The night was very long, especially for Tan Lei, this time he and Cao Weiming teamed up to go north to defend against the enemy, originally full of ambition, thinking that they had already grasped the situation.

However, it backfired, after being ambushed north of Wangzhou, Tan Lei's only choice now turned out to be to abandon the city and flee to the south, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, which sounds reasonable, but it is really painful to do it, and it is really uncomfortable.

After a night's trekking through the water, at ten o'clock in the morning, Tan Lei counted his men and horses, and this time the ambush lost more than 10,000 people. And at this time, his army also happened to jump out of the opponent's encirclement and reached the south of Wangzhou.

He gritted his teeth, turned back to Qin Xuan and said, "Mr. Qin, at this time, Wangzhou City is still in my hands, if we support Wangzhou again at this time, will we still have a chance of winning?" ”

Qin Xuan frowned slightly and said, "The odds of winning are difficult, but it is possible to lose both!" It's just that in case both of them lose, even if Lu Zheng suffers a big setback, you are afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the Central Plains!

Long Zhaoyan in the Central Plains, as well as Su Zhi who just came from Jiangnan, Jiangnan in the south, and the Northwest Army in the north. Empty-handed, how can we keep the granary of the world? ”

Tan Lei stomped his feet and said hatefully: "But if Lu Zheng captures Wangzhou, he can quickly go south to control Hebei, and half of the Central Plains will fall into his hands. With my temper, a ruthless person like Lu Zheng, I should do my best to deal with him, even if I am crushed? ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, Lu Zheng, this thief is really too deceitful, anyway, the horizontal and vertical are going to be finished, stretching out the head with a knife, shrinking the head is also a knife, we might as well simply fight with him!" Immediately, there were generals who responded to Tan Lei.

Qin Xuan said: "Lord Wang, the more difficult you are, the more you have to deal with it calmly!" Although we are at a disadvantage in the current situation, we may not have completely lost the opportunity!

Do you know, Lu Zheng is winning every victory, who is the most feared person in the Central Plains? I think it should be Su Zhi, as well as Long Zhaoyan, and even Long Lingxiu! As for the prince, you were originally from Liaodong, and your foundation is not in the Central Plains, even if the Central Plains is really lost, you have so many soldiers and horses on hand, and you may not necessarily die in a short time, but Su Zhi and Long Zhaoyan are only afraid of hehe......"

Tan Lei's face changed, and he said, "Mr. means ......"

Qin Xuan said: "What I mean is very clear, Long Zhaoyan and Su Zhi couldn't use it before, but after this time, these two people can be used by the prince!"

It just so happens that Long Zhaoyan, Su Zhi and Long Lingxiu must all have the ability to press the bottom of the box, so they have to go first, and the prince can press the formation at the back, don't you say? ”

Qin Xuan talked eloquently and analyzed the situation in the Central Plains to Tan Lei one by one, Tan Lei nodded secretly when he heard it, and said: "Yes, the Central Plains is gone, and I, Tan Lei, may not die, but Su Zhi and Long Zhaoyan are afraid that there will be no way!" These two guys want to hide behind and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, Lao Tzu simply withdrew his troops and returned to the capital first, and he also sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight first! ”

Tan Lei had an idea in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Order the Wangzhou army, let them break through immediately, remember, burn the grain and grass before the breakthrough, and not a single grain can be left for Lu Zheng!" ”

Tan Lei immediately shook his whip and said, "I won't stay here for a long time, and I will leave for Beijing immediately!" ”

"Lord, Lord, let's go back to Beijing like this, what should General Cao do? There are still our men and horses among the men and horses led by General Cao, is it possible that these people and horses are all ...... All of them are going to be buried in the hands of the Liaodong Army? A general leaned over and said with a sad expression.

Tan Lei stared at this person for a long time, and he said: "Nonsense, General Cao has experienced a hundred battles, there must be a way to break through, and we are also in danger now, rather than looking forward and backward at this time, it is better to make a decision immediately."

Now that we are back in the capital to recuperate, maybe after arriving in the capital, the good news of General Cao will arrive! Do you say yes or no? ”

When Tan Lei said this, he sighed secretly in his heart, saying that Cao Weiming still had a chance to deceive himself, Lu Zheng had firmly grasped the situation, Cao Weiming lost the city, and the little force in his hand was not able to open up any situation at all, in this case, he either surrendered or died in battle, and there was absolutely no chance to escape.

As soon as he thought of this, Tan Lei hated Lu Zheng even more, but now that his strength is not as good as others, he can only endure this breath!

Tan Lei's army retreated in a hurry, and Lu Zheng successfully took Wangzhou, because the Wangzhou defenders were too hasty, and they didn't even have time to burn down the granary, and Lu Zheng's army got more than 10,000 stone grain after entering the city, which well supplemented the army's dilemma of lack of food.

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In Xiangyang City, the weather has been cloudy and rainy for the past few days.

In fact, it is not far south to Xiangyang is the big river, the climate here is not as good as that of Henan and Hebei, and it has been stained with the breath of Jiangnan.

The rain kept falling, and the sky was always gray, and at this time, Su Zhi's mood was as gray as the sky.

After Su Zhi arrived in Xiangyang, he was always worried about the war in the Central Plains, and he almost every morning first thing was to read the military intelligence report from the front line, and his mood also rose and fell with the daily news, sometimes he was very happy, sometimes he was very low, and today his mood fell directly to the bottom.

"A group of rice buckets, Tan Lei is also the leader of the Liaodong Army, he has been in Dakang for so many years, I didn't expect this guy to be famous, only a few rounds of fighting, he was defeated, and he escaped like a lost dog, hey! It's really suffocating! Su Zhi thumped her chest, and the whole person completely collapsed.

He just received the news of Tan Lei's defeat, Lu Zheng broke the Cao Tan coalition army on the front line of Wangzhou and Huazhou after taking the state, Cao Weiming was not servant, Tan Lei's army was defeated like a mountain, and he withdrew directly from Wangzhou to the capital, and the Central Plains became extremely empty, and then Lu Zheng could drive straight in, and there was no more obstruction.

If you use your fingers to calculate, theoretically half of the army with Lu Zheng can hit Xiangyang City, how can Su Zhi resist at that time? With the 20,000 horses in his hand?

As soon as she thought of this, Su Zhi felt a chill in her back, she was really scary to think about it, and the strategists under her hands didn't have many ideas now, and a calm person came over and said:

"General, for today's plan, we have to invite the princess, after all, Her Royal Highness the princess is from a noble background, and the strength in her hands is unpredictable, and she has the most important idea at a critical time!"

Su Zhi frowned slightly, he was actually more resistant to Long Lingxiu from the bottom of his heart, because this woman was too powerful. Dealing with such a woman is like dancing with a poisonous snake, and if you are not careful, you may fall into a situation from which you will never recover!

But now, Su Zhi has to take the initiative to get closer to this woman, because he has no choice, Lu Zheng's pressure is too great, and Su Zhi is afraid in her heart......