Do not kill people, do not rape, do not plunder, do not rob property, do not slaughter oxen, and do not set fire.

These five military disciplines were made by Qi Hao to Zhou Shixiang, and they were also the military disciplines of the Daxi Army issued by Li Dingguo when he went out of Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. These five military disciplines effectively guaranteed the military discipline and combat effectiveness of Li Dingguo's troops, and indirectly guaranteed the subsequent Great Victory of Guilin and Hengbao.

Since Luo Ding established the camp, the Taiping Army's military discipline has been generally strict, but there are also dissatisfaction. If you don't talk about anything else, just one person is criticized for being bullied everywhere.

The Taiping Army went to Xiangshan to use Xiangshan as the base to fight against the Qing Dynasty, rather than continue the previous mobile warfare. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang adopted Qi Hao's advice on the five military disciplines and ordered the battalions not to be allowed to enslave the people in the future. Duke Xiang of Song and Master Liao also began to prepare to manage the local area.

Of course, not killing people does not mean that the Taiping Army will not kill alone when they arrive in Xiangshan. The rebellious Qing officials must be killed. Local gentry who refuses to cooperate with the Taiping Army must also be killed. Their women and wealth must be robbed. This is all enemies of the Taiping Army. It is really against the law of nature that does not rob them.

Plowing ox is the most precious wealth of the people in this era. Guangdong is well-behaved. Rice is planted everywhere, with two ripening a year and three ripening a year. The cultivation cycle of rice is very short. As long as the operation is strong, the production in the field can fully support the Taiping Army's long-term battle. In the cultivation of rice fields, plowing ox is an indispensable production material. A plowing ox can take on several strong labor and also plays a major role in saving manpower.

Since the Taiping Army has given up its policy of restraining and instead operated the local area, it will naturally not set fire to the people's houses, and may even repair them.

After the Five Military Disciplines were promulgated, they were enthusiastically supported by more than 100 soldiers from the former Xiangshan Green Camp. These Xiangshan soldiers went to other places to kill and set fire when they were in the Qing army, and they did everything they could. However, they were much more honest when they were stationed in their hometowns. This is human nature, and no one is in a stalwart heart will do evil to their hometowns.

The five military disciplines issued by the Taiping Army were obviously to protect the people of Xiangshan, and these Xiangshan soldiers did not support them. They were worried before that the Taiping Army would cause damage to their hometown after they arrived in Xiangshan, and they were hesitant and embarrassed, but now they were completely worried. They were all determined to seek Xiangshan for the Taiping Army.

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≥style_txt; From the Xiangshan soldiers, Zhou Shixiang also roughly learned about the continuous anti-Qing wars in the Xiangshan area in recent years.

Since the old crown prince Zhang Jiayu died heroically in Zengcheng, his general Li Wanrong led his remnants to retreat to the mountainous areas of Xiangshan to continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Last year, when Li Dingguo's army attacked Xinhui, Li Wanrong also led his troops to respond and led his troops to advance towards Guangzhou, indirectly restraining the Qing army in Guangzhou. After Li Dingguo retreated at the beginning of the year, Li Wanrong alone was unable to support him and was forced by the Qing army to Wutong Mountain, Qiniang Mountain and other mountainous areas in Xiangshan. In April, the Qing army mobilized several groups of people to surround Li Wanrong's troops. Li Wanrong led his troops to fight bravely, but eventually died for his country because of his lack of strength. After Li Wanrong's death, his wife Chang held Li Wanrong's only son Li Jing, who was in her cradle, and jumped into Taohuatan to die for his country.

Before his death, Chang left a desperate poem:

I hate that I couldn't move forward at that time.

Follow your husband across the river.

Both of them enter the peach blossom water,

Turning into a mandarin duck is also an immortal!

After hearing that Li Wanrong died in battle and his wife held her son and went to the pond, the people of Xiangshan said, "Since ancient times, loyal and kind have no descendants."

