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The trumpets sounded, and the infantry of the two armies separated by a kilometer began to retreat gradually, and the cavalry on both sides of the flanks were even more vigilant than at this time, and the generals who led the team watched each other's movements intently, and a major battle would break out again if there was a slight abnormality. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The wide area in front of the two armies was a mess, the corpses and weapons flags discarded by both sides were scattered among them, and the blood-soaked earth had re-solidified under the scorching sun, showing a dazzling purple-black color everywhere. Several successive repeated charges and grappling made both sides a little exhausted, and neither side was sure to break through the opponent's defense line after a day of fierce fighting, and it became the consensus of both sides to fight again another day.

Situ Tai stood back and forth in the tent with some hesitation, he looked particularly energetic at this time, and the officers on both sides of the column quietly exchanged heads, as if talking about the progress of the war in the past few days. A middle-aged man in a golden robe and armor sitting next to Shuai was carefully reading the battle report passed down from the front line.

"Cheng Huai, do you think we are sure that we will solve Yunzhong Mansion within half a month? Why do I feel more suspicious the more I look at it? At first, the momentum was like a bamboo, and then stubbornly resisted, and now it is this kind of struggle endlessly, will there be any problems in this?" After a few rounds back and forth in the Shuai tent, Situ Tai finally couldn't help it.

"Your Highness doesn't have to be in a hurry, the two mansions of Yunzhong and Cangzhou have fallen into the hands of the Taiping Sect for so long, and it is not a big deal to let them occupy them for a few more days, if Your Majesty is in a hurry, you might as well make a show, anyway, we have actually controlled most of the Yunzhong Mansion, and the military department can be regarded as having an explanation." "The middle-aged man is Zhao Chenghuai, the commander of the Northern Military Region of the Empire, a veteran soldier who has been guarding the northern border of the empire for a long time, and the long-term battle between the Poole and the Kaman people has created a great feat.

In the face of the dominant Kaman and Poole army, retreat and widen the depth distance, tear apart the distance between the opponent, clear the wall, harass and cut off the opponent's supply line, and concentrate the superior forces to gather and annihilate it is his magic weapon that has repeatedly worked. "But......" Situ Tai hesitated a little, and said again and again: "The third child has taken Jincheng Mansion, and he has also incorporated more than 20,000 elite Taiping troops, my father is very happy about this, if we don't have a little record here, I'm afraid my father will be suspicious." ”

"Your Highness, the current situation allows us to advance deep into the enemy. After such a long period of training, the Taiping Army has begun to take shape in the combat effectiveness of many troops. The minister observed that the activities of the Taiping army in the past few days were very suspicious, advancing and retreating, circling us in circles, and the situation of steady retreat in the early stage was a little different, although our army had an advantage, but it should not be careless, just step by step, Yunzhong Mansion would fall into our hands sooner or later, and at that time, even if Your Majesty had some opinions, I am afraid that I 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 have lost one less and one less, and if we want to replenish it, we have to be constrained by the military headquarters, which is very unfavorable to us. Zhao Chenghuai's last few words were quite meaningful, which made Situ Tai suddenly dispel the idea of taking risks and rushing forward.

Strength is everything, this is Situ Tai's motto. Preserving strength is a top priority, Situ Tai saw very early that his father was not very interested in himself, so he also made a lot of preparations in advance, as early as ten years ago he began to cultivate his own forces in the army, Zhao Chenghuai at that time was just a small division commander, and then under his vigorous activities and support, coupled with Zhao Chenghuai's own strength, he soon climbed to the most powerful of the four major military regions of the empire as a commander, controlling as many as thirteen divisions and regiments, nearly 300,000 troops, and Zhao Chenghuai's two corps commanders and divisional and regiment-level cadres also mostly belong to Situ Tai's lineage, and the entire Northern Military Region can be said to have become Situ Tai's dominant trend, even if his father Situ Mingyue made several adjustments, he still failed to fundamentally change this situation, Situ Tai is quite proud of this, which is also his capital for survival.

"Well, it's worth considering, it's just ...... , alas," Situ Tai wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he still didn't say it.

"Your Highness, don't worry too much, since Your Majesty has released you, this means that Your Majesty has no intention of letting Your Highness inherit the Great Treasure, I think Your Royal Highness and Your Highness the Seventh can see it very clearly, unless they can do something that makes Your Majesty extremely satisfied and greatly change Your Majesty's perception, otherwise, hehe, no one can say what is going on. A grim smile slowly floated on Zhao Chenghuai's face, and after brushing a few short whiskers under his chin, Zhao Chenghuai squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, " Don't hope that Your Majesty will change your mind, everything in the future needs Your Highness to fight for it with your own strength, the minister is thinking about the Third Highness and the Seventh Highness, I'm afraid I think the same way, of course, Yunzhong Mansion will definitely be recovered, first, it can block the voice of His Majesty and oppose His Highness, and it can also win some reputation for His Highness, Sanlai Yunzhong is originally Your Highness's sphere of influence, and it is also necessary to recover it, but we need to be more particular about strategy. ”

Situ Tai looked at Zhao Chenghuai's face with some doubts, and then looked at the thin old man who was sitting on the other side of the desk and had not opened his mouth, and cleared his throat before saying, "Chenghuai, I heard you say this, it seems that there seems to be something hidden here?"

"Hehe, Your Highness, let's talk about this later, in short, we just need to advance steadily, with the combat effectiveness of our army, the Taiping Army will not take any advantage, Your Highness can rest assured. Quietly glanced at him, Zhao Chenghuai avoided this question and covered up the past with a haha.

Situ Tai nodded knowingly, and didn't ask any more, although the account is his own henchmen, but there are not too many people who know some things.

There were only three people left in the tent, and the three of them muttered for a while, and Situ Tai couldn't help but ask loudly: "What are you talking about? How is this possible?"

"Hehe, Your Highness, nothing is impossible in this world, as long as there are interests, there will be transactions. A sneer hung on the corner of the thin old man's mouth, "As long as the conditions are right, the deal can be reached, and there is nothing wrong with that." ”

"It's just that it's too sudden. Situ Tai was still a little incredulous, "What do they want to do? What is the purpose? Don't let them play us." ”

"Hehe, the initiative is in our hands, what can they do? Even if they do something, at least it will not cause damage to your interests, Your Highness, as for the rest, the minister is thinking that we should not be too lenient, and it is not yet the time for Your Highness to ask about those things that have nothing to do with the overall situation. Zhao Chenghuai interjected with a smile.

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

"Well, this matter has been discussed with Lord Zhao, this can not only allow us to achieve our goal without blood, but also win us time to recuperate, this is really a matter of killing two birds with one stone, as for what their idea is, I think there are no more than two possibilities, either the situation in Kansai is tight, they need to go south for reinforcements, or they are fighting Heshuo's idea. Feeling that the old man was Situ Tai's number one strategist, Leng Qian, his squinted eyes were half-open and half-closed, leaking a trace of essence from time to time.

"Oh, the idea of fighting Heshuo?" Situ Tai was taken aback, and immediately set his eyes on the large map hanging behind the tent. Yusuf, a fool, can't see the reality of the other party at all, let the other party lead the nose around, Qinghe Mansion is a horse Pingchuan, the combat effectiveness of the City Guard Legion is much stronger than that of the Taiping Army, he only needs to maintain enough supplies, quickly advance and go straight to Qinghefu City, and everything will be fine if he takes Qinghefu City in one fell swoop, but he is good, and the Taiping Army played hide and seek in the field, the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I advance, so one advances and one retreats, one retreats and one advances, I really don't understand what he is thinking. ”

"Yes, it stands to reason that this Yusuf shouldn't have such a strange move, could it be that the victory in Qinghe really caused the city guard army to suffer too serious losses, or is the army deployed by the Taiping army in Qinghe strong enough to contain the city guard?" Situ Tai also felt a little strange, this Yusuf has been soaking in Qinghe, not pushing further west, it is really a little unreasonable, and he can't think of how a well-trained guy on the other side could make such a mistake.

"Let's not care about Yusuf's affairs for now, Your Highness, their people have already come, and the old man has also met and talked, I asked them to withdraw from the clouds first and we will talk about other things, of course, I also asked them not to retreat too fast, so that we can keep up, of course, some face-saving things must also be done, at least not to let the central government see anything. ”

Situ Tai has always trusted Leng Qian's arrangement, but he was a little hesitant about this matter, after all, once this matter is exposed, he is afraid that it will really be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the empire, let alone others, thinking of his father's cold eyes, Situ Tai shuddered, "Leng Lao, is this matter a slowdown?"

Sighing, Leng Qian and Zhao Chenghuai exchanged glances before saying: "Your Highness, now that you have opened the bow and there is no turning back, since Your Highness has made up your mind to fight, don't save the benevolence of a woman, the big husband becomes a big thing without informality, history will only write the glorious side of the successful, not the means of the more successful, and the common people are even more so." ”

Nodding a little confusedly, Situ Tai did not make a sound, but slowly sat back in the chair and stroked his forehead with his hand, falling into deep contemplation.

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