The Battle of Tanzhou ended in an unexpected way. For the Northwest Army, for Song Naifeng, this battle can be said to be a crushing defeat. However, what is very interesting is the same battle. In Jiangnan and in the Dakang court, many ministers believed that this battle was Lu Zheng's defeat!

Because after this battle, Tanzhou was lost, Song Naifeng's troops pointed directly at the capital. Faced with this situation, Song Wensong immediately entered the palace and cried and begged Emperor Xinde to allow him to go to the capital in person and defend the capital in danger!

Emperor Xinde pondered silently. After a long time, he raised his hand and said, "Song Aiqing, the court is now the prince's supervisor. I am uneasy recently and cannot make a decision on this. If you have any indecision, please ask the prince!"

Crown Prince Long Zhaohuan pulled Song Wensong into the East Palace and said, "Wensong, what are you going to the capital at this time? Are you sharing the faults for Lu Zheng? You, you were not sure that you could win when you left in the capital. Now the capital is bound to be lost, why are you thinking about going back? What are you thinking about in your mind?"

Song Wensong said: "Your Highness, I won't hide it from you now. Think about what we have now? In the court, the Lu family covers the sky with one hand. Lu Shanchang, the old fox, won over the Su family, Chen family and Gu family. All the prime ministers in the court are members of the Lu family, the censors above the court, and even the six ministries and nine ministers. You can't mobilize your highness!

Where should we start to change this situation? I think we must first have soldiers. If we don’t have our own strength, we will not be able to reverse our current weakness no matter what!”

Song Wen paused and continued: "This time in the Battle of Tanzhou, Lu Zheng was defeated on the surface, but Lu Zheng caused a heavy blow to the Northwest Army. Chuan Shanyue, the powerful general in the Northwest Army, was almost killed in his hands. Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lu Zheng was deliberately evacuating Tanzhou.

The Northwest Army wanted to fight him to the death, but he didn't want to fight the Northwest Army! He regarded the army under his command as a treasure, and let the Northwest Army occupy Tanzhou and then attack the capital. Isn't this natural?

If we defend the capital again, I, Song Laosan, may be a wave of cannon fodder for him. When the Northwest Army conquers the capital, tens of thousands of people will die. Lu Zheng makes a comeback. At that time, his role with the Northwest Army will be completely reversed!

The Northwest Army bullies the few major generals and is unable to defend the defense line from Bingzhou to the capital. After the Northwest Army occupied the capital, the Northwest Army became the role of the few major generals and was not popular in the Central Plains. How could the people in the pass be willing to be ruled by the Northwest barbarians? In this way, Lu Zheng has even more articles to do, Your Highness! Once we reach that step, we can't interfere in the north, and we can't move Lu Shanchang in Jiangnan. You, the prince, will fall into a complete passive state. Do you think that's the case?"

Long Zhaohuan raised his eyebrows and raised his lips to speak but stopped. It was obvious that Song Wensong's words hit his heart. He also understood that the reason why Song Wensong insisted on going to the north was not to guard the capital, but to try his best to bring out the soldiers in the capital!

Song Wensong needs soldiers, and Long Zhaohuan needs soldiers even more. The two are now in an alliance. If they can hold tens of thousands of elite soldiers, at least they will be more important in Jiangnan. Even if the Lu family is not good for Long Zhaohuan and Song Wensong, they must first consider the strength they have.

However, Long Zhaohuan also had other concerns, that is, he was already weak in Jiangnan. What else would he do if Song Wensong left?

Besides, Song Wensong is not an easy person, and this is not a easy character to control! Long Zhaohuan is worried that once Song Wensong goes to the north to work out of the Mingtang, he will be able to run away. In that case, Long Zhaohuan may not only not earn any allies for him, but will instead create another big enemy for him.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Song Aiqing, I'm talking to you, sometimes you're so smart and confused for a lifetime. If Lu Zheng lost the capital, his father's edict would pass by him and he would have to come back to commit suicide. At that time, can the north escape our palms?

And at this time, the battle situation has not yet settled. If you attack Lu Zheng's Taoer and he pushes all his sins on you, wouldn't you compensate your wife and your troops? In that way, Lu Zheng will be able to get rid of the relationship, and you will fall into an extreme passive situation!"

Song Wensong sneered and said, "Your Highness, do you still don't know what role Lu Zheng is? He may have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his hands immediately. Looking at the world, if you want to say who is the most powerful, once the Northwest Army is defeated by him, Lu Zheng will be even more powerful in the world!

Lu Zheng did not rebel, but he was stronger by all rebels. Your Highness, how do you think His Majesty can make him punish him by then? Could it be that he would chop his head? Or would he have to give him 200,000 troops to give him away?"

When Song Wensong said this, he sighed dejectedly and said, "Your Highness, in fact, I am destined to suffer a loss when I go to the north this time! I have never taken advantage of it in front of Lu Zheng, but I have to go even if I know I want to suffer a loss! Because for us, being able to have tens of thousands of more people is the fundamental thing!

