After Bao Ping'an led his troops to break through the three lines of defense outside Shuntian City, he had successfully stationed troops outside the East City Gate, and then he stood still and waited for Huang Xu's further orders

"Strategist, I'm really anxious to die, you say, why don't you come to the marshal's order, you can't eat the fat you have in your hand, it's really fucking uncomfortable." Bao Ping'an's eyes lit up, staring intently at the east city gate like a starving ghost, and shouted.

Looking at him like that, as if he was going to spit out this east gate, he could describe it in one word, monkey urgency!

"General, don't be impatient, if it's the dish on your plate, no one can snatch it, let's not be in a hurry, let's wait patiently." Li Hongzhang looked at the anxious Bao'an, smiled slightly, and then said.

The peasants are eager for a bumper harvest, the generals are looking forward to the war, and the students are looking forward to the exams, this is the same reason, so ah, how can there be a reason that the general does not like to fight, Li Hongzhang understands the mood of Bao Ping An at this moment, and he knows that only war can test the value of the general, and only war can make the general feel that he is still alive.

"Patience? That's what I'm missing the most." Keep safe and wave your hand again and again.

Hearing Bao Ping'an's words, Li Hongzhang didn't know what to say, the only thing he could do was to persuade Bao Ping'an to be patient, besides, their letter of request for instructions had already been issued, and it would not be long before the Joint Operations Command would definitely issue an order.

Li Hongzhang was right, they didn't wait too long before they ushered in good news.

The good news was brought by the herald of the Joint Operations Command, who brought with him an order with only a few simple words, ordering Ping An to lead his troops to attack the east gate.

After receiving the order, he was safe and happy, and he finally had something to do.

"Strategist, the order has been given, what do you say?" As soon as the herald left, he couldn't wait to say to Li Hongzhang.

After this period of running-in with Li Hongzhang, the two have formed a tacit understanding, under normal circumstances, this contribution, Bao Ping'an will unequivocally undertake it, but the brain, then it is fully entrusted to Li Hongzhang.

"General, this matter is urgent, we have to discuss a foolproof plan." Li Hongzhang shook his head, he couldn't fight a battle that he was not sure of.

He can't be anxious, he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, compared with the speed that Bao Ping An cares about, he cares more about how to solve the problem in front of him at the smallest cost, he doesn't think that the seizure of the east gate is a small matter of sesame mung beans, in Li Hongzhang's eyes, everything is not big or small, and it needs to be done carefully, not to mention, the siege of the city is not a small matter, but a big thing, a big thing.

"What does it mean to be perfect? It's not that you have to fight yet, in my opinion, you don't have to think so much, just attack the city." The appearance of keeping peace looks like a fire burning your ass, and you can't wait for a moment.

"General, it's not impossible to attack the city, but we also have to find a good time, at least let the Qing army defending the city be a little more tired, and our soldiers should rest a little more, so that we can kill a lot less." Li Hongzhang stared at Bao Ping'an's eyes and said calmly.

Li Hongzhang didn't say much, and he didn't have much momentum, but it was these simple words that made Bao Ping'an quiet all of a sudden, he was the one who led the troops, and of course he knew the weight of what Li Hongzhang said.

"Alas, the military advisor is right, I'm still too anxious." Bao Ping'an sighed, as if he had palpitations.

Yes, if he went to attack the city like this, without any preparation, how many soldiers' lives would have to be sacrificed, fortunately Li Hongzhang reminded him in time, otherwise, he would have made a big mistake, thinking of this, Bao Ping'an quietly stretched out his hand, gently wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and his heart was even more lucky.

"The general's mood, I can understand that the general is also meritorious, and that's right." Li Hongzhang saw that he could change his mistakes when he saw that he was safe. Relieved authentic.

"Meritorious service almost killed people, in my opinion, this meritorious service is true, but the heart is too eager." Bao Ping was so quick to be flexible that he even started self-criticism.

"General, all the way down, even breaking through the three lines of defense of the Qing army, using the method of coordinated operations of various branches of the army advocated by the marshal, this method can be said to be like a bamboo, the Qing army is helpless, I really didn't expect that Marshal Huang can use military skills to such a brilliant point." Li Hongzhang diverted the topic and praised Huang Xu's military guiding ideology.

