Han’s Son is Not a Slave

After setting up a new meeting strategy with Chen Qice, Zhou Shixiang led the Taiping army to cross the river on the tenth day of the first day.

In the months-long battle of Xinhui, the Taiping Army fought a total of 1,420 officers and soldiers under 100 households and injured 570 people. Later, the security regiment Ding joined forces with the young men of Xinhui, and the Qing army captured 850 people, and the casualties reached the entire army. More than three quarters. By the time it was decided to cross the river, there were only 1,165 officers and soldiers in the five battalions of the Taiping Army, more than 7,800 old and weak people in the rear battalion, and 320 wounded soldiers.

The 2,000 civilians who supplemented the Taiping Army acted with the Taiping Army at the "request" of the Taiping Army. Zhou Shixiang selected 1,500 young and strong men to fill each battalion, and the rest belonged to the security regiment of the rear battalion and the public library army.

After several days of reorganization and screening, 1,700 Qing army prisoners were also added to the Taiping Army and the Security Regiment in batches. 800 Green Battalion soldiers from various prefectures and counties in Guangzhou were recruited into the Taiping Army in the first batch, more than 600 Qing troops who were not from Liaodong were recruited into the second batch, and the remaining 200 Han army flag soldiers from Liaodong were transferred to the newly built artillery barracks to fill in the second batch. Gunner use.

The key to going to Xiangshan is to have a foothold, and Xiangshan is too unfamiliar to the Taiping Army, so the more than 100 green battalions that originally belonged to Xiangshan County received Zhou Shixiang's attention, and they were placed in each battalion as deputy flag leaders, thinking that each battalion occupies Fragrant Hills as a guide.

With the addition of 1,500 civilians and 1,700 Qing troops, the Taiping Army's military strength has reached more than 4,000 people. Not only are the previous five battalions fully staffed, but the new artillery barracks has also reached 600 people. Not only does the Taiping Army's six major battalions have 3,200 troops. , The security regiment of the rear battalion and the public library army also have nearly 2,000 people.

The months-long battle to defend the city and the decisive battle out of the city resulted in a large number of officers of the Taiping Army being killed in action. Zhou Shi's solution to this was to promote a large number of soldiers who had made great achievements in combat as small flags, and even selected 20 people from civilian husbands and prisoners to serve as small flag officers. In addition, Zhou Shixiang had other means to supplement and change the troops. That is the existence of An Junshi.

The role played by the Anjun envoy is similar to that of the political commissar of the army in later generations. Zhou Shixiang was a member of the people's army in his previous life. He has some understanding of the military history and war history. Naturally, he knows how the people's army absorbed and transformed those prisoners of the Kuomintang army during the war of liberation. After telling Song Xianggong about some of the transformation methods in the previous life, the latter selected An army envoys to fill each battalion one by one, and the An army envoys began to play their role from the first day when the soldiers entered the army camp. Judging from the current situation alone, the An Jun envoy's work is very effective. At least, the Qing army prisoners who joined the Taiping Army are generally quiet. Most people have become accustomed to the change of their identities, and even some prisoners have begun to find the An Jun envoys on their own initiative, explaining how they became a Qing soldier and how they did evil under the leadership of the officers, and finally asked the Taiping Army for forgiveness, determined to And the Qing army did not share the sky.

Although the officers of each battalion were somewhat dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of the Anjun envoy, they could not accept their orders and would be questioned by another person, their punishment to their subordinates would be obstructed, and even this person would leapfrog to report his fault. Make him the chief officer very embarrassed. But in any case, the stabilizing effect of the Anjun envoys on the morale of the army is still seen by the officers at all levels, so they reluctantly accept the existence of the Anjun envoys.

