The chief soldier De'an ran back unharmed because he rushed to the back of the worst, looking at the defeat of more than a dozen remnants around him, De'an howled and cried, and was helped to the big tent by the soldiers around him, knelt down to Xiang Rong, and cried: "My lord, they died unjustly, they didn't even touch the cannon, they were all killed, but only a dozen people escaped back, I'm sorry for them!" Woo......"

Xiang Rong saw that he was incoherent, but he heard it clearly after the loss of a thousand men and horses, and said angrily: "Fart, it has been less than a quarter of an hour since you came out of the gang just now, even if a thousand pigs were tied there and killed by them, they wouldn't have killed them so quickly!" What the hell is going on, tell me quickly. ”

As he spoke, he smashed the unicorn paperweight on the desk to Deqing.

Seeing that Xiang Rong's eyes were red and his face was hideous, De'an was really taken aback, calmed down a lot, and said: "The last general led people to seize the cannon, who knew that the thieves ambushed thousands of fire commanders in front of the battle, and we were still two hundred meters away from the cannon, and we were shot clean by the fire system. ”

Fuxing said in a trembling voice: "Thousands of fire commanders!" And it's the kind used by foreigners, and I think we still ...... "I want to retreat, but I don't know where to retreat."

Xiang Rong lost his mind for a moment, and suddenly said: "Last month, someone reported that foreign warships sailed on the river for several days in a row, and it turned out that they were transporting firearms to Nanjing City, but why did they do this?" ”

Changgui suddenly seemed to understand something, and immediately stood up and said: "I heard that worshipping God is a foreigner's thing, and Hong Xiuquan and Li Yunzhong's rebellion is the support of foreigners behind it!" The foreigners resented the Qing Dynasty for not agreeing to the conditions they proposed, so they supported the thieves to destroy our Qing Dynasty! These foreigners are not a thing. ”

Feng Zicai turned out to be a member of the rebellion, but he was defeated and surrendered to the official army in Guangxi, and was appreciated by Xiang Rong for his brave combat and repeated defeats of the righteous army.

Xiang Rong saw that the deputy general Feng Zicai had a strange expression and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Feng Zicai didn't shirk either, and came around and said: "Qiyu Dashuai, the last general has been living in the Liangguang region since he was a child, dealing with foreigners, and he also bought a foreign gun from them to defend himself. According to the general's summary: Westerners are people who forget their righteousness for profit and do not know what shame is. They must have been lured by profit to help the thieves, and besides, we haven't seen them use foreign guns on a large scale in our previous battles with the thieves, so the general thinks that they have also hooked up with foreigners recently. ”

Fuxing listened to Feng Zicai's reasonableness and evidence, and his hesitation disappeared, and he said with satisfaction: "What the general said is reasonable, the foreigners have not yet stood on the side of the anti-thieves, we should report to the court as soon as possible, and ask the court to deal with the foreigners, otherwise the camp in Jiangnan will ......." ”

Xiang Rongqi said: "You said that you bought guns from foreigners, are foreigners willing to sell them?" ”

Feng Zicai didn't expect Xiang Rong to attach so much importance to foreigners, and couldn't help but answer in detail: "Sold the gun to the last general or a foreigner, just because he was drunk and had no money to pay the bill, he sold the foreign gun to me, and the last general waited in the wine shop for a day and didn't see the foreigner to redeem it, so he took the gun away, and later dedicated it to ......" The foreign gun was dedicated to the anti-thief leader at that time, and Feng Zicai didn't want to blow up his ugliness, so he didn't talk about it.

