Shi Dakai was full of doubts. I can't understand Li Zhen's intentions. Zhang Suimou saw that Shi Dakai was depressed and unhappy, and his face was sad all day long, and asked: "Lord Wang, we have got rid of Li Zhen's pursuit and entered Jiangxi. Now, you should be happy, why are you still sad? ”

Shi Dakai sighed: "It's complicated! ”

Zhang Suimou said: "What's the matter?" ”

Shi Dakai continued: "Li Zhen and his soldiers have been following behind our buttocks, never losing their hands, and never taking the initiative to catch up and fight us. The army led by Li Zhen is extremely combative, even more powerful than our soldiers. If Li Zhen wants to catch up with all his might, he will definitely be able to catch up with us. Now that Li Zhen has driven us to Jiangxi, what is the reason for this? ”

Zhang Suimou said: "Lord Wang, this is Li Zhen's skills are not as good as others, you regard Li Zhen as too important. ”

Shi Dakai shook his head and said, "Absolutely not!" Think about it, the general you and I met in the meteorite field with my soldiers. The soldiers he led were only more than 200 people, but he blocked the attack of more than 700 of our soldiers and still had a faint upper hand. Looking at the leopard in the tube, the strength of the army led by Li Zhen is definitely quite strong. ”

Zhang Suimou rolled his eyes and said: "The prince is reasonable, the last general thinks that Li Zhen let us come to Jiangxi, but he actually wants to keep himself. As long as the prince is alive, there will be a threat to the Manchus, and the emperor will always reuse Li Zhen, this must be Li Zhen's way to protect himself! Lord Wang, since Li Zhen has this idea, we will be safe. The last general thinks that it is better to leave Jiangxi as soon as possible and seize the time to enter Sichuan. ”

Shi Dakai nodded and said, "Your explanation makes sense, it should be this reason." ”

After he figured it out, his whole person relaxed.

……

After Li Zhen drove Shi Dakai into Jiangxi, the army had already moved away from the camp in Jiangbei. However, it is not too far from Nanjing. Li Zhen was still slowly chasing Shi Dakai, but Shi Dakai did not stay in Jiangxi for too long.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Shi Dakai led his troops to leave Jiangxi and enter Hunan.

At this point, Shi Dakai has been far away from Nanjing.

Li Zhen saw Shi Dakai go away, and did not continue to chase, but returned to the Jiangbei camp to station.

In the army, all the generals gathered.

Li Zhen led the army to the expedition this time, and did not consume money or ammunition, but earned nearly one million taels of silver, and made a lot of money. Huang Shihai looked at Li Zhen with a look of admiration, and asked: "Dashuai, we went out to pursue Shi Dakai, and now we have returned to the camp in Jiangbei. Could it be that the purpose of your expedition is to get rid of Shi Dakai? ”

Long Xi explained for Li Zhen: "Shi Dakai's departure was deduced by me and Dashuai, but we were not sure at the time, so I didn't tell everyone. It was my suggestion to take Shi Dakai away, and I wanted to erect another strong enemy for the Manchus. In this way, even if the strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was greatly weakened, Shi Dakai, a bandit, was still there. The commander can continue to suppress the bandits, and he can also crisscross the provinces to ensure that the strength of the commander is not affected. At that time, the inferences were somewhat conjectural, and there was no very credible basis. But for now, it's all right. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes flashed with surprise.

Shi Dakai's actions were speculated, what a horror!

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Don't make such a surprised expression, we were able to succeed to a large extent thanks to Shi Dakai's cooperation." Shi Dakai himself was unwilling to fight with us and wanted to stay away from Nanjing, which was a prerequisite for success. If Shi Dakai directly fought with us, the situation would be different. ”

Everyone still looked at Li Zhen and Long Xi strangely, as if in a dream.

These two people silently shaded Shi Dakai.

Huang Shihai continued: "Dashuai, Shi Dakai has left Jiangxi, what should we do next?" ”

Li Zhen said solemnly: "Don't be in a hurry to deal with Hong Xiuquan for the time being, and when Shi Dakai's army has completely gained a firm foothold, we will attack Nanjing again." In this way, we can not only make a great contribution and get the reward of Xianfeng. At the same time, because of the rise of Shi Dakai, the emperor also needs us to exterminate Shi Dakai and have something to do. Now, be patient. ”

Huang Shihai nodded and understood.

……

After Shi Dakai entered Hunan, Zeng Guofan immediately led the army to bite Shi Dakai, wanting to be ashamed. However, Shi Dakai did not have the intention of fighting with Zeng Guofan, and after a head-to-head confrontation with Zeng Guofan, he made a move to avoid Zeng Guofan's main force, get rid of the entanglement of Zeng Guofan's army, jump out of Hunan, and enter Guizhou.

After Shi Dakai got rid of Zeng Guofan, he went around Guizhou again, and then headed towards Sichuan. He continued to advance with his soldiers, and the strength of the army became stronger and stronger, and the influence became greater and greater.

For a while, there was news about the bandit Shi Dakai everywhere.

It's just that Li Zhen didn't have the time to deal with it, Shi Dakai's momentum became huge, and Li Zhen also played a setback. One is to ask Xianfeng for guilt, because Li Zhen failed to take Shi Dakai; The second is that Li Zhen still stayed in the camp in Jiangbei and continued to encircle and suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After handing it over, Li Zhen didn't care.

Time flashed, and it was already June.

Li Zhen's army was stationed in Jiangbei camp and there was no war, and after Li Zhen went to the fold, Beijing did not reply, and Li Zhen did not pay attention to it, forgetting about this matter and focusing on developing his own strength. The weather is hot, but the training in the army is still hot, and there is no slackening in the slightest. Li Zhen and Long Xi were inspecting the training of soldiers in the army.

"Step! Trample!! ……”

There was a sound of running fast, and Ye Chengxin ran over. After he stood still, he gasped for breath and said quickly: "Dashuai, Han Laiyu is here and is waiting at the gate of the camp." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhen walked towards the gate of the camp without hesitation.

When Li Zhen saw Han Laiyu, he was very surprised, because at this time, Han Laiyu seemed to convey to him the news that Zhilan was about to give birth and asked him to hurry back to Beijing, his whole face was haggard and very tired, which was obviously caused by continuous horseback riding. Moreover, what made Li Zhen feel even more uneasy was that Han Laiyu's eyes were full of horror, worry, and more confusion.

What happened?

Li Zhen was worried in his heart, and quickly welcomed Han Laiyu into the camp tent. Li Zhen waved his hand to signal Han Laiyu to sit down, and asked, "Father-in-law Han came all the way to Jiangbei Camp, is there anything wrong?" ”

Han Laiyu saw Ye Chengxin and a few soldiers standing in the camp tent, frowned slightly, waved his hand and ordered: "You all go down, I have important matters to discuss with Admiral Li." ”

Ye Cheng looked at Li Zhen and saw that Li Zhen nodded in agreement, so he left with the soldiers.

In the camp tent, only Li Zhen and Han Laiyu were left.

Li Zhen asked in a deep voice: "Father-in-law, what happened in Beijing?" Seeing Han Laiyu's cautious approach, he began to speculate in his heart, guessing what happened in Beijing.

Han Laiyu said word by word: "The emperor is dying!" ”

ps: The first update, Shi Dakai finally went out, and the emperor is going to finish the bird, what will it be like next? Ha ha...... This volume is finally coming to an end, and a new one is opened.