第二百二十九章 颓丧
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新会城中的震天誓言令得城外清军士气更是低迷,水师大营被焚后清军营中粮草本就岌岌可危,尚之信孤注一掷决定强攻新会,虽得尚可喜事后同意,但远在广州的平南王除了派大将班志富前来为世子壮声势外,却是一粒粮食也运不过来。龙腾小说网ltxs520.com√∟,
三次强攻,除了损兵折将,军中粮草消耗更是惊人,毕竟驱使士卒强行攻城必先使其吃饱,皇帝不差饿兵的道理,将门出身的尚之信又如何能不知。
被太平军炮火击中阵亡的平南藩下副都统周元良曾在水师大火之后点计过军中粮草,得出只够维持三四日所需的结果。然而现在,清军对新会的强攻已进行了八天,原本只能够维持三四日所需的粮草是绝对无法维持这么多天的,现在清军却依然守在城外,这代价便是大量随军民夫被饿死,当然,那些强攻死去的清兵也为活着的人省下了一些口粮。
尚之信离开广州时,广州府奉总督衙门之命便在府县征集了三千多民夫供军中差役。后尚可喜亲自赶往新会,平南王爷亲征,这军中役使的民夫数目自然要随之翻番。
据广州府粗步点算,此次遣送军中效役的民夫青壮总数达到了七千余众,这还不包括之前广州府为大军筹措粮食时征集的民夫数量。如此多的民夫被征发至军中,使得清军规模从外围看起来声势十分的浩大。
按清军军制,满州八旗供给高于蒙八旗,蒙八旗又高于汉军旗,而汉军旗的供给又要高于绿营兵。
围城大军以尚可喜的平南藩下汉军旗和耿继茂的靖南藩下旗兵一部为主,绿营为辅,因此虽然广东绿营兵人数占了大军一半以上,但在粮草供给上却是汉军旗兵消耗得更多。在汉军旗的盘剥下,绿营兵的口粮便有限得很。为了填饱肚子,绿营兵自然而然将盘剥的对象放在了比他们更低等级的民夫身上。
“拉夫子”对于普通百姓而言,无疑就是天降横祸,这个时代无论明清哪方,对于军中效命的夫子都是一视同仁同样的虐待苛刻。被拉到军中做夫子的百姓往往九死一生,十个能有一个活下来便算祖坟冒烟,祖宗显灵了。
清军尚未断粮前,为了让民夫们有力气做工,清军多多少少还能让他们吃个半饱,断粮之后。这半饱便成了奢望。在大肆掠夺绿营兵口粮供旗兵食用,又想着用绿营去填新会这个无底坑,尚之信便停发了民夫口粮,甚至还暗示绿营将领让部下去掠夺民夫们藏在身上的最后一点粮食,如此也好让绿营兵们继续充任攻打新会城的炮灰。
这个结果便导致大量本就处于半饥饿状态的民夫被大量饿死,前两天还好,民夫们都凭着口气吊着,这几日却是开始大量的死人,光是抬到江边丢弃的尸体就达上千余具。剩下来的几千处于严重营养不良。半死不活的民夫们也面临随时都会倒毙的危险。
民夫们不是没有人想过逃跑,可在清军的严密监视下,逃跑者的下场更加悲惨。有胆大的不愿做饿殍的民夫趁着深夜不要命的往江边跑,可等跑到江边的却是寥寥无几。能成功跳江又能活着游出去的更是屈指可数。
清军中不是没有人建议过将这些民夫遣散。免得他们无谓死在这里。但这一建议却被尚之信狠心拒绝,他对诸将解说的理由是不容军情外泄。他道眼下各地都知大军围城数月不克,突军中大量遣散民夫,叫各地士绅百姓知道会如何作想?
一句简单的不容军情外泄便决定了数千名民夫的悲惨下场。夫子营中每日哀号的惨象令得清军也不忍入营探看,只叫营中将死去之人拖至江边丢弃,如此做法令得这谭江里的鱼虾倍加肥美起来。
有清军将领更往深处去想。世子留着这么多快饿死的民夫在军中,怕也有效当年祖大寿或是去年由云龙之举的用意吧。
前明崇祯年间祖大寿守大凌河城,去年由云龙守新会,这城内百姓最后可都是作了军粮的!
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉!
无法决定自己生死的民夫们现在最盼望的事情莫过于清军一举破城,亦或城里的贼兵大溃清军,这两者不管发生哪样,都能结束他们眼下悲惨的境遇。
每一次被严密看押在营中等侯城头清军传来破城喜讯,每一次却都被深深失望,接连三次,指望清军能够破城的民夫们已经不剩几个,更多的则是幻想城内的太平军能够大败清军了。
因此,当城内震天的誓言传至城外,传至大营每一个角落时,还能动弹的民夫们都挣扎着从地上爬起,爬到他们能够看到的地方,望着前方的新会城沉默无语。当他们中有人看到看押他们的清兵此刻无一不是耷拉着脑袋,望着新会城垂头丧气时,他们的眼中开始闪烁着异样光彩。
城内太平军接二连三的震天动静令得本就士气低沉的清军格外颓丧,军官们脸色阴沉的看着城头一言不发,士兵们则有些畏惧的抱着刀枪缩在一边。没有任何声音,也没有交头接耳、窃窃私语,有的只是绝望。
随同尚之信一起出帐观望的都统班志富、秦国成,广东绿营总兵林善志、督抚标兵参将胡国立、靖南藩下都统耿仲德以及隶属平南藩下的一干协统、参将,人数大致有十多人。
班志富奉尚可喜之命前来新会替世子助阵,可他也不是神仙,面对李定国数万大军都难以攻克的新会坚城,他这百战老将也是无可奈何。打心眼里,班志富并不同意世子强攻的决定,他认为当下应该是撤兵解围回广州,因为和新会城相较,南明孙、李二贼内讧才是大事。
小小一座新会城,区区一支不过数千人的太平军实在是不值得平南王兴师动众,只要堵住三江口不使太平军有进犯广州的机会,再抽调精兵进逼高州。等到南明二王内讧消息确认,这太平军不败也得败了!
毕竟这太平军不过是支孤军,没有李定国的支援,在广东清军的腹心之地,面对实力远超于他的广东清军,这太平军能翻腾起什么浪花来?
那贼秀才能守住新会,无非是仗着此城过于坚固,易守难攻而矣!若贼秀才真敢率兵出城,班志富敢向平南王拿人头保证,他只要率几百人的马队就能一举击溃这支乌合之众!
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