The shaking oath in Xinhui City made the morale of the Qing army outside the city even more sluggish. After the Navy Camp was burned, the Qing army camp was in danger. Shang Zhixin made a desperate bet and decided to attack Xinhui. Although Shang Kexi agreed after the incident, the Pingnan King far away in Guangzhou was not only sent general Ban Zhifu to promote the prince's momentum, but he could not transport a grain of food.√∟,

In addition to losing troops and losing generals, the army's food and grass consumption was even more amazing. After all, the soldiers must first eat enough to force the city to attack the city. The emperor is not bad at hungering soldiers. How could Shang Zhixin, who was born in the general, not know?

Zhou Yuanliang, the deputy commander of the Pingnan vassal state who was killed by the Taiping Army artillery fire, once lit the military's food and grass after the naval fire, and came to a result that it was only enough to last for three or four days. However, the Qing army had been on the strong attack of Xinhui for eight days. The food and grass that could only last for three or four days could not last for so many days, but now the Qing army is still guarding outside the city, and the price is that a large number of soldiers and civilians were starved to death. Of course, the Qing soldiers who attacked the dead also saved some food for the living.

When Shang Zhixin left Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Prefecture, under the order of the Governor's Office, collected more than 3,000 civilians from the prefectures and counties for military service. Later, Shang Kexi rushed to Xinhui in person and the Prince of Pingnan personally fought for the expedition. Naturally, the number of civilians in this army would double accordingly.

According to the Guangzhou Prefecture's rough steps, the total number of young and strong civilians who were sent to the army this time reached more than 7,000, which did not include the number of civilians collected by the Guangzhou Prefecture when raising food for the army. So many civilians were recruited into the army, which made the Qing army look very powerful from the outside.

According to the Qing army system, the supply of the Eight Banners in Manzhou was higher than that of the Eight Banners in Mongolia, and the Eight Banners in Mongolia were higher than that of the Han army, and the supply of the Han army was higher than that of the Green Camp soldiers.

The siege army was mainly composed of Shang Kexi's Pingnan vassal under the Han army flag and Geng Jimao's Jingnan vassal under the flag soldiers, supplemented by Green Camp. Therefore, although the number of Green Camp soldiers in Guangdong accounted for more than half of the army, the Han army flag soldiers consumed more food and grass supply. Under the exploitation of the Han army flag, the food rations of the Green Camp soldiers were very limited. In order to fill their stomachs, the Green Camp soldiers naturally placed the exploited targets on civilians who were lower than theirs.

For ordinary people, "Lafuzi" is undoubtedly a disaster from heaven. In this era, no matter which side of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Master who served in the army was treated equally and harshly. People who were pulled into the army to be Masters often die for life. One of the ten people survived would be considered as smoke from the ancestral tomb and the ancestors appeared.

Before the Qing army had no food, in order to give the civilians the strength to work, the Qing army could make them more or less eat half full. After the food was cut off, this half full became a luxury. When the Green Camp soldiers were plundering the food for the flag soldiers to eat, and thinking of using the Green Camp to fill the bottomless pit of Xinhui, Shang Zhixin stopped sending food for the civilians, and even hinted that the Green Camp generals asked their subordinates to plunder the last bit of food hidden on their bodies, so that the Green Camp soldiers could continue to serve as cannon fodder to attack Xinhui City.

This resulted in a large number of people who were already in a semi-starved state of men starving to death. Fortunately, the villagers were hanging in their tone, but in the past few days, a large number of people began to die. Just carried to the riverside and discarded bodies reached more than a thousand. The remaining thousands were severely malnutrition. The half-dead men also faced the danger of falling to death at any time.

It was not that none of the civilians had thought of escaping, but under the close surveillance of the Qing army, the fate of the fugitives was even more miserable. The brave civilians who were unwilling to be hungry took advantage of the night to run to the riverside, but few people were waiting to run to the riverside. There were only a handful of people who could successfully jump into the river and swim alive.

It was not that no one in the Qing army suggested that these civilians be dismissed so that they would die here without any need. However, this suggestion was rejected by Shang Zhixin cruelly. His reason for his explanation to the generals was that military information would not be exposed. He said that now all the locals knew that the army had been besieged for several months, and a large number of civilians were dismissed from the sudden army, so that the gentry and people from all over the country would know what to think?

A simple sentence of inability to let military information be revealed to the tragic consequences of thousands of civilians. The tragic wailings in the Confucius Camp made the Qing army unable to join the camp to explore, and just asked the dead generals of the camp to drag the dead to the riverside to throw them away. This practice made the fish and shrimp in Tan Jiang become more plump.

