The character Liang was stationed by the Qing army, and unlike other Xiangshanfangs, the character Liang was a large town protected by the city walls. This character Liang was built in the second year of Zhide of the Tang Dynasty. Later, Xiangshan was rebuilt in the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. The old county town of Liang's character Liang was gradually abandoned. However, because the character Liang was located in the important transportation area between Xiangshan and Guangzhou, the official governments in Guangdong all dynasties set up officials here, and the old city walls were retained and repaired throughout the dynasties to prevent them from being destroyed.

According to the confession of the soldiers from Xiangshan in the army, the Qing army of Liangzidu was a green camp soldier under Zengcheng. The number was not large, with only more than 100 people. However, in addition to these green camp soldiers, Liangzidu also has a Guangdong Salt Survey, which has all the salt teams of more than 300 people.

The Qing Dynasty was in the Ming Dynasty and set up salt tea ambassadors in various places. There were special salt inspectors in the east of Changluhe, Changlu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong. Although there were no full-time salt inspectors in Guangdong, there were several salt inspectors. These salt inspectors were set up by Shang Kexi after the seventh year of Shunzhi. The purpose was to monopolize salt for military use, and at the same time cut off the channels for the Ming army to transport salt from Guangdong to Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and other places along the coast of Guangdong.

In recent years, except for the coastal areas and Gaozhou to the west, there were basically no Ming army activities in other parts of Guangdong. Xiangshan was in Guangzhou Prefecture. Since the destruction of Li Wanrong's troops, which were originally active here, Xiangshan was not afraid of another Ming army attack. Therefore, the Salt Patrol Station in Liangzidu has increased its efforts to arrest salt, expanding the Salt Ding team from more than 100 to more than 300. The investigation of transit salt was much stricter. In addition to the money that the Salt Patrol wanted to complete the above-mentioned money, it was not without the suspicion of filling the private bag.

More than 100 Green Camp soldiers and more than 300 Yan Dings who could set up checkpoints were naturally not taken seriously by Zhou Shixiang. He ordered Qi Hao to lead the artillery battalion forward, Shao Jiugong led Xiongwei battalion to cooperate in the attack, Ge Yi and Tie Yi led the Zhenliu and the Crane camp to set up an ambush behind Liangzidu. If the Qing army in Xiangshan came to help, it would be eliminated on the spot. If the Qing army in Xiangshan did not dare to come, it would cut off the communication between the two places and prevent the Qing army in Liangzidu from retreating to Xiangshan.

In order to prevent the Qing army in Zengcheng to the north, they sent troops to help when they learned that the Taiping Army was attacking Liangdu. Zhou Shi ordered Shao Chengguo, the general banner of the cavalry team of the Guard Camp, to lead the newly expanded cavalry team to move to the north near Yinpingzui Mountain.

As early as when Gao was about to give the military flag, Zhou Shixiang formed a cavalry team in the Guards. However, there were only a dozen horses in the army at that time, so the cavalry team had never played a role since then. After seizing more than 30 Qing army horses in the Xinhui War, Zhou Shixiang expanded the cavalry team. Shao Chengguo, who was originally led the team, was a small flag, but now it was raised to the general flag. The newly transferred cavalry team were also the first to join the Green Camp surrendered troops to join the Taiping Army. After experiencing the Xinhui defending the city and leaving the city, they were never loyal to the old soldiers of the Taiping Army.

Zhou Shixiang's order to Shao Chengguo was actually to warn the battlefield, and to inform the main force of the new enemy situations that might appear in the shortest time. But Shao Chengguo had other plans. In the past few months of being trapped in Xinhui, Shao Chengguo felt that his cavalry team was a completely decoration and had no chance to go to the battlefield. Some of them were just fighting with the Qing army on the top of the city like infantry, instead of rushing towards the Qing army on horseback.

