Roto is also in a dilemma now. Given the tight food and supplies, he wants to fight quickly, but the Taiping Army has no intention of fighting with him, and the entire army retreats to Qingyuan.

When the Taiping Army withdrew, there was no such thing as a solid wall and clearing the fields because there was no need. The areas of Hechi and Qingyuan were already plundered by the Line Guoan. Most of the people within a radius of 100 miles were captured by the Line Guoan and became cannon fodder, which made the Qing army unable to raise grain from nearby Hechi.

The Taiping Army refused to fight, and Roto's idea of ​​a quick battle was ruined. Chen Weixin, the governor of Guangxi who retreated to Duyun, Guizhou, also brought people back to Hechi a few days ago. He brought a Guangxi camp of 4,000 people, and also had the food that he had finally got from Guiyang for half a month for the army to eat. This food was divided from Luo Keduo, the prince of Ping County, and Luo Keduo cursed a lot for this.

Chen Weixin clearly told Roto that it would be difficult for Guizhou to transport food and grass. After the southeast grain road was blocked by the Taiping Army, the Yunnan, Guizhou and Qing army could no longer obtain any food and grass assistance from the outside. If you want to break this dilemma, you must open the northbound passage of Guangxi as soon as possible. Chen Weixin's implication is that Roto will waste one more day when waiting in Hechi. The most urgent task is to fight early and fight quickly, and you cannot delay the day.

Roto was not Doni who was ignorant of the army. He knew that he could not wait any longer, so he decided to take a gamble and marched towards Qingyuan. Regardless of whether the Taiping Army was willing to fight a decisive battle, he had to fight this battle.

After Roto's order was issued, many surrendered generals exploded, saying that they lacked food and artillery, how to attack Qingyuan, which was defended by the Taiping Army.

"I heard that this time we were asked to play forward again in the Green Camp. Damn, our Green Camp is raised by the stepmother!"

The person who said this was the former deputy general of Sun Kewang, Wanzhibi. This man was not a Han Chinese, but a native of Guizhou. The Wan family was a hereditary local official in Guizhou. The father of Wanzhibi admired the sinicization and wanted the Wan family to produce scholars to take the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty. From then on, he could have a real "official official", so he gave his son this name, which sounded very omen. However, these Wanzhibi was not easy to read at all. Except for the name and scholars, the others were incompatible with each other. The people were also very rough and generous.

Wanzhibi's scolding immediately followed the surrendered generals. They were not complaining, but in fact, after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, no matter what the battle was, they were the ones who fought the vanguard. In the battle of Xiaobeishan, most of the more than 4,000 Qing troops were surrendered in Guizhou, and many of the surrendered generals were killed. After Qingyuan lost, Xingguo'an and others were patronized by the Han army flag, and they did not care about the lives and deaths of the Green Camp. Alzin's Manzhou Ezhen was not even a man, and they directly led troops to kill their subordinates. In the subsequent battles with the Taiping Army, most of the soldiers died. So there was no need to think about it. If you only know that if you fight Qingyuan, Roto would definitely let the surrendered soldiers attack the vanguard.

They were all raised by their father and mother. At that time, the King of Qin was the main force of the Ming army. The King of Qin had the treasures at hand. The soldiers were well fed, and the officials were even more generous. When fighting, they were all the miscellaneous cards first. The soldiers of the King of Jin were all majestic and happy. The soldiers under the King of Jin were not as good as them. Now, the King of Qin became cannon fodder, and the man Man became the leader of the army. This psychological gap was really bad, and no wonder these surrendered generals felt aggrieved.

When the yelling was full of words, everyone was so scared that they stopped it. Otherwise, the people in Manzhou would be able to listen. How could these people present be good?

The surrendered generals were not stupid. They knew that they had said something just now, and they were a little scared. They didn't dare to run to the Manzhou soldiers again, but instead rushed to the Guoan Han army.

The surrendered general said with a sarcastic look: "It is said that the Han army is better than our green camp, but the line Guoan still calls the Taiping army to chase back from Liuzhou all the way, and he is more damnable than us when he runs away."

