Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Liangzi are all garrisoned by Qing troops, and different from other Xiangshanfang, Liangzi is a large town protected by a walled city. This fortress is the old Dongguan county seat that was built in the second year of Tang Zhide. After the Southern Song Dynasty, the county was re-established in Xiangshan in the 22nd year of Shaoxing. The old county seat of Liangzi Capital was gradually abandoned. It is an important transportation place, so the Guangdong government in all dynasties has set up officials here, the old city has been preserved, and the past dynasties have also been repaired so that it will not be broken.

According to Xiangshan soldiers in the army, the Qing army stationed in Liangzidu is a green battalion under Zengcheng. The number is not large, only more than 100 people, but in addition to these green battalions, Liangzidu also stationed Guangdong patrol salt. Therefore, the Yanding team of more than 300 people.

The Qing Dynasty attacked the Meiji era, and there were salt tea ambassadors in various places. There were special salt inspectors in the east of the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River, Zhejiang Province, and Luhe East. Although there was no full-time inspector of salt in Guangdong, there were several salt inspection offices. . These salt patrol stations were set up by Shang Kexi after the seventh year of Shunzhi and invited the Qing court to monopolize salt for military use, and at the same time cut off the channels from the coast of Guangdong to the Ming army in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and other places.

In recent years, except for the coastal areas and Gaozhou in the west, there are basically no Ming army activities in the rest of Guangdong, and Xiangshan is governed in Guangzhou. As a result of the harassment, the Salt Patrol Station located in Liangzidu has stepped up its efforts to seize salt, expanding the salt team from more than 100 to more than 300 people, and the inspection of cross-border salt is much stricter. In addition to completing the money allocated above, it is not without the suspicion of enriching one's own pockets.

More than 100 green battalions plus more than 300 battalions of Yan Ding, who would only set up a card to check, was naturally not in the eyes of Zhou Shixiang. He ordered Qi Hao to lead the artillery battalion to move forward, Shao Jiugong led the Xiongwei battalion to cooperate with the siege, and Ge Yi and Tie Yi led the siege. The shock and trap camps detoured to the rear of Liangzidu and set up an ambush. If the Qing army in Xiangshan came to help, they would be eliminated on the spot. If the Qing army in Xiangshan did not dare to come, the communication between the two places would be cut off, and at the same time, the Qing army of Liangzidu would be prevented from retreating to Xiangshan.

In order to defend Zengcheng in the north, the Qing army sent troops to help when they learned that the Taiping army was attacking Liangzi. Zhou Shixiang ordered Shao Chengguo, the general banner of the Guards Battalion cavalry team, to lead the newly expanded cavalry team to the north near Yinpingzui Mountain.

As early as when Gao Yao presented the military flag, Zhou Shixiang formed a cavalry team in the guard battalion. However, there were only a dozen horses in the army at that time, so the cavalry has not played a role since then. After the Xinhui World War I captured more than 30 horses of the Qing army, Zhou Shixiang expanded the cavalry team. The new recruits to the cavalry were also the first to join the Taiping Army's Green Battalion surrendering soldiers. They had experienced Xinhui defending the city and going out of the city, and their loyalty was definitely not the same as the old soldiers of the peaceful army.

Zhou Shixiang's order to Shao Chengguo is actually a battlefield alert, and the main force will be notified in the shortest possible time about the new enemy's situation that may appear. But Shao Chengguo had other plans. Since he was trapped in the Xinhui for several months, Shao Chengguo felt that his cavalry team was a complete display and had no chance to enter the battlefield. hack and slash.

The performance of the Shang family's cavalrymen of the Qing Army on the Eastern Front in the final battle has always made Shao Chengguo worried. He believes that as long as he can lead such a cavalry, he will not be suppressed and beaten by the Qing army on the battlefield. Brothers won't kill so many people. However, the reality made Shao Chengguo, who dreamed of a large cavalry, very frustrated. There were no horses, and there were not enough riders. Where did he go to form a cavalry army comparable to the Shang family's own soldiers?

After accepting Zhou Shixiang's order to warn the north, Shao Chengguo didn't just want to simply carry out the task, but thought about whether he could take this opportunity to perform. After all, the Qing troops in Zengcheng were all green camps. If they really dared to reinforce Liangzidu, even though their cavalry was small, it was not impossible for them to meet for a while.

When Zhou Shixiang was deploying, he never considered that the Qing army in Guangzhou would send reinforcements to Xiangshan. After the Battle of Xinhui ended, he and Chen Qice sent people at the same time to inquire about the trend of the Qing army's retreat. The news came that most of the Qing army retreated to Guangzhou, and a small number of Qing troops directly fled Zhaoqing.

Shang Kexi did not reprimand his son after learning that Xinhui was defeated. Instead, 3,000 troops were immediately dispatched to the Sanjiangkou, and on the one hand, the defeated troops were gathered. On the one hand, beware of Xinhui Ming army taking advantage of the situation to seize Sanjiangkou. If Xinhui is the southern gate of Guangzhou, then Sanjiangkou is the threshold across Guangzhou. It is also the last line of defense in Guangzhou. If the three rivers are lost, Guangzhou will have no danger.

At the same time, Shang Kexi ordered Zhaoqing commander Xu Erxian to send troops to block the main traffic road from Zhaoqing to Xinhui, and ordered the navy division of the headquarters of Chaozhou commander Wu Liuqi to Guangzhou to form a new Guangdong naval division to deal with Chen Qice's division. navy.

