A series of accidents made Zeng Guofan and others in a hot state of water, anxiety, hesitation, all kinds of negative thoughts gathered together, stirring them up uneasy, self-confidence also fell to a low point, in this case, they urgently needed a good news to boost the confidence that had been defeated, but never thought that the good news did not wait, but waited for a worse news, this news for Zeng Guofan, is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and suddenly his remaining little self-confidence was blasted into slag.

The bad news came this morning, it was about Wuchang Province, and it was related to the Taiping Army.

The news said that Wuchang Mansion had been captured by the Taiping army the night before.

"Dashuai, it's not good, an unknown army was found outside the city, I don't know if it's a friend or an enemy." Zeng Guofan had not yet woken up from the shock of the capture of Wuchang, and heard another unpleasant news from Zeng San's mouth.

It's really a house leak that happens to be rainy, and the blessing is unparalleled, and the disaster is not a single line, which is really unlucky.

"Detective, go and find out who the people are?" Zeng Guofan said urgently.

"Yes, Sir." Zeng San left in a hurry.

"Come on, please ask General Feng and others to discuss at the post house." After Zeng San left, Zeng Guofan commanded again.

After a while, Feng Zicai was called, and at the same time, Li Hongzhang, Luo Bingzhang, Luo Zenan, Hu Linyi and other people from Zeng Guofan had also received the news and rushed to Zeng Guofan.

"The situation is urgent, please know what you think." Zeng Guofan first briefly explained the current situation and began to ask for everyone's opinions.

"Shuai, if the student's expectations are good, all these arrangements are from the hands of the Taiping Army." Now, all signs seem to be confirmed, and the black hand behind this should be the Taiping Army.

After listening to Li Hongzhang's words, Zeng Guofan's hand holding the teacup shook involuntarily, and the tea overflowed, splashing all over his body, although he understood that what Li Hongzhang said was true, but when he heard it with his own ears, he was still a little unable to control it.

Seeing this scene, Li Hongzhang hurriedly took a few steps forward, reached out and took the teacup from Zeng Guofan's hand, put it on the coffee table next to him, and ordered someone to bring a dry towel, carefully wipe off the water splashed on Zeng Guofan's official robe, and helped Zeng Guofan sit down on the handsome chair, and then, he bowed respectfully to Zeng Guofan, and then said: "Dashuai, if it can be proved that it is the Taiping Army, it is not a bad thing for us, at least we know who the opponent is, and we can make corresponding measures. No more headless flies running around."

"Strategist, what should I do now?" Zeng Guofan is completely messed up.

"Dashuai, there are two major events at present, first, Wuchang Mansion has been captured, we must divide our troops to assist in the next target of the Taiping Army-Xinyang Mansion, in order to prevent the Taiping Army from continuing to advance, during this period, we will find a way to wait for the opportunity to recapture Wuchang, second, the soldiers outside the city, needless to say, must be the enemy who is coming, and ninety percent is the Taiping Army, we must work together at this moment to strike at the enemy, in order to ensure the safety of Hefei, if Hefei is not guaranteed, the Taiping Army will go straight into the army and invade the Beijing Division, so that the Qing Dynasty is in danger." Li Hongzhang is well aware of the seriousness of the situation.

"Military division, Ben Shuai has always had a question, Wuchang Mansion is an important military town, the city is high and thick, and the defense is strong, how can you say that it was captured and captured? Moreover, there was not even a word from me beforehand." Zeng Guofan spoke out the doubts in his heart.

Zeng Guofan was talking about everyone's doubts, and everyone turned their eyes to Li Hongzhang to see how he answered.

"Dashuai, the student also just received the news, not so much that the Taiping army captured Wuchang, it is more accurate to say that the surprise attack came." Li Hongzhang said.

"Surprise attack? What's going on?" Zeng Guofan was even more suspicious.

"The Taiping army borrowed the name of the marshal to transfer the heavy troops of Wuchang City, and they attacked Wuchang Mansion in the rear." Li Hongzhang said.

"In the name of Ben Shuai, how is it possible? How could the Wuchang guards trust them so easily?" Zeng Guofan almost jumped up.

"Don't worry, please listen to the students slowly." Li Hongzhang motioned to Zeng Guofan not to worry.

It turned out that the Taiping army made people falsely claim to be Zeng Guofan's subordinates, and lied that Zeng Guofan was trapped on the front line, and urgently needed to transfer the reinforcements of Wuchang Mansion to support, and the generals who defended the city heard that Zeng Guofan was trapped, and they were anxious, so they mobilized a large army and rushed to help, who knew that they had just left the city, and they were ambushed by the Taiping army on the side to rob the city, and when they found that the city was attacked, they knew that this crime was not small, so they immediately organized Liliang, and wanted to recapture the city again, but Liliang was not enough, several sieges were repelled by the Taiping army, and in desperation, They found out that Zeng Guofan was in Hefei, so they sent the news to Hefei and asked Zeng Guofan to send troops to help.

