Xie Dingbei and Jiang Qiudao rushed to the "front line", and after initially grasping the situation, they both felt that the battle situation in front of them was beyond their cognition, and this was a ...... that they were quite unfamiliar with No, it can't be said to be a battle, it's more like a civil fight with a musket.

The enemy is the Qing soldiers of Baoqing Association, although it is a green battalion, the soldiers who dare to fight have been exhausted in the two major battles of Shaozhou and Yizhang, and only an empty shell is left, and all the people who fill it in are the people of Baoqing Mansion.

When Yanxin stayed in Hengzhou before, he was afraid that the British and Chinese army would go north in a big way, forcing Hunan Governor He Tenglin to loot the green camps from all over the country to gather in Hengzhou, and Baoqing Minyong also stayed in Hengzhou for a while. These people who have a "unit" regard themselves as higher than the people of Hengyongchen Guidao, not to mention arrogance, and they also help the Hengzhou prefect suppress the people who are paying salaries and the people who ask for compensation, and they are hated by the locals.

After the Qing court abandoned Hengzhou, Baoqing Association was a piece of fat in Hengzhou, although he did not dare to occupy Hengzhou, but he came to fight the autumn breeze from time to time, and the Hengzhou City Guard Association was able to organize smoothly, which was also related to their threat.

Seeing that the green camp of Baoqingxie on the opposite side is gathering more and more, and there are at least six or seven hundred people, and they will not retreat from the "fierce battle" with Hengzhou Chengding, Xie Dingbei and Jiang Qiudao feel that Baoqingxie should not be here to rob this time, but to occupy the city. Most of the generals of the Baoqing Association want to be greedy for the credit of recovering Hengzhou City.

Looking at the current war situation, this plan is obviously bankrupt. If you want to fight against the imperial army, the city of Hengzhou may have scattered in a hurry at that time, but on the opposite side is the green camp of Baoqing Association, in the eyes of the city soldiers, that is to help the greedy and despicable foreign bandits, even if the number of the city soldiers is inferior, but they are extremely brave, and they are not willing to take a step back.

Of course, with that kind of crude musket and traditional medicine powder, a hundred steps away, the person who was shot should be an unlucky ghost who hit the ground with his face first when he was reincarnated. When Xie Jiang and the others arrived, it had been fighting here for almost half an hour, and it was not clear how the casualties on the other side were, and the city Ding only carried down a dozen wounded people, and there were no dead people...... "Isn't that Hou Da?" When was he so powerful that he could command five or six hundred people? ”

Xie Dingbei saw the "commander" of Chengding, who was an ordinary soldier in his battalion. This time, he came to Hengzhou, and all the people he brought with him were Hunanese, all of whom were selected from the Hunan internal guard during the expansion of the army.

"If this is also called command, won't we soldiers cry to death?"

Jiang Qiudao felt that the "command" of Nahou Da was miserable, he only made a superficial tactical arrangement, plus used a loud voice to boost morale, and the meticulous formation was not adjusted, nor did he encourage the city soldiers to advance to a distance that could effectively kill and injure.

It's no wonder that Hou Da is just an ordinary soldier, and he knows the general knowledge of spreading the line and flanking the enemy's wing.

"The loss is him, if you want the officer to command, most of you will lose."

Xie Dingbei was familiar with both the Green Battalion and the Anglo-Chinese Army, and saw the crux of the current battle situation. The city was not trained in formation, nor did he have the courage to venture forward, so he relied on a little blood to gather and shoot. Hou Daru's rough adjustment of the battle line and constantly boosted morale were just right for the tactics of this group of city soldiers, and they were able to suppress the Baoqing Green Battalion, which had an advantage in numbers.

A group of more bloody city soldiers guarded two small cannons, rushed up the dirt slope twenty or thirty paces away, when the two cannons hit over, the opposite woods were swept by a strong wind, and the Baoqing green camp suddenly retreated.

Looking at the city that cheered loudly, but didn't have the courage to chase out, Xie Dingbei and Jiang Qiudao looked at each other speechlessly, so they won?

