Zeng Guofan knew that it was useless to persuade him to surrender, and he couldn't help but sigh, in his opinion, a strong attack could not be avoided, because they had little time left.

Once again, the Great War is unfolding around Anqing Mansion.

There are certain differences in the form between this battle and the previous battle, the previous battle was carried out in a wide area, which was conducive to the development of large corps, and had the nature of field warfare, but the current battle was carried out in a small residential area, somewhat similar to urban street fighting, field battles were more advantageous for the Qing army with a large number of people, while street fighting gave the defending side an advantage.

Yuwen Boge and Huang Xu led the defenders to stubbornly snipe the Qing army on every line of defense, and one defensive point after another was lost, recaptured, lost, recaptured in the frantic offensive and defensive struggle between the attacking sides... Although it changed hands many times, no one was able to achieve a decisive victory.

As time passed, the Qing army, which had the advantage in numbers, slowly began to gain the upper hand, and the defenders, who were fighting entirely in one breath, slowly began to fall silent after the initial madness, and they slowly became only able to parry, and had no power to fight back.

When the first line of defense of the Anqing defenders was broken through in desperation, this already represented that this tragic offensive and defensive battle had come to an end, and it seemed that the victory of the Qing army had been decided.

When Huang Xu watched one defense line after another being broken through, and one bad news after another was coming, he knew that it was time to make a Zuihou decision, he recalled Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu, and simply made arrangements, according to their original jihua, ready to break through. And before breaking through, he was also going to talk to Yuwen Boge again and persuade him to lead his army to break through.

"Lord Yuwen, the defeat seems irreparable, what are your plans?" Huang Xu asked straight to the point.

"Plans? Master Horse, the lower officials are deeply favored by the emperor, and they swear to serve the country to the death, and there is nothing else to think about." Yuwen Boge smiled indifferently and said.

If you want to know what it means to swear to death, just look at the current Yuwen Boge.

"Lord Yuwen..."Huang Xu still wanted to persuade him.

"Master Horse, don't say it again, your kindness, Xia Guan understands it in his heart, but Xia Guan has decided to live and die with Anqing Mansion, so please also ask Master Ma to fulfill it." Yuwen Bog rarely interrupted Huang Xu's words.

"My lord, why are you doing this? Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, turn this page, we will come back to clear the dog to settle accounts." Huang Xu didn't know what to say.

"Master Horse, you understand what you said, but the lower officials have the principle of lower officials." Yuwen Bog is stubborn.

In addition to lamenting Yuwen Boge's high wind and bright festival, Huang Xu also lamented that the people of this era are too deeply poisoned, just staring at those ethereal things, but he sees life as so worthless, as if he thinks, the skin does not exist, the hair will be gone, and the life is gone, let alone anything else.

"Since the adults insist, then I have nothing to say, but the people around here must find a way to keep it." HUANG Xudao.

"Don't worry, Master Ma, what the Qing army values is my Yuwen Boge, as long as the lower officials are willing to die, the people of the city should be rescued, please rest assured." Yuwen Boge's face was calm and authentic.

All the arrangements, Yuwen Boge seems to have calculated, what else can Huang Xu say.

"In that case, my lord, take care, I will lead people to break through and go out to meet the prince's army, I hope there is still time." HUANG Xudao.

"Take care, the lower officials are waiting for good news." It's all at this time, how dare Yuwen Boge expect Shi Dakai's reinforcements, he is just polite with Huang Xu.

"Farewell." Huang Xu bowed his hand to Yuwen Boge and went out to arrange the retreat.

Huang Xu had just walked out of the pacification embassy, but he saw Tian Xiaoer coming in a hurry.

"Big brother, something happened." Tian Xiaoerdao.

"What's going on?" Huang Xu saw that Tian Xiaoer's face was wrong, and said hurriedly.

"The Qing army suddenly retreated." Tian Xiaoerdao.

"What?" Huang Xu was stunned on the spot.

"I mean, the Qing army withdrew." Tian Xiaoer repeated.

"Really? Am you not mistaken?" Huang Xu still didn't seem to believe it.

"It's true." Tian Xiaoer said in an unquestionable tone.

"It seems that the prince's reinforcements have arrived." Although it was a bit unexpected, Huang Xu's brain turned quickly.

"Nine times out of ten, I don't think there are any other changes that could have allowed the Qing army to suddenly withdraw from the siege with such a big advantage." Tian Xiaoer also agreed with Huang Xu's speculation.

"It's finally here, it's a little late, but it's coming." Huang Xu said, it seems, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then what should we do, do we need to go out of the city to flank the Qing army?" Tian Xiaoer asked.

