Zeng Guoquan received the complaint and was noncommittal.

Zeng Guobao said: Is it feasible for the curtain guest Sun Yunjin to take Cheng Xueqi's adoptive mother as a hostage?

Zeng Guoquan said: Sun Yunjin has repeatedly said that Cheng Xueqi will love like life, spend money like dirt, and kill people like hemp; Our kind! Sun Yitongcheng, a fellow villager of Cheng, knows the roots, or it is feasible.

Zeng Guobao said: This bitter meat plan is also, the brothers of the same clan are still frying each other, and the situation is different!

Zeng Guoquan said: Anqing will be broken sooner or later, and Cheng Xueqi also knows. You and I throw bricks and lead jade, and fish in troubled waters. The process is capricious, and I have my own way to control it.

Zeng Guobao said: If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can't be a tiger, do it!

Cheng Xueqi's adoptive mother mixed into the stone barrier, and when she saw Cheng, she cried, saying: If you don't surrender, Brother Er will die.

Military marshal Ding Ruchang privately said that his relatives were trapped in Anqing City, and if he turned against the water, his wife would die.

The stakes are serious, and Cheng Xueqi hesitates.

An Qingshou general Ye Yun came to find out that Cheng Xueqi was half-hearted, and quickly stole the defense of the stone fortress, and forcibly summoned Cheng Xueqi into the city to discuss matters. Xueqi has a ghost in his heart and does not dare to enter the city; Then he accompanied 90 personal soldiers to rebel against the water.

Zeng Guobao was overjoyed and greeted him barefoot.

Zeng Guoquan disagreed, and said: Do you really want to surrender to me?

Cheng Xueqi said: The heads of my wife and children have been hung at the head of Anqing City, who can be fake!

Zeng Guoquan said: In this case, Yu'er's first army, camped outside Hao, clashed directly, attacked the stone barrier, and completely cut off the thief against the grain road, how about it?

Cheng Xueqi said: I no longer have any intentions, but to destroy thieves to repay the country.

Cheng Xue's door is clear, and in less than half a month, the grain road from Anqing to Jixian Pass has been blocked.

Anqing was short of food, and Ye Yunlai was in a panic all day long, so he hurriedly sent a message and asked for help everywhere.

Chen Yucheng received the notice, did not dare to slack off, and ordered Jie Tianyi, Lai Wenguang, Yongtian'an, Ma Rong and the following 30,000 people to stay in Huangzhou, De'an, Suizhou, and Qizhou; Wu Dingcai, Huang Jinai, Zhu Xinglong, temporarily away from Tianchang, Liuhe, galloping Jixian Pass; Yucheng led an army of 30,000 people, passed through Huangmei, Susong, and Shibei, and went to Jixian Pass. Yucheng surveyed the topography, that is, from Chigangling to the north shore of Linghu Lake, built more than 30 bases, and camped for 20 miles; The two armies of Zeng Guoquan and Zeng Guobao were surrounded layer by layer.

Anqing guard general Ye Yun came to be overjoyed, and quickly sent the general out of the city, building five fortifications on the south bank of Linghu Lake, and communicating with the north bank.

Hong Xiuquan heard the news and announced: If Anqing is lost, Tianjing will be in danger, Hong Renji, Lin Shaozhang, Huang Wenjin, Wu Ruxiao, Sun Kuixin, etc., quickly gathered the holy soldiers of the heavenly generals and rushed to the aid of Anqing; Violators will be severely punished!

Ganwang Hong Renji and Zhang Wang Lin Shaozhang received the order, led 10,000 troops, and on May 1, 1861, entered the north of Anqing, Tongcheng Xinandu area; On the same day, Wu Ruxiao, the former army commander, led an army of 10,000 and rushed to arrive. The two armies met, camped for more than 30 miles, and looked at the rear of the Duolonga camp.

The Taiping army gathered in Anqing, Hu Linyi judged the situation and said: Our army's rice and grain are endless, and the thieves will not be able to hold on for a long time without food! The thieves inside and outside the city, inside and outside the city, will not be able to hold out for fifteen days. I order: Duolong Abe, immediately attack the three thieves of Hong Renji, Lin Shaozhang, and Wu Ruxiao, these three thieves will be weakened and weak, and they will be broken with one blow; Bao Chao, Cheng Daji, Yang Zaifu, the speed of both land and water, galloping to help Jixianguan; Zeng Guoquanbu, temporarily postponed the attack, Chen Gou was strong, and waited for reinforcements, Bao, Cheng, and Yang arrived and besieged immediately.

