"Xiangshan County?"

Duke Xiang of Song was stunned. If he remembered correctly, Xiangshan County was the Shangxian County under Guangzhou Prefecture, which was occupied by the Qing army. Why did Zhou Shixiang actually want to go to this place? With the current strength of Taiping Camp, isn’t it a fool to want to seize Xiangshan from the Qing army?

When he was confused, Zhou Shixiang had already gotten up and got a map, but it took him two days to draw a map of Guangdong.

For this map of Guangdong, Zhou Shixiang really racked his brains in the past two days, tried to recall the map of China in later generations, and asked Lin Wanfu and others, and then he barely drew the map. Although the details inside must be wrong, the general framework should be correct. At least, with this map, the direction of Taipingying's future journey will not be wrong.

In ancient times, maps were a military and national weapon, and ordinary people could not see them at all. In addition, transportation was inconvenient, most people would probably not go out of a hundred miles away from home in their entire lives, and they did not know where the strategic location was and where it was a must-have. Therefore, once the people rebelled, without the help of maps and knowledgeable people, they were often limited to one place and could not quickly occupy the strategic location, making it impossible to develop in the future. In this case, the rebel army was naturally passive in the face of the official army, and it was very easy to wipe out the official army with maps.

Zhou Shixiang did not have a ready-made Guangdong map and no GPRS satellite positioning. It was too dangerous to rely solely on the guide to decide the marching route. Taiping Camp urgently needed a strategic plan, so he drew this Guangdong map by himself so that he would not become a blind man with dark eyes.

In the process of drawing this map of Guangdong Province, which can only be regarded as a framework, Zhou Shixiang made up his mind to organize the staff of the Taiping Camp when the conditions are right so that more professional talents can draw more and more professional maps for the Taiping Camp. If even a village can be carefully marked on the map, a small river on the road, a well on the road can be clearly listed, and even the height of a hill can be measured, the value of this map will never be below the army of 100,000.

Unfortunately, there are not many people in Taiping Camp now who can read. It is a dream to have talents who professionally draw maps. Zhou Shixiang can't even get the airs of the General Staff. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is a last resort. Zhou Shixiang can only do his best to make more plans for Taiping Camp.

"This is?"

Duke Xiang of Song looked at the map made of charcoal and found it strange. After carefully looking at the place name above, he suddenly realized it. He was very excited and said, "Is this a map of Guangdong Province?"

The map is the name of the map by the ancients. Zhou Shixiang, who had the original owner of the body, had the fame and fame, naturally knew about it. He nodded and said, "This is indeed a map of Guangdong Province. Please see, sir, the black circle is Xiangshan County."

Zhou Shixiang said as he pointed to a black circle specially marked. If this black circle was drawn on a map of later generations, it would be Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Shunde and other places in Guangdong, with a large area and two or three cities, but now it all belongs to a county in Xiangshan.

Duke Xiang of Song was a county magistrate, so he could understand the map naturally. His eyes were staring at the black circle, looking very carefully for a while, and he said in confusion: "Why do Qianhu want to use Xiangshan as my Taipingying place?"

“Because of this place.”

Zhou Shixiang's finger moved to a solid black dot next to the black circle, spitting out a place name: "Macau."

"Macao?"

Duke Xiang of Song Dynasty looked at Ding Qing and saw that the solid black dot was close to the black circle. If you looked roughly, you just thought that the black dot was inside the black circle. If you looked carefully, you realized that the black circle was a black circle and the black dot was a black dot.

"Macao?"

Duke Xiang of Song murmured several times, suddenly remembered something, and said anxiously: "Is this place the origin of the red cannon?"

Red cannon?

Zhou Shixiang was stunned, and then the memory of his master made him awaken. It turned out that the red barbarian cannon was the cannon purchased by the Ming Dynasty from the Portuguese in Macau. Because the Qing court had the intention of belittling them, the red barbarian cannon seized from the Ming army was changed to the general's cannon.

"As Mr. said, Baiyi, who lives in Macau, is good at making firearms. We went to Tianqi. During the Chongzhen period, we bought a lot of red artillery artillery from Baiyi."

After hearing what Zhou Shixiang said, Duke Xiang of Song couldn't help but say, "Is the reason why Qianhu wants to go to Xiangshan is to buy red artillery artillery from those white artillery?"

Zhou Shixiang shook his head: "How can we buy cannons from Baiyi? But the reason why I want to seize Xiangshan is indeed related to Macau. But we are not buying it, but we have to find a way to build not only cannons, but also our muskets."

"make?"

Duke Xiang of Song was stunned again. He never thought that Taiping Camp could build cannons by himself. The battalion could not even kill all weapons, but Zhou Shixiang wanted to build cannons. This, this really made him unbelievable and looked at Zhou Shixiang in surprise.

"It is better to make it than to buy it. If you can't make it, what's the use of buying more?"

