Chapter 691: Ideal and Reality
Shi Dakai sent Dong Haichuan away, and it didn't take long for Zhang Suimou and other important generals in the camp to arrive, and their eyes were full of incomprehension, anger, and confusion, surrendering, at least this kind of thing, in the hearts of these heavy generals, they had never thought of it, and would rather die than surrender! And in their hearts, the Wing King is definitely not a spineless person, he is an absolute manly man who stands up to the sky, a hero of the world!
However, now that the Wing King has such a thought, it is really puzzling, why? Is it because of a momentary defeat?
"Winged King......
Zhang Suimou was about to ask, Shi Dakai waved his hand and replied: "Okay, I called a few of you over today to talk about this matter, don't be surprised, let alone suspect!" ”
"Why?"
Ji Qingyuan asked, "Lord Wang, although we are now passive, but in addition to the Chinese army camp and the northern camp, we also have the western battalion, the eastern battalion, and the southern battalion to disperse troops, here is just a concentration of our general troops, our 100,000 troops can't help Guo Ye, I don't believe that 200,000 troops can't help him!" Lord, why should you be disheartened? ”
Shi Dakai shook his head and replied: "I have raised several of you by myself, you can be regarded as loyal, and I can definitely trust you, do you think we can defeat Guo Ye?" Can you really beat him? ”
Ji Qingyuan's expression froze, and he wilted, where could he say such words? Defeat Guo Ye? I'm afraid it's harder than climbing to the sky!
Zhang Suimou said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, even if we can't defeat Guo Ye, but Guo Ye may not be able to help us, Huainan City is not big, ignore our defense, but we still have Hefei behind us, in addition to Hefei, there are also Tianjing and Anqing, which one is not easy to defend and difficult to attack?" What's more, we also have a sailor to help! As long as we deal with it properly and want to protect ourselves, it is not impossible! In that case, why do we want them to surrender? ”
Shi Dakai sighed, was silent for a long time, and then said, "Even if we can withstand Guo Ye's attack, what can we do?" Zhejiang's Zuo Zongtang, Jiangsu's Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, which one is not strong? What's more, there is another force of the Qing Demon that has returned to the west side of Anhui and is eyeing it? Our troops are very strong, but this does not mean that we are in an advantage or balance of power, after a big war, how many of the 200,000 Taiping soldiers are left? With the life and death of these 200,000 brothers, what is my Shi Dakai's personal reputation? ”
"But, Winged King!"
Ji Qingyuan shouted, "What about the Kingdom of Heaven? Are we just ignoring the kingdom of heaven? This is the foundation we have worked so hard to build! ”
Shi Dakai turned around abruptly and shouted in a low voice, "Heaven? Heaven! Is there still a kingdom of heaven? From the capital of Tianjing, to now, when has it been close to our dream of equalizing the field? The capital is Tianjing, the king of heaven and the king of the east have all entered the high-rise buildings, and there are groups of wives and concubines, is this what the brothers want? Was this what we dreamed of? Whether it is Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, or Jiangxi, as long as we occupy the place, have we ever achieved equal land? No! Since entering Tianjing, the dream that supported our heavenly kingdom has long since collapsed! Do you know why I want to kill back to Tianjing from Sichuan? ”
Several people shook their heads, and Long Kaisheng snorted: "Lord Wang, didn't you, didn't you say that you want to rush to the aid of Tianjing and restore the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" ”
Shi Dakai took a deep breath and replied, "Restore the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Since I left Tianjing, I no longer have such ideals, I just want to make the brothers' lives better, at the very least, to give them a stable environment, a corner of Sichuan, is not enough to ensure my survival, there is no way, I led you to follow the Yangtze River back to Anhui again, trying to capture Jiangsu, Zhejiang and ......"
"Yes, Lord Wang, for the sake of a stable environment, for the sake of a stable environment for the brothers, we must not give up, who knows how the Qing demons will deal with us after we surrender, they have always said that it doesn't matter, a group of villains who rebelled! If we surrender, we will fall into their trap, and we must not surrender to the lives of 200,000 brothers! ”
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Shi Dakai saw that a few people were determined, sighed secretly, and said slowly: "Okay, you must not leak this matter, so as not to cause a commotion in the army, and then it will be even more troublesome, I will consider this matter carefully, let us surrender, then we must also show enough ability and sincerity, now is definitely not a good time for us to surrender, what we can do now is to preserve our strength as much as possible, and even shrink the front and concentrate our troops, now all the battalions are scattered, If this continues, it will definitely be broken by the Qing Demons ......"
The three of them were speechless, whether it was to preserve their strength or shrink the front, in this case, only the Wing King could make a decision, and now that they were trapped in Huainan, the order could not be sent out at all, what was the use?
"Lord Wang, do we have any other way? Is it really just going to keep going on like this? ”
Long Kaisheng said anxiously, "Why don't we break through?" ”
Shi Dakai frowned, break through? It's not impossible, it's just that if you break through now, the Qing demon is in full swing, the troops are strong, and there are several battalions of cavalry in charge, just afraid of a few impacts, the Taiping army will be beaten apart, and the retreating army will be unable to withstand the cavalry's assault.
"Let's postpone this, let's wait for Dong Haichuan's news, see if he can bring us back useful information when he goes to the Qing camp this time, I told him, let him help me listen to the news from the side, now what I am most worried about is not us, but Tianjing, only one battalion of troops in the Eastern Camp wants to block the joint attack of Li Hongzhang of Zeng Guofan, but it is difficult......"
"Is this Dong Haichuan really worthy of our trust? But don't be the time to sell us all by him......"
Shi Dakai said: "The three of you have heard clearly, Dong Haichuan and I have been friends for twenty years, and when I didn't follow the Heavenly King, I already knew each other, and the friendship is irreversible, there is absolutely no problem, you just wait, at most two or three days, he will definitely come back, we can only trust him now, there is no other way." ”
Everyone was silent, and in the situation in front of them, even Shi Dakai was a little helpless, let alone them? The opponent outside is too strong!
(To be continued.) )