Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 169: Offense and defense (8)

The 6oo supervising pacesetter brought by Hu Guoli was not taken seriously by Shang Kexi, but the 5oo Zhenghuang Banner Han army brought by Geng Zhongde was ordered to assist in the siege.

Hearing the order, Geng Zhongde did not hesitate or dissatisfaction, and silently led people down to prepare. Hu Guoli waited for a while over there, seeing that Shang Kexi had not ordered his own generals, although he was puzzled, he was also happy. How can there be undead in a war. Lin Shanzhi led the Green Battalion to attack the city before. Judging from the performance of the Taiping army in the city, this time even if the soldiers of the family under King Pingnan went up, I am afraid they would be smashed and bloodied. .

Although the Governor-General has repeatedly instructed himself to obey the orders of King Pingnan, he must not have any objections or dissatisfaction, because the relationship between this new city is too important, and it must be brought back under the control of the Qing army. Let the Taiping army occupy for a long time to prevent the situation from getting out of control, which attracted Li Hu, who had just left at the beginning of the year, to attack again. But now it's not that he refuses to obey orders, it's that King Pingnan doesn't order his generals at all. If that's the case, then it's better to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

From the bottom of his heart, Hu Guoli wished that more of the soldiers of the Shang family would die, or even die. Who made Shang Kexi look down on him, and the Governor-General, who valued him, couldn't urinate in a pot with him. To be honest, this Guangdong really wants to lose Pingnan and Jingnan. He, Hu Guoli, the number one general under the Governor-General, can really rise to the sky and show his ambition!

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Shang Kexi, with the honor of King Pingnan, brought him not only the elite soldiers who could fight under his command, but also the elite soldiers 3ooo directly under the king of Pingnan, 6oo of the governor's palace, and 5oo of soldiers under the king of Jingnan. In addition, there were 4ooo soldiers stationed in the Green Camp in Guangzhou, 26oo people in the battalion under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture, and more than 5,000 young men and women who were mobilized by Guangzhou Prefecture for the war. pity. However, the army did not carry artillery. This was not because Shang Kexi, who was the best at using firearms, was reluctant to bring artillery, but he couldn't.

The number of artillery pieces in the city of Guangzhou is not less than that of Xinhui City, and there are dozens of red cannons weighing several thousand kilograms. Most of these cannons were purchased from Macau by the former Ming Dynasty government. The guns made by the Nanzhen Fusi are stronger, but unfortunately they are too heavy. They are similar to the Hongyi guns at the head of the Ningyuan city. They can only be used for defending the city and not for field battles. If the cannons had to be removed from the city and brought to Xinhui, the time would have been greatly delayed. It didn't take a few days for the gun to be pulled.

The cannons could not be pulled, but a group of small cannons were brought in for field battles. There were tiger squat small cannons used by the Ming army, large pole cannons, and small cannons built for the Qing army after Kong Youde surrendered. The artillery battalion consists of a single battalion, with seventy or eighty small artillery pieces of various types, and most of the gunners are from the Han army flag. But now the Taiping army is huddled in Xinhui City, and there is no sign that they dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, so these small cannons are also useless.

The green camp attack failed. The small cannons are also useless, so far, the only option is to fight for human life. Fortunately, the Taiping army in the city seems to be at the end of the game. Otherwise, Shang Kexi wouldn't have pressed the soldiers of his own family. He said that he was not a fool, even if it was a battle that would consume human lives. His old man won't fight. His old man was convinced that as soon as the soldiers of his own army came on, this Xinhui City would definitely be destroyed!

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As soon as the banner of King Pingnan came out, Lin Shanzhi's heart began to thump. The Green Camp failed to attack the city and suffered thousands of losses. As a general, he could not help but be frightened. Who knows if King Pingnan would throw his anger on his head.

After all, losing thousands of people at a time is an uncompromising defeat. Of course, there are factors that the Taiping Army resisted and Xinhui City was too strong, but as a commanding general, it is not without mistakes. If you want to blame him, what can he do with this general? It is difficult to dare to call out injustice in front of King Pingnan, and put the responsibility for the failure of the war on the prince.

Fortunately, Prince Pingnan didn't scold him, but the order to attack the city again made Lin Shanzhi feel a sudden shock. The corpses under the Xinhui city wall were piled high, and the morale of his subordinates had long been beaten by the Taiping Army. Will attack again, it is impossible to say not to be afraid.

"Sir, what should I do?"

Lin Shanzhi's subordinate, the guerrilla Guo Guangquan, was reluctant to attack the city again. When he attacked the city just now, his subordinates were at the forefront and suffered the most losses. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Taiping Army in Xinhui City was definitely not a mob of thieves, but a strong army that was at least no weaker than the Green Battalion. Definitely still big. The soldiers under his command have already suffered more than half of the casualties. If he really wants to pounce again, I am afraid that even if the city is broken, his guerrilla attack will also become a bare rod.

Lin Shanzhi glared at Guo Guangquan, and said angrily: "What can I do, the prince calls for a fight, let's fight!"

After speaking, his brows were deeply wrinkled. This time, King Pingnan even sent his own soldiers. It can be seen that the prince is determined to take Xinhui City. The soldiers of the own family under King Pingnan usually regarded themselves as the bannermen masters. They were arrogant and arrogant towards them. It would be good if they attacked the city in person and spared the green camp. King Pingnan's order was to say that the soldiers of this family attacked the city in person, but it really didn't mean that the green battalions were rushing in front of them. Could it be that they could really let those bannermen rush to the front line as cannon fodder!

Damn it!

Lin Shanzhi scolded inwardly, and he has not withdrawn until now, so he can only bite the bullet and press his brothers on it.

"Sir, we have to fight, but we can't really kill all the brothers..."

Guo Guangquan also knew that it would be impossible for them to fail, but he didn't want his subordinates to be really light, and he would be a light-handed guerrilla attack by himself.

"Um?"

Lin Shanzhi raised his brows, hesitating a little, wondering if he should save some strength secretly, so as not to really burn out.

At this moment, the guards of the King of Pingnan called on horses to pass the order. After the guards arrived, they did not dismount, but immediately shouted: "Zongbing Lin, King Pingnan has an order. After the city is broken, the sword will not be sealed! The children in the city will take half of the wealth and silk green camp!"

"Ah?! Don't seal the knife?! Take half!"

This order made all the generals of the Green Camp stunned for a while, and then some people's faces turned red. Lin Shanzhi's frown and careful thoughts were also swept away by this sentence, and he turned to be refreshed, and shouted to the left and right: "All Did you hear that, King Pingnan said that after the city is broken, the sword will not be sealed! This is the gold mine that the king gave us to the green camp! Brothers, cheer up, even if you climb, you will climb to the top of Xinhui City for me. City, the girls let the brothers take it, and when the brothers are happy, I will be happy again!"

When the generals of the green camp heard Lin Shanzhi's foul words, they shouted excitedly one by one. More than half of them had experience in massacres. They knew that once the words were not blocked, the fun after the city was broken would be great. And silver is not short of everything!

"Brothers, go ahead, take the Xinhui City, the ladies are up to our gentlemen to choose!"

A green battalion pulled out the general's knife and ran towards Xinhui City. As soon as he ran, thousands of battalions who had been scattered also rushed towards the city wall shouting. (To be continued!

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