Chapter 687: The Battle Situation Is Scorching!!
Long Zhaorui was defeated by Huaishui, and he was embattled in all directions, and this situation can be said to be really on a dead end.
Most of the generals and soldiers under Long Zhaorui are from the capital, and many of them know Lu Zheng's name, so once Long Zhaorui loses in Jiangnan, they surrender immediately, without any psychological pressure, after all, Jinling is still the regime of Dakang, they were originally Dakang's courtiers, why not return to Dakang now?
Therefore, Long Zhaorui's defeat was a relief for Jiangnan, and Lu Zheng expanded at least 40,000 Nanfu troops through this battle between the two sides. The size of the Nanfu Army was further expanded, exceeding 100,000 horses, and with this foundation, the conditions for Lu Zheng to stabilize Jiangnan had been laid.
It's just that this situation is too cruel for Long Zhaorui, he has been scheming and trying his courage for so many years to seize such a little capital, and now he has been taken back by Lu Zheng, and he is obviously a defeat in this game.
"What to do? What can I do now? Do we still have a chance to fight? If we cross the Huai River, will there be a chance to make a comeback in Huainan Road? Long Zhaorui looked around and said loudly to the guards and strategists around him.
Zuo Mingyue lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, there is no chance for the north!" More than 10,000 of our remnants of the army did not have the boats to cross the river at all, and even if we could cross the river, the enemy would be waiting around us, and if we were to attack them while we were halfway through, we would all die and have no place to be buried! ”
Long Zhaorui's body softened, as if his spinal cord had been emptied, and at this moment he was finally completely desperate.
"Report, Your Highness, there are books thrown in from outside!" The guards came in to report, and Long Zhaorui raised his hand and said, "Mingyue, you can take a look for this king!" ”
Zuo Mingyue took the letter from outside and read it, and said: "Your Highness, this is Lu Zheng's handwriting, Lu Zheng asked His Highness to go to Jiangnan with him, he can accompany you to the Bauhinia Palace, he guarantees that His Majesty will not be angry with you......"
"Lu Zheng, it's Lu Zheng again! This damn bastard, who gave him the right and who gave him the guts? I am the king of Qi, the prince of Dakang, and he dares to attack me, what is the difference between this and rebellion? He is my Dakang's rebel thief, he is my Dakang's biggest thief, you know?
Is this king going to surrender to the thieves now? This king resolutely does not, this general will not surrender even if he fights to the death! ”
Long Zhaorui suddenly became furious, he scolded, scolded Lu Zheng, jumped like thunder, the whole person seemed to be crazy, and at this time the horn sounded in the distance, it was obvious that Long Zhaorui's persistence could not change the final result, Lu Zheng gave him a letter, and he didn't really expect him to be tied. If Long Zhaorui surrendered, everyone would naturally be happy, but if it was stubbornly resistant, Lu Zheng would not hesitate to eliminate it.
The horn sounded in the distance, and the place had already sent troops, Long Zhaorui's tent immediately became nervous, Long Zhaorui walked out of the tent, and looked ahead from a distance, and the front was densely packed with enemy troops, and these troops were as dense as ants.
Looking at his side again, the soldiers in the camp are all demoralized, how can this battle be fought? Zuo Mingyue walked behind him, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, at this moment, you need to make a decision!" I still hope that His Royal Highness can endure the humiliation, avoid the edge for a while, and wait for him to come back one day! ”
Long Zhaorui let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, I understand!" This king has decided, give up resistance! You can all go for it......"
As soon as Long Zhaorui said this, the generals around him scattered one by one, the white banner was raised, and the enemy troops who entered the palace in the distance delayed the offensive, and then the camp gate opened, and all the soldiers lost their weapons and took off their armor, and then a group of troops walked out of the camp tent, and more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals completely surrendered to the enemy.
Long Zhaorui looked at this scene stupidly, and he suddenly thought that if he continued to insist, it might not be the enemy who did it to him, but these soldiers around him! These people are already eyeing each other, and they already have a plan, that is, to capture Long Zhaorui alive and then surrender, maybe they can still be rewarded for meritorious service! How can Long Zhaorui fight against such a general trend by himself?
Fortunately, at the most critical time, Long Zhaorui stabilized his mind and chose the most rational path, otherwise, his face would be even more lost, and he would even become the laughing stock of the world!
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Jinling, Long Zhaorui is not the first time to come, he has always disliked this place, because since the founding of the Dakang Dynasty, Jinling was the first country of Dakang.
