Lv Qingtian led the people to retreat to Feng Zicai led the Qing army behind the short, they encountered the Qing army light cavalry that was defeated by the Taiping army, Lu Qingtian saw this, couldn't help but say, ordered the archers to shoot a round, the Qing army was caught off guard, pounced, pounced, pounced, immediately shot down a large piece, the Qing army behind saw this scene, thought that there was an ambush in front, immediately turned over and returned, did not think, the road back is more difficult, followed by the Taiping army iron cavalry, regardless of three seven twenty-one, prancing horses broke into their formation, slaughtered them.

When Lu Qingtian's troops saw that it was the Taiping army's own cavalry that was in front of the Qing army, they all cheered in unison, and some even cried with joy, they knew in their hearts that from the moment they saw the Taiping cavalry, they were completely safe. It was also at this time that Lu Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief, he made up his mind, and immediately ordered his subordinates to step forward and attack the Qing army with the Taiping cavalry, the Qing army was attacked on both sides, and Zuihou could only accept the fate of being completely annihilated.

When the 20,000 Qing cavalry were killed and wounded, the asymmetrical cavalry battle between the Taiping army and the Qing army finally came to an end, and the result of Zuihou ended with the complete victory of the Taiping army.

When Lu Qingtian saw the cavalry general of the Taiping Army, General Sun, he had mixed feelings in his heart and couldn't help but burst into tears.

General Sun comforted Lu Qingtian on the one hand, and ordered people to welcome these suffering soldiers led by Lu Qingtian home.

General Sun then told Lü Qingtian that the main reinforcements led by General Li Xiucheng and Marshal Zeng Guofan were rushing towards Zhumadian, and it would not be long before Lü Qingtian could see them.

When Lu Qingtian heard that the main reinforcements were coming, he was even more relieved, but he didn't understand that Zeng Guofan would come with the army. After listening to General Sun's explanation, he knew that Zeng Guofan had returned to the kingdom of heaven, and Lu Qingtian sighed.

After thanking General Sun for their rescue, Lu Qingtian asked very tactfully that he and General Guo did not ask for help, and General Li Weishenme would suddenly lead an army to help.

General Sun said that Marshal Huang had been paying close attention to the movements in Zhumadian, and after he knew that the Qing army had sent reinforcements with Feng Zicai as his general, he immediately decided to let General Li and Zeng Dashuai lead the army to help.

After Lu Qingtian heard about this, he couldn't help but sigh again in his heart, he knew better than anyone else that if Guo Potian was not a small-bellied chicken intestine, just for his own use, he was not bent on taking the big work and overpowering Huang Xu, but he saw the situation clearly, listened to his own advice, and asked for help earlier, so that he would not end up in defeat and death, from this point of view, Guo Potian is indeed inferior to Huang Xu.

The two were talking, only to see the smoke and dust behind them, people and horses neighing, the two were shocked, and hurriedly sent out a horse to see what was going on. When the two of them heard this, they were immediately overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

The army came quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they had rushed to the garrison of Lu Qingtian and others, only to see the two handsome flags in front of the army, respectively, with the words Li and Zeng written respectively, needless to say, it must be Li Xiucheng and Zeng Guofan arrived.

"The last general will see General Li, Zeng Dashuai." Lu Qingtian and General Nasun said respectfully.

"The two generals have worked hard, General Lu, I was worried about you, and it's great to see you okay now." Li Xiucheng saw that Lu Qingtian was fine, and said happily.

"General Xie cares, it's just that our general ......" Lu Qingtian said this, his expression couldn't help but be gloomy.

"General Lu, please be relieved, this matter is not your fault, if you want to talk about responsibility, we are also responsible, if we are not too careless, we can come to help in time, presumably General Guo will not have such a thing, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless to be sad, what we can do now is to find a way to fight for revenge, in order to comfort General Guo's soul in the sky." Li Xiucheng stepped forward, patted Lu Qingtian on the shoulder, and comforted him.

"Yes, but it's up to the general." Lv Qingtiandao.

"I have ordered the body of General Guo to be buried, and I hope that General Lu can safely escort General Guo's heroic spirit back to the camp where the Taiping Army is stationed, and hand it over to Marshal Huang, who will arrange for someone to pay tribute. General Guo has worked hard for the state for many years and has made great achievements in war, I believe that the king of heaven will definitely treat General Guo well, and we will also be proud of General Guo." Li Xiucheng said in a deep voice.

"No, general, the last general hopes to stay and fight to the death with the Qing army." After hearing Li Xiucheng's arrangement, Lu Qingtian immediately expressed his opposition.

At this time, he was holding back the fire in his belly, how could he go back, even if he wanted to go back, he had to vent this fire on the Qing army.

"But, General Guo's coffin..."Li Xiucheng had a little headache, Lu Qingtian could stay and help, of course he was willing, but Guo Potian's coffin always had to be escorted, and this kind of soul protection thing was most suitable for the closest person to do, thinking about it, only Lu Qingtian was the most hode candidate.

"General, since General Lu insists, then we will appoint other people to escort General Guo's coffin." Zeng Guofan next to him took over the conversation.

"Do you think it's feasible?" LI Xiuchengdao.

"Yes, I believe that General Guo has a spirit in the sky, and he will also understand the painstaking efforts of General Lu and us." Zeng Guofandao.

"Okay, then it's decided, General Lu, the person in charge of escorting the coffin is designated and arranged by you, and after everything is done, you will come to listen to the call as soon as possible." Li Xiucheng commanded.

"Yes, General." Lu Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief again.

Lü Qingtian turned around and arranged to escort Guo Potian's Lingshu, while Li Xiucheng and Zeng Guofan's general General Sun came to inquire about the battle with the Qing army.