Of course, the matter is not over, by the city Ding outside the city, the people outside the west gate have retreated into the city, when the west gate is closed, Xie Jiang and the two of them saw a large group of Qing soldiers surging on the city gate tower, afraid that there are not three or four thousand people.

Not only the Baoqing Association, but also the green battalions in the Chenzhou Association and other places further north, and the only one who can mobilize these soldiers is He Tenglin, the governor of Hunan stationed in Changde Mansion, it seems that it is this guy who wants to take the credit. Yongzhou has a Hunan internal guard under the banner of Yinghua, and he doesn't dare to move, but Hengzhou is a wild land, so he naturally wants to fish in troubled waters.

"He is blind......

Zhang Zhennan recognized the banner under the city, but there was not much fear on his face, when He Tenglin was in Hengzhou, he was the backer of Baoqing Association and even Baoqing Prefect to suppress the people's troubles, and the locals called him blind, saying that this guy was as arrogant as a black blind man. Looking at the other city soldiers, they all have the same look. He Tenglin obviously can't represent the Qing court, and these city soldiers have no fear of him.

"Urgently report to Meng's system, we can't withstand the Yanxin army, but it's just He Tenglin's words, we can still maneuver for a few days, this Hengzhou, we have to decide!"

Xie Dingbei has a bottom in his heart, although he only has thirty or fifty soldiers in his hands, but let them all learn from Hou Da to do the same, and the city and even the people can be mobilized.

"Yo...... When did Xie Senjiang have such guts? ”

After receiving Meng Kui's urgent report, Li Shi, who was accompanying his three daughters-in-law and one daughter to enjoy the warmth of the family in Yingde Baicheng, and arranged the Hunan war situation by the way, was also surprised. Xie Dingbei took dozens of soldiers, and he actually dared to confront He Tenglin in Hengzhou, he didn't think he was such a heroic person.

After taking a closer look at Meng Kui's report, Li Xian smiled, it turned out to be like this.

"Appoint Yang Junli, who joined the Hu Ben Army, as the Hunan pacification envoy of the Military Command Department, and Xie Dingbei as the Hunan recruitment envoy of the Military Command Department, and he will lead the advisory group to unify Hunan Province, and the people who are willing to stand on our side."

When this order was sent to Xie Dingbei, Hengzhou had been besieged on three sides by He Tenglin with six or seven thousand green battalions for six days. Xie Dingbei's face bloomed with a smile, beckoning to make a yes! But this advisory group ...... What is it?

"Yang Senjun is responsible for appeasing the people of Hunan, and what you have to do is to find someone like Hou Da to regulate them."

Jiang Qiudao looked at the order and gave an explanation.

"That means I might even command tens of thousands of troops?"

The smile lines on Xie Dingbei's face were further deepened.

"It's the kind of army that can't even swing the horizontal team, so you know to put your guns on the spot."

Jiang Qiudao added very sincerely.

Of course, Xie Jiang and the others did not know that the term "advisory group" was exactly the concept of military foreign aid borrowed by Li Xi from the two major imperialist powers in his previous life.

Yinghua builds the army with the idea of elite soldiers, which is also a last resort. At present, Yinghua's new local political axe system has covered the whole province of Guangdong and half of Guangxi, and in terms of mobilization power, it is much higher than that of the Qing court. With a population of more than 10 million, there is absolutely no problem in pulling out an army of 200,000 or 300,000. However, mobilization alone is not enough, and it is difficult to arm this army and ensure its continuous operation, and it is difficult for Yinghua to achieve its current industrial level and organizational level.

Within a country, it is very stupid for the field army to be divided into two systems, so there is no such kind of people's courage in Yinghua, and local law and order are maintained by the central internal security and local patrol police. Outside the country, such as Hunan, Fujian, Yunnan-Guizhou and other places that have not yet been brought under the rule of Yinghua, it is not a matter of helping to turn the local people into a force that can be used by themselves, they are militia. Although the combat strength is weak, and it is impossible to fight far away from the homeland like the field army, at least it does not have to be supported by Yinghua and can be used in many places. For example, now, it can play a role in buffering the battle situation when the Tiger Ben Army has no time to enter Hengzhou.

