In Shi Dakai's camp, the feast has dispersed, most of the soldiers have gone back to rest, and only a few people are still sitting, including Shi Dakai, Zhao Xiaofeng, Huang Xu, etc.

"Mr. Zhao, in today's battle, the Qing army may have gained insight into our purpose, with the ability of Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, they will definitely not be able to hold out, if so, it will be troublesome." Shi Da Kaidao.

"If it's as you say, then it's really troublesome, and then we'll have to find another way to break the enemy." Zhao Xiaofeng also frowned, thinking hard about countermeasures.

"Lord Wang, I have a plan, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Huang Xu interjected.

"Brother, if you have a plan to help, I can't ask for it, please speak." Shi Da said happily.

"That's it, that's it." Huang Xu told his plan, and after everyone heard it, they called it a clever plan.

The next day, when the sentry of the Qing army came to the camp of Shidakai, they found that the entire camp had been withdrawn cleanly, and the sentry was shocked and hurriedly returned to the camp to inform Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and others.

Zeng, after the two Li were rewarded, they were also shocked and let the sentry continue to probe again.

The sentinel reported later that Shi Dakai had retreated ten miles back and set up camp.

Ten miles back, what does it mean? When Zeng Li and the others heard this, they looked at each other, and their doubts were even greater, and they sent someone to carefully investigate the place where Shi Dakai was camped, and lit the stove for cooking, and they found that the number of stoves in real place was far from the number of the army boasted by Shi Dakai and others, that is to say, the number of soldiers under Shi Dakai was much smaller than the number they announced, what can this mean? Either Shi Dakai's camp is running out of food and grass, there is a food shortage, and there are many deserters under his command, or Shi Dakai has been exaggerating from the beginning, and his army is not as many as he said, in short, in any way, this is good news for their side, maybe the opportunity has really come.

Zeng and Li both understood this truth, but they did not make a decision immediately, and planned to continue to wait a little longer.

The next day, the sentry of the Qing army was sent to Shi Dakai's station, and like the previous day, Shi Dakai retreated ten miles, and the number of stoves counted was much less.

Another day and still the same situation as the day before.

This situation lasted for a total of ten days, and Shi Dakai also withdrew a hundred miles away, Zeng Guofan became more and more convinced that something big must have happened in Shi Dakai's camp, otherwise, with Shi Dakai's cautious behavior, he would not have withdrawn his troops so hastily.

"What are we going to do?" Zeng Guofan asked his military advisor Li Hongzhang.

"Such a method of reducing the focus seems to be premeditated, but if it is not premeditated, we will lose a great opportunity to annihilate Shi Dakai, anyway. It's not accurate, but if you calculate it, it should be five or five, and both situations may exist." Li Hongzhang said.

Zeng Guofan heard Li Hongzhang's words, thought for a while, and then said: "Then let's gamble, since there is a fifty percent chance, let's not gamble?"

"Since the commander has decided to do so, the students will obey, but we must also be prepared so as not to be helpless when another situation arises." Li Hongzhang said.

"You have a point, then...... In this way, Ben Shuai personally led people to chase after him this time, you stay and stick to the big camp, remember, no matter what happens ahead, your responsibility is to stick to the big camp, and you must not attack without authorization, remember?" Zeng Guofan is cautious and authentic.

"The students remembered." Of course, Li Hongzhang understood the meaning of Zeng Guofan's words.

"Then please sir." Zeng Guofan said to Li Hongzhang.

"Dashuai, Dashuai, aren't you tormenting students? Students will live up to their trust." Li Hongzhang was shocked and hurriedly supported Zeng Guofan.

"With your words, Ben Shuai is relieved." Zeng Guofandao.

Then, the two agreed on some details of attack and defense, and then, summoning all the generals, prepared to attack to chase Shi Dakai.

The generals heard that they were going to chase Shi Dakai, they all cheered, this time they could be suffocated, Shi Dakai sent people to challenge, all kinds of abuse, they were hindered by the general's order, they could only stick to it, the fire in the heart of the nest was really big, now I heard that they were going to chase Shi Dakai, one by one, they all fought bravely.

