The Qing army generals under the Pingnan vassal state decided to withdraw their troops in the camp with Shang Zhixin, and the Jingnan vassal state and the governor-general model decided to withdraw their troops. This information was naturally unknown to Zhou Shixiang in Xinhui City, and Chen Qice on the river was also unaware of it. △,

The situation is a bit strange now. Zhou Shixiang in the city was waiting for the navy on the river to take action. He led his troops out of the city to cooperate. However, the navy on the river did not move since the arrival of the arrival, and there was no intention of going ashore. There was no movement on the Qing army, and only the Green Camp troops stationed along the river were mobilized and deployed defenses everywhere.

Seeing the sun heading west, the navy on the river was still motionless, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but wonder what the Ming general who was commanding the navy was trying to make.

If the Ming general really led his troops to support Xinhui, he should immediately launch an attack on the Qing army after he arrived to collect strange troops. Even if he could not defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop, he could still enter the city under the support of the Taiping army, which could double the strength to defend the city. But now the navy is still holding its troops and watching the fighter planes disappear. This is a lot of doubt, and it is speculation whether the Ming army navy came to support Xinhui.

"Sir, what did the navy think, why didn't move for a long time?" After thinking hard but failed, Zhou Shixiang wanted to get the answer from Duke Xiang of Song.

Duke Xiang of Song pondered for a moment and expressed his guess. He said, "I'm afraid the navy is not as capable as possible."

"Is it too strong?" Zhou Shixiang was slightly stunned, not knowing what Duke Xiang of Song said.

Duke Xiang of Song explained: "The people in the north are good at horses, while the people in the south are good at boats. The Ming army's navy can gallop on the rivers and seas in Guangdong Province, but most of the navy officers and soldiers are not familiar with infantry battles, so they are difficult to fight head-on with the Qing army on the shore, so they can only act as harassment, blockade, and transport grain and soldiers. During the Xinhui Battle last year, I followed Hu Quan down the mountain to assist in the battle, and I saw the navy fighting, which is probably the case.

Furthermore, I see that although this navy has more than a hundred warships, it has never appeared in Tanjiang before. I guess it was the soldiers who could not stand on the shore and rushed to the island. In this way, this navy is probably not as powerful as we imagined. Although there are many ships, there are few soldiers who can fight. Therefore, even if the commander is willing to send troops ashore to support our army, he is still willing but not strong enough. Then he remained silent and watched the changes.

After saying that, Duke Xiang of Song thought of something and said, "From the current situation, it is better for the navy to keep the troops in motion than to move."

“Why?”

"If you don't move, the Qing army will not know the reality and the truth. If you guess, you will not dare to act rashly. Under invisible pressure, you will even shake the entire army. If the navy moves, the Qing army will inevitably block it. If the two sides fight, the virtual and the real will be known. If the navy wins, the dilemma of Xinhui will naturally be solved. But if you lose, even if the navy can withdraw, our army will no longer have any support. The morale of the Qing army who won the new victory will also increase accordingly. With the two offsets, the outcome of the Xinhui battle is hard to say."

Duke Xiang of Song sighed. The arrival of the navy before really made him excited for a while, thinking that victory was expected. Now he couldn't help but worry again.

Zhou Shixiang didn't say anything, but only digested Duke Xiang of Song in his mind. After thinking about it, he was afraid that the navy's troops would not move as Duke Xiang of Song guessed, which was due to insufficient strength.

But he could accept that the navy did not move his troops. However, why did the Qing army not move?

He said to Song Xianggong: "If Mr. Zhao said, it would be reasonable for the navy to not move, but why did the Qing army not move? Shang Zhixin could not watch the navy threaten him on the river, right? Besides, the Qing army suffered heavy attacks for several consecutive days. The Qing army lost no less than thousands, and there were not much food and grass left in the camp. Our army had no reinforcements, so Shang Zhixin could still bets and waste them to the end. Now that our army has reinforcements, how can he still insist on retrenching? This is unreasonable."

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Zhou Shixiang's problem made Duke Xiang of Song confused, and thought: "I guess Shang Zhixin will have a headache than us. I once heard that the prince of Pingnan is a irritable person. This kind of person is mostly stubborn. He is the master who is not dead until the Yellow River and does not cry until he sees the coffin. I believe he is unwilling to withdraw his troops."

"If Shang Zhixin is such a person, then we really don't expect the Qing army to withdraw. He is the prince of Pingnan and he refuses to withdraw. How dare the generals under his command withdraw? Hey, Shang Zhixin is really determined to fight with our Taiping Army to the end. But"

Zhou Shixiang gritted his teeth and made up his mind, slapped the battlements hard, and said heavily: "He refuses to retreat, so let's force him to retreat!"

Duke Xiang of Song was startled by Zhou Shixiang's sudden behavior and said in a trembling voice: "What does Qianhu mean?"

Zhou Shixiang's eyes flashed, "If our army suddenly left the city to attack Qingying, what would you think?"

Duke Xiang of Song said without thinking: "Shang Zhixin saw our army suddenly leaving the city, he must have thought our army had contacted the Jiangshang Navy and made an appointment to send troops to attack him together."

"Yes, Shang Zhixin can make a desperate bet. Why can't I, Zhou Shixiang, break the axe and sink the boat and fight with my back? I want to make Shang Zhixin mistakenly think that our army has contacted the navy and attacked him. I want to see if he, Shang Zhixin, can still stabilize his position, or whether his bones are hard, or whether my Zhou Shixiang's bones are harder!"

Zhou Shixiang's idea of ​​breaking the axe and sinking a boat to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle shocked Duke Xiang of Song. He even thought that this road was the only way to go now, and perhaps this road was the only chance of the Taiping Army. But he was worried that the Taiping Army would move, what if the Navy still did not move.

The two armies have different significances of attacking each other and fighting alone. The former has the possibility of shaking the entire defense line of the Qing army, but the latter has no chance.

Zhou Shixiang smiled freely and said, "If the navy is still not moving, it is God's will to destroy our Taiping Army!" The topic changed, "But my Taiping Army has been fighting with the thief God since Luo Ding launched the army! We have to cut off food in the left and right cities, so it is better to fight for him if he is trapped and starved to death!"

After Zhou Shixiang talked about this, Duke Xiang of Song had no objection and bowed to Zhou Shixiang to write a series: "Okay, I'll wish thousands of households to go out of the city to defeat the Qing army!"

Zhou Shixiang nodded slightly, and did not hesitate anymore. He sent an order to go out of the city and go out of the city to fight the final battle with him and the Qing army.

As early as when the Ming Navy arrived on the river, Zhou Shixiang was ready to go out of the city to fight, and he ordered the hundreds of battalions to pick out half of the strong men to form a suicide squad. However, Duke Xiang of Song suggested that all five battalions be out of the city. This proposal made Zhou Shixiang stunned, but heard Duke Xiang of Song: "If the thousand households are defeated, what can the people left in the city help? Since the thousand households have decided to fight the last battle, then the whole army will be launched, and it will be this time if it is dead or alive."

After hearing this, Zhou Shixiang said nothing and ordered the entire army to follow him out of the city to fight to the decisive battle.

However, Duke Xiang of Song went to get the cowhide drums brought from Daqiao Mountain that day, and wanted to beat the drums for the soldiers who left the city to boost their momentum.

In his heart, he was ready to jump off the top of the city once Zhou Shixiang was defeated.

"Go out of the city and fight the Qing Yao!"
Chapter completed!