Xiao Yungui was humming a little song and leaving the Yamen of the Ministry of War, he was in a very good mood, but he didn't know that at this moment, he was being viciously scolded by a group of Qing army generals.

In the camp of the Qing army of Peng Yulin's department in Lingchuan, Guangxi, Peng Yulin sat on the main seat of the handsome camp with a gloomy face, watching a group of Qing army generals and colonels under his command take turns muttering and cursing the murderous and cunning long-haired Xiwang, but those are just angry scoldings, and they are cursing over and over again, which makes no sense at all.

Facing the impatience of his subordinates, Peng Yulin was also irritable. Li Chongbu Xiangyong nearly 10,000 people were all killed in Xing'an Town for two days and one night, and when the reinforcements he sent out were still halfway through, they encountered some rout soldiers who escaped from Xing'an Town, bringing the news that Xing'an Town was finished. In the end, the Qing reinforcements had to quickly return to Lingchuan to hold on, and they also knew that the Taiping army liked to play siege to help them a lot of the time, and they didn't want to be eaten by the elusive Taiping army on the road.

The Taiping army was interspersed with a large range of 10,000 elite soldiers to their own back road, Peng Yulin was very helpless, the Taiping army was stuck in Xing'an Town, not only cut off the official road to the north, but also the Lingqu Canal connecting the Xiangjiang River and the Li River by waterway was also cut off by the Taiping army, Chen Yucheng once again showed Peng Yulin that the Taiping army he led was very good at fighting this kind of roundabout and interspersed sports warfare.

Peng Yulin knew that these were the glorious traditions of long-haired thieves, and they were able to jump out of Guangxi and jump out of the encirclement of more than 100,000 Qing troops in Saishan'a, relying on this kind of sports warfare, and Longhair was an expert in this regard. And at this moment, his opponent Chen Yucheng, he seems to have applied this tactic to the offense. It is no longer a strategic shift that was forced to do it back then, and Peng Yulin was a little sad to find that the Taiping Army's individual combat capability has been greatly improved with the help of new weapons. Even if Longhair only moved a small army to the flank of his own brigade, it would make the Qing army very uncomfortable.

Now the Qing army led by Peng Yulin is trapped in Lingchuan, blocked by the Taiping army of Chen Alin who is besieging Guilin in front, and the back road is cut off by the Taiping army of Zhang Wenxiang, and the 30,000 horses in his hands are in danger of being wiped out at any time. What made Peng Yulin even more annoyed was that the Taiping army was very fond of propaganda and psychological warfare, and Zhang Wenxiang's troops even sent the captured Hunan brave soldiers and banners outside the camp to show off their might, and hundreds of people made up the battle of Xing'an into a smooth slip and repeated it outside the Qing army camp all day long. The Qing army couldn't help but send out a team to attack, and what they attracted was definitely a burst of guns.

More than ten days passed after the battle of Xing'an Town, and Peng Yulin did not dare to divide his troops. Several breakthroughs were blocked by the Taiping army, but the sound of guns and cannons in the direction of Guilin became thicker and thicker, Peng Yulin knew Chen Yucheng's plan, and his 30,000 people were the dishes on his plate. Just waiting for the defeat of Guilin. You can enjoy it slowly.

"Shut up!" Peng Yulin couldn't hold back the aimless curses of his subordinates, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Do you only have the ability to scold behind your back?!" ”

The entire camp tent suddenly fell silent, and Peng Yulin looked coldly at Li Mengqun, the political envoy of Hunan, and asked, "How much grain and grass is there in the army?" ”

Li Mengqun was silent all the time, and only then did he slowly and bitterly speak: "It's been less than seven days." ”

The governor of Hunan coughed, and the old voice said sadly: "Xue Shuai, the grain and grass will be cut off, and after Li Chongbu is annihilated, it is estimated that Hunan will never send reinforcements again." I'm waiting for a turtle in an urn. ”

Peng Yulin groaned, and at this moment, a personal guard outside the tent hurriedly entered the tent and reported: "Dashuai." Outside the camp, there was Li De'an, the general of the town soldiers who had been put back with long hair, asking to see him. ”

Peng Yulin sighed and said, "Bring him in!" Li Mengqun frowned and said, "What is Changmao doing when he lets him come back at this time?" Could it be that they were sent to deliver a letter to persuade them to surrender? ”

Peng Yulin smiled faintly and said: "Ben Shuai is also expected, but the four-eyed dog wants to persuade Ben Shuai to surrender, it is wishful thinking." ”

Li Mengqun said: "Even so, there is no need to see this defeated general, lest the big rebellious words of Changmao defile the ears and eyes of the handsome, and if the imperial historian knows about the participation in the future, it will also be extremely disadvantageous." ”

Peng Yulin raised his hand and stopped: "Those big rebellious words will naturally not let him speak, since this Li De'an was put back by Long Hair, he must also know some of the truth of Long Hair, and it is okay to ask one or two." ”

After a short time, Li De'an was brought into the big tent, and I saw that although he was wearing all his clothes and armor, he was only wearing ordinary civilian robes, but he still looked in good spirits, and it seemed that he had not been mistreated after being captured.

Li De'an bowed his head after seeing Peng Yulin, knelt on the ground and said that he was guilty of death, Peng Yulin waved his hand lightly and said: "Li Shenrong is not a subordinate of Ben Shuai, and there is no need to say such words of guilt, since you are back, you can follow Ben Shuai with peace of mind, and when you return to Hunan Land, your guilt will be judged by the court." Long Fur let you back, what are your words? If it's a word of persuasion or something, then it doesn't need to be said. ”

Unexpectedly, Li De'an knelt on the ground, raised his head and hugged his fists and said with a wry smile: "Qi Yu Xue Shuai, it was the long-haired boss Chen Yucheng who put his subordinates back, Chen Yucheng personally met his subordinates when he came, and he said that Xue Shuai was loyal to the Qing court, and this time he would not mention the words of persuasion when his subordinates came back." ”

Peng Yulin was slightly surprised, and said with a slight smile: "I didn't expect this four-eyed dog to be quite knowledgeable." Then he asked, "Then what did he let you do when he let you back?" Do you just want to humiliate me with words? ”

Li Dean shook his head and said: "No, Chen Yucheng said that he was willing to let go of a road so that Xue Shuai and his soldiers and horses could return to Hunan safely." ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals of the Qing army in the big tent exclaimed together, everyone didn't believe their ears, Peng Yulin was also surprised, and said suspiciously: "What? The four-eyed dog is willing to let go of a road and let us go back to Hunan land? ”

Li De'an nodded and said: "Exactly, Chen Yucheng said, as long as we restrain our subordinates, withdraw from Guangxi and return to Yongzhou, and no longer go south to rescue Guilin, he can let go of the official road of Xing'an and let Xueshuai's army return to the north." ”

Li Mengqun sneered: "The four-eyed dog wants us to leave the hard village, he fortunately intercepted us halfway, and he didn't have any good intentions, Xue Shuai can't be fooled." ”

Li De'an hurriedly said: "Chen Yucheng said, he didn't want to do such a thing as letting the tiger return to the mountain, he was happy to trap the Xueshuai army first, and when the Xueshuai army ran out of ammunition, he would annihilate Xueshuai's 30,000 army in one fell swoop, but it was a pity that his western king Xiao Chaogui gave him a secret order to let the Xueshuai army leave!" ”

Peng Yulin was moved this time and said: "This is what the pseudo-king of the West means? Li De'an got up and took out a letter from his arms and said: "This is a letter from Xiao Chaogui handed over by Chen Yucheng, so that his subordinates must bring it to Dashuai." ”

The letter sealed by the fire paint was placed on Peng Yulin's desk, and the fire paint was still intact to show that neither Chen Yucheng nor Li De'an had read the letter, and at that moment Peng Yulin took the letter and pondered for a moment before saying to Li Mengqun and Yu Wanqing: "The two of you can come close and watch this letter with Ben Shuai." ”

Li Mengqun and Yu Wanqing glanced at each other, knowing that Peng Yulin was avoiding suspicion, and the three people with the largest Qing military rank in the ministry watched this letter together, even if there was anything, the three of them knew together, Peng Yulin could naturally show that he had no connection with Xiao Chaogui, and if the imperial historian knew about it in the future, he would not make any trouble.

At that moment, the two approached Peng Yulin's handsome position, Peng Yulin opened the letter, and the three of them watched together. After seeing it, the faces of the three of them changed greatly, and Li Mengqun said in a low voice: "Xue Shuai, this matter should not be known by too many people, let's let everyone retreat first." Yu Wanqing also nodded and said, "That's what the old man meant." ”

Peng Yulin hummed and waved everyone in the tent away, leaving only Li De'an alone. Although the generals of the Qing army were very puzzled, but the tent was full of Li Mengqun, Yu Wanqing and Peng Yulin's cronies, Li Mengqun and Yu Wanqing have not dealt with each other, it is rare for the two to agree this time, all the generals know that this time must be a matter of importance, so they retreated together.

After the generals left, Li Mengqun frowned impatiently and said: "Xue Shuai, what this long-haired pseudo-Xiwang said in the letter may not be true, and it may be Changmao's plan to divide the world. ”

Yu Wanqing coughed twice, and the old voice said angrily: "If this matter is not true, then why did the long-haired pseudo-Xiwang explain the route and strength of our troops so clearly in the letter?" At that time, we didn't just agree with Li Chong to gather south, and also informed Xiangyong's gang of turtle grandsons of the marching route. ”

Peng Yulin slowly put the letter away, and said lightly: "What is said in this letter is true. Without waiting for Li Mengqun to speak again, Peng Yulin continued: "Regardless of the secrets of our army mentioned by the pseudo-king of the West on this letter, it is said that Li Chongbu did not meet according to the agreement before, and let us be in front, judging from the way they marched behind, Xiang Yong wanted to kill people with a knife. ”

Li Mengqun was very discouraged, he felt that although Zeng Guofan was quite ambitious, he was not so likely to trap the friendly army of the Hunan Green Camp, but he really couldn't justify Li Chongbu's strange behavior in Xiangyong. After a moment of silence, Li Mengqun said: "Xue Shuai, maybe I should think about it in reverse, why did Long Hair do this, let us go back, what good will it do to Long Hair?" ”

Peng Yulin's fingers tapped on the table repeatedly, and said slowly: "This is also what I have been thinking about since reading the letter, the long-haired pseudo-king of the West is known for his treacherous and cunning, it is impossible for him to let go of our 30,000 horses in vain without any benefit, why should he let us go?" Could it be that he just wants to provoke a conflict between us and Xiang Yong, so that he can profit from it? But even so, when I go back, I won't raise a sword against Xiang Yong for the time being, at most, I will know about this matter in secret to the two palaces, and before this matter is conclusive, even we don't dare to say it in the open. He pseudo-king of the West wants to see us fight with Xiang Yong, but I'm afraid it's impossible. Tantric two houses? Could it be that he just wanted Xiang Yong to let the two palaces know about the fact that he was disobedient? (To be continued......)