Some Qing army generals thought deeper. The prince kept so many civilians who were about to starve to death in the army, so it was probably effective for Zu Dashou or Yun Long's intention to do it last year.

During the Chongzhen period of the former Ming Dynasty, Zu Dashou guarded Dalinghe City, and Yunlong guarded Xinhui last year. The people in this city finally used military rations!

People are the slaughter and I am the slaughter!

The things the civilians who cannot decide their own life and death are most looking forward to now are the Qing army breaking the city in one fell swoop, or the bandits in the city defeat the Qing army. No matter what happens, they can end their current miserable situation.

Every time the Qing army was closely guarded in the camp, and the Qing army came to the city's head, but every time they were deeply disappointed. Three times in a row, there were few civilians who expected the Qing army to break the city, and more of them were fantasizing that the Taiping army in the city could defeat the Qing army.

Therefore, when the oath in the city spread to outside the city and to every corner of the camp, the moving civilians struggled to get up from the ground and climb to a place they could see, and looked at Xinhui City ahead and was speechless. When some of them saw that the Qing soldiers who were guarding them were all hanging their heads and looking at Xinhui City dejected, their eyes began to shine with strange light.

The sudden shocking movements of the Taiping Army in the city made the Qing army, which was already low in morale, feel particularly depressed. The officers looked at the city with gloomy faces and said nothing, while the soldiers hugged aside with swords and guns in fear. There was no sound, no whispering, and only despair.

The commander Ban Zhifu, who accompanied Shang Zhixin to visit the tent, Qin Guocheng, Guangdong Green Camp General Lin Shanzhi, governor-general Hu Guoli, Jingnan vassal Geng Zhongde, and a group of co-organizers under the Pingnan vassal, had about ten generals.

Ban Zhifu came to Xinhui to help the prince with the order of Shang Kexi, but he was not a god. Facing the Xinhui Jiancheng, which was difficult for Li Dingguo's tens of thousands of troops, he was helpless as a veteran in a hundred battles. From the heart, Ban Zhifu did not agree with the prince's decision to attack. He believed that the moment should be to withdraw troops and rescue the siege back to Guangzhou, because compared with Xinhui City, the internal strife of Sun and Li of the Southern Ming Dynasty were the major event.

A small Xinhui City, a Taiping Army with only a few thousand people is not worthy of the mobilization of the King of Pingnan. As long as the Sanjiangkou is blocked, the Taiping Army will have the chance to invade Guangzhou, then the elite troops will be drawn to Gaozhou. When the news of the internal strife of the two kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty is confirmed, the Taiping Army will be defeated even if it is undefeated!

After all, this Taiping Army is just an isolated army. Without the support of Li Dingguo, in the heart of the Qing army in Guangdong, facing the Guangdong Qing army with a strength far exceeding his, what kind of waves can the Taiping Army make?

Only then can the thief Xiu defend Xinhui, because the city is too strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack! If the thief Xiu really dares to lead troops out of the city, Ban Zhifu dares to take the heads of King Pingnan, that as long as he leads a few hundred people, he can defeat this mob in one fell swoop!

However, Ban Zhifu could not decide the matter. Although he knew that King Pingnan was hesitant about the prince's decision, he finally supported the prince. This was not so much that King Pingnan believed that Xinhui City could not be lost, but rather that King Pingnan believed that the prince's authority could not be hit. The prince was actually in a difficult position. As Prince Pingnan, it was the first time to lead troops to fight. No matter from any aspect, Shang Zhixin could not accept failure because he could not fail!

Ban Zhifu has tried his best to do what he can do. When he came, he went to the Governor's Office and Guangzhou Prefecture in person. The purpose was to ask them to quickly collect a batch of food and grass to deliver it. However, a few days later, there was still no grain in Guangzhou.

This cannot be blamed for Guangdong Governor Li Shutai and Guangzhou Governor Zhu Guorong for not doing their best, but they really couldn't make up food in the short term. Who made the former plunder the ground when raising the army's food and grass? Now they really can't get out food! If it were to blame, they could only blame Liang Biaoxiang for being incompetent. If it weren't for him, would the army be short of food?

When Ban Zhifu thought of Liang Biaoxiang who ran away invisible, he was inexplicably angry. But as soon as the anger came up, he pressed it down again. At this critical moment, he killed Liang Biaoxiang and helped something, and he still had to solve the problem in front of him. Seeing the movement in the city, I am afraid that it would be difficult to break the city if it attacked three times. I would think about how to persuade the prince to withdraw his troops. This Xinhui can't stay here anymore.

