Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Shang Zhixin glanced at Lin Shanzhi, then turned his gaze to Ban Zhifu, and asked, "Can the Xinhui send someone here?"

Ban Zhifu shook his head and said, "Zheng Guodong didn't send any more people. It is believed that the thieves surrounded the city and no one could come out of the city."

"I think so too."

Shang Zhixin nodded slightly, in front of this old man who had followed his father for many years, he didn't dare to do it, and there was no need to do it, he smiled and said to Ban Zhifu: "Before leaving, the king told me that this trip is out of The new aid club, my son is called the head coach, but I still have to rely on Uncle Ban for matters in the army. I need to read and learn more. If I don’t understand, I will ask questions. I don’t have to worry about the face of His Royal Highness. In fact, I don't have to ask my father to do so, I will do the same. After all, I have never led the army alone before, and my experience in battles is far less than that of Uncle Ban. If something goes wrong because of my ignorance, not to mention that my highness is shameless, my father. I'm even more difficult to explain over there. So this time, I asked Uncle Ban to pay more attention!"

His Royal Highness called "Uncle" one after another. Hearing Ban Zhifu's heart was quite warm. In the eyes of outsiders, this Highness Kong Wu was Kong Wu, but he was young and vigorous and had a bad temper. In front of him, His Royal Highness is still the same child he used to be, and he respects his elders just as much as he did back then. Only this point, he also has to try his best to keep the faith of Shang, instead of being like some people under the Peaceful Nanfan, who is filial piety to the Second Highness. .

It is a thousand-year-old tradition in China to establish the first son and the first son. It is not a matter of putting the eldest son and the first son to be with the second son. You must know that King Pingnan told them in private that when Nanming was pacified in the future, his old man would let his second son Zhixiao go back to Beijing to seek a Han army flag, rather than stay in Guangdong and be an eyesore with his brother. Since the old prince has such thoughts for a long time, the people under him are still trying to coax him, and there is really a matter of brothers fighting for vassal. I'm afraid it's not the people under the Pingnan vassal who benefit, but the court in Beijing. In case of trouble, the imperial court will intervene. I'm just afraid that this Pingnan Palace is really a chicken-and-egg attack, and the old Jingnan King Geng Zhongming has not been around for a few years. That boy, Geng Jimao, was almost unable to attack the nobility. Jingnan's lessons learned are not far away, and there can be no more demon children in the Pingnan palace.

"Your Highness can rest assured that the last general will do his best. The Taiping army is no more than a clown. With His Highness personally leading the army, this thief will be vulnerable."

Ban Zhifu didn't talk much, but every word he said was by no means nonsense. He said it so loudly and forcefully. Lin Shanzhi, who was beside him, couldn't help but look up at him, but he didn't have any arrogant thoughts in his mind, but he took it seriously: The Taiping Army is a mob, and if you can't win this battle, you'll see a ghost. .

After Ban Zhifu said this, Shang Zhixin naturally wouldn't say more about the war with the Taiping Army, and instead said to Lin Shanzhi, "Is everything in the army properly arranged?"

Lin Shanzhi hurriedly bowed his back and said, "Go back to your Highness, the lowly duties have been arranged properly!"

"I don't have anything to do, you can go back first. Just now I made it clear that everything in this aid is obeyed by Ban Dutong, and Ban Dutong's orders are my orders. You can understand!" Shang Zhixin said the last half of the sentence Specifically aggravated.

Lin Shanzhi secretly slandered in his heart that he is also the chief soldier of the first grade, so why should he obey Ban Zhifu's orders, not to mention that he has more soldiers than Ban Zhifu, but His Royal Highness said so, Ban Zhifu is the most powerful king of Pingnan. The old man with a lot of trust, no matter how unwilling he is, he has to listen obediently, and immediately responded with a loud voice: "I understand!"

"Okay, you go down first. You'll be out in half an hour."

Shang Zhixin waved his hand and motioned for Lin Shanzhi to go back.

"twitter!"

Lin Shanzhi lightly stepped back three steps before turning around and leaving. When he left, Ban Zhifu said with some worry about Shang Zhixin: "Guangzhou Green Camp's top leaders are all southerners. They are all wandering people, all of them are not the ones who have gone through war. There are a lot of troops used everywhere, and there are also many damages. Only the Green Camp in Guangzhou has lost thousands in the past few years. Today, the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Guangdong are living together. Bandits are in the mountains, and there are many pirates along the coast. I am afraid that there will be too many troops here, so Your Highness may wish to ask the imperial court to send another 3ooo Mongolian soldiers to Guangdong to help in the battle, so that the crisis can be solved without worrying about the strength, and the incident of last year will not be repeated.”

