Of the ten newly released chief flag officers in the Taiping Camp, six of them were bandits from Daqiao Mountain, namely Zhao Sihai, Peng Dazhu, Ge Wu, Ge Liu, and the bald man who had not yet returned from the Laofengzhuang Copper Mine, and the other was Qin Zhisheng, who served as a soldier in the camp of Ding Kui Chubiao, the governor of Guangdong, during the Shaowu period.
Qin Zhisheng is in his forties, he was originally the commander of the former battalion, and his performance in the first battle of the Deqing Green Battalion was outstanding, and he led a team to kill more than a dozen Qing troops, and there were only two casualties in this army, so he was promoted by everyone as the chief flag officer.
Three of his soldiers were promoted to be captains.
When Song Xianggong wrote the roster of chief flag officers, he gave the two brothers Ge Wu and Ge Liu big names, one Ge Zheng and one Ge Yi, and also gave the bald man a big name, his surname was Jiang, and the single name took a and character, so that the ten chief flag officers all had big names.
The five Ge brothers were satisfied with their new names, but whether the bald man was satisfied or not would not be known until the people returned.
Zhou Shixiang was originally scheduled to give Shao Jiugong's Jiangxi soldiers two general banner quotas, first, they numbered nearly 100 people, and they could form two teams; Second, the combat effectiveness of these Jiangxi soldiers is relatively high, out of the future war and the need to win over, Zhou Shixiang wanted to give them two general flag places, one candidate is Shao Jiugong, and the other is Lin Yousan, the former Kong Guoliang's personal soldier.
However, Song Xianggong was adamantly opposed to this matter, and was only willing to let Shao Jiugong himself serve as the chief flag officer, and did not agree to the appointment and dismissal of Lin Yousan's general banner.
Moreover, he specifically emphasized to Zhou Shixiang that the Jiangxi soldiers could not be divided into two teams alone, but should be disrupted and used in each team, and they should not be left in the same group.
What Shao Jiugong was worried about, Zhou Shixiang could probably guess that it was nothing more than to prevent the Jiangxi soldiers from becoming bigger in the Taiping Battalion, and the imbalance of power in the future would lead to infighting in the battalion, or the situation that the superiors could not command the subordinates, which was the same as the fact that he was worried that the incorporation of those Deqing Green Battalions would lead to the situation of "the guest is strong and the host is weak".
In view of the fact that there is a problem with the current power allocation of the Taiping Battalion and the core force has not been built, Zhou Shixiang did not be stubborn, but followed the advice of Song Xianggong and only gave Shao Jiugong a general flag quota, and then sent someone to invite Shao Jiugong over to "discuss" with him about the disruptive reorganization of the Jiangxi soldiers under his department.
To Zhou Shixiang's surprise, Shao Jiugong was not dissatisfied with his arrangement, but tried his best to agree, and his words also faintly revealed the meaning that he could not choose another chief flag officer under him.
After Shao Jiugong left, Zhou Shixiang asked Song Xianggong what he thought, Song Xianggong smiled and said: "Shao Zongqi is also a person with ideas." ” Zhou Shixiang was confused when he heard this, and the difference between the two chief flag officers and one chief flag officer for Jiangxi Bing did not seem to be big, but in fact it was very big.
The weight of a general banner speaking in the Taiping camp is naturally not as important as that of two general flags speaking together, such as military discussions, one person speaking is certainly not as important as two people speaking, which can attract more attention from everyone.
But Shao Jiugong didn't want Lin Yousan to attend the military meeting of the Taiping Camp like him, and even hinted that these Jiangxi soldiers agreed with him Shao Jiugong, and there was no need for another person to come out to share the burden of his Shao Jiugong, which made Zhou Shixiang very confused.
Song Xianggong also said that Shao Jiugong was a person with ideas, which made him even more puzzled, where did the idea come from Song Xianggong saw that Zhou Shixiang really failed to understand the truth, so he explained to him with a smile that the reason why Shao Jiugong did not want Jiangxi soldiers to issue another general banner was still a matter of power in the final analysis.
In Shao Jiugong's view, these Jiangxi soldiers are his subordinates, and now under his leadership, they are all working with the Taiping Battalion, and everyone is looking forward to him, relying on the strength of these Jiangxi soldiers, Shao Jiugong can sit firmly in the Taiping Camp, although it is only one of the ten general flags, but the gold content is obviously higher than the other general flags, because he has the support of nearly 100 Jiangxi soldiers, and the Taiping Camp has grown in the future, and his Shao Jiugong's status is also rising.
But if there is a general flag outside of him that can sit on an equal footing with him, it is the greatest threat to his position.
