Zeng Guofan looked from afar, and saw that there were three generals at the gate of the camp leading three soldiers and horses, prancing horses, and rushing to kill.

When the three of them saw that Zeng Guofan had been surrounded for a long time, they were furious and rushed to kill, because they were rushing from the outside to the inside, which was equivalent to being behind the Taiping army, and the Taiping army was unable to reach it, and the defense line began to loosen.

Seeing this scene, Shi Dakai shouted: "Not good.", he had a hunch that today's events might not end well. However, before he could react, the three generals of the Qing army had broken through the defense line of the Taiping army and gradually moved closer to Zeng Guofan, and the Qing soldiers who were surrounded in the middle were also greatly boosted, and cooperated with the Qing army outside to flank the Taiping army.

The situation on the battlefield changed very quickly, so that Shi Dakai and others could not make timely adjustments, and the good situation began to become passive, fortunately, the besieged Qing army was already a frightened bird, and the Qing army that rushed in to save people was not willing to fight, so although the battle situation was passive, it was not completely reversed, Zeng Guohua and others after rescuing the besieged Zeng Guofan, and then combined the strength of Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan, Peng Yulin and others, and rushed out of the camp in one fell swoop.

Shi Dakai and the others looked at Zeng Guofan and others who broke through, and they could only sigh secretly, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, it seems that the Qing Dynasty's qi is not exhausted.

After Zeng Guohua and the others rescued Zeng Guofan, they galloped all the way to the camp of the previous party, until they met the sentry sent by Li Hongzhang not far from the camp gate, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

After getting the news that Zeng Guofan and others were rescued, Li Hongzhang was overjoyed, and his heart that had been hanging was also put down, he personally went out of the city to welcome Zeng Guofan and others into the city, and ordered people to wait for bathing, set down a banquet, and frightened these soldiers who escaped death.

"Strategist, we can hardly zaijian." Zeng Guofan's feelings.

This wandering between life and death not only made Zeng Guofan seem to be dreaming, but also as long as all the soldiers who participated in this battle were like a world away.

"The handsome Hongfu Qi Tian, in case of trouble, he will be able to turn danger into a disaster." Li Hongzhang said emotionally.

When he first heard that Zeng Guofan was besieged, he was also in a hurry, but fortunately, Zeng Guohua and others rescued in time, otherwise, it is really difficult to say whether they can zaijian.

"Strategist, everything is fine in the camp, Shi Dakai didn't take the opportunity to attack." Zeng Guofan asked with concern.

"Everything is safe in the camp, don't worry about the marshal, the thieves may be besieging the marshal, and they didn't send people to attack." Li Hongzhang said respectfully.

"Strategist, how did you know the news that we were besieged, and how did you send Guohua and them to the rescue." Zeng Guofandao.

After the departure of the marshal, the students always have a premonition of not haode, so, the students sent a large number of sentry spies, every half an hour to send the situation of the marshal back to the camp once, the students heard that the marshal entered the army smoothly, the heart is quite stable, but did not expect, turned around and heard the news that the marshal was surrounded, the heart was shocked, the students immediately left the camp of the three generals invited to discuss countermeasures, General Guohua heard that the marshal was surrounded, immediately led the army to rescue, fortunately Guoquan was quite calm, he persuaded General Guohua, and sent a sentry, The scene of the siege of the marshal was clearly explored, so that the students can accurately recognize the situation, Zuihou sent three generals to rescue in three ways. This time, the siege of the marshal can be solved, and it is all the credit of the three generals." Li Hongzhang narrated the whole process.

Zeng Guofan couldn't help but nod his head when he heard this.

"Guohua, you have to learn more from Guoquan, think more about things, so that you can make progress, remember, everything can't just be brave." Zeng Guofan's words are not to blame, but to advise, if this was in the past, it is unimaginable, Zeng Guofan's strict management of the army is famous, if it was in the past, Zeng Guohua may have let Zeng Guofan scold, but he was able to get out of danger this time, Zeng Guohua contributed a lot, so, if you criticize again at this time, it will be too unkind.

"Yes, the last general will remember the words of the great commander." Zeng Guohua said respectfully.

"Okay, this time I was able to survive the catastrophe, it all depends on your desperate rescue, and Ben Shuai has thanked you here." Zeng Guofandao.

"The handsome man is serious." No one dared to take credit.

"Strategist, has the battle damage of our army been counted this time?" After a while, Zeng Guofan said again.

"Dashuai, there are nearly 400,000 horses and horses who went with Dashuai this time, and less than 30% of those who are fortunate to come back alive have been killed, nearly 300,000 people have been damaged in battle, and countless weapons and horses have been lost, and this battle can be described as a huge loss." Li Hongzhang sighed and said.

"So much? This is really the biggest loss that our Hunan army has suffered since its formation, and this is the fault of our commander." Zeng Guofan was heartbroken.

"Dashuai, you don't have to blame yourself, this is not a human fault, but a war fault, Dashuai doesn't have to recover his heart, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, as long as Dashuai is fine, we can still make up for what we lost." Li Hongzhang persuaded.

"Have you figured out the situation on Shi Dakai's side?" Although Zeng Guofan was heartbroken by the loss of this battle, he did not lose his mind.

"It's not very clear, but the general situation is still understood, they should be no better than us, the main purpose of the stone thief's battle is to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army of the marshal, so he uses the tactics of rushing and fighting, this tactics can not be tricked at all, it must be to kill a thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred, so presumably the loss of the thieves is also quite large, and, more importantly, their purpose of encircling and annihilating the marshal this time has not been achieved, which is a big blow to their morale." Li Hongzhang analyzed.

