Han’s Son is Not a Slave: Chapter 561 headhunting

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The heads of the six Manchu Tartars were exchanged for three fat pigs, and the Miao people and the new Han soldiers happily took three wooden signs and disappeared into the jungle. http://%77%77%77%2e%6c%6e%77%6f%77%2e%6e%65%74Pinshu

After waiting for a while, after confirming that no new Han soldiers would come to hand over the head today, the Ming army officer was slightly disappointed, but then he thought that the commander's headhunting order had just been issued, how could it take effect so quickly. Most of the natives in Guizhou are still watching. When these Miao people and the new Han soldiers bring the fat pigs back, they will be afraid that the natives will be jealous.

World affairs, bustling than a word.

This is true of the Han people, and the same is true of the natives. There are high bounties and real incentives, and I am not afraid that these natives will not be used by the Taiping army.

Soon, the Ming army also disappeared in the mountains. For many days after that, in the mountains of the Hunan-Guizhou border, there were active Ming troops carrying baskets to collect the heads of the Tartars. There are no more than a dozen of them, at least four or five, wandering in the deep mountains and forests like ghosts. And whenever their figures returned to the Taiping army stronghold in Hunan, the basket would always be filled with people's heads - the heads of Manchu Tartars. Correspondingly, the Qing soldiers in Guizhou were in a panic. On the one hand, they wanted to break the defense line of the Taiping Army, and on the other hand, they had to beware of the attacks of those natives. The King of Ping County, Luo Ke Duo, is really overwhelmed right now.

As time progressed, the headhunting order gradually took effect, and the reward of exchanging the heads of Manchu Tartars for the Taiping Army became a grand scene on the Hunan-Guizhou border during the Spring Festival of the 13th year of the Yongli calendar. In the words of Zhou Shixiang, this is a fashion. The neighbors went out to hunt a tartar head in exchange for money, grain, rice noodles and fat pigs. The family lived well, but the man was in the house, not to mention the meat in the pot, and he couldn’t even see a rice soup. There must be opinions, and this man will also feel that he is useless. So, whether he is willing or not, or is courageous enough, under the eyes of his neighbors and his wife, he can only chase the trend of headhunting, otherwise he will be ridiculed by the people and complained by his wife.

The full name of the headhunting decree is the "Manchurian Headhunting Reward Order".

No matter in the Ming Dynasty or later generations, the yamen is always closed for the New Year. But the war doesn't care about your Chinese New Year. The Guangxi Admiral's line Guoan will just kill the army to Liuzhou. Naturally, the Taiping Army in Hunan is not in the mood for a new year.

In line with the principle that if you don't make me better, I will make you worse, Zhou Shixiang organized the Yuanzhou defense line to deal with the large-scale attack of the Qing army, and started his long-planned headhunting order.

The order encouraged the natives on the Hunan-Guizhou border to bravely hunt and kill Manchu soldiers, in exchange for cutting the heads of the Manchu soldiers to the Taiping Army in exchange for rich rewards. The rewards include gold and silver, rice noodles, cloth, ironware, pork and mutton, and even rouge gouache for women. It can be said that there is nothing short of currency to physical objects.

In the early days, the headhunting orders were only aimed at the native soldiers who had surrendered to the Taiping army or were captured, and were limited to the heads of Manchu Tartars. The reason for this regulation is because the Taiping Army has obtained a large number of native soldiers in the process of suppressing bandits in western Hunan.

The Taiping Army needs to expand its army, and Zhou Shixiang also needs more soldiers, but some local soldiers are really not suitable for incorporation into the Taiping Army. This is not to say that these soldiers are not strong enough or brave enough, but that it is really difficult for them to integrate into the Taiping army in the short term, or that they cannot abide by the military discipline of the Taiping army. And wars are often won by the side with discipline.

In the war against the Qing Dynasty, it is by no means just relying on some guerrilla warfare to win. Let alone the future, it is now that the Taiping Army is facing wars in Guangxi and Hunan. The battles in these two directions are mainly based on the frontal battlefield, or the main battle level. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang did not have enough time to digest these native soldiers who could not obey the military discipline of the Taiping army, but it was too wasteful to release these native soldiers with a certain amount of force as good people. Many of them have been engaged in murder and business since they were adults, and even under the subordinates of the native officials, they were also doing the activities of kidnapping people, killing people, robbing villages and grabbing food. In other words, they are a real gang of bandits. If they are put back, they are likely to return to their old jobs and become an unstable force under the Taiping Army.

