Not long after the Qing army set off, Suna beat his horse and galloped to Tayinbu, pointed to the front and said to him: "Lord Counselor, there is Xiaoqiu Village in front, and not far from this village is the Lutou River." ”

Deer Head River?

Tayinbu glanced at Suna and asked him, "Where was the green battalion of the Han army in Guangzhou defeated by the Taiping Kou?" ”

"At that time, the general was a step too late, otherwise the Green Battalion would not have been defeated so badly." Suna's face flushed slightly as she said this.

The truth of the battle of Lutouhe can be hidden from the Han officials in Guangzhou City, and can it be hidden from Tayinbu?

If Suna didn't say it himself, the flag soldiers below would also leak this matter, so Tayinbu knew that Suna was indeed as the general of the Han army supervised the standard at that time - he was not a step late, but he didn't dare to step forward to fight the Taiping army at all, and led his flag soldiers to run back to Guangzhou without authorization.

"The responsibility for the day's events is not entirely on you, you have fewer Niu Lu people, but this time you have to use your life, otherwise you will blame the official for not remembering the friendship of the same flag!"

Tayinbu said coldly to Suna, knocked Suna and then beat his horse and galloped to the front, asking the Han army to speed up, as long as they crossed the Lutou River, they were close to the destination Rolling Stone Slope.

The Han army was urged by the Manchurians, and could not help but speed up the march, and after half an hour, they arrived at Xiaoqiu Village, which had become a ruin.

Tayinbu did not give the order to rest in Xiaoqiu Village, but continued to urge the whole army to advance towards the Lutou River.

Perhaps the battle on the bank of the Lutou River that day was too tragic, and the further Suna went, the more uneasy he felt, and the images of that day flashed in his mind repeatedly. He felt that something would definitely happen if he continued like this, but he was afraid that Tayinbu would reprimand him for being cowardly. I had no choice but to keep this worry in my heart.

"Phew!"

A guard who was exploring the way ahead galloped his horse and pulled the reins to hold the horse, and said to Tayinbu: "Report to the leader, the Lutou River ahead is very urgent. You need to build a bridge to cross it. ”

Tayinbu asked him, "Can you find any traces of the Taipingkou?"

"There was no sign of the thief." The protector shook his head and said.

"You go and find out where the nearest bridge is, and report back when you find it."

After the escorts rode away, Tayinbu instructed Suna: "If there is no bridge nearby, you can take the Han army to find a way to build a pontoon bridge." ”

Suna obeyed.

Tayinbu also asked Goshha to order the whole army to rest for an hour at the Lutou River. When the order was given, whether it was the Han army or the full army, they were all very happy. They have worked hard all the way. Guangdong is even more unbearably hot this day, where can the men in the north stand it.

Because they could rest by the Lutou River, the feet of the Qing army were fast. After some further travel, two or three miles from the Lutou River, Tayinbu suddenly ordered the whole army to halt its advance.

"My lord, why don't you leave?"

Wang Shude and Xiang Guoqing in front came over to ask. Tayinbu pointed to the hills and dense forests on both sides of the official road in front of them and said, "Don't be surprised by the birds ahead. If the beast does not move, it must be caused by someone hiding. ”

Someone hiding in the woods?

Wang Shude and Xiang Guoqing were startled, and looked at Ta Yinbu's gestures, and sure enough, the woods on both sides of the official road ahead were a little weird.

"If someone is hiding in front of them, the guards must find out." Wang Shude was a little confused.

Xiang Guoqing snatched a sentence from him and said: "The terrain here is mostly hilly, there are many forests, and the terrain is also large. If someone is hiding in the forest, where will the guards find out? ”

"Not bad."

Tayinbu groaned slightly. instructed Wang Shude to them: "You lead your Han army to line up and strictly restrain it, without our military order, the Han army will not be allowed to go forward!" ”

"Wow!"

Wang Shude and Xiang Guoqing returned and informed Du Shutai of the news. As soon as they heard that there might be an ambush ahead, the Han soldiers lined up in a panic and took out their medicine and began to reload.

"Is there really an ambush in front of the Taipingkou?"

When Gangtaa heard that there might be an ambush of the Taiping army hidden in the forest in front of him, he was not worried at all, but was eager to try, hoping that he could compete with the Taiping army now.

"Lord Counselor, Taiping Kou set up an ambush in the Lutou River last time, the common sense of the soldiers is indispensable, the last general thinks that the Taiping Kou will not be stupid enough to set up an ambush in the Lutou River again, and the main force of the Taiping Kou is in Lingshan dozens of miles away, and they don't know that we are here, how can they set up an ambush? The flying black is not frightened, and the beasts do not move, it is possible that the small group of Taiping Kou who attacked us yesterday was responsible. ”

Suna was skeptical of Tayinbu's judgment and did not believe that the Taiping army would be stupid enough to set up another ambush in the same place, which would be contrary to the way of using troops. Moreover, unless the Taiping army had wings, how could they come here from Lingshan, which was dozens of miles away, to set up an ambush.

"It's possible that you're saying that, but,"

Tayinbu did not arbitrarily think that what Suna said was impossible, but he still said: "The Han people have a saying, be careful to sail a ship for ten thousand years, whether Taiping Kou knows that we are here, and no matter who is hiding in the forest in front of us, in short, we have to be careful, the terrain here is not as good as the north, if there is really an ambush, it is better to deal with it in the north, and it is not conducive to the activities of our cavalry, so it is better to send someone to investigate clearly." lest the thieves suddenly come out and be caught off guard. ”

Hearing Tayinbu's words, Suna also felt reasonable, so he stopped talking.

