After the surrendered battalions identified each other, 26 of the 415 Green Battalions participated in the massacre in the back mountain. After confirming that, 26 were pulled out to be imprisoned with the flag soldiers. Just as Duke Shao Jiu was about to force the battalions to kill, Duke Xiang of Song rushed to stop him. Then, after Duke Xiang of Song, Zhou Shi agreed not to execute these people for the time being and brought them to Xinhui City to dismantle the morale of the defenders.

Duke Xiang of Song advised Zhou Shixiang not to rush to attack Xinhui City, but to rest here for a day and wait for the Guards to arrive before advancing towards Xinhui City.

Zhou Shixiang disagreed, saying that the army is very fast, and Xinhui City is only forty miles away from Guifeng Mountain. Now the defenders in the city must have known the news that the Qing army was destroyed in Guifeng Mountain. When they were panicked, the Taiping Army should immediately attack Xinhui City to prevent the defenders from preparing for the city after the initial panic. If the defenders were prepared, it is conceivable that many Taiping soldiers would throw their lives under the city that even Li Dingguo's army could not conquer.

Duke Xiang of Song said that the Qing army in the left and right cities already knew the situation of Guifeng Mountain, and now they are rushing to the defenders at most to make the defenders chaotic for a while. No matter what means Zhou Shixiang takes to attack the city, facing the Qing army with a strong city to rely on, the front camp still has to suffer huge casualties. It is not realistic and impossible to imagine that the defenders collapse on their own.

Yes, the Xinhui general was called by Yunlong to kill Zhou Shi. Now the general Wu Jinzhong died in Guifeng Mountain again. But the fact is that there must be other officers in Xinhui City to take on the heavy responsibility of defending the city. Besides, the soldiers of the front battalion marched for several days in order to rescue the rear battalion, and had just fought with the Qing army. From top to bottom, everyone was exhausted. Many people were almost unable to open their eyes. At this critical moment, they would rush to Xinhui City. Whoever could bear it and who could hold on. If they really wanted to march for forcing it, they would probably go to die.

Of course, Duke Xiang of Song did not bluntly say that Zhou Shixiang forcibly attacking Xinhui City was to die. Instead, he tactfully reminded Zhou Shixiang of the consequences of sending troops now. He still paid great attention to the maintenance of Zhou Shixiang's authority in his words. After all, the Taiping Camp was built from nothing to something, from childhood to adulthood. After Hu Quan died in battle, Zhou Shixiang had become the core of the Taiping Army and the soul of the Taiping Army. Although he was not afraid or worried that Zhou Shixiang would be disgusted with his advice. However, Duke Xiang of Song still consciously adjusted his status and identity. There is only one boss in the Taiping Army now, that is, the Xinhui scholar Zhou Shixiang.

After hearing Duke Xiang of Song, Zhou Shi thought for a long time and told him that Duke Xiang of Song was right, the brothers in the front camp must rest. If they really ordered the order to be opened now, more than half of them would have fallen asleep on the mountain road before they could reach the foot of the mountain. He did not insist on his own opinion and ordered the entire army to rest in Guifeng Mountain. After the escort of the Guards and Hujie Camp arrived, they advanced to Xinhui City.

During the break, Zhou Shixiang was not idle either. He roughly told Duke Xiang of Song about the reorganization of the flag of the Qianying in Gaoyao City. He also informed the other party of the military operations of the Qianying in Zhaoqing Prefecture area. The two of them analyzed together what actions the Qing army in Zhaoqing Prefecture would take now. After the Taiping Army attacked Xinhui City, how would the two feudals of Ping and Jing in Guangzhou deal with the Taiping Army that appeared under their noses and appeared in their hearts.

The two discussed the next move of the Taiping Army after taking Xinhui City. If they couldn't take Xinhui City, where should the Taiping Army retreat and where to develop. This talk took most of the time, and Lin Wan'er brought the food. However, Zhou Shixiang, who was thinking about things, did not notice it, which made Miss Wan'er feel very disappointed after going out. Duke Xiang of Song saw it and smiled helplessly.

The front camp was divided into five major battle barracks, and the officer promotion system was promoted. Duke Xiang of Song all agreed and supported it. If the Taiping Camp gave him the impression of being a vivid and bandit, it was a bandit. Now this reorganization and expansion gave him a sense of a regular officer and soldier.

Due to the shock of the enemy and the powerful, the third battalion suffered a lot of losses in the battle. After discussing with Duke Xiang of Song, Zhou Shixiang asked the third battalion to supplement the captives of the surrendered green camp, and selected 100 young and strong men from the remaining 200 males in the rear camp to supplement the troops. In this way, the third battalion soldiers were replenished again, and all 520 people were restored.

The more than 300 civil servants in the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain were recruited by the Qing army from Xinhui City. Many of them knew Zhou Shixiang. When they knew that Zhou Xiucai, who killed the Qing army officer, had now become a thousand households of the Ming Taiping Army, these people were surprised. After being surprised, they were expected to be able to let Zhou Xiu go back because they were all fellow villagers. However, Zhou Shixiang did not let these fellow villagers go back, but forced them to be recruited as soldiers to re-enter the Hou battalion, and reorganized them into the security brigade with the remaining male troop in the back battalion. The captain was temporarily vacant and took over after Zhao Sihai's injury was healed. Such arrangements made these civil servants complain and privately scolded Zhou Xiucai for being inhumane, but none of them dared to escape.

Given that the armed forces of the rear camp were too weak, the battle of Guifeng Mountain could not fully protect the people of the camp, resulting in half of the loss of women and children in the rear camp when retreating. Therefore, Duke Xiang of Song requested Zhou Shixiang to expand the armed forces of the rear camp so that the rear camp could have a force that could protect itself, so that they would not have the power to fight back when they encountered the Qing army again.

