There are more and more Taiping troops, and in the dark night, they launched a rapid offensive against the Hunan army. Scattered and fled in all directions!

Bao Chaochao jumped like thunder, desperately organizing a counterattack, but it didn't help, and he couldn't stop the crazy Taiping Army at all!

Bao Chao had to lead the army to retreat all the way to the east, and the Taiping army, under the command of Shi Dakai, followed the pursuit, and chased out the thirty miles in one breath, and saw that the sky had gradually brightened, so he stopped the pace of pursuit and returned to Wusong Mountain!

Bao Chao gathered his defeated army, the previous siege of Zhang Suimou, which led to the loss of more than 3,000 people in the army, followed by the crazy siege of the main force of the Taiping Army, the army suffered three or four thousand casualties again, the most unfortunate thing is that in the middle of the night, the defeated Hunan army continued to throw down the team, deserted, and after Bao Chao completed the rectification of the army, there were only less than 6,000 people left, and the losses were heavy!

Not only did the army suffer heavy casualties, but the most unfortunate thing was that the army could not withstand the attack of the Taiping army, and had no choice but to retreat, and the mountain of baggage could not be taken away, all of which became the trophies of the Taiping army, which was the baggage of 100,000 people, not only had a large amount of grain, grass, gold and silver, but also a large number of bullets and shells, all of which were given to the enemy!

Now Bao Chao is in a dilemma, it is difficult to ride a tiger, so he will return to Tianjing? Zeng Guoquan is still uncertain about his life and death? left like this, once Zeng Guoquan loses, I am afraid that Zeng Guofan will definitely not spare himself; Marching forward? The entire Hunan army now has less than 6,000 people left, and the grain and grass are all lost, so how can they compete with Shi Dakai's Taiping army? If you are not careful, you will be cleaned up by others, Shi Dakai is not a good stubble!

Bao Chao wanted to cry without tears, so he could only stay in the same place for the time being. On the one hand, Bao Chao sent people to borrow grain from Tongling Mansion not far away, and on the other hand, he sent a horse spy to the west to listen to Zeng Guoquan's news.

Zeng Guoquan?

The current Zeng Guoquan is even more helpless than Bao Chao. This battle was fought too badly, in just one day, the army of more than 20,000 people was beaten by the Taiping army, except for the cavalry, which was relatively complete, and the rest of the troops suffered heavy casualties!

Zeng Guoquan hated so much that the roots of his teeth hurt, how many years have he not suffered such a defeat? It must have been at least six or seven years, right? The last time I encountered such a defeat, it was six years since Xianfeng was overthrown!

In the sixth year of Xianfeng, that fiasco was also given to him by Shi Dakai, ******. This Shi Dakai is his nemesis!

Liu Songshan on the side said in a low voice: "Jiu Shuai, what should we do now?" ”

Zeng Guoquan said dejectedly: "What should I do? What else can I do? Let's withdraw the troops first, bypass Wusong Mountain, and withdraw troops towards Tongling, now Bao Chao is only afraid that it is not easy, we have highlighted the encirclement, Shi Dakai will definitely turn the main force to the east, Bao Chao is only more than 10,000 people. ...... that will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the main force of the Taiping Army"

Liu Songshan nodded silently.

"The order was given to the army to rest for half a day. Half a day later, immediately go north around Wusong Mountain and join Bao Chao's rear army, if we are always cut into two pieces by the Taiping army, it will definitely be broken by the Taiping army! ”

Zeng Guoquan is not stupid, naturally he is aware of the current huge crisis. The two Hunan armies are separated by a Wusong Mountain, and the end cannot be taken into account, the Taiping army has superior forces, and now it can fight whichever it wants, and the Hunan army has no room for resistance!

Liu Songshan's eyes suddenly lit up. He said in a low voice: "Jiu Shuai, otherwise, let's give up bypassing Wusong Mountain and command the army to rush directly to Anqing, now our cavalry is sound and fast, and we can reach Anqing in less than two days, if Anqing is not heavily armed, we can definitely eat Anqing in one go!" ”

Zeng Guoquan's eyes lit up, and he immediately glared at Liu Songshan, and shouted: "Nonsense, let's not say that Shi Dakai is resourceful, he must have deployed heavy troops to defend in Anqing, even if there are no heavy troops, can we capture Anqing?" Now we don't have siege artillery, we don't have many infantry, and with cavalry alone, can we take down the city of Anqing, which has a tall wall? That's a fool's dream! ”

Liu Songshan's face was embarrassed, Jiu Shuai was right, he was just on a whim, he really went to attack Anqing, not to mention Zeng Guoquan, I was afraid that he didn't have the slightest certainty.

Zeng Guoquan continued: "Also, we have now entered the territory of Anqing, which is already an area controlled by the Taiping Army, we are alone in the depths, left and right, once we are targeted by Shi Dakai again, surrounded and suppressed by heavy troops, then do we still have a way to live?" ”

Liu Songshan looked dumbfounded and didn't dare to speak.

Half a day later, Zeng Guoquan led the remnants of the defeated army and began to retreat rapidly to the northeast, looking forward to a quick rendezvous with Bao Chao.

It's just that their every move can't escape Shi Dakai's calculations!

To the south of Wusong Mountain is the turbulent Yangtze River, lacking a large number of ships, Zeng Guoquan and Bao Chao can not cross the Yangtze River to meet each other; Passing through Matsuyama again? I'm afraid that at this time, I will lend Zeng Guoquan and Bao Chao two more courage, and they don't dare to pass through Wusong Mountain, it's too dangerous.

Neither path is possible, then Zeng Guoquan and Bao Chao have only one way to choose, bypass Wusong Mountain from the north and join each other!

It's just that Shi Dakai has already guessed Zeng Guoquan and Bao Chao's next move, where will they succeed smoothly?

Shi Dakai gave an order, left all the wounded soldiers in Wusong Mountain, selected 10,000 elite divisions from the army, and carried firearms to the north side of Wusong Mountain again.

Shi Dakai deployed all the 10,000 elites he brought here, waiting for Bao Chao or Zeng Guoquan to take the bait, Shi Dakai Zhizhu was in his hands, and confidently concluded that one of the two of them would definitely move towards each other, and the most likely was Zeng Guoquan on the west side, one Bao Chao had too few troops to dare to move rashly; Second, Zeng Guoquan is in the territory of Anqing, which is completely controlled by the Taiping Army, which is even more dangerous, not to mention the recent fiasco of the Hunan army, even if there is no fiasco, Zeng Guoquan led 20,000 people and did not dare to stay in Anqing, it is too dangerous!

Completely in Shi Dakai's expectation, Zeng Guoquan really rushed along this road towards Tongling, three thousand cavalry opened the way, followed by six or seven thousand infantry, quickly approaching from the southwest to the northeast!

Shi Dakai held a telescope in his hand, and sneered in his heart, Zeng Tie Bucket, this time I'm afraid that you will not be able to escape! (To be continued.) )