Xiang Rong didn't pursue it, and continued to ask: "If you are asked to contact foreigners, can you still buy guns?" ”

Feng Zicai felt embarrassed, and shirked: "Guangdong has hundreds of miles according to this, and it will take a month to go back and forth, and I am afraid that the generals will not be able to use the guns they buy." ”

Changgui was already unhappy when he dared to refute himself, but now he heard him say that the Jiangnan battalion could not support it for a month, and he was even more annoyed, and immediately reprimanded: "Bold, do you mean that the thieves will win and our army will be defeated!" ”

Feng Zicai hurriedly knelt down and said: "The last general doesn't dare, but the last general feels that the attack outside is sharp, and the war is changing rapidly. ”

Xiang Rong looked at Changgui who was about to talk about it reproachfully, and comforted Feng Zicai, who was sincerely afraid: "Nangan, you get up, Guangdong is too far away, but Shanghai is close at hand, and the people in Shanghai are no less than Guangzhou, you immediately rush to Shanghai with silver, find local officials to cooperate with you, buy more foreign guns and cannons, and the official will count you as a merit." ”

Feng Zicai said: "The last general will obey the order"

Changgui rolled his eyes, feeling that this errand did not have to go to the battlefield to work hard, but also made meritorious contributions, which was a big advantage, and immediately smiled: "My lord, I am afraid that the southern officials are small, and the foreigners will ignore him, so it is better to let the lower officials go with them, so that there will be no mistakes." ”

Xiang Rong couldn't see through his thoughts, and he didn't want him to get in the way in the camp, so he agreed, and when he saw Fuxing, he was about to speak, and said, "Just the two of you." ”

Fuxing closed his mouth with interest, complaining that he had no one in the court, Changgui was only Prince Zheng's son-in-law, and Xiang Rong did not dare to offend.

Xiang Rong asked: "You have to go and come back quickly, I'm afraid the big camp won't be able to support it for a few days, don't be afraid to spend money, if you can hire foreigners to come to help in the war, it's the best." ”

When Li Xiucheng arrived at Xianhemen, he saw that the Qing army in the camp could not come out, and put on a stubborn posture, so he camped thousands of kilometers opposite the Qing army camp, and sent 1,000 people to Qilin Gate, which was a few miles away, forming a flanking attack.

Shi Dakai arrived at Huangmaqun, immediately stationed in the camp to defend, and sent people to contact the troops of Linggu Temple.

The Qingma group guard will be the general soldier Pan An, although the name is the same as the famous man Pan An in ancient times, but his appearance is different from him, with a full face and a short figure.

Pan An heard that the Yellow Horse Group five miles away was occupied by the enemy, and hurriedly sent someone to contact the defenders at the Xianhe Gate, but got the news that the Xianhe Gate was being attacked. secretly complained that Xiang Rong scattered the army too widely, and had to leave troops everywhere to defend, and now he was beaten everywhere and needed reinforcements everywhere. After thinking about it for a while, he wrote a battle report and handed it to Xiang Rong: Xianhemen and Qingmaqun were besieged by anti-thieves and were in danger, so they asked for support.

Two hours later, I received a reply from Xiang Rong: The main force of the anti-thieves is besieging Xiaolingwei, and the anti-thieves at the Xianhe Gate are just feints, you immediately attack, defeat the anti-thieves, and Zhang Guoliang will come to join me quickly.

Pan An saw that the Xiaolingwei camp was besieged, and did not dare to slack off, leaving 2,000 people to defend the Qingma group, and personally led 6,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Yellow Horse Group, wanting to open up the contact with Zhang Guoliang.

Li Chunfa, who was in ambush in Linggu Temple, saw that the Qingma group was empty, and ordered people to kill the Qingma group with torches.

Pan An, who had just arrived at the Yellow Horse Group, received the news that the Qingma Group had been captured, and he no longer thought about fighting the Yellow Horse Group, so he went directly around and arrived at Xianhemen.

Shi Dakai saw that Pan An's army was well founded, and did not dare to attack rashly, so he contacted Li Xiucheng and asked him to continue to camp and besiege Xianhemen.

Shi Dakai led 5,000 people to Xiaolingwei to join Li Yunzhong.

Zeng Shuiyuan looked at the bunker city at the foot of the Purple Mountain, and had an incomparably headache, and several consecutive attacks were repulsed.