The silence in the imperial capital did not affect the changes in the situation elsewhere. Tie Longping's first division was already targeted by Zhebu's third ranger regiment scout team shortly after leaving the city, but Zhebu did not immediately launch an offensive. , according to Cui Shuai's arrangement, the First Division is already in the bag. Without the support of other armies, the more than 100 miles from the imperial capital to Cangzhou will be the First Division's road to the king of hell. They will never be able to cross this road. For more than a hundred miles, the right time must be chosen to mobilize the two divisions stationed on the outskirts of Cangzhou to annihilate this battle before it can be considered truly perfect. In order for the Cangzhou garrison to reinforce the intercepted First Division, the Cangzhou garrison must see hope. If it is too far away from Cangzhou City, the Cangzhou garrison will not dare to take such a risk under the current situation. Therefore, we can only hold on to the First Division when it is close enough to Cangzhou City to provide conditions for the main army to encircle and annihilate. Only in this case can the real purpose of this battle be truly achieved.
How could Tie Longping not understand this? The mobility of the West Xinjiang Rangers is world-famous. The distance from the imperial capital to Cangzhou is neither far nor close. It would take two days to reach it by walking quickly and slowly, but these two days were abnormal. Two tough days. Although Tie Longping ostensibly told Yusuf that he would set off at dawn, in fact, as soon as the city guards entered the city, the First Division had already begun to move out. It would be best to use this chaotic opportunity to return north quickly. timing. He knew that the Western Xinjiang Rangers might have been waiting near Cangzhou, looking for traces of his first division, but he had no choice. The situation in Cangzhou was already in danger, and he knew that this was a road paved with thorns. But we have to move forward bravely.
Tie Longping was extremely surprised by the rapid march without any obstacles for two consecutive days. Seeing that Cangzhou City was in sight, he only had less than thirty miles to reach Cangzhou City. Did the Western Xinjiang Army really ignore all this? Tie Longping didn't believe that Cui Wenxiu would be so careless. Even if some of the hundreds of thousands of rangers entered Beiping for raids, they still had enough troops to deal with him. However, the situation in front of him was reality, but Tie Longping had a premonition. , maybe changes will occur in this short period of thirty miles. On the one hand, he kept urging his army to speed up. On the one hand, Tie Longping also sent additional scouts to expand the search scope, trying to detect the situation earlier, although deep down he hoped that nothing would happen.
But the desperate looks of the scouts who returned soon made Tie Longping return to reality. What should come will always come, and the Xijiang people chose to officially launch the siege close to Cangzhou Fucheng. There seems to be a more sinister idea in this. Tie Longping has realized Cui Wenxiu's intention. He actually learned and used this trick of encircling the point to call for reinforcements. In order to mobilize the Cangzhou garrison, the opponent actually dared to put himself three meters away from Cangzhou Fucheng. He sacrificed his life only ten miles away. The stakes were not small.
Although Cangzhou Fucheng was right in front of him, his reason told Tie Longping that he could not go any further. He could only form a formation on the spot, otherwise the rangers from all directions would immediately put his first division into a desperate situation. It is impossible to compete with the Rangers without gathering into a square formation. What's more, if you're in motion, it's even more suicidal.
Regarding the performance of the First Division, Zhebu had to admit that Cui Shuai's previous reminder was quite reasonable. This is a force that cannot be underestimated. Although the rangers of his own regiment have advantages in all aspects, they are almost adjusting on their own. In such a short deployment time, the opponent can immediately form a targeted response. Its speed and efficiency astonished Zhebu, and it could hardly find any loopholes. No wonder it could boast of being the best army in the world. It was really quite capable. Fortunately, Cui Shuai has made his purpose clear. Don't start a fight easily when you can't find a breakthrough. For a mixed division like the First Division that has both offense and defense, it is not easy to easily eat it. To deal with it requires Have enough patience.
The three Ten Thousand Cavalry Teams immediately launched their respective operations according to the strategies that had already been formulated, and one Ten Thousand Cavalry Team was responsible for guarding the periphery. To prevent the enemies from outside from responding, another Ten Thousand Cavalry team was divided into several attack groups to launch small-scale offensives around the opponent and harass the opponent in turn, forcing the opponent to remain in a highly tense situation. The fighting posture prevented the other party from relaxing even a little bit. As long as there is a slight loophole, you can immediately launch an assault on the battlefield in order to achieve the desired results. This arrangement puts the entire First Division under a high-pressure situation, unable to escape or get necessary rest. If this situation continues If it goes down, the First Division will have almost no chance of winning.
