"Your Majesty, although Anqing is heavily guarded by the Hunan army, outside Anqing City, the Hunan army still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the strength of the 30,000 national defense army is too weak." The King said in a deep voice.

Hong Tiangui shook his head and said: "Although the Hunan army has always been an old-fashioned army, it is undeniable that the strength of the Hunan army is still good, especially their will to fight, which is extremely strong. The only thing they lost to the Wehrmacht was weapons and equipment, and this gap was not irreparable, and the king could not give the Hunan army a chance to change, and he wanted to consume the living force of the Hunan army as much as possible. Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Chen Yucheng's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "The minister is willing to act with His Majesty, and the auxiliary king can take over here." ”

Hong Tiangui thought about it and nodded. Chen Yucheng's ability to leave a name in history is definitely not a simple role, even if he does not know the tactics of the National Defense Force, but as his own staff officer, he is absolutely beyond the standard.

The Wehrmacht quickly assembled and left the city in attack formation.

Zeng Guofan withdrew from Anqing City in embarrassment, and immediately ordered the herald to summon the main force of the Hunan army scattered in various places in Jiangxi.

But soon, he received news that the Wehrmacht was pursuing, and Zeng Guofan was terrified after the shock.

Because of the attention of military training, the Hunan army around Anqing did not have many troops, most of them were folded in Anqing City, and the Hunan army that escaped from the city and temporarily gathered was only 30,000 people, among which the elite was only his old Hunan battalion.

"Brother, give me 20,000 men, and I'm going to fight to the death with that bullshit Wehrmacht." Zeng Guoquan said with a slightly pale face. He was hit in the ribs by a shrapnel, and although it wasn't fatal, he was bleeding so much that he looked weak.

"Nonsense, have you not seen the strength of the enemy, what is the strength of the enemy at this time. How many times have I warned you, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood. Zeng Guofan angrily reprimanded. Although he understood that it was not his responsibility to lose Anqing City this time, who made him die just to defend the city today, Zeng Guofan was somewhat angry in his heart.

Zeng Guoquan was silent, and the firepower of the Wehrmacht was shocking to him. The Hunan army is equipped with a lot of Manchu shotguns and guns, and the firepower of ordinary combat is enough, but in the face of Western rifles with longer range and higher accuracy, the shotguns of the Hunan army are really not enough. What's more, the artillery of the Hunan army is all earthen artillery, and it has no habit of using it, so it naturally cannot form a large-scale attack firepower, and it is completely destroyed by the Wehrmacht in the face of the superior firepower of the Wehrmacht.

"Let's go! Let's keep retreating! "With 20,000 troops, we can't stop the Wehrmacht. Rather than sacrifice in vain, it is better to avoid the edge for the time being, as long as there is still a large army in hand, you can fight back at any time.

The Hunan army continued to converge with the Hunan troops scattered in various parts of Jiangxi, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger, and in order to ensure the speed of the march, they even gave up a lot of baggage weapons, but let the national defense forces behind them not worry about chasing in the wrong direction.

The Hunan army did not leave troops to block the attack, but under the effect of Wehrmacht grenades, rifles, explosives packets, etc., the Hunan army quickly collapsed, and along the way, Zeng Guofan successively set up more than a dozen defensive lines in an attempt to delay the pursuit of the Wehrmacht, and the result was only 20,000 more prisoners in the Wehrmacht's prisoner camp.

This pursuit lasted for three days, the Wehrmacht pursued the Hunan Army and retreated, the Wehrmacht rested and stationed, the Hunan Army also stopped to rest, and in order to master the footsteps of the Wehrmacht, the Hunan Army did not hesitate to leave a large number of scouts and reconnaissance, so that although Hong Tiangui won all the way, he could not grasp the main force of the Hunan Army, but the Hunan Army gathered more and more, more than 100,000 people, although Hong Tiangui was conceited, but the gap in strength made the march also become extremely cautious.

"With such a rapid march and a series of failures, the Hunan army still maintains a complete establishment, it is really not simple!" Although the Hunan army withdrew in disarray, this army, which had been continuously defeated by the Taiping army from the beginning of its establishment, but became more and more defeated, had a feeling of being uncooked and smashed. In particular, the 3,000 old Hunan battalions held high the banner of the Hunan army and opened the way in front, which undoubtedly became the source of the cohesion of the Hunan army.

"Your Majesty, we have already chased Jiangyin, and if we continue to chase it, it will be the boundary of Hubei!" Chen Yucheng was extremely shocked by the pursuit in the past few days, and the Wehrmacht became more and more courageous the more they fought, and they became more proficient in various tactics, and they were able to use rifles, grenades, and artillery with ease. The armies blocked by the Hunan army often collapsed in a quarter of an hour, and all that remained was to capture the prisoners.

In the past few days, Yang Fuqing, the auxiliary king, has been very busy, and his subordinates have scattered and followed behind to receive the territory, manage the prisoners, and even ensure the material logistics on the front line. He was so busy that he couldn't even take care of eating, and even his own soldiers had all been sent out, and even then he was a little unable to make ends meet, and it was really the speed of the Wehrmacht's advance was too fast.

But Hong Tiangui did not stop, the Hunan army and the Huai army were the executioners of the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even though the two armies suffered great losses in the hands of the Wehrmacht, but Hong Tiangui was not carried away by the victory, he understood that the victory of the Wehrmacht was based on weapons and equipment and advanced combat concepts. And as long as there is time for these things, both the Huai army and the Hunan army will have them. For the Manchus, the Hunan army and the Huai army were local troops, but precisely because they were local troops, they were very little affected by the decay of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and were easily receptive to new things. When he received the battle report from the king before coming, Hong Tiangui keenly found that the current Huai army was much stronger than the same period in history, especially in terms of weapons and equipment.

Hong Tiangui's national defense forces rely on nothing more than an opportunity, and it must seize the time to expand this opportunity to the extreme.

Hong Tiangui had an ambition to send the Hunan army back to his hometown and restore the rule of Heaven over Jiangxi.

And that kind of opportunity is only once in a while.

At the same time, the Hunan army continued to retreat, like a spring, constantly compressed, and the entire Hunan army accumulated strength, and after continuous fighting, some of the tactics of the national defense army were also mastered by the Hunan army, and they no longer had the same fear as before.

"Dashuai, when are we going to retreat! Most of this Jiangxi is going to be lost! Zeng Guoquan said angrily. He has a brave personality and advocates attack, and this kind of cowardly behavior that keeps retreating and running away is really embarrassing for him.

"Calm down, that's how to fight, think about defeat before you win. The firepower of the Taiping army is too strong, and it is the best policy to avoid the edge for the time being. Zeng Guofan was not in a hurry, even though his face was full of exhaustion at this time.

"We are tired, the enemy is also tired, they still carry big guys like artillery, as long as we persevere, we can always find fighters and turn things around." Hu Linyi spoke.

Zeng Guoquan glanced at him dissatisfied.