Army!

This is the footsteps of the army marching!

Shi Dakai let out a low snort, and immediately ordered: "There are enemy troops, and the army of Zeng Guofan has appeared, hurry up and retreat!" Shi Dakai turned around sharply and quickly retreated. In less than ten minutes, Shi Dakai came to the place where the army was resting, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Zhang Suimou, Zeng Guofan's army is approaching the mountains and forests, retreat, withdraw immediately!" ”

After Zhang Suimou heard this, he shuddered.

Zeng Guofan's army!

How could there be an army of Zeng Guofan?

It's a pity that Zhang Sui can't think about it anymore.

He rolled his eyes and shouted: "Order to assemble, go back to the mountain and retreat!" "As the saying goes, when Shi Dakai planted the army here, he had already considered that once the enemy attacked, there must be a way to retreat. Because the hiding place requires not only a road into the forest, but also a way to retreat.

The army quickly assembled, and the soldiers brought a part of the dry rations, and a part of the food, and retreated quickly. As for the food hoarded in the mountains, it was impossible to take it away, and even Shi Dakai had no time to let the soldiers hide all the food, so he had to leave in a hurry and run towards the back mountain.

One by one, the soldiers took their weapons, carried food, clothing, and other things, and quickly walked towards the back mountain.

Outside the mountains and forests, after Li Zhen led the army to arrive, he looked at the mountains and forests, and a smile appeared on his face.

Li Zhen's eyes fell on the soldiers who had already been ambushed outside the mountains and forests to investigate the news, and asked, "Where is Liu Jintang?" ”

The soldier immediately replied, "Back to the prince, Brigade Commander Liu found that there was still a road behind the mountain. Therefore, Brigade Commander Liu led the soldiers to the road to the back mountain to prevent Shi Dakai from retreating from the back mountain with the soldiers. ”

Li Zhen nodded and ordered: "Chase, let's enter the mountains and forests from the front to chase!" ”

Zeng Guofan's mind turned quickly, and he suggested: "Lord Wang, if Shi Da drives away and breaks through the mountain, I'm afraid that the soldiers under Liu Jintang will be difficult to stop." In my opinion, at least one brigade of soldiers should be sent to rush to the back mountain by taking the road outside the mountain, blocking the road out of the back mountain as much as possible, and preventing Shi Dakai from leaving as much as possible. ”

"Well, it works!"

Li Zhenyi waved his hand and ordered: "Just arrange for someone to go down!" ”

Zeng Guofan immediately asked Zeng Guoquan to lead a brigade of soldiers to make a detour to block the way out of the back mountain.

At this time, Li Zhen led the soldiers into the mountains and forests from the front, and under the leadership of the soldiers who had already discovered Shi Dakai's lair, the army rushed towards the position of Shi Dakai's army. After walking for about five minutes, gunshots rang out in the mountains and forests. When the gunshot came out, Zeng Guofan's face changed greatly, and he said: "Lord Wang, it's not good, Shi Dakai must have discovered us, and then withdrew his troops, and now he is fighting with Liu Jintang in the back mountain." I'm afraid that Zeng Guoquan's army is late. ”

Li Zhen knew that time was urgent, and ordered: "Hurry, speed up!" ”

Immediately, Li Zhen led the soldiers all the way to the back mountain. With the sound of gunfire, the birds roosting in the mountains and forests have already flown up, and they are all looking for a resting place again. When Li Zhen's army arrived at the exit of Houshan, they only saw more than a dozen soldiers left, and there was no trace of the soldiers of a brigade led by Liu Jintang and Zeng Guoquan.

When the soldiers saw Li Zhen coming, they immediately ran over and reported: "Lord Wang, when Shi Dakai led the army to break through the siege before, our numbers were too small to stop. Therefore, Brigade Commander Liu chose to temporarily avoid the edge and let Shi Dakai lead the army to leave. Now, Brigade Commander Liu has led his army to track Shi Dakai's army."

