If you don't go to the rescue of Suzhou, you can only be broken one by one, and finally you will be killed, but you may be betrayed, Monk Lingqin is full of entanglement, and only after a while does he ask: "Are we just sitting and doing nothing?" ”

"Retire!" Zaiyuan sighed, helplessly said: "The defeat has been decided, there is no point in holding on, while the short hair has not yet closed the encirclement and retreats in time, it is still possible to protect the main force, guard the Yellow River line and do not call the short hair to cross the river, if you can't do anything, you can also give up Beijing and retreat to Shenyang!" ”

"This" Monk Greenqin was stunned, looking at Zaiyuan in a daze, this is to give up the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years!

Zaiyuan said bitterly: "Monk Wangye, when the Ming Dynasty arose, Emperor Yuan Shun saw that he could not do anything, and took the initiative to give up the capital and retreated to Mobei. and even the troops reached the city of Beijing.

Although this king is very reluctant to admit it, he has to admit that the general trend of short hair has been achieved, and no one in the world can stop it, but the success or failure of the moment is nothing. As long as there are soldiers, there is hope! ”

Monk Greenqin was full of surprise, he didn't expect that a birdcage prince in Zaiyuan District would have such insight, in fact, he originally didn't think much of the ruins and the like, but at this time, he had to face it.

Speaking from the heart, Seng Lingqin was not willing to fight to the death, after all, among the 200,000 Qing troops, about one-third of the Mongols, he also wanted to keep a little fire for Mongolia.

Although Mongolia is a servant clan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it may not be possible to say that Mongolia is really willing to be a dog for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, for the past two hundred years. The Manchu Qing Dynasty divided and divided the country, and implemented the reduction of Ding. If there is resistance, the whole tribe will be slaughtered. The Mongols have reduced the population of Mongolia from tens of millions to 2 million, and the Mongols have seen all this.

What do the Mongols regret the most? Obviously, it was to make a dog for the Manchus and destroy the Ming Dynasty, who do the Mongols hate the most? The Manchus did not give in, but they were forced by the Manchu Qing and the Mongols were not united internally, so they just flattered them.

Now the opportunity has come, once the Manchu Qing Dynasty has fallen. Mongolia does not talk about revenge, at least it can get rid of the control of the Manchus, but the premise is to preserve its strength.

With a cold smile in his heart, Monk Lingqin moved his gaze to Mu Yin again and asked, "Lord Mu, what do you mean?" ”

Mu Yin knew that Seng Lingqin was not asking about his views on the future situation, but reconfirmed, after all, retiring from the army was not a trivial matter. It is likely that he will be reprimanded by Xianfeng, and Monk Lingqin just wants to show that he is not the only one who wants to retire, and to share the responsibility with everyone.

'The monk has also become slippery! Secretly scolded, Mu Yin said with a straight face: "Monk and prince." Lord Yi is reasonable, let's retreat to Hebei, and we can still rely on foreigners to resist short hair. Whoever killed the deer was not at the last moment. Who knows?

In short, Xia Guan thought. The possibility of Zeng Li and his ilk taking refuge in short-haired exists, the Han people are no longer reliable, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to our Qing Dynasty, preserving strength is the top priority, and it is better to withdraw sooner rather than later, otherwise once Ling Xun arrives, he can't leave if he wants to! ”

"Good!" Monk Greenqin gritted his teeth: "Order the whole army, prepare secretly, and withdraw the whole army tomorrow night, and the king will personally cut off the rear." ”

"Wow!" A soldier hurried out of the tent.

Although Seng Lingqin issued the order to retreat, he deserved to be a veteran of the war for many years, and his preparations were orderly, and when he retreated the next night, he also slowly retreated, retreating without chaos, and did not give Shi Dakai, who presided over the Lunan battlefield, any chance.

Although Shi Dakai is not very old, he is a steady soldier, just a little bit of troops, he gave up the idea of pursuit, you know, Jinan is the Yellow River in the past dozens of kilometers, this distance, there is no depth, the pursuit has no meaning, and the Yellow River as the belly of the Qing army, in the defense of the whole effort, and a while ago the Yellow River froze, the fleet can not drive in, these days the Yellow River can be thawed, at any time will enter the flood season, the risk of the fleet is too great.

Although it was very helpless to watch the main force of the Qing army retreat, it was impossible for Shi Dakai to take a risk in the case of dominance, and the key was that the time point when Seng Lingqin chose to retreat made people unable to have an idea, Shi Dakai had to be on guard to prevent the Qing army from killing a horse pistol, and at the same time reported the news to Wang Feng.

Nearly 200,000 Qing troops crossed the river for two days and two nights, and by noon on the 16th, the Qing army had all retreated to Hebei, while among the Hunan and Huai armies in Suzhou, rumors were spreading, and the atmosphere became more and more frivolous.

After all, Huaixi surrendered without a fight, and it was impossible to hide it if you wanted to, and even Zeng Li and the others asked for help from Monk Greenqin and they didn't know what was going on.

In the tense atmosphere, five days passed, and the time came to February 21, Wang Feng came faster than anyone expected, and had already entered Bozhou yesterday, which showed that the reorganization of the Huai army was extremely smooth, and at the same time, in the evening of the same day, there was an explosive news that the main force of the Qing army led by Monk Greenqin retreated to Hebei!

Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan's eyebrows were tightly locked, their faces were full of sorrow, and both of them had a feeling that the sky was about to fall!

"Fuck it!" Zeng Guofan said angrily: "We invited the monk surnamed to come to the rescue, not for the Qing Dynasty, but he was good, he was scared away and stacked us down, if our 150,000 troops are trapped in Suzhou, can we hold a corner of Hebei?" The Qing Dynasty is over!

If you can't fight the enemy in a moment of life and death, how can you not die? ”

"Hey~~" Li Hongzhang sighed: "If we had known that Seng Lingqin would run away, we shouldn't have waited for his reinforcements, if we left a few days ago, now the whole army is already in Hebei, why would we be in such a dangerous situation?"

Teacher, let's run too, let's leave tonight, Suzhou can't stay any longer, maybe there will be a glimmer of life. ”

"Good! You and I will prepare separately, and today we will lead the army to retreat! Zeng Guofan was about to walk outside, but a gloomy voice came from outside: "Lord Zeng, Lord Li, where are you going?" ”

"Huh?" Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang mentioned it in their hearts, but they were both secretly bad, and raised their eyes to look at the tent curtain.

I saw that as soon as the curtain was lifted, dozens of people rushed in with hulala, Miao Peilin took the lead, and the rest were the commanders of each battalion, as well as the French instructor Binel.

How do the two of them not know what happened? This is clearly a mutiny, but the more times like this, the more calm you have to be, Li Hongzhang's face sank and said: "Lord Miao, my lords, why didn't you call?" ”

The old generals of the Xianghuai Army led by Peng Yulin and Li Xubin showed a trace of shame and did not dare to look at Zeng and Li, while the old generals of the Twist Army and the Taiping Army led by Miao Peilin and Hu Yihuang were all disdainful and sneered, and Bi Neier shrugged helplessly.

Miao Peilin asked: "Two adults, where are you going to go in the middle of the night, while the brothers are here, why don't you make it clear?" ”

"Miao Peilin, you are so bold, do you have to talk like this?" Zeng Guofan was suddenly furious and stretched out his finger to the past! (To be continued......)

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