Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Huang Zhizheng, the magistrate of Xinhui County appointed by the Qing court, set himself on fire in the county office after the Taiping army broke the city. Fortunately, the fire only burned in the back hall and did not spread to the entire county office. After that, sergeant Hujieying entered the county office to search for it Out of the Tang newspapers and official documents sent by Beijing, Guangzhou and other places over the years.

Combining the contents of Tang Bao’s official documents, the confessions of the prisoners and the reconnaissance along the way, Zhou Shixiang divided the forces of the enemy and us on the map of Guangdong Province he drew, with the red dots representing the Ming army and the black dots representing the Qing army, and then called the generals to discuss.

On the map, there is not much difference between the number of red dots representing the Ming army and the number of black dots representing the Qing army, and even the number of red dots is higher than the black dots, but the areas where the Ming army is located are all remote mountainous and coastal areas. The Qing army occupied the most important areas in Guangdong Province, among which Guangzhou and Chaoshan were full of black spots. In comparison, the manpower and material resources controlled by the Ming army were far beyond their reach.

"Wei Yingdeng in Dong'an, Ye Biao's army in Chief Soldier, Wang Han's army in Qingyuan Mountain in Shaozhou, and Deng Yao's army in Longmen Island in Qinzhou each have hundreds to thousands of soldiers."

"General Zhu Tong of Ningfan Zhenguo, Zhou Tengfeng of Haibei Road, Zhangpingbo Zhou Jintang of Shicheng County, Li Changrong, General of Hailing Island in Yangjiang County, Huben General Wang Xing of Enping County, and Linghai of Chuanshan and Xiachuan Mountains in the South China Sea. General Chen Qice's department has the same soldiers and different qualities, but all have navy divisions, so the Qing army can't help it."

"These Ming soldiers and righteous teachers all belonged to Guo Zhiqi, a great scholar of the Yongli Dynasty. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lianchengbi promoted him. In addition, Gaozhou also has Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of the four prefectures. , Lei, and Lianzhou, among them, General Linghai Chen Qice has just hit the Qing army, you can use it, and Li Changrong, the commander of Hailing Island, is closest to us. If the navy is defeated, our army can cross the river and go straight to Fragrant Mountain."

"Green camp prisoners confessed. There are many Ming army activities in the mountains near Xinhui. These people were left behind when the King of Xining retreated in time at the beginning of the year. There are soldiers of the King of Xining and other Ming army volunteers. I went down the mountain with Mr. Hu. When we attacked Xinhui, we almost couldn't retreat."

Speaking of this, Song Xianggong paused, with a sad expression on his face, obviously thinking of the deceased Hu Quan, and Ge Zheng and others were also sad when they saw it.

Corrected his face. Song Xianggong put away his sadness and continued: "Master Qianhu has sent people to contact these defeated soldiers. Although these defeated soldiers are mixed, but there are many good men who are single-minded and restored, and many of them were once different. The elite soldiers of the town are allowed to be scattered all over the place without any help. Over time, I am afraid that they will become bandits or they will really die. Therefore, if they can be recruited into our Taiping Army, it will definitely strengthen our army and make it possible These guys have renewed hope to compete with the Tartars."

Wait for Song Xianggong to finish speaking. Zhou Shixiang got up and said: "We have sent people to contact the defeated soldiers and the Ming army in various places. Our top priority now is to defeat the attack of the Qing army in Guangzhou. Only in this way will these defeated soldiers come to join us. Those who care about the Ming Dynasty, Han men who don't want to be slaves in Manchuria will also come to join us! Even if we can't defeat the Qing army, we must be nailed here... Even if we die, we must die in this Xinhui city!"

Zhou Shixiang said it decisively, and all the generals also knew that Xinhui World War I would affect the life and death of the Taiping Army, and there was nothing to say at the moment.

Situation analysis has been done to the best of Zhou Shixiang's ability. It is also analyzed in great detail, and it is better to seek oneself than to seek others. Zhou Shixiang has always believed in this since Luo Ding started his army. Therefore, he gave up the idea of ​​going west to join Li Dingguo, and instead used the power of Hu Quan to create his own situation.

Everything has been arranged for the outside world. The "ren" in the city are also on the side of the Taiping army. They have the strong city to rely on, and the whole battalion is willing to fight to the death. Zhou Shixiang has made up his mind. In Xinhui City, the monks Kexi and Geng Jimao will compete for the top. Down.

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The Taiping Army was established, with 20 soldiers as a team, five teams as a team, five teams as a battalion, and 20 additional troops. Therefore, a battalion consists of 520 soldiers. There are Xiongwei, Hujie, Zhenlu, trapped formation, and guards. Five camps.

After the battle of Guifeng Mountain, all battalions were killed and wounded. After supplementing the Green Camp prisoners, the battalions are now fully staffed as Guards, Guards, and Tigers. The total strength of the five battalions in the front battalion is less than 2,500.

With 2,500 troops guarding Xinhui City, the strength of the troops is definitely not worrying, and the number of recruits and prisoners in each battalion accounts for more than half, and there are many without training, and the combat effectiveness is in doubt. In addition, the loyalty of the newly recruited prisoners was also doubtful. The Taiping army remained strong, and these prisoners did not dare to change. Although the act of killing the flag soldiers can temporarily stabilize people's hearts, it is really a matter of life and death. It is doubtful whether the Qing army will let them go after how many green camp prisoners will be worried about their rebellion. After all, when the head was about to fall, even if they knew it was a living straw, many people would reach out and grab it.

Zhou Shixiang had no time, and there was no need to take precautions against potential dangers, whether it was possible to make the prisoners return to their hearts, and whether to turn recruits into veterans. Whether we can hold on to Xinhui depends on whether we can defeat the first attack of the Qing army. If we win, there will be no danger. If we lose, what danger will we talk about.

The shortage of troops had to be made up for by weapons. The dozen or so of the Great General Cannons and dozens of bronze cannons in Xinhui City became Zhou Shixiang's decisive bargaining chip.

There were only a few dozen people in the Taiping army who could handle artillery. For this reason, Zhou Shixiang decided to kill the prisoners. After the repair of the city wall, more than 100 Han troops with blue flags were driven to the city. When the Taiping army wanted to kill them, Zhou Shixiang gave them a choice, either to fight for the Taiping army, or to jump from the city by himself~www.NovelMTL.com~ The result was not unexpected, all the Han army chose There was no hesitation in working for the Taiping Army. To be on the safe side, Zhou Shixiang was equipped with two swordsmen for each cannon. These swordsmen had only one task, to supervise whether the Han troops were not doing enough work.

With dozens of cannons in hand, the Taiping army has a little more confidence in holding the new club. In terms of other weapons, it is also very sufficient. Thanks to the Qing army in the city, the Taiping army has 250 fire guns, 16 large-pole shotguns, 72 standard long knives, 1362 spears, 460 bows and arrows, and arrows. There are nearly 6,000 branches, 8 iron armors, and 180 cotton armors.

The weapons of the five battalions have been equipped in place, the iron armor has been issued to officers at all levels, and the cotton armor has also been issued to the Zhenlu battalion. In this way, Ge Zheng's Zhenlu battalion has become the only battalion equipped with armor in the Taiping Army. 's barracks.

Although there were many bows and arrows, the Taiping Army had few soldiers who could shoot arrows. In the end, 100 soldiers from the Green Battalion were selected to serve as archers. There were not many war horses in the city, only more than 20. These war horses were distributed to Zhu Er's cavalry team. For this reason, the cavalry team was only a few dozen people, and it could not be used as an independent fighting force. And the possible appearance of the Han flag cavalry against. To be continued