"Yes, Prime Minister, just look at it, watch the heavenly soldiers and generals defeat this Broken Dragon Ridge for half an hour! Brothers, give it to me! ”

A herald watched Commander Bai wave his hand towards him, so he hurriedly sounded the number of the attack, Commander Bai stepped on the horse, drew his long knife, pointed diagonally towards the Broken Dragon Ridge, and shouted: "Brothers, give it to me, crush these demons!" ”

"Up!" Layers of orders were issued, and a group of fierce-looking and dark-skinned Taiping troops came out of the ranks and trotted towards the Broken Dragon Ridge to charge.

Zeng Guofan looked at the situation in the north on the city wall of Jishui County, since he had lunch today, Zeng Guofan did not go to sleep in the afternoon nap that has always been thunderous, but walked around the wall of Jishui County, which was already heavily guarded, and by the way, he could know the military situation for the first time, Zeng Guofan pondered for a while, and then he helplessly smiled bitterly and found that he was afraid that this comfortable nap would be gone from now on.

When Zeng Guofan was thinking, behind the hillside in the north of the city, a group of people and horses faintly appeared, and the sentry soldiers had sharp eyes, and at a glance they saw that it was their robes, and shouted to Zeng Guofan: "Commander, it's our soldiers and horses!" ”

Zeng Guofan looked at it, only to see more than 3,000 people who had been ordered by himself galloping back from the north in embarrassment, many of them still had blood stains on their bodies, Zeng Guofan's heart chuckled, and he immediately knew that the battle of Broken Dragon Ridge was estimated to be defeated, and he hurriedly called the gatekeepers to open the city gate and let the defeated soldiers enter the city.

After more than 3,000 soldiers and horses entered the city, after a stick of incense, Zeng Guoquan and Rong Lu, who stayed behind the broken back, also took a hundred people to ride into Jishui County, and when the two entered the city gate, they saw Zeng Guofan, who was wearing a green shirt, standing at the head of his own and waiting for the two of them, and the two of them hurriedly dismounted and saluted.

Zeng Guofan waved his hand, "What kind of hypocrisy is there at this time, hurry up, Zhonghua, how is the war situation?" ”

Rong Lu wore armor and saluted: "Dashuai, since we garrisoned Broken Dragon Ridge, we have repaired some armor, the traitor arrived at Broken Dragon Ridge this morning, and began to call more than 1,000 people to attack, but it was beaten to Lord Zeng, but later the rebel thief sent more than 1,000 people to launch a second charge, and the brothers couldn't resist it, so the lower officer hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat." ”

Zeng Guoquan wiped the blood and sweat stains on his forehead with his hand, "Although I am invincible now, fortunately, the brothers have practiced hard in their hometown in Hunan. ”

Zeng Guofan pondered for a while and nodded, "This bandit and bandit in Hunan is really incomparable to Fa Rebellion, and it is time to teach these people a lesson, lest the bandits who have been suppressed in Hunan for a few days not even pay attention to Fa Rebellion - these are bandits who have been trained in the war in the seven southeastern provinces!" ”

"What the marshal said is very true."

"Okay, you go down and rest for a while, this official will go to the defense first, if this Jishui County is safe, Ji'an Mansion is also as stable as Mount Tai!"

"Yes!"

Lai Hanying laughed on the Broken Dragon Ridge, "These useless demons have a false appearance!" Even the second wave of attacks under the command of Bai can't be resisted, it seems that the day when the Heavenly Kingdom will destroy the Qing Demon is getting faster and faster, and the time has come for us to go to Heaven and enjoy eternal wealth! Brothers, let's go all out and capture Jishui County, divide the property in the treasury equally, and give everyone a happy day! ”

"Long live the Heavenly King! Long live the kingdom of heaven! The Taiping soldiers were irritated by the property in the treasury, and rushed down the Broken Dragon Ridge with a scream, and ran towards Jishui County, which was more than ten miles away.

Zeng Guofan twisted the gift slip in his hand, and said with a wry smile to the middle-aged man who looked like a gentry standing obediently in his tent: "The prefect of Ji'an sent you to work in the army?" ”

Although the gentry was extremely deferential, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and bowed his hand and said: "Exactly, the Lord of Futai commissioned the students to bring 3,000 stone of grain and grass, ten altars of Yichun Daqu, and 500 taels of silver to come to Zhenwei for the master of the tiger and wolf!" It can be seen that this gentry at least has a meritorious name on his body, otherwise he would not be able to call himself a student.

"The money and grain are accepted by the official, it seems that you are also a brave person, otherwise you would not dare to come to Jishui County on the front line to labor the army, and now you can't go back anyway, stay in this Jishui County with peace of mind," As if to make a footnote to Zeng Guofan's words, the shout suddenly remembered outside the city, "The traitors have attacked Jishui County." ”

On the eighth day of September in the third year of Xianfeng, the Taiping army went west to capture Qingjiang County, and on the tenth day of the first month, it attacked Jishui County, and Zeng Guofan led the 5,000 Hunan Army that had been practicing for half a year to resist the enemy.

Rong Lu stood on the city wall of Jishui County and supervised the battle with a knife handle, the Taiping army did not collect many military supplies in northern Jiangxi, and when attacking the city, he shot a few rounds of arrows sparsely, and then stopped, standing outside the city wall, it was also unhindered. Rong Lu looked at the offensive outside the city, commanded the regimental training and the strong men who defended the city to shoot arrows in turn, poured huge trees and stones, and a pot of boiling vegetable oil, the Taiping army outside the city couldn't, seeing that it was not possible to attack today, it was already ready, and the Jishui County, which was waiting for him in full armament, could only be impatient to collect the troops. Rong Lu looked at the Taiping army who were slowly retreating, and slowly exhaled.

This defending the city is completely different from the field battle, defending the city compared to the field war, there is more of a high wall to rely on calmly, more bloody and cruel, today I see that many traitors are burned to death in their own eyes, fall to death, hacked to death, in the face of this bloody and cruel scene, it is said that there is no shock in the heart, there is no regurgitation, this former Brother of the Eight Banners of the Four Nine Cities, Guerjia Ronglu did not dare to be so hypocritical.

Zeng Guoquan looked at Rong Lu's somewhat pale face, patted Rong Lu's shoulder clearly, hugged his comrades who had been in the same camp for the past few months and got off the city wall, and said to Rong Lu with a smile as he walked: "Zhonghua, and be comfortable, you will naturally be fine if you see more in the future, let's go to the marshal to discuss matters, although this rebellion is a retreat, but Lao Tzu sees that the rebel's military heart is not chaotic, and he is afraid that he will not retreat if he does not fight a few tough battles, but this Jishui County is too small, if the rebel is desperate, he will attack it desperately." , To be honest, at the moment, we rely on this recruit egg who has been practicing for a few months, I'm afraid we really can't hold it, let's go and ask the handsome what he means! ”

"Okay." Rong Lu is very attached to the five big and three thick Zeng Guoquan, usually when he is free, he will drink a few cups in the tent, talk about the news in the capital and the officialdom, and now seeing Zeng Guoquan's understanding of the situation in front of him so clearly, he said what was on his mind, nodded approvingly, and went to Zeng Guofan's handsome tent with Zeng Guoquan.