Zhou Shixiang, who saw the reaction of the Gaozhou soldiers in his eyes, was a little disappointed, if Nanming had this virtue except for the Great Western Army, how could he defeat the Qing army and restore China?

He immediately stepped forward and raised his right arm, and suddenly the shouting stopped, and there was silence all around.

"Lord Lei looks at me, can the soldiers of the Taiping Camp still be able to fight?"

Zhou Shixiang turned around and found that Lei Xianchu's face was like black charcoal, and he was very gloomy.

"What?"

Lei Xianchu couldn't hear it clearly for a while, so Zhou Shixiang said again, this time Lei Xianchu heard it clearly, and sighed in his heart, these bandits even set up the head of the camp, it seems that they have already had the heart to stand on their own, and they are afraid that the governor and his own abacus will fail.

He squeaked, but he didn't disobey his intentions, and said: "Look at the queue, it's quite neat, and you should be able to fight, but the clothes are nondescript, and you don't look like an official soldier." ”

Zhou Shixiang pointed to the black-clothed soldiers who had no weapons in their hands, and said: "It has only been half a decade since Luo Ding, everything has been created, and the soldiers only swear to fight the Tartars to the end with a bloody oath, and there are many deficiencies in weapons and armor, and I also ask the adults to fight for some for my Taiping camp after returning to Gaozhou." ”

Hearing this, Lei Xianchu frowned and said: "At present, the situation in Guangdong is not favorable to my Ming Dynasty, Lord Futai is holding on to Gao and Lei Erzhou, and there are many deficiencies in the soldiers under his command, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to allocate weapons and armor." ”

"Armor is a heavy weapon, and our department does not dare to ask for extravagance, but I hope that we can allocate some weapons, so that our soldiers will not fight against the Tartars with their bare hands."

Zhou Shixiang did not expect Lei Xianchu to bring supplies to the Taiping Camp, the reason why he said these was just to reassure the other party's heart, lest the other party swallow it and say that the Taiping Camp would be a useless bandit after he returned. If you really want to become an enemy with the Ming army in Guangdong, I am afraid that the Taiping camp sandwiched between the Ming and Qing dynasties will be in an even more difficult situation.

"That's okay, since your ministry has been recruited by the imperial court, and you have the merit of recovering Luoding, after the official goes back, he will make a statement to the governor, but there is no guarantee that it will be successful, after all, our army is also in difficulty at the moment."

If Zhou Shixiang asked for money and food, Lei Xianchu would definitely refuse without saying a word, but the other party just asked for some weapons, although he was already dissatisfied with the Taiping Camp, but he didn't care about saying a few words. Of course, it depends on what Zhou Shixiang plans to do, if the other party is really unwilling to accept his command, then everything will be suspended. If the other party is willing to accept his command, then the weapon or something is naturally easy to say, even if it is money and food, as long as he pulls down his face and asks the governor, the governor may not say anything, after all, he is a general under the governor, and the stronger his strength, the more he will help the governor of the four prefectures. With this thought in mind, Lei Xianchu's words were not too categorical, and he left a tail down for Zhou Shixiang to ponder for himself.

"Lord Lei has a heart."

Zhou Shixiang didn't take this stubble, and didn't take the initiative to say it at all, Lei Xianchu snorted secretly, didn't say anything anymore, and ran straight to the front, raised his whip and pointed at the people and said to Zhou Shixiang: "This official has entered the city, and he has also seen the majesty of your department, these people, you let them disperse, making such a big disturbance, it is really disturbing the people." ”

didn't want to, but Zhou Shixiang said: "There are no more people in Luoding, and all the adults see are people in my Taiping camp." ”

Lei Xianchuqi said: "Obviously you are the people, how can you also be a person in the Taiping camp?" ”