The performance of the cavalry of the Shang family of the Qing army on the Eastern Front in the final war has always made Shao Chengguo feel uneasy. He believes that as long as he can lead such a cavalry, his family will not be suppressed by the Qing army on the battlefield, and his brothers will not be killed or injured. However, the reality has made Shao Chengguo, who has a dream of a big cavalry, very depressed. There are no war horses and there are not enough riders. Where can he form a cavalry that can be compared with the Shang family?

After accepting Zhou Shixiang's order to guard the north, Shao Chengguo did not just want to perform the mission simply, but thought about whether he could take this opportunity to show off. After all, the Qing army in Zengcheng was all green camps. If they really dared to reinforce Liangdu, even though they had few cavalry, they would not be able to meet them for a while.

When Zhou Shixiang was making arrangements, he never considered that the Qing army in Guangzhou would reinforce Xiangshan. After the Battle of Xinhui, he and Chen Qice sent people to inquire about the trend of the Qing army's retreat. The news came that most of the Qing army retreated to Guangzhou, while a small number of the Qing army fled directly to Zhaoqing.

After learning that Xinhui was defeated, Shang Kexi did not scold his son. Instead, he immediately transferred 3,000 troops to Sanjiangkou, gathering the defeated troops on the one hand. On the other hand, he was wary of the Ming army in Xinhui taking advantage of the situation to capture Sanjiangkou. If Xinhui is the southern gate of Guangzhou, then Sanjiangkou will cross the threshold of Guangzhou and is also the last line of defense in Guangzhou. If Sanjiang is lost, Guangzhou will be no longer in danger.

At the same time, Shang Kexi ordered Zhaoqing General Xu Erxian to send troops to block the major transportation route from Zhaoqing to Xinhui, and ordered the headquarters of Chaozhou General Wu Liuqi to be transferred to Guangzhou, hoping to form a new Guangdong Navy to deal with Chen Qi's navy.

The news of the failure of the Qing army did not cover up for long. Soon, the city of Guangzhou knew that the Qing army was defeated in Xinhui. At the same time, it was the Ming Dynasty's General Linghai, Chen Qice and his navy who captured Xinhui. Instead, the reputation of the Taiping Army and its leader Zhou Shixiang was not obvious. Zhou Shixiang didn't care about this. His Taiping Army was originally weak, and he himself did not have legal skills in the Yongli court, so it was normal for people to be ignored. He was very happy that everyone in Guangdong knew the name of General Linghai, and he was more willing to Chen Qice's navy be regarded as a strong enemy by the Qing army in Guangdong rather than his Taiping Army reads;.

On that day, Zhou Shixiang decided to give up Xinhui City and let Chen Qice nail the Xinhui to attract the attention of the Qing army. From a strategic perspective, Xinhui is more important than Xiangshan. Shang Kexi can tolerate the Taiping Army's activities in Xiangshan, but he will never tolerate Xinhui being occupied by the Ming army, especially by a Ming army with a navy. This means that Ming troops in other coastal areas can gather at Xinhui through Tan Jiang.

How could others sleep soundly when they lie down? Shang Kexie would not really be careless about the Ming army that gathered in Xinhui. What's more, the Ming army that appeared in Xinhui also restrained his plan to advance westward. He had ordered Ban Zhifu to redeploy and withdrew the troops who had already decided to go westward to Zhaoqing. He just waited for the food and grass transported from all over the country to attack Xinhui again.

King Pingnan could no longer tolerate the failure of Xinhui. In order to mobilize the needed troops and food, he not only pushed Geng Jimao to draw troops from the vassals for his command, but also reported the failure to submit a memorial to Beijing, asking the court to send troops from Zhenmanzhou to the south. Of course, he emphasized in the memorial that the internal strife of Sun and Li of the Southern Ming Dynasty was the best opportunity given to the Qing Dynasty. He was happy to serve the Qing Dynasty and was willing to use all the power of the vassals to advance westward and seize new land and population for the Qing Dynasty. However, due to his lack of troops and horses in Pingnan, he also lost some troops in Xinhui City because of underestimating the enemy. Therefore, he also asked the court to send Zhenmanzhou South Guangdong to support him.

