The Taiping camp departed from Luoding on the 29th, and Zhou Shixiang and Tang Sanshui had just completed the transaction the day before.

The materials delivered by Tang Sanshui were discounted by six percent on the number given by Zhou Shixiang, and only half of the medicine was given, and if it was really calculated according to the actual weight, I am afraid it would be less than 500 catties.

It stands to reason that Tang Sanshui's discount is too great, and he needs Luo Dingcheng very much, Zhou Shixiang can completely wait for the price to sell, although the Gaozhou side does not wait to see the Taiping camp and does not accept any conditions of Zhou Shixiang, but after all, he did not tear his face and send troops to suppress it, and the Qing army did not have any plan to attack Luo Ding, so the Taiping camp could stay in Luo Ding for a while. However, after listening to a piece of news brought by Tang Sanshui, Zhou Shixiang reached a deal with him without the slightest hesitation, and then returned to the city to convene a military meeting of officers above the general flag, and after the military discussion, the whole battalion began to move out of the city.

The news brought by Tang Sanshui has nothing to do with Luo Ding to some extent, because this incident happened in Xin'an County, thousands of miles away from Luo Ding, and that place is where the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is located in the later Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the map of Guangdong drawn by Zhou Shixiang.

According to Tang Sanshui, just four days ago, the green battalion troops of various prefectures and counties in Guangzhou mobilized by Li Shutai, the governor of Liangguang, successfully encircled and suppressed the Ming army Li Wanrong in Xin'an County.

I don't know if this is the case, or if Tang Sanshui deliberately intimidated, he told Zhou Shixiang that once the soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion who went out to Xin'an are transferred back, Guangzhou may send troops to attack Luoding.

It doesn't matter what purpose Tang Sanshui told Zhou Shixiang the news, what is important is that Zhou Shixiang readily agreed to the deal immediately after learning about it, which made Tang Sanshui feel quite remorseful afterwards: I knew that the poor show was so easy to scare, I should have made another two discounts, and let him earn two percent more for nothing, and he lost it.

When Tang Sanshui, who was full of joy and rushed to Luoding City with his newly recruited hundreds of green battalion soldiers, Tang Sanshui, who was ready to "recover the plan", saw the Luoding City with the city gate wide open, he deeply felt that he had been teased, and at the same time regretted it even more, he lost a lot of money in this transaction, because what he saw was an empty city.

In the face of the whispered inquiries of his subordinates, Tang Sanshui, whose face was green, still reluctantly staged the "siege battle" formulated in advance, so the people on the barren mountains outside the city saw such a scene - hundreds of Qing soldiers climbed to the city wall and laboriously dismantled the city bricks, and then ran to the city wall to dig the wall desperately, and then set fire to the fire in the city, back and forth was really lively.

After the excitement, Tang Sanshui solemnly sent a report to Zhaoqing

"Keep up, everyone behind you keep up! Before dark, everyone can't catch up with Yizhu Village, and the Tartars will catch us! ”

"There is not much way left, everyone cheer up and work hard, the people in front have already prepared hot meals for us, and everyone can fill their stomachs when they get to the ground!"

"The road is not easy to walk, everyone look carefully, don't fall into the ditch! The old man and the child walk in the middle, and the man should not rush the way! ”

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, there's a car stuck in a pit ahead, everyone stop and help the handle!"

"If anyone moves again, they will be dragged out and tied up!"

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Almost every mile, there are a few men wearing yellow military uniforms, red silk tied on their arms, felt hats on their heads, and holding sharpened bamboo in their hands standing on a high place to direct the team to advance, they cheer for the team loudly from time to time, and from time to time tell the people behind the news from the front, when they see the crowd stagnating because of crowding or someone disrupting the order of the team because of grabbing the road, they will always rush over with bamboo guns as soon as possible. The presence of these people made it possible for the rear battalion, which had been stretched for more than 20 miles to move forward slowly, although the speed of movement was extremely slow, but it was still moving.

The campers call these people security teams, and if it weren't for these security guards on the way from Luoding, I'm afraid it would be difficult for most people to stick to this place. Because it is with these security guards that they can always know what is happening in front and what is happening in the back. At the same time, they don't have to worry about being squeezed down the ravine by the people behind them, because these security guards will never allow such a thing to happen. Of course, the most important thing is that these security guards will clearly tell them where to rest and where to eat. Rest and eating are definitely a big deal for campers who don't know where they are going. As long as they can know when they can rest and when they can eat, no matter how hard the journey is, the campers will always grit their teeth and persevere—hope is just around the corner.

