The people around were all looking at Lai Hanying, Lai Hanying's face was blue and white, obviously doing a fierce ideological struggle.

Lin Qirong couldn't help but urge: "Lai Shuai, Commander Yishi only gave five minutes, and it is likely that the cannon will be fired in five minutes, you can make a decision quickly." ”

A buoyant aura quickly condensed, and many people showed impatience, Lai Hanying trembled violently, and shouted: "You and I are both favored by the King of the West, and we should have sworn to obey each other, but because of the tragic death of the King of the West, I voted for Zeng Shuai, and Zeng Shuai treated me well, and now Zeng Shuai is in trouble, how can you and I abandon him?" Besides, if you turn it back and forth, how can you stand between heaven and earth?

Ben Shuai ordered that no one should take half a step back and fight to the death with shorthair, but anyone who dares to surrender to the enemy will be killed! ”

In an instant, the scene was extremely quiet, and everyone couldn't believe their ears. Take flesh and blood to fight shells and bullets?

Many people looked incredulous and shook their heads violently!

A bearded general suddenly said angrily: "Lai Hanying, don't talk so beautifully, say a thousand, say ten thousand, aren't you just for your sister?" We don't care if the Democratic Alliance Army is inappropriate in accommodating your sister, but for the sake of a woman, you can't swallow your breath, so you want to drag 20,000 of our brothers to bury you with you, what are your intentions? Surnamed Lai, you are too vicious! ”

"Where does Zeng Shuai treat us well? Weapons or spears and broadswords, arrange us to die by the river, this is what you call treating us well? ”

"Thanks to the mercy of Commander-in-Chief Wang's subordinates, not a single shell has come so far, Lai Hanying. Still don't you understand? This is clearly an open side of the net, giving us a chance. As for the forgiveness of the king of the west and the king of the east, it is a thing of the past, and I will say a word from my heart. The struggle for power between their upper echelons and our relationship with each other? If we really want to fight, won't we still die? On the contrary, it is the internal unity of the Democratic Alliance Army, and if you vote for the Democratic Alliance Army, at least you don't have to worry about being killed by your own people, even if you die in battle, you will die on the battlefield, it is heroic and righteous, and you will die a glorious death! ”

"Brethren, time is running out. Commander-in-Chief Wang only stayed for five minutes, what are we talking about with that surnamed Lai? Cut him down directly, and go out to surrender by himself! ”

"The surname Lai, take your life!"

Suddenly, the crowd was surging, dozens of angry generals rushed forward with their knives, and after a burst of snowy knife light, Lai Hanying was covered in knives and lay straight on the ground.

Lin Qirong sighed secretly. It's good that he wants to surrender, but he never wants Lai Hanying's life, but Lai Hanying is angry, what else can he do?

Take a few deep breaths in a row. Lin Qirong shouted: "Put down your arms, fly the white flag, and restrain the soldiers in each battalion." Get out of the trenches in turn and surrender to the NLD forces! ”

News of Lai's killing spread quickly. The soldiers lowered their swords and guns one after another, and a white flag was unfurled. Bands of bare-handed soldiers walked out of the trenches.

As soon as the Taiping army fell, the Hunan army could not sit still.

"Look, the Pole Army has run away!"

The soldiers of the Hunan army hurriedly turned their heads to look, and on the position next to them, the Gan army did not surrender to the Democratic Alliance army, but rushed to the south in a swarm, looking like a defeated army.

"Fuck, you ran away? Commander-in-Chief, fire fire! The artillery brigade commander belonging to the Eighth Army saw that the army was scattered in a hurry, and hurriedly asked Wang Feng for instructions.

Wang Feng hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Tian Xingshu assassinated me and was killed on the spot, and later the Ganjun suffered from the artillery fire of our army, and the Ganjun should have a pimple in his heart, even if such an army comes to surrender, most of them will not be careful, forget it, there are enough people killed, let them go." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and called: "Order, from now on, the Gan army will be removed, the Phoenix garrison will be disbanded on the spot, and no one will be allowed to join the army within three generations, if anyone dares to join the army again, it will be regarded as a rebellion!" ”

"Yes!" A fighter ran backwards.

Wang Feng set his eyes on the Hunan army position in front of him again, at this time, the Hunan army position was a mess, and the battalions were not subordinate to each other, all relying on the command and dispatch of Hu Linyi on the top of the mountain, but Hu Linyi had no news.

Although no one dared to mention the word surrender, there was no momentum of bloody battle to the end in the formation, and many people made a resigned appearance.

At this time, a gunner who ran down from the mountain shouted: "Oh no, no, Lord Hu is loyal to the emperor!" ”

"What?" Everyone looked at each other, and after asking about the situation, they all looked at me, and I looked at you, as if they had something to say, but they didn't dare to say it.

In the end, a battalion officer couldn't help but say: "It's almost time, the Democratic Alliance Army is about to open fire, or not?" We've come down, haven't we? ”

"Then let's go down, I can only be sorry for the handsome. Someone started, everyone echoed one after another, and soon, the Hunan army also waved a white flag, and the soldiers rushed out

When the warships of the Democratic League and the Shizhongshan Fort stopped shelling one after another, Zeng Guofan's heart rose to a bad feeling, and he had a premonition that the fort had fallen.

Sure enough, not long after the surrender of both the Hunan army and the Taiping army, a battalion officer with a black and gray face came in a small boat and shouted: "Marshal, Lord Hu is loyal to the emperor, Shizhong Mountain was broken, the Gan army broke and fled, and our Hunan army and the original Taiping army surrendered without a fight!" ”

"What?" Zeng Guofan's eyes suddenly darkened, and his figure was shaky!

