After Prince Gong finished speaking, he poured another glass of water, then looked at Monk Lingqin and said, "Old monk, is there anything you want to ask?"

"Heh, heh, no, no, it's nice to see you safe." Monk Greenqin laughed.

"Well, since you don't have anything to ask me, it's my turn to ask." Prince Gong also said with a smile.

Hearing that Prince Gong had something to ask, Monk Greenqin's smiling face immediately turned into a bitter melon smile, and he said a little embarrassed: "Lao Gong, you don't know anything about my business, what else is there to ask."

"Hey, hey, I just wanted to ask, have you done anything bad behind my back?" Prince Gong seemed to be smiling happily.

I don't do bad things in my life, I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, has Monk Greenqin ever done bad things? Why did he always feel that Prince Gong's smile made him uncomfortable.

"No, absolutely not." Monk Greenqin waved his hand again and again, flatly denying it.

"Can you tell me what's going on out there?" Prince Gong stretched out his hand and pointed to the battlefield outside, although he was still smiling, but this smile made Monk Lingqin feel uncomfortable.

What is Monk Lingqin worried about, what else will come, he didn't want Prince Gong to ask this as soon as he came back, he suddenly felt a little dry mouth, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

He thought that now is the time to need Prince Gong's support, if Prince Gong knows that he has not kept his promise and insists on attacking the Taiping Army, and finally ends up in the current situation, then Prince Gong may even eat his own heart, let alone continue to stand on his side and advance and retreat with himself.

Thinking of this, Monk Grinqin regretted it a little. Regret your impulsiveness.

"Oh, I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, these Taiping troops have done it with us, I don't know how they entered the city, you came from the city gate, did you get any useful information?" Monk Greenqin pretended to be confused, and tried to pull the topic to other places as much as possible.

"Oh, I see, but how can I see that between the Shence Army and the Hunan Army, you are beating me, I am beating you, and you are also playing hard? Do you know what's going on?" Prince Gong first showed a look of sudden realization, and then, like a schoolboy, he asked the teacher a question very reverently.

"This, this...... This..."Monk Greenqin's face turned red, a little overwhelmed.

"Old monk, old monk, what do you want me to say about you, before I leave, I told you to send the scourge of the Hunan army out of the city as soon as possible, don't fight their idea again, but you are good, you didn't listen to anything, but you want to fight their idea, it's okay now, you can't end it, you say, what to do now?" Prince Gong really hates iron and steel.

"Lao Gong, am I not thinking about the Qing Dynasty either?" Monk Grinqin finally came with a most grandiose reason.

"Don't come to the Qing Dynasty to prevaricate me, you dare to say that you have no selfishness?" Prince Gong's tone began to become stern.

"I, I, I admit it, I have a little selfishness, but most of my hearts are good, no matter what, I do this, it is for our Qing Dynasty to be passed on for generations to come." Monk Grinqin argued.

"You're not helping the Qing Dynasty, but you're burying the foundation of the Qing Dynasty with your own hands, tell me, are all the things you do?" If it was someone else, and such a thing happened, Prince Gong would have pointed at his nose and scolded, but fortunately, this person was a monk Lingqin, and Prince Gong also saved him some face.

"Lao Gong, I already know that I was wrong, I regret it now, really, I really regret not listening to you at the beginning, but, the big mistake has been made, and it is useless to regret it, now we must find a way to remedy it, Lao Gong, you help me, what should I do? Is there anything we can do to remedy it?" Monk Greenqin's attitude was very sincere, and he was pleading with Prince Gong, and he was as low as he wanted, how low was it.

Prince Gong sighed slightly, and said: "Old monk, tell me what is good about you, your temper, when can you change it, you must understand, you are the commander of the Qing Dynasty, and the safety of the Qing Dynasty is basically tied to you, and the strength of the Qing Dynasty is not as good as before, the Qing Dynasty is already in decline, and the rivers are declining, and if you continue like this, don't say that when the Taiping army comes to attack, we may not be able to withstand it."

Speaking of this, Prince Gong paused, took a sip of water, and continued: "You and I are both members of the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, and we know very well that it is not easy for our ancestors to create this foundation.

