Han’s Son is Not a Slave

The sixth day of September in the eleventh year of the Yongli calendar in Daming.

Xingpingbo and Zhou Shixiang, the chief soldier of Guangzhou, led more than 7,200 infantry and cavalry troops into Sanjiangkou.

Shangzhixin, the son of the Southern King of Qingping, led the sub-capital Ban Zhifu, the general of Nangan, Kong Guozhi, the general of Yingde, Song Rui, the deputy general of Nanxiong, Sun Yi, and the deputy general of Zhaoqing, Tang Sanshui.

Seeing from a distance that the Taiping army had completed its formation, three phalanxes of infantry, hundreds of cavalry flanks, and a clear banner, Shang Zhixin glanced at Kong Guozhi, the commander of the Southern Jiangxi Army, with some worry, and said to him: "General Kong, this is your Jiangxi soldier. Take the lead, can you be sure to defeat the enemy?"

Kong Guozhi had already changed into a suit of armor, and when he heard Shang Zhixin ask himself, he turned his head and said to himself: "Don't worry, Shizi, he can fight peaceful bandits, and my son-in-law is not a vegetarian. Chaozhou City was the last city in the past. Will be the first to board!"

Seeing that Kong Guozhi was confident, and the Jiangxi soldiers under his command seemed to have higher morale than the Han army under his own vassal, Shang Zhixin couldn't help but feel happy, but thinking that he had suffered a great loss from the Taiping army because he underestimated the enemy, he reminded Kong Guozhi: "General Kong Your courage is commendable, but you must be careful and never underestimate the enemy." He raised his hand and pointed his whip forward, "The Taiping bandits will surrender more troops, I see that my uncle is in the left formation, so the general will rush to the left formation first. That uncle won't give his life for the thief showcai, as long as the left formation is broken, my army will push it all over, defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and capture the thief showcai alive to sacrifice to my father!"

"Okay, the last will be the revenge for Prince Pingnan!"

Kong Guozhi didn't say much. This battle was not forcing him to fight by Shang Zhixin, but at his own request, because Song Rui, Sun Yi and others did not have as many soldiers and horses as him, and this battle was a battle of life and death. , let others take the lead, Kong Guozhi is not at ease. In addition, he and the thief Xiucai also had a feud for killing his younger brother. His younger brother Kong Guoliang was killed by the thief Xiucai in Luoding. So he also wanted to fight this battle to avenge his younger brother.

Tang Sanshui, who was wearing armor, rode his horse over under the **** of his own soldiers, and immediately clenched his fists at Kong Guozhi, and said happily, "Brother Kong, this time you have to show the majesty of your Jiangxi soldiers no matter what, and also your green battalion soldiers. Come with prestige. Let that thief show know how powerful our Qing soldiers are!"

Ban Zhifu looked at Tang Sanshui suspiciously, trying to observe his true intentions from his expression. However, the expression on Tang Sanshui's face was very sincere, and his words were sincere, making people unable to find out whether he had something in his words or a hint of sarcasm. But the more this happened, the more panic Ban Zhifu felt, and he always felt that something was wrong, but the battle was imminent. He couldn't find out exactly what Tang Sanshui was thinking, as long as his Zhaoqing Green Battalion could participate in the war.

Tang Sanshui suddenly changed his temper, which made Shang Zhixin secretly wonder and feel awkward. But he didn't think deeply, he was afraid that Tang Sanshui was willing to give his life when he saw that there was a chance of winning this battle, but this person would still have to settle accounts with him in the future.

Shang Zhixin looked at Tang Sanshui calmly, and forced a smile. After all, he was leading troops to fight, so there was no reason for him as a coach to keep a straight face.

"Brother Kong. It's rare that Brother Tang is cheering for you. You have to be good at it." Song Rui, the commander of Yingde, didn't look down on Tang Sanshui, and didn't even look at him.

"Don't worry, Brother Song. I'll see the majesty of my Jiangxi soldiers later." Kong Guozhi also ignored Tang Sanshui and said with a smile, "Could the Taiping bandits be able to beat Li Dingguo's soldiers? When we went south, everyone knew the virtues of the Ming army. Is this Taiping bandit really that powerful? I don’t believe in this evil, this time I will let him know that there are heavens outside the sky, and there are people outside people!”

In sight, the Taiping army's great formation suddenly moved. Kong Guozhi was eager to return to the army to supervise the battle, so he said, "Your Highness. The Taiping army has moved, and the last general will be back."

Shang Zhixin waved his hand. Said: "Go, be more careful." Finished. Added another sentence: "If the general cannot defeat the enemy, I will ask General Song and the others to assist you."

"Alright."

Kong Guozhi immediately responded, and without looking back, he led his own soldiers on horseback to the town.

