Chapter 168: Attack and Defense VII
"Wow!"
King Pingnan spoke, and immediately a guard was ordered to go and give an order.
The so-called family soldiers, refers to Shang Kexi's direct soldiers after the gold reduction, Hong Taici is called "Tianzhu Soldier", Shang Kexi calls himself his own soldier, in fact, he is Shang Kexi's coated slave. Most of these soldiers were the elite of the Dongjiang River of the former Ming Army, and they were quite brave in battle.
After the Qing army entered the customs in the first year of Shunzhi, Shang Kexi followed the Qing Yu Prince Duoduo to suppress Li Zicheng's peasant army, in the process Shang Kexi's own soldiers contributed a lot, and made a lot of contributions, Duoduo praised it greatly, and laughed that the soldiers under the King of Zhishun beat the dogs very well. (Author's note: Shang Kexi was crowned King of Pingnan in the sixth year of Shunzhi, and was previously King Zhishun)
In the sixth year of Shunzhi, due to the rebellion of several southern provinces, the Qing army's Eight Banners were insufficient, Dolgon listened to Hong Chengchou's suggestion, and used Han to control Han, and then ordered Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, who had returned to Liaodong, to lead the old department of Jiakou to enter the south again, Kong Youde marched from the Hunan battlefield to Guangxi, and Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming marched to Guangdong. In the process of marching into Guangdong, the Qing army can be said to have broken all the way, among which Shang Kexi and his own soldiers under his jurisdiction made great efforts, so when the Qing court decided which vassal king Yongzhen land belonged to Guangdong, the officials in the court and China who were inclined to Shang Kexi accounted for most of them, resulting in Geng Jingzhong could only do something in secret, rather than the confident and peaceful southern palace to fight for Guangdong.
However, although the soldiers of this family are fierce, it has been 20 years since Chongzhen was able to reduce the gold in five years, and in the past 20 years, the soldiers of the family who were in the prime of life have already become old men, and they can still fight on horses. After years of fighting, there are less than 500 soldiers in the army. These 500 people, except for some who can also ride horses as palace guards, the rest lead troops everywhere, such as Zhaoqing General Soldier Xu Erxian, Dutong Ban Zhifu and others are all from their own soldiers.
However, although Shang Kexi's old family soldiers withered, there was still a new family soldier under his command. This new family soldier is Shang Kexi's expansion on the basis of the original family soldier, all the soldiers in the army are the blood brothers of the old family soldiers, and the officers are all from the old family soldiers. With such a structure, this new family soldier completely inherited the fierceness of the old family soldier, and it was also one of the main forces of the Han army under the Pingnan Domain.
But all the use of soldiers, such as attacking the city, pulling out the hard village, fighting for human lives, unless it is a last resort, the elite of the descendant line will not be used, so Shang Kexi passed the order to the soldiers of the family to attack Xinhui again, and Ban Zhifu, who was rushing to the camp with the letter of the prince Shangzhi, suddenly frowned. Shang Zhixin is also very strange, I don't know why my father wants his family soldiers to fight, and he has to break the new club today. Previously, the green battalion failed to attack the city, and the morale of the army was very low, while the Taiping army in the city had high morale, so they would send their own soldiers up again, but I was afraid that they would forcibly break the city, and the losses of this family soldiers would be amazing.
Shang Zhixin also believes that this kind of gain outweighs the loss, and there is no need to use his own soldiers to fight the battle that is filled with human lives. In the eyes of outsiders. The prince of Pingnan is a reckless man, but in fact, Shang Zhixin is very shrewd, he knows very well why the Shang family can become the vassal king, and the reason why it can be reused by the Qing court. Rely on the old family soldiers of the father's family, and rely on the soldiers under the father's command to fight!
In this world, only with soldiers can there be status, and only with soldiers can there be money and food. Without soldiers, any status is bullshit!
