"Guohua, what's going on?" This is the first sentence Li Hongzhang said when he met Zeng Guohua.

"Strategist, you know everything?" Zeng Guohua was a little frustrated.

"Yes, Dashuai and I both know, I'm here to ask you for details." Li Hongzhang said.

"Strategist, the last general has already sent someone to the Taiping military camp to search carefully, and the Taiping thieves have indeed retreated, I didn't expect them to slip away from under our noses, it's really not simple." Zeng Guohua sighed.

"Have you ever sent someone to chase you?" Li Hongzhang said again.

"This is the reason why the last general did not report to the commander at the first time, after the last general found out that the Taiping military camp was an empty camp, he immediately led the light cavalry to follow the pursuit, thirty miles away from here, we caught up with the Taiping army, and had close contact with their broken troops, zuihou each other were damaged, in order to prevent falling into the trap set by the enemy, the last general only left a small number of people to monitor the Taiping army, and withdrew the brigade back, no, just came back, the military division you came." Zeng Guohua Road.

"What are these thieves doing, they can't really be intimidated by us, right?" Li Hongzhang muttered to himself.

"Strategist, there is really such a possibility, we were on the way to pursue the thieves, we saw things they discarded everywhere, according to the general's judgment, they should have run too fast to take those things away, Zuihou had to throw them away." Zeng Guohua guessed.

"Well, this kind of possibility exists, but thieves have always been cunning, we can't take it lightly, you let the person in charge of monitoring find out where the thieves are located, and then we will make plans." Li Hongzhang said.

"Don't worry, this is no problem, it won't be long before news comes." Zeng Guohua is very confident.

"Then I'll go back first, and after you find out the situation, you will go directly to the handsome tent to see me and the handsome." Li Hongzhang nodded and said.

"Yes, don't worry, the last general understands." Zeng Guohua Road.

So, Li Hongzhang went back first to explain the relevant situation to Zeng Guofan, while Zeng Guohua continued to closely monitor every move of the Taiping army.

Shortly after Li Hong left, the people left by Zeng Guohua to monitor the movements of the Taiping army returned.

After careful inquiry, it was basically determined that the Taiping army had set up a large camp thirty miles away from them, Zeng Guohua was puzzled when he heard it, and he ordered people to continue to monitor it, and at the same time personally went to the Shuai tent to report the situation to Zeng Guofan.

"Dashuai, this is the case, please instruct." Zeng Guohua finished the situation and said respectfully.

"Strategist, what do you think?" Zeng Guofan asked Li Hongzhang first.

"Marshal, the students think that like the previous time, let General Guohua test it first, and then make a decision." Li Hongzhang said.

"It's okay, but the army needs to act with Guohua this time, once Guohua confirms that there are indeed thieves there, our army will attack immediately, and we can't let them slip away this time." Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes, Shuai, the student will arrange it." Li Hongzhang said.

"Good. Guohua, you go and prepare." Zeng Guofan nodded, and said to Zeng Guohua again.

Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guohua went separately to prepare.

Not long after, the vanguard led by Zeng Guohua came to the gate of the Taiping Army again, and Zeng Guohua once again stepped forward to call for battle.

And the Taiping Army came out to fight this time with Yang Yiqing.

Like last time, Yang Yiqing fought with Zeng Guohua for one hundred and ten rounds, and Zuihou was still defeated.

This time, Zeng Guofan did not hesitate and commanded the whole army to carry out a fierce attack on the Taiping army's camp, but when they attacked the Taiping army's camp, they found that the Taiping army had withdrawn again.

Zeng Guofan was annoyed and ashamed, he wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't know where to start, and after being helpless for a while, he could only order Zeng Guohua again to investigate the traces of the Taiping army.

As the saying goes, eat a trench, grow a wisdom, and learn the lesson of the last time. Zeng Guofan adopted a step-by-step tactics this time, he sent Zeng Guohua to investigate in front, and the main force of the Qing army led by him closely followed Zeng Guohua, he ordered, as long as the traces of the Taiping army were found, there was no need to test again, and directly attacked.

They found the camp of the Taiping army again, this time, they did not try, but directly launched an attack, but the result disappointed them again, the camp of the Taiping army was still an empty camp, and the Taiping army still did not know where to go.

"Strategist, fuck, this Taiping thief is simply so hateful, is this not a show playing with us? If you encounter them next time, you will definitely stew them." Zeng Guofan, who had always been talking about the ancient etiquette, also began to burst into foul language, one can imagine how angry he was.

"Shuai, you... You..."Li Hongzhang was taken aback by Zeng Guofan's foul mouth, and he was really a little uncomfortable.

"Isn't it just foul language, if Lao Tzu is provoked, he will scold his mother." Zeng Guofan still seems to be unrelenting.