Li Zhen waved his sleeves and ordered: "Keep chasing!" ”

The whole army began to continue to catch up.

On the way, the soldiers led by Li Zhen converged with the soldiers of Zeng Guoquan and Liu Jintang, but they could not stop Shi Dakai's army, so they could only follow behind.

In the middle of the night's chase, the army grabbed the tail of Shi Dakai's army and hung it all the way back.

However, Shi Dakai also worked hard to let the soldiers under his command run for their lives. Both sides ran hard, and the army led by Li Zhen was difficult to catch up for a while. The two sides engaged in a chase battle, and Shi Da ran in front, constantly shouting to order the soldiers to speed up. Chen Yucheng had excellent physical strength, he followed, ran beside Shi Dakai, and said loudly: "Lord Wang, the soldiers are carrying food on their backs, this is not good, if you go on for a long time, you will be caught up." Now we must abandon it, lighten the burden, and run away first. ”

In the past, Chen Yucheng escaped from Nanjing, entered Sichuan and returned to Shi Dakai, and was relied on by Shi Dakai as a confidant.

Shi Dakai swept his eyes, saw the tired expressions of the soldiers, and nodded in agreement.

As a result, one by one, the bandit soldiers left the food on their backs and continued on their way. The speed of the bandits has increased again, and it is not much different from the speed of the Qing army chasing behind.

All night, the two sides spent the time chasing me, and the next morning, Li Zhen finally ordered to stop.

didn't catch up all night, and Li Zhen also secretly sighed at the strength of the army under Shi Dakai's command.

This Shi Dakai is indeed a fierce general.

Zeng Guofan gasped heavily, with a tired expression on his face. There was a deep tiredness in his eyes, but there was even more disappointment, because after chasing for a night, he didn't catch up with Shi Dakai's army.

Li Zhen saw Zeng Guofan's expression and said with a smile: "Brother Bohan, when you fight with the enemy, what you are most afraid of is not being able to find the other party. Now that Shi Dakai has been found out by us, it is much easier to operate. The day when Shi Dakai is defeated is just around the corner. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "The prince is reasonable! Zhang Zhidong continued: "Lord Wang, I think that now we should immediately mobilize the county commanders of the surrounding counties, as well as the prefects of each prefecture, and let the officials organize soldiers to intercept Shi Dakai. Although we don't expect these people to defeat Shi Dakai, we can use them to slow down Shi Dakai's speed and find out Shi Dakai's whereabouts. If our own soldiers go down again, Shi Dakai will be defeated. ”

Li Zhen said: "The suggestion is feasible and you will implement it personally. ”

Zhang Zhidong replied: "Yes! ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly, and said: "Let the soldiers under your command rest temporarily, if you continue to stay up, you will definitely not be able to stand it." However, we must continue to investigate Shi Dakai's movements. ”

Liu Jintang looked sullen and said loudly: "Lord Wang, I'll go!" ”

Last night, Liu Jintang couldn't stop Shi Dakai, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Even though he is very tired now, he wants to explore Shi Dakai now, so he takes the initiative to ask for battle.

Li Zhen nodded in agreement, and Liu Jintang was responsible for pursuing Shi Dakai.

……

Shi Dakai led the soldiers to get rid of the chase of Li Zhen's army, and the soldiers shouted that they couldn't stand it. When someone chased after him before, he ran away to save his life, and he didn't feel tired. Now that there were no pursuers, the soldiers finally couldn't hold on. Shi Dakai ordered the soldiers to stop and rest for a while and make a slight adjustment.

However, there was only a half-hour break.

The soldiers ate some dry food and continued on their way. There was a tiger chasing after him, and Shi Dakai didn't dare to be careless, so he could only continue to run forward. It's just that the question in front of Shi Dakai is which direction?

To the north, to the west, or to the east!

Which direction to go in is what Shi Dakai urgently needs to solve at present.

ps: The second shift, call it a day. Today, there are two watchbirds.