Another general sneered and said, "The entire festival is called the second person under the Dingnan Vanguard. On the battle of the northern front, more than 10,000 people asked the Taiping Army to Baoyuan, and he also asked the others to be captured. It's a pity that he still has the face to persuade us to surrender. I'll bah!"

Everyone was cursing, and Wanzhibi suddenly said, "To be honest, do you have the idea of ​​surrender in your heart?"

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The surrendered generals trembled slightly. If they wanted to tell the truth, who would refuse to surrender? They were originally the Ming army. If the King of Qin had not surrendered to the Qing Dynasty suddenly, these "Qin soldiers" would not have been valued by the King of Jin, and would not have gone the same way as the King of Qin. But if they really wanted to surrender now, they would not be able to do it. There is no way. Their families are all hostages of the Qing army in Guizhou. If they surrender, what should their families do?

The surrendered generals either looked embarrassed, kept silent, looked around, looked vigilantly, and looked around, without a single person following the words of thousands of pens.

Seeing that everyone was not talking and didn't want to be distracted, Wanzhibi said, "Did you hear that Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang are doing well in the Taiping Army and have both started travel schools."

Someone asked curiously: "What is the voyage school? Is there a general?"

"Who knows that the Taiping Army officials are different from the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and who can tell clearly. However, the voyage school said that the subordinates were in charge of more than 2,000 people. It is not necessarily bigger than the general, but it is not worse than the general." Speaking of this, Wan Zhibi said a little mockingly: "Anyway, it must be more decent than my general. He can manage more than 2,000 people at hand, and I only have a few hundred people at hand."

"You have hundreds of people, but I have less than a hundred people!" A general of the seal muttered.

The other surrendered generals didn't say much, but it was impossible not to be moved. Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang were all subordinates of King Sun Kewang of Qin, and they were able to receive good treatment after surrendering. It seems that the Taiping Army is quite kind and righteous to them, the old subordinates of the King of Qin, and it would be good to really surrender. Of course, I can only think about this idea. My wife and children are all in the hands of the Qing army. If they really surrender, they will be completely defeated.

In fact, many of these old subordinates of Sun Kewang received letters secretly sent by the Taiping Army, and all of them wanted them to surrender early. It would be fine if the real bachelors were surrendered. They would surrender as soon as they said they would surrender, and they would surrender as they were in a good situation. But those with a family and a family couldn't make up their minds.

Besides, surrendering is not easy. There are thousands of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in Hechi, and the green camp soldiers brought by Li Benshen and Zhang Yong are all the hardcores of the Qing court, and they surrendered earlier than them, so they are very careful about their generals who surrendered in Guizhou. If they really have any abnormal movements, they will probably have a knife to fall. Besides, the Qing army is not stupid. Although they let their surrendered generals remain unchanged, their subordinates have mixed sand, and it will take a lot of effort to surrender. If one is not careful, the surrender is not successful, and his head will fall first.

In addition, it is not too early to say that the surrender is too early. The situation of the war is not yet determined. Although the Taiping Army has suffered heavy losses, the Roto army immediately forced the Taiping Army to retreat as soon as it arrived. Therefore, it is not known who will win the despair. It is better not to place bets early this time. What if the army succeeds in attacking Qingyuan this time.

The dynamics of surrendered generals, Shi Guoan and Roto actually knew it. Although Shi Guoan suffered consecutive defeats in Guangxi, he was a hero who could be compared with Wu Sangui. So he advised Roto to summon all the surrendered generals. Roto followed his words and said that on the eve of the war, he should also express his feelings about these surrendered generals so that they would not have their own thoughts.

"I heard that many of you have received letters of surrender from the bandits. Is this true?"

Roto asked knowingly, but with a smile on his face, he glanced back and forth across the faces of the surrendered generals.

Xian Guoan sat motionlessly on the chair, but there was a look of surprise on his face, as if he had no idea about this.

General Ningnan asked directly, and the surrendered generals were uncomfortable, and some people felt upset. As for whom they took the initiative to admit, there was no one.