Lu Zheng wants to use me to get rid of his crime. In fact, it is impossible to escape from his crime, right?"

Long Zhaohuan was originally a person who was willing to make plans without making decisions. When Song Wensong said so miserably, he was also sad. For so many years, he had not had much comfort in life from the King of Qin to the Prince. In comparison, Lu Zheng debuted as a concubine and climbed up step by step, but he rose to prominence. Whether it was prestige or social status, he was much higher than the prince. Who could have balanced this kind of thing?

There were many conflicts between Long Zhaohuan and Lu Zheng, and the result was very similar to what Song Wensong said, that is, he had basically not taken advantage of it! Such things accumulated over time and accumulated in his heart, and he felt aggrieved, so the hatred in his heart was really hard to resolve for a while!

"Okay, since this is the case, I will let you go to the capital. Remember, you must be careful and bring people back. Don't worry, if you go back to Jiangnan, you will definitely have a place! You, the Minister of War, must have military power. We will have many ways to make you have a position and power when you go back!"

Long Zhaohuan patted Song Wensong's chest on the spot. At this time, Song Wensong had no intention of thinking about this intrigue in Jiangnan. He received the support of Long Zhaohuan. He immediately rushed north, day and night. When he arrived at the capital, Lu Zheng's army had withdrawn from Tanzhou, crossed Tongzhou, and headed straight for Cao Weiming's retreat.

There were no leader in the capital, and Wu Liewen, Xing Zheng and others were quarreling. I don’t know what to do now. Should we cooperate with Lu Zheng to raid Cao Weiming and put Cao Weiming to death, or should we keep our troops and defend the capital to the death.

Song Wensong rushed to the capital and happened to get the handwritten letter sent to him by Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng's letter was very simple. He was the chief general of Pingjing Road, who was responsible for military affairs in the north. He ordered all the defenders in the capital to attack quickly and cooperate with him to attack Cao Weiming, completely defeating Cao Weiming's tens of thousands of troops! In fact, this was Lu Zheng's order. Song Wensong read the handwritten letter and said, "What are you hesitating about? The chief general general manager has an order that is a military order. Military orders cannot be violated. Those who violate the order need to be engaged in military law! Come, order troops out of the city and launch a fierce attack on Cao Weiming!"

With the order from Song Wensong, he didn't have to rely on others. He personally put on his armor and took out all the tens of thousands of people under his command. Speaking of which, after Cao Weiming received the news of the Battle of Tanzhou, he was still secretly happy!

He thought the Northwest Army had won a great victory, and Lu Zheng was driven away, and he was still thinking about how to encircle Lu Zheng to get some real benefits! At this moment, Song Wensong went to fight, but seeing that Song Wensong was extremely brave, he personally led the army straight to Cao Weiming's central army tent, which was extremely brave!

Cao Weiming was not surprised and happy when he saw this situation, so he comforted the generals under his command and said, "See, all the troops in the capital have come out, which shows that Lu Zheng is extremely critical. This is his plan to siege Wei and save Zhao!

He used the capital to restrain us, so he could escape. Since this is the case, let’s forget about Lu Zheng’s defeated soldiers. It’s important for us to take down the capital. Now we work together to clean up Song Wensong’s shrimp soldiers and crab generals!

After Cao Weiming said this, the people under his command really thought it was a matter of a moment, and they immediately reorganized the army. When the two sides set off, they would do the opposite!

At this moment, a long and low trumpet sound suddenly came, and the scout came to report: "No, prince, no! A large army attacked from behind us!"

Cao Weiming was stunned and frowned and said, "What? Where did the army come from? What kind of bullshit army?

"Yes... it's a large army, under the banner of land, the cavalry rushed in the front, and they were iron armored heavy cavalry!"

When Cao Weiming heard the iron armored heavy cavalry, he couldn't help but tighten the back door, and he immediately became panicked. It was too late. The only soldier with the Lu flag could be Lu Zheng. It was almost time for Lu Zheng to come out of Tanzhou to the capital!

Cao Weiming quickly left the camp and looked behind him from a distance. He saw the iron cavalry behind him coming in a vast array of troops. He saw that they had a strict army and had no sign of defeat. In addition, their flag was also very clear, and the words "Lu" were clearly written! Cao Weiming was so familiar with this flag, and this was undoubtedly Lu Zheng's army.

"This... how is this possible? This... this is a trap! No, we have to face pincer attacks. At this moment, there is no other way. If we pass our military order, we will retreat immediately and retreat to Bianzhou!"

After all, Cao Weiming was a hero. Seeing this, he knew that there was no possibility of fighting with him today. He immediately decided to keep the green mountains without fear of being burned, so he retreated first.

But when he retreated, he was defeated like a mountain. How could he retreat under the attack of two armies? Moreover, Lu Zheng's side had tens of thousands of cavalry, and the cavalry charged and crushed the infantry. Cao Weiming's military talent was really regrettable at critical moments...
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