After Kong Guozhi led the men to leave, Shang Zhixin said to Tang Sanshui: "General Tang, you lead your troops to attack the Taiping bandits' right front, and General Song and Vice-General Sun will join me in attacking the Taiping bandits' middle army. Only General Kong will be left. Break the formation over there, and we will do it together."

"The last commander dares to disobey the order!" Tang Sanshui said with a proud face, "Don't worry, Shizi, the right front of the Taiping bandits is given to me by Zhaoqing soldiers!"

"Then I'll wait to see General Tang showing off his power." Shang Zhixin felt that he still wanted to inspire Tang Sanshui, and immediately said a few words to cheer him up.

Tang Sanshui couldn't help nodding, suddenly hesitated, and said with a hint of shame: "His Royal Highness, it wasn't that the last general was unwilling to attack Shunde that day, but it was because his subordinates really didn't have the strength to attack the city. Forcing them to attack the city was afraid of provoking a mutiny. The general was not ordered to do so, please do not read this matter, Your Highness, this time the last general will also atone for his sins.”

"Hey, what do you say?" Shang Zhixin waved his hand with a look of indifference, he said, "What happened that day was my fault, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, don't take this matter to heart, wait for it. After killing the thief Xiucai, I plan to protect you as the general soldier of Guangzhou to the imperial court."

"His Royal Highness wants to keep me as the general soldier in Guangzhou?" Tang Sanshui looked excited.

"This prince is never empty talk!" Shang Zhixin said unequivocally.

"Your Highness!"

Tang Sanshui was so excited that he was almost in tears, and repeatedly stated that he would give up his life to serve His Royal Highness.

Shang Zhixin laughed, and encouraged Tang Sanshui with a few good words. The latter patted his chest and led his troops to the town, to defeat the Taiping bandits for His Royal Highness.

Kong Guozhi had more than 2,000 soldiers under his command. Although they were elite, they were all foot soldiers. In order to prevent the Taiping cavalry from attacking on the way, Shang Zhixin ordered Ban Zhifu to order reliable guards and more than 200 soldiers from his own family to go there. cover. The remaining unreliable Han troops were all thrown into the main camp to prevent the Ming army navy on the river from landing and the Taiping army from attacking. These Han troops did not dare to fight against the Taiping army, but they dared to fight against the Ming army navy.

The great formations of both sides in Ming and Qing Dynasties moved at the same time, and the war was about to break out.

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The Taiping Army was divided into four formations, three infantry formations, and one cavalry formation.

The left formation of the infantry was composed of the Pingnan Fan army led by Shang Keyuan and the right battalion of the infantry led by Guan Tianshui. Hu Qili Ministry of composition.

The first group of cavalry was composed of more than 100 soldiers from Shao Chengguo's cavalry battalion, Manchu soldiers from Suna, and more than 200 soldiers from the Han army in Pingnan and Jingnan, with a total of more than 600 soldiers. The war horses are all the war horses of the Manchu soldiers captured in the Battle of Shenwan, which are better than the war horses of the Qing army on the opposite side.

At this time, although the Taiping army was launched, it was still advancing slowly, and it seemed that it was waiting for the Hou Qing army to attack, rather than actively attacking the Qing army.

Seeing that the Qing army had also moved, but no army had taken the lead, Zhu Qinglai asked Zhou Shixiang, "Commander, which army do you think Shang Zhixin will send to fight in the front line?"

Blind Li interjected: "It must be those miscellaneous soldiers from Sanjiangkou. Could it be that Shang Zhixin dared to send his Han troops from his vassal to attack our formation? It's a pity that his family members of the Han troops were not sent to the vassal. Bring them over, or I will kneel them in front of the battle~www.NovelMTL.com~ with a big knife, and see that the Han army on the opposite side can't come." After speaking, he grinned again, "But it's nothing, they really want to come, I'm blind. Just go and hammer them."

Hearing this, Zhou Shixiang glanced sideways at the blind man, and heard that this guy ran out of the city after only one day in the city. It is said that his legs were so weak that he could not walk, but it is unknown whether his strength has recovered now.

Zhu Qinglai was dissatisfied with the blind man Li's words, glared at him, and said in a muffled voice, "Of course I know it's those miscellaneous soldiers, but who came first? Kong Guozhi or Song Rui, or Sun Yi and the others?"

"This?" Li Zhi, the blind man, murmured, he didn't know the question.

Zhou Shixiang pondered and said, "The most numerous Qing troops in Sanjiangkou are Kong Guozhi's department. If they are in the lead, it will be him."

Shao Jiugong nodded and said, "I also thought it was Kong Guozhi's army leading the battle. The Han troops under Shang Zhixin's army were nothing to worry about, but the soldiers under Kong Guozhi were able to fight."

"If you can fight again, you can still be better than the Manchurians." Zhou Shixiang laughed, raised his hand and pointed forward, shouting: "Pass my command, the whole army will attack!" (To be continued.)