"Bastard, there must be a seal to transfer the army, don't the generals who defend the city even know this? What a sin deserves death." Zeng Guofan said angrily.

"The Taiping Army has a letter of transfer from the marshal, so the general defending the city does not suspect it." Li Hongzhang said.

"Nonsense, Ben Shuai's seal letter has always been with him, how can he fake it to others." Zeng Guofan didn't believe it.

"That's right, they're using fake seals, and they're real fake seals." Li Hongzhang said.

"How so?" The more Zeng Guofan listened, the more confused he became.

"Didn't the marshal have close contacts with Guo Potian of the Taiping Army, and for the convenience of coming and going, the marshal also carved a private seal to give Guo Potian, I don't know if the marshal still remembers this?" Li Hongzhang reminded.

"It is true. Could it be, could it be that they used this private seal?" Zeng Guofan was a little convinced.

"That's why the students say that they are confusing the real with the fake, and in fact they are using a fake seal (real private seal) instead of the real seal." Li Hongzhang sighed and said.

"Ahh Zeng Guofan's eyes were dark, and he almost fell, but fortunately he was sitting on a chair, otherwise he would have made a big fool.

"Report, Qi Yu Marshal, the enemy situation outside has been discovered." When Zeng Guofan was sad and angry, Zeng San, who went out to inquire about the military situation, came back.

"Zeng San, is it the Taiping Army?" Li Hongzhang asked first.

"Exactly, the Taiping army has a total of 300,000 people, led by a person surnamed Huang, rushing towards Hefei, and now it is only about ten miles away from the city. Zeng Sanyu said.

"People with the surname Huang?? You're saying that their manager's banner is written in yellow." Li Hongzhang asked.

"Yes." Zeng Sandao.

Li Hongzhang nodded and asked Zeng San to step aside first.

"Marshal, the matter is already very clear, it is really the Taiping Army that came, and it was Huang Xu, one of the two commanders of the Taiping Army, who led the army." Li Hongzhang is definitely authentic.

"What about Guo Potian?" Zeng Guofan can be said to have itchy teeth for Guo Potian's hatred.

"Unknown, according to the student's analysis, Guo Potian should be in Wuchang Mansion at this time." Li Hongzhang groaned for a while.

"What a vicious strategy, such a vicious person, Guo Potian, Guo Potian, Lao Tzu will not take revenge, and he will not be a man." The successive setbacks have exhausted Zeng Guofan, and his hatred for Guo Potian is getting deeper and deeper.

"Dashuai, please calm down, the most important thing now is to repel the enemy who has come to Hefei." Li Hongzhang persuaded.

"Well, the words of the military advisor are very true, by the way, the military advisor, what does the Taiping army mean by dividing the army to attack Hefei and Wuchang?" Zeng Guofan asked again.

"According to the student's calculations, they must be planning to divide their troops into two ways to attack, and Zuihou will attack Shuntianfu together." Li Hongzhang speculated.

"Ha, fuck, think about beauty, they're daydreaming." Zeng Guofan daxiao said for a while.

"No, Marshal, we can't underestimate this Taiping army anymore, according to the current situation, they must have been premeditated, and every step is very accurate, we used to be too careless. If the army had not been lost, we would have had enough capital to fight them, but now that there are not many million-strong troops left, it will be difficult for us to compete with them." Li Hongzhang was also very helpless.

"Even so, we're going to fight to the end." Zeng Guofan has made up his mind to fight the Taiping army to the end.

"Dashuai, having said that, after all, we don't have enough confidence, and now the troops we have at hand can only be used for defense at most, and there may be problems with defense, and the general trend is not good." What Li Hongzhang said is the truth.

"Then we will fight to the death, military advisor, according to what you said before, first retreat to the attacking enemy, and then divide the troops to save Wuchang, this commander wants to see how the Taiping army can put us to death, even if we die, we can't make them better." Zeng Guofan clenched his fists and said with a resolute gaze.

"Yes, Sir, then please assign the mission." Li Hongzhang said.

"Okay, General Feng, you are the defender of Hefei, and the commander can't take the lead, you can tell me, what should we do?" Zeng Guofan looked at Feng Zicai and said.

"Dashuai, you are polite, everything is up to Dashuai." Feng Zicai is not so stupid that he doesn't even distinguish between respect and inferiority.

"Well, the military situation is urgent, and the commander is not welcome, and the generals will obey the order." Zeng Guofandao.

All the generals will listen to the command.

After a while, the task was assigned, and the generals went to prepare, and they vowed to fight to the death with the invading Taiping army. (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 ......)