Arriving at the meeting place, the Hunan and Chu armies began to retreat in a planned manner according to the pre-set plan.

Liu Kunyi and Jiang Zhongyuan led the Chu army, the first wave retreated, and Luo Bingzhang, the division of the Chu army, set off with the army.

Then Hu Linyi led the Hunan army to leave.

Then, it was Peng Yulin's men who left.

The most rearly is the Luo Zenan Department, and Li Hongzhang follows the Luo Zenan Department.

The Hunan and Chu armies totaled four groups of men and horses, and they were evacuated in batches.

At the junction of the four groups of people and horses of the Hunan and Chu armies, the Qing army sent an equal number of troops to separate the front and rear Hunan and Chu armies, nominally to monitor the departure of the Hunan and Chu armies, but in fact to prevent the Hunan and Chu from breaking out in the process of retreat.

At the front of the retreating army, there was also a group of Qing troops as a guide to open the way, and behind the retreating army, there was another Qing army responsible for the rear of the palace.

This kind of formation, everyone with a discerning eye knows, it is the Hunan army that suffers, but if it loses a little, it will lose a little, and it will be successful if it can get out.

Prince Gong and Monk Greenqin also led a group of Qing army guards and followed behind the most important part of the procession.

"Lao Gong, now you can rest assured." Monk Greenqin said with a smile.

"What kind of heart, as long as the Xiangchu army doesn't leave the city for a moment, my heart can't be put down for a moment, oh, by the way, there's nothing wrong with this path out of the city, right?" Prince Gong's expression was serious, and he glanced at Monk Greenqin and said.

"No problem, absolutely no problem, I have had someone investigate in advance to ensure that everything is fine." Monk Grinqin Zhengsedao.

"By the way, you're not going to let them go through the gate where the Taiping army pressed the city, right?" Prince Gong seemed to remember something, and said a little stunned.

"No, how could it be, am I so stupid, there is the East Gate of the Taiping Army, we are walking the West Gate, and we can't beat the eight poles, this is called, the road is facing the sky, each going to one side, let's go our own way, no one is in the way." Monk Greenqin is confident.

"I don't know what the situation is at the East Gate, I hope nothing happens." Prince Gong is worried about the authentic.

"Lao Gong, what's wrong with you today, this heart is really a lot, otherwise, you and I will divide the work, you go to the east gate to take a look, I will supervise the Hunan Chu army out of the city, how about it?" Monk Greenqin said with a smile.

"No, no, I don't worry about you, if you make some moths in the middle of the way, then we're going to die." Prince Gong shook his head, he didn't worry about Monk Greenqin, this time, he had to see the Xiangchu army out of the city with his own eyes, so he could rest assured.

"Lao Gong, look at you, why don't you believe in people, am I so unworthy of your trust, my old monk is here to assure you, with my personality, I will not be able to make a big deal happen with me." Monk Greenqin is full of words.

What Seng Lingqin said was the truth, but he left too many gaps for this, he didn't say that he would ensure that the Hunan Chu army could get out of the city safely, but that with him, there would be no big event, so what was a big deal? It's too broad.

"Then, okay, I'm really not worried about the East Gate, I'll take someone over to have a look first, if everything is normal, come back immediately, and I'll leave the matter here to you." Prince Gong saw that the monk was so sincere, so he agreed.

Monk Greenqin nodded vigorously, and almost slapped his chest to pieces.

Afterwards, Prince Gong led some of his people towards the east gate.

Monk Lingqin has been watching Prince Gong's back disappear from his sight, and then he smiled, he knew that the opportunity had come.

Li Hongzhang walked behind the most important part of the Hunan army brigade, he had been paying attention to the surrounding situation, when he saw the escort under the banner of Prince Gong rushing past him, he had a premonition that something seemed to be happening, but he didn't dare to say lightly, what happened.

"General Luo, the situation seems to have changed?" Li Hongzhang turned his head and said to Luo Zenan, who was walking beside him.

"Strategist, what's going on? Do you think there's something wrong?" Luo Zenan didn't think about it so much, he looked around and didn't feel anything abnormal.

"No, I haven't noticed it for the time being, but I just feel that the atmosphere is a little wrong, and it feels very bad." Li Hongzhang was a little irritable, he always felt that something was going to happen in his heart, but he didn't know what the problem was.

"Strategist, you may be too tired to have such an illusion, or, you go and take a rest, I'll stare here first." Luo Zenan attributed this feeling of Li Hongzhang to hallucinations.

"Not a hallucination, I'm sure." Li Hongzhang's face was solemn and he was sure of authenticity.

"Is there really a problem?" Luo Zenan saw that Li Hongzhang was cautious, and he also began to be vigilant.

"Either way, pass the order down and put the army on alert." Li Hongzhang felt that he still had to make some necessary preparations.