What Ban Zhifu said last year refers to Li Dingguo's army attacking Guangdong for the second time. Since Pingnan and Jingnan had no troops available, they had to shrink the Qing troops from various places and concentrate on Guangzhou, so that Li Dingguo's army could drive straight in. If it weren't for Xinhui Jian The city is difficult to overcome, and I am afraid that the Ming army will approach the city of Guangzhou. Shrinking the troops and garrisoning in Guangzhou seems like the best way to deal with the Ming army, but in fact it is to expose to the Ming army the problem of the insufficient strength of the Qing army in Guangdong. If Guangzhou falls, Guangdong will be completely in the hands of the Ming army. Furthermore, the Qing army's shrinking in Guangzhou means giving up all the occupied areas except Guangzhou, which causes the people in these occupied areas to waver to the Ming army. At the same time, the Ming army can also obtain manpower, money and food support in these areas. If it were not for Li Dingguo's two attacks Two defeats, but only maintaining the situation of oppressing Guangzhou, is enough to hide in Pingnan and Jingnan in Guangzhou to drink a pot.

As far as this aid to Xinhui alone is concerned, Ban Zhifu also suffered from a lack of troops. There were only more than 1,000 defenders in Xinhui City, while the Taiping Army numbered more than 10,000 people. Available, the more than 2,000 soldiers of the Guangzhou Green Battalion can't do anything at all. Most of these Guangzhou Green Battalion soldiers are surrendered soldiers from Fujian and Zhejiang. They can fight against the wind on weekdays. If they really want to run into opponents stronger than them, they flee All are light. That is to say, it was not Li Dingguo's army that came this time, but a clear-cut Taiping army. If Li Dingguo's army really came, the soldiers of the Guangzhou Green Camp would not dare to bring them out.

Ban Zhifu had no doubts about winning the Taiping Army. Without more than two thousand Guangzhou green battalions, he would be able to clean up the Taiping Army in one fell swoop with his 800 elite soldiers inlaid with blue flags. The important thing is that the overall strength of the Qing army in Guangdong is really not many, and the number of soldiers that can be fought is even less. It was even robbed of 2,000 people by the royal family of Li Suotai. The elite soldiers are definitely not five thousand. Compared with Li Dingguo, who is always attacked by tens of thousands of troops, this is a bit worrying. If Li Dingguo comes again this year, Ban Zhifu believes that the strategy adopted by King Pingnan is to shrink the troops from various places and station them in Guangzhou. , there is no other way.

It’s a bit impractical to invite the soldiers from Manchuria to help in the battle. The year before last year, Haha Mu led the troops and left after only a few months. Last year, Zhu Mala also stayed for less than three months. If the military situation was really urgent, the soldiers from Manchu would still have to come. , but it is impossible for them to stay permanently, there is no way, these Manchu soldiers are really afraid of the heat. The Manchu soldiers are not allowed, but the next Mongolian soldiers are likely to come. In terms of combat effectiveness, although the Mongolian soldiers are slightly worse than the Manchu soldiers, they are much stronger than the Ming army. The important thing is that the Mongolian soldiers are no better than those Manchu soldiers. The state soldiers are delicate and precious, and if the imperial court really sent them here for a long time, these Mongolian soldiers would not dare to disobey their orders. In view of this, Ban Zhifu had the idea of ​​​​transferring Mongolian soldiers to the court to help the war.

Send Mongolian soldiers to help?

Shang Zhixin was stunned for a while, but did not immediately respond to Ban Zhifu's feasibility of this strategy, but said another thing: "The Governor Li Suotai has made a statement that he neglected the court, and asked the court to set up a city in Guangzhou and allocate soldiers from the Eight Banners of Manchu and Han. Permanently stationed at ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and set up the post of General Guangzhou..."

Before Shang Zhixin could speak, Ban Zhifu lost his voice: "Guangzhou must not be full of cities!"

Shang Zhixin nodded and said solemnly, "My father and I also agree with this. The fact that Guangzhou is full of cities is the opinion of Li Suitai alone, and the court may not accept it."

Ban Zhifu was still a little worried: "We must guard against future problems, and there are still more activities in Beijing."

Shang Zhidao: "Father has already acted on this matter."

"That's good." Hearing that King Pingnan had sent someone to Beijing to prevent Li Suotai from inviting Mancheng, Ban Zhifu calmed down, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Suotai is not a good person, please set Mancheng clearly. Coming from the Pingnan Palace for me, this **** really has ill intentions, thanks to the prince being so polite to him!"

If Guangzhou has a full city and Pingnan Palace, what's the matter? What Li Suotai was hiding in this move was really Sima Zhao's heart—everyone knew it.

Thinking of Li Suotai's small actions and Geng Jimao's face, Shang Zhixin felt disgusted for no reason. Just as he was about to speak to Ban Zhifu, a personal soldier rushed over. (To be continued)