Although the months-long fierce battle caused the Taiping army to suffer huge casualties, it also truly turned the Taiping army into an elite soldier in a hundred battles. Those who survived, whether officers or soldiers, were much stronger than before, and the Taiping soldiers who had experienced the **** sea of ​​corpses were already comparable to the elite. The added soldiers have exceeded the total number of original officers and soldiers, but under the cohesive leadership of these Taiping soldiers, the combat effectiveness and loyalty have not declined too much. What Zhou Shixiang has to do next is how to completely transform this complex army. Build it into a strong soldier who can control the situation.

The Hundred Households of the Xiongwei Camp were still held by Shao Jiugong, Ge Yi, the younger brother of Ge Zheng, the former Baihu Camp, was officially appointed as the Hundred Households, and the Hundred Households of the Trapped Camp continued to be held by Tie Yi. Jiang He, a bald man in the Guards Camp, was unable to move because of his foot injury, so Zhou Shixiang ordered Zhao Sihai of the Gongku Army to serve as the 100 households of the Guards Battalion. Qin Zhisheng is still in charge of the Hundred Households of Hujie Camp. Each battalion's 100 trial households were also reported to each battalion's 100 households, and Zhou Shixiang was all inaccurate.

Zhou Shixiang, a candidate for the newly built artillery barracks, decided Qi Hao. Although Qi Hao used to be the chief soldier of the Daxi Army, he is now only a member of the Taiping Army. Qi Hao, who made great contributions to buying salt and bombing camps, was appointed as a senior officer of the Taiping Army, and his appointment did not arouse disgust among other generals. The gunners of the artillery barracks are all captured Han army flag gunners. At first, after he became the hundred households of the artillery barracks, Qi Hao was worried that these Han army flag soldiers would not obey the control, but what surprised him was that there was no need for his actions. The Han army flag soldiers who joined the Taiping Army can suppress the newly joined flag soldiers and manage them obediently, which makes Qi Hao very relaxed.

The problem of food shortage was not adapted because of the captured Qing army food and grass. In order to restore the physical strength of the people who were dying of starvation to the greatest extent, Zhou Shixiang also took out the little food at all costs, so that the people could recover a little bit. But it's still far from being strong. He was in a hurry to leave Xinhui for Xiangshan, also because of the urgent need for food. The vicinity of Xinhui has been devastated by the Qing army. In order to raise food, Chen Qice has been sending sailors along the river to search everywhere. Zhou Shixiang has no sailors who can send food far away, so he can only choose to leave here and go to Xiangshan immediately. ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Compared with the dilapidated Xinhui, Fragrant Hills is a treasure land with rich products. It is closer to Macau. Whether it is food, grass or weapons, as long as it is well managed, it can be obtained.

Originally, Zhou Shixiang wanted the remnants of Xinhui City to stay in the city and not have to follow the Taiping Army, but never thought that these people would all take the initiative to request to go to Xiangshan with the Taiping Army. Somewhat puzzled, he asked Song Xianggong why the people were like this. Song Xianggong told him that there were many women in the Xinhui people who had military marriages with Taiping soldiers. Although many of the men married to these women died in battle, to a certain extent It was said that these Xinhui people, especially those women, were already members of the Taiping Army, so they could not live alone without the Taiping Army. Second, the military discipline of the Taiping Army is very good, taking care of the old and the weak, and whether the new navy who takes over Xinhui can be like the Taiping Army, the people have no idea, so they would rather go to Xiangshan with the Taiping Army than stay in Xiangshan. New adventure. Saying one thousand words and ten thousand, these people in Xinhui are still afraid that the naval discipline is not good, and they are also afraid that they will not be able to keep Xinhui, and they will be harmed by the Qing army again.

Chen Qice provided the greatest assistance to the Taiping Army's advance into Xiangshan. As he had promised before, within two days, he transported all the Taiping Army personnel and materials to the other side by boat, and also presented some captured from the Qing Army. The armor that came here, anyway, his navy can't use these, it is better to let the Taiping army bring it to play some role.

When the whole army crossed the Tan River, Zhou Shixiang issued a military order: No murder, no robbing of goods, no slaughtering of cattle, and no arson in Xiangshan. To be continued.