Zeng Guofan saw that the morale of the generals was high, and he couldn't help nodding silently, secretly rejoicing in his heart, it seemed to be a good sign.

"The people will obey." Zeng Guofan took advantage of the situation and shouted.

As soon as the generals heard that Zeng Guofan had raised their accounts, they all listened to the decree.

"Ordered Zeng San to be the vanguard of the front and make meritorious service on behalf of the crime." Zeng Guofandao.

"Xie Dashuai values it, and the last general will definitely be the head of Shi Dakai in person, in order to dedicate Dashuai." Zeng San understood that this was Zeng Guofan's desire for him to be ashamed and brave, and through this battle, he was ashamed.

"Hu Linyi led the left army, Luo Zenan led the right army, Peng Yulin was the queen, when the sun set, bury the pot to make rice, and after the meal, the army immediately set off to exterminate the thief army." Zeng Guofandao.

"Big brother, what about us?" Zeng Guofan's younger brother Zeng Guohua saw that there was nothing wrong with him and shouted.

"Yes, yes, your name reminds Ben Shuai, and I still need to arrange for you." Zeng Guofan slapped his head.

Zeng Guohua was very happy when he heard that the marshal had something to arrange.

"Zeng Guohua, Zeng Guoquan, Li Yuandu listen to orders." Zeng Guofandao.

"The end will be." Threesome.

"Order the three of you to guard the camp together with the military division, obey the dispatch of the military division in everything, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Zeng Guofan said coldly.

Zeng Guofan knew that his two younger brothers were arrogant and not inferior, and Li Hongzhang might not be able to command, so he said so.

"Big brother, no, big handsome, what kind of thing is this, guard the camp, just leave the military division alone, our brother, our brother should follow the eldest brother to chase and kill Shi Dakai." Zeng Guohua said with a smile.

"Well, is it the commander's order, you want to disobey, the commander let you guard the camp, you have your own reason, don't have any doubts, and no slackness is allowed, otherwise, military law will not be merciful." Zeng Guofan's face sank, and he said coldly.

"Yes, Sir." Although he was extremely reluctant, Zeng Guohua still nodded in agreement, he didn't dare to really disobey Zeng Guofan's general's order, his brother was iron-faced and selfless, he knew it, if it wasn't good, he would really cut off his own brother's head.

"What about you, Guoquan?" Zeng Guofan asked Zeng Guoquan again.

"But at the command of the eldest brother." Zeng Guoquan is slightly more rational than Zeng Guohua.

"Okay, that's it, you go down and prepare separately." Zeng Guofandao.

The generals promised.

Soon, night began to fall, and Zeng Guofan led his army in the direction of Shi Dakaiba's camp.

Among the Qing troops led by Zeng Guofan, more than half of them were Hunan troops trained by him, so the combat effectiveness of these Hunan troops was not comparable to the Manchu Eight Banners at this time, so to speak, they were equal to the Taiping army led by Shi Dakai in terms of combat effectiveness.

After two hours of pursuit, they finally chased to the outside of Shi Dakai's camp, the sentry horse came to report, the big tent was dark, it seemed that all the soldiers of the Taiping Army had turned off the lights and rested.

So, Zeng Guofan ordered Zeng San to be in front, Hu Linyi on the left, Luo Zenan on the right, and Peng Yulin in the back, and he led an army to rush into Shi Dakai's camp, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing resounded in the sky.

"Marshal, there is no one in the camp, it's all empty." Zeng San, who rushed to the front, ran back to report to Zeng Guo with a frightened face.

"Oh no, it's a trick, get out of here." As soon as Zeng Guofan heard that there was no one in the camp, he knew that he had won the plan, and he shouted and told everyone to withdraw quickly.

However, it was already too late.

On the periphery of the entire camp, the shouts of killing suddenly sounded, of course, this shout was not from the Qing army, but from the Taiping army, and Zeng Guofan found that they had been surrounded.

