Although most of the grain and grass were destroyed, after all, there were still a small number of them that could be saved, so Zeng Guofan's army had not yet reached the point of exhaustion, which also won time for the Qing court to raise grain and grass again, that is to say, the crisis of Zeng Guofan's front-line camp was temporarily relieved.

For a period of time, the Qing army led by Zeng Guofan has been led by the nose by the Taiping army, and it is completely in the position of being passively beaten, and it is powerless to fight back. In this case, not only Zeng Guofan was angry. Moreover, the morale of the Qing army was also quite hit, if it did not fight back, then the momentum of the Qing army would definitely collapse, so Zeng Guofan thought twice and decided to take the initiative to attack and strive to win back a city in order to change this unfavorable situation.

After some heated discussions, the specific attack Jihua was decided.

Zeng Guofan determined two offensive routes for the Qing army, the first way, with Zeng San as the general, led a small part of the troops to feint to attack Shi Dakai's camp and contain Shi Dakai's main force, and the second way, led by Zeng Guofan himself, detoured to Shi Dakai's camp, and went straight to Anqing Mansion to give Shi Dakai a salary. In the Jihua of Zeng Guofan, if this plan succeeds, the Taiping army will definitely be dealt a heavy blow.

In the camp of the Taiping Army, Shi Dakai and the generals were talking about the raid on the grain and grass of the Zeng State Domain.

"This surprise attack on the valley, although it has not been completed, it can be regarded as a big blow to Zeng Guofan and the Qing court, and it is also a great achievement, Brother Huang, Mr. Zhao and Potian, in this battle, the first merit should be credited." Shi Dakai said happily.

According to what Shi Dakai said, what Li Yuandu and others expected was really good, and the burning of grain in the valley was definitely done by the Taiping army.

"Thank you, Lord Xie." The few people who were named bowed down to thank them.

"Listening to rumors, Feng Zicai and Deng Dinggong, the escort governors of the Qing court, are rare generals, this king has only heard the names of these two people in the past, but he has never met, breaking the sky, according to you, whether the rumors are true." As long as it is a talent, everyone likes it, and Shi Dakai is no exception.

"Lord Wang, judging from the situation between us, these two people do have their advantages, which is why the last general did not take advantage of the victory to pursue." Guo Potian replied.

"Mr. Zhao, send people to keep a close eye on the movements of these two people to see if it is possible to subdue them and use them for the use of the Kingdom of Heaven." Shi Dakai groaned for a while.

"Yes, Lord Wang." Zhao Xiaofeng said.

"Recently, the soldiers have worked hard and made great achievements, and this king thinks that we can temporarily suspend military operations, and take this opportunity to allow the army to rest and prepare for another battle in the coming day." Shi Dakai paused for a moment and said.

"Yes, Lord Wang." The people promised.

When all the things that should be discussed were finished, the generals dispersed, and each of them went to prepare for the rest of the army.

As soon as Huang Xu came out of the tent, he saw Liu Yuhua waiting for him outside the tent, and it seemed that he was looking for him in a hurry.

"Yuhua, what's going on?" Huang Xu asked.

"Big brother, something is wrong." Liu Yuhua said urgently.

"Don't rush, just take your time." Huang Xu changed color.

"It has just been confirmed that the Qing army is divided into two routes, and the destinations are our army camp and Anqing Mansion, and the Qing army forward on the road to Anqing Mansion has gone around the back of our army, and it must soon arrive outside Anqing City." LIU Yuhua Dao.

"Is the information true?" Huang Xu asked with a solemn face.

"Absolutely." LIU Yuhua Dao.

"And what about the other way?" Huang Xu asked again.

"It's only more than fifty miles away from our camp." LIU Yuhua Dao.

"The enemy situation is so serious, why do we know now, so in this way, our intelligence department is a serious dereliction of duty." The purpose of Huang Xu's establishment of the intelligence department is to grasp all the movements of the enemy more quickly, and now that the enemy is under his nose, the intelligence department has discovered the problem, this is not a dereliction of duty, what is it?

"Big brother, this time we didn't do a good job, the enemy used a lot of tricks to mislead us, and we are willing to be punished." LIU Yuhua Dao.

"Okay, let's summarize it afterwards, now, you and I will go with you to see the prince, explain the situation to the prince, and study how to deal with it." After Huang Xu finished speaking, he took Liu Yuhua to meet Shi Dakai together.

After listening to Huang Xu's narration, Shi Dakai frowned and did not express his opinion immediately.

"Lord Wang, the situation is urgent, no matter what, I ask for the order to lead the special operations detachment and rush to Anqing Mansion in advance, and strive to enter Anqing Mansion before the Qing army attacks Anqing Mansion and assist Lord Yuwen Boge to hold Anqing City." HUANG Xudao.

"Okay, brother, it's up to you this time, as long as you can hold out for a day, this king will have the confidence to repel the invading enemy, and then lead the army to reinforce Anqing Mansion." Shi Da Kaidao.

"Yes, I'll arrange it and leave immediately." HUANG Xudao.

"Please, brother." Shi Dakai solemnly said.

"Don't worry, Lord Wang, I will definitely assist Lord Yuwen to defend Anqing Mansion to the death and wait for the arrival of the prince's army." HUANG Xudao.

"Well, it's all up to you, brother." Shi Da Kaidao.

Because the situation was very serious, Huang Xu didn't have time to think about it, he gathered the special operations team and rushed to Anqing Mansion.

On this trip, each special operations detachment carried two war horses, and they never left the saddle, non-stop, and galloped all the way.

Not long after Huang Xu left the camp in front, the Qing army all drove to the city of Anqing, and surrounded Anqing Mansion on all sides, and after the siege, Zeng Guofan planned to salute first and then soldiers, and first persuaded Yuwen Boge to surrender, if not, then attack.

Yuwen Boge had received the news before this, the Qing army came to attack, so, he also made arrangements, the city defense army was already in a tight position, Yuwen Boge and several generals of the city defense army, standing quietly at the head of the city, looking at the Qing army outside the city, only to see the flag outside the city, the black pressure of the flow of people like a dark cloud wrapped the entire Anqing Mansion, Yuwen Boge saw this scene, his face was gloomy.

"Has the message for help been delivered?" Yuwen Boge asked the city defense general standing beside him.

"My lord, before the Qing army besieged the city, it has been sent, if the prince can lead the army to arrive in time, then the crisis can be solved, but if the prince can't arrive in time, it will be troublesome, so, my lord, the last general suggests, we must leave a good way back." City defense general road.

"The way back? We have no way back, the city is in the people, the city is ruined, and the people are dead." Yuwen Boge smiled slightly, indifferently facing death.

"Yes, the last general will follow your lord to the death." The face of the city defense general changed, and he said resolutely.

"My lord, there is a letter from the Qing army outside the city." Suddenly, a soldier came to report.

Yuwen Boge looked normal, took the letter handed by the guard, waved his hand, and asked the guard to retreat.

He unfolded the letter and saw that it was a letter of persuasion written by Zeng Guofan, the commander of the Qing army, which was sprinkled with thousands of words, talking about the past and the present, and quoting from the side, telling all the same meaning, and strongly persuading Yuwen Boge to surrender.

After reading it, Yuwen Boge smiled lightly, sealed the letter as it was, and wrote on the cover of the letter, the city is broken, there is only death, and there are no surrenderers in the kingdom of heaven.

Watching the soldier leave with the letter, Yuwen Bog knew that the bloody battle was about to begin.

Zeng Guofan held the letter of persuasion returned by Yuwen Boge, and he also admired Yuwen Boge's high style and brightness in his heart, but unfortunately, they became opponents, since they couldn't urinate in a bucket, then he could only tear and slash horses mercilessly.

Since it was no longer possible to persuade him to surrender, Zeng Guofan was no longer verbose, and gathered all the generals to study the siege plan.

After a while, all the generals gathered in Zeng Guofan's tent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we must do our best to capture Anqing Mansion within one day in this siege, because Zeng San's side may not be able to drag on for too long, once our side becomes a protracted war, then, as soon as Shi Dakai's army arrives, we may suffer from the enemy on our backs, and the army will be in danger, so you must work hard and strive to capture Anqing Mansion in one go." Zeng Guofan said loudly.

"We will not fail in our mission." Everyone agreed in unison.

"Strategist, you assign the task." Zeng Guofandao.

"Yes, Sir. This siege is a strong attack on all sides, so we have to attack in four ways here, the east gate is led by General Zeng Guohua, the south gate is led by General Zeng Guoquan, the west gate General Li Yuandu is the commander, the north gate is invited to General Luo Zenan to sit in the formation, Hu Linyi, Peng Yulin and the two generals lead the reserves, where they are needed, the reserves will be thrown." Li Hongzhang said.

"Yes." The generals promised loudly.

"Okay, Ben Shuai ordered, the army will attack the city." Zeng Guofan said in a loud voice.

With Zeng Guofan's order, the tragic offensive and defensive battles unfolded inside and outside Anqing City.

The Qing army's attack first began at the east gate, Zeng Guohua led the army to attack the east gate, a drum, he ordered the archers to first carry out a fierce shot, suppressing the defenders at the head of the city, and then ordered the infantry rattan players to be at the front, blocking the rain of arrows of the Anqing defenders, covering the infantry responsible for the siege behind, and the infantry carried siege equipment to prepare for the siege.

After the first round of fire from the defenders of the city gate stopped, the Qing infantry began to charge, and the tidal wave of infantry rushed to the bottom of the city wall, erected ladders, and began to climb towards the top of the city with shields and steel knives in hand.

The defenders at the head of the city, under the command of the defenders, used the haode stones and logs prepared in advance to smash the Qing troops who wanted to seize the city, or lit torches to directly burn the ladders of the Qing army. When the logs and stones are fallen, it is often accompanied by a series of terrible screams, and then the soldiers who have been smashed fall down the ladder, or cry for their lives, or howl for their injuries, and the degree of tragedy can be seen in general.

At the same time as the battle on the city tower, the Qing army's ramming car was also pushed up and hit the city gate fiercely.

In the face of several times the enemy, the defenders of the Anqing City Gate held the belief of death to protect the city gate, and after a desperate struggle one after another, the East Gate was still firmly in the hands of the defenders of Anqing Mansion.

Seeing this, Zeng Guohua was anxious and angry, personally supervised the battle in front of the battle, and ordered the Qing army to take the east gate at all costs, the Qing army worked hard to move forward under great pressure, but in the face of the mourning of the defending army, it was still unable to attack for a long time, but the casualties of the Qing army were getting bigger and bigger.

Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, who were watching the battle from afar, saw that the morale of the generals was about to be exhausted, and they knew that if they continued to attack, it would only increase casualties, so they could only order the withdrawal of the army.

Hearing Mingjin's voice, the Qing army besieging the city and the Anqing city defense army defending the city seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

The Qing army retreated like a tide again.

Yuwen Boge also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, this first round has finally survived, but the next big battle must be more and more difficult, and the only way is to hold on to the end.

In the interval between the truce, Yuwen Boge arranged for people to strengthen the city walls, treat the wounded, boost everyone's morale, and replenish some of the remaining liliang to the places where they needed it most, hoping that with their only liliang they could support the arrival of Shidakai's reinforcements as much as possible. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation ......)