Shang Zhixin glanced at Lin Shanzhi and then moved his gaze to Ban Zhifu and asked, "Has the Xinhui sent someone over?" ”

Ban Zhifu shook his head and said: "Zheng Guodong didn't send anyone again, it is expected that the thieves have besieged the city, and no one can come out of the city." ”

"That's exactly what I think is."

Shang Zhixin nodded slightly, in front of this old man who had followed his father for many years, he didn't dare to stand at all, and there was no need to end, he smiled and said to Ban Zhifu: "Before leaving, my father told me that this trip to Xinhui will help Xinhui, and my name in this world is the commander-in-chief, but I still have to rely on Uncle Ban for things in this army, I want to see and learn more, and ask if I don't understand, don't worry about the face of His Royal Highness." Hehe, in fact, I don't need my father to tell me so, I will do the same, after all, I have never led a single army before, and my experience in battle is far less than that of Uncle Ban, if something goes wrong because of my negligence, not to mention that my Royal Highness has no face in this world, and I am even more difficult to explain to my father. Therefore, Uncle Ban is invited to bother more with this aid! ”

His Royal Highness the Prince of the World called out one by one, and heard that Ban Zhifu's heart was quite warm, in the eyes of outsiders, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World Kong Wu is Kong Wu, but he is young and vigorous, and his temper is not very good, but in front of himself, His Royal Highness the Prince is still the same child back then, and he respects the elders as much as he did back then.

It is a Chinese tradition for thousands of years to establish a long son, and if you put the eldest son and your son-in-law, it is not guaranteed, and it is a matter of getting to the second son. You must know that the king of Pingnan privately told these old men that when the Nanming Dynasty was pacified in the future, his old man would let his second son Zhixiao return to Beijing to seek a Han military banner to unify the capital, instead of staying in Guangdong and his brother to be in the eyesore. Since the old prince has long had such thoughts, the people below are still coaxing, and there is really a matter of sibling disputes. I'm afraid that it is not these people under the Pingnan Domain who will benefit, but the imperial court in Beijing. In case of trouble, the imperial court intervened. I'm afraid that this Pingnan Wangfu will really be a chicken and egg, and it hasn't been a few years since Geng Zhongming, the old king of Jingnan. Geng Jimao's kid almost couldn't attack the knight. The lessons of Jingnan are not far away, and there can be no more demons in Pingnan Palace.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will do his best, the Taiping army is just a clown, with His Royal Highness personally leading the army, this thief will be vulnerable."

Ban Zhifu didn't talk much, but every sentence he said was by no means nonsense, and he said it so sonorously and powerfully. Lin Shanzhi on the side couldn't help but look up at him when he heard this, but he didn't have any thoughts of this person speaking arrogantly, but thought it was true: The Taiping Army is already a rabble, and if you can't win this battle, you will see the hell.

Ban Zhifu said this, Shang Zhixin naturally didn't say anything more about the war with the Taiping Army, and turned to Lin Shanzhi: "Everything in the army has been arranged?" ”

Lin Shanzhi hurriedly bowed his waist and said, "Back to Your Highness, all the humble duties have been arranged!" ”

"I'm fine, you can go back first. Just now I made it clear that everything in this aid is under Bandutong, and Bandutong's order is my order. You get the idea! Shang Zhixin deliberately accentuated the second half of his words.

Lin Shanzhi secretly slandered in his heart, he is also the chief soldier of Zhengyipin, why should he listen to Ban Zhifu's orders, not to mention that his own soldiers are more than Ban Zhifu, but His Royal Highness the Prince of the World instructed that Ban Zhifu is the most trusted old man of the King of Pingnan, no matter how unwilling he is the general soldier, he has to listen obediently, and his mouth immediately responded: "I understand my humble duties!" ”

"Alright, you go down first. Half an hour later. ”

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

"Wow!"

Lin Shanzhi took three steps back with light steps before turning to leave. After he left, Ban Zhifu Fang opened his mouth and said to Shang Zhixin: "Guangzhou Green Camp is a southerner. All wandering generations, are not war-fighting generations, years after years of thieves in the west, and bandits everywhere stealing, everywhere with a lot of soldiers, losses are also many, only the Guangzhou green camp in recent years has been lost thousands, now the situation in Guangdong Ming and Qing Dynasties, bandits are all over the mountains, the coast is more pirates, only I Pingnan and Jingnan town soldiers here, I am afraid that the strength can not be more, His Royal Highness may wish to ask the court to allocate another 3,000 Mongolian soldiers to Guangdong to help the war, so that the strength can be relieved, so that the situation of last year will not be repeated. ”