Zeng Guofan, who scolded his mother, Li Hongzhang didn't dare to imagine.

"Dashuai, then, what, this thief is really hateful, but the student thinks that the more in such a situation, the more we must be calm, those thieves may just want us to be like this, we must not fall for them." Li Hongzhang persuaded very tactfully.

"If you don't break these thieves to pieces, it's really hard to solve the hatred in Ben Shuai's heart." Zeng Guofan hated the authentic.

Li Hongzhang has never seen Zeng Guofan so angry, the Zeng Guofan he has seen has always been moody, and this kind of anger is the first time in the world, which proves that Zeng Guofan is really anxious.

"Marshal, our army has been marching for hundreds of miles, and the people are sleepy and tired, do you still need to continue to search and advance?" Li Hongzhang diverted the topic and said.

"Keep moving forward, if you don't find the foothold of the anti-thieves this time, Ben Shuai will not give up, Ben Shuai really doesn't believe that these hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves can disappear out of thin air," Zeng Guofan seemed to have made up his mind to chase after him.

"Yes, handsome, but, aren't we in too much of a hurry?" Li Hongzhang was faintly worried.

"We have millions of soldiers, what are we afraid of, the first few times it was because we were too cautious, so that our army was passive everywhere, and was always led by the nose by this group of anti-thieves, this time, we have to change our routine, and directly follow the direction of the anti-thieves' escape to catch up, this commander doesn't believe it, we can't eat them." Zeng Guofandao.

"Then ask the army to sit in the middle army, and the students will go to the front to supervise the army." Li Hongzhang said.

"No, military advisor, this time you will sit in the middle of the army, and the commander will go to the front to supervise the army, this time you must step on the Taiping military camp, kill all these thieves, and hate me with blood." Zeng Guofan said loudly.

"Since the commander has an order, the student will follow it, but it is better for the commander to be careful." Li Hongzhang always felt that Zeng Guofan was too anxious.

"Okay, don't say more, you and I will say goodbye, let's go our separate ways. Hope for good news. "Zeng Guofan said.

"I hope the big boss will be victorious. The students in the Chinese army wished the marshal all the best. Li Hongzhang said.

"Okay, by Mr. Ji's words, Ben Shuai will definitely find out the whereabouts of the thief here, and I hope that Mr. will be in the middle of the dispatch. It can make our army look at each other. Beat the enemy. Zeng Guofan said solemnly.

"Obey the orders of the commander." Li Hongzhang said.

"Alright. Ben Shuai is gone. Zeng Guofan waved his hand and wanted to leave.

"Marshal, where are you going to stay at the festival? Is it the second-echelon Chu army, or the left-wing troops led by Guoquan? Li Hongzhang asked tentatively.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, Ben Shuai is here to act as a front vanguard with Guohua, if you have something, you can send someone to the forward battalion to deliver the letter." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

"What? Handsome, I can't help it. Li Hongzhang didn't expect Zeng Guofan to go to the forward camp, and he was shocked.

"What's unacceptable, so many soldiers in the forward battalion didn't say anything, and the commander did something special, so the commander went to the forward battalion." Zeng Guofan seems to have made up his mind.

"Dashuai, you are the commander of the three armies, how can you act as the vanguard of the front, if there is a mistake, how is this good, I can't do it, I really can't do it, Dashuai, even if the students beg you, don't go, okay, if you really want to go, you can go to San'er's Chu Army, which is closest to the forward battalion, and you can feel the atmosphere of the forward battalion there." Li Hongzhang tried every means to persuade Zeng Guofan not to go to the forward camp, which was too dangerous.

"The commander has made up his mind, military advisor, don't say it again." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

"But ......" Li Hongzhang still wanted to persuade again.

"Strategist, you just let Ben Shuai be willful, Ben Shuai just wants to do what he wants to do, isn't this still possible?" Zeng Guofan interrupted Li Hongzhang's words and said.

It can be heard from Zeng Guofan's tone that he is no longer an order but a prayer, and he asks Li Hongzhang to let him go and be an unrestrained self.

Li Hongzhang was speechless for a while, Zeng Guofan's words were all over this, what else could he say?

"Okay, Sir, if you insist on this, the student will have nothing to say, but there is one thing that you should always remember." Li Hongzhang said.

"Strategist, please." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

"You are the commander of the three armies." Li Hongzhang said.

After listening to Li Hongzhang's words, Zeng Guofan nodded seriously, then waved to Li Hongzhang, and led his personal guards straight to Zeng Guohua's forward battalion.

At the same time, Li Hongzhang informed the principal generals of the whole army that Zeng Guofan had gone to the forward battalion, and asked everyone to protect the safety of the commander. (To be continued......)