Huang Xu called Dongfang not to be confused, briefly explained Zeng Guofan's matter to him, and ordered him to lead a small team of members of the special operations team to escort Zeng Guofan back to Hefei City, and after the matter was completed, he would safely escort Zeng Guofan back to the Taiping Army's station.

Dongfang Bufu heard that Zeng Guofan had returned to the Heavenly Kingdom, and his first reaction was a little unbelievable, but when he turned his head and thought about it, since it was his magical eldest brother who was in charge of this, it was not unusual.

To be honest, outsiders are fine, but in the eyes of their brothers, Huang Xu is omnipotent. Therefore, it is very common to deal with Zeng Guofan. Now, Huang Xu proposed to ask him to protect Zeng Guofan, of course he agreed without hesitation, and he also patted his chest and promised that as long as he was not confused in the East, Zeng Guofan would be absolutely safe.

Huang Xu believes that Dongfang is not confused, but he does not simply believe that Dongfang is not confused personally, but believes in the strength of Zeng Guofan and Dongfang Bufu together, these two people, no matter who wants to go alone, Huang Xu is not at ease, but if they go together, then Huang Xu is very relieved. Zeng Guofan uses his brain, and Dongfang is not confused to contribute, Huang Xu still has nothing to worry about.

Subsequently, Huang Xu introduced Dongfang Bufu to Zeng Guofan, and he told Zeng Guofan that Dongfang Bufu was his brother Huang Xu's life and death, so that Zeng Guofan could rest assured. After Zeng Guofan heard about it, he was in awe, and he couldn't help but think a little more highly of Dongfang.

After getting to know each other, everyone got together and talked some inconsequential gossip, patiently waiting for the night to come.

Night fell quietly, Huang Xu, Dongfang Bufu led the special operations team, together with Zeng Guofan, secretly touched the city of Hefei, under the cover of Huang Xu, under the protection of the special combat team led by Dongfang Bufu, Zeng Guofan successfully infiltrated Hefei City.

Huang Xu, who was outside the city, returned to the camp after seeing them enter the city with his own eyes, waiting for their good news

Dongfang Bufu and a group of people entered the city, under the leadership of Zeng Guofan, quietly came to the outside of the Hunan army's station, Dongfang Bufu first dispersed the special operations team to guard, and ordered them to be stationed on the spot, ready to respond, and he himself was under the guidance of Zeng Guofan, performed light skills, and took Zeng Guofan to jump into the camp, Zeng Guofan is the big commander here, he knows everything here like a straight hand, so, it didn't take much trouble, they touched the outside of the handsome tent. They had inquired in advance that Li Hongzhang was in the tent.

Outside the tent, he observed the situation around him. Yu Dongfang did not make a move, gently knocked down the guards guarding outside the tent, and then, the two sneaked into the big tent.

Li Hongzhang, who was immersed in military affairs, didn't know that someone had infiltrated and was still working hard.

"Strategist, don't come unharmed, right?" Zeng Guofan stared at Li Hongzhang for a while, sighed and said.

"Teacher?" Li Hongzhang didn't look up, the book holding the pen suddenly solidified, and blurted out.

This voice was all too familiar to him.

"It's for the teacher, are you okay?" A gentle greeting is worth a thousand words.

"Okay, the student is good. Teacher, are you really back?" Li Hongzhang said ecstatically.

After Li Hongzhang finished speaking, he jumped up from behind the Shuai case and ran towards Zeng Guofan quickly, even a large handful of documents on the Shuai case were brought to the ground, and he didn't notice it, which shows how excited he was.

"How are everyone else?" Zeng Guofan had a smile on the corner of his mouth, a smile in the corner of his eyes, and his voice was soft.

This is like the words of the former strict master Zeng Guofan and Zeng Dashuai, and the person who said this at this moment is more like a loving teacher and an elder.

"Teacher..."Li Hongzhang swallowed hard, although he had a thousand words, he didn't know where to start.

He always thought that he would never see his teacher again, but who knows, the teacher fell from the sky, how could he not be happy.

Zeng Guofan took a few steps forward, patted Li Hongzhang's shoulder, and said softly: "Shaoquan, this time, I have worked hard for you."

"Teacher, the students are not hard, there has been no news of the teacher, the students are really worried in their hearts, and now they see that the teacher is fine, and the students are also at ease." Li Hongzhang's words are indeed heartfelt, since Zeng Guofan was captured, he has not had a good night's sleep.

Zeng Guofan gently patted Li Hongzhang's shoulder again, his face was full of relief, he was very satisfied with this student.

"Teacher, who is the one behind you...??" After Li Hongzhang was excited, he realized that Dongfang who was standing behind Zeng Guofan was not confused.

"Oh, it's a friend of the teacher." Zeng Guofan simply said.

He can't tell Li Hongzhang directly who this is from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he knows in his heart that it is not the time to say this for the time being.

"Yes, Teacher." Li Hongzhang looked at Dongfang and was not confused, although his face was full of suspicion, he still nodded politely at him.

Dongfang was not confused and nodded at Li Hongzhang, which was regarded as a response to Li Hongzhang.

"The teacher has something to discuss with you." Zeng Guofan was thinking about how to tell Li Hongzhang about himself.

"If the teacher has anything to say, please say it directly." Li Hongzhang said respectfully.

"You must wonder how the teacher came back all of a sudden, and how did the teacher get into the camp, right?" Zeng Guofan looked at Zeng Guofan, who was full of questions, and had already guessed what he was thinking in his heart.

"Yes, teacher, the student does have doubts." Li Hongzhang will not have anything to hide in front of the teacher.

"You want to hear the truth?" Zeng Guofan said again.

"Yes, Teacher." Li Hongzhang does not shy away from his own ideas.

"Okay, then the teacher will open the skylight with you and talk to you, you have to be mentally prepared." Zeng Guofan solemnly said.

"Teacher, students understand." Li Hongzhang took a deep breath and nodded.

He knew in his heart that his teacher must have something big to tell him, otherwise, Zeng Guofan would not have reminded him so carefully.

"Shaoquan, the teacher is now a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." Zeng Guofan told this fait accompli without concealment.

"What, you mean, you..." Li Hongzhang thought he was ready, but when he heard Zeng Guofan say this, he was still surprised.

Thankfully, his heart was big enough, otherwise, he would have fallen headlong to the ground.

"yes, isn't it a surprise?" Zeng Guofan had already expected Li Hongzhang to react in this way.

Li Hongzhang nodded instinctively, this news had temporarily made him lose his ability to think, Zeng Guofan's words shattered his ability to think in an instant.

"Then do you know that Weishenme is going to do this?" Zeng Guofan said again.

Li Hongzhang also shook his head.

To be honest, the Taiping Army is very different from the Qing Army, even compared with our own Hunan Army, the Taiping Army is more than a big cut in terms of discipline, military quality, or in the belief in life, loyalty to the country, etc., until now, the teacher really understands that we will always win less and lose more when we fight against the Taiping Army, and that is because what others do is more meaningful than ours." What Zeng Guofan said was from the heart.

After Li Hongzhang heard this, he was silent, he didn't understand in his heart, he didn't understand that Zeng Guofan, who had always been loyal to the Qing Dynasty, would suddenly have such a big change, did the Taiping Army really have what he said, or did he have a last resort. Li Hongzhang really had too many questions in his heart, but he didn't know how to ask his teacher.

Zeng Guofan saw that Li Hongzhang was silent, and he didn't bother him, just looked at him quietly, waiting for him to ask him a question to himself. He understands Li Hongzhang's mood very well at this moment, he has always taught him to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, but now he has made a 180-degree turn, and if it is himself, he may be confused and will definitely not be able to figure it out.

"Teacher, students don't understand what causes such a big contrast between you before and after, Shaoquan only knows one thing, that is, you are Shaoquan's teacher, you are reinventing Shaoquan's grace, even if you want Shaoquan to die, Shaoquan will definitely not frown, Shaoquan is the only one who looks forward to you." Without too many grandiose words, Li Hongzhang seems to be telling a fact.

Li Hongzhang's simple words made Zeng Guofan a little uncomfortable, he didn't expect that his student trusted him to such a degree, he was very moved, and he was proud to have such a student.

"Shaoquan, xiexie you, xiexie, you say this, the teacher is really happy." Zeng Guofan is emotionally authentic.

"Teacher, what do you want students to do, just say it." Li Hongzhang did not beat around the bush.

"Shaoquan, since the Qing court treated me like this, then they must not plan to let go of our Hunan army, the meaning of being a division is to persuade the Hunan army to revolt and join the Taiping army." Zeng Guofan directly said his thoughts.

Li Hongzhang lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Teacher, I'm afraid this matter needs to be considered in the long run."

"Are you worried that someone will object?" Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes, the situation of the Hunan army, you should know very well that not everyone is willing to submit to the Taiping army, like us people, it's okay, but. Although the Qing court was corrupt, it had always taken good care of the Hunan army, and the life of the Hunan army had always been very nourishing, but when I heard that the Taiping army's practices were very different, the students were worried that whether these Hunan army brothers, who were accustomed to living a good life, would be willing to change their way of life and endure the hard life of the Taiping army, which was a big problem." Li Hongzhang's worries are very reasonable.

"Well, it's a problem, but it's not an unsolvable problem, what it means to be a teacher is that we have an open mind, we are willing to go, we welcome it, and if we don't want to go, we don't force it. The division has already talked to Marshal Huang of the Taiping Army, and if the brothers who are unwilling to join the Taiping Army, the Taiping Army will issue them to go home and leave them freely." Zeng Guofan said, "Teacher, if you say this, then things will be easy to do." Li Hongzhang said.

"There's one more issue that we'll keep an eye on." Zeng Guofan reminded.

"Teacher, please speak." Li Hongzhang said.

"Before you do it, you must keep it a secret, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. We must not let the thieves of the Qing court know about Seng Lingqin, otherwise, this matter will be completely ruined." Zeng Guofan admonished.

"What do you think is appropriate for the teacher to limit this to what it should be, and who can be involved in it?" Li Hongzhang asked.

"In addition to you, me, and Hu Linyi. Luo Zenan, Peng Yulin, Zeng Guoquan, Zeng San. Luo Bingzhang. Liu Kunyi. Jiang Zhongyuan. These people must know about it, and other than that, no one else needs to know." Zeng Guofan thought for a moment and said.

"Hu Linyi. Luo Zenan. Peng Yulin, Zeng Guoquan, Zeng three or five generals, that's not a problem, they will definitely act according to the words of the marshal, but Mr. Luo and the other three are a little uncertain, they may not be involved." Li Hongzhang is very clear about the personalities of these people.

"You don't have to worry about this, I think they should agree." Zeng Guofan is confident.

"The teacher seems to be sure?" Li Hongzhang didn't know where Zeng Guofan's confidence came from.

"Yes, because if there is Tang Tang's words, will they not obey?" Zeng Guofan is confident.

"You've found San'er!" Li Hongzhang opened his mouth wide and said exaggeratedly.

"That's right, San'er is also in the Taiping Army." Zeng Guofan nodded and said.

"I see, I see, no wonder we haven't been able to find them, it turned out that they were captured by the Taiping army, did the marshal see them? Are they all right?" Li Hongzhang cares about the authentic.

"The teacher hasn't had time to meet them yet, and after he goes back this time, he plans to meet them and explain everything to them. And strongly persuaded them to join the Taiping Army" Zeng Guo Fan Dao.

"Then the fire last time was also set off by the Taiping Army?" Li Hongzhang suddenly realized.

"Yes." Talking about this, Zeng Guofan couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

"The Taiping Army is too ruthless." Speaking of this, Li Hongzhang felt very uncomfortable.

"When I first heard the news, I was also angry as a teacher, but then I also figured it out, it is inevitable that the battlefield will compete for power, and everyone was also their own master at that time, and some things were also involuntarily." Zeng Guofan expressed understanding.

"Teacher, with all due respect, you weren't like this before, what or who made you change so much? It's not just because of the military discipline of the Taiping Army, right? Li Hongzhang finally said his biggest question.

"It's a person." Zeng Guofan is also very straightforward and authentic.

"Alone?" Li Hongzhang said.

"Yes, it is precisely because of him that the teacher knows that he has lived in vain for so many years, and many of his ideas are simply unrealistic and stupid. Zeng Guofan's words were full of admiration.

"Who is it that has so much magic?" Li Hongzhang said.

"Huang Xu." Zeng Guofandao.

"He, the one who captured you alive?" Li Hongzhang was even more surprised.

"It's him." Zeng Guofandao.

"Is he really as different as you say he is?" Li Hongzhang was a little unconvinced.

"That's right. Wait until you see him in the future. You can feel it. "Zeng Guofan said.

"Students are looking forward to it." Li Hongzhang really wanted to meet this person who was highly respected by his teachers.

"Okay, then we have to handle the affairs of the Hunan army, otherwise. We are not only sorry for the brothers of the Hunan army, but also disappointed Marshal Huang's kindness. "Zeng Guofan said.

"Yes, Teacher." Li Hongzhang deeply agrees. (To be continued......)