In fact, in addition to these two roads, there is also a way to surrender, judging from the experience of Wu Wenrong and Wang Youling and many other renegade officials in the Qing court, the result of surrendering the Democratic Alliance is not bad, but the problem is that Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang have their own difficulties.

After Wang Feng captured Zeng Guoquan, he killed him without saying a word, and also vaguely released the wind to exterminate the Zeng family, which made Zeng Guofan dare to vote?

Zeng Guofan is a master of science, but not a pure master of science, most of the masters of science in the late Qing Dynasty used science as a stepping stone to enter the career, and the study of science was to meet the needs of the Manchu masters, such as Ding Shanqing, there are very few old scholars who really do learning, and Zeng Guofan is obviously not among them.

If he can join the Democratic Alliance, it will be nothing to kick Lixue away, he believes that with his talent and means, his status in the Democratic Alliance will not be worse than Wang Youling in the future, but the hateful thing is that Wang Feng's attitude has ruined his hope.

Li Hongzhang also did not dare to surrender to the Democratic Alliance Army, because Zhang Zongyu served under Wang Feng, and he was worried that Wang Feng would hand him over to Zhang Zongyu for disposal.

The two brothers and sisters stared at each other for a while, and then Zeng Guofan sighed: "Gradually, it is a trivial matter for the families of the generals in the army to fall into the hands of the enemy, you only need to withdraw from the army before the news spreads, and after crossing the Yellow River, can you go back again?"

The officer's concern is that as soon as the army retreats, it will cause people's hearts to fluctuate, and the retreat of more than 100,000 troops is not a trivial matter, and if you are not careful, I am afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of Fu Jian in the battle of Weishui, so retreating is the next policy, but we can ask the monk for help, the monk and the prince have been in battle for a long time, and his eyes are like torches. When you can make the most correct choice according to the situation.

The monk and the prince sat in Jinan, and passed 500 miles from Suzhou. The horse is two days away, and you and I will immediately jointly repair the book to the monk and the prince. Ask him to secretly send troops to help, if the light cavalry is simple, you can arrive in Suzhou within five days, today is the twentieth day of the first month, we will hold on for another ten days, if the end of the month does not see the arrival of the reinforcements of the monk and the prince, then no matter how much the price is paid, you should immediately go north to cross the Yellow River. ”

Although the Democratic Alliance Army occupied Fuyang and Bozhou, the main force was still in Xinyang. It is necessary to collect and surrender the soldiers, and it is necessary to appease the local people, no matter how you say it, it will take ten days and half a month, and once the integration of the Democratic Alliance army is completed, the main force will be under the city of Suzhou within a few days.

If there are no reinforcements for ten days, it can be concluded that Seng Lingqin has no intention of coming to help at all. If there are no reinforcements, if you don't run away before the NLD forces join in, will you stay and wait for death? At this time, it is no longer possible to consider the consequences of withdrawing from the army. It's a matter of saving lives.

"Good! Students go get pen and paper! Li Hongzhang also understood this truth, and walked quickly to the side

At noon that day, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang's joint distress letter was sent from Suzhou. The fast horse rushed north to Jinan, and it was noon on the third day. It was delivered to Monk Greenqin's hand, and Monk Greenqin's face changed suddenly.

"Monk Wang. What happened? Mu Yin, the secretary of the military department, poked his head and asked.

Monk Greenqin ignored Mu Meng and gave the letter to Prince Yi Zaiyuan, who was equivalent to the prison army: "It's a letter from Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, please take a look at Prince Yi." ”

Zaiyuan is Xianfeng's uncle, a prince, and one of the twelve iron hat kings of the Qing Dynasty, while Monk Greenqin is the master of an army, but he is only a prince with a different surname, and he is a Mongolian, and he is a Manchurian slave.

Although Mu Yin was full of people, and although his hot face was attached to his cold buttocks, he didn't think it was a pestle at all, and respectfully took the letter from Monk Lingqin's hand and handed it to Zaiyuan.

This can't be blamed on him, Mu Yin is similar to Shengbao who died at the hands of Wang Feng, he has no prominent background, and belongs to the commoners in the privileged class.

Mu Yin was originally an official student to be awarded the cabinet secretary, filled the military machine Zhang Jing, moved to Hanlin to study, Xianfeng was able to serve as an alternate in the Wupin Jingtang, and learned to walk in the military aircraft minister, three years, moved to the Ministry of Rites, the left wing of the general army, looking for the Ministry of Punishment, just a year ago was promoted to the military department of the book, he is also step by step to today, won the officialdom three flavors!

Zaiyuan unfolded the letter and looked at it, and his face changed dramatically in an instant, and he scolded: "These two Han slaves should be cut with a thousand knives, Master Mu, look at it!" ”

Mu Yin took the letter and looked at it, and suddenly, his whole body softened, no one could have imagined that the situation in Huaibei would be so bad, Huaibei was lost, Lunan was lonely, and the 200,000 children of the Eight Banners would be annihilated sooner or later.

"Li Hongzhang of Zeng Guofan, woe me to the Qing Dynasty, poor emperor is on the sickbed, and he still wants to wear good news!" Mu Yin arched his hand in the direction of due north, his face full of grief and indignation.

Xianfeng's body was already weak, and he was forcibly taken to more than 600,000 square kilometers of ancestral land by Murajoviv, and his mind was depressed, and he couldn't afford to get sick.