The Hunan army is his life's work, but in front of the Democratic Alliance Army, there is no formal battle, it is so vulnerable, at this moment, he only feels that all thoughts are lost, and he even has the intention of jumping into the river to commit suicide.

Peng Yulin hurriedly supported Zeng Guofan and hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, the short-haired warship is coming, and the dozen or so anchor mines thrown into the river may not be able to stop him, so let's retreat quickly." ”

"Retreat? Where to retreat? Zeng Guofan seemed to have lost his mind, and muttered: "Retreat to Wuchang? Shorthair will soon go up the river, enter Wuchang, and return to Wuchang Can it be held? Or retreat to Changsha? If the short hair takes Wuchang, it will advance by land and water, and take Changsha along the line from Dongting Cave to Xiangjiang River, can Changsha be held?

This official received the emperor's great favor, and he should be brave and brave to repay him, and he also tried his best to receive the whole army, and never dared to slack off, but unexpectedly, after several years of hard work, he was defeated in only one battle, and the two lakes will fall into the hands of the enemy one after another. And what kind of face did he have to meet the gentry of the two lakes? If this official does not leave, he is willing to die for the country with this body! ”

Saying that, Zeng Guofan struggled to struggle, and he was about to jump into the river.

"Handsome! No! Peng Yulin hugged him tighter, and beckoned: "What are you doing in a daze?" Stop the big handsome! ”

Everyone, including Hu Yihuang, dragged Zeng Guofan to death.

"Let go, let go quickly, let this official be loyal to the emperor!" Zeng Guofan kicked and kicked, roaring loudly, looking like he was begging for death.

"Dashuai!" Peng Yulin suddenly shouted: "The whole army of shorthair is Western-style equipment, our army has no power to fight back, looking at the world, it is enough to compete with Britain and France and other powers, how can our Hunan army be the enemy?"

Today's defeat, in fact, is not wronged, and the crime is not in the marshal, if the marshal has to bear his own responsibility, it must also be determined by the court, and the adult is bent on seeking death, it is really a cowardly move, is it the countryman's doing? Yulin said that, if the handsome man still wants to die, I will never stop him! ”

"Yes, Dashuai, Liu Bang has lost to Xiang Yu many times, and didn't he turn over in the end? One win or defeat is nothing. ”

"I am in the midst of a difficult autumn in the Qing Dynasty, and I need a national soldier like Dashuai to plan for the country!"

The crowd persuaded and tried to let go.

Sure enough, Zeng Guofan stopped struggling, looked at the approaching warship, and asked blankly, "Where should Ben Shuai go?" ”

Peng Yulin muttered: "The two lakes can no longer stay, and the capital can not go, if the adults appear in the capital, they will be questioned by the emperor.

I heard that Li Hongzhang made the Huai army impressive, and this person has a friendship with the marshal as a master and apprentice, the marshal might as well go to Bozhou to temporarily join Li Hongzhang, maybe he can also take the line of foreigners, get more weapons and equipment, and he can restore our Hunan army in the future. ”

Zeng Guofan said silently: "Then the two lakes will completely let go of the short hair?" ”

Peng Yulin said coldly: "Hunan science is prosperous, with Wang Feng's deviant style, it will not be compatible with the gentry of the two lakes, handsome and wait and see, it will not be long before the land of the two lakes will be boiling, not to mention that the two lakes are mountainous, the water network is dense, the ethnic composition is complex, and the short-haired newcomers may not accept the water and soil, and get to the point of anxiety." ”

"That's what Master Peng said!" A subordinate general nodded and said: "In the early years, Wang Feng had killed the gentry in northern Jiangsu, exterminating countless clans, and the situation of the two lakes was quite similar to that of northern Jiangsu, the land was in the hands of the big landlords, and in recent years, in order to prevent the flow of long hair, the gentry around the country have built a large number of polder water villages, and the entry of short hair will definitely arouse the vigilance of the local gentry, and maybe they will join forces to resist the enemy, although they do not expect to be able to break the short hair, but at least they can drag him for a while, I may be able to return to my hometown one day. ”

"Hmm~~" Zeng Guofan's eyes suddenly lit up, took out two tokens, and shouted: "Order, Jiang Zhonghei led the Changsha camps to retreat to Hanzhong for temporary refuge, and chose the opportunity to go to Henan to meet with Ben Shuai, and Li Xubin prepared ships in Wuchang, and traced the Han River into Henan with Ben Shuai." ”

"Yes!" The two soldiers each took the token and were about to leave.

"Wait!" Zeng Guofan hurriedly called: "If there are gentry who are willing to evacuate with them, they should also be brought with them, but they must not be forced, and they will stay voluntarily." ”

"Yes!" Two of their own soldiers jumped onto the clipper and headed back.

Zeng Guofan's eyes showed a hint of gloom, and he said slowly: "Drop all the mines, and at the worst it will buy us some time." ”

"Yes!" The Dao Dao order flag was raised, and dozens of remaining minelaying boats poured out.

Zeng Guofan then set his eyes on Hu Yihuang, and said meaningfully: "Lord Hu, I hope you can restrain your subordinates, this official doesn't want Lai Hanying's incident to happen again." ”

"The subordinates understand, please rest assured!" Hu Yihuang's heart was cold, and he hurriedly surrendered. (To be continued......)