Chapter 316: The dilemma is insurmountable
The front foot followed the back foot, and the order of Monk Lingqin also arrived, and he summoned Guo Wenbing to return to the camp immediately, saying that there was something important to discuss.
Just rushed to this matter, Guo Wenbing and Hu Linyi definitely had no way to fight anymore, and after the two put a few cruel words to each other, Guo Wenbing led people to leave in a hurry.
After Guo Wenbing left, Hu Linyi couldn't be idle, he had to continue to kill, this battle was not over yet?
When Guo Wenbing arrived at Monk Greenqin, Monk Greenqin was scolding his guards, and it seemed that he was in a very unhappy mood.
"Lord Wang, I don't know if you summoned the last general back, but it's for the Taiping Army?" Guo Wenbing finished the salute and asked cautiously.
Monk Greenqin is on fire, Guo Wenbing knows that if he is not careful, it will be impossible to get along with himself, and he will not do anything to scold.
"Yes, Wenbing, that's exactly what happened, come, come, sit, let's discuss how to deal with this matter." The anger on Seng Greenqin's face did not subside, and there seemed to be sorrow between his eyebrows, and when he saw Guo Wenbing, he hurriedly beckoned him to sit down.
"Lord Xie, how many questions will there be in the end, I don't know if to ask?" After Guo Wenbing sat down, he hugged the monk Greenqin and did the fist.
"Say." Monk Greenqin Road.
"Lord Wang, this Taiping army suddenly entered the city is a bit strange, it stands to reason that the city gate is heavily guarded, and General Deng led tens of thousands of horses to reinforce it, no matter what, it shouldn't be lost." Guo Wenbing was full of questions, he really couldn't guess the reason.
"The specific situation is still being confirmed, but it is an indisputable fact that the Taiping army has entered the city, and according to the latest news, they have already engaged the forbidden army." Monk Greenqin's face was ugly, and he was a little annoyed.
Monk Greenqin's head was very big, his heart was very confused, he really didn't know what was going on. Just now, he was still proud of the fact that he was about to cut off the Hunan army, which had been a confidant for many years, but who knows, in a blink of an eye, it was said that the Taiping army had arrived, and the Taiping army seemed to have fallen from the sky without any warning in advance.
What's even more hateful is that no one reported such a big matter as the loss of the city gate to him in advance. Thinking of this, Monk Greenqin became angry, the city gate guard, and the Deng Dinggong, I don't know if they eat dry rice, it's simply a group of rice buckets,
"Lord Wang, this shouldn't be, why didn't anyone report such a big thing as the loss of the city gate in advance?" Guo Wenbing was also puzzled.
Yes, for such a major event of the loss of the city gate, someone must give a letter before and after, but they are kept in the dark, if it weren't for the Taiping army being close at hand, maybe they would still think that the city gate is impregnable.
Guo Wenbing didn't mention it, but when he mentioned it, it was like throwing a bomb into the crater, which directly caused a volcanic eruption.
"How does this king know the way? This king can only say, you are a bunch of rice buckets, waste! What kind of city gate guards are rice buckets, Deng Dinggong is also rice buckets, and you are also rice buckets. You can't beat people, even if you don't forget it, but you won't even report a letter, the court spends so much money every year to support you, just hope that you can shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting the enemy and defending the land, you can get good, when it comes to a critical juncture, not only can the soil not be defended, but also can't even bark a few times, you are not waste, what else can be, it is really better to raise a few dogs." Monk Greenqin nested a belly of fire, scolded a lot, and even Guo Wenbing was beaten by Haibian.
Guo Wenbing was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to the ground, and he didn't dare to come out.
Monk Greenqin counted everyone down, until he had enough scolding and was tired of scolding, he stopped singing.
"Wen Bing, you too, why don't you help keep an eye on such a big thing? It's good now, things have come to this point, and this king doesn't know how to end it." Monk Greenqin glanced at Guo Wenbing, who was lying on the ground, and was still a little puzzled.
Guo Wenbing even said, the prince is angry, the prince is angry, the last will be guilty, the last will be guilty...
"Alright, you get up first." Maybe it was because he thought that the fire Hou was almost there, and Monk Greenqin's face softened slightly.
After Guo Wenbing confessed, he cautiously stood aside, but still bowed his head and bent over, respectfully waiting for Monk Lingqin's instructions.
"Okay, Wen Bing, this king scolds you, it's also for your good, if it's someone else, this king doesn't bother to spend time to scold it. Let's get down to business, you see, what are we going to do next?" Scold and scold, and use it, this is the way of monk Lingqin.
"The last general is guilty, the prince is right, the last general is guilty..."With the lesson just now, how dare Guo Wenbing answer casually.
