Empress Dowager Ci'an was persuaded by Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong, and the Qing court unified their opinions and began to issue edicts, ordering Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou and other surrounding provinces of Hunan Province to fully cooperate with the Hunan army in the battle. At the same time, Prince Gong Yi? He urgently made an appointment with the British and French envoys in China, and then purchased 50 battalions of Western weapons and equipment at a price of 1 million taels of silver, and at the same time, the Qing Dynasty paid 500,000 taels of silver in advance to order 100 battalions of Western weapons, preparing to use this purchase to equip the whole army.

The sudden largesse of the Qing Dynasty stimulated the arms dealers in the Far East, and the arms dealers of Western countries such as Tsarist Russia, Spain, and Portugal were like sharks smelling blood, and they came into contact with the Manchus one by one, either threatening or currying favor, and obtained a large amount of orders from the Manchu government. For a time, the entire arms market in the Far East rose because of the intervention of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, the northwestern provinces received the will of the Manchu court, and did not dare to slack off, especially Hubei, which was only separated by a river from Hunan, and the governor of Hubei and the general of the Eight Banners stationed in Hubei scraped together an army of 30,000 people, personally led the army across the Yangtze River, raised the banner of 50,000 people, and won it in a mighty way, trying to cheer for the Hunan army.

But they did not cross the river for a hundred miles, and they were immediately frightened by a piece of news. Shi Dakai, the winged king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who was active in eastern Sichuan, led an army of 100,000 to the east and had already entered Hunan.

This sudden change not only frightened the reinforcements who came to aid Hunan, but even Zeng Guofan, who was stationed in Pingjiang, was also shocked.

In the base camp of the Hunan army, the atmosphere was as dull as a mountain, and everyone's faces were extremely ugly.

"Big brother, give me 50,000 horses, I'll stop Shi Dakai!" Zeng Guoquan said in a deep voice.

Zeng Guofan shook his head heavily.

"We can't move now, now the traitor's Wehrmacht is blockading Pingjiang City on all sides, and it is not wise for us to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Wehrmacht." If possible, Zeng Guofan did not want to engage the Wehrmacht, because this unit was too strange, not only with advanced weapons and equipment, but also with excellent athletic ability. The reason why the Hunan army suffered so much after returning from Anqing was inseparable from the crazy military ability of the Wehrmacht.

Although there are only 30,000 national defense troops outside Pingjiang City, the 100,000 army led by the traitor leader Hong Tiangui is dozens of miles away in western Jiangxi.

"What then? Our elite forces are all in Pingjiang, and there is only one Guohua in his hometown, with less than 30,000 troops, how to stop Shi Dakai's footsteps. Zeng Guoquan said in a deep voice.

"Dashuai, you lead the main force back to help! It's good to leave me 30,000 people in Pingjiang City! Hu Linyi, who had been silent, spoke.

"What, you're going to defend the city with 30,000 men?" Zeng Guofan was taken aback. To be honest, Hu Linyi was very surprised when he said such a thing. At the beginning of the Ganjiang River, he took the initiative to retreat, causing Hu Linyi to die nine times, his subordinates suffered heavy losses, and there was even a gap between the two Hunan army bosses. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Hu Linyi was willing to stand up and take on this most painful burden.

In the face of the terrifying fire suppression of the Wehrmacht, it is not uncommon for 30,000 people, even if 100,000 people cannot hold it. But Hu Linyi said so, and his face was full of determination.

"Lin Yi, I'm sorry for you!" Zeng Guofan's face was full of bitterness, the old nest and the portal, both of which were extremely important, and the loss of one would affect the overall situation on the entire battlefield.

"What did the marshal say? I am the general of the Hunan army, what if I die on the battlefield for the Hunan army? "Hu Linyi didn't mention the Qing Dynasty, it's not that he is disloyal, but that the water can't quench the thirst of the near, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty fully supports them? Without advanced weapons preparation, even if they worked together and risked their lives, they would only get that huge number of casualties. In Hu Linyi's eyes, the Hunan army has lost the portal, but it must not lose its nest. The Hunan army has always maintained a clan relationship, which is a very high cohesion of the Hunan army, but it also greatly restricts the development of the Hunan army. Therefore, once the nest is lost, the foundation of the Hunan army is unstable, and no one can guarantee whether there will be a mutiny. Hu Linyi understood that the Hunan army could not take risks, and they no longer had the capital to take risks.

Leaving 30,000 people, Hu Linyi has already prepared the idea of Pingjiang City coexisting.

Zeng Guofan nodded, there is no doubt about the importance of Pingjiang City, if this Hunan army is not the Hunan army before the expansion, even if the old nest is captured, Zeng Guofan is confident that the army will not mutiny, and even if the old nest of the Hunan army was captured this year, he will only want the Hunan army to become more crazy. It's just that this time is different from the past, and the Hunan army is not the Hunan army that was born and died with him this year.

"Guoquan, order 100,000 soldiers and horses, you lead the two elites as the vanguard, and be sure to intercept Shi Dakai's troops in Xiangxi. Ben Shuai led the main force of the army and then arrived. "Zeng Guofan restored the decisiveness of the commander of the Hunan army.

The Hunan army broke through the encirclement, especially the action of the 100,000-strong army, which caught the Wehrmacht by surprise. Although he expected that the enemy might send troops to rescue the lair, he did not expect that the enemy would be so urgent and decisive, and the action of 100,000 people did not allow the Wehrmacht to discover the omen in advance, and when the firepower of the army was assembled, the Hunan army had already torn apart the defense line of the Wehrmacht, thinking about the hinterland of Hunan.

The Wehrmacht did not pursue, and after determining the approximate number of the enemy, the King of England decisively gave the order for the project.

The fire volley of the Wehrmacht caused the entire city wall of Pingjiang City to shake, but because of the double-layer city wall, it was difficult for the heavy artillery of the Wehrmacht to collapse the two-story city wall with one shot. Although other shells were fired into the city, the Hunan army built a lot of hiding places in the city, and even the artillery fire of the Wehrmacht could not tear these hiding places for a while, so naturally it could not cause damage to the Hunan army.

Hu Linyi personally went to the head of the city, cut off the heads of a dozen battle-fearing soldiers, and then inserted them on the city wall. Hu Linyi's decisive move quickly calmed people's hearts. Before the walls were breached, no one stupidly rushed out and surrendered.

The artillery fire of the Wehrmacht was not strong, and after a few rounds of attacks, the fire gradually subsided, and the death squads organized by the Wehrmacht, carrying large bags of explosives, rushed to the city walls.

The Hunan army used all the supplies prepared to defend the city, and the losses to the Wehrmacht death squad were great.

The war lasted two hours, and the Wehrmacht sent more than a dozen waves of death squads, but less than 10% actually carried explosive bags under the city walls, and the outer walls of the city walls were riddled with holes, and the inner walls were still relatively intact.

In the end, the Wehrmacht withdrew its troops, the whole army shrank up and corrected, and the whole battlefield fell into silence.