At the same time when Nanning broke the city, Zhou Shixiang rushed from Liuzhou to Guilin. With him, he arrived in Guilin was the cavalry brigade of Shao Chengguo, the second town of Tieyi, the sixth town of Suna, the ninth town of Guo Dengdi, the 9th town of Qi Hao. In this way, the fifth town of Zhao Ziqiang, who had captured Guilin in advance, the Taiping Army gathered in Guilin had a total of more than 42,000 infantry and cavalry. He recruited 12,000 prisoners of civilians and young men and as auxiliary soldiers, and was known as a 100,000 army.

On the 20th, after receiving the military report that Nanning had been occupied, Zhou Shixiang ordered Wang Xing's tenth town to be stationed in Nanning Prefecture, and at the same time was responsible for occupying Taipingzhou, Suishunzhou, Siming Prefecture, Zhen'an Prefecture and other places south of Nanning; ordered Gao Jinku's 11th town to return to Wuzhou, responsible for Wuzhou, Pingle and Xunzhou's three prefectures not returned to the prefectures and counties; ordered Shao Jiugong's third town to be stationed in Liuzhou, responsible for Liuzhou Prefecture, Qingyuan Prefecture and Sien Prefecture and other places not returned to the prefectures and counties.

In order to integrate Guangxi's territory, money, food and resources, eliminate local reactionary forces, and ensure that Guangxi can become a safe and stable rear, Zhou Shi ordered the establishment of Guangxi Chengxuan Envoy in Liuzhou, and appointed Shao Jiugong as the governor of Guangxi and the governor of Guangxi. This move was the first case for senior generals of the Taiping Army to serve as local governors.

In addition to directly commanding the third town of his headquarters, Shao Jiugong, who served as the governor of Guangxi, could also control the eleven towns of Wuzhou and the tenth town of Nanning. After the Qing army surrendered in Guangxi, the Qing army directly sent to Liuzhou for reorganization. The powerful would supplement the towns, and the elderly would resettle the land on the spot for military farming. At the same time, Zhou Shixiang asked Shao Jiugong to form two new towns of Guangxi wolf soldiers within three to five months.

As early as in Guangdong, Zhou Shixiang wanted to train a Guangxi wolf soldier. Since ancient times, it has been said that Guangxi wolf soldiers were powerful in the world. Later, 20,000 to 30,000 Guangxi soldiers launched a vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, and the city was fierce and unstoppable. If it weren't for the civil strife of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, history would have been rewritten long ago. After the Tianjing chaos, Taiping soldiers gradually became dominated by Anhui people and Jiangsu and Zhejiang people. This move led to the rapid weakening of the Taiping Army's combat effectiveness. Zeng Guofan and Zeng Dao, known as the leader of the famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, had the combat effectiveness of 300,000 soldiers in the middle and late periods of Changmao, far less powerful than the 30,000 soldiers who had just left Guangxi. The two battles won by the Qing Dynasty's foreign war were also fought by Guangxi soldiers. For example, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army resisted France in Vietnam and fought against Japan in Taiwan, and Feng Zicaicui's army who fought the great victory of Zhennanguan were all Guangxi soldiers.

Zhou Shixiang, who was a member of the People's Liberation Army in his previous life, naturally knew the military history. "First fight the weakest security team, second to fight the stronger Central Army, and finally the strongest Gui Army" was the policy of annihilation of the enemy deployed by Marshal Liu Bocheng. From this policy, we can see how powerful the Guangxi soldiers are.

Zhou Shixiang still remembers that he saw some historical materials about Guangxi soldiers when he was in the army. What impressed him most was that the People's Liberation Army at that time wanted to distinguish between the elite troops in the Kuomintang army. First, it depends on the equipment. The American-style equipment must be the elite troops; second, it depends on the accent. The troops with Guangxi accent must also be the elite troops. If they have both American and Guangxi accents, they are definitely the most elite troops in the Kuomintang army.

The performance of Guangxi soldiers in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement and the evaluation of Guangxi soldiers by later founding fathers certainly made Zhou Shixiang’s idea of ​​creating Guangxi wolf soldiers, but the most important thing was that the performance of Guangxi soldiers in the Ming Dynasty made him pay great attention to it.

The so-called wolf soldiers are actually not Han soldiers, but local armed forces formed by local Zhuang chieftains in Guangxi. Some officials also called the Guangxi wolf soldiers wolf clay soldiers, which refers to the Tujia soldiers in western Hunan.

The wolf soldiers in Guangxi are good at using long-drawn machetes. During the Japanese turmoil in the previous year, the imperial court dispatched wolf soldiers to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to fight against Japanese pirates. The wolf soldiers performed outstandingly and could attack the crowd with fewer numbers. Nine out of ten were victories, which made the Japanese pirates frightened and became the second only to the Qi family army. The wolf soldiers were also different from the Han army when fighting. They used 7 people as one army, and each army fought independently. Four people in each army were dedicated to attacking and stabbing, and three were dedicated to cutting their heads in order to receive rewards. During the charge, one person moved forward, and the left and right people in the same army shouted to attack and support them. One army moved forward, and the left and right troops supported them. The whole team cooperated closely, and the guns were in front and the crossbows were guarding both sides, forming a sharp knife formation, playing the role of long and short weapons.

During the Chongzhen period, the Liao incident was fierce, and the court recruited Guangxi wolf soldiers to Liaodong to participate in the war. Unlike the local Ming army in Liaodong who feared war, the wolf soldiers would fight bravely whenever they encountered the Qing army, and were not afraid of fighting with the Qing army in close combat. It was the following Sichuan army and the Qi family army that fought the prestige of the Ming army in Liaodong. At that time, thousands of Guangxi wolf soldiers were included in the Ming army's Ming army, which was directly under the command of Yuan Chonghuan.

Given that most of the wolf soldiers were strong, Miao people, Yao people, and the strong people in Guangxi were divided into children and mature servants, and the mature servants were all sinicized and were naturally close to the Han regime. However, the children were in the deep mountains and forests, and they were not convinced by the king's transformation, so it was very difficult to recruit them to join the army. Moreover, ethnic groups in Guangxi lived in mixed groups, and many ethnic groups formed their own systems and stood together. Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, it was difficult for them to get close to each other. Therefore, before entering Yunnan, Zhou Shixiang wrote a long letter to Shao Jiugong, instructing Shao Jiugong to carry out the return of ethnic minorities in Guangxi.

Regarding the familiar servants who were close to the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Shixiang suggested that Shao Jiugong directly regard them as Han people and make a book for these familiar servants. From then on, the government no longer calls them servants, but directly calls them Han people, treating them equally with the Han people in the country without distinguishing each other. For the rich servants, they try not to threaten by force, but use interests to lure them out of the mountains to join the Taiping Army. Any servants who are willing to join the Taiping Army, whether they are raw servants or familiar servants, will give them the best gifts when they join the army.

Material rewards such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, grain and meat. Those who perform well can also receive rewards such as gold, silver, cloth and other items. Of course, in order to distinguish between raw servants and cooked servants, and to stimulate the child, the treatment of mature servants is higher than that of the child. Only when the child serves in the army for one year or brings the whole family to join, can they enjoy the treatment of mature servants. In addition, the amount of rewards is determined based on military merit.

Zhou Shi repeatedly emphasized to Shao Jiugong that he must not discriminate against Guangxi's strong people like the Qing army. Not only should he not discriminate against them, but he should also pay attention to them and try every means to turn them into Han people. For the leaders who are willing to cooperate, they should also get real benefits. If they want to be officials, they can be the prefect and the military can be the general. In short, the Taiping Army welcomes all ethnic minorities in Guangxi who are willing to give up their status as servants and become Han people, and ensures that they can get much more benefits than those who are unwilling to be Han people.

"Compared to recruiting one or two capable wolf soldiers, it is more important to make the ethnic minorities in Guangxi become Han people. The former is just a twig, while the latter is the main trunk, so it must not be reversed. Our Chinese civilization has always been the Han civilization, and our Han people have never been based on bloodline, but on civilization. As long as they are willing to accept our Han civilization and are willing to become a member of our Han people, then they are Han people, and their descendants are also Han people.

From a county to a province to a country, if everyone speaks the same words, writes the same words, celebrates the same festival, inherits the same tradition, and inherits the same clothes, then we no longer have to worry about the foreign races causing trouble, because there are no foreign races in this world, only the Han races."
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