As for the ferocity of the security guards, the campers can also understand, after all, they also know that the team cannot be chaotic, and if they want not to be caught up by the Qing army, they have to go further. If the progress of the team is delayed because of those who do not know what is going on, the price to pay will be everyone's heads.

The security guards were all men between the ages of forty-five and fifty, and these people were not included in the front camp as soldiers because of their age, but it was too wasteful to let them stay in the back camp like old men in their fifties and sixties, so in order to make the best use of the existing manpower and let everyone play his role in the Taiping camp, Zhou Shixiang suggested that Song Xianggong organize these men into a security team.

The duty of the security team is the same as that of later generations, that is, to maintain law and order, and specifically on the march, it is to ensure the order of the team.

The front battalion had only more than 1,300 soldiers and engineer battalions, and the lack of troops made it difficult for Zhou Shixiang to draw manpower from them to help the transfer of the rear battalion and suppress possible riots, so it was imperative to use the existing manpower of the rear battalion to form a security team. This suggestion was strongly approved by Song Xianggong, because he also needed to have a semi-combat force in his hands in order to be able to deal with the difficulties and unexpected situations on the march.

Song Xianggong now has a ready-made force in his hands, that is, 150 soldiers under Zhao Sihai, but this force is responsible for the security of the public treasury and cannot be easily transferred elsewhere. And the 200 Ku Jun are all old men in their fifties and more than 10 teenagers, nominally they are called Ku Jun, which sounds like an army, but in fact they are just porters and miscellaneous servants, so it is difficult to use them as semi-military armed security guards, and the public treasury is also inseparable from these Ku Jun, the big carts and small carts loaded with money, grain and goods are still expected to be pushed 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 problem of the order of the team on the transfer road, but only a few miles after the team left the city, the two thought of this problem at the same time, so Zhou Shixiang just put forward his idea, Song Xianggong passed the order to the old offices of each battalion, and soon, a security team of only 120 people was hurriedly established.

Song Xianggong asked Zhou Shixiang to distribute weapons to the security guards, but Zhou Shixiang's front camp did not have all the weapons, where were the knives and guns for the security guards, so he had no choice but to ask someone to cut bamboo on the mountain and cut it into bamboo guns for the security guards to use. Fortunately, the purpose of the security team's existence is only to maintain the order of the team, and they do not need to go into battle to kill the enemy like the previous battalion, so it doesn't matter what kind of weapons they use, the important thing is that they can have the effect of shocking the campers.

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

Song Xianggong deliberately let the rear camp stay for an extra hour, and during this hour, Zhou Shixiang and he conducted intensive training for the security team. An hour later, the 120-member security guards began their mission in groups of 5 and divided into 24 teams.

After the security team was put into use, it quickly reaped the effect, and under the command of these security guards wearing yellow uniforms and red silk, the originally chaotic team immediately became orderly.

After seeing that the security team did work, Zhou Shixiang inevitably moved, considering that the front battalion would fight with the Qing army anytime and anywhere in the future, and once a war broke out, it would be difficult for the previous battalion's meager strength to free up their hands to help take care of the rear battalion, so the rear battalion must have its own armed forces and hematopoietic organization capabilities, otherwise everything must rely on the front battalion It will definitely not work.

In realistic terms, Zhou Shixiang wanted to let the rear battalion have the ability to be independent, and to put it mildly, he didn't want the rear battalion to drag the front battalion's legs.

The security team must be expanded in the future, and there must be a security brigade, a security squadron, a security squad, and if there is a place where they can live in it, it will be the provincial security brigade, the county security squadron, and the town (village) security team.

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

After keeping this idea firmly in mind, Zhou Shixiang entrusted the rear camp to Song Xianggong, and he led the front camp to the first nail on the way to the south - Xinxing Town.

Xinxing Town belongs to Zhaoqing Prefecture, located at the southern end of the Yunwu Mountainous Area, and is the gateway to Zhaoqing Prefecture, so although it is a town, it has a general of a foreign commission, and there are 300 green battalion soldiers under him.

Pull out the emerging green battalion soldiers, and the Taiping battalion can enter Zhaoqing Mansion along the emerging river north, or march southeast to Xinhui County, where Zhou Shixiang's hometown is located

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