It was only when the Hunan army fled to Changsha City in embarrassment that Zeng Guofan could be considered to recover, and made every effort to collect the defeated army.

But the bigger blow was still to come, the originally expected city gate was not opened, but the banner of the Taiping army appeared above the city, which was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the embarrassed Hunan army.

"My lord, Changsha City has been captured by Changmao, let's go quickly!"

"Go, where to go? Where else can we go besides Hunan? "Zeng Guofan's whole person is about to collapse. Since the defeat of Anqing, he has watched hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops fall apart little by little, and now he has even lost his lair. The general trend has gone, the Taiping Army is no longer the Taiping Army in memory, and he is no longer the Zeng Marshal who turned the tide for the Qing Dynasty.

"My lord, we can go north to Hubei, or we can go west to Sichuan, no matter how bad we are, we can go south to Guangzhou! As long as you are still here, our Hunan army will not be able to cross! Several generals of the Hunan army came over to persuade Zeng Guofan.

They never thought of re-capturing Changsha City, and now they just want to get rid of the entanglement of the Wehrmacht as soon as possible.

"Going north? Can we break through the main force of the Long-Haired Wehrmacht? What's more, there is also a Shi Dakai in the north. Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly, he was not confused, he understood that going north was definitely a life of nine deaths, and he had not yet reached the point of asking for his own death.

"Then go west, the country of abundance in Sichuan, plus Lord Luo Bingzhang is here, we can rely on the country of abundance to make a comeback!" Someone said that Luo Bingzhang was in the Hunan army and followed the Hunan army, but he was in a mess just now, and he has not been seen until now.

Zeng Guofan thought for a while, shook his head firmly, and said: "Although Sichuan is the country of abundance, even if we can make a comeback, we will only be the second in the Hunan army before." If the Taiping army moves west into Sichuan, we still can't stop it. ”

"Then how do you decide?" Everyone looked at each other, and they could accept going north and west, after all, they were reluctant to go to Hunan, and they were not much different in all aspects.

"Go south to Liangguang, let's go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang through Liangguang, go to Zuo Jigao, and if you are not good, you can also go to Shanghai to join Li Hongzhang."

"What? Defect to them? There is no handsome, where are the two of them today! "Some people don't want to, thinking that they are asking for embarrassment by going to the two of them.

"How short-sighted you are, what do you think of the strength of the Long-Haired Defense Force? Their all foreigner rifles and artillery are also cast by foreigners, not the ** earthen cannons that we cast ourselves. If we want to truly defeat the Wehrmacht, we must also be equipped with advanced weapons from foreigners. Li Hongzhang fought well in Shanghai, and there is no reason why our Hunan army is inferior to Huaiyong, which he just formed! "Zeng Guofan is Zeng Guofan, his vision is extremely old-fashioned, and he can see through the gap between the Hunan Army and the National Defense Army at once. And if you want to change weapons and equipment, you can't do it behind closed doors, you can only find a way to find foreigners.

Zeng Guofan's words made the generals of the Hunan army frown one by one, although they were reluctant to go south, but they had to admit that Zeng Guofan's statement was correct, thinking of the terrifying firepower of the Wehrmacht, they also felt that the Hunan Army needed to change, if the Hunan Army had the same scale of firepower, with the bravery of the Hunan Army, it would definitely be able to defeat the damned Wehrmacht.

Zeng Guofan was relieved to see that everyone was convinced, and he glanced at Changsha City with an extremely complicated expression, especially the Taiping Army flag planted on the city wall, which was not inserted on the city wall at all, but in the heart of Zeng Guofan.

"Let's go!" Zeng Guofan finally gritted his teeth and gave the order to go south. The main force of the Hunan army turned its direction and headed towards Liangguang.

It was not all smooth sailing, he had to first gather the reinforcements from Guangxi and then go south to Guangzhou.

Hong Tiangui was overjoyed as the Hunan army turned south, and he immediately sent scouts to the south to inform the Second Army of the Provisional New Army, which was blocking reinforcements from Guangxi, to make way for Zeng Guofan and his Hunan army to leave. At the same time, the Second Army was strictly ordered not to fight with the Hunan Army to avoid unnecessary losses.

And Hong Tiangui led the army to the city wall of Changsha, the gate of Changsha City slowly fell, and there was a fierce shouting of killing inside. Obviously, the Taiping army occupying the city gate had not yet fully grasped the situation in Changsha City.

Hong Tiangui was glad in his heart, fortunately Zeng Guofan did not try to attack the city, otherwise he would really not be able to take over Changsha City completely.

With a wave of Hong Tiangui's hand, the new first army entered the city, and the battle in the city came to an abrupt end.

Two hours later, the Taiping army cleared the recalcitrant forces of Changsha City, and at the strict request of Hong Tiangui, the notice of the people was posted. Hong Tiangui promised not to blame the people of Changsha City, and blamed all the blame on Zeng Guofan's self-destruction. At the same time, the Heavenly Kingdom arrested some of the ruffians and black-hearted merchants in Changsha City, and held a public trial meeting on these people, and the heads of those who did many evils and were killed by the lawsuit were cut off on the spot. As a result of this, the Taiping army quickly gained the support of the people of Changsha. What's more, many of the newly formed First Army are surrendered troops of the Hunan Army, and they are the children of the Hunan people, so it is naturally extremely easy to integrate into it.

After that, the main force of the National Defense Army of the Northern Expedition returned, and then, under the order of Hong Tiangui, he went south non-stop to send Zeng Guofan on his last journey.

The Wehrmacht is out, and the Hunan army is full of fart. Zeng Guofan originally wanted to wrestle with the new Second Army that blocked them after converging the reinforcements from Guangxi, but when he learned that the main force of the Wehrmacht was moving south, he immediately withdrew in disgrace.

Zeng Guofan has completely figured it out, and he is not ready to fight the Wehrmacht head-on until he has acquired powerful modern firearms. It is not too late for the so-called gentleman to take revenge for ten years, although he ushered in a big rout, but it is far from the extent that he runs out of ammunition and food, he still has 60,000 troops in his hands, and Zeng Guoquan still has 50,000 in his hands.

The Wehrmacht drove Zeng Guofan out of Hunan and did not continue to march into Guangxi. For Guangxi, the feelings of the Taiping Army are extremely complicated. The beginning of the Kingdom of Heaven was in Jintian Village, Guiping County, Guangxi, and the main princes of the Hunan army were all from Guangxi. However, the Wehrmacht did not be able to use Guangxi as a base area, whether it was the army at that time, or the defeat of the Yiwang Western Expedition and retreat into Guangxi, the Taiping Army's strength in Guangxi was never large, and Guilin, the capital of Guangxi, was always in the hands of the Manchus. This has to be said to be extremely uncomfortable for the Heavenly Kingdom.

Moreover, the situation of Liangguang during this period was different from that of other provinces in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Guangdong had already had thirteen lines as foreign trade departments, so that the foreign relations between the two Guangxi regions have always existed, and foreign trade smuggling has always existed, especially the output of the first country, which has received a great impact on the two Guangzhou. But it also makes the people of Liangguang not as ignorant as the people in the mainland.