Huang Zhi, the magistrate of Xinhui, appointed by the Qing Dynasty, set fire to the county government after the Taiping Army broke through the city. Fortunately, the fire only started in the back hall and did not spread throughout the county government. Later, the soldiers of Hujie Camp who entered the county government searched for the Tang newspapers and official documents sent from Beijing, Guangzhou and other places over the years.

Combined with the content of the Tangbao official documents, coupled with the prisoners' confession and reconnaissance along the way, Zhou Shixiang wrote down the enemy and us forces on the Guangdong Provincial Map he drew, representing the Ming army with red dots and black dots, and then summoned the generals to discuss.

On the map, there is no big error in the number of red dots representing the Ming army and the black dots representing the Qing army, and even the number of red dots is above the black dots. However, the areas where the Ming army is located are remote mountainous areas and coastal areas, while the Qing army occupied the essence of Guangdong Province, among which Guangzhou and Chaoshan areas are all black dots. In comparison, the manpower and material resources controlled by the Ming army are far beyond the reach.

"Wei Yingdeng from Dong'an, the general army Ye Biao's army, the King Han army of Qingyuanshan, and the Deng Yao's army of Longmen Island in Qinzhou each have hundreds to thousands of soldiers."

"The general Zhu Tong of Ningfanzhen, Zhou Tengfeng of Haibei Province, Zhou Tengfeng of Shicheng County, Zhou Jintang of Zhangping Bo of Shicheng County, Li Changrong of the Governor of Hailing Island in Yangjiang County, and Wang Xing of the General of Hu Ben, and Wang Xing of Enping County. The troops on the South China Sea are on the Sichuan Mountains and down the Sichuan Mountains, and the troops on the Linghai General Chen Qice of the Ministry of Education. The troops of each unit have different troops, and their qualities are different, but they are all assigned by the navy, so the Qing army cannot do anything."

"These Ming army and Yi army are all under the Grand Secretary of the Yongli Dynasty Guo Zhiqi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lianchengbi, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In addition, there are also four prefectures in Gaozhou. However, Zhang Xiaoqi is not a plan, and Gaozhou cannot rely on it. The power that can be used now is Qin, Lei and Lian. Among them, General Linghai Chen Qice had just severely damaged the Qing army, so he can invoke it. In addition, the troops of the Hailing Island General Li Changrong are closest to us. If he leads him straight into the mouth of Jiujiang, he can restrain the Qing army's Guangdong navy. If the Qing army navy is defeated, our army can cross the river and cross Xiangshan."

"The prisoners of the green camp are confessing. There are many Ming army activities in the mountainous areas near Xinhui. These people were left behind when the King of Xining retreated at the beginning of the year. There were the King of Xining's soldiers and other Ming army righteous troops. When we followed Boss Hu down the mountain to attack Xinhui, we almost couldn't retreat."

Speaking of this, Duke Xiang of Song paused, with sadness on his face, as if he had thought of the deceased Hu Quan, and Ge Zheng and others were all sad when they saw him.

Correcting his face, Duke Xiang of Song put away his sadness and continued, "The Lord Qianhu has sent people to contact these defeated soldiers. Although these defeated soldiers are mixed, there are many good men who are determined to restore the Ming Dynasty. Many of them were elite soldiers from various towns, allowing them to scatter in various places without any revenge. Over time, they are probably either bandits or truly disappear. Therefore, if they can be recruited into our Taiping Army, they will inevitably strengthen our army's strength and make these men rekindle their hopes to compete with the Tartars."

After Duke Xiang of Song finished speaking, Zhou Shixiang stood up and said, "People have been sent to contact the defeated soldiers and the Ming army in various places. Our top priority is to defeat the attack of the Qing army in Guangzhou. Only in this way will these defeated soldiers come to join us. Those Han men who care about the Ming Dynasty and do not want to be slaves in Manzhou will also come to join us! Even if we cannot defeat the Qing army, we must be here... Even if we die, we will die in this Xinhui City!"