Zhou Shixiang did not think that Duke Xiang of Song was thinking that under the conditions of Taipingying, he could not have the opportunity to build artillery. He only thought that the other party thought that buying was faster than making it, and that he could buy it directly from Baiyi, why bother himself to cause such trouble?

Seeing that Zhou Shixiang misunderstood his meaning, Duke Xiang of Song couldn't help but complain: "It's good to build cannons and guns, but the question is what should we use to build? So how to build it? We don't even have weapons at the moment. Building cannons and guns is too... too long-term, right?" He was inconvenient to say that Zhou Shixiang was crazy, so he could only tactfully remind that this matter was not realistic.

"Come on step by step. We will go to Xiangshan first, and then find a way to contact Baiyi. We will raise some money to buy some with them, and then find a way to learn their skills to build our cannons and guns. As for the money, living people will not be suffocated to death by urine. As long as we are determined, things can be done. At the beginning, no one thought that we could occupy Luo Ding, and no one thought that we could defeat Deqing Green Camp? But what was the result? Everything we didn't expect was achieved!"

In fact, Zhou Shixiang could not answer the problem of Duke Xiang of Song because he had no idea how to solve these problems at that time. However, since he had made up his mind to go to Macau, he had to resolve Duke Xiang of Song with an optimistic attitude and win the support of the other party.

Between "taking one step at a time" and "taking one step at a time", Zhou Shixiang obviously chose the former. No matter what the front is, no matter how many difficulties there are, no need to be afraid or care. As long as the goal is set, you can rush to the sky with all your strength. At worst, you can die again. If you can't die, you must be good-looking!

Zhou Shixiang's optimism infected Duke Xiang of Song. Thinking of the fact that things that he had never dared to think of before were realized one by one, Duke Xiang of Song could not help but admire Zhou Shixiang's judgment and decisions for being very correct, or it was not an exaggeration to have a far-sighted vision. However, this time, he was not easily taken into the ditch by Zhou Shixiang, but said firmly: "You can't go to Xiangshan!"

"Why can't you go?"

Zhou Shixiang stayed there and didn't understand why Duke Xiang of Song was so decisive and resolute. He was not like this before.

Duke Xiang of Song reached out and pointed to the three prominent characters above the black circle drawn by Zhou Shixiang - "Guangzhou Prefecture", and then said worriedly: "Xiangshan is too close to Guangzhou, it can be said that it is just under the nose of Guangzhou. If we occupy it, the Qing army in Guangzhou will not have to travel long distances to attack us. At that time, we can stop them with our strength? If we can't defeat it, what's the point of going there? Where should we go? If we are not careful, Xiangshan will be our dead place."

"If you can't resist, you can take your wits out. If you can't do it, you can run away." Zhou Shixiang was not worried about Duke Xiang of Song. He seemed not afraid of the Qing army in Guangzhou at all. He raised his eyebrows and said, "I have sixteen words to the enemy. Is it feasible to listen to it?"

"Which sixteen words?" Duke Xiang of Song also raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Shixiang said loudly: "The enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy stands and we disturb us, the enemy is tired, and we attack, the enemy retreats and we chase!"

“……”

After hearing these sixteen words, Duke Xiang of Song's eyes lit up, and Zhou Shixiangna added another sentence, "If the enemy comes several times, I will go all the way. Xiangshan is not a plain, there are many mountains and tombs, and it depends on the sea. If we really can't defeat the Qing army, we will hide and wait for the opportunity. The Qing army is also a human being, and we can't bite us to let go. When he relaxes, we will come out and give him a hard blow. With the sixteen words on the enemy, we will definitely be able to hold our foothold in Xiangshan!"

"What kind of tactic is these sixteen characters?"

"Guerrilla Battle!"

"Guerrilla Battle?" Duke Xiang of Song pondered slightly and nodded, "It's feasible, but even if we can withstand the Qing army's attack, Luo Ding is thousands of miles away from Xiangshan, and there are Qing troops everywhere along the way. How can we go there? We can't put on wings and fly over, right?"

If you want to go to Xiangshan, there is only one land route in Guangzhou. If you don’t go by land, you can only go by the sea. However, Taipingying has no navy. If you go by land, Guangzhou is a big nail on the road. If you don’t pull out this nail, it is impossible for tens of thousands of people in Taipingying to reach Xiangshan south of Guangzhou. However, even tens of thousands of troops of Li Dingguo could not take over the small county town of Xinhui, the outpost of Guangzhou. Taipingying could defeat the Taipingying with a thousand soldiers, and then run to Xiangshan from the eyes of the Qing army in Guangzhou?

Duke Xiang of Song looked at Zhou Shixiang with a serious face. Although he believed in the other party and recognized the other party's ability, it was related to the lives of tens of thousands of people in Taipingying and his own lives. He could not be very cautious. If Zhou Shixiang could not give a feasible way to reach Xiangshan, he would never agree to enter Xiangshan.

"We can't fly over, but we can blow over."

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Chapter completed!