"I also didn't expect that you and I have not followed the marshal for a long time, you used to be a military advisor of the Qing army, and you don't know the law of the marshal, that is excusable, and although I am a person from heaven, but after all, I have not been in the Taiping Army for a long time, when I saw Marshal Huang before, he was not a marshal, although I felt that he was very extraordinary, but I didn't have such a deep feeling as now, now I just feel that ah, the longer I follow Marshal Huang, the more I feel that Marshal Huang is unfathomable." After hearing and seeing for a while, Bao Ping'an has become more and more impressed with Huang Xu.

"That's right, I feel the same way, Marshal Huang is a pedantic man, which is really admirable." Li Hongzhang also sighed.

Li Hongzhang used to think that he was a smart person, and his teacher was a natural commander, but after meeting Huang Xu, he realized that he was a frog at the bottom of the well, and compared to Huang Xu, he was not a fart.

The two sighed for a while, and then said again: "Strategist, in your opinion, when is it more appropriate to attack the city?"

Li Hongzhang looked up at the sky, and then said: "Now is the time, in more than an hour, we will enter the most difficult time of the day, if we launch a surprise attack at that time, I think we will definitely be able to catch the Qing army by surprise."

"More than an hour? It doesn't seem like too long, well, we'll attack in more than an hour." Bao Ping'an tilted his head and thought for a while, then slapped his thigh and shouted.

"Take advantage of this free time to give the army a good rest." Li Hongzhang added.

"That's right, nourish your spirits and kill happily." Bao Ping'an licked his lips, and a hint of madness seemed to flash in his eyes.

Li Hongzhang couldn't help but shake his head amusefully when he saw that Bao Ping'an was talking about killing, and said, "Marshal Huang's side doesn't seem to have clear instructions, when to launch an attack?"

"yes, no, there was no mention of this in the order just now." I don't know what Li Hongzhang is doing here, and what does it have to do with their siege.

"It stands to reason that our army is attacking the city on all sides, and choosing an appropriate time to attack at the same time is the most powerful, but the marshal is ignoring this now, I don't know what the reason is?" Li Hongzhang frowned and said the question in his heart.

"Yes, this is a problem, why didn't the marshal think of it, should we remind him?" Bao Ping'an also felt that this was a problem, and considered whether he needed to remind Huang Xu.

Li Hongzhang didn't make a sound, but his brain was running quickly, it stands to reason that Huang Xu should not make such a mistake, but since they have doubts in their hearts, it is better to ask, thinking of this, Li Hongzhang no longer hesitated, affirmed the mention of keeping Ping'an, and he also thought that it was necessary to remind Huang Xu.

The two reached an agreement, and Bao Ping'an immediately began to write a letter, in which he and Li Hongzhang prepared to attack the city and the time of the siege to Huang Xu in detail, and asked Huang Xu to give instructions on whether such an approach was feasible.

Under normal circumstances, the general is outside, the king's order is not granted, how can there be this kind of reason to ask for battle, Huang Xu saw the letter of Bao Ping'an, and immediately understood what he meant, the focus of Bao Ping'an's letter is obviously the last sentence, the total attack time.

Huang Xu smiled, just picked up the pen and wrote four words after the most important seal, and then asked the herald to send it back to Bao Ping'an.

The heralds hurried to their horses, and in a matter of moments, the letter was quickly delivered to the safe.

Bao Ping'an opened the letter and looked at it, and when he saw the four words of Huang Xu's instructions, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then seemed to have an understanding, and casually handed the letter to Li Hongzhang beside him.

Li Hongzhang took a look and nodded.

"How?" Bao Ping'an Road.

He was obviously asking Li Hongzhang.

"Since the marshal has made it clear, then let's just do it." Li Hongzhang did not have the slightest ambiguity, the matter was already clear.

"Okay, come here, give the order to go down, the army will hurry up and rest, and after an hour, attack the east gate." Bao Ping ordered it.

The order was handed down, and the army began to function according to its normal trajectory, to prepare, to rest, to rest.

And what is Huang Xu's instructions?

Just four words, improvisation. (To be continued......)