"No, don't rush into action until the matter is completely clear, you send out a sentry right away to see what is going on? We'll make a decision when the wait is clear." HUANG Xudao.

"Yes, I'll arrange it." Tian Xiaoer promised.

Tian Xiaoer was about to make arrangements, but he saw Dongfang Bufu running over in a hurry, and as he ran, he shouted: "Big brother, big brother...."

"Dongfang, what's the big deal, look at your urgency, take a break first, and talk slowly." Huang Xu looked at Dongfang who was standing in front of him and was out of breath.

"Outside the city, our army has surrounded the Qing army, and the two sides are fighting." Dongfang Bufu took a few breaths and said.

After Huang Xu heard this, he glanced at Tian Xiaoer, as if to say, as expected.

"How do you know and if the news is true?" HUANG Xudao.

"The little brother saw it with his own eyes, and he can't be wrong." Dongfang is not confused.

"See it with your own eyes? What's going on, you can be clear." Huang Xu was a little confused by Dongfang Bufu.

"Big brother, that's the case, I saw the Qing army retreating, so I wanted to follow up to see what was going on, you also know my skills, tracking the little Qing army, that's a small meaning, I..."

"Okay, Dongfang, you will talk about those words later, to the point." Tian Xiaoer reminded.

"Yes, yes, to the point, to the point." Dongfang Bufu patted his brain, smirked twice, and said.

So, Dongfang Bufu followed him to the Qing army, and when he saw the sudden appearance of the Taiping army surrounding the Qing army, and then the two sides fought fiercely, etc., he told him in detail.

"It seems that the prince's delay in arriving turned out to be premeditated." Tian Xiaoer is well versed in military affairs, so he knows the way to use soldiers.

"Xiao Er, what are you saying, why don't I understand." Dongfang is not confused.

"Xiao Er said that the reason why the prince's rescue army appeared at this time is that the prince has already come to jihuahaode, maybe the prince has already come, the reason why he is coldly watching is that he intends to let the strong city of Anqing Mansion grind away the sharp spirit of the Qing army, consume the vitality of the Qing army, and then, he will come to catch turtles in an urn." Before Tian Xiaoer could speak, Huang Xu had already said the key point.

"It is this truth, the meaning of the eldest brother coincides with mine." Tian Xiaoer nodded.

"Then he doesn't care about the life or death of us and everyone in Anqing Mansion, this is too much." Dongfang didn't want to scold the two dirty words, but considering Shi Dakai's identity, he swallowed back the words that were spit out to his mouth.

"Giving up a city, so as to annihilate the main force of the Qing army, this is a good deal, why doesn't he do it?" Huang Xu smiled a little bitterly.

"His grandmother's, if we knew this was the case, we wouldn't have to defend here." Dongfang is not confused and angry.

"Dongfang, you can't say that, we have our own reasons for defending here, we are not just doing this for anyone, to put it noblely, we are for the people of Anqing, to put it selfishly, we are for our future, everything has gains and losses, and our vision should be a little longer-term." HUANG Xudao.

"Big brother, I don't understand your big truths, you just need to tell the younger brother what to do, you just let the younger brother immediately kill the Xianfeng Dog Emperor, and the little brother doesn't frown." Dongfang is not confused.

"Dongfang, what do you want me to say about you, you have to grow up as soon as possible in these experiences, there will be a lot of things that the eldest brother will rely on you in the future, remember not to rely on the courage of blood and energy, it will not be a big thing." Huang Xu is not confused about the East, but he takes great pains.

"Big brother, I understand." Dongfang is not confused to hear that Huang Xu is going to reuse him in the future, not to mention how happy he is, as for what Huang Xu said, he didn't listen to it, only he himself understood.

"Yes, big brother, Dongfang means the same as I mean, what should we do now?" Tian Xiaoer felt that they should have some kind of action.

"Do nothing, wait." Huang Xu said categorically.

"Wait?" Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang were stunned, and they didn't know what Huang Xu meant.

"Don't you want such a good thing? Think about it, how much we have suffered in the past few hours, and it is our turn to rest and rest, let the prince be busy with the affairs outside the city, we just need to rest in peace and take care of those injured brothers, we don't need to worry about superfluous things, if we really need to do something, someone will come to inform us, and besides, the order that the prince gave us was to defend the city, and did not let us participate in other things, didn't it?" Huang Xu is rightfully authentic.

"Yes, yes, yes, the eldest brother is right, our duty is to defend the city, defend the city." Tian Xiaoer understood Huang Xu's words.

"Okay, after you have arranged for your wounded brother, go and rest, and if anything happens, I will let you know." HUANG Xudao.

The two of them promised to go to rest by themselves.

Huang Xu is also tired, and he also intends to relax, relax. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation ......)