Thinking of this, Ban Zhifu glanced at the generals who were all disappointed. He opened his mouth and wanted to persuade the prince to withdraw to Guangzhou. However, before he could speak, Shang Zhixin suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "This is the thief general who is trying to cover up the situation. He wants to deceive me to rescue the siege, but I am not as good as he wants. He will pass on my order and attack the city after the three-way drum!"

Upon hearing this, Ban Zhifu and the generals were shocked. Everyone was thinking that the morale of the army had been depressed to this extent. His Royal Highness still wanted to attack the city. Isn’t this a failure?

"Your Highness, no!"

Ban Zhifu was anxious and didn't care about so many people there, so he said directly: "If you attack the city again, you can only bring shame to yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Shang Zhixin's cheeks trembled violently, his eyes stared at Ban Zhifu with fierce light, regardless of the person in front of him who was an old subordinate who had been following his father for more than 30 years, and cursed: "What are you, an old man?"

When the generals heard this, they were so scared that they were stunned on the spot. Everyone was disappointed. Ban Zhifu was stunned at first, and then his face turned red. He looked at the prince in front of him who had seen him since childhood and wanted to protect him for a long time.

After a while, his expression returned to calm, he took a step back and asked for guilt, "Your Highness calms down, and you will be speechless!" When he said this, Ban Zhifu felt extremely sad.

Shang Zhixin also woke up at this time. He knew that he had become so confused just now that he spoke harsh words that hurt the heart of the first confidant beside his father. He felt very regretful, but because he was not good at apologizing to Ban Zhifu in front of so many people, he snorted angrily and waved his hand to signal that Ban Zhifu would not have to do this.

After Ban Zhifu looked up, he no longer looked at Shang Zhixin, but instead took two steps silently, standing outside the generals without saying a word.

After experiencing the scene just now, all the generals were still scared, and no one spoke. Shang Zhixin was also silent and stared at Xinhui City with anger. The scene was in a deadlock for a moment.

In addition to Ban Zhifu, everyone present was the chief Qin State, followed by Geng Zhongde, the governor of Jingnan. Ban Zhifu was scolded and no one dared to persuade him anymore. Although Shang Zhixin did not mention the attack on the city, the matter could not be so stiff. There must be a decision, otherwise it would be delayed for two or three days and the army would collapse.

Qin Guocheng was willing to persuade him, but when he thought of Ban Zhifu's fate, he felt heartbroken. He thought that the prince was in a difficult situation now, and he might not be able to change his mind after he came forward. It would be better for the Geng family to come forward and persuade him. The prince did not give his own face, so he always had to give outsiders some face. Thinking of this, Qin Guocheng turned his face to look at Geng Zhongde, but he didn't expect that the other party seemed to know what he meant, so he turned his head away without seeing him.

This scene made Qin Guocheng curse in his heart. There was no way, so he could only step forward with a stolen bullet and move his mouth and said, "Your Highness."

As soon as he said a few words, Geng Zhongde suddenly said "Huh" next to him. Qin Guocheng was even more angry when he heard this. He refused to let you come forward, but now he is doing something. He looked up and glared at him angrily, but he also said "Huh", and then his expression condensed, and his back was like a cold air rushing like an ice cellar.

Qin Guocheng and Geng Zhongde's eyes were both on the Tan River in the west, but there was an additional fleet on the river.

A fleet of red ships.

Here are some of the thoughts of Bodies.

After this book was spontaneously published, except for routine classification recommendations, it has not been recommended by the website, and even the bones were requested by themselves. Of course, it was not recommended after it was released. Therefore, it has not been known to readers and cannot rise. Now it is only 2,000. However, thanks to the love of these 2,000 readers of this book, there are more than 300 subscriptions, which is good in proportion (it is another matter whether I can make money). I believe that if I were more diligent and did not always make updates for trivial matters, the results of this book would be better.

I remember that last summer, I kept posting notices about something at home, which made many readers complain in the comment area and made some subscribers abandon the book. But as I have always emphasized, I don’t know how to be a eunuch in the book “Han’er is not a slave”, and I will continue to write it until the end.

Today, I finally went to see the house. If there was no accident, I would be assigned a new house before the New Year and planned to be renovated in June next year. This means that the family of three has a nest and there is no need to rent a house for the New Year.
Chapter completed!