Just after the next day, except for Zhao Sihai's team, the rest of the soldiers were led out of the city by the team, except for the team and the captain, the soldiers did not know where they were going.

Zhou Shixiang hoped that every soldier in the Taiping Camp would know exactly what he was doing and what he was going to do, but reality did not allow him to do so, because they were not soldiers in nature. Once these recruits are told that they are going to fight with the Qing army in Deqing, I am afraid that the morale will drop to the freezing point in an instant, and half of them will run away when they reach the ground, after all, the fear of the Qing army can not be dissolved in a few words, and if you want to eliminate the soldier's fear of the enemy, the only way is to make the soldier more terrible than the other party, and there is no other way.

So in order to prevent the soldiers from fleeing in large numbers because of fear, Zhou Shixiang had to hide from them, in his plan, these recruits were not the key to victory in the battle, the purpose of bringing them was to let them see the real battle scene in addition to bluffing, as for how many people could survive, it depended on whether the plan was successful.

War will kill people, there is no war of immortals in the world, Zhou Shixiang, who was a soldier in his previous life, will not have the kindness of a woman, and he can no longer maintain the morals and values of his previous life after experiencing the tragic death of his parents, wife and children.

Cruelty is the true nature of soldiers in this era, and it is also the capital that can be successful.

Why were the Manchurians able to enter the Central Plains and seize the Han people? Because they are crueler than the Han Chinese, and they are cruel to almost birds. Beastly existence!

Of course, Zhou Shixiang didn't want to turn himself into a bird. Beast, as long as he can make his enemies feel fear

As Zhou Shixiang was worried beforehand, not long after the team left the city, the old and weak women and children in the back camp who rushed to hear the news crowded the city gate holes, and some climbed directly onto the city wall, looking at the backs of their relatives who had gone away with a look of worry, and some young women were even more worried and cried. And the recruits in the ranks also became panicked after leaving the city, and if it were not for the constant shouting of the commander and the whip falling at any moment, none of them would have been willing to move on.

The crying of the old and weak women and children in Dongcheng soon alarmed the residents of Luoding who did not participate in the Taiping Camp, and they ran over from their homes to see the excitement, some were guessing the purpose of the Ming army leaving the city, and some were gloating and pointing at the old and weak women and children in the back camp, probably thinking that the Taiping Camp also ran away with the men in their families. While gloating, he was even more glad that he was not deceived by the small profits of the Taiping camp, otherwise the fate of Lafuzi would fall on his own head.

Originally, the old and weak women and children in the back camp were just worried about their men, although they also cried, but there was no chaos, but after hearing the gloating words of those residents who did not join the army, they immediately became chaotic, crying and shouting to find a man to come back, and the scene got out of control several times.

Song Xianggong, who had predicted the reaction of the old and weak women and children with Zhou Shixiang in advance, made the fastest response after the incident, he comforted these women and children in the name of Lord Zhizhou, and ordered Zhao Sihai to lead the troops to drive the people back to the camp, and at the same time released those prisoners who did not accompany the army from the prison, and after explaining to them, they let them intimidate the residents all over the street with sticks, knives and guns, and from time to time shouted a few voices at the door of those big houses, so that the situation could be regarded as controlled.

In the face of the knives and guns in the hands of the "murderers" released by the Ming army, the residents of the city were silent, and obediently hid in their homes and bolted the doors, lest the chaotic situation of robbery and murder on the night of the fire be repeated. The old and weak women and children in the back camp also realized that things were not as they imagined, because Lord Zhizhou was still in the city, and there was also a group of young people who did not leave the city.

In order to completely calm the hearts of the people in the back camp, Song Xianggong stayed in the back camp all day, and from time to time called the old men in the camp to play chess with him, or drink a few pots of tea. There are knives and guns outside, and there are Huairou inside, and the situation in the city is quiet again.

On the surface, the city is calm, but the undercurrent in private is surging, Song Xianggong has too little manpower available in his hands, and the small officials and servants deployed by the Zhizhou Yamen are all the original people, and these people are precisely the kind of people who have ghosts in their hearts, so they can't rely on them to monitor every corner of the city, resulting in a few big families still privately communicating with the wind, Lu Changchang even secretly sent someone to call a few Yamen officials to his house to talk secretly, but what they talked about is not known to outsiders.

"My lord, you can't walk this way?"

"Oh, oh, wrong, wrong, hehe."

The absent-minded Song Xianggong forced a smile in front of everyone, but his heart was very worried: but I don't know if this battle can be won?

Shao Jiugong got his wish and was awarded the post of pioneer officer of the front battalion by Zhou Shixiang, and led more than 40 Jiangxi soldiers who were not seriously injured in the back to serve as the head of the battalion.

These Jiangxi soldiers have engraved words on their backs, and like Song Xianggong, they also know that they can't turn back, if they can't defeat the Qing army, their fate is worse than that of the Ming army, so they also work hard. It's just that what makes them wonder is that there are so many people in the Taiping Battalion, and there are only about 300 people in the front and back, and they are all young and strong people who are newly recruited from Luoding, so many people can really fight with Zhang Mazi's green battalion soldiers?

