Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Chapter 81 Stealth

The trumpet guns fired repeatedly, and the infantry of the two armies began to retreat gradually, and the cavalry on the two wings of the two sides were even more vigilant than at this time. A big battle breaks out. The wide area in front of the two armies was in a mess, and the corpses, weapons, and flags discarded by both sides were scattered among them. The blood-soaked ground had re-solidified under the scorching sun, showing a dazzling purple-black everywhere. Several consecutive times of repeated charges and fights made both sides a little exhausted. After a day of fierce fighting, neither side was sure to break through the opponent's defense line, and it became the consensus of both sides to fight another day.

Situ Tai hesitated to stand in the tent and walked back and forth, dressed in military uniform, he looked extraordinarily energetic at this moment, while the officers on both sides whispered to each other quietly, as if they were talking about the progress of the battle in the past few days. A middle-aged man in a golden robe sitting next to Shuai An was carefully reading the battle report handed down from the front line.

"Chenghuai, do you think we are sure that we can finish Yunzhong Mansion within half a month? Why do I feel more and more suspicious the more I look at it? At first, it was overwhelming, then stubbornly resisted, and now it is this kind of endless fighting, Is there any problem with this?" Situ Tai finally couldn't bear it after walking around the handsome tent for a few times.

"Your Highness, there is no need to be in a hurry. The Yunzhong and Cangzhou prefectures have been in the hands of the Taiping Sect for such a long time. It is no big deal to let them occupy them for a few more days. If your majesty is in a hurry, you might as well Just pretending, anyway, we have actually controlled most of the Yunzhong Mansion, and the military headquarters has an explanation." The middle-aged man is Zhao Chenghuai, the commander of the northern military region of the empire, an old soldier who has been guarding the northern border of the empire for a long time, The long-term battle with the Puers and Kamans has made him a illustrious military exploit. Although the imperial army has always been at a disadvantage in terms of military strength in the north, despite the efforts of the Puers and the Kamans for more than ten years, they have not been able to win. Dare to go one step deeper on the long northern frontier.

Maturity and prudence are Zhao Chenghuai's greatest characteristics. Years of experience in frontier defense have allowed him to develop a calm character. Facing the overwhelmingly dominant Kaman and Poole armies, he retreats and widens the distance between the opponents. Cutting off the opponent's supply line, concentrating superior forces and annihilating them are his magic weapons that have worked repeatedly. "But..." Situ Tai hesitated, pondered and said again and again: "The third child has already captured Jincheng Mansion, and it has also recruited more than 20,000 elite Taiping troops. Father is very happy about this. If we don't have any more achievements , I'm afraid Father will become suspicious."

"Your Highness, the current situation still allows us to advance deep into the enemy. After such a long period of training, the Taiping Army has already begun to take shape in many troops. I have observed that the activities of the Taiping Army in the past few days are very suspicious, advancing and retreating suddenly. , making circles around us, is a bit different from the situation of steadily retreating in the early stage. Although our army has an advantage, we should not be careless. As long as we keep going step by step, Yunzhong Mansion will fall into our hands sooner or later. At that time, His Majesty may have some opinions I'm afraid we can't say anything. What's more, this is very beneficial to the preservation of our vital forces. We are different from the Taiping Army. They can be replenished at any time, but we lose one and one less. If we want to replenish it, we must be restrained by the military. This is not good for us." Zhao Chenghuai's last few words had a lot of meaning, and Situ Tai immediately dispelled the idea of ​​taking risks.

Strength determines everything, this is Situ Tai's motto. Preserving strength is the top priority. Situ Tai saw very early on that his father was not very interested in him, so he also made a lot of preparations in advance. He began to cultivate his own power in the army as early as ten years ago. Zhao Chenghuai is just a small division commander. With his vigorous activities and support, coupled with Zhao Chenghuai's own strength, he quickly climbed to the commander of the most powerful northern military region among the four major military regions of the empire. Three divisions, nearly 300,000 troops, and most of Zhao Chenghuai's two regiment commanders and division-level cadres belong to Situ Tai's direct lineage. The entire northern military region can be said to be Situ Tai's dominant trend, even if his Several adjustments made by his father, Situ Mingyue, still failed to fundamentally change the situation. Situ Tai was quite proud of this, and it was also his capital for survival.

"Well, this question is worth considering, but..., alas," Situ Tai hesitated to speak, but finally did not say it.

"Your Highness, don't worry too much. Since His Majesty has released you, it means that His Majesty has no intention of letting His Highness inherit the great treasure. I think the Third Highness and the Seventh Highness can see it very clearly, unless they can make a decision. The event that satisfied His Majesty greatly changed His Majesty's perception, otherwise, hey, no one can tell what happened after this." A cold smile slowly floated on Zhao Chenghuai's face, and he stroked the short hairs under his jaw. Xu, Zhao Chenghuai squeezed out a few words through his teeth, "Don't expect your majesty to change his mind, everything in the future needs to be fought for by your own strength, I'm thinking that the third and seventh princes think so too Yes, of course, the Yunzhong Mansion must be recovered. First, it can block His Majesty and the voices against His Highness, and it can also win some reputation for His Highness. Third, Yunzhong is originally your Highness’s sphere of influence, and it is also necessary to recover it. It’s just that we need to be more particular about our strategy.”

Situ Tai cast his gaze on Zhao Chenghuai's face with some doubts, then looked at the skinny old man sitting on the other side of the desk who had not spoken, cleared his throat and said, "Chenghuai, I heard you say that, okay?" There seems to be something hidden in it?"

"Hehe, Your Highness, let's talk about this later. In short, we only need to advance steadily. With the combat effectiveness of our army, the Taiping Army and the others will not be able to take advantage of it. Don't worry, Your Highness." With a wink quietly, Zhao Chenghuai I avoided the question, and covered it up with a haha.

Situ Tai nodded knowingly, and didn't ask any more questions. Although the accounts are all his confidantes, there are some things that should not be known by too many people.

There were only three people left in the commander's tent, the screen backed away, the three muttered for a while, Situ Tai couldn't help but asked loudly, "What did you say? Seriously? How is this possible?"

"Hehe, Your Highness, there is nothing impossible in this world. As long as there is interest, there will be a deal." A sneer hangs on the corner of the skinny old man's mouth, "As long as the conditions are right, the deal can be concluded, and there is nothing wrong with that."

"It's just that this is too sudden." Situ Tai still couldn't believe it, "What are they trying to do? What is their purpose? Don't let them fool us."

"Hey, the initiative is in our hands, what can they do? Even if they do something, at least it will not cause damage to your highness, it is enough. As for the rest, I think we should not care too much Excuse me, now is not the time for you, Your Highness, to ask about matters that have nothing to do with the overall situation." Zhao Chenghuai interrupted with a smile.

"Old Leng, what do you mean..." Situ Tai was still a little hesitant.

"Well, this matter has already been discussed with Mr. Zhao. This will not only allow us to achieve our goal without bloodshed, but also win us rest time. This is really a double-win for us. As for their fight What is the idea, I think there are only two possibilities, either the situation in Kansai is tight and they need to go south for reinforcements, or they are planning Heshuo's idea." Feeling that the old man is Situ Tai's number one adviser, cold and modest, with narrowed eyes Half-open and half-closed, leaking light from time to time.

"Oh? The idea of ​​playing He Shuo?" Situ Tai was taken aback, and immediately turned his gaze to the big map hanging behind the handsome tent, "Yousuf is an idiot who can't see the reality of the other party at all, let the other party draw Turning his nose around, Qinghe Mansion is flat, and the city guards are far more powerful than the Taiping Army. He only needs to maintain enough supplies, quickly advance straight into Qinghe City, and take Qinghe City in one fell swoop. Everything will be fine~IndoMTL.com~ But he is good, The Taiping army played hide-and-seek in the field, the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy retreats and advances, so that one advances one retreats, one retreats one advances, I really do not understand what he is thinking."

"That's right, Yusuf shouldn't have acted so strangely. Could it be that the Qinghe victory really caused too much damage to the city guard army, or is the army deployed by the Taiping Army in Qinghe strong enough to contain the city guard?" Army?" Situ Tai also felt a little strange, it was a little unreasonable for Yusuf to have been soaking in Qinghe instead of pushing westward, and he couldn't think of how a seasoned guy on the other side would make such a mistake.

"Let's ignore Yusuf's matter first, Your Highness, their people have already arrived, and the old man has also met and talked. I asked them to withdraw from the cloud before we talk about other things. Of course, I also asked them not to retreat too fast. Hurry up, so that we can keep up, and of course we have to do some face-saving things, at least not to let the imperial center see anything."

Situ Tai had always trusted Leng Qian's arrangements, but he was a little hesitant about this matter. After all, once this matter was exposed, he might really have a hard time gaining a foothold in the empire, let alone other things. With that cold look in his eyes, Situ Tai shuddered, "Old Leng, should this matter take a while? I think we should look at the situation before we talk about it?"

Sighing, Leng Qian and Zhao Chenghuai exchanged glances before saying: "Your Highness, there is no turning back now. Since Your Highness has made up his mind to fight for it, don't hold back the benevolence of a woman, man." Great things are accomplished regardless of small details, and history will only write about the glorious side of the successful people, not the means of the successful people, especially for the common people.”

Nodding in confusion, Situ Tai didn't make a sound, but slowly sat back in the chair and rubbed his forehead with his hand, falling into deep thought.