In fact, everyone understands that since the beginning of Xianfeng's succession, the world has been in turmoil, and the Qing Dynasty has been in turmoil.

Although Xianfeng has the ambition of Zhongxing, but the heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper, the erosion of the country has reached the point of shocking, not his own strength can be reversed, his body, forced by the Qing Dynasty dragged down, now can support Xianfeng, but this all-out counterattack on the Democratic Alliance, win, maybe the body can get better, and if defeated, no one dares to think deeply.

There are short-haired aggressive inside, and foreigners are clever and robberous, and this burden will be borne by orphans and widows in the future, which is a sign of the end of the dynasty!

"Alas!" Monk Greenqin slammed his fist on the chair handle, and vented a little resentment, before he said slowly: "Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang practiced in the troupe, and they did their duty, and Huaibei fell into such a field and they can't blame them all, the root cause is that the Russians were completely annihilated, Jingxiang was lost, and Shorthair easily advanced eastward with tens of thousands of troops, and then the sky was not beautiful, and Shorthair used the continuous rain of Jianghuai to drag down the Xinyang defenders, and connected Fuyang Bozhou and other important towns in Huaixi.

This is not the time to be held responsible, but should try our best to save the situation, Zeng Li and the two adults jointly requested that the king immediately send elite troops to Suzhou to fight a decisive battle with the short hair, Lord Yi, Lord Mu, what do you think? ”

"No!" Zaiyuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Our army and Lunan short-haired hold each other, maintaining an invincible and undefeated situation, if the monk and the prince lead troops to Suzhou, how much will they bring?" If the position of our army is broken through by Shorthair due to lack of manpower, it will be a collapse.

Shorthair will inevitably take advantage of the victory to pursue, force the Yellow River, attack Gyeonggi, the monk should know that most of Beijing's troops are here, if this place can't be defended, how can Beijing defend? Once shorthair breaks through Beijing, you and I will not be able to exonerate themselves from death! ”

"This" monk Lingqin fell into a dilemma, he knew that the words were true, and the risk of going to rescue the Huaibei battlefield was unpredictable, but if he didn't save it, hundreds of thousands of troops could only be a dead end, and there was still a glimmer of life if he was saved.

In fact, it's quite aggrieved to think about it, the Eight Banners plus the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, the main force has not been damaged, adding up to more than 300,000 troops, no matter where it is placed, it is a decisive force, not to mention that there are dozens of warships patrolling by foreigners in the Yangtze River, but the reality is that there is nowhere to go, and it is forced to a dead end.

Monk Greenqin is also a veteran of a hundred battles, familiar with military books, experienced, ordinary intrigues and tricks can not hide from his eyes, at this time, he asked himself over and over again, why the war situation has developed like this, especially the Democratic Alliance Army has no surprising tactics, steady and steady, step by step, he can't figure it out!

In the end, it can only be concluded that Wang Feng is indeed a genius in the world.

Sighing secretly, Monk Lingqin muttered: "Our banner people are different from the Han army, the Han army can surrender if it is defeated, and we have no possibility of surrendering, under the pressure of the annihilation of the clan, every soldier will serve his life."

More than 500 miles from Jinan to Suzhou, rushing with light horses, back and forth plus combat time, 20 days is enough, even if the king takes away 100,000 fine cavalry, the remaining 100,000 troops can't stop the attack of shorthair for 20 days? ”

Zaiyuan asked: "What is the chance of the monk and the prince winning?" ”

Monk Greenqin's face showed bitterness, he didn't know how to answer, fighting with Wang Feng, he had no chance of winning, thinking that when he was in Linqing City, the time and place were favorable, and he had an absolute advantage in military strength, but Wang Feng took advantage of Linqing's special terrain to wrap dumplings, and later cut off two heads in front of tens of thousands of people in Beijing, and was released by exchanging prisoners.

Whenever Seng Lingqin looked at his bare chest, he was ashamed and hateful, and it was also his lingering nightmare, the impact of the defeat of the Linqing army on him was far beyond ordinary people's imagination, Wang Feng was like a mountain that overwhelmed him, he wanted to take revenge, and he was afraid to face Wang Feng, probably suffering from kingphobia!

The reason why he advocated rescue was only because there was no other way, and if it was possible, he would never want to face Wang Feng again.

"This king understands!" Seeing Seng Lingqin's expression, Zaiyuan spread his hands: "Since the odds of winning are not big, then why bother to send him to death?" These 200,000 troops are the only force that I can trust in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Mu Yin also arched his hand: "Monk and prince, this may be a trap, please forgive the official for saying something that is not good, have you ever thought that if Zeng Li and the others secretly colluded with Shorthair, is it possible to lure the elite of our army to Suzhou to gather and annihilate them?" ”

Monk Greenqin is not calm, the key is that Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are both Han, and the Manchus are already suspicious of the Han people, especially since the rise of the Democratic Alliance, there are often green battalions that unite with the Democratic Alliance Army to slaughter the Manchus, so it can be considered that in the case of a certain defeat, Zeng and Li are entirely likely to sell the Manchus to Wang Feng to invite merit.

Although Mu Yin is just guessing, there is such a possibility, even if it is only a hint, it will bring fatal consequences! (To be continued......)