Zhou Shixiang explained: "Since the establishment of my Taiping Battalion, I have set the rules of the camp, the old camp has the old battalion, the women have the women's battalion, and the few have the young battalion, the war is together, the young and strong have the courage to kill the enemy, and the women and children have the courage to support, which means that all the people are soldiers, so what the adults see is my Taiping Battalion sergeants, not the people." ”

Zhou Shixiang didn't explain, but as soon as he explained, Lei Xianchu was furious: "What kind of people are soldiers, you are coercing the people!" ”

Zhou Shixiang was not afraid, he was very reasonable: "One more person is one more strength, at present, the Qing army is strong, and my Taiping Battalion has to recruit more people to resist the Qing Dynasty, how can it be regarded as coercing the people?" ”

"What a last resort!"

Pang Tianci, who happened to come over to hear what Zhou Shixiang said, heard that the Taiping camp was actually coercing the people, and immediately became angry, pointing at Zhou Shixiang and saying: "Coercing the people into the camp, this move is not a thief!" ”

Zhou Shixiang glanced at the angry Pang Tianci, and said: "Our army is the Taiping Camp of the Ming Dynasty, and it is definitely not a thief. ”

"You!"

Pang Tianci was speechless, he didn't know how to refute, and after a while, Fang said: "You have recruited so many people into the camp, how can you feed them?" ”

Zhou Shixiang said: "Fight to feed the war." ”

Pang Tianci's eyes widened: "It's like a rogue, every time you go to a place, you first grab money and food, and then wrap the people." So the cycle can't be repeated? ”

Zhou Shixiang paused for a moment, nodded and said, "If the huge person understands it like this, it is right." ”

"Bandits, bandits!"

Lei Xianchu was so angry when he heard this, he had already scolded several times, and his left hand was pressed on the handle of the knife, which meant that he would draw the knife if he didn't agree with each other.

"Whether it's a bandit or a soldier, but if you can drive out the Tartars, what's the difference between being a bandit or a soldier?"

It was Song Xianggong who spoke, standing there looking at Lei Xianchu and Pang Tianci with a smile on his face, and behind him, there was Brother Ge Zheng with a meaty face. Behind the Ge Zheng brothers, there were dozens of soldiers with long knives in their hands, and the first few people were cold to Lei Xianchu, and they were not afraid of him, a guerrilla adult. Looking at the 200 Gaozhou soldiers he brought, he was surrounded by a large group of black-clothed soldiers from the Taiping Camp in front of the city gate and couldn't move.

Lei Xianchu, who was about to have a seizure, saw this posture, and couldn't help but gasp, and swallowed back the words raw.

Pang Tianci didn't notice that the situation was wrong, and still shouted: "If my Ming officials and soldiers are all like you in the Taiping Camp, how can the gentry in the world still have their hearts set on the Ming Dynasty, and how can I be prosperous in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"But so that my Huaxia will not fall into the hands of the Hu people, but so that my Han civilization will not be interrupted by the Hu people, what is the gentry in the world? When the first emperor, the Tartars had not yet entered the customs, so what did the gentry in the world do? According to this official's opinion, if there is no gentry in the world, I am afraid that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will not collapse! This must be the Lord Pang Tianci of Dianbaizhi County, the official Song Xianggong is the governor of Luoding, but he thinks differently from the huge people, as long as he can beat away the Tartars and restore the rivers and mountains of our Han people, what means are used to completely trivial, not worth making a fuss about, what do huge people think? ”

Song Xianggong said one by one, glaring at Pang Tianci with anger, and in a hurry, he actually stomped his feet and said: "There are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for more than half a sentence, Lord Lei, this Taiping Camp is not at all done by the officials and soldiers, according to the lower officials, let's go back to Gaozhou and return to the governor." Xia Guan didn't want to stay longer at this moment, and if he stayed for a while, he would be angry more. ”

"Hmm"

Pang Tianci was in a hurry to leave, but Lei Xianchu didn't dare to move lightly, because he didn't know what the bandits in Taiping Camp had in mind.