Chapter 895 Capture Your Majesty Alive?
Song Wensong was in a very low mood, but after Song Naifeng took out more than 20,000 elite cavalry hidden deepest, his mentality immediately turned upside down.
Yes, Lu Zheng is his old enemy for life, but this time he got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He believes that if he can seize the opportunity this time, he will definitely defeat Lu Zheng in the Central Plains.
As long as Lu Zheng defeated the Central Plains, Song Wensong would have a chance to breathe. He continued to operate the northwest for three or five years and would definitely be able to train a soldier that could compete for the world. At that time, how could he be less than Song Wensong in the Central Plains?
Song Wensong thought for a whole night, and his blood was boiling. The next morning he left Liangzhou and ran directly to several tribes of the Turks. He held the military talisman and ran three horses to death. As expected, as Song Naifeng said, there were cavalry following him all the way. When he finished all the tribes, there were 30,000 elite cavalry behind him.
It turned out that Song Naifeng's layout was to hide about 50,000 soldiers and horses. Because it was too long, Song Naifeng slightly estimated that these soldiers would be able to get half of them, so he only said that he would give Song Wensong 20,000 soldiers.
However, the result was much better than what Song Naifeng thought. Song Naifeng's layout was 60% successful, and 60% was a full 30,000 cavalry. Song Wensong led 30,000 elite cavalry into Liangzhou and quickly organized another 20,000 elite cavalry in Liangzhou. He immediately led 50,000 elite soldiers and quickly left Liangzhou and approached the city of Bingzhou.
Everything was too fast. From the time Song Wensong took down Liangzhou, to when he led 50,000 elite cavalry out of Bingzhou, it was only ten days in total.
In the Central Plains, the situation of these ten days cannot reverse the situation. In the past ten days, Lu Zheng personally led the army to attack Henan and defeated Tan Lei's reinforcements in Zhumaqiao, Henan.
Tan Lei was anxious to send troops from the capital to Henan to rescue Long Zhaoyan. His thoughts were very simple, that is, he didn't care about the territory of Henan, he could just rescue Long Zhaoyan.
In his opinion, Tan Lei's military use is so flexible and changeable. He sprinkled 20,000 scouts and inquire from all directions. Whenever he met Lu Zheng's whistle, he would immediately detour. Lu Zheng could not catch him with such troops! After all, the ground in Henan has not been completely occupied by Lu Zheng, and Tan Lei believes that as long as his army does not penetrate deep into the area occupied by Lu Zheng, there will be no major problems.
But Tan Lei is so powerful, why didn’t Lu Zheng wait for a long time? Lu Zheng attacked Henan and occupied all the cities in Henan one by one, but he didn’t attack Long Zhaoyan. In fact, he expected that the capital would definitely send troops to rescue Long Zhaoyan!
Tan Lei is very powerful in his military service, and the soldiers in the capital are strange and unpredictable. Lu Zheng doesn't care about those, he just cares about the same thing, that is, he just stares at Long Zhaoyan and walks.
Because since Tan Lei is saving people, he must be saved Long Zhaoyan. As long as Lu Zheng is staring at the key figure, he is still afraid that he will not be able to catch Tan Lei's whip?
As for the so-called Lu Zheng's military front in Tan Lei's mind, those places were deliberately kept by Lu Zheng and refused to take them. If they were taken, Long Zhaoyan, Henan, became an isolated island. How could the capital send troops to rescue them?
As soon as Long Zhaoyan left the city, Lu Zheng immediately sent troops to directly take the untaken land, and then surrounded the army. Lu Zheng's strategy was very clear, that is, to encircle Tan Lei's army in Henan, which was far more affordable than attacking the capital.
In the movement, Tan Lei's 20,000 cavalry is not Lu Zheng's opponent at all. Lu Zheng's troops are several times more powerful than his opponent, and the cavalry is stronger than Tan Lei. How can Tan Lei fight?
When the melodious and sad horn sounded, Tan Lei looked around, but saw that the surrounding mountains were full of flags with the word "Lu", and his heart was about to drip.
"What should I do? Could it be that God is going to kill me, Tan Lei? Lu Zheng, you are too cruel, you are going to kill me!"
"Your Majesty, it's useless to say more things at this point. There is only one sentence, that is, keep the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. We lead the army to break through. The prince and His Majesty have been wearing makeup and infiltrated. As long as the prince and His Majesty can return to the capital quickly, it's all worth it!" Sun Xiaozhou, a subordinate of Tan Lei, said.
Tan Lei's eyes were red and he said, "These 20,000 people are my brothers and sisters, how can I abandon them and ignore them? The so-called life and death have fate and wealth are in heaven. This time we met Lu Zheng, which was God's will. At worst, we can fight with him to the death!"
Tan Lei gave up 20,000 cavalry at this time, which was like killing him. He had already made up his mind to fight to the death. Not to mention, Tan Lei is worthy of being a famous general in Dakang back then. He really forced him into a desperate situation. His battle of burning boats cannot be underestimated.
After Lu Zheng's army surrounded him, the two sides fought for two days and they actually won and lost each other. Lu Zheng could also appreciate the difficulty and tenacity of the famous generals of Dakang.
However, since Lu Zheng chose to encircle, his methods were more than just a simple attack. He could not attack. He immediately adopted Qi Yuanzhi's water attack strategy. It turned out that the area where Tan Lei's troops were besieged was in a depression, and Lu Zheng occupied it on all sides.
There is no water in this area on weekdays, but there is a river upstream. Lu Zheng had already ordered people to block the water of the river. It had not been captured for a few days. Lu Zheng asked the army to retreat first in the dark, and then broke the river water at night. In the dark, a large amount of water suddenly broke out, and many of Tan Lei's army's tents were flooded half of it.
The army was in the water, and the huge fear made Tan Lei's tens of thousands of troops no longer maintain their formation. The overall situation was in chaos and fled in scattered areas. The Liaodong Iron Cavalry on the mountain harvested the deserters like harvesting wheat.
Tan Lei woke up in the middle of the night and saw this scene. His eyes were so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. Fortunately, the generals and guards around him forced him to stand him on the shore. At this time, they couldn't care about Long Zhaoyan anymore, but they just tried their best to escort Tan Lei to escape while the night was shining.
After a night of battle, Tan Lei's 20,000 troops were almost wiped out. Long Zhaoyan was captured alive. Tan Lei escaped hundreds of miles away before he woke up. When he heard that all the people were mourning, Long Zhaoyan was lost again. He fainted again and became unconscious.
When he woke up again, people had already returned to the capital. The capital was in a panic. Tan Lei was defeated and returned to the capital. How many people were there in the capital?
The Liaodong army led by Lu Zheng was unstoppable from north to south, and first took Hebei, and now it quickly took Henan. The two rivers were completely under Lu Zheng's control.
After controlling the two rivers, the capital lost its barrier next. With these few people in the capital, they could block Lu Zheng’s 100,000 cavalry? That was impossible. Therefore, for all forces in the capital, they are now in a huge panic...
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After Lu Zheng killed Tan Lei's reinforcements, he stationed his troops nearby in Nanyang County. Nanyang County was larger than Xiangyang and the city was more majestic. After Lu Zheng entered the city, the disciples came to report:
"Prince, the fake Majesty of Dagan Chao, Long Zhaoyan, has been captured. The general asked you to ask me for a message. What should this person do?"
Lu Zheng frowned slightly and pondered silently. How to deal with Long Zhaoyan is really a problem. This person cannot be killed and seems to be unable to let go. Could it be that he really wants to send him to Shandong to meet Emperor Xinde? Then let Emperor Xinde fall into trouble?
Lu Zheng hesitated and couldn't make up his mind for a moment. He pondered for a long time and said, "Let the general arrange it and I'll go and see him!"
Lu Zheng looked around and followed the boy and Qi Yuanzhi. He said to Qi Yuanzhi: "I'm probably the one whom Long Zhaoyan hates the most in this world! Because I blocked many things from him, he proclaimed himself emperor and started a so-called Dagan Chao. This time, I broke through his city and destroyed the foundation of Dagan Chao. How could he not hate me?"
Qi Yuanzhi said: "Since that's the case, why do you want to see him?"
Lu Zheng said: "I have known him for many years, and I still have to meet him. I want to see how much he has changed over the years, and I also want to see his attitude, so as to decide what I should deal with him.
Such a person is not suitable to stay with me for a long time. No matter how he is dealt with, he cannot be allowed to stay in Liaodong."
Qi Yuanzhi nodded and said, "Prince, can you take me with me when you see this person? Yuanzhi also wants to meet this emperor of the Dagan Dynasty!"
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "What's wrong with that? Let's go!" Lu Zheng left as soon as he said, and the two of them took a carriage to a quiet courtyard, which was specially used by Liu Song to clean up.
Long Zhaoyan lives in this quiet and elegant courtyard, with all servants and maids, and abundant supplies of living, everything is arranged according to very high standards.
When Lu Zheng arrived in the yard, he saw Long Zhaoyan from afar. Long Zhaoyan did not wear court clothes or prince's clothes that represented his identity. He was wearing a nude brocade dress and looked in good spirits.
But after all, he is no longer young, with wrinkles on his forehead and his hair turns gray. He doesn't look like an emperor at first glance, but rather like a rich man at home.
When Lu Zheng looked at him, Long Zhaoyan also quickly saw Lu Zheng. The two of them looked at each other. His face changed involuntarily, and then finally bowed and said to Lu Zheng: "Prince Lu, don't you be fine!"
Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Crown Prince, I haven't seen you for many years, and you still have the same style as you did back then. Hey, Dakang has been very lively these years. After you finished singing, I will appear. Lu Zheng didn't expect that after many years, I will be able to meet the prince again in this situation."
Long Zhaoyan was called the prince by Lu Zheng. He laughed at himself. His identity as the prince had long been abolished by Emperor Xinde, but he did not argue about this matter, but just sighed:
"Prince Lu, this time you sent troops to the Central Plains, you are invincible, and there is almost no one who can stop you from wherever you pass! It is not unfair to fall into your hands. But since this point, what will the prince deal with me? Should he kill me? Or should he send me to Shandong?"
Lu Zheng sneered and said, "Crown Prince, although I, Lu Zheng, dare not attack you no matter what. You are so exaggerated!"
Chapter completed!