The news of the defeat of the Qing army did not cover up for a long time. Soon the city of Guangzhou knew that the Qing army had lost the battle in Xinhui. At the same time, they knew that the general of Linghai Chen Qice and his navy were the ones who captured Xinhui. Instead, they really captured Xinhui. The Taiping Army and its leader Zhou Shixiang had little reputation. Zhou Shixiang didn't care about this. Originally, his Taiping army was weak, and he himself had no legal body law in the Yongli court, so it was normal for him to be ignored. He was very happy that everyone in Guangdong knew the name of General Ling Hai, and he was more willing that Chen Qice's navy would be regarded as a formidable enemy by the Qing army in Guangdong, rather than his Taiping army reads;

On the same day, Zhou Shixiang’s decision to give up Xinhui City might not have left Chen Qice’s calculus on Xinhui to attract the attention of the Qing army for the Taiping Army. From a strategic point of view, Xinhui is more important than Xiangshan. Xinhui must not be tolerated to be occupied by the Ming army, especially by a Ming army with a navy, which means that Ming troops from other coastal areas can gather to Xinhui through the Tan River.

How can others sleep soundly on the side of the slump? No matter how Shang Kexi despised the Ming army, it is impossible for him to really take lightly the Ming army who gathered in the Xinhui, not to mention that the Ming army who appeared in the Xinhui also hindered his westward plan. He has ordered Ban Zhifu to redeploy and withdraw the troops and horses that he had decided to send westward to Zhaoqing. As long as the food and grass shipped from various places are ready, he will attack Xinhui again.

King Pingnan could no longer tolerate the failure of Xinhui. In order to mobilize the necessary troops, horses and fodder, he not only pressured Geng Jimao to send troops and horses for his command, but also did not hesitate to admit his failure to submit to Beijing, asking the court to send the real Manchuria. Soldier South. Of course, he emphasized in the memorial that the infighting between the two thieves of Nanming, Sun and Li was the best opportunity given to the Qing by the heavens. However, due to his lack of troops and horses to pacify the Nanfan, and he lost some troops in Xinhui City because of the defeat of the underestimated enemy, he also asked the court to send the real Manchuria to Nanguang to support him.

Zuo Shu was sent to Beijing by express delivery, whether the Qing court would send Manchu soldiers to the south, Shang Kexi did not dare to make a deal, but he thought at least some Mongolian soldiers could be sent to help out. During the period when the reinforcements from Beijing arrived, all Shang Kexi had to do was to wait. In addition to waiting for the reinforcements, he also had to wait for food and grass, as well as a number of red cannons that Governor Li Suotai requested from Beijing a month ago.

Ban Zhifuli and Chen Qingjun should not only pay attention to Xinhui. He was elected elite soldiers to go west and get in touch with Guangxi's line Guoan. In this way, both Guangdong and Guangxi will exert their strength at the same time. Even if Xinhui is occupied by the Ming army, the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi can be opened up, and everything will be alive. , regardless of Li Dingguo's use of Guangxi to advance eastward, the Qing army from Guangdong and Guangxi could also seize the opportunity to attack Guizhou. At that time, the general situation of Nanming has gone, and what role can a Xinhui City play?

Ban Zhifu's proposal was very good but was rejected by Shang Kexi. In the battle of Xinhui, if the Qing army did not return from a major defeat, Shang Kexi might still approve Ban Zhifu's proposal to advance westward, because he still had the strength of his banners and horses, and he did not worry that the Xinhui Ming army would pose a threat to Guangzhou. However, the battle of Xinhui ended with the defeat of the Qing army. The front and rear troops lost nearly 10,000 people. Shang Kexi also lost more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the banner of the feudal lord. The nails of the new club move westward, otherwise the Ming army of Xinhui will always be a threat.

After Shang Zhixin returned to Guangzhou, Xu Shi realized that his decision had an inescapable responsibility for the defeat, so he did not sue Ban Zhifu Qin Guocheng in front of his father, but vented his anger on Geng Zhongde and Hu Qili. Geng Jimao's clan uncle, Hu Qili, is also a trusted general that Li Suotai single-handedly brought out to fight against the two feudal vassals, so no matter how angry Shang Kexi was, Geng Jimao and Li Suotai ignored them~www.NovelMTL.com~ dedicated to protecting Geng Zhongde With Hu Qili, Shang Kexi was so angry that he wrote to the Qing court that Chen Geng and Hu fled, but the Qing court didn't answer this question and didn't respond at all.

After getting angry, Shang Kexi also understood that the Qing court would not treat Geng Zhongde and Hu Qili. After all, Jingnan King Geng Jimao and Governor Li Shuitai were originally used by the Qing court to check and balance his Pingnan King, so how could they beat the board? to them.

The lawsuit between Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao and Li Zuitai in Guangzhou city could not be heard by Zhou Shixiang, but Zhou Shixiang knew that Shang Kexi would not be able to attack Xinhui again in the short term, nor would he be able to send troops to Xiangshan. Therefore, the situation was very difficult for Taiping. The army is beneficial. However, this favorable situation will not last long. Zhou Shixiang must capture Xiangshan in the shortest possible time, eliminate the Qing army in the territory, obtain contact with the Westerners in Macau, strengthen the field force of the Taiping Army by purchasing firearms from Xiyi, and at the same time obtain The local base expanded the strength of the Taiping Army, and then dealt a heavy blow to Shang Kexi when he launched the second Xinhui campaign.

Time waits for no one, Zhou Shixiang cannot waste a day, he is now racing against time, grabbing Guangdong before the collapse of the Ming army in various fronts, and making Guangdong a new hope for the revival of the Nanming regime.

Less than an hour after the deployment was completed, the good news came. After Qi Hao ordered his people to fire two cannons against the city wall of Liangzidu, the Qing army in the city raised their flags and surrendered. To be continued.