The great landholders of South China, following the traditions of Tseng Kuo-fan and Tso Tsung-tang who put down the Taiping Rebellion, might raise a gentry-led guerrilla force.

• 中国南方的大地主，可能会继承当年镇压太平天国的曾国藩和左宗棠的衣钵，编练由乡绅领导的游击队。