Just imagine, those Jiangxi soldiers who have always been accustomed to only Shao Jiugong looking forward to the horse look at Lin Yousan, the new general banner, and how they look at Shao Jiugong Under the current system of the Taiping Camp, the status of the general flag is equal, Shao Jiugong cannot suppress Lin Yousan with his previous identity, and Lin Yousan does not have to obey Shao Jiugong's words anymore, so that there may not be a big contradiction between the two in a short period of time, but after a long time, whether Shao Jiugong is willing or not, his weight in the eyes of Jiangxi soldiers will be greatly reduced, and Lin Yousan will also consciously assume the mission of the chief flag officer and fight against Shao Jiugong in court.
To put it bluntly, Lin Yousan's existence will make Shao Jiugong's status in the Jiangxi soldiers he thought he relied on to fight greatly downgrade, which he naturally cannot tolerate, so he will imply that the Jiangxi soldiers only need a general flag.
After listening to Song Xianggong's explanation, Zhou Shixiang suddenly realized that everyone really has a mind, and everyone has a small abacus in their hearts.
But that's okay, at least for the time being, the disrupted and reorganized Jiangxi soldiers is in line with the Taiping Battalion and in the interests of Zhou Shixiang.
There are six general flags from Daqiao Mountain, Shao Jiugong, the leader of the Jiangxi Green Battalion, who occupies one, and the remaining three are all outstanding recruits from Luoding.
Appointing three Luoding recruits as the chief flag officer, Zhou Shixiang can be said to be strong and eclectic in employing talents.
The three of them are Song Erniu, the flag soldier of the former battalion, who stabbed to death a general of the green battalion with the big flagpole in the battle of Deqing, and then bravely rushed to the front, beheaded two green battalion soldiers, loyal and commendable, and let him be the chief flag officer, which can set an example for the whole battalion.
The other person was the first to sign up when Zhou Shixiang recruited troops in Luoding Dongcheng that day, and Zheng Tiezhu, who had been a master in the Qing army, and resolutely joined the Taiping camp with his daughter-in-law who had only passed the door for a long time.
In the first battle of Deqing, his performance was also commendable, although he did not have the record of killing the Qing soldiers, but he always insisted on refusing to take a step back.
After Zhou Shixiang knew about this person's deeds after the battle, he immediately decided to promote this person to the official after going back, and when discussing the candidate for the general banner, he recommended Zheng Tiezhu, and the reason he gave everyone was that although this person was not very brave and did not have a record of killing the enemy, but the fact that he did not retreat from the fight to the death was enough to make everyone present ashamed, and he did not need to use this person.
In the first battle of Deqing, when Hu Quanquan died, Ge Wu and they all retreated, so no one could object to the reason for Zhou Shixiang's appointment, and the appointment of the general banner was naturally passed.
The last person is also an honest man among the recruits, Zheng Daniu, who is almost forty years old, after Deqing was stabbed several times in his body, he still rolled down the slope with a Qing soldier, and after smashing the Qing soldier to death with a stone, he shook and rushed into the Qing soldier to fight to the death.
In order to show his courage and show the wounded soldiers the fairness and justice of the Taiping Camp, Zhou Shixiang proposed him as the candidate for the chief flag officer.
Compared with the three lucky ones who were promoted to be the general flag, in the first battle of Deqing, there were not many recruits in Luoding, most of them had been afraid of the battle and retreated, and some were even frightened crazy, but on the whole, they had experienced the test of blood and fire, Zhou Shixiang thought that twenty small flag officers could be selected from among them, and this matter was handed over to the new staff Liao Ruixiang to do, and there were no conditions, anyway, it was to pull out a tall one from the short man, as for who could get the appointment and dismissal of the small flag, I am afraid that most of them depend on the vision of Master Liao.
Chen Mo, who commanded the battalion of dead soldiers, was temporarily awarded the small flag officer, and Song Xianggong conveyed to him the rules of the battalion of dead soldiers, that is, those who participated in the three dead battles could withdraw from the battalion of dead soldiers and transfer to each team as a small flag officer, and those who performed well and made great contributions could be directly promoted to the chief flag officer.
In this regard, Chen Mo didn't say anything, and after going back to bomb those prisoners, he brought wine and meat to eat and drink, and didn't take the future war seriously.
The reorganization and appointment and dismissal of officers were busy for two days, and during these two days, Song Xianggong was also busy classifying the captured booty, and everyone in the Taiping camp was busy, and no one was idle.
On the third day, Zhou Shixiang put on the bill the matter of taking action against the gentry and forcing the rest of the residents in the city to join the army, and before he could formulate a policy, the news of the miners of Laofengzhuang came. oshow7 t1706231537: