Liu Song stormed Huazhou City, Cao Weiming gave up his old life to defend it, and the two of them attacked and defended the battle very tragically, I have to say that Liu Song gave Cao Weiming and the entire Central Plains Army huge pressure.

At this time, Tan Lei's army has arrived near Wangzhou, the distance from Wangzhou to Huazhou is nearly three hundred miles, and these days are cloudy, the mountain road is difficult to travel, Tan Lei has ordered the army to camp, in his opinion, Cao Weiming occupies the city of Huazhou, and should be able to defend it for at least a while.

Besides, Lu Zheng is new after all, and it turns out that he has fought a battle in Bingzhou now, and then he took Miaocheng, and then he needs to rest for at least a few days to attack the front line of Huazhou from Miaocheng, right?

However, the flying pigeon biography that kept flying from the air soon shattered his illusions, and in the Chinese military tent, all the strategists and generals gathered, and urgent news continued to enter the military tent.

"Report, Huazhou is in an emergency, Liaodong thief Liu Song besieged Huazhou from all sides, General Cao personally guarded the east gate, but Liu Song stormed the north gate, once the thief attacked the city wall, almost the city was broken. General Cao ordered the people in the city to barely stabilize the situation from the head of the city, but in this case, it was only a matter of time before the city was broken, and General Cao asked the prince to rescue immediately, otherwise Huazhou City would be broken! ”

Tan Lei sat in the position of the Chinese army, his face was extremely gloomy, and a bearded military general rushed out and said: "This Cao Weiming, his own people are not helpful, Lord Wang, you can give him more than 10,000 elite cavalry, are these people eating dry food?"

Huazhou City fart is a little bigger, 30,000 horses are all piled up on the city wall, I see that Liu Song can have three heads and six arms, can break the city? ”

"Yes, I think Cao Weiming is incompetent, and he will be timid when the opponent exerts a little force, how can this kind of wine bag and rice bag cooperate with the prince to resist the enemy? I thought we should be severely reprimanded, let him resolutely block Liu Song, and then let us go to meet Lu Zheng! ”

A group of people directly scolded Cao Weiming for his incompetence, and asked Tan Lei not to pay attention to Cao Weiming's call for help, but to take me as the center and firmly prepare to meet Lu Zheng.

In their opinion, the tens of thousands of horses led by Cao Weiming are straw bales, and the core of the Central Plains War is still a battle between Tan Lei and Lu Zheng, sacrificing Cao Weiming, letting Cao Weiming be cannon fodder, consuming Lu Zheng's strength, and then fighting again, Tan Lei's certainty of victory is not small!

But soon the clamor of this faction was suppressed by the other party, and the strategists resolutely opposed it, and Tan Lei's most intimate strategist Qin Xuan stood up and said: "General Cao of Huazhou can't help it!" If we lose Huazhou, our defense line will be broken, blocking Lu Zheng is like a net fish, if the fish will break the net at once, how can we net the fish?

Besides, General Cao's opponent is Liu Song, who is Liu Song? This person is a general under Lu Zheng, his position in the army is under one person, above ten thousand people, this time he personally led the army to attack the city, it is obvious that the elite of the Liaodong Army is exhausted, and General Cao is a cavalry in his hands, and it is normal that it is not easy to defend the city! For today's plan, we should immediately send troops to move closer to General Cao, only if we are east and west, and the north and south are horns of each other, can the Liaodong army not advance, and there is no other way! ”

Qin Xuan said this, and another strategist said: "Lord Wang, Lu Zheng dares to attack the Central Plains, he must be prepared!" The Liaodong Army has strong combat power, we were too optimistic before, and now we have to be ruthless and prepare for a ruthless battle, a tough battle, and there is no room for luck!