"Lao Gong, don't say it, I really know that Lu Dao is wrong, for the sake of the ancestors, you can help think of a way again, okay?" The rich pleading color on Seng Greenqin's face made Prince Gong sigh in his heart, he knew today, why bother in the first place?

"Old monk, today's situation is that Zhuge is reincarnated, and Ziya is resurrected, and he must be powerless." Prince Gong let out a long sigh and said softly.

"Then what to do, what to do, Lao Gong, Lao Gong, you save me, save the army, and save the Qing Dynasty." Monk Greenqin grabbed Prince Gong's arm, spoke quickly, and said with an anxious face.

"Old monk, are you really willing to listen to me?" Prince Gong looked seriously at the eyes of Seng Lingqin and said.

"I do." Monk Greenqin also looked at each other and solemnly spit out a few words.

"Retreat." Prince Gong breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"That's what you mean, too?" Monk Grinqin exclaimed.

"Well, listen to your tone, and there are people who mean the same thing as me?" Prince Gong didn't expect that someone would coincide with his thoughts.

"Yes, Guo Wenbing also proposed to withdraw first, but Hefei is too important, and I am worried that once it is lost, the impact will be too great, so I have been hesitating." Monk Greenqin Road.

"This Guo Wenbing can even see this, it's good." Prince Gong nodded, and there was a hint of admiration in his tone.

"Lao Gong, I still want to say one more thing, if we withdraw, won't that mean that Hefei will be surrendered to the Taiping Army?" Monk Greenqin still does not give up, he still has the illusion of keeping Hefei.

"Do you think burying our army in Hefei can change the situation in Hefei?" Prince Gong really can't wait to knock out the elm lump of Monk Greenqin.

"I can't." Monk Greenqin thought for a moment and said.

"Then why do we have to worry about this?" Prince Gong asked again.

"Yes, why didn't I think of it, since it's useless to stay, what are you going to do here, to make senseless sacrifices, is it meaningful, Lao Gong, do you say, is it meaningful?" Suddenly, Monk Grinqin had a realization, as if he had found a treasure.

Prince Gong looked at Seng Lingqin's face full of happiness, he felt that this thing was really a bit funny, just such a simple thing, this brother not only thought about it for a long time, but also struggled for so long, it really made him a little speechless.

"Old monk, don't rub it off, give an order quickly, decide early, you can reduce the number of deaths." Prince Gong urged.

"That's, that's, but even if we want to retreat, we can't be in such a hurry, we must have a perfect plan, for example, how to retreat, where to retreat, who will open the way in front and who will cut off the road behind, how to quickly get out of the battlefield, how to get rid of the possible pursuit of the Taiping army... Wait, all this, we have to make arrangements." As soon as Monk Lingqin talked about fighting, his spirit immediately multiplied.

"Okay, you can arrange these things yourself, I don't care, I just hope that you will do everything possible to withdraw the army immediately." Prince Gong had little interest in these details. He only cares if the army can withdraw safely. The rest should be taken care of.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this, I'll arrange it myself, but I also want to ask, after we leave, where will we stay next, we won't just go back to Jingshi, right?" Monk Greenqin was halfway through his speech, and then made another joke.

"Next stop, Xuzhou." Prince Gong seems to have thought about it a long time ago.

Monk Greenqin thought that Prince Gong wanted to resist city by city, but he didn't think that he planned to retreat to Xuzhou this time, which was equivalent to giving up the two cities in front of Xuzhou, Bengfu and Suzhou. In doing so, Monk Greenqin was a little puzzled again.

Since I can't figure it out. He can only speak his doubts.

"After losing Hefei, we have lost our geographical advantage, and a little bit later. A place that can be used for defense. There are not many anymore, and in this case, one more meaningless battle will lose more troops, and our current strength is very valuable, so we can only do key defense, give up some state capitals that are not so important, and focus on the deployment of key state capitals, what do you think?" Prince Gong patiently explained this time.

"Makes sense, makes sense, I'm okay with that." Monk Lingqin nodded repeatedly.

"Alright, let's arrange a retreat." Prince Gong understands the importance of time.

Monk Grinqin nodded, and immediately set about arranging. (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 passes, your support is my biggest motivation ......)