Zhou Shixiang spoke firmly, and all the generals knew that the battle between Xinhui was related to the life and death of the Taiping Army. They were all right now. It was a thriller that he was even more arrogant than the female elders of the Qing army.

The situation analysis was done with Zhou Shixiang's greatest ability. It was also very detailed. It was better to seek others than to seek others. Since Luo Ding's rebellion, Zhou Shixiang has always believed in this. Therefore, he gave up the idea of ​​going west to join Li Dingguo, and instead used Hu Quan's power to create his own situation. He said a thousand words and ten thousand things, and his own life must be controlled by himself. Even if he died, he had to decide how to die!

Everything outside has been arranged, and the "people and harmony" in the city are also on the Taiping Army. With the strong city and the whole camp is determined to fight to the death. Zhou Shixiang has made up his mind to the monk Kexi in Xinhui City, and Geng Jimao competes with each other.

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The Taiping Army was established, with 20 soldiers as one army, five soldiers as one team, five soldiers as one battalion, and another 20 groups of soldiers, so the first battalion had 520 soldiers, and there were currently five battalions of powerful troops, tiger wars, earthquakes, traps, and guards.

After the battle of Guifeng Mountain, all the battalions were killed and injured. After replenishing the captives of the green camp, all the battalions were now fully equipped with guards, trapped in battle, Hu Jie, Xiong Wei and Zhenlu battalions were each short of dozens of troops. In this way, the total strength of the five battalions in the front battalion of the Taiping Army was less than 2,500.

The troops were definitely unpredictable to defend Xinhui City with 2,500 soldiers. Moreover, the number of new recruits and prisoners in each battalion accounts for more than half, and most of them have no training, so the combat effectiveness is at risk. In addition, the loyalty of the new prisoners in the battalion is doubtful. The Taiping Army remains strong and these prisoners dare not move. If the Taiping Army is weak, it is inevitable that there will be a counter-attack. Although the act of killing flag soldiers can temporarily stabilize people's hearts, it is indeed a question of how many green camp prisoners can think about whether the Qing army will let them go after the rebellion. After all, when the head is about to land, even though it is a straw for survival, many people still reach out to catch them.

Zhou Shixiang had no time and no need to prevent potential dangers. Whether he could let the prisoners return to his heart, whether he could turn the new recruits into veterans, it would be useless to say a thousand words and ten thousand. It would be the most practical to fight a battle. Whether he could hold on to Xinhui depends on whether he could repel the Qing army's first attack. If he won, no danger would exist. If he lost, what danger would he talk about.

The shortage of troops must be compensated by weapons. More than a dozen red general artillery and dozens of large and small bronze cannons in Xinhui City became Zhou Shixiang's decisive chips.

There were only dozens of people in the Taiping Army who could use artillery. For this reason, Zhou Shixiang decided to kill prisoners. After the city wall was repaired, more than 100 Han troops in the blue flag were driven to the city. Just when these Han troops thought that the Taiping Army was going to kill them, Zhou Shixiang gave them a choice, either to serve the Taiping Army to use artillery, or to jump off the city by himself.

The result was not unexpected to anyone. All the Han army chose to serve the Taiping Army and operate the artillery, and no one hesitated. To be on the safe side, Zhou Shixiang provided two more swordsmen with each gun, and there was only one task for these swordsmen to supervise whether these Han army did not work. If they found that the Han army fired empty cannons, they would kill them directly.

With dozens of cannons in hand, the Taiping Army had more confidence in being able to defend Xinhui. In terms of other weapons, it was also very sufficient. The Qing army in Laicheng gave it to 250 muskets, 16 large pole bird guns, and 72 standard long knives, 1,362 spears, 460 bows and arrows, nearly 6,000 arrows, 8 iron armor, and 180 cotton armor.

The weapons of the five major battalions were equipped with iron armor to officers at all levels, and all cotton armor was sent to Zhenlu Camp. In this way, Ge Zheng's Zhenlu Camp became the only combat camp in the Taiping Army with armor.
Chapter completed!