I will never abandon you!

Only people have everything!

Zhou Shixiang must let everyone in the city know that he will not abandon them!

This is not only for the survival of the Taiping Army, but also for the vivid lives on the venue!

Zhou Shixiang could not imagine what kind of consequence the lives in front of him would encounter once the city was broken!

Whether they believe it or not, he must tell them clearly that this is a guarantee, an oath, and even a promise!

At the same time, he also wanted to make the final mobilization. He wanted the thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city to know why they fought, and knew that they might all die, but before they died, they understood why they died!

"Many of you originally lived a peaceful life at home, but because of our arrival, you stood here. I know that some of you hate me because our Taiping Army kept you away from your hometown, and let your family live a life of stagnation from now on. Even now, they are worried about how many days of their lives can survive."

"Yes, it is true. It is our Taiping Army who forcibly turned you into a rebel and the target of Qing Yao's yelling and killing. It is my Zhou Shixiang who brought you to the lonely city of Xinhui. It is me who made you fall into a Jedi! But I want to ask you, without the arrival of our Taiping Army, will your life be really stable? Your family can really have a full meal every meal and sleep peacefully every night? Without the arrival of our Taiping Army, your lives are really your own?!"

These words put the soldiers and civilians in the audience into silence.

"Absolutely not!"

Zhou Shixiang waved his arm vigorously and roared: "What is Qing Yao? That is the Tartars, right and wrong, my race, a group of birds and beasts that enjoy slaughtering us Han people! In their eyes, we Han people are all cattle and sheep, all livestock that can be slaughtered at will! In the eyes of beasts holding swords, will the lives of cattle and sheep belong to them!"

"How many evils have Qing Yao done since he entered the pass? Which time did we kill the Han people and make blood flow into rivers! Hundreds of cities in Yangzhou, Jiading, Jiangyin, Datong, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou were slaughtered by Qing, and hundreds of people were killed by them!"

"Countless people are like you. They are kind-hearted and law-abiding people. They all hold Ming Laishun Ming. The Qing Laishun Qing thought that they live a good life. This is like me on that day, but what is the final outcome?"

"What happened in this city under your feet last year? It was a massacre, a murder for people, and a tragic incident that really treats us Han people as livestock! Under the swords of the Qing demons, no one can keep it alone, and he will not care whether you are obedient to the people. He only knows that if you kill you, you can take away everything you have! Grain, house, land, property, and women will snatch you away, and finally cut off your head, and even your body after death will be eaten by them!"

Among the soldiers and civilians present, there were people who died after the Xinhui tragedy. Zhou Shixiang's words made them cry in the first place, and they were thinking quietly about Zhou Shixiang's words. They were thinking that if they were not being entangled by the Taiping Army, their lives would be really better and their lives would not be taken away?

"Maybe some of you will not think it is because I, Zhou Shixiang, are intimidating, so that you can follow me wholeheartedly to the end. Because before our Taiping Army, your lives are still there and your property is there. Although life is not good, at least you did not starve to death. Here, I want to tell you that it is because the butcher knife has not fallen on your neck that you have to fight. When the Qing Yao slaughter knife falls on your neck, it is too late to fight! When the Qing Yao is killing your neighbors, you do not fight. You are afraid, you avoid it. You are glad that you are not the one who broke your head. When the Qing Yao wants to kill you, no one will come to pity you, and no one will speak up for you!"

"Now, you join the Taiping Army, and Ben Qianhu will lead you to fight, save your life, and fight against Qing Yao! I believe that as long as we rise up and fight, even if we die in the end, we will not have any regrets when we die, because we have resisted!"

After saying so much in one go, Zhou Shixiang took a long breath, suddenly turned his words and said, "Of course, there may be a small number of you who live a comfortable life before our Taiping Army arrived, and their families are very rich. The officials sent by Qing Yao still respect them very much. To these people, Ben Qianhu just wants to say one thing to them. No matter what you used to be, today you can only follow Ben Qianhu to the end. As I just said, Qing Yao's sword will not care who you are, and whether you are willing to follow the Taiping Army! If you don't believe it, you can continue to hide in the crowd and paralyze yourself to see if Qing Yao will kill you!"

These words made the very few people in the crowd change their faces. When they thought of something, their faces turned pale instantly.

Zhou Shixiang settled for a moment and said quickly: "I have told everyone that I should say it. If you believe it, you believe it. If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. But one thing cannot be changed. That is, I, Zhou Shixiang and everyone are on the same boat. If this boat sinks, I, Zhou Shixiang, are indeed dead, and no one can escape! The old saying goes, we have defeated Qing Yao countless attacks in Xinhui City and killed tens of thousands of Qing soldiers. I believe that Qing Yao is also a human being. He does not have three heads and six arms. As long as we are united and persevere to the end, they will definitely be the ones who fail in the end!"