Since ancient times, there has been no descendants of loyalty and goodness, and since ancient times, there has been no descendants of loyalty and goodness.

What Chang did moved Zhou Shi. I repeatedly thought about what the people of Xiangshan said since ancient times that there was no descendant of loyalty and good deeds, but when I thought of it, I felt deeply moved: What a saying that there was no descendant of loyalty and good deeds since ancient times!

After Li Wanrong's troops were wiped out, only a very small number of Ming army remnants were left in Xiangshan to operate in the mountainous areas, with only dozens of people, and only a few people. For these Ming army remnants, the Qing army was not worth the effort because the army was invading and suppressing them. Therefore, they were allowed to survive on their own. Anyway, the mountainous areas were short of food and clothing, so the remaining Ming army could not grow again.

After the Taiping Army captured Xinhui, Shang Kexi ordered all prefectures and counties to dispatch troops to attack Xinhui. Most of the Green Camp soldiers stationed in Xiangshan were transferred to Xinhui. As a result, they were all destroyed. At present, the Qing army in Xiangshan was weak. The Taiping Army marched into Xiangshan at this time, which was caught off guard by the Qing army in Xiangshan.

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Xiangshan County has had ten townships since the Song Dynasty. In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the township was changed to Fangdu. The current county seat is located in Renhoufang, which is roughly equivalent to the center of Shiqicheng District, Zhongshan City in later generations. Xiangshan County is not big, with four gates, but it is much smaller than Xinhui, and the city walls are seriously damaged. In addition to the county town Renhoufang, Xiangshan has nine towns, and the roughly scope is the Dongguan, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Zengcheng, Guangdong, recognized by Zhou Shixiang. The ten towns cover a very wide area, far exceeding Guangzhou Fucheng.

After crossing the river, the Taiping Army marched towards Renhoufang, the capital of Xiangshan County, without stopping for a moment. On the same day, it occupied Longyandu, which was without troops. Because of the discussion with Chen Qice, Zhou Shixiang used Longyandu as a major center for contact with Xinhui and ordered Qin Zhisheng to lead the Hujie Camp here to garrison and place the people of the 2000-year-old camp here.

Because of the Ming and Qing dynasties in recent years, Xiangshan was deeply poisoned by war, just like other prefectures in Guangdong. Although it was much better than Luoding and Xinhui and other places, it was also wide and sparsely populated. Longyan used to have 6,000 people, but now it is only more than 2,000 people. The decline in population has led to an increase in the number of landless land. Although there are also landlords and evil gentry in the town who took advantage of the death of the people to seize land, before the Taiping Army was over, these people had already fled. Some ran to Xiangshan and some ran to Guangzhou. As soon as they ran, they left a large amount of land for the Taiping Army to resettle the people in the back camp.

How to resettle the Houchang and organize the people to produce are all the affairs of Duke Xiang of Song. Zhou Shixiang did not care about it and was only responsible for military affairs. Therefore, Duke Xiang of Song could only stay in Longyan Du to be responsible for all affairs. The other women and children of the Houchang who continued to advance to Xiangshan with the Taiping Army were asked to be responsible for Liao Ruixiang. After he sorted out the affairs of Longyan Du, he would hand over it over.

Xiangshan was the base that Zhou Shixiang found for the Taiping Army, and Longyandu was the first Xiangshan Fangdu occupied by the Taiping Army. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang was very concerned about the governance of Longyandu. How Duke Xiang of Song did in Longyandu was also a test for the Taiping Army. It can be said that Zhou Shixiang regarded Longyandu as a test point. Whether this test point was done well directly related to whether the Taiping Army could gain a foothold in Xiangshan.

Before leaving, Zhou Shixiang once again advised Qin Zhisheng about five military disciplines. The reason why Qin Zhisheng was asked to station Longyandu instead of Ge Yi and the others was because he considered Qin Zhisheng's steadyness. After the general advice, Zhou Shixiang led the rest of the troops to approach Liangdu, which was only more than thirty miles away from Xiangshan County. (To be continued.)
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