Ban Zhifu said that last year's incident refers to Li Dingguo's army's second attack on Guangdong, Pingnan and Jingnan because there are no troops available, so they have to shrink the Qing army everywhere and concentrate in Guangzhou, so that Li Dingguo's army can drive straight in. Shrinking the troops and stationing them in Guangzhou seemed to be the best way to deal with the Ming army, but in fact, it was to expose the problem of insufficient strength of the Qing army in Guangdong to the Ming army, and if Guangzhou was lost, Guangdong would fall into the hands of the Ming army. Moreover, the shrinkage of the Qing army in Guangzhou was equivalent to giving up all the occupied areas except Guangzhou, which caused the hearts of the people in these occupied areas to waver towards the Ming army, and at the same time, the Ming army could also obtain manpower, money and food support in these areas.

Only as far as this aid to Xinhui is concerned, Ban Zhifu is also suffering from a lack of troops, Xinhui only has more than 1,000 defenders in the city, and the Taiping army has more than 10,000 people, although there are 3,000 soldiers and horses to send reinforcements, but only flag soldiers can be used, then the more than 2,000 soldiers of the Guangzhou Green Battalion are not up to anything at all, and most of the soldiers in the Guangzhou Green Battalion are surrendered from Fujian and Zhejiang. That is, this time it was not Li Dingguo's army, but a clearly miscellaneous Taiping army, if Li Dingguo's army came, these soldiers in the Guangzhou Green Battalion would not dare to take them out at all.

Winning the Taiping Army, Ban Zhifu had no doubts, without more than 2,000 Guangzhou Green Battalions, he could clean up the Taiping Army in one fell swoop with his 800 blue flag elite soldiers, but which one of the soldiers to fight would be too many soldiers, the important thing is that the overall strength of the Qing Army in Guangdong is really not much, and the soldiers who can fight are even fewer, and this is still robbed of 2,000 people by Li Shutai's royal family, and the elite soldiers that Pingnan Wangfu can really take out are definitely not more than 5,000. Compared with Li Dingguo, who is attacking with tens of thousands of troops at every turn, this is really a little worrying, if Li Dingguo comes again this year, Ban Zhifu believes that the strategy adopted by King Pingnan is to shrink the troops in Guangzhou and garrison them, and there is no other way.

It is a bit impractical to invite the Manchurian soldiers to come over to help the war, the year before last Hahamu led the troops to come and left only a few months, and last year Zhu Mala also stayed for less than three months, if the military situation is urgent, the Manchurian soldiers still have to come, but it is impossible for them to stay for a long time, no way, these Manchurian soldiers are really afraid of the heat. In terms of combat effectiveness, although the Mongolian soldiers are slightly inferior to the Manchurian soldiers, they are much stronger than the Ming army, and the important thing is that the Mongolian soldiers are not more delicate than those Manchurian soldiers. In view of this, Ban Zhifu had the idea of transferring Mongolian soldiers to the imperial court to help in the war.

Sending Mongol soldiers to help in the war?

Shang Zhixin was stunned, and did not immediately respond to whether Ban Zhifu's policy was feasible, but said another thing: "Governor Li Shutai has neglected the imperial court, and wants the imperial court to set up a full city in Guangzhou, and set up a permanent garrison of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and set up the post of general in Guangzhou."

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

Shang Zhixin nodded, and said in a deep voice: "My father and I also have the same intention, and the establishment of a full city in Guangzhou is the opinion of Li Shutai alone, and the imperial court may not adopt it." ”

Ban Zhifu is still a little worried: "It is necessary to prevent problems in the future, and there are still many activities in Beijing." ”

Shang Zhixin said: "The father has already taken action in this matter. ”

"That's fine." Hearing that the King of Pingnan had sent someone to Beijing to stop Li Shutai from asking for the establishment of the city, Ban Zhifu was a little relieved, gritted his teeth and said: "Li Shutai is not a good person, please set up the city is clearly aimed at my Pingnan Palace, this bastard is really harboring evil intentions, and the prince is so polite to him!" ”

If Guangzhou is set up in the city, what will happen to the Pingnan Palace? What kind of thoughts Li Shutai hid in this move was really Sima Zhao's heart -- everyone knew it.

Thinking of Li Shutai's small movements, and then thinking about Geng Jimao's face, Shang Zhixin felt nauseous for no reason, and was about to open his mouth to talk to Ban Zhifu, but a pro-soldier rushed over. (To be continued)