"Dashuai, what should I do?" Zeng San protected Zeng Guofan behind him, turned his head sideways and asked.

"Kill it." Zeng Guofan said categorically.

"Listen to the soldiers, the commander has an order, kill out..."Zeng San's voice echoed in the sky.

"Kill." Qing Jun roared.

They did not hesitate to rush towards the Taiping army.

The two armies fought, the brave won, but the Taiping army and the Qing army were not weak, so as soon as the two sides came into contact, they started a tragic battle, one side was to break through, and the other side was intended to encircle each other, so both sides were fighting with their lives and did not give in to each other.

Shi Dakai, Huang Xu and the others stood on a small hillside, looking down on the entire battlefield, although it was night, the torches had already illuminated the entire sky as if it were day. Therefore, they know the situation on the entire battlefield like a direct grasp.

Especially for Zeng Guofan, Shi Dakai took care of it, Zeng Guofan threw himself to the east, and Shi Dakai ordered people to go east. Zeng Guofan to the west. Shi Dakai ordered people to go west, anyway, one of them, and trapped Zeng Guofan to death, at the same time. The Taiping army did not stop harvesting the lives of the soldiers who protected the surrounding Zeng Guofan. In the hope that Zuihou would capture Zeng Guofan alive.

Zeng Guofan in the battlefield is also like a mirror. He knew that if he continued like this, not only would he not be able to live, but even the soldiers who followed him would die here. This is something he doesn't want to see.

"San'er. Leave me alone. Break out on your own. Zeng Guofan suddenly called Zeng San's nickname.

"Dashuai, don't say it, Zeng San just gave up this life. It is also necessary to protect you from the encirclement, the Qing Dynasty can do without Zeng San, but it cannot be without the marshal. "Zeng San was categorical.

"But, San'er, this time is different from the past, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to escape this time, you go first, I think, their main target is me, as long as I contain them, you will have a chance to escape." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

"No, Dashuai, even if I die, I have to protect you, this is also my father's dying request." Zeng San said this, his nose was a little sour.

When Zeng Guofan heard Zeng San talk about his father, he couldn't help but cry from his sorrow.

Zeng San's father is also Zeng Guofan's younger brother, and he is also his youngest brother, in a military operation, Zeng San's father was shot in order to cover Zeng Guofan, before he died, he instructed his son Zeng San to protect his uncle Zeng Guofan, even if he himself died, he could not let his uncle be hurt at all, because his uncle was the hope of the Qing Dynasty.

Zeng San firmly remembered his father's words, he exchanged his life for his life several times, rescued Zeng Guofan from the brink of life and death, and used his practical actions to fulfill his promise to his father, I don't know, this time, will he still be able to bring Zeng Guofan out of the encirclement as usual?

"San'er, uncle can't stand you and your father, if it weren't for your uncle, your father wouldn't have died, and you wouldn't have suffered such a big crime." Zeng Guofan was emotionally authentic.

"Dashuai...."Zeng Sandao.

"San'er, when is this, there is no handsome here, only your relatives, you should still call it uncle." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

"Yes, uncle." Zeng Sandao.

"San'er, look, we are going west, and there are people surrounding us in the west, and we are going east, and there are people surrounding us in the east, and this is obviously someone who wants to target me, so you better go first." Zeng Guo Fan Road.

"No, uncle, the more this is the case, the more I can't leave, how can I rest assured that I will leave you alone, not to mention, if I leave my uncle here and I go to escape alone, you say, even if San'er is lucky enough to escape, can San'er still survive in this world?" Zeng Sandao.

"Ugh." Zeng Guofan sighed, he understood that Zeng San was telling the truth.

"Uncle, don't worry, San'er will take you out of the encirclement no matter what." Zeng San's face was resolute.

When Zeng Guofan heard this, he smiled bitterly, and thought, San'er, how do you know the current dangerous situation, let alone rushing out, it is difficult to take a few steps ahead, it seems that our uncle and nephew are going to die here today. (To be continued......)