This new "people's army" is not completely unrestrained, and Xie Dingbei, who is familiar with the green battalion, is given the hat of a recruiting envoy, and he is responsible for dispatching troops and commanding the army, playing the role of an "advisory group."

This system has been trained proficiently, and it can still be used in foreign operations in the future, which can be regarded as Li Xian's pre-planning. After Li Shi did this to Hunan, he also issued the same order to the Yingyang Army, the Longxiang Army, and the Yulin Army. He joined the army and served as the local pacification envoy of the Military Command Department, and a reliable military general who was familiar with the characteristics of the green battalion and the people's brave combat in the army was recruited.

This is only one aspect, on the other hand, it was Guan Fengsheng, who went back to Baicheng for vacation, who came to complain, saying that the musket branch of the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau was idle.

"We've figured it out, this musket has to be sold! Sell it to the north! If you don't sell good, it's [***] our Anglo-Chinese Army is one grade worse. Not only can it subsidize the expenses of our Foshan Manufacturing Bureau, but it can also make the people in the north who are interested in being enemies of the Tartars have guys in their hands! ”

Guan Fengsheng's words faintly carried the breath of those arms dealers in Li Shi's previous life, which made Li Shi both relieved and worried.

"But what if you want the Tartars to buy it?"

He asked deliberately.

"What's the matter with this musket? Look at those blacksmiths in Hunan can tinker with their own tinkering, and the Tartar Emperor opened his mouth, they don't have to buy ours, they can make it. The guns we take out are less forged and less sharpened, the parts are made of inferior materials, and the special gunpowder is not sold, so that the guns of the takeaway are far away and accurate, and there is no threat to our British and Chinese army. ”

Guan Fengsheng said this in his mouth, but Li Shi thought of the word "profit", this man's soul is really falling rapidly towards hell.

However, his mind was still not open enough, and Li Shi's words startled him.

"Don't talk about guns, cannons can be sold. The musket bureau is idle, but what about the artillery bureau? Next year, the army will have a lot less artillery to use, and the artillery bureau will have to be idle...... Well, the Tartar court cannot be sold, sell it to foreigners, British, French, Spaniards, Dutch...... Wait, in short, let's crush the cannon factory in Macau. ”

Arms is a lucrative industry, and advisory groups and the arms trade are two sides of the same coin.

Retracting his divergent thoughts, Li Xian examined the battle situation in front of him. In the last Hunan War, he almost fell for Kangxi's calculations, and relied on the logistics industry and industrial and commercial organizations that had initially grown up under his rule to turn against Kangxi.

This time, there is naturally no way to repeat the old tricks, look at the Qing court's raid on Hengzhou with the Hunan Green Battalion, it should be to lead the Tiger Ben army north, and fight against the Duel in the plains of Changsha in Hengzhou, this is a posture of defensive counterattack, it seems that Kangxi's determination to fight this battle is not very strong.

Since Kangxi put on a small appearance and hesitated, don't blame Li Shi for resolutely attacking, Li Xi swept the attack route of the Yulin Army on the map, and said in his heart I am too lazy to spin and grind with you Kang Mazi in Hunan, after this battle, Hunan can no longer be your territory.

The plan of the Hunan war situation, Li Xi is already in the chest, and Long Xiang's army should not be too surprised to enter Yunnan, the only thing that makes Li Xi a little worried is the Fujian war situation. The Dutch jumped out at once, not knowing if Xiao Sheng could digest it.

"Whether the people and the boat are in place, this time we have to rely not only on ourselves, but also on them."

On Nanao Island, Xiao Sheng is also reviewing the progress, his report is still on the way, at this time Li Shi is not clear, Xiao Sheng, like him, invariably thought of taking the first military step towards the colonial road of "proxy war" with the help of civil forces.

(To be continued)