Taiping Camp set out from Luoding on the 29th, and the day before, Zhou Shixiang and Tang Sanshui had just completed the transaction.

The supplies delivered by Tang Sanshui were 60% off on the amount given by Zhou Shixiang, and only half of the medicine was given. If it was calculated based on the actual weight, it would probably be less than 500 kilograms.

Logically, Tang Sanshui had a discount too much, and he needed Luo Ding City very much. Zhou Shixiang could be fully at a price. Although the Gaozhou side did not like Taiping Camp and did not accept any conditions from Zhou Shixiang, they did not give up any shame to send troops to suppress them. The Qing army had no plans to attack Luo Ding, so Taiping Camp could still stay in Luo Ding for a while. However, after hearing the news brought by Tang Sanshui, Zhou Shixiang reached a deal with him without any hesitation. Then he returned to the city and summoned the military officers above the general flag to discuss. After the military discussion, the entire camp began to move out of the city.

The news brought by Tang Sanshui has to some extent nothing to do with Luo Ding, because this incident was posted in Xin'an County, thousands of miles away from Luo Ding. That place was located in the Guangdong map drawn by Zhou Shixiang.

According to Tang Sanshui, just four days ago, the green camp soldiers of various prefectures and counties in Guangzhou mobilized by Li Rutai, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, successfully encircled and suppressed the Ming army of Li Wanrong in Xin'an County. After this battle, there was no more Ming army in each county under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture, and the Guangzhou Prefecture was completely owned by the Qing Dynasty.

I don’t know if this is true, or if Tang Sanshui deliberately intimidated him, he told Zhou Shixiang that once the troops from the Green Camp who went to Xin'an were transferred back, Guangzhou might send troops to attack Luo Ding.

It was not important for Tang Sanshui to tell Zhou Shixiang the news for what purpose. It was important that Zhou Shixiang immediately agreed to the deal after learning about it. This made Tang Sanshui feel quite regretful after thinking about it: If I had known that the poor scholar was so easy to scare, I would have paid 20% off. He would have made him earn 20% of his money and lost.

When Tang Sanshui, who was full of joy, rushed to Luoding City with hundreds of new green camp soldiers, was full of power. After seeing the Luoding City with a wide open gate, he felt deeply that he had been teased, and at the same time he was even more regretful. He suffered a huge loss in this deal because he saw an empty city.

Facing the low questioning of his subordinate Qian, Tang Sanshui, whose face was green, was helpless to stage the "siege war" he had formulated in advance. So, on the barren mountains outside the city, the people saw this scene - hundreds of Qing soldiers climbed onto the city wall and worked hard to dismantle the city bricks, then ran to the city wall and poached the wall desperately, and then set fires in the city to put out the fire. It was really lively back and forth.

After the lively event, Tang Sanshui sent Zhaoqing solemnly to report the war.

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"Come on, everyone behind me will follow! Before dark, everyone can't get to the Lizhu Village, but the Tartars will catch up with us!"

"There are not much road left. Everyone is cheering up and exerting their strength. The people in front have prepared hot rice and hot dishes for us. When they arrive at the field, everyone can fill their stomachs!"

"The road is hard to walk, everyone should take a closer look. Don't fall into the ditch! The elderly and children walk in the middle, and men should not rob the way!"

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, there is a car in front of you stuck in a pit. Everyone stop and help!"

"If anyone moves around again, he will drag it out and tie it up!"

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Almost every other mile, there are several men wearing yellow military uniforms, red silk on their arms, felt hats on their heads, and sharpened bamboos on their hands standing on high places to command the team forward. They cheered the team loudly from time to time, and told the people behind them from time to time. When they saw that the crowd was stagnant due to the crowd or that someone was chasing the road, they would always rushed over with bamboo guns as soon as possible. The existence of these people allowed the rear camp, which had been pulled for more than twenty miles in front and back, to move forward slowly. Although the speed of movement was extremely slow, they were still moving.

The campers call these people the security team. On the way from Luo Ding, if it weren't for these security team members, it would be difficult for most people to stick to this. Because it is with these security team members that they can know what happened in front and what happened behind at any time. At the same time, they don't have to worry about being squeezed down the ravine by the people behind, because these security team members will never allow such things to happen. Of course, the most important thing is that these security team members will tell them clearly where to rest and where to eat. Rest and eating are definitely a big deal for the campers who are confused and do not know where to go. As long as they can know when to rest and when to eat, even if they work hard, the campers will always grit their teeth and persevere - hope is right in front of them.

The campers can understand the ruthlessness of the security team members. After all, they also know that the team cannot be chaotic. If they want to avoid being caught up by the Qing army, they have to go further. If the team is delayed because of those who don’t know the matter, the price they will pay will be everyone’s heads.

Those who act as security team members are men between the ages of 45 and 50. These people have not been accepted into the front camp as soldiers because of their age. However, it is too waste of manpower to stay in the back camp like the old man in his fifties and sixties. Therefore, in order to use the existing manpower as much as possible and let everyone play his role in the Taiping Camp, Zhou Shixiang suggested that Duke Xiang of Song organize these men into a security team.

The security team's responsibilities are the same as those in later generations, which is to maintain public order. Specifically on the march, it is to ensure the order of the team.

The war soldiers in the front battalion and the engineering battalion had only more than 1,300 people. The shortage of troops made it difficult for Zhou Shixiang to draw personnel from it to help the transfer of the rear battalion and suppress possible riots. Therefore, it is imperative to use the existing personnel of the rear battalion to form a security team. This suggestion was strongly supported by Duke Xiang of Song, because he also needed a half-war force in his hands to be able to deal with the numerous difficulties and emergencies on the march.

Duke Xiang of Song now has a ready-made force, which is to test the 150 soldiers under Zhao Sihai, but this force is responsible for the security of the public treasury and cannot easily call other places. The 200 treasury soldiers are all elderly people in their fifties and more than a dozen teenagers. In name, they are called the Kujun. It sounds like an army, but in fact they are just porters and servants, so it is difficult to use them as semi-military armed security members. Moreover, the public treasury cannot do without these treasury soldiers. The money, grain and goods loaded by the big and small treasurys are still expected to push them all the way to Xiangshan County. Without them, who will push the cart?

Originally, before departure, Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong did not consider the issue of team order on the transfer route, but after the team left the city, the two thought of this problem at the same time. Therefore, just as Zhou Shixiang put forward his own ideas, Song Xianggong passed the order to the old places of each battalion. Soon, a security team with only 120 people was established in a hurry.

Duke Xiang of Song asked Zhou Shixiang to allocate weapons to the security team members, but Zhou Shixiang's weapons in the front camp were not complete. Where can there be swords and guns to allocate swords and guns to the security team members? He had no choice but to ask someone to cut bamboo on the mountain and cut them into bamboo guns for use by the security team members. Fortunately, the purpose of the security team is to maintain the order of the team, and they do not need to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy like the front camp, so it doesn't matter what kind of weapons they use. What is important is that they can shock the people of the camp.

Zhou Shixiang privately thought that the 120-person security team was a paper tiger, but now this paper tiger has helped him a lot.

Duke Xiang of Song deliberately let the rear camp stay for an additional hour. During this hour, Zhou Shixiang and him conducted intensive training for the security team. After an hour, the 120 security team members divided into 24 teams into groups of 5 people and started their mission.

After the security team was put into use, the effect was soon reduced. Under the command of these security team members wearing yellow military uniforms and red silk, the originally messy team immediately became orderly.

After seeing that the security team was indeed effective, Zhou Shixiang was inevitably moved. He considered that the front battalion would fight the Qing army anytime and anywhere in the future. Once a war broke out, it would be difficult for the former battalion to free up hands to help take care of the back battalion. Therefore, the back battalion must have its own armed forces and hematopoietic organizational capabilities, otherwise everything would not be possible to rely on the front battalion.

In reality, Zhou Shixiang wanted the back camp to be independent. To put it bluntly, he didn't want the back camp to drag the front camp to hold the back camp.

The security team must be expanded in the future, including a security brigade, a security squadron, and a security squadron. If you have a territory that can be settled, it is the security brigade of the government, a county security squadron, and a town (village) security squadron.

With strength, the training and equipment of the security team can be strengthened, so that they can also deal with the attacks of small Qing troops alone, and provide support when the large troops in the front battalion are fighting. When the time is ripe, the security team can be used as a supplement to the troops of the front battalion.

After remembering this idea, Zhou Shixiang entrusted the rear camp to Duke Xiang of Song, and he led the front camp to the first nail on the way southwards - Xinxing Town.

Xinxing Town is affiliated to Zhaoqing Prefecture, located at the southern end of Yunwu Mountain, and is the gateway to Zhaoqing Prefecture. Therefore, although it is a town, it has a foreign commissioner stationed, with 300 green camp soldiers under its command.

By pulling out the Xinxing Green Camp troops, the Taiping Camp can move along the Xinxing River north to Zhaoqing Prefecture, or march southeast to Xinhui County, where Zhou Shixiang’s hometown is.

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