Tayinbu summoned a Goshha and ordered him: "You can take someone to the forest in front to investigate and see if there is anyone in the forest." Go back quickly! ”

"Wow!"

Nagoshha was ordered to take a few men and horses to run forward to join the guards, and then divided into two groups and went into the woods.

The forest was green, and as far as the eye could see, there were either grass or branches, and the grass grew half a man's waist, and the light in the forest was not brighter than outside the forest, so the naked eye could see whether there was anyone hiding there.

"Dismount, go into the woods, the two of you together, be careful! The guards left two to watch the horses! ”

Seeing that he could not see whether there was anyone in the woods, Nagoshha called out to his companions. Hearing this, the Manchurian soldiers turned over and dismounted, drew their sabers in pairs and walked cautiously into the forest. Outside the forest, there were two more guards with knives and carefully observing the surrounding movements.

Several groups of Manchurian soldiers walked more than ten zhang into the forest and did not see anyone, they looked at each other and were about to exit the forest to return, but the two Manchurian soldiers who were exploring the forest on the right had just turned around, but suddenly heard the sound of tree branches being crushed from the grass behind them.

Someone!

The two Manchurian soldiers were heartbroken, and they waved their knives to look back, but they saw countless heads poking out of the grass that was half a person's waist high, and when they looked at it again, the two of them were shocked in their hearts, and those people were all holding fire guns in their hands. The mouth of the black hole was facing them.

"Taiping Kou!"

The Manchu soldiers screamed in silence, and the heads of the Taiping army that had not been cut out could not be clearer. With his shout, the Manchurian soldiers in the forest all discovered the Taiping army.

The sound of "bang" sounded, and several Manchurian soldiers were killed on the spot before they could even scream.

The sound of guns pierced the sky and resounded in everyone's ears.

"There is an ambush, go back and report it quickly!"

Nagoshha shouted hard at Lin Wai, this would not need him to scream, and the two guards guarding the horses outside Lin also knew what was going on.

The two guards turned over and got on their horses, and they were about to run back as soon as they clamped their horses' bellies, but more than a dozen Taiping cavalry suddenly rushed out of the forest and killed them.

The cavalry of the Taipingkou!

The hearts of the two guards sank, and no matter how brave they were, they could not deal with a dozen enemies who were also on their horses at once.

"Run!"

The two guards did not dare to stay at all, and they threw their whips on the belly of the horses and were about to run back. It's a pity that they are a step slower, and as soon as the mount under the crotch rushes up, the Taiping cavalry behind them rushes up, and when they are still dozens of meters away, the first few Taiping soldiers aim at them with the three-eyed guns captured from the Han army flag.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With a few bangs, the two guards fell from their horses

On a low hillside in the distance, Zhou Shixiang had been watching the movements of the Qing army. After the sound sounded, Qin Zhisheng turned his head sideways and said, "Marshal, the Qing army has discovered us." ”

"It's for them to find out, and if they don't let them find out that we're here, how can we call it an ambush." Zhou Shixiang had a smile on his face, and he was not at all annoyed and discouraged because the Qing army saw through the ambush of the Taiping army.

"We've been waiting for them here for a day, and to be honest, if Tayinbu doesn't come again, I wonder if he went in a different direction, but luckily, he did come! The Military Intelligence Department has made great contributions this time, and Zhang Anju has made great contributions, and I want to reward him heavily! ”

Zhou Shixiang was in a good mood, if it weren't for Zhang An's timely delivery of Tayinbu's movements, he would have really been hidden by the Qing army, maybe he was still building a defense line in Lingshan Town, and after the battle started, he was surprised to find that the Qing army had already copied his own back road, and he couldn't run away if he wanted to!

"How did Zhang An find out about the movements of the Tayinbu Department, this is a Manchurian soldier, and the Military Intelligence Department can now directly inquire about the deployment intelligence of the Qing army's top brass?"

Qin Zhisheng still hasn't figured out how Zhang An got the information of the Qing army from Guangzhou in Tayinbubu, this is the top secret of the Qing army, but it can be stolen by Zhang An, this Zhang An is really amazing.

Qin Zhisheng really admires Zhang An and his Military Intelligence Department, and he is also very grateful to them, you must know that this information has saved the Taiping Army and saved tens of thousands of lives!

Qin Zhisheng is the third person in the Taiping Army after Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong, he was awarded the title of deputy general, and he is an old brother from Daqiao Mountain, and he is now in charge of the military affairs of the Marshal's Mansion, so Zhou Shixiang did not hide it from him, he mentioned Qin Zhisheng: "Do you remember the second person in charge of Xiang Er that we caught in Xinxing Town that day?" ”

"Steward Xianger?"

Qin Zhisheng was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to remember who this person was, and he lost his voice: "Is it the second steward of the Jingnan Royal Mansion who paid the ransom and was let go by the military marshal?" ”

"That's him. I took him as a ransom at the beginning, but is the life of such a big man worth so much silver? So I made a deal with him, and now it seems that this deal is very cost-effective, this second steward is also a very trustworthy person, he is my friend of Zhou Shixiang like Tang Sanshui, and he is also the benefactor of my Taiping Army, I have to thank them in person in the future. (To be continued.) )