Zeng Guofan received the consultation and replied: Runzhi is too worried, and the siege of Anqing must not be withdrawn. Zeng Guoquan, Duolonga, Yang Zaifu, Wei Jun and others besieged the city for reinforcements, and it has been more than a year, and the city walls are broken or broken, how can they give up their previous efforts! Chen thief Yucheng, field battle is acceptable; Wuchang City has high walls and thick walls, and it is very difficult for Chen thieves to attack fortifications. Li Bandit Shixian besieged Qimen from Xiuning and Huizhou failed, and has entered Jiangxi from southern Anhui to attack Wuyuan; re-beheaded my general Chen Mingnan and defeated Wang Kailin's department; If I cross the river, Zuo Zongtang will become a desperate bet, and southern Anhui will lose!

Zhao Liewen said: Qi Yu is handsome, Chen Gou Yucheng is indeed brave, the north and south of the river, lips and teeth depend on each other, or you can first go north and then south.

Zeng Guofan said: Wuchang City is high, and Hu Runzhi is worried. Li Bandit Shixian's 100,000 fierce army gathered in Wuyuan, but the grain road of Qimen has been cut off, that is, Jingde has no grain road, and the rest and Zuo Gong are in the siege, Qi, Xiu and other places want to shake the hearts of the army, at this time to cross the north, I will fall apart; When the matter of Wuchang is decided, it is necessary to ask the north bank to divide troops to help the south bank.

Between the words of the national domain, the spies urgently reported: Li Bandit Shixian beheaded Chen Dafu, the chief soldier of Wannan Town, and captured Jingdezhen. Zuo Zongtang was difficult to stifle his front, and he was defeated and retreated. Li Bandit Shixian led an army of 40,000 and went straight to Qimen.

Zeng Guofan was shocked and said urgently: How is Zuo Jigao? Does it hurt?

Spy said: Zuo Zongtang is unharmed, and is now trapped by Li Shangyang's bandits.

Zeng Guofan said: Quickly pass on my order, Bao Chaoting's army, stop chasing Li Xiucheng's bandits, and quickly return to help Leping; This made 100,000 urgent.

Jingdezhen was lost, the grain road was blocked, Zeng Guofan forced calm, quickly summoned the generals, and said: Huang Bandit Wenjin, Liu Bandit Guanfang, Gu Bandit Longxian, etc., were all defeated; Li Bandit Shixian, although he captured Jingde, was already at the end of his crossbow. I ordered the armies of Qimen and Yixian to quickly gather in Xiuning and besiege Huizhou; At that time, we will meet Zuo Zongtang and Bao Chao, attack from both sides, and completely annihilate Li Bandit.

On April 13, 1861, Zeng Guofan personally visited Xiuning and commanded the attack on Huizhou.

9,000 Hunan Army, the soldiers are divided into two routes, the west road is dominated by deputy general Tang Yixun, and the deputy general Shen Baocheng and Tongzhi Zhu Shenglong are assisted; The north road is mainly based on Zhang Yunlan of Kaigui Road, supplemented by deputy general Lou Yunsheng, staff general Yang Zhenkui and Zhang Yingchao; The two armies, the east and the west echoed, and the second attack on Huizhou made no progress. Suddenly, there was a downpour, and for a day, the defenders of Huicheng took the opportunity to counterattack, and Xiang was unprepared and scattered.

Li Shixian made persistent efforts, quickly joined the victorious army of Huizhou, and attacked the Qimen camp.

Zeng Guofan was trapped in Qimen, food was cut off, Xiangyong mutiny repeatedly, Guofan was frightened, suffered and anxious, hanged himself, and was rescued by his staff Ouyang Zhaoxiong.

The national domain sighed: Even if you don't die, you will die if the camp is broken!

After saying that, he wrote to his son Zeng Jize: Yu Tong has been a master for more than 30 years, and he has achieved nothing in his studies, and he has nothing to do with his virtues, and the old man is injured in vain, and he is ashamed. Now I will say goodbye forever, and I will set up four articles to teach your brothers. If you are cautious and alone, you will feel at ease. The way of self-cultivation is not difficult to nourish the mind; It is difficult to nourish the heart, and it is cautious and alone. Second, the Lord is strong. Cultivate oneself to reassure the people, be respectful and the world is peaceful, and respect the effect is also. Wisdom and wisdom come from this. Third, it is said that if you ask for people, you will be happy. If you know your selfish self and don't know that you are benevolent to the people and love things, you have gone against the path of the great source and have lost it. Fourth, it is said that Xi Lao is Shenqin. These four articles are the gains of the rest of the world, the line of your brothers, and the descendants of the rest of the generations. Then Yu Zeng's family can prosper forever and have talents.

Zuo Zongtang retreated to Leping, learned from the pain, and urgently said to the generals: The rebel soldiers are very prosperous, and the Qimen camp is crumbling. If we don't fight to the death, we will all be destroyed!

General Huang Shaochun said: Li is still Yang, and he has the same surname as the rebellious, and the rebellious is very dependent on each other. However, he suffered a small setback and lost his liver and gallbladder. I lead a team and take the head of it, and the rebel army will be defeated.

Zuo Zongtang said: The vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of the hero! General Huang was brave and martial, that is, promoted the guerrilla of the Chinese army; Tomorrow, the whole army will besiege and first thwart the banditry; The day after tomorrow, I will see General Huang behead Li Shangyang in the midst of ten thousand troops.

On April 15, Zuo Zongtang gathered the whole army and besieged the Taiping army outside the city. Li Shangyang was defeated and retreated to Taoling. The next day, Huang Shaochun jumped on his horse and raised his spear and killed Li Shangyang's camp. Shang Yang's own soldiers stopped him, and they were all killed by spears. Li Shangyang was timid and did not dare to fight again, so he rode his horse and fled, and his subordinates fled with him. Zuo Zongtang waved his army in pursuit and killed more than 3,000 people.

Li Shangyang's troops were defeated, and Li Shixian did not dare to ignore it, so he ordered the whole army to temporarily abandon Qimen and return to attack Leping. On April 19, Li Shixian led an army of 40,000, known as 100,000, and fought again in Taoling, defeating Chu general Cui Daguang and guerrilla Huang Shaochun, and beheading deputy general Luo Jinqiu. The left army was defeated and retreated to Leping.

Li Shixian camped for more than ten miles and besieged Leping.

Zuo Zongtang ordered all battalions to be in the southeast of Leping County, and to repair Waihao, more than ten miles in circumference; He also ordered the Nanxiang regiment to train into the city to defend it, so as to be a suspicious army. Zong Tang personally held the sword, supervised the Chu army, guarded the outer Hao, and resisted stubbornly.

Li Shixian repeatedly failed to attack, so he sent the main force to attack Xicheng; Guns and arrows were fired day and night, and after three days of continuous attack, the Chu army gradually became weak. Zuo Zongtang urgently summoned Yang Changjun, Liu Dian, Wang Kaihua, and Wang Kailin to discuss the battle.

Yang and the others were all panicked.

Zong Tang said: The rebellious is brave and extraordinary, and the scheming is very deep. Life and death, or today, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, or now! If you don't fight back, sit back and wait to die. The Jedi counterattacked, poured out of the nest, and fought to the death. I order, Wang Kaihua guarded the West Gate, and swore to hold back the main force of the rebellious; Even if the city is broken, it will be fought to the death. Wang Kailin's soldiers went out of the east gate and attacked the east road. Zuo accompanied Liu Dian's army and attacked the middle of the thief army. The thief captured the king first, and Yang Changjun led his own military camp, found the rebellious, and cut off his dog's head. We will pour out of the city walls, and the servants will divide their troops to intercept them; When the timing is right, Wang Kaihua will also be killed!

Li Shixian took the West City, and he was about to be broken, and he was complacent; Suddenly, three cannon shots were heard, and Zuo Zongtang, Yang Changjun, Liu Dian, Wang Kailin and others screamed and killed.

Li Shixian was caught off guard, and quickly besieged the army of Xicheng, and resisted it.

The two armies fought fiercely, and the victory and defeat were inseparable. Seeing this, Wang Kaihua also led the army to kill

Li Shixian took care of one thing and lost the other, and was busy with chaos, and was stabbed in the body, and retreated. The army had no main general, the Taiping army was in a panic, and the men and horses were in chaos for a while.

Zuo Zongtang ordered the siege to be pursued, and killed more than four or five thousand in one go.

Leping was defeated, Li Shixian's vitality was greatly damaged, he retreated 300 miles, escaped into Zhejiang, and did not dare to fight again.

Shixian collapsed, the grain road was clear, and the national domain was happy to say: Zuo Zongtang broke ten times the fierce thief with thousands of new people, and judged the enemy's situation because of the favorable location, and accumulated the opportunity to use morale. Since then, all the roads behind Qimen have been cleared, and Yu can lie down peacefully.

Zhao Liewen said: Qiyu is handsome, Jiangnan and Jiangbei have come to report, and the rebels seem to have gathered in Anqing.

Zeng Guofandao: 1,000 wounded enemies, 800 self-inflicted; After half a month of bloody battle with the rebellious, I also suffered a huge loss. Ordered all armies to rest and recuperate, and after ten days, they were to send reinforcements to Anqing.

Zhao Liewen said: Yuan Fu came to report that he wanted to take Cheng Xueqi's adoptive mother's parents as a hostage and recruit Cheng Xueqi's army, what does Di Shuai think?

Zeng Guo Fan Road: Anqing is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, Linghu Lake in the east, and the Anhui River in the west, but outside the north gate, the thief builds four stone bases, connects the Xian Pass, and is the thief's anti-grain channel. Yuanfu Junhao two roads, garrison dozens, between the Xiongzhi Jixian Pass and the north gate of Anqing. Ben accidentally refused to help the thief, and the bandit was trapped inside. Hu Runzhi ordered a strong attack, but Yuan Fu and Ji Hong repeatedly attacked the stone fortress, so they were appeased. However, Cheng Xueqi, the general of the stone base, is a hero, I am afraid that it is not credible, and the battle situation in Anqing will affect the whole body. The appeasement is small, the repeated things are big, quickly tell the old nine, Anqing will be broken sooner or later, don't be confused for a while, because of the small loss of the big.