But since Emperor Xinde's Gaozong moved the capital to the north, Jinling has declined, and that move of the capital is a reshuffle after a power struggle within the imperial family. Therefore, Jinling is a place of the defeated, a place of decay of the royal family.
Long Zhaorui has been an ambitious and dreamy person since he was a child! His greatest ambition is to become the general king of Dakang, and then conquer the world for his father, he dreamed countless times that he led his troops to sweep the Northern Yan, and then conquered Silla in the north, destroyed Tibet in the west, and destroyed the Yue Kingdom in the south, so as to let the Dakang Dynasty unify the four seas.
Therefore, in Long Zhaorui's heart, Liaodong is his favorite and favorite place in the northwest, where strong soldiers and fierce generals are produced. And a place like Jiangnan is too weak, the people of Jiangnan live a life of drunkenness, they have no ambition and dream of conquering the world in their bones, so Long Zhaorui looks down on Jiangnan people from the bottom of his bones.
Because in his opinion, Jiangnan people are ants, lambs to be slaughtered, in the Xinde Emperor's dynasty, the Jiangnan power valve completely collapsed, and the so-called four masters of Jiangnan have become a joke.
But today, Long Zhaorui's thoughts when he went to Jinling were complicated, because this time he was defeated by the Jiangnan Nanfu army, and his opponent was an authentic Jiangnan genius, and this person was Lu Zheng.
This man who is twenty years younger than him looks so young, this is the age that Long Zhaorui is extremely envious, if Long Zhaorui is only twenty years old now, he can have too many choices, he can lie on his back and try his courage, he can wait for the opportunity to make a comeback, but what about now......
All he was left with was deep despair, because he was already old, he was the oldest of the three brothers, and this time he lost the opportunity, and there were no more chips in his hands, could he make a comeback?
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Lu Zheng won the king of Qi in Jiangnan, the momentum of the Nanfu army soared, originally everyone in the world doubted whether the Nanfu army had combat power, now it's okay, no one dares to doubt it anymore, the Nanfu army proved to the world with this beautiful battle that Jiangnan is inviolable, and among the forces of the current Dakang split, the forces around Emperor Xinde are still the strongest!
Song Wensong, who was far away in the capital, had been paying close attention to the movements in Jiangnan, and when he heard the news that His Royal Highness the King of Qi had been destroyed, he couldn't help but praise him: "Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng!" This kid is still so decisive and decisive, if he doesn't move, it's just a shock! Great, at this time, he won the King of Qi, and the strength under his hands will inevitably skyrocket, and we will not have a chance to go south in a short time! ”
Li Yuanze, a partial general, said: "For today's plan, how should we fight the battle of Yuzhou?" Cao Weiming sent an envoy to ask for peace, saying that as long as the three generals can cultivate with him, he is willing to give us one million loads of fine food every year, which can be enough for the three generals to raise troops! ”
Song Wenxiang sneered and said, "What is Cao Weiming?" This man is a thief of the kingdom! How can I collude with such a rebel and a thief? There is nothing to say, take Yuzhou at all costs, capture the city of Yuzhou, and destroy Cao Weiming! ”
Song Wensong was categorical, there was no hesitation in his heart at this moment, Cao Weiming's things were too out of line, and his appearance was too ugly, which could be said to be a public anger. Although it is said that Dakang is now divided, His Majesty is still Emperor Xinde, and nominally everyone still supports Emperor Xinde.
Because only in this way can everyone become famous and compete well, but Cao Weiming is different, his appearance is too ugly, he dares to easily hold the prince hostage to order the world, and treats the prince like a slave, beating and scolding at every turn, how can everyone tolerate such behavior? Therefore, the world regards him as a snake and scorpion, and Song Wensong will certainly not let him go.
Of course, for Song Wensong, the trade-off of pros and cons is everything, if Jiangnan is weak, Song Wensong may not necessarily act according to Emperor Xinde's will, but now Jiangnan has suddenly become stronger, since he can't be an enemy, he naturally has to become a friend.
In addition, Song Wensong was very confident in the battle of Yuzhou, in his opinion, taking Yuzhou and occupying the land of the two rivers was more cost-effective than Cao Weiming giving him tribute.
After entering the Guannai, he saw the fertile and vast land of the two rivers, and he wanted to grab all this land, only then could he feel comfortable in his heart. Now he has the holy decree of Emperor Xinde in his hand, and it is natural to deal with Yuzhou, this is His Majesty asked him to take the two rivers, how can he hesitate?