If they were Han people, Zhou Shixiang could accommodate them and digest them, but these soldiers could not. After thinking about it, Zhou Shixiang felt that these "chicken ribs" could not be wasted, so he issued the "Reward Order for Hunting Manchu Heads".

The native soldiers are very familiar with the terrain of the Hunan-Guizhou border, and some people can even describe it as flying like flying in the deep mountains and old forests. They are not suitable for large-scale operations, but suitable for individuals or small groups. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang gave these soldiers two options. One was to settle down and farm as honestly as the Han Chinese; class. The head of its Manchu soldiers is a half-sliced ​​pig. If you don't want pork, you will be rewarded with gold, silver or rice grains of the same value. At the same time, I clearly told these soldiers that their actions were not under the command of the Taiping Army, so if the Taiping Army died in battle, they would not be compensated. But in order for them to better hunt and kill Manchu soldiers, the Taiping Army can provide them with some necessary weapons, and even some weapons with greater lethality, such as thunderbolts. Of course, Zhentianlei, because the Taiping Army itself has not yet been able to achieve mass production, so if you want to obtain it, you must pay a certain price, such as reducing a head after the event.

This order of Zhou Shixiang was initially questioned by some of his subordinates, who believed that the native soldiers were not credible. These people did not have the courage to attack the Manchu soldiers. If they were released, they would most likely help the Qing army to deal with the Taiping army. But the fact is that after the headhunting order was announced, those soldiers who were considered unsuitable to stay in the army were very willing to make a fortune through it. No one thought about helping the Qing army who had little benefit to them, but thinking about how to get the headhunting order out of it. Take a fortune.

Just as Zhou Shixiang thought, the reason why the native soldiers were reluctant to be trained and commanded by the Taiping Army was not because they were too useless or unwilling, but because they were used to freedom and could not accept the steel-like discipline like the Han Chinese. . Even the native soldiers who had worked under native officials were the same.

When they were dismissed, the native soldiers were very worried, lest the Taiping army would kill them or send them to do hard labor, but now the Taiping army has given them a way to show their bravery and make a fortune. The way of their own actions, they are naturally very happy. As a result, only a few of the more than 4,000 soldiers who were laid off chose to go home to live in peace.

Of course, Zhou Shi is not without his backers to these soldiers. The detailed information of all the soldiers has been compiled, and their family members who stayed under the Taiping Army have all signed their signatures. If the soldier surrenders, On the other hand, it is not good for the Taiping Army, then their families will be hanged regardless of gender, age, or child. But if they did well enough to hunt enough Manchu heads, their families could be treated like regular Xin Han soldiers serving in the Taiping Army.

More than 3,000 headhunters were scattered and disappeared quickly, and there was no news for several days~www.mtlnovel.com~ The border between Hunan and Guizhou is too large, there are many natives in Hunan, and there are more natives in Guizhou.

Zhou Shixiang did not expect immediate results from the headhunting action of the native soldiers, nor did he reluctantly think that these native soldiers would be able to contain the offensive of the Qing army in Guizhou, so his focus was still on organizing the Hunan-Guizhou defense line. On the Guangxi side, the line Guoan has been besieging Liuzhou for half a month, but the news sent by Shao Jiugong said that although the line department offensive is very fierce, Liuzhou is surrounded by rivers on three sides, and only one side is connected by land. The Taiping army was able to attack and defend freely, and the soldiers and food could be transported by the navy, but Xian Guoan wanted to break through the gate of Liuzhou, which was as difficult as climbing the Shu Road. In fact, Xian Guoan attacked Liuzhou for half a month, but nothing but the loss of thousands of troops and horses. He wanted to attack Guilin from the north, but as long as he showed signs of moving troops, the Taiping army in the city would come out of the city to bite him. In addition, the fifth town of the Taiping army in Guilin was also a strong enemy, and Xian Guoan was not sure of victory. It is obviously impossible to withdraw troops. It is not that Xian Guoan himself does not want to withdraw, but that Donny does not let him withdraw.

The keynote of the battle in Liuzhou was to contain the Ministry of National Security. As long as Guoan was unable to move north in Liuzhou, the purpose of the battle would be achieved.

Zhou Shixiang did not draw troops from Hunan to reinforce Liuzhou, because the Qing army of Guizhou, under the command of King Luo Keduo of Pingjun, had already captured Pingxiyi. And there is news that another Qing army from Yunnan is returning to Guizhou, and they are likely to attack another important route on the Hunan-Guizhou border - the Hunan Passage.

After Luo Ke Duo captured Pingxi Station, he did not make any further progress, because he could not break through the defense line built by the Taiping army along the road.

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There are some things this afternoon, the update is late. There is one more. (To be continued.)

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