Han’s Son is Not a Slave

The old general Chen Qice held Zhou Shixiang's hand, and he didn't know what to say. When he heard that the Taiping Army had recaptured Guangzhou, he was so happy that he shed tears of joy by the Tanjiang River. He was even more excited when he met Zhou Shixiang. .

Zhu Tong, the general of Zhenguo, who came from the clan, was also excited. Since the second year of Yongli, the situation in Guangdong has been collapsing. Even though there were two expeditions by the King of Jin, it did not help the situation in Guangdong. The essence of Guangdong Province is occupied by the Qing army, and it has always maintained an overwhelming advantage over the Ming army. To put it in a bad way, most of the Ming army in Guangdong is just lingering, and it is impossible to talk about regaining lost ground, and it is even difficult to defend. Now the Taiping Army has recaptured Guangzhou in one fell swoop, beheading the Manchujing Army Hamu, killing the King of Pingnan, Shang Kexi, and forcing the King of Jingnan, Geng Jimao. Daming army strikes!

The recovery of Guangdong Province is just around the corner!

"Excellent scholar! Shang Zhixin's kid was captured alive?"

Zhu Tong laughed and came up to give Zhou Shixiang a heavy shoulder hammer, but it was the hammer that the elders recognized the younger generation, and it was not malicious. He liked this young man from the bottom of his heart, and was proud of himself for being able to seize the opportunity to lead his team to the new club to help Chen Qice. If he didn't come, how could there be such a good thing waiting for him.

A few days ago, Deng Yao from Qinzhou, Zhou Jintang from Lianjiang, and Li Changrong from Hailing Island all sent people to Xinhui to contact Chen Qice and Zhu Tong. All the leaders of the prefectures were sawed and killed, and they sent people to Kunming to report the victory. They all thought that the Taiping army could defeat the Qing army, but if they led their troops, wouldn't they be able to immediately capture Guangzhou and regain it? Guangdong Province.

For this reason, Deng Yao and the others changed their previous negativity and became very optimistic. Several letters were kept going back and forth, trying to jointly attack Guangzhou, and then divide the ownership of the sites near Guangzhou according to the number of troops sent by each family. As a result, when they heard that the Qing army in Guangzhou was attacking the Taiping army in three directions, there was no news at all, and they shrank again one by one. It's fine now. The talented people led the Taiping Army to take Guangzhou silently. Let's see if they have the guts to discuss how to divide the territory.

Guangzhou, Zhu Tong doesn't want to, he knows how much he has. Zhaoqing, but he was watching closely, and he made up his mind that this time, no matter what, Zhou Shixiang would send troops to assist them in recovering Zhaoqing.

Zhou Shixiang saw Zhu Tongzhen for the first time, and he always thought that this person must be very wretched or very philistine. Otherwise, it looks like a profiteer, and I don't want this person to look very simple and honest. If the armor on his body is stripped and replaced with common people's clothes, no one will doubt that he is an old farmer.

It's really unbelievable, Zhou Shixiang said to Zhu Tong with emotion: "Shang Zhixin has been executed by me."

"killed?"

Zhu Tong was stunned, shook his head with some pity, and said, "Why did you kill him? It would be great to take this child prisoner to the imperial front. It will not only promote your reputation as a scholar, but also my great military prestige. The emperor has met. Happy for sure."

Chen Qice also felt that it was a pity that Zhou Shixiang killed Shang Zhixin like this, but it was only a pity that he couldn't digest the miracles created by the scholars these days. He really didn't care much about the life and death of a prince of Pingnan. on the heart.

"I have a lot of Han troops from the Pingnan domain under my command. If I keep the old master of Shang Zhixin, I am afraid that these Han troops will be unstable."

Zhou Shixiang told him frankly that if he did not kill Shang Zhixin, Pingnan Fan would not be able to return to his heart when the Han army descended.

"That's true."

Zhu Tong nodded after hearing this, although the Taiping Army is now growing amazingly. But the number of troops dropped is also staggering. Although there are family members who are pinching them, it is impossible to justify if they are not careful. He stopped talking about it, but smiled and pointed at the Han army prisoners who were being held on the ground. Said: "These Han soldiers are all for you, what is the price? One person can bring 50 catties of rice for 10 taels of silver. How about you?"

Just finished dealing with a greedy deputy general of the Qing Dynasty, and now he wants to deal with a greedy general of the Ming Dynasty Zhenguo, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help laughing and laughing. With the intention of helping the friendly army and taking advantage of the friendly army, he readily agreed.

"It will be done according to General Zhenguo's will."

Zhu Tong asked for money when they met, which made Chen Qice blushed. Zhou Shixiang's refreshment made him even more gratified. He stepped forward and told Zhou Shixiang that he had placed all the refugees transferred from Xiangshan in the city, and they could be sent back later.

Zhou Shilian thanked him quickly, and said that he would let Duke Xiang of Song start this matter when he went back, and he would definitely compensate these people for their food and drink in Xinhui City.

Chen Qice didn't refuse. His family was not generous. If it wasn't for Zhou Shi's help in the past few months, the sailors would have been hungry long ago. Because Zhaoqing was still in the hands of the Qing army, Chen Qice did not dare to recruit refugees on a large scale to cultivate the land outside Xinhui City, so basically there was no income, and he could barely maintain it. This is also why Zhou Shixiang sent Zhaoqing to each other, and he and Zhu Tong immediately sent their divisions to help the battle.

