In 1899, the impoverished Manchu Qing Empire sent a minister of Chincha to negotiate peace with the invaders on his knees, and even signed an unequal treaty with the invaders to lose power and humiliate the country, and "leased" Chinese territory to the invaders. However, the aggressors did not dare to sign the treaty immediately, but first voluntarily gave up 80% of the occupied land before signing the treaty.
Could it be that the aggressor suddenly discovers his conscience and realizes his mistake? Otherwise, how could it be that the Manchu Qing Empire would voluntarily give up 80% of the occupied land under the condition that it was low. In fact, the reason why the aggressors voluntarily gave up was because they were scared.
After the Sino-Japanese War, Japan's victory over China greatly stimulated the greed of the Western powers. At that time, the capitalism of the Western countries was changing to imperialism, so by taking the opportunity of "three countries interfering to return the Liao", Western imperialism set off a wave of partitioning China.
Among them, the Russian Empire, Germany, and France were the vanguards of the division of China, and these three countries demanded the Return of the Manchu Qing Empire on the grounds that they "interfered and had merit". In 1897, the German imperialist army forcibly landed in the Jiaozhou Bay area of Shandong Province, and compulsorily demanded that Jiaozhou Bay be "leased" for 99 years. To put it bluntly, this kind of "leasing" is to invade China's territory.
In 1898, the French invaders forcibly landed in Guangzhou Bay, not only openly raising the French flag, but also seizing the land of the village name, destroying the villagers' houses, digging up the ancestral graves of the villagers, and openly building French military camps on Chinese territory.
Local villagers came forward to theorize that France should return the land, but they were shot by French soldiers and 4 villagers were killed on the spot. Most infuriatingly, the French also cut off the heads of 4 villagers and hung their heads from trees for public display. Not only that, but French soldiers also demonstratively shelled local villages, directly killing 9 brave men who were planning to rebel against France.
The actions of the French soldiers made the villagers of Guangzhou Bay no longer bear it. Under the leadership of Wu Bangze, the leader of the anti-French resistance, more than 500 villagers from Haitou, Lutang, Nanliu, Hongwu and other villages unveiled the uprising and launched the anti-French struggle by using a French soldier to sacrifice the flag.
In the four battles before and after, more than 500 warriors died and more than 60 people were killed. At that time, France had already made up its mind to occupy Guangzhou Bay by force, and then mobilized more than 1,000 French naval soldiers to land to eliminate 500 warriors in one fell swoop. Seeing that the matter was expanding, Wu Bangze went to other villages to ask for support.
Under the call of Wu Bangze, all villages in Suixi County had villagers participating in the anti-French war, and even formed a formal anti-French regiment to practice volunteer courage, maintaining about 3,000 anti-French regiments at the peak. Not only that, but nearly 10,000 villagers are "reserves" for resisting france, and once the battle starts, all the villagers will concentrate on participating in the war against France.
Under the idea of resisting the law and defending the family and defending the country, the residents of Suixi County paid for the rich and the poor gave their lives, and this war of resistance to France lasted for more than a year. Relying on familiar terrain, the residents of Suixi County beat France around and even almost annihilated the French invading soldiers.
However, the Manchu Qing Empire just had no backbone, only wanted to seek peace, and did not care at all about the results of the resistance of the residents of Suixi County. However, because of the resistance of the residents of Suixi County, the French invaders were frightened, and could only announce that the depth of the French Concession would be changed from the original 150 miles to 30 miles, so as to quell the anti-French struggle of the villagers in Suixi County.