"Marshal, along the way, we have gathered a lot of soldiers who were originally subordinate to General Guo who were scattered by the Qing army, with a total of about 50,000 or 60,000 people, plus the 50,000 army with a complete system in the hands of General Lu. There were only about 100,000 people left in the Taiping army under General Guo's original command. After this battle, hundreds of thousands of troops lost nearly half of their men and horses. It's a huge loss, and it's sad to say." After listening to General Sun's report, Li Xiucheng calculated the battle damage again, and his mood was a little sad.

"Yes, it seems that General Guo is a little contemptuous of Feng Zicai." Zeng Guofan guessed that the crux of this failure should be Guo Potian himself.

To tell the truth, although Zeng Guofan has surrendered. But he just submitted to Huang Xu. To Guo Potian. From a personal point of view, he has a bit of an opinion, and the reason why he went from being the commander of the Qing army to the point where Zuihou had to submit to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Guo Potian is one of the main culprits. Of course, he still doesn't know what role Huang Xu plays in this. Therefore, after hearing the news of Guo Potian's death, his mood was complicated.

"This Feng Zicai is really hateful, if he encounters it next time, he will be killed under the horse." Li Xiucheng gritted his teeth and said.

"The general is angry, this is also where Feng Zicai's value lies, I have been talking to Marshal Huang about this Feng Zicai in the past few days, and the marshal always praises him as a good general in the world, Marshal Huang means, if you have the opportunity, try to reduce it as much as possible for my use." Zeng Guofan saw Li Xiucheng's hateful appearance, and hurriedly persuaded, he was really afraid that Li Xiucheng would fight with Feng Zicai as soon as he came up, if that happened, it would not be good to hurt anyone.

"Master Ma also looks up to Feng Zicai too much." Li Xiucheng was still a little uncomfortable with Huang Xugao's attitude towards Feng Zicai.

"General, although Feng Zicai is a general, he is compared to you. It's still a big difference. It's just that if the master wants to conquer the entire land of China as soon as possible, then the more good generals and sages he has gathered, the better, so for the sake of big things, I also ask the general to spare Feng Zicai's life, so that it can be used later." Zeng Guofan praised Li Xiucheng and cooled down.

"Okay, just say to the marshal, I won't kill him, but if he doesn't know what to do, he will definitely be the enemy of us, then Hugh blames General Ben for turning his face and being ruthless." Li Xiucheng's murderous intent gradually disappeared, but he did not forget to act recklessly in his mouth.

"That's natural, but please keep him alive as much as possible." Zeng Guofan said that there was only one meaning, that is, to leave Feng Zicai's life so that he could take it for his own use.

If Feng Zicai was present at this time, he heard that these two people were like buying vegetables in the vegetable market, bargaining for him, I don't know how he would feel.

"I wish Feng Zicai good luck." Li Xiucheng said.

"Then I will thank the general's subordinates for Feng Zicai first." Zeng Guofandao.

"Alright, I know what you mean, I'll be careful." LI Xiuchengdao.

"General, presumably Feng Zicai must have led the army into Zhumadian at this time, and we originally planned to annihilate the Jihua of the army he led on the periphery of Zhumadian City, it seems. It's not going to work anymore." Zeng Guofandao.

"I didn't expect this guy to run faster than a rabbit, I knew it was so. If we go any faster, he won't be able to run." Li Xiucheng said with annoyance.

"Who would have expected him to be so ruthless and have the courage to give up 20,000 cavalry, which can be seen. He's such a rare talent." Zeng Guofan didn't know if he was praising Feng Zicai or belittling him.

"I also admire what you said, that's 20,000 cavalry, he actually took it out like this to make a lure, this guy is really generous, and besides, this kind of determination and courage of a strong man to break his wrist is not something that everyone has." Li Xiucheng's words couldn't help but carry a hint of admiration.

"Isn't the general a little excited?" Zeng Guofan smiled and said authentically.

"It's a talent, who can not like it, besides, it's still a talent who can help Master Ma dominate the world, how can I not be impressed." Li Xiucheng finally said what was in his heart.

"I admire the general's ability to say this, which shows the general's broad-mindedness." Zeng Guofan clenched his fists and smiled.

"You're making fun of me?" LI Xiuchengdao.

"Don't dare." Zeng Guofandao.

"Okay, Dashuai, the joke is over, let's get down to business, you say, what should we do?" LI Xiuchengdao.

"If you count only in terms of numbers, we are slightly more than the Qing army, but they are defending the city, but we want to attack the city, there is still a gap in this liliang comparison, our main task this time is to rescue the Taiping army under the city, so far, our task is also completed, although the completion is not perfect, but after all, it has been completed, what should be the next step, I think we still have to wait for the horse master to make a decision, after all, we are the people of the horse master, and the main task of our army is on the side of Hefei City." Zeng Guofan thought for a while and said.

"The marshal has always commanded the army, and he must have a good understanding of the general's sentence that the military order is not subject to it." LI Xiuchengdao.

"That's right, that's what I said, but at that time, at this time, now it involves the issue of the route and the issue of principle, so my opinion is still up to the master of the horse to decide." Zeng Guofan still insisted on asking Huang Xu for instructions.

"However, the opportunity must not be lost, it is better to lose it again, it is better to do this, on the one hand, we will go directly to Hefei City to prepare for the siege according to the original Jihua, on the other hand, we will quickly ask the horse master about the next step, so that both sides will not miss something, what do you think?" Li Xiucheng thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Well, that's possible, I'm okay." Zeng Guofandao.

Li Xiucheng saw that Zeng Guofan did not object to his opinion. I'm very happy, as a general, it's great to be able to fight.

So, while gathering the army and rushing to Zhumadian, they asked Huang Xu about the next course of action. (To be continued......)