Zhao Sihai's combat troops were wiped out, and the remaining ones had been added to the front battalion. Most of the security guards suffered losses, and the Ku Army was also killed and injured, and the male soldiers in each battalion were basically killed and injured. Therefore, Duke Xiang of Song asked Zhou Shixiang to transfer some officers and veterans from the front battalion to the back battalion, and there was no need to set up a camp in the back battalion in the back battalion to imitate the front battalion's combat barracks regulations and directly expand the security team.

Zhou Shi agreed with Duke Xiang of Song and mischievously upgraded the security team to a security team. The meaning of this regiment was roughly the same as the regiment training. The troops were expanded to no less than one thousand people, so that everyone had weapons and the training was completely in accordance with the specifications of the combat barracks. This made Duke Xiang of Song happy. However, Zhou Shixiang then said that he could only imagine that because he was about to attack Xinhui City, he could not draw veterans and officers from the front battalion. Instead, the Xinhui civil servants who had just been added to the back battalion were temporarily added to the security team. After taking Xinhui City, all the remaining people in the city were included in the back battalion. Among them, the young and strong were the reserve soldiers of the security team. After arriving in Xiangshan, the security team was officially formed and trained.

Although it was just a big cake drawn by Zhou Shixiang, Duke Xiang of Song also knew that the front camp could not be transferred out at the moment. After all, whether they could take down Xinhui City, whether they could defeat Guangzhou and Zhaoqing later. Even other prefectures and counties transferred to encircle and suppress the Taiping Army all depended on the power of the front camp. At this time, it was undoubtedly an extremely stupid move to rashly draw officers and veterans from the front camp. Even after taking down Xinhui City, they should give priority to supplementing the front camp instead of expanding his security regiment.

After nodding and agreeing, the security regiment's affairs came to an end. Zhou Shixiang's future mission to Duke Xiang of Song was to take more than 4,000 remaining people from the rear camp to follow the front camp. This lesson made Zhou Shixiang dare not easily lead the front camp to act alone anymore. Although the back camp is full of old, weak, women and children, it is the future help of the Taiping Army. The soldiers and money and food in the front camp will be placed on the back camp in the future. With a stable base, the elderly, children and even women are productive and will also be soldiers.

The four words "all people are soldiers" are not something Zhou Shixiang said casually. He could foresee that the Qing army would definitely not allow him to gain a foothold in Xiangshan County, and it would be inevitable that the encirclement and suppression time and time again. At that time, the whole people are soldiers, so that everyone in the Taiping Army can play the role he (her) should have, instead of giving up at will.

From Duke Xiang of Song, Zhou Shixiang learned that Lin Wan'er was extremely strong when surrounded by the Qing army. She was much stronger than his fence-bearing father, and even better than some men. Duke Xiang of Song said casually that Miss Lin came in just now. Seeing that Lord Qianhu was thinking about something, he retreated without disturbing him. He seemed a little disappointed when he went out.

After hearing this, Zhou Shixiang was silent. However, he did not go to Wan'er specifically, because until now, he still didn't know how to treat this nominal maid, and he had never even thought of sleeping with this girl. Perhaps, in his heart, he could not forget his wife who died tragically, or, he had more sympathy for this girl than anything else.

For Lin Wan'er's sake, coupled with the urgent situation at that time, surrender was the choice of most battalions and the battalion managers. Even the surrounded Hou Lao, and even Zhao Sihai had the idea of ​​surrendering. Zhou Shixiang did not blame these people, nor did he make things difficult for Lin Wanfu, and even Lin Wanfu's position as ambassador Ku was not dismissed, but instead made them guilty and made meritorious service. It is understandable to surrender in order to save their lives in a desperate situation. After all, these people are ordinary people of this era, without the national hatred and family hatred of Zhou Shixiang, and there is no national justice. They only know that to survive, to eat enough, and forcing them to die for the Taiping Army is unrealistic and unethical.

Zhou Shixiang's arrangements stabilized the old man and the uneasy mind of the camp to a certain extent, so that the upper and lower camps did not experience unnecessary unrest because they were worried that Zhou Shixiang would meet and settle them.

The money, grain and materials discarded by the Qing army at the foot of the mountain were all stationed in the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain. Now these money, grain and materials have been lost and some money and materials have been seized from the Qing army. However, because the Qing army did not carry much money and grain when it left the city, the capture was limited. However, a lot of chariots and horses were seized, with more than 300 vehicles, which was a surprise. So many chariots and horses can alleviate the transportation capacity of the Taiping Army's carriages and speed up the march.

The monk Qilin, who took the initiative to lead the monks in the temple to rescue Taiping, was arrested because the surrendered Qing army told General Wu Jinzhong that he decided to attack the mountain after receiving a secret letter from the monks on the mountain.

In the emptied Heavenly King Hall, Zhou Shixiang and monk Qilin stood in front of Bodhisattva Zang in front of him:

"I heard that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva saw that sentient beings in hell suffer and felt the same way, so he vowed to go to hell to save sentient beings. This is called "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell! Hell is not empty, and I will not become a Buddha!"

"Good, the donor knows Buddhist allusions, and is indeed a person of great wisdom."

"I wonder where I will go after a hundred years of hosting?"

"It may be a grain of dust in the world, a donkey or a horse, or a grass or a tree."

"And what? Don't you go to hell?"

"If it is the final level, I will naturally go to hell."

"The host is a great good teacher, how could he go to hell?"

"If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell to teach sentient beings?"

"Hosting is really compassionate. So, now, please preside over and teach sentient beings to hell?"

"What?...ah!"

"Come here, send the host to hell!"

"Donor...General, please spare me!"

"I will spare your life, who will spare the lives of those elderly, children and women!"

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Chapter completed!