Shao Jiugong also faintly felt that something was wrong, but it was difficult to ride a tiger, so he could only bite the bullet. In order to reassure the soldiers under him, he talked about the strategy he had made to Zhang Dade back then, and his eyebrows fluttered and danced, which made the soldiers settle down, and if that Zhang Mazi was really a stupid pig, then this battle would be easy to fight, and then everyone would kill pigs and eat meat!

Song Erniu, who walked in front of the whole camp, was the tallest and tallest in the whole battalion, and all six members of his family voted for the Taiping camp, which would carry a big banner embroidered with the words "Taiping Camp" that Song Xianggong had made overnight, and walked with a tiger and a proud face.

The weapons equipped by each team were basically captured from the Qing army in Jiangxi, and there were swords, guns, swords, spears, hook knives, and shields. The whole battalion, including Hu Boss and Zhou Shixiang, did not have any armor, and there were not many cotton armors, only six pieces, which were still taken from Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers, Hu Boss and Zhou Shixiang wore one each, and the remaining four pieces were given to Ge Wu, Ge Liu, Peng Dazhu and Bald.

The seven seized horses were given to Shao Jiugong, so that they could lure the enemy, and Zhou Shixiang's own Mongolian green horse was originally intended to be ridden by Hu Laoda, but Hu Laoda refused to ask for anything, saying that the gentleman did not take the favor of others. Helpless, Zhou Shixiang could only lead, after all, Boss Hu, the main general, didn't have a horse, how could he, the former battalion commander, be embarrassed to ride a horse.

Luoding was more than 100 miles away from Deqing, and the marching speed of the front battalion could only walk less than 40 miles a day, so it was not until the third day that it reached the Xihe crossing, which was seven miles away from Deqing. Along the way, he hit a military post of the Qing army, captured the seven green battalion soldiers and more than 20 masters inside, and tied them all up and followed behind.

Although the recruits didn't know what the commander was doing with them, they could still identify the direction, and with the Qing army's military post, they gradually knew what they were going to do. At this time, Zhou Shixiang did not hide it from them, telling them that they were about to fight with the green camp in Deqing, and if this battle was lost, not only would their lives not be there, but their wives and children who stayed in Luoding would also be killed.

While the recruits were panicking, Boss Hu asked Ge Wu and Ge Liu to kneel on the ferry with the seven green camp captives, and then beheaded them all in front of the recruits.

"Whoever dares to run, this is the end!"

Ge Wu viciously threw a severed head in front of the soldiers, and the recruits immediately screamed.

Shao Jiugong thought that his opportunity to perform had come, he slapped the butt of the horse under his crotch, led his subordinates to rush to the recruits, and said viciously: "There is nothing to be afraid of in the Deqing Green Battalion, their garrison was my defeated commander back then, and now I am clear anyway, you are afraid of a ball!" ”

"Our Lord Shao is the nemesis of that pockmark, brothers, don't be afraid, when Zhang Mazi's head is cut off, my lord invites us to drink wine and eat meat!"

"Eat meat in large chunks and drink wine in large bowls!"

Where can the Jiangxi soldiers who have no choice but to become the Ming army make these Luoding recruits timid, and shout loudly one by one to cheer for the recruits.

Looking at the corpses of the Qing army on the ground, and then looking at the Jiangxi soldiers who were still Qing soldiers a few days ago, thinking about Luo Ding's relatives, the thought of running faded, and some of the bold ones even began to draw knives and wipe them.

Boss Hu ordered the whole battalion to cross the river, and Zhou Shixiang climbed up a high slope to the north of the ferry to look around, and finally chose to use this West River crossing as an ambush place.

The ambush place is determined, the following is to select the ambush location of each team, the West River is not wide, both sides of the river are hills, the vegetation is relatively lush, so there are many places for Tibetans, the key is whether Shao Jiugong can lead Zhang Dade over, and how many people are brought over.

If there are too many people, it will definitely not work, the best situation is that Zhang Dade only brought a few personal soldiers over, as long as Zhang Dade and his personal soldiers can be killed, the remaining green battalion soldiers are not to worry.

Boss Hu was still a little worried about Shao Jiugong and his Jiangxi soldiers, and told Zhou Shixiang that he would bring a team of soldiers to go with them, but Zhou Shixiang persuaded Boss Hu to stay here and command the overall situation, and he took people and Shao Jiugong to lure the enemy together.

Where is Boss Hu willing to let Zhou Shixiang go on an adventure, but Zhou Shixiang insisted on going, saying that he has a big green horse, that is, things have changed, and he can get out safely with this big green horse, but this place is inseparable from Hu Quan, the main general, with him, the recruits can feel at ease, otherwise, as soon as they see that the main general is not there, these recruits will collapse if they can't say anything.

Boss Hu said that Zhou Shixiang couldn't do it, so he repeatedly told Zhou Shixiang to be careful, and he and Shao Jiugong took people to Deqing City.