Roto knew that they would not admit it on his own initiative, so he directly named him. He looked at General Shi Tian and said to him: "General Shi, I heard that the bandits have sent you a letter to threaten you to turn against you in the battle. Is there any such thing?"

Hearing Roto's words, Shi Tian shivered. I wonder how Roto knew that he had received the Taiping Army's letter of surrender. He was alert and immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground, took out a letter from his arms, and said carefully: "Report to General, the bandits have indeed sent me a letter, and I am about to report this to General."

"Oh, is that?"

Roto smiled faintly and signaled his personal guard to take the letter from Shi Tian. He took a look and found that it was a letter of surrender, but the signature was Quan Jie, the officer of the left wing of Dingnan Fan. His expression immediately became gloomy and he handed it to Xing Guoan. After seeing it, his expression was also very unnatural. Who is Quan Jie? The second person under Dingnan Fan, who was also his right-hand man of Xing Guoan, now surrendered to the Taiping gang, and in turn persuaded the Qing army to surrender. This was really inauthentic, which made him lose his face and even had to be in danger. What if Roto doubted him?

"The whole festival pretended to make friends with me, but in fact I wanted me to fight against the bandits. But the general was relieved. Zhu Youlang had abandoned his country and fled, and the pseudo-Ming Dynasty was at the end of his journey. What could this Taiping bandit do? I, Shi Tian, ​​don't recognize anything else, just accept my fate. Since the fate is in the Qing Dynasty, I am loyal to the Qing Dynasty!"

After Shi Tian finished speaking, he was afraid that Roto would not believe it, so he sweared again. This action opened his eyes to the surrendered generals in the tent. Those who didn't know would think that Shi Tian was really a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. However, you won't take this letter sooner or later, but you will wait until the general ordered your name before taking it out. What you think is worth exploring.

Wan Zhibi and others even sneered in their hearts, but at the same time they were afraid that the Manzhou people would know about the letter they received.

Wanzhi Bi was a little confused. Yesterday, she looked at this big tent and said something about the storytelling "Hongmen Banquet".

Shi Tian was so frightened that he was afraid that Roto would drag him out and behead him and become the chicken that killed the chicken for the monkey to show. Unexpectedly, Roto laughed and reached out to get the letter from Shi Guoanna, and then tore the letter.

"General Shi, I did not read you wrong. There is a saying that you are right. The destiny of the Taiping Countries is in the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Taiping Countries can jump around for a while, what can Li Dingguo be so powerful? The King of Dingnan and Prince Jingjin are all in his hands, but what can they do in the end? It was not that our army defeated the southwest and forced into the miasma in western Yunnan, and the generals under his command surrendered one after another. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was a fundamentally desperate situation. The Taiping Countries is just a small problem. Even if they can be a temporary power, the thief scholar will eventually be the second Li Dingguo."

"The General is right!"

Shi Tian kowtowed with admiration on his face. The surrendered generals also nodded one after another. The Great Western Army Alliance against the Qing Dynasty and launched a counterattack in the southwest. They were invincible all the way and made great victories, but in the end they ended up like this. Even Wanzhibi felt that Roto was right, so he would wait and see before he could say that, so he could not call Zhou Guoding the bastard.

Roton compared Li Guoding's Daxi Army with the Taiping Bandits of the bandit scholar, most of the surrendered generals were very calm, especially those surrendered generals who were hostages in the hands of the Qing army, which strengthened their desire to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Roto was very satisfied with the performance of the surrendered generals. Xing Guoan nodded secretly, and at the same time he was a little impressed by Roto. Smart people cannot just use their strength at this critical moment. They still need to use some means to help these surrendered generals, and at the same time they must rekindle their confidence. Comparing the Taiping Army to the Daxi Army and comparing the thief scholar to Li Dingguo is the best move to rekindle people's hearts. Everyone in the world says that Li Dingguo is brave, but the final outcome is so miserable. With this sharp contrast and such a great example, the surrendered generals must always consider it.

"I wish to die for the general!"
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