Han’s Son is Not a Slave

After the surrendered battalion soldiers identified each other, 26 of the 415 Green battalion soldiers participated in the massacre in Houshan. After confirmation, 26 people were pulled out and held together with the flag soldiers. Just when Shao Jiugong was about to intimidate the battalions to kill, Song Xianggong hurried to stop him, and then after Song Xianggong's persuasion, Zhou Shitong agreed not to execute this group of people for the time being, and brought them to Xinhui City to disintegrate the defenders. morale.

Song Xianggong also advised Zhou Shixiang not to rush to attack Xinhui City, but to rest here for a day and wait for the guard camp to arrive before advancing to Xinhui City.

However, Zhou Shixiang disagreed, saying that the soldiers are very fast, and Xinhui City is only forty miles away from Guifeng Mountain. Now the defenders in the city must know the news of the annihilation of the Qing army in Guifeng Mountain. Huicheng attacked, lest the defenders start preparing to defend the city after the initial panic. If the defenders were prepared, it would be conceivable how many Taiping soldiers would throw their lives under the fortified city that even Li Dingguo's army could not conquer.

Song Xianggong said, the Qing army in the left and right cities already knew the situation of Guifeng Mountain, and now rushing to let the defenders be in chaos for a while, and no matter what means Zhou Shixiang took to attack the city, facing the Qing army with a strong city to rely on, the former The battalion still has to pay huge casualties, and it is unrealistic and impossible to imagine that the defenders will collapse on their own.

Yes, the defending general of Xinhui was killed by Yunlong and Zhou Shixiang, and now the commander Wu Jinzhong died in Guifeng Mountain again, but the fact is that there must be other officers in Xinhui City who will take on the important task of defending the city. Besides, the soldiers of the former battalion have been trying to rescue the latter battalion for days. They were marching in a hurry, and they had just fought a battle with the Qing army. From top to bottom, everyone was exhausted and exhausted. Many people couldn't even open their eyelids. At this juncture, let them rush to Xinhui. City, who can bear it, and who can hold it. If you really want to forcibly march, I am afraid most of them will be sent to death.

Of course, Duke Xiang of Song did not bluntly say that Zhou Shixiang forcibly attacked Xinhui City was to die, but euphemistically reminded Zhou Shixiang of the consequences of sending troops now, and he still paid attention to the maintenance of Zhou Shixiang's authority. They were all built by Zhou Shixiang. After Hu Quanzhan died, Zhou Shixiang became the core of the Taiping Army to some extent. Became the soul of the Taiping Army. Although he was neither afraid nor worried about Zhou Shixiang's disgust at his persuasion, Duke Xiang of Song still consciously corrected his position and identity. Now the Taiping Army has only one boss, and that is Zhou Shixiang, a talented newcomer.

After listening to Song Xianggong's words, Zhou Shixiang thought about it for a long time, and intuitively told him that Song Xianggong was right, the brothers in the former camp must rest. More than half of the people had to fall asleep on the mountain road. He no longer insisted on his own opinion, and ordered the entire army to rest at Guifeng Mountain, and then advance to Xinhui City after the guard camp and the Hujie camp who were escorting the food arrived.

During the rest period, Zhou Shixiang was not idle either. He roughly told Song Xianggong about his adaptation of the flag-giving of the former camp in Gaoyao City, and informed the other party about the military operations of the former camp in Zhaoqing Prefecture one by one. Action, after the Taiping army attacked Xinhui City. How will Guangzhou's Ping, Jing, and the Governor's Office deal with the Taiping army that appears in their heartland under their noses?

The two discussed the next move of the Taiping Army after taking Xinhui City, in case they could not take Xinhui City. Where should the Taiping army retreat and develop. This conversation lasted for more than half an hour, during which Lin Wan'er brought the food, but Zhou Shixiang, who was full of thoughts, didn't notice it, which made Miss Wan'er feel very disappointed after going out. Song Xianggong saw it in his eyes and smiled helplessly.

The former battalion is divided into five battalions, and the officer promotion system, Song Xianggong agrees and supports it. If you say that the Taiping battalion gave him the impression of being a rogue, now this reorganization and expansion makes him feel like a regular officer and soldier. view.

Because the three battalions of Zhenlu, Xiongwei, and the three battalions lost a lot of soldiers in the battle, Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong discussed, and asked the three battalions to supplement from the surrendered prisoners of the Green Camp, and selected 100 young men from the more than 200 men who remained in the rear battalion. In this way, the soldiers of the three battalions were replenished again, and all the 520 troops were restored.

More than 300 people from the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain were sent by the Qing army from Xinhuicheng. Many of them knew Zhou Shixiang. When they knew that Zhou Xiucai, who was a high-ranking official of the Qing army, has now become a thousand households of the Ming Taiping Army. Afterwards, these people were all surprised, but after being surprised, they hoped that Zhou Xiu would let them go back because they were all villagers, but Zhou Shixiang did not let these villagers go back, but forced them all to be recruited as soldiers and filled into the rear camp. , and the remaining men in the rear camp were reorganized into the security brigade. The brigade leader was temporarily vacant, and he would take over when Zhao Sihai was healed. Such an arrangement caused these people to complain and curse Zhou Xiucai in private, but none of them dared to escape.