The Manchurian soldiers fought in the war, and in the early years, they were the pioneers of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Later, when they entered the customs, they got a lot of Ming Dynasty troops, so they drove these soldiers to fight, and when the troops could not be moved, the Manchurian soldiers went up again. With this style of play, what can the Manchurian soldiers lose? No matter how powerful the Ming army is, after fighting with the surrendered troops, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners, how much strength can be left, and as soon as the Manchurian soldiers are on the line, the Ming army is undefeated and defeated.
If the Manchurians do this, the Shang family will naturally do the same. Since going south, it has relied on the fact that the soldiers of the family have driven the troops to surrender and the battalion soldiers to go first, and when the battle has reached the key point, the soldiers of the family will be killed, so that it is naturally a complete victory. After so many years, there has never been a soldier from his own family who has gone up at the beginning, let alone fight this kind of attrition battle of attacking the city and pulling out the village.
Isn't my father confused, how can he send his own soldiers to fight such a stupid battle? If this family soldier loses a lot, what will he use to suppress the battalion soldiers in the future, what to use to confront the Ming army, and what will he use to get the trust of the Qing court?
If you really spend your own capital in vain, the Qing court is afraid that our father and son will wipe their butts! I didn't see that Geng Zhongming died before, and the princes of the Geng family were almost lost. If this Geng family's strength is the same as his own, and he has a soldier who can fight, how dare that young man in Bauhinia City make it so difficult?
Shang Zhixin, who was confused and anxious, and Ban Zhifu said a few words hastily, and then both rushed to the camp to meet Shang Kexi.
Seeing Queen Pingnan, under Shang Zhixin's signal, Ban Zhifu immediately stepped forward and asked Shang Kexi softly: "Lord Wang, the green camp has been deflated, and the thieves in the city are well defended, I am afraid that I will not be able to win the new meeting today, so why should I lose my own soldiers." Why don't you collect your troops today, and concentrate your forces tomorrow to attack again. ”
Shang Kexi glanced at his son, nodded slightly, shot his gaze at Xinhui City in front of him, and said calmly: "If the thieves in the city don't have any regulations, this king can tolerate them for a day, but now it seems that this Taiping army is a strong army, so they can't wait, let alone allow them to have a chance to breathe." This king saw before, although the green camp was defeated and suffered heavy losses, but the Taiping army was no better, I am afraid that they are also the end of the strong crossbow, if they do not take the opportunity to attack again, let them ease their breath, I am afraid that tomorrow the casualties will be greater. Besides, military affairs are like water without normality, and the Xinhui has a lot to do with it, and if it stays in the hands of thieves for a day, this king will be uneasy for a day. ”
Hearing this, Ban Zhifu knew that King Pingnan had made up his mind, and he knew that he could not be persuaded anymore, so he no longer objected, and said in a low voice: "What the prince said is very true, but is it not to let other soldiers and horses go up first, and the soldiers of this family will be pressed again?" He still understood what he meant, but he still wanted to preserve the strength of his lineage, so as not to lose too much and hurt his vitality because of the strong siege of the city.
In the past, Shang Kexi had always listened to Ban Zhifu's opinions, but today it was unexpected, he shook his head, and did not directly answer Ban Zhifu's words, but said something else: "This prince is here with a large army, but he is not asking white-faced children to see jokes." After speaking, Qin Guocheng, the commander of the army's own soldiers, said: "Attack me at all costs, and don't seal the sword after breaking the city!" ”
"The last general obeys!"
Qin Guocheng responded with a bang with his hands in fists, turned around and went to lead the troops to attack the city.
Shang Kexi's side was another troop transfer, and the defeated battalion soldiers were ordered to attack again, and two more battalions of green battalions were transferred to attack the city together.
Shang Zhixin wanted to persuade his father to let Hu Guoguo's governor and pacesetters also attack the city together, but he was pleased by Shang Ke, in his opinion, although the green battalion did not attack the city, but the guards were always in charge, and they were afraid that there were only two or three thousand people defending the city. Since Xinhui will definitely be able to win it, he doesn't want Li Shutai's people to share the merits, and besides, he really didn't pay attention to the 500 governors and pacesetters. (To be continued......)