The rangers running so fast around his division almost made Tie Longping gnash his teeth with hatred. Tie Longping knew very well what these guys were planning. They were constantly harassing and attacking. This kind of asymmetrical battle was almost all about this. The rangers who roll around on horseback in the grassland all day long are best at it, and this is exactly what the standard infantry division like the First Division suffers most from. The lack of mobility and counterattack force made the division fall into trouble from the beginning. Due to the passive situation of being beaten, he could not even find a chance to counterattack, so he could only respond passively. Tie Longping was even sure that Cui Wenxiu at this time was probably preparing to fully advance the third army in his hands here. Encircling and annihilating his own division, but he seems to be helpless. He can't move away or hold on. Is this the end of his division
He didn't know what His Highness King Yan, who was thirty miles away, was thinking. Although there were three divisions stationed in Cangzhou City, the morale and combat effectiveness of the Northern Army were far from being comparable to that of the Western Xinjiang Army. They were still capable in this situation. Are you going to rescue your own division? Tie Longping didn't believe that it would only lead to a larger encirclement by the Western Xinjiang Army. Maybe Cui Wenxiu had this idea in mind.
Tie Longping's guess was correct. Situ Tai was also full of melancholy at this time. Tie Longping's first division was intercepted by the Western Xinjiang rangers less than thirty miles away from Cangzhou City. Situ Even though Tai was not very proficient in military affairs, he still saw that this was a trap, and this trap also made it clear that he had to get into it. If he did not rescue his most cherished first division in time, even the combat effectiveness of this division would be lost. No matter how strong they are, they will be eaten alive by the Western Xinjiang Army, which is best at defeating the smaller ones with more. And once reinforcements are rushed, the powerful rangers of the Western Xinjiang Army will probably turn the reinforcements into a second one. Tie Longping's division is undoubtedly an endless abyss. No matter how many troops he drops, it will be swallowed up.
Standing in front of the mirror, Situ Tai suddenly realized that the haggard man in the mirror was actually himself. He couldn't believe his eyes. Once upon a time, the prince of the empire who prided himself on being graceful and elegant turned out to look like this. ? Standing blankly in front of the mirror, Situ Tai's mind was full of thoughts. Could it be that all this he was pursuing was just to get a decent step down that he had never cared about before? Could this be the result of all his hard work over the years
Seeing handfuls of hair falling off on the pillow, Situ Tai's heart no longer had the heroic spirit of the past. Suddenly, he even felt that everything was so boring. So what if he won this battle? In exchange for the same path as Situ Biao? Fifty steps and a hundred steps to laugh, are you really in a situation where you need to use these methods to save face? Infinite sorrow troubled Situ Tai, and for a moment he was a little crazy. The great man who dominated the entire northern and eastern parts of the empire was now in such a predicament. Do he still want to seek a so-called dignity? What kind of dignity can he achieve? What about covering up everything you’ve lost? When the news of the changing of the imperial capital finally reached the ears of Situ Tai, who had always been unhappy, Situ Tai pushed away all his affairs and locked himself in the room. Maybe it was time to call the curtain, and the extra people were no longer suitable to appear in his absence. It's time to appear on the stage.
When Cui Wenxiu, who had just arrived at Cangzhou City, had no time to arrange everything, he was stunned by a series of things. The gates of Cangzhou City were already wide open, and Situ Tai's special envoy Zhao Chenghuai, known as one of the four kings of the Northern Army, was already waiting for him. Cui Wenxiu even suspected that the other party was trying to use some kind of delaying strategy, but when Zhao Chenghuai told the whole story without reservation, , leaving Cui Wenxiu with nothing but sadness.
Situ Tai became a monk and practiced Taoism! After explaining all his funeral affairs, Situ Tai sadly became a monk in the prestigious Zhunti Temple in Cangzhou. Before becoming a monk, he entrusted everything to his last confidant Zhao Chenghuai. All he made was to treat the Northern Army who had followed him and fought for him for many years well.
All this happened so suddenly. Even Zhao Chenghuai, who introduced all this to Cui Wenxiu, didn't know exactly what made his master so sad. He actually decided to become a monk and practice Buddhism and go into seclusion after staying in the room all day. Although Zhao Chenghuai also acknowledged the situation. It had collapsed to the point of no return, but he still didn't expect that his master would end it all in this way.
Cui Wenxiu could not decide the fate of Situ Tai, who had become a monk, and what needed to be done immediately could not be delayed. As Zhao Chenghuai issued the order to lay down his weapons, both the three divisions of the Northern Army inside and outside Cangzhou City and the garrison in Beiping City, as well as The Tielongping Division, who wanted to fight to the death for fame, had to put down their weapons in a tragic feeling. The dawn of peace finally came to the entire northern part of the empire. Originally, everyone thought that there would be a life-and-death bloody battle to truly But all this was solved because of Situ Tai's bizarre monkhood. The northern country, which had been boiling for too long, finally ushered in the long-lost peace and vitality.