It would be a big mistake to expect that Lu Zheng would lose his strength after defeating Cao's army, and then we would be at ease! We have a cold relationship with Cao Jun, at this time General Cao is besieged, if we don't rescue, the consequences will be really unimaginable! ”

Tan Lei's brows furrowed, he was not an idle person, so he could naturally understand the Tao in it. However, he also has his own difficulties, that is, he must consider a question, what should he do if the two sides fight and the Central Plains army is defeated and retreats?

If the Central Plains army is defeated, the Central Plains will inevitably be lost, can Tan Lei still sit on the land of the capital? Obviously, that's absolutely impossible!

Losing the Central Plains is a catastrophe for Tan Lei, so the engagement of the Central Plains War must be cautious, Tan Lei originally thought that he and Cao Weiming would defend the two cities, and then the two of them were each other's horns, active defense, and safe insurance was the first priority, but the development of the war overturned all his previous ideas.

Lu Zheng is ferocious, and soon occupies an overwhelming advantage in Huazhou, in this case, Tan Lei is no longer sure to win this battle, since he is not sure to win, then this battle must be fought?

If you don't fight this battle, just retreat to the capital, exchange space for time, let Lu Zheng occupy half of the Central Plains first, and Tan Lei will rely on the capital to think about defensive strategies and fight a protracted war with Lu Zheng, is it feasible?

With the passage of time, things in the northwest should have a result, besides, Lu Zheng's grain road in Liaodong has been broken, and after Long Zhaohuan in the south of the Yangtze River takes power, he will not be afraid of Liaodong, and Long Zhaoyan prides himself on being the Ninety-Five, and it is difficult for him to tolerate Lu Zheng's long-term entrenchment in the Central Plains, can Tan Lei organize all these forces?

Tan Lei put his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in the tent, his mind was running rapidly, what he was thinking in his heart could not be said on this occasion, the so-called morale can be boosted, in case his thoughts are known to generals at all levels, it will inevitably make morale leak.

I have to say that he is very embarrassed now, if such a decision had been made ten years ago, he would have sent troops quickly without hesitation, wouldn't it be a decisive battle? Tan Lei is also a person who has fought on the battlefield all his life, when was he afraid of death on the battlefield?

But now it's different, Tan Lei no longer has the powerful Dakang behind him, his net worth, and even his connections and career that Tan Lei has managed all his life are tied to him.

If he loses, his Tan family will be wiped out, and all his hard work will be in vain, which makes him have to act cautiously!

Seeing Tan Lei's expression, Qin Xuan said: "Lord Wang, you should continue to suffer from it!" Sticking out your head for today's plan is also a knife, and shrinking your head is also a knife! Lu Zheng asked Liu Song to storm Huazhou, he saw that Cao Weiming had just arrived in Huazhou, his foothold was unstable, and he wanted to fight fast, but he didn't know that this kind of behavior just exposed their eagerness to win!

According to the report from the scout on the inside, the Liaodong Army was short of food, and Sima Bingzhou implemented a fortified wall clearing field on Bingzhou in order to prepare food for the big army.

If the food for half a month can last? Although the city of Huazhou is important, we may not be able to give it up at a critical time!

But one thing is very important, that is, no matter what, General Cao's army cannot be destroyed, otherwise, our morale will be greatly damaged, and it will be even more difficult to fight! ”

Qin Xuan talked eloquently, he stepped forward, pointed with his hand on the silk cloth map, and said: "We quickly moved closer to Huazhou, and then let General Cao directly lead the cavalry out of Huazhou, our two route armies from the north and south to carry out a flanking attack on Liu Song, let Liu Song go to occupy the empty city, we only want to destroy the enemy to break through, nine times out of ten, we can succeed in one blow!" We abandoned Huazhou, inflicted heavy losses on Liusong, and then retreated to Wangzhou to continue to deal with it.

Even if we lose Wangzhou, as long as we can maneuver for more than ten days and twenty days, I am afraid that the Liaodong Army itself will be in chaos first! If they are in chaos, if we counterattack again, Huazhou may take it back, and after a few rounds, how can the Liaodong Army deal with us? ”