"Strategist, there should be no problem with the order being conveyed to our group of brothers, but the first three groups of brothers are a little difficult." Luo Zenan frowned, a little embarrassed.

"Try to figure it out, and if necessary, be flexible." Li Hongzhang didn't have a good way.

Li Hongzhang's order was soon reached in the ears of their most reluctant brothers, and as soon as everyone heard that there was a situation, they immediately tightened their strings.

The Qing army and the Hunan Chu army intersected together in this way, and walked forward for a while, the west gate was already in sight, and the Chu army walking in front of the team finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the mood suddenly brightened.

"Strategist, it's finally going to be out of the woods, it's like a nightmare." Jiang Zhongyuan was also in a good mood, and said softly to Luo Bingzhang, who was riding a horse with him.

Liu Kunyi also walked beside them, but did not speak.

"Zhongyuan, don't be too happy too early, if you don't get outside the city, everything is not easy to say, pass the order, let the army be on guard, the closer you get to the city gate, the more you can't relax in the slightest." Luo Bingzhang did not relax his nerves because of Jiang Zhongyuan's words, but urged Jiang Zhongyuan to be more careful.

"Strategist, are you being too careful?" Jiang Zhongyuan was a little dissatisfied with Luo Bingzhang's words.

"Zhongyuan, don't take it lightly, you and I should understand in our hearts that we are pioneers, if something goes wrong here, then our brothers behind will suffer a big loss." Luo Bingzhang saw that Jiang Zhongyuan seemed to have contempt for his words, and couldn't help but remind.

"Yes, military advisor, Zhongyuan has been taught, and I will go to give the order." Jiang Zhongyuan also realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly went to give the order.

In this way, the brothers of the Chu army have also increased their vigilance.

At this moment, the guide team of the Qing army in front seemed to stop, and then a horse carrying a herald soldier galloped towards the side of the Chu army. In a few moments, it was already in front of the Chu army.

The herald reined in the horse's head and raised the command flag in his hand, which meant that something was reported. Jiang Zhongyuan saw it, said a word to Luo Bingzhang, he went to take a look, and then rode his horse slowly towards the herald.

Luo Bingzhang looked at it from afar. Seeing that the herald didn't know what to say to Jiang Zhongyuan, after Jiang Zhongyuan heard it, his face suddenly changed, and then he asked a few words anxiously, and the herald also answered truthfully, Jiang Zhongyuan seemed to sigh, and waved the herald back a little helplessly, and then rode his horse and walked back towards Luo Bingzhang dejectedly.

"What's going on, Chungwon?" Luo Bingzhang guessed that something must have happened, so he asked from afar.

"The Qing army said that there are roadblocks on the road ahead, and we need to clear them before we can pass, so our army must stop first, rest on the spot, and wait for further notice from them." Jiang Zhongyuan's face was ugly, like a general who had lost a battle, and his tone was low.

"Is that so?" Luo Bingzhang was taken aback, and seemed to feel that this matter was a bit unreasonable.

Jiang Zhongyuan nodded depressedly.

"There seems to be something strange in this." Luo Bingzhang pondered for a while and muttered to himself.

"Strategist, what did you say, what stilt?" Jiang Zhongyuan heard what Luo Bingzhang seemed to say, but it was a little unclear, so he immediately asked.

"I mean, there seems to be an article on this matter, you think, this is an official road, how can there be a roadblock, and besides, there is no sooner or later, but it is only when we pass, don't you think it's strange? Besides, this road out of the city was first surveyed by the Qing military, and if there were roadblocks, they should have been cleared long ago. Luo Bingzhang's face showed a look of worry. He didn't think it was that simple.

"Strategist, there won't really be a problem, right?" Jiang Zhongyuan heard Luo Bingzhang say this, and his face also showed nervousness.

"Very likely." Luo Bingzhang nodded and said.

"So, what do we do?" Jiang Zhongyuan said urgently.

"You must prepare early, that's the case, you and Kun one or two people, one in the front, one in the back, separate the front and rear of the Chu army, prepare all the defensive tools that can be supported, and then slowly redeploy the army, be sure to move all the defensive power to the front, and tell every soldier to prepare for war. Prevention is a must, so that we are not caught off guard if the situation changes." Luo Bingzhang thought about it and said solemnly.

"Yes, Strategist, let's go and prepare immediately." Jiang Zhongyuan and Liu Kun said at the same time.

After the two finished speaking, they immediately went separately to prepare.

At this moment, a shout sounded into Luo Bingzhang's ears, and then he heard the sound of someone falling to the ground, and he seemed to hear countless sounds of breaking the sky roaring, Luo Bingzhang's heart trembled, he knew that the most feared thing was still coming. (To be continued......)