It was the first time that Chen Gu saw civilian armed forces like the Tiandihui fighting, and their fighting style was very different from that of regular troops.

At the beginning, there was basically no direct fighting, all of them were sneak attacks. No matter inside or outside the city, sneak attacks were launched at the same time. The dispersed operations were well coordinated. Basically, they were outnumbered in various places. Although the equipment was a little worse, because they had the initiative and the advantage in numbers, they achieved very good results in the first time.

This is because there were enough members of the Tiandihui and there were relatively few regular troops left in Guangzhou, which allowed the Tiandihui to gain such a huge advantage.

In just half a day, not only were the two cities of Nanhai County and Panyu County captured, but all government offices at all levels were also cleared out.

Because Rong An had once carried out a bloody purge against the Tiandihui, the people of the Tiandihui did not hold back this time. Not only did they launch bloody revenge on government offices at all levels, they even spared the entire city. Almost all the adult men in the city were slaughtered, and the elderly, the weak, women and children were looted. In the end, the entire city was burned down.

Chen the assassin did not stop the Tiandihui's revenge. Some blood debts should indeed be repaid with blood.

Although the lobby of Panyu County Government had been cleaned once, a faint smell of blood could still be smelled.

Chen Gu looked at Yang Yunfeng, Feng Yuanni, Li Jianming and others, and said, "Let's stop the killing here. The White Lotus Sect has almost plundered everything. Go to Ao Island by yourself."

Feng Yuanni curled her lips but did not refute anything. Although their White Lotus Sect sent out 20,000 soldiers this time, they did rob a lot of powerful and wealthy people. Anyway, they were all going to be driven to Ao Island, so they naturally had to make a fortune before leaving.

"White Lotus Sect's command!"

"The Tiandihui will quickly form an elite force of 20,000 people. I need you to capture Luodingzhou and form a defense line to cut off Rong'an's escape route."

"Your Majesty, Tiandihui!" Yang Yunfeng saluted. This time, while Tiandihui was taking revenge, they also looted a lot of good things. They made a lot of money just from the city of Man.

Hainan Island is such a big place, it cannot be built without money.

Finally, Chen Ju looked at Li Jianming and said, "The officials of the Chinese government are unable to come to Guangdong in time, so the affairs of the various government offices in Guangzhou can only be entrusted to you for the time being.

After the heads of various Chinese departments come to Guangdong, your people can stay and continue to serve. China will give priority to your retention. Of course, your positions will definitely change at that time."

Li Jianming thought about it, nodded and agreed, "It is naturally good for the tribesmen to be officials. Although Chen Gu promised Chaoshan that it can be autonomous, Chaoshan is only so big after all, and most of it is mountainous, so the resources are limited.

If you want to grow and develop, you must go out. Since you have to go out sooner or later, you might as well go out now, at least the starting point is higher now. "

"Let me warn you, my people. China values ​​laws the most. Since you have become officials, you must abide by the laws of China. If you make a mistake, the punishment you deserve will not be light," said Chen the Judge.

"I understand!" Li Jianming nodded.

Three days later, the 20,000 elite troops organized by the Tiandihui left Guangzhou and headed west, while Chen Gu had already arrived outside the city of Luodingzhou.

At this time, Luoding Prefecture was very large, basically covering most of the areas west of Guangzhou, and was a major transportation route from Guangdong to Guangxi.

If Guangxi wanted to attack Guangdong, it had to take Luoding Prefecture first to ensure the logistics supply line. Therefore, Rong An's 20,000 elite troops were all deployed in Luoding Prefecture, of which there were more than 10,000 main forces in Luoding City, including 4,000 new troops formed by Rong An himself, 4,000 Eight Banners soldiers from Guangzhou General's Mansion, and 3,000 Green Camp elites.

The Chinese side consisted of 5,000 main forces led by Scar and Roadblock and a joint defense team of 15,000, totaling 40,000 people.

Knowing that Chen Gu had already sent troops from Fujian to Guangdong, the Chinese side was not in a hurry to attack the city. However, small-scale attacks by small troops and fights for various towns outside the city occurred almost every day.

Luoding is basically a mountainous area. Because the two sides were fighting, after Chen Gu entered the outskirts of Luoding City, he had to start taking small roads to bypass the warring parties. The straight-line distance was twenty or thirty miles, and it took a full day to reach the Chinese military camp. This was because there was someone leading the way.

Scar and Stumbling Block were both very happy and even a little excited to see Chen Gu.

"Fu Hang, commander of the Sixth Army, greets the leader!"

"Liu Guangsheng, commander of the Seventh Army, greets the leader."

"You are not brigade commanders now. Didn't Xiaoao already appoint you as generals?" Chen Gu said with a smile.

In order to appease the generals and officers in the army, Chen Xiaoao promoted most of the powerful figures in the army after he ascended the throne. Scar was already a general in Yunnan, and Stumbling Block was a general in Guangxi, both of them were third-rank officials.

"hey-hey!"

Stumbling Block and Scar didn't know how to respond and could only smile foolishly. They wanted to show their loyalty to Chen Guan and said that they would always support Chen Guan and only recognize Chen Guan, but they were not sure of Chen Guan's attitude. After all, Chen Xiaoao was Chen Guan's biological son.

When Chen Xiaoao ascended the throne and became emperor, Chen Gu did not express his opposition explicitly. In this case, if they expressed their opinions first, no matter what choice they made, it might not be to Chen Gu's liking, so he might as well not say anything.

Chen Gu smiled and said, "Don't feel embarrassed. As long as we don't forget our original intention when doing things, we can find what we need and then choose how to do it.

As for who you are loyal to, it doesn’t really matter, and you shouldn’t be loyal to anyone, because I could make mistakes or be incompetent.

Therefore, you don’t need to be loyal to any one person, but should be loyal to this nation and this country. Even if you are loyal to the Chinese Code, it is actually better than being loyal to any one person.”

Scar and Stumbling Block couldn't help but look at each other. They heard that Chen Gu didn't seem to care so much about power. In this case, would Chen Gu return to Chongqing?
Chen Gu smiled and said, "Let's talk about the future later. For now, let's think about how to deal with Rong An. Let me first report on the current battle situation."

"Luoding City was built on the mountainside, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. So far, we have not thought of a way to attack the city. We have only been fighting the Qing army in various towns outside the city. Relying on our military advantage, the towns on the west side of the city have basically all fallen into the hands of our army." Scar said.

Chen Gu nodded and said, "Since it is difficult to attack the city, then we should just surround it instead of attacking it. The 20,000 elite soldiers of the Tiandihui have already left Guangzhou and will soon enter the counties of Luoding to attack the city and seize the territory.

If we clear out the market town outside Luoding, Luoding will become an isolated city, and a stalemate will be beneficial to our army."

(End of this chapter)