In view of the fact that the armed forces of the rear battalion were too weak, the first battle at Guifeng Mountain could not fully protect the campers, resulting in half the losses of the women and children of the rear battalion during the retreat. Therefore, Duke Xiang of Song asked Zhou Shixiang to expand the armed forces of the rear battalion, so that the rear battalion could have one. Support the strength that can protect itself, so as not to be unable to counterattack when encountering the Qing army again

Zhao Sihai's army can be said to have been wiped out, and the remaining ones have been added to the front battalion. The security team also lost most of it. It is not necessary for Zhou Shixiang to transfer some officers and veterans from the former battalion to the rear battalion, and there is no need to set up a battalion head in the rear battalion following the regulations of the former battalion, and directly expand the security team.

Zhou Shitong agreed to Song Xianggong's request and upgraded the security team to a security team. The specifications of the barracks made Duke Xiang of Song overjoyed. However, Zhou Shixiang later said that it can only be imagined now. Because of the imminent attack on Xinhui City, veterans and officers cannot be recruited from the former battalion, but those Xinhui civilians who have just been recruited into the rear battalion will be temporarily recruited into the security regiment. After entering Xinhui City, all the people who remained in the city were brought into the rear camp. Among them, young men were the reserve soldiers of the security regiment. After arriving at Xiangshan, the formation and training of the security regiment were officially completed.

Although it is only a big cake drawn by Zhou Shixiang, Duke Xiang of Song also knows that the former camp cannot be recruited. The Qing army of the Taiping Army had to rely on the strength of the first battalion. At this time, it is undoubtedly an extremely stupid move to rush to recruit officers and veterans from the former battalion. Even after taking Xinhuicheng, he must give priority to replenishing the former battalion rather than expanding his security regiment.

After nodding in agreement, the security team's affairs came to an end. Zhou Shixiang's future task for Song Xianggong was to bring the remaining 4,000 people from the rear camp to follow the front camp. The lesson this time made Zhou Shixiang dare not easily lead the front camp to act alone. Although the rear battalion is full of old and weak women and children, it is the future support of the Taiping Army. The soldiers and money and food of the front battalion will all fall on the rear battalion in the future. With a stable base, the elderly, children and even women are productive forces. It will also be a soldier.

The four words "all the people are soldiers" is not a casual remark by Zhou Shixiang. He can foresee that the Qing army will definitely not let him stand firm in Xiangshan County, and it will be inevitable to encircle and suppress it again and again. All people must be soldiers, so that everyone in the Taiping Army can play his or her due role, instead of abandoning it at will.

From Song Xianggong's mouth, Zhou Shixiang learned that Lin Wan'er had a very strong performance when surrounded by the Qing army. Much stronger than his sloppy father, and even acting stronger than some men. Song Xianggong casually said that Miss Lin came in just now. Seeing that Lord Qianhu was thinking about something, she left without disturbing her. She seemed a little disappointed when she went out.

I heard this. Zhou Shixiang was dumbfounded, but he didn't go to Wan'er, because until now, he didn't know how to treat this titular maid. I didn't even think about sleeping this girl. Perhaps, in his heart, he could not forget his tragically dead wife. Or, for this girl, he has more sympathy in his heart than anything else.

For Lin Wan'er's sake, and because of the emergency situation at the time, surrender was the choice of most camp veterans and camp managers, and even the thoughts of everyone who was surrounded by the elders, and even Zhao Sihai had the idea of ​​surrendering, Zhou Shixiang. He did not blame these people, nor did he embarrass Lin Wanfu, nor even dismissed Lin Wanfu's position as Ambassador Ku, but instead made them guilty and meritorious. It is understandable to surrender in order to save one's life in a desperate situation. After all, these people are ordinary people in this era. They don't have the hatred of the country and the family like Zhou Shixiang, and there is no national righteousness. They only know to survive. It is unrealistic and immoral to force them to die for the Taiping Army to have enough food.

These arrangements of Zhou Shixiang, to a certain extent, stabilized the uneasy hearts of the camp elders and the camp managers, so that there was no unnecessary turmoil in the back camp because they were worried that Zhou Shixiang would liquidate them.

When the rear camp was surrounded by the Qing army at the foot of the mountain, all the money, grain, and supplies were stored in the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain. Now these money, grain and materials have been recovered, and some money and food from the Qing army have also been captured, but because the Qing army did not carry much when they left the city. Money and grain, so the seizures are limited, but a lot of vehicles and horses have been seized, more than 300 vehicles, which is a pleasant surprise. So many chariots and horses can ease the transportation capacity of the Taiping army's urgent shortage of chariots, and can also speed up the march.

The monk Qilin, who offered to lead the monks in the temple to rescue Taiping, was arrested because the surrendered Qing army told the commander-in-chief Wu Jinzhong that he decided to attack the mountain after receiving a secret letter from the monks on the mountain.

In the Temple of Heavenly Kings, which had been emptied, Zhou Shixiang and Monk Qilin had this brief conversation while standing in front of Di Zang Bodhisattva:

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Tired these days. (To be continued..)