The Xinhui side was really poor, and the most important thing was that there were too few people, and most of them were killed by the Qing army. Zhaoqing is relatively better. After all, it is a land of one government. As long as it is managed well, it is still possible to be self-sufficient. More importantly, Zhaoqing was when the country of Zijian was enthroned today, so the significance of recovering Zhaoqing was no less than the recovery of Guangzhou.

"The Xiucai has made a lot of money now. Don't be polite to him. Go back and ask someone to settle the account, and then double it to send it to the Xiucai. If you can't finish it, I can order it." Zhu Tong did not forget to take the opportunity. Even if the autumn wind blows, his life will not be easy.

"This time, I'm going to take someone back to Guangzhou, Zhaoqing..."

Zhou Shixiang told them what Tang Sanshui, the deputy general of Zhaoqing, had agreed to with him. Chen Qice and Zhu Tong were overjoyed when they heard that Tang Sanshui was willing to take people to the city of fraud.

Without further ado, the three of them agreed that Zhou Shixiang would allocate 500 of his own soldiers to join Tang Sanshui's Zhaoqing battalion on a navy boat and enter Zhaoqing along the Xijiang River. Chen and Zhu selected more than 1,000 elite soldiers to wait outside the city. When the city opens, they will all kill and enter. After taking Zhaoqing, Tang Sanshui led people to Shaozhou, Zhou Shixiang's troops returned to Guangzhou, and Zhaoqing City was officially taken over by Chen and Zhu. After the negotiation, today's battlefield was captured and divided into accounts, and Zhou Shixiang happily bid farewell to the two of them, and hurriedly led the army back to Guangzhou.

Chen Qice and Zhu Tong were thinking about Zhaoqing City, and they didn't have the heart to stay in Sanjiangkou any longer.

Tang Sanshui had already selected 600 reliable men. Zhou Shixiang asked Zhu Qinglai to bring 500 soldiers to Zhaoqing with Tang Sanshui, and Suna followed with dozens of Manchu soldiers. It can be regarded as adding insurance. If Xu Erxian has any doubts, Suna will deceive the city.

This is the advantage of backward communication. Up to now, the information about the Manchu soldiers in the Taiping army has not been known by the Qing army in Guangdong, let alone the Qing soldiers in the north. If Zhou Shixiang is willing, he can let these Manchu soldiers of Suna go to cheat the city, but he does not plan to do so, because he does not need so much territory at the moment.

Zhou Shixiang's top priority was to organize his army. Guangzhou Prefecture had jurisdiction over more than ten counties. In addition, Zhou Shixiang still does not have an effective civil service system, and the township and village government system in Xiangshan has just been established. Only the Guangzhou site can barely set up the management system. No matter how many, no one can use it. Relying on those who demoted officials and officials, this is still the previous ruling system, unable to maximize the manpower and resources under the Taiping Army's rule.

If Sun Kewang was not defeated and the Qing army entered Yunnan in large numbers, Zhou Shixiang would naturally have time to start the construction of the civil government system, slow down the plan, and maximize the resources of Guangdong. The Taiping Army has been trained to deal with the upcoming big changes.

Zhou Shixiang did not bring all the captured Qing troops back to Guangzhou, but divided them into four groups, one was placed in Shunde, the other was placed in Xiangshan, the other was placed in Panyu, and the other was placed in Guangzhou.

Hu Qili led his superintendent to march towards Huizhou on the eighth day of the first lunar month. The superintendent's desire for new territory made their advance very fast. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com captured several counties in Boluo and Changning within two days, and several more. The county came by word of mouth, and the magistrate appointed by the Qing court had already changed its position before the arrival of the Hu Department. Huizhou prefect Wang Wen absconded with his seal, and almost any resistance in Huizhou was declared dead. Just like the Taiping Army, Hu Qili's army grew like a snowball in Huizhou, and the garrison battalions in the counties were all cut off and turned into the Ming Army.

Hu Qili pretended to be the commander-in-chief of Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to seal officials. In just one month, his army expanded to more than 10,000 people, and the number of direct-line soldiers and horses stationed in the Fucheng Guishan also expanded to more than 3,000 people. .

Without asking Suna to come forward, Tang Sanshui successfully deceived the city gate. After entering the city, except for leaving people to control the city gate to welcome Chen and Zhu Bu's Ming army into the city, he and Suna led the troops straight to the general military mansion. Xu Erxian, the general Zhaoqing soldier in his sleep, was hacked to death before he could organize human resistance. After Xu Erxian was killed, the battalions in the city were headless, and they were quickly defeated by the Ming army. After dawn, the Ming army flag was raised at the head of the city of Zhaoqing.

Tang Sanshui played a trick, he ransacked Zhaoqing's government treasury, and took advantage of the chaos to loot the big households in the city again, and went to Shaozhou with hundreds of large and small carriages. Zhu Tong was so angry that he wanted to send troops to hunt him down, but Chen Qice tried to persuade him to stop him.

After learning about this, Zhou Shixiang had no choice but to coordinate, let Tang Sanshui take out some of the money, and post another part himself, which made General Zhen Guo less angry.

Zhaoqing prefecture governs more than a dozen counties like Huizhou. Once the prefectural city is lost, the counties will change their flags one after another, and some magistrates who are unwilling to change their flags are also tied to the city head by battalions. The battalion led by the Duyang Chung County magistrate resisted stubbornly, but the Ming army broke the city in less than a day. In just over a month, all the forty-eight counties in Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, and Huizhou have been reinstated, and the news has shaken the world.

(To be continued.)

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