Not long after, Luo Bingzhang, Yu Yilong, the general of the Taiping Army, Jiang Zhongyuan and Liu Kunyi, the generals of the Chu Army, led a large army to meet Zeng Guofan, and with them, there were also men and horses led by Zeng San and Zeng Guoquan.

When they came, it can be said that all the men and horses of the Hunan and Chu army, plus the Taiping army brought by Zeng Guofan, have all arrived, and it is not too much to describe it as a gathering of people.

Everyone was overjoyed when they saw each other, and it was inevitable that it would be lively again.

After the excitement, Zeng Guofan asked about Luo Bingzhang's battle with the Qing Forbidden Army.

Luo Bingzhang saw Zeng Guofan's inquiry, and hurriedly reported to him the details of Zeng Guofan's army after leaving.

It turned out that not long after Zeng Guofan left, Zeng San and Zeng Guoquan led the men and horses also arrived, they joined forces with Luo Bingzhang and others, and their strength exploded, which made the forbidden army that had completely fallen into the disadvantage become a turtle in the urn, and then under the joint siege of Xiangchu and the Taiping army, except for a very small number of Qing troops who escaped by chance, most of the others were dead and surrendered.

When everyone heard this, they were very happy, and there was a faint comfort in their hearts. In this battle of Hefei, the Hunan army suffered heavy losses, and with this small victory, it should be a little interest to recover from the Qing army.

And with the end of this battle, the entire battle of Hefei has officially come to an end, needless to say, the winner of this battle, there is only one, that is the Taiping Army.

Everyone got together and gossiped for a while, and Zeng Guofan saw that the time was almost up, so he got down to business again. He groaned slightly, and then said: "Shaoquan, according to the report from Tanmalay, the remnants of the Qing army have fled to Bengfu, but they don't seem to have the intention of stopping.

"It's hard to say about this matter, and if you analyze it only on the basis of the information we have obtained so far, it is really difficult to judge the true intentions of the Qing army." Li Hongzhang shook his head, and he couldn't make a judgment of preparation.

"In that case, then let's put this matter aside for a while, and wait for Marshal Huang to come, and then we will do the district." Although Zeng Guofan knew that the generals were outside and there was a reason why the military order was not accepted, this matter was important, and he did not dare to make his own decisions.

As soon as Zeng Guofan's words fell, Zeng San couldn't help but shout: "Marshal, military advisor, depending on the general, don't judge anymore, just chase it."

"Chasing? No matter how you chase them, these main forces of the Qing army that ran away are not dry food, they are different from the tens of thousands of forbidden troops who were completely annihilated by you." Li Hongzhang glanced at Zeng San and said with a smile.

"Strategist, don't say it, these rabbit cubs under Seng Lingqin are really ruthless, they can give up tens of thousands of besieged forbidden troops and run away in a panic on their own, it's really not a thing." Zeng San did not respond directly to Li Hongzhang's words, but followed the end of Li Hongzhang's words and scolded the main force of the Qing army led by Seng Lingqin.

What he said was the tens of thousands of forbidden troops, that is, the Qing forbidden army that was surrounded and annihilated by the Hunan and Chu coalition forces in the last place.

"If you are reluctant to have a child, how can you trap you, a wolf, the wishful thinking in Seng Lingqin's heart is ringing." Li Hongzhang also followed Zeng San's words and made a joke with him.

"Military advisor, what do you mean, the tens of thousands of Qing forbidden troops who were surrounded and annihilated by us are just bait deliberately left by Monk Greenqin?" Zeng San listened to Li Hongzhang's words and exclaimed.

He originally thought that Monk Greenqin's death would not be saved, which was ruthless enough, but if, as Li Hongzhang said, these forbidden troops were just bait put by Monk Greenqin, then it could not be explained simply by being ruthless.

"That's right, judging from the analysis of the movements of the Qing army before and after, most of them are like this." Li Hongzhang has guessed the idea of Seng Lingqin, and he should not be wrong.

"Strategist, something is wrong, is it necessary for Monk Greenqin to do that? To be honest, with the strength of the Qing army, is it necessary to be afraid of us to that extent, and can we throw tens of thousands of people away?" Zeng San was a little unconvinced.

He had a clear understanding of the strength of the Qing army, and he didn't think that the Qing army would be afraid of their Hunan army.

