. The rebel army also issued a notice to abolish harsh taxes and reduce the burden on the people.

The day after the rebel army occupied Xiamen, Huang Wei and Huang Demei discussed with He Bin, and sent people to send a letter to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to explain the situation of the Fujian uprising. They hoped that the King of the West would send troops to support him quickly, and sent thousands of people to Quanzhou and Taiwan. It was expected that after landing in Taiwan, they would immediately establish contact with Wu Qing, the leader of the Fengshan County Party Committee of Taiwan, and then cooperated with Wu Qing to instigate Lin Gong, and communicate information with the two counties of Taiwan and Chiayi. After the news arrived in Taiwan, a huge Taiwan Xiaodao Society uprising broke out quickly in Fengshan, Taiwan and Chiayi.

At the same time, Xiaodaohui uprising leaders Huang Wei, Huang Demei and others also formulated plans to directly attack Taiwan. They made an appointment with Ji Maosheng, who often operated in the Taiwan Strait, asking him to recruit troops and fleets, and scheduled to launch an attack on Taiwan in July and August.

At this moment, it seemed that the situation of the Xiaodaohui in Fujian was very good, but unexpectedly, a sudden typhoon interrupted the prairie fire and gave the Qing army a chance to breathe. After the typhoon landed in Fujian, Xiamen was raining for several days, and the city was more than meter deep, which hit the rebels. Huang Wei, Huang Demei, He Bin, Liu Lichuan and others had to suspend the offensive and concentrate their efforts to fight against nature.

The local governments in Fujian in Qing Dynasty took great pains to suppress the sudden outbreak of the Xiaodao Rebellion. Wang Yide, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, personally came to Quanzhou to command, dispatch troops and collect food and money. He also requested the court to transfer Li Tingyu, who had rich experience in naval battles, back to Fujian for battle. He also asked the court to transfer the Guangdong Navy, who was fighting in Shanghai, back to Fujian to respond to the battle, and mobilized Guangdong Chaoyong to Fujian to assist in the encirclement and suppress the Xiamen uprising. At the same time, Wang Yide also summoned nearby landlords and gentry to organize the Boxer Army and jointly suppress the Xiaodao Rebellion.

As soon as Li Tingyu led his troops to Ningbo, he received the matter of the Fujian Xiaodaohui's uprising. Wang Yide's official documents arrived soon. He ordered Li Tingyu to turn around and go south to support him. The siege of Hangzhou was the governor of Liangjiang to worry about it. Li Tingyu is from Xiamen, Fujian, and his hometown is in Xiamen. When he heard that his hometown was occupied by rebels, he did not care about having an appointment with Jiang Zhongyuan and immediately brought troops back.

Because Wang Yide personally commanded the counterattack of various Qing troops, and a typhoon caused a lot of losses to the Xiamen Uprising Army. The original offensive of the rebels failed to launch, resulting in the rebels being trapped in Zhangzhou, Shima, Haicheng, Zhangpu, Anxi, Tong'an and other places. After the Qing army counterattacked, the rebels were short of materials and had a small strategic space. At the same time, Huang Wei, Huang Demei, He Bin, Liu Lichuan and others lacked the talent of commander and were defeated repeatedly. After fierce fighting in Zhangzhou, Shima, Haicheng, Zhangpu, Anxi, Tong'an and other places, they all fell one by one, and the rebels gradually could only be trapped in the isolated island of Xiamen.

In addition, the internal personnel of Xiaodaohui was complex and there were many factions. The old subordinates of the Jiang brothers believed in the instigation of the Qing army and believed that it was Huang Wei, Huang Demei and others who launched an uprising to kill the Jiang brothers. The conflicts between the various factions in Xiaodaohui gradually became sharp.

At the same time, the morale of the uprising army that was defeated was depressed. In addition, the lack of materials and the discipline of various departments was loose. The destruction of military discipline, extortion, gambling and plunder began to occur continuously, and the residents of Xiamen began to feel dissatisfied with the uprising army.

Subsequently, the Xiamen Navy Admiral Shi Degao, the Qing army navy besieged the Fujian Xiaodaohui Uprising Navy in Xiamen, and the Qing army surrounded the road passage. Xiamen became an isolated city, and the news was cut off. The envoys sent previously were also seen through and intercepted by the Qing army halfway. Therefore, Xiao Yungui from Suzhou had never received any news from Fujian.

At the same time, the leaders of the uprising had differences on major issues. He Bin, Liu Lichuan and others insisted on breaking through the siege and heading north and meeting with the Taiping Army in the West Palace. However, Huang Wei and Huang Demei no longer had the confidence to fight again. In addition, the nearby landlords and gentry took the opportunity to contact Huang Demei and instigate them to dismantle the Rebels. At that time, the Taiwan uprising army was also surrounded by the Qing army and was in adversity. Seeing that an uprising was about to be strangled in the cradle like in history.

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On the afternoon of the next day, in the Humble Administrator's Garden of the Western Prince's Mansion, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner invited members of Luo Weilin's medical team. The main purpose of the couple was to raise a relationship with Modana Pasteur, Clifford and Rothschild, so they arranged the luncheon.

During the meal, Zuo Zongtang, Yao Yuan and others accompanied him, and everyone was enjoying the gossip and chatting. When talking about everyone's hard work, Xiao Yungui naturally praised it very much, but the Taiping Army banned alcohol, and there was less talk during the meal without drinking.

Halfway through the meal, Luo Weilin suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, the war in Xiamen seems to be ineffective. Do we need to mediate for a while? Perhaps relying on our UK, your army's warriors in Xiamen can save some of them." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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