Immediately Song Wensong ordered soldiers and horses, personally led 50,000 people Hao Hao Tang Tang directly approached the city of Yuzhou, Cao Weiming people in Yuzhou, while strengthening the city wall, he was also an ambitious person, so many years of forbearance and accumulation, when the opportunity came, he wanted to take all the northern land in his hands, so as to be able to determine the hegemony in one fell swoop.
However, people are not as good as the sky, the fat meat of the north is worried about Liaodong, and the Northern Song family in the west is also worried, and the tripartite game is the weakest, Cao Weiming is the weakest, and he has fallen into a disadvantage, and now he is in a desperate situation.
In this case, Song Wensong still did not give up, and he wanted to attack Yuzhou, Cao Weiming really felt panicked in his heart! He was too impressed by Song Wensong, this guy is simply not human, his ferocity and arrogance, his fierceness and fear of death make Song Wensong's army have jaw-dropping combat power, such combat power is really terrifying!!
Outside the city of Yuzhou, a new round of siege warfare has begun, Song Wensong tore up all Cao Weiming's submissions, and put on a posture to take Yuzhou and chop Cao Weiming into meat paste!
Cao Weiming's heart was terrified to the extreme, he immediately went to the king of Qin again, forced the king of Qin to draft an edict, and reprimanded Song Wensong for being rude in the edict, this is simply a farce, after the farce, he personally led the elite Yuzhou army to defend the city, and forcibly armed the people of the Yuzhou army, and they were all pushed to the city.
Song Wensong couldn't take it down after attacking for three days, and he couldn't help but feel a little impatient in his heart, and the strategist Qi Yuanzhi said: "Three generals, for the sake of today, we shouldn't attack for a long time!" If we can't attack for a long time, we will fall into a passive situation! ”
Song Wensong said: "Since the troops have already been dispatched, how can you give up halfway by working hard and hurting money?" Besides, if this war is abandoned halfway, how will the world think of me? Don't you laugh at me, the Song family army has no combat power? ”
Qi Yuanzhi said: "The third prince, at this time, when you are not fighting for those false names, the battle of Yuzhou of the third prince needs a big victory to establish his prestige, if it is just a miserable victory, can the prince be sure to hold the capital?" Our strength is not strong, if the consumption in Yuzhou is too strong, I am afraid it is not a wise move! ”
Song Wensong said: "Then what should I do?" Now that the troops have been dispatched, it is not a good strategy to retreat now! ”
Qi Yuanzhi said: "For today's plan, the third prince can only find another way!" ”
Song Wensong was silent, thinking about it repeatedly but couldn't think of any proper strategy for a while, he looked at Qi Yuanzhi and said: "Mr. Qi, at this moment, Wensong is really in a situation of being in a situation of advancing and retreating, please teach me!" ”
Qi Yuanzhi said: "Why don't the three generals start with the crown prince?" The crown prince fell into the hands of Cao Weiming, and he was treated as a slave, and he had been suffering from Cao Weiming for a long time! Now you can temporarily ease the offensive and paralyze Cao Weiming, and then take advantage of Cao Weiming's emptiness to let people sneak into Yuzhou to contact the prince, if the prince is willing to follow you, you will immediately earn the prince from Yuzhou City.
You have the crown prince, like a tiger with wings, and Cao Weiming lost the prince, and he lost the hearts of the people, and Yuzhou was further weakened at that time. At this moment, if the three generals can grasp it well, maybe they can induce Cao Weiming to take the initiative, as long as Cao Weiming dares to take the initiative, it will be the time for him to seek death, and at that time, the three generals can not only get Yuzhou, but also get the hearts of the people of the two rivers! ”
As soon as Qi Yuanzhi's plan came out, Song Wensong thought for a while, and immediately applauded, saying, "Okay, this plan is excellent, Mr. Qi's plan came out, let me open my mouth!" In this case, for the time being, we will not attack the city, but first retreat to the periphery and set up camp, so that Cao Weiming can take a breather, haha! ”
Song Wensong had an idea in his heart, and he was in a good mood immediately, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat. The 50,000 horses he led came from the vast soup and attacked Yuzhou for three days without success, and the morale was naturally low.
At this time, in the city of Yuzhou, Cao Weiming heard the news of Song Wensong's withdrawal, and was immediately overjoyed, and said: "The Northwest Army is nothing more than that!" My Yuzhou City is impregnable, and Song Wensong wants to take it! ”
When Cao Weiming said this, the sycophants around him immediately became sycophants, and his nephew Cao Xuanhua said: "General, since Song Wensong was defeated and retreated, why don't we go out to pursue with all our might?" In the region of the two rivers, we have the upper hand, and the Northwest Army will inevitably be defeated, so that the prestige of the general will be far away......"