After a long march, Song Naifeng's army finally arrived outside the city of Tanzhou. It took nearly a thousand miles from Bingzhou to Tanzhou. Song Naifeng fought along the way. Every time he passed, he first stabilized the place, took the lead and calmed the people, and then captured a city. With one step at a time, Song Naifeng's army also slowly replenished the process of the journey. From Bingzhou to Tanzhou, Song Naifeng replenished 100,000 cavalry again.

And unlike Miaocheng, Song Naifeng will no longer disperse his 100,000 army. The 100,000 cavalry will advance and retreat together, just like the arm and fingers. This time, Song Naifeng is going to swear to break through Tanzhou.

Tanzhou, Tongzhou and then the capital, three points and one line, this is the defensive formation set up by Lu Zheng. How many people are there on this line? Lu Zheng’s southern prefecture army has more than 60,000 people, and Song Wensong’s Northwest Army has more than 40,000 people, and a total of more than 100,000 people!

Lu Zheng divided the 100,000 troops into two parts, one guarded in Tanzhou and fought against the opponents based on natural danger. In addition, he placed Song Wensong's army in the capital, while Tongzhou was an empty city, without stationing one soldier!

Such arrangements and arrangements have really been opposed by many people. The first ones were the strategists under Song Wensong. Wu Liewen said: "Master General, you are obviously hesitant to arrange troops like this. On the one hand, you want to fight with Song Naifeng, but on the other hand, you seem to have to retreat to the capital and rely on the entire line of defense of the capital. Tongzhou is an empty city, and the distance between Tanzhou and the capital is relatively far. If the Tanzhou crisis, it will be too late for reinforcements in the capital to rush to help!"

Xing Zheng said: "Master General, this time Song Naifeng came from the north and was eyeing him. He only had 100,000 cavalry, and our troops were almost 100,000, 100,000 to 100,000. If we were in the wilderness, we would find it difficult to be an enemy of it, but if we rely on the city to resist, the situation would definitely be different. It is still unknown who will win the battle between us, or at least we have the power to fight!"

Faced with everyone's doubts, Lu Zheng just smiled and said, "Everyone, you are the third general. I have a close relationship with the third general and have an extraordinary relationship. No matter what, even when it is at the most dangerous time, I will not let the Northwest Army be ruined in my hands!

My arrangement seems hesitant, but it may not be without profound meaning. If Song Naifeng also thinks that I am hesitating, I can use the tricks to lead him into the trap at the critical moment. Do you think so?"

After Lu Zheng's statement, the