Lin Yi ordered, and quickly consulted Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang: Di Shuai and Zuo Gong were like meeting, Chen Gouyu arrived at Jixian Pass with his troops, and Ye Bandit Yun came to build eighteen fortifications on the north and south banks of Linghu Lake, and the two thieves had been heard; Hong Renji, Lin Shaozhang, Wu Ruxiao three bandits, gathered 20,000 troops, has been in Xin'andu, Hengshanpu, Liantan area, camped for 30 miles, this group of bandits, if the horse stepping stone to cross the river, that is, with Chen Gou; Huang Wenjin's rebels also crossed the river yesterday and rushed into Tongcheng along Zongyang, and in two days, they met with Zhang, Ji and Wu; The heart of the bandit Sun Kui is also ready to move. The five-way Cantonese bandits are all gathered around Anqing; Lin Yi pondered and meditated, claiming that he should fight Zhang, Ji should be fast, it should be late to beat the dog, it should be serious, there is no rice grain inside and outside Jixian Pass, and he will be forced to fight, he will seek war, he will fight and I should respond, and I will win. This is the strategy of war in the south and the north, what do Di Shuai and Zuo Gong think? In addition, Bao Chaotingjun, can he rush to gather Xianguan, and Cheng Dajibu, and punish Chen Gou. The battle is urgent, Lin Yi has consulted Yuan Fu on the way to speed up in the north and late in the south, and Di Shuai and Zuo Gong should prepare for war as soon as possible.

Zeng Guofan watched the consultation, frightened for a long time, and said urgently: All the battalions of Anqing officials and soldiers, Zeng Guoquan and other battalions, the city thieves pounced on the front, and the thieves pounced on the back, and the situation was extremely critical. The thief saved Anqing with all his might, and I also fought hard for Anqing with all my might. Breaking through the dog chieftain, Xunke Anqing, the overall situation is a day of recovery, and Jinling has the hope of recovery. Quickly pass my order, Bao Chao speed thunder army, gallop to collect Xianguan; Zhang Yunlan and Zhu Pinlong were stationed in Xiuning and Qimen; Jiang Changgui, Tang Yixun, Shen Baocheng, etc., each guarding the mountain pass; Zuo Zongtang's department, temporarily stationed in Jingde and Leping, curbed disobedience, and rested and stood by; The rest of the armies followed the governor as fast as they could, and galloped eastward.

Zeng Guofan was deeply afraid of the shortage, pondered for a long time, and consulted Hu Linyi: From mid-February to March 20, the Wenbao grain road was cut off, Jingde fell, Chen Gong was killed, the left army was cut off, and Huizhou was defeated. At this time of danger in the thirtieth century, the contemptible people refused to move outside the ridge, arrested Zuo Gong and won a great victory, Bao Jun also arrived, and the servants fled far away, Rao, Jing, Fu, and Le were all cleared, and the plan was to move to Dongliu, and Bao Chaoting's army crossed the river to help.

After the message was issued, Zeng Guofan sighed and said to the staff: Everything is ready, and watch Duolonga, Bao Chao, Cheng Daji, and Zeng Guoquan kill the enemy.

Chen Yucheng and Ye Yun came to Tunbing Linghu, the boats and boats flew north and south, and the Anqing Aid Road was finally opened.

Zeng Guoquan consulted Yang Zaifu to intercept him, and Cai Guoxiang, the deputy general of the naval division, led a battalion of gunboats into Linghu Lake and opened artillery interception. On May 2, Yang Zaifu sent a sampan into the lake to help in the battle.

The Taiping Army had no water division, and the Anqing aid road was cut off again. Chen Yucheng jumped like thunder, personally led an army, went out of Jixian Pass, and attacked the Hunan army outside Hao. Zeng Guoquan's ditch was deep and wide, and Yucheng attacked for ten days without any cheapness.

On May 12, Yucheng attacked again, and reported: Hong Renji, Lin Shaozhang, Wu Ruxiao, Huang Wenjin, and Sun Kuixin fought four battles against the Duolong Demon Army, and all four battles were defeated; Bao Chao and Cheng Daji's two demons marched rapidly, and within five days, they arrived at Jixian Pass.

Liu Linglin, the chief general of Jingdong, said: His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the food inside and outside the customs is almost exhausted, and the demon aid is coming, I will suffer from the enemy on my back, where to go, His Royal Highness should make arrangements as soon as possible.

Chen Yucheng said: Ganwang Hong Renji has not been in battle, Zhang Wang Lin Shaozhang has been in battle for a long time, Wu Ruxiao, the former army commander, is not good at fighting, and Huang Wenjin, the commander of Dingnan, is injured. The president went to Tongcheng, commanded the four armies, and fought to the death with the demon of Dolong. Brother and Zhu Kongtang, Zhu Renfu, Jia Renfu, Fu Tianan, Li Sifu, quickly retreated outside the pass, on the Chigang Ridge, built four fortifications, and Jixian Pass, Linghu fortress, each other is a horn, stubbornly defended for ten days, ten days later, the president will lead a large army, cover and kill.

On May 20, Chen Yucheng led 5,000 troops to Tongcheng Kongcheng Town, where he joined the four armies of Hong Renji, Huang Wenjin, Wu Ruxiao, and Sun Kuixin.

Hong Renji said: The demon army is frontal impact, front and rear flanking attacks, flanking on both wings, horse team interception, showing weakness and decoy attack, ambush raid, counter-room, stealing camp, water attack, poisoning, night attack, everything is used, we are really invincible. Brother Ying, worry-free.

Chen Yucheng said: Duolong A demon, God bestows a strategy, brave and brave, unexpected, it is really hard to shake, we work together, left, middle and right go hand in hand, echo in the front, middle and back, all departments and companies, group concurrently, swear to get rid of this demon!