"Strategist, that's the case, our top priority is to do two things well, first, to understand Shi Dakai's situation clearly as soon as possible, so that we can formulate the next defensive strategy. Second, we should reorganize our remaining army and recruit new recruits in time to replenish it, so that we can make up for the lost troops in a short time." Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes, Marshal, however, there is one more thing that still needs to be asked for advice from Marshal." When he said this, Li Hongzhang seemed a little embarrassed.

"The military advisor has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zeng Guofan heard Li Hongzhang's voice.

"Marshal, this defeat, how to write the battle watch sent to the imperial court?" Li Hongzhang expressed his difficulties.

"That's it? Strategist, why bother with such a trivial matter, you just write it truthfully." Zeng Guofan disagreed.

"But, Dashuai, this will damage the prestige of Dashuai, do you think it is necessary to do some embellishments?" Li Hongzhang reminded.

"No, you just write it straight." Zeng Guofan waved his hand, so that Li Hongzhang didn't have to worry about it.

"But..."Li Hongzhang wanted to say more.

"That's it." Zeng Guofan interrupted him and said.

"Yes, Sir." Since the marshal has an order, Li Hongzhang has no choice but to promise.

However, although Li Hongzhang accepted Zeng Guofan in person, he still made some concealments in the subsequent battle report to the imperial court, making the imperial court feel that the losses in this battle were not as great as they actually were. In this matter, Li Hongzhang can be regarded as painstaking.

"Okay, let's talk about it here today, everyone has worked hard, let's all go down and rest." Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes." Everyone agreed, withdrew.

On the other side, in Shi Dakai's big tent, a summary meeting of this battle is also being held.

"Lord Wang, such a haode opportunity, but let Zeng Guofan, the turtle son, run away, it's really unfortunate." In today's battle, Guo Potian alone stopped Peng Yulin and Zeng Guofan, it can be said that in the process of besieging and killing Zeng Guofan, his left army was the real main force, and in the case of having an absolute advantage, he let Zeng Guofan run away, and he couldn't help but be angry.

"Alas, everything is fate." Shi Dakai sighed and said.

"Lord Wang, this battle has also sounded the alarm for us, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, anything can happen, our Jihua can not be said to be inconsiderate, and even, Zeng Guofan's cooperation, it can not be said that it is not in place, but, zuihou, we still let him run, although this has a certain relationship with the changes in the battlefield and the number of Zeng Guofan's qi is not exhausted, but in the final analysis, we failed to take it down in a short period of time, so that his reinforcements can have enough time to rescue it, this is the key to the problem." Huang Xu is not as Shi Dakai thinks, everything is fate, he feels that in terms of command and coordination, there is still a little gap between the Taiping army and the Qing army with the Hunan army as the team, and this gap is not big, but it must be plugged as soon as possible.

"Yes, Lord Wang, Lord Ma is right, we still underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, and their potential to burst out under the threat of death, and under this underestimation, the response we made is too monotonous, thus giving the enemy a chance to rescue Zeng Guofan." Zhao Xiaofeng also echoed Huang Xu's opinion.

"yes, it seems that we need to spend a lot of time on the internal reorganization of the army." Shi Da Kaidao.

He knows very well that in the factional struggle in the army, although there are fewer black sheep in the past, such as Bao Ping'an, Cui Min and others, some of the ideas left by these people in the army in the past are still very marketable, so if these unhealthy trends are not rectified, there may be many similar opportunities missed in the future.

"With the words of the prince, presumably all problems can be solved." HUANG Xudao.

"Heh, heh, brother, although my words have a little effect, but the actual work still needs to be done, so let's ask you to be the person in charge of this internal rectification work, how about it, are you willing to help with this?" Shi Da said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, this matter came to his head again, it seems that he is really unlucky, but since Shi Dakai has spoken, can he still refuse, Huang Xu thought.

"The prince has opened the golden mouth, how can I refuse, okay, I promise." HUANG Xudao.

"Okay, tomorrow at the military meeting, I will announce this matter, then everything will be with Brother Lao." Shi Dakai was very happy to see Huang Xu agree.

"I still need a few helpers, though." Of course, Huang Xu has to put forward conditions.

"Okay, the men and horses in this camp are yours to choose." Shi Dakai is very generous and authentic.

Huang Xu then ordered Yao Dahong's brothers and Zhao Xiaofeng, which can be said to be Huang Xu's descendants.

Of course, Shi Dakai had no opinion, and readily agreed.

"By the way, General Guo, how is the battle damage this time?" At the end, Shi Dakai asked again.

"Lord Wang, the loss is not small, this time may be a large loss since the formation of our Taiping Army, according to preliminary statistics, the left army alone has lost almost half of the men and horses." Guo Potian said in frustration.

"So much? You're not mistaken, are you?" Shi Dakai was shocked.

"Yes, Lord Wang, General Guo's words should be out of the woods, and I have also verified it, and the real data may be even greater than what General Guo said." Huang Xu's mood was also very heavy.

"It seems that this rectification work is urgent, brother, everything is please." Shi Dakai said to Huang Xu in a rare dignified tone.

It seems that he is determined to build an iron army.

"Lord Wang, it is incumbent." HUANG Xudao.

"Alright, that's all for today, you guys go and prepare." Shi Da Kaidao.

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