The memorial was sent to Beijing by express delivery. Should the Qing court send the southern army of Manzhou? Shang Kexi did not dare to promise, but wanted to at least send some Mongolian soldiers to help. During the period when Beijing reinforcements arrived, what Shang Kexi had to do was wait. In addition to waiting for reinforcements, he also had to wait for food and grass, as well as several red artillery artillery that Governor Li Shutai requested from Beijing for a month ago.

Ban Zhi, R&F Chen Qingjun should not only focus on Xinhui. When selecting elite troops to advance westward to contact the Guoan in Guangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi will make efforts at the same time. Even if Xinhui is occupied by the Ming army, Guangdong and Guangxi's territory can be opened and the whole area will be alive. No matter whether Li Dingguo takes advantage of Guangxi to advance eastward, Guangdong and Guangxi's Qing army can also attack Guizhou when the opportunity is reached. By then, the situation in Southern Ming has been despair, so what role can a Xinhui city play?

Ban Zhifu's proposal was very good but was rejected by Shang Kexi. If the Qing army did not return in the Battle of Xinhui, Shang Kexi might still recognize Ban Zhifu's proposal to advance westward, because his flag soldiers and horses are still strong, and he did not worry about the threat to Guangzhou in the Xinhui Ming army. However, the Battle of Xinhui ended with the failure of the Qing army, and the soldiers and horses lost nearly 10,000 people in the front and after, and Shang Kexi's banner soldiers also lost more than 2,000, which forced him to treat them carefully and decided to solve the nails on his eyelids first before advancing westward, otherwise the Ming army in Xinhui would always be a threat.

After Shang Zhixin returned to Guangzhou, perhaps because he realized that his decision was unshirkable for defeat. Therefore, he did not sue Ban Zhifu and Qin Guocheng in front of his father, but instead vented his anger on Geng Zhongde and Hu Qili. However, Geng Zhongde was Geng Jimao's clan uncle, and Hu Qili was also a confidant general who was promoted by Li Lutai to fight against the two vassals. So no matter how Shang Kexi was angry, Geng Jimao and Li Lutai ignored it and worked hard to protect Geng Zhongde and Hu Qili. Shang Kexi was so angry that he wrote a letter to the Qing court that Geng and Hu escaped at the last moment, but the Qing court did not take on this matter and did not respond at all.

After being angry, Shang Kexi also understood that the Qing court would not do anything to Geng Zhongde and Hu Qili. After all, Geng Jimao, King of Jingnan and Governor Li Shutai were originally used by the Qing court to check and balance him, so how could he hit the board on them?

The dispute between Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao and Li Rutai in Guangzhou City was not heard by Zhou Shixiang, but Zhou Shixiang knew that Shang Kexi would not be able to attack Xinhui again in the short term, nor could it be possible to draw troops to Xiangshan, so the situation was beneficial to the Taiping Army. But this favorable situation would not last too long. Zhou Shixiang must seize Xiangshan in the shortest time, clear the Qing army's strength in the territory, gain contact with Westerners in Macau, strengthen the field force of the Taiping Army by purchasing Western Yi firearms, and at the same time obtain local foundation to expand the strength of the Taiping Army, and then severely damage him when Shang Kexi launched the Second Xinhui Battle.

Time waits for no one, and Zhou Shixiang cannot waste a day of time. He is now racing against time, rushing to take Guangdong before the collapse of the Ming army's fronts, making Guangdong a new hope for the revival of the Southern Ming regime.

Less than an hour after the deployment, the good news came - Qi Hao ordered people to fire two guns at the city wall of Liangzidu, and the Qing army in the city raised the flag and surrendered. (To be continued.)
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