After saying that, Zhou Shixiang remembered something, raised his hand and took off his hat, pointed to the long hair that had grown on his head and said to the crowd below: "We are Han people. Since we were young, we knew that flesh and blood were given by our parents and their clothes were inherited by our ancestors. But why did he call us to pick our hair? Why did we call us to dress up? I saw that there were still people in the crowd who still had Qing Yao's braids on their heads. Here I would like to ask you, is it really safe to leave this braid on your head?!"

"Since Jiashen, many bloody men in the Ming Dynasty have died. Why can't we die as generously as they do! Can we keep that braid and bend our heads to the Tartars, offer our gold, silver and treasures to the Tartars, and give our women, is this fucking alive? Or can we keep this braid and save our lives when the demons slaughter the city!"

As soon as these words were said, someone in the crowd blushed with his face as he watched the crowd on all sides. He ran to the side to borrow a knife from the warrior and cut off the small braid behind his head like a rat's tail with his backhand.

Since Luo Ding set up the camp, because of the continuous demand for war, the army did not force the braids to be cut, which caused some soldiers from the five major camps and some old men in the camp to still have braids behind their heads. At this time, under the stimulation of Zhou Shixiang's words and the first to cut braids, all the men who still had braids behind their heads cut off their braids.

The cut braids were thrown on the open space under the high platform. Whenever someone came forward to throw them down, they would make the crowd cheer.

The morale of the military and the people continued to rise in this move of cutting their braids. Taking this opportunity, Duke Xiang of Song quickly stepped forward and raised his arms and shouted: "I hope to live and die with Xinhui!"

"I wish to live and die with Xinhui!"

The military, civilians and others responded in an instant, shouting in a hurry, and many people's eyes were filled with tears.

The sudden outbreak of shouts in Xinhui City caused a stir outside the city to see the Qing army, and they raised their heads to look into the city. Shang Zhixin, who was discussing advance and retreating with the generals, was also alarmed and walked out of the tent with a gloomy face to look at Xinhui City.

After the military and civilians were clamoring, Zhou Shixiang waved his hand again. As his big hand fell, Qin Zhisheng suddenly turned around and ordered: "Capture Li Fuguo!"

Before Li Fuguo could react, several soldiers from the Guards who had already received the order immediately stepped forward and pressed him to the ground, and then took the people to the high platform in the stunned silence of Li Fuguo's subordinates.

"Why did Qianhu take me, why did he take me!"

At this time, Li Fuguo didn't know why Zhou Shixiang took him, but he shouted: "The price is not to be a substitute for Tartars, but he just wants to share the worries of thousands of households. The food in the city is about to be cut off, if you don't break through."

"Shut up!"

Zhou Shixiang shouted loudly, and a personal soldier stepped forward to interrupt Li Fuguo's chin with thunder, so that he could no longer speak.

"Um"

Li Fuguo was in great pain, and he was shocked and frightened. He was unable to speak out, so he could only scream "Mmm".

Zhou Shixiang stepped forward and looked at him coldly and said, "No matter what your intention is, I will borrow your head today, otherwise the morale of the army will be uneasy!"

After saying that, regardless of Li Fuguo's gaze begging for mercy, he turned around and rushed to the venue and said, "Now, the surrendered general Li Fuguo of the Green Camp has ulterior motives and spread rumors in the city, intending to shake our military and civilians' hearts to defend the city, and to correct the military discipline and morale, he will be executed here! Anyone who shakes the morale of the military in the future will be dealt with here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhisheng suddenly drew his sword and slashed it. He didn't even scream. Li Fuguo's head had already landed, which made the women in the audience scream, which also shocked Li Fuguo's green camp surrendered soldiers, but no one dared to move.

Without waiting for everyone to digest the death of Li Fuguo, Zhou Shixiang shouted loudly: "Today's situation, there is advancement but no retreat. I vowed to live and die with the military and civilians, and vowed to fight the Qing Yao blood to the end!"

"Swear to survive and die with the military and civilians, and fight with Qing Yao to the end!"

The five camps responded loudly under the leadership of Qin Zhisheng, Shao Jiugong, Jiang He, Ge Yi, Tieyi and other hundreds of households, and the people of the camp were also excited and responded one after another.

The outbreak of "Swearing to survive and die with the military and civilians, and vowing to fight the Qing demon to the end" was clear and unparalleled into the ears of the Qing army outside the city, which made the Qing soldiers who had fought hard for days and could not advance in a hurry, all of whom sighed when they looked at the city, and also made the trust that the army had to cut off food because it was difficult to get out of food.
Chapter completed!