"Well, Wen Bing, this king has said it, this matter is over, do you still want this king to confess to you?" Monk Greenqin snorted, and his face seemed to be covered with another layer of frost.
"Don't dare, the last will not dare." Guo Wenbing's legs weakened and he fell to the ground again.
"Then you tell this king, what should you do next?" Monk Greenqin looked at Guo Wenbing, who was kneeling on the ground, and didn't let him get up, but said slowly.
"Lord Wang, the end will not know, everything depends on the prince." Guo Wenbing was once bitten by a snake, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and he has kept in mind the truth that if he says too much.
Besides, if this idea is good, then that's it, if it is not good, the prince is unhappy, and he may cause himself a bad scolding, so it is better to protect himself.
"Let you say, you say, where is so much nonsense." Monk Greenqin was in a slightly better mood just now, because Guo Wenbing's words became a little fluctuating again.
"Yes, then the general will be bold in his word." Guo Wenbing observed his words and looks, and knew that if he didn't say it again, it might be bad again, so he had to say it quickly.
"Say it." Monk Greenqin was in a better mood.
"Retreat!" Guo Wenbing looked at the face of the monk Greenqin, and two words popped out of his mouth.
"Retreat? What do you mean? Can you be specific?" Monk Greenqin's face trembled, and said.
"After the Taiping army entered the city, the battlefield situation has been reversed, and our army has lost the best opportunity to annihilate the Hunan army, and if we continue to stay here, when the Taiping army and the Hunan and Chu army come to their senses, we may be too late to leave, and the most difficult thing can only be the annihilation of the whole army." Guo Wenbing said as he looked at Monk Greenqin's face.
He had to keep an eye on the attitude of the monk Lingqin, and at the slightest disturbance, he had to shut up immediately.
"Not necessarily, right? It is reported that there are not many people from the Taiping army, only more than 100,000 people, even if you count the Hunan army that has been disabled, it will be more than 200,000 people, and our Shence army plus the forbidden army is far more than this number, in terms of the total number of people, we even have a small advantage, this king does not believe it, with us, are we afraid that the Taiping army will not succeed?" Seng Greenqin's judgment of the situation is not as pessimistic as Guo Wenbing, he can only say. He still had a glimmer of illusions.
"Lord Wang, what you said is right, in terms of numbers, we are more than the Taiping Army and the Hunan Army combined, but in terms of combat effectiveness, we are far behind, let's not talk about the Taiping Army, let's just say that the Xiangchu Army that we have made dumplings a few times, do we eat it now? Not yet. This is the gap, and it is a gap that cannot be bridged within the short. If we withdraw now, there may still be a chance to retain some of the vital energy for future use, and if we continue to hesitate now, great calamity will surely come." Guo Wenbing is out of the way.
He never thought that Monk Greenqin, as the commander of the first army, would have such naïve ideas and completely ignore the current reality, which was very dangerous, and Guo Wenbing was not willing to accompany him to take this risk.
"However, if we withdraw, this Hefei city will be lost, and once Hefei is lost, the gate to Beijing will be opened, and the Taiping army will definitely drive straight into Beijing, and the Qing Dynasty will be in danger." It's not that Monk Lingqin can't see the reality clearly, but he also has to consider the overall situation, he can't do anything that damages the overall situation because he is worried about the damage of the army, retreat is not a difficult thing, but the price of retreat is huge, he has to be cautious.
When Guo Wenbing heard this, he was slightly stunned, he didn't think about it so much, he just fought this battle, on this battle, if according to the monk and the prince, this is a big problem, how can a small person like him solve it?
"Lord Wang, you are talking about military affairs, the last general is talking about the battle in front of him, the last general does not know what will happen after the retreat of Lu Dao, but the last general can be sure that if we stay, we will only have a dead end, don't forget, in addition to the Taiping army that has entered the city, the main force of the Taiping army is still outside the city, it is possible, they are already on the way into the city, and we, do we have reinforcements? Obviously, no. Comparing the two, the result can be imagined." Guo Wenbing broke the current predicament in one word.
If the Qing army can retreat as soon as possible, fortunately it can still preserve its strength, if there are still illusions and intentions to fight hard here, it is to find death. Let's ask, if the Qing army even lost this bit of family foundation, then what will it rely on to fight the Taiping army in the future, it is even more ugly to say, if the imperial court loses their army, will the Qing Dynasty have a future? Instead of looking for death here, it is better to retreat for the time being, and then find a way later.
Therefore, in Guo Wenbing's opinion, retreat is the most beneficial for the Qing army.
After hearing this, Monk Greenqin fell into deep thought, Guo Wenbing's words touched him a lot, and he really needed to think about it. (To be continued......)