Changzhou prefect yamen.

Shi Dakai looked at these generals around him, he had just taken Changzhou City, and everyone's excitement had not yet passed, and they were all red with red faces, waiting for Shi Dakai to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have gathered you today to announce one thing, that is, we want him to withdraw his troops, withdraw from Changzhou, and return the Chinese army camp to Tianjing......

Shi Dakai's deep voice rang out.

Many generals were shocked one by one, and Zhang Suimou hurriedly shouted: "Why, Yiwang, why is it that at this time, we have already taken Changzhou, and if we go further, we can capture Suzhou and advance on, why retreat at such a critical time?" ”

Shi Dakai smiled bitterly: "Of course, there is a reason for retreating, because our base camp is seriously threatened!" ”

Shi Dakai paused for a moment, and said astringently: "I just received a war report from Henan, the Qing demon has occupied half of Henan within a month and a half, and together with the Kaifeng provincial capital, it has fallen into the hands of the Qing demon, the Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army have suffered more than 100,000 casualties, Lai Wenguang and Zhang Zongyu have all died in battle, and now more than ten days have passed, I am afraid that Ruzhou, which is not far from Kaifeng Mansion, can no longer be saved......

As soon as Shi Dakai's words fell, the entire hall became noisy, such news was definitely like a bombshell, even Shi Dakai was startled when he heard it just now, not to mention these generals.

"Impossible! Wing King, are you kidding us? In Henan, Zhang Zongyu and Lai Wenguang have nearly 200,000 troops, even if some of the troops go to Shaanxi, some garrisons cannot be concentrated, and the strength of the Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army concentrated on the front line of Kaifeng in Xinxiang will definitely not be less than 100,000! 100,000 people, in the face of more than 10,000 people in Baoding Town, just do this? It's only been a month and a half, how can it be, even 100,000 pigs, it is impossible to run out so quickly! ”

Zhang Suimou was really anxious, the loss was too great, not only Henan was not guaranteed, but also the elite cavalry of the Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army were all lost, even the Taiping Army could not afford such a price!

"Conspiracy!"

Shi Dakai shouted, "Calm down, as a general, no matter what happens, you must be calm, you are not a twenty-year-old hairy young man now!" Now this is the case, Guo Ye has occupied half of Henan, and now his forces are advancing to the south, he can directly threaten our flanks, and if he breaks through to the east, he will threaten our backs, whether it is the Beida Battalion or the Western Battalion, it is definitely not Guo Ye's opponent, Anhui is now dangerous! ”

Hiss......

Everyone gasped, according to what the Wing King said, Guo Ye defeated more than 100,000 Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army in a month and a half, that is indeed not something that a Northern Battalion or the Western Battalion can resist, even if the two battalions are combined, it may not be possible, although the elite of the Taiping Army is much stronger than the Northern Taiping Army, but there is no mobile force like the Twist Army, tens of thousands of cavalry, all the losses are like this, it is really distressing!

"Yiwang, generals, now there is more than Baoding Town under Guo Ye's command, the three towns of Shandong led by Zuo Guigui and the Lian Army retreated all the way north to Suqian, from Suqian suddenly westward has crossed northern Anhui and inserted into Henan, and more than 20,000 Taiping soldiers who rushed to Kaifeng on the orders of the king were defeated by Zuo's precious Lianjun cavalry, including the main force of our Taiping Army in Ruzhou......"

Chen Jiao said astringently.

Shi Da's head was shaken, no wonder the three towns of Shandong kept retreating, it turned out to be from Suqian to the hinterland of Henan! Guo Ye is so clever and clever, he was completely kept in the dark, he just wanted to take this opportunity to attack southern Jiangsu quickly, and now that southern Jiangsu was not defeated, but let the three towns of Shandong and Baoding Town join forces to kill the Taiping army and the twist army in Henan!

"You said that the cavalry of the training army wiped out more than 20,000 reinforcements of the Taiping Army in one go? How can it be! ”

Ji Qingyuan shouted: "The three towns of Shandong plus the training army are only 20,000 people, and all the cavalry together are only 4,000 people!" How could they possibly wipe out the Taiping army of more than 20,000 people? Can't you run if you can't beat it? ”

Chen Jiao was about to cry, and replied: "General, it's not that the cavalry of the three towns of Shandong is too strong, but that our reinforcements in order to be able to rush to Kaifeng City as soon as possible, in less than twenty days, the march is more than 1,000 miles, and the army is already exhausted, and their cavalry launched a surprise attack at night, all foreign guns, where can we resist ......"

Hehe......

Shi Dakai suddenly chuckled and muttered: "Interesting, interesting, this Guo Ye played me such a big game of chess, over the years, I have rarely met an opponent who really excites me......"

Ji Qingyuan said abruptly: "Wing King, are we just giving up this crusade?" ”

"What else? Once Anhui falls, even if we occupy southern Jiangsu, where we lack the support of public opinion, foreigners also make trouble for us, we can not stabilize in a short period of time, in the face of turbulent situation, internal and external troubles, even if the demons do not encircle and suppress us, we can hardly support it. ”

Shi Dakai said lightly, "Song Qingshan, who sent an order to the Nan Daying, ordered the South Daying to give up the attack on Hangzhou, want to retreat south, and closely deploy defenses in the Shaoxing area, and not take the initiative to provoke disputes; Qingyuan, I order you to lead the troops of the two towns on the left flank of the Chinese army battalion to immediately break north, and attack Zhenjiang Mansion with Wang Haiyang of the East Battalion, and give you ten days to take Zhenjiang Mansion, Zhenjiang will be the strongest barrier for our Tianjing in the future! Immediately sent fast horses and ordered the West Battalion to transfer the troops of the two towns to move towards northern Anhui and enter Hefei; Order the army to rectify for one day, and at noon tomorrow, withdraw the army from Changzhou, rush back to Tianjing with all our might, and break through to the north, we will have a real battle with Guo Ye! ”

Shi Dakai knew very well in his heart that if he was one-on-one, his Taiping Army was by no means the opponent of Guo Ye's troops, whether it was Baoding Town or the Three Towns of Shandong, they were all first-class elites, and their combat power was extremely strong, otherwise, they would not have picked off hundreds of thousands of Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army in a short period of time. Now I can only concentrate on the Chinese army camp, the North Battalion, plus the East Camp and the West Camp, to form a powerful iron fist, and fight against Guo Ye once!

As soon as the generals agreed, Shi Dakai continued: "Also, I almost forgot, I immediately ordered someone to go to Tianjing, and asked Mr. Dong Haichuan to come forward and buy arms from the Americans again!" The more the merrier, as long as you don't be afraid to spend money, as long as they are willing to sell, we will buy them all! ”

(To be continued.) )