It stands to reason that the Qing army knew that Shi Dakai had been pierced by ten thousand arrows in the heart, as if there was less life and more death, but they weishenme did not take this opportunity to defeat the Taiping army in one go, but instead died without moving, which really made everyone in the Taiping military camp puzzled.

And to really solve this mystery, everything has to start with the Qing army's ambush of Shi Dakai.

Zeng San and Zeng Guohua were ordered to lead 30,000 archers as the vanguard, and lay an ambush at the predetermined ambush site in advance, and Zuo Zongtang led the main force of the Chu army to respond, and everything was ready, so they deliberately released the wind and created the illusion of escorting the grain and grass materials, intending to lead the Taiping army to seize the grain, so as to lead the king to the eight urns in a clear and honest manner.

In the end, the people who plundered the material, they waited, but they never expected that this person turned out to be Shi Dakai, which made Zeng San and Zeng Guohua stunned, they thought at first that Shi Dakai had seen through their plan and personally led the army to deal with them, and they were almost about to order the withdrawal of the army.

But when I turned my head and thought about it, no, Shi Dakai did not lead many people and horses on this trip, and he snatched materials without any scruples, obviously he came for materials, not to discover their conspiracy, thinking of this, they began to calm down, and ordered everyone to be on standby, waiting for Shi Dakai to enter their ambush range. As they expected, Shi Dakai accurately entered their preset ambush circle, and when the two saw each other, they decisively gave the order to attack. If it weren't for Li Xiucheng and Guo Potian to lead the army to help in time, Zeng San and Zeng Guohua would have been able to capture the seriously injured Shi Dakai, if that was the case, they would have completed their merits.

zuihou, they fought with Guo Potian and others, under the response of the Chu army led by Zuo Zongtang, they retreated to the Qing camp, this battle, the Qing army can be described as a complete victory, not only the 20,000 horses brought by Shi Dakai, most of them were shot by them, and Shi Dakai himself was also seriously injured, I am afraid that it is more than lucky. This battle can really be described as a great victory that the Qing army has never had for many years to suppress the thieves, and the Qing army has raised its eyebrows from top to bottom.

After the Qing army commander Zeng Guofan and others received the news, they were also overjoyed, and all the generals asked for orders to take advantage of the situation to launch a general attack on the Taiping army in order to completely defeat the Taiping army.

But Zeng Guofan's heart is like a mirror, he knows that the water inside the Taiping army is very deep, and before some things are clear, it is better not to act rashly, he means to wait until the exact news of Shi Dakai's death is clear, and then decide whether to attack, so the Qing army basically does not move in the next time, but only sends sentry scouts to inquire about relevant news.

On this day, Zeng Guofan was meditating in the camp, but he saw Li Hongzhang walking in in a hurry.

Li Hongzhang saluted Zeng Guofan and said, "Marshal, according to the information I just got, Shi Dakai is really dead."

"Really? It's really dead." Zeng Guofan was moved.

"Ninety percent of the chance is to die, and the reason why the Taiping army has not yet mourned should be because they are worried about our army's attack," Li Hongzhang estimated.

"If that's the case, then we can sit back and relax, Shi Dakai is dead, the trouble of his henchmen has been removed, and the other Taiping thieves will be as good as Shi Dakai, don't worry, don't worry, ha, ha." Shi Dakai's death made Zeng Guofan let out a long breath, and the big stone that had been pressing on his heart was finally moved away for him, and at the same time, there was a trace of gloom in his heart, after all, the bosom friend was unpleasant, and Shi Dakai died, who could accompany Zeng Guofan to discuss the length and disadvantage?

"Do we need to send an army of the first to the test?" Li Hongzhang suggested.

"Well, it's okay, but the main force of the army needs to be prepared at the same time, once the thieves are shaken, the army will attack immediately, and the drum will wipe them out, and there will be no future trouble." Zeng Guofan's gaze was firm.

"Is that now?" Li Hongzhang said again.

"The soldiers are fast, now that the news has been confirmed, we can't hesitate any longer, and immediately raise the tent and prepare to attack." Zeng Guofan ordered.

"Yes, Sir." Li Hongzhang received the order.

After beating the drum and raising the tent, after a while, all the generals of the Qing army have gathered in the tent.

Li Hongzhang briefly explained the relevant situation to everyone, and when the generals heard that they were going to attack the Taiping Army, they all rubbed their fists and asked for orders to fight.

Zuihou after discussion, this time by the Chu army as the vanguard to attack, the Hunan army in order to join the Chu army to respond to the action of the Chu army, in this way, the happiest is Zuo Zongtang, the Chu army can finally prove its strength in the hinterland of the Central Plains, no longer need to be regarded as a corner of the defense division.

After consulting with the army marshal Luo Bingzhang, generals Liu Kunyi, Jiang Zhongyuan, Hu Si'er and others, Zuo Zongtang decided to send Hu Si'er to challenge the Taiping army first to test the Taiping army's reaction. Hu Si'er received the order and led the 5,000 troops to challenge in front of the Qing army, while Zuo Zongtang personally led others to press the battle for Hu Si'er.

"Report, Qi Guo Shuai, there will be Qing will challenge outside." In the tent of the commander of the Taiping Army, a sentry came in to report.

"Oh, can you get a name?" Guo Potian frowned.

"He said it was the Qing general Hu Si'er." Sentry Road.

"Hu Si'er? What kind of person is this, why haven't I heard of it before, and find out again." Guo Potian muttered in a low voice and said.

"Yes." The sentinel stepped back and went to find out.

"Someone." After the sentry left, Guo Potian shouted.

"The subordinates are here," a guard came in from outside the tent.

"Hurry up and ask Huang Shuai and the generals to enter the account to discuss the matter, and say that there is an urgent military situation." Guo Potian ordered.

"Ordered." The guards retired and hurried to invite Huang Xu and the others.

There was a division of labor between Guo Potian and Huang Xu, and in the handsome tent, the two of them were on duty for one day respectively to deal with military affairs. The person on duty today happens to be Guo Potian. If Huang Xu was also there, he would know who this Hu Si'er was

After Huang Xu received the message, he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to the commander's tent to discuss the retreat from the enemy.

When Huang Xu arrived, the generals were already seated.

"Brother, come and sit, there's an emergency." Guo Potian saw Huang Xu coming in, beckoned to him, and said.

"Brother Guo, why are you in such a hurry, is the Qing army coming to attack?" Huang Xu walked to his seat and sat down, turned his head and asked Guo Potiandao.

"Yes, there will be a Qing general to challenge outside the gate." Guo Potian nodded and said.

"Hey, the Qing army has not been able to shrink for many days, but it is here today, is it expected that it will be able to win?" Huang Xu muttered.

"What's your idea, brother?" Guo Potian asked.

When it comes to fighting, Guo Potian is not a problem, but when it comes to these fancy intestines, he is not as good as Huang Xu.

"What does Mr. Zhao think should he do?" Huang Xu turned his head and asked Zhao Xiaofeng, who was sitting next to him.

"In the future, they will block, come and go, since they are challenged, they are clearly bullying us and dare not fight, they must have determined the news that Wang Yexian is going, so they dare to come to attack blatantly, which is also the reason why they refused to take the initiative to attack some time ago" Zhao Xianfeng said.

"What does Mr. Zhao mean is that we should fight?" Guo Potian asked before Huang Xu.

"Yes, since the Qing army has come without fear, we can't miss their excitement, and we must treat them well, let them come with joy and return with defeat." Zhao Xiaofeng said with a smile.

"Okay, then we'll play with them." Guo Potian slapped the table and shouted, and after saying this, he said to Huang Xu, "Brother, what do you think?"

"Accompanying must be accompanied, but since the enemy is coming in such a hurry, there must be a follow-up, and how we deal with it also needs to be planned in advance." HUANG Xudao.

"yes, what do you think you should do, brother?" GUO Potiandao.

"See the move." HUANG Xudao.

"What do you mean?" Guo Potian asked.

"We hold the gate tightly, and do not take the initiative to attack, they will make the first move, only after seeing their moves clearly, we will report the appropriate moves, to ensure that the last strike is the first to come, and take advantage of their contempt for our side, surprise and attack them unprepared." Huang Xu explained in detail.

"Brother, it's really yours, okay, that's it." Guo Potian stroked his palms and said.

"Then Brother Guo will give the order." Huang Xu said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, the people will obey." Guo Potian shouted.

"In" the generals replied in unison.

"General Lu, order you to go out of the camp to meet the Qing generals, the two generals of Yu Duan, you two will lead the army to press General Lu in the rear." Guo Potian ordered.

"Yes." The three of them took orders and led their troops to confront the enemy. (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 ......)