Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Zhou Shixiang was reluctant to execute all the prisoners of the Qing army, but the Taiping army was unable to eat so many prisoners. Completely upside down, this will kill the Taiping army.

Hu Deyu's proposal to punish all the soldiers, also made Zhou Shi admire this gentle-looking Taishan County magistrate, and secretly admired the county magistrate's courage and murderous heart. This matter was changed to Song, who was also a scholar. Duke Xiang could not do it. Such a character cannot be underestimated.

Subduing troops would definitely not kill them all, and Zhou Shixiang couldn't accept Hu Deyu's suggestion that was a complete waste of human resources. He found Chen Qice and Wu Yuan and explained what he meant. Zhou Shixiang believed that although these soldiers were all **** who helped Zhou and betrayed their ancestors, but after all, they were also Han people, whether they were banner soldiers or battalion soldiers, they were still Han people in the eyes of the Manchus, so they could be distinguished from the Manchus. Treat, after all, so many soldiers who have killed people in battle are useful to the Taiping Army and the navy. It is too wasteful to kill them all in vain.

After Chen Qice thought about it, he agreed with Zhou Shixiang's opinion. Wu Yuan also felt that killing people was not the best way to deal with it, but how to deal with such a large number of surrendered troops was also a hassle. Right now, the Ming army is on the verge of a great victory, and the descending soldiers will not dare to act rashly for a while, but if time passes, it is inevitable that they will not make any trouble. Besides, the two armies didn't have much food, so they couldn't just feed them.

Wu Yuan asked Zhou Shixiang what he could do, and Zhou Shixiang suggested that the soldiers should be divided up by the two families, just like allocating people. But before the division, the soldiers must kill the officers among them by themselves, so as to get rid of those stubborn elements who still have the Qing army in their hearts. Then the flag soldiers and battalion soldiers were scattered and added into the two armies.

In the Taiping Army, there were Han army flag soldiers and Green Battalion soldiers surrendered, and they had experience in how to rectify and change the surrendered soldiers. Although it was still a certain risk to absorb one or two thousand surrendered soldiers. But Zhou Shixiang is confident that he can solve it, even if there are some small troubles, it will never affect the overall situation. If the navy side cannot accept so many Qing troops to join in for a while, they can be used as masters. No matter how many soldiers are being dropped, they are locked in Xinhui City or put on a boat, with no weapons in their hands and no one to lead them. After waiting for them to live for a long time, ⊕style_txt; they will never surrender again, and then they will naturally become the Ming army.

Zhou Shixiang said another way, to select some strong men among the descendants. Give them some power and let them manage other descendants. In this way, these descendants who have the backing and delegation of the Ming army become the best supervisors of the Ming army, and some descendants who perform well can be selected to directly fill in. In the army, let them get rid of the heavy hard labor life, have hope and example, and have their own supervision, why the rest of the surrendered soldiers will not return to the Ming Army. Moreover, these soldiers were all the field troops of the Qing army. Marine warfare is a weak point for the navy. With these surrenders, the navy will be more confident to hold the new meeting, and then cooperate with the possible Li Dingguo army to intimidate Guangzhou.

After listening to these thoughts. Chen Qice praised and asked Wu Yuan to go and arrange with Hu Deyu with a smile. The old general is full of thoughts about how to firmly control the new club in his hands, for this reason. He has decided to move the navy base from the overseas Shang and Xiachuan islands to Xinhuilai, and the new navy camp will be built on the riverside. On the way, Zhou Shixiang offered to exchange some bronze cannons with the sailors at the head of Xinhui City.

The red cannons at the head of Xinhui City were all big guys brought by the Qing army from Guangzhou. Each door weighs thousands of kilograms, and this big guy can only be placed at the front of the city and cannot fight in the field, so the Taiping Army has no way to carry these cannons into Xiangshan. Chen Qice's navy has many warships. Zhou Shixiang has seen it. Basically, each warship has several to dozens of large and small artillery pieces. These artillery pieces include low-quality iron cannons and good-quality copper cannons. The weight of the guns is not the same, but both are much lighter than the Hongyi guns.

Zhou Shixiang could have given Chen Qice all the red cannons from Xinhui City, but the Navy's wealth of artillery made him change his mind and wondered if he could get some bronze cannons that could be easily carried from Chen Qice. , so that the Taiping Army can quickly organize an artillery team to attack the fortress after arriving at Xiangshan.

He also told Chen Qice about this with a dispensable mentality. He didn't want to, but the old general was very generous. He agreed to Zhou Shixiang's exchange request without saying a word, and agreed that a red cannon could be exchanged with the sailor Three bronze cannons. In addition, the old general heard that the Taiping Army lacked medicines, and generously gave Zhou Shixiang 750 jins of medicines. Zhou Shixiang was certainly grateful for this.

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The Qing army surrendered soldiers who were detained in various places were gathered in one place by the Taiping army and the navy. Following the Ming army's order, the Qing army officers who were hiding in the surrendering team were identified and brought out one by one. 213 people, of which 53 were from the Han army flag, and the rest were from the green camp.

"Kneel down!"

More than 200 Qing army officers were ordered to strip off their clothes and become red. Kneeling naked by the ditch, the ditch was turbid, and the pickets were visible.

The Qing army officers kneeling by the ditch knew that they would die when they were dragged out by the Ming army, but their instinct to survive still prompted them to cry and beg for mercy.

"Forgive your life! Forgive your life..."

"Da Ming's military lord spare your life, the youngest is Han, the youngest is Han..."

"It's the Han people who should kill us Han people?!"

Ge Zheng glanced at these naked pigs with pigtails in disgust~www.NovelMTL.com~ and waved his big hand coldly.

The more than 200 Qing soldiers who were selected to execute the execution walked pale and walked behind the object they were about to execute. Another order was heard. The Qing soldiers who were executing the execution closed their eyes and gritted their teeth and chopped off the big knife. Almost at the same time, more than 200 heads were killed. Rolled into the ditch. The decapitated officer's body was then thrown into a ditch and quickly buried by descending soldiers.

The thousands of Qing army prisoners who witnessed the officer's beheading were all shivering at the moment. They silently looked at the trench in front of them and obeyed the subsequent arrangements of the Ming army without saying a word. Teams of descending soldiers walked out of the ranks, or walked into Xinhui City, or walked to the riverside to board the boat, or walked into the temporary camp.

The generals in charge of the Taiping Army and the Navy Division immediately began to reorganize and reform their homes after the handover and dispatch of troops.

For several days, the Taiping army was rectifying the newly attracted civilians and young men. Zhou Shixiang made a reservation for crossing the river on November 10th, half a month later. On the ninth day of the ninth day, the messenger sent by Chen Qice to Lianchengbina, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, brought back the governor's commendation order for the recovery of the Xinhui, and also brought a piece of news that alarmed the Ming army - the king of Xining, Li Dingguo, moved the emperor of Anlongfu to Kunming. . To be continued.