"The Qing army fled, not because of us, but because of the Taiping army, to be precise, they were afraid of a stalemate with us, so as to leave the main force of the Taiping army an opportunity to take advantage of, so they categorically decided to leave those tens of thousands of forbidden troops as a decoy to buy time for his main force to retreat." Li Hongzhang is not a loss to Li Hongzhang, just by virtue of this clue, the idea of Seng Lingqin at that time is clear, not simple, really not simple.

"This monk Greenqin is really ruthless, that's tens of thousands of elites of the Qing army, isn't he distressed at all, he's really a loser." Zeng San said with emotion.

"San'er, if you think so, you are wrong, this is exactly the wisdom of Seng Lingqin, otherwise, how could the main force of the Qing army retreat so quickly. If you don't pay a price, okay?" Li Hongzhang tapped Zeng San with his finger and said.

"Oh, I kind of understand, but, military advisor, why didn't you say it earlier, if you said it earlier, then everyone would be desperate to drag the Qing army back, how could they escape so easily?" Zeng San sighed.

"I'm ashamed to say that I just figured out the joints in this, and from this point of view, Monk Green is still a chess player for me." Li Hongzhang said a little annoyed.

"Strategist, this is a bad statement, Monk Greenqin is not a step ahead, as San'er said, he is just more ruthless than us. Tens of thousands of people, don't say don't want it, if it's you, it's the commander, it's the Hunan army, it's the Taiping army, how can you do such an unrighteous thing." Zeng Guofan's words were like a blow to the head, smashing on everyone's heads.

After hearing Zeng Guofan's words, Li Hongzhang fell into deep thought.

There is no doubt that Zeng Guofan's words are very reasonable.

The Taiping Army and the Hunan Army should be called the army of benevolence and righteousness, while the Qing Army is at best a simple state machine. It is not difficult to understand why the Taixiang army and the Qing army are different from the Qing army in terms of thinking and dealing with the same thing.

"Dashuai, your words, the student understands." Li Hongzhang is a delicate and thorough person, born with a heart of seven tricks, how can he not think through the truth of this. Not only did he figure it out, but also, through this matter, he strengthened his allegiance to Heaven.

"It's good to understand, it's good to understand!" Zeng Guofan was also very pleased.

"Dashuai, then let's chase it. Or don't chase?" This was said for a while, but Zeng San still couldn't come up with a clear answer, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

"Listen to you, you're trying to chase, aren't you?" Zeng Guofan said with a smile.

"Yes, the commander, the last general is willing to lead the men and horses to pursue the Qing army." Zeng San said excitedly.

Zeng Guofan smiled again, did not immediately express his position, but swept his gaze to the other generals, and only listened to him: "What about your opinions, are they the same as Zeng San?"

"That's right, Marshal, don't chase it at this time, let alone when, while the Qing army is still on a firm footing, we will be able to catch it off guard." Luo Zenan raised his hands in favor of Zeng San's proposal.

"That's right......" Most of them agreed to send troops in pursuit.

"Mr. Luo, what do you think?" Zeng Guofan saw that Luo Bingzhang did not say anything, and said.

"Marshal, my subordinates believe that this is not a good time to pursue for two reasons, one is that the army has just gone through a big battle, not only is it quite damaged and extremely tired, and it is in urgent need of rest, and second, although the Qing army has suffered a lot of losses, but the main force is still there, we can expect the meaning of the Qing army? Obviously, it can't, so the subordinates think that it is not appropriate to pursue lightly at this time." Luo Bingzhang thought for a while and said.

"Generals, what do you think of Mr. Luo's words?" Zeng Guofan said loudly.

The generals were silent, looking at each other, obviously, they hadn't considered what Luo Bingbing said, they just subconsciously thought that since the Qing army had run away, they had to chase, but they didn't think that chasing was also conditional, so as soon as Luo Bingzhang's words came out, they were speechless.

Zeng Guofan saw that everyone was silent, so he could only say to himself: "Everyone, since you have nothing to say, then Ben Shuai will say a few more words."

Everyone snorted, and then turned their eyes to Zeng Guofan, pricked up their ears, and wanted to hear what the big handsome was going to say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think that Mr. Luo is reasonable, it is not appropriate to attack at this time, and then make a decision after everything is clarified, what do you think?" Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes, Sir." Don't everyone understand the meaning of Zeng Guofan, all of them should be.

"Okay, it's decided at this time, you go down and rest first, and when there is further news, we will discuss this matter." Zeng Guofandao.

Everyone promised and was about to disperse to rest, when suddenly someone came to report that Huang Xu was coming.

When everyone heard that Huang Xu was coming, they were all in good spirits. Zeng Guofan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the generals to welcome him out of Lu (to be continued......