After Zeng Guofan said goodbye to Zuo Zongtang and a few people, he retreated outside the valley under the protection of the generals.

At this time, the fire has burned all the way out of the valley, and even the road up the mountain is covered by the vast fire, and the only way to escape is the waterway, fortunately, they have found out the exit of the waterway during the time they live in the valley, so at this critical moment, they will not have no way to escape.

It was with the foreshadowing that their escape process was surprisingly smooth.

After arriving at a safe place, Zeng Guofan arranged to count the number of people, including Zeng Guofan's personal guards and the scattered soldiers they gathered all the way, a total of 5,000 people, if Zuo Zongtang couldn't bring more people out, then their losses this time would be great.

"Strategist, this fire is really strange, why did it burn for no reason?" After taking a breath, Zeng Guofan remembered to ask the cause of the fire.

"This, this, the students didn't understand it, everyone was very relaxed today, they slept deeply, and they were a lot less vigilant, so the cause of the fire really couldn't be investigated." Li Hongzhang was a little ashamed.

"Could it be that someone deliberately set the fire?" Luo Bingzhang guessed.

"Intentional arson? Who would have the audacity to set fire to my million-strong army." Zeng Guofan was a little afraid to think about it

"What if it's the Taipings?" Li Hongzhang's speculation is one layer deeper.

"The Taipings? It's unlikely, Guohua went to see Guo Potian yesterday and didn't find anything abnormal, and if the Taiping Army wants to set fire, they can do it at any time, so why should Weishenme choose this time?" Zeng Guofan was still a little incredulous.

"Dashuai, students always feel that this matter has nothing to do with the Taiping Army." Li Hongzhang felt that the biggest suspicion was the Taiping Army.

"If they really wanted to kill us all, they should be ambushing us here now, so they could have let us escape so easily." Zeng Guofan's words are also very reasonable.

Speaking of which, there are many doubts anyway.

"There are also those who only wait for the three sons to come back, and then find a way." Li Hongzhang also has no good way.

"Looks like that's the end of it." Zeng Guofandao.

"Boss, it's imperative that we find a place to stay, but where can we go now?" Li Hongzhang asked cautiously.

Zeng Guofan listened and was silent, no one knew what he was thinking.

"Zeng Dashuai, this place is not far from Hefei, why don't we go to Hefei for a while, and then find a way to find out the news of my handsome, and then make a decision, how about it?" Luo Bingzhang saw that Zeng Guofan didn't speak, so he guessed what he was thinking, so he proposed to go to Hefei to rest first.

Yes, Zeng Guofan, a pillar of optimus with millions of soldiers, was so depressed that he wanted to take refuge in someone else's city, how could he feel better.

Zeng Guofan listened to Luo Bingzhang's words, nodded lightly, and reluctantly agreed. He knew better than anyone else that they were desperately tired now, what they needed was rest, what they needed was to find a place to fill their stomachs, and although it felt bad to be under the fence, he couldn't be too selfish for the sake of the gang that followed him.

Now that the idea has been made, the group rode to Hefei.

When he arrived at the city of Hefei, Luo Zenan stepped forward to open the city gate, and Zeng Guofan and others rushed in.

"The Hefei guard has seen the big handsome, don't the big handsome come unharmed?" Soon after Zeng Guofan and others were arranged to the post house, the Hefei guard came to ask Zeng Guofan for peace.

But what Zeng Guofan didn't expect was that this Hefei guard was Feng Zicai.

"General Feng, why are you, isn't this Hefei guard General General General General Li? How did it suddenly become you?" Zeng Guofan didn't expect to see Feng Zicai here, and he was very surprised.

"Don't mention it, Dashuai, do you remember the last time you escorted grain and grass?" Feng Zicai sighed and said.

"Remember, by the way, what happened to that matter, I didn't hear you mention it again, Ben Shuai thought that the matter had been resolved, so he didn't ask again." Zeng Guofan said suspiciously.

"Alas, Dashuai, that's the case, after the last general returned to the capital, he explained the beginning and end of this matter to the Minister of Consul General Gong Wangye, originally under the maneuvering of Gong Wangye, it was already fine, but I don't know who must have a hard time with the last general, so he made a big fuss about this matter, and wanted to put the last general to death, fortunately, the emperor Shengming, plus Gong Wangye's strength, the last general was saved from death, and was sent to Hefei City to be the general of the city." Feng Zicai will go through this one by one.

"Then why don't you come directly to Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai will definitely help you." Zeng Guofandao.

"Dashuai, you know the character of the last general, so how dare you work for the Dashuai unless you have to. In any case, Zuihou's ability to save his life is beyond the expectations of the last general, and he does not dare to ask for anything else." Feng Zicai said respectfully.

"General Feng, what you said is too foreign, but, judging from the current situation, it is not necessarily a bad thing for you to come to Hefei to be a general defending the city, at least you can stay away from the whirlpool of power struggles and live a few comfortable days." Zeng Guofan smiled rarely.

It seems that the unexpected reunion with Feng Zicai made him temporarily forget the pain of the army being burned.

"Yes, that's what the marshal said." Feng Zicai agreed.

"We might stay in Hefei for a while, it shouldn't bother you, right?" Zeng Guofan is an understatement.

"No, no, if you can get a handsome person to sit here, you will not be able to ask for it." Feng Zicai hurriedly said.

Of course, he wouldn't ask Zeng Guofan so recklessly what he was doing here, since Zeng Guofan didn't say it, then of course Feng Zicai wouldn't talk too much.

"Or, Marshal, you can move directly to the General's Mansion to live, the place will not be used to living, it has been empty, the conditions there are much better than this inn, if you want, the end will let people arrange it." Feng Zicai said again.

"Forget it, Ben Shuai still lives here more freely, and you don't have to worry about it too much." Zeng Guofan waved his hand.

"Yes. If the marshal has any other requirements, he will do it at the end." Feng Zicai's attitude was sincere and authentic.

"Can someone simply pack up a little food, we can just eat our stomachs, but other than that, there is nothing else, what we need most now is sleep." Zeng Guofan added.

"Yes, I will obey the orders of the commander." After Feng Zicai finished speaking, he withdrew to arrange.

"Dashuai, I didn't expect that the guard here would be Feng Zicai, so it would be much easier." Li Hongzhang breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Well, Ben Shuai didn't expect it, very unexpected, this Feng Zicai is a general, to be honest, Ben Shuai likes it very much, but this person has his own way of life, and we can't force it, no matter what, with him in Hefei, we can rest assured." Zeng Guofandao.

"San'er, they don't know what happened, and now there is no news back, which is really worrying." Li Hongzhang said.

"Did the people who contacted them send out?" Zeng Guofandao.

"It's been sent out several times, and there's no news yet." Li Hongzhang said.

"It stands to reason that it won't take so long to gather the army, could it be that the people we sent out missed it with them, they don't know that we are in Hefei now." Zeng Guofandao.

"No, after coming out of the valley, they only have two places to go, one is Hefei, one is Wuchang, if you go to Wuchang, it is not realistic at this stage, the only place that may come is Hefei, San'er is smart, he shouldn't even guess this, the students are sure, as long as they get out of trouble, they will come to Hefei." Li Hongzhang said.

"In that case, why haven't you heard from them for so long?" Zeng Guofan was a little anxious.

"It may take a long time to gather the army, so please don't be impatient." Li Hongzhang said with relief.

"Maybe, then let's wait a little longer, and you send a little more people out to have a look." Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes, Sir." Li Hongzhang said.

Who knows, they waited for two days, but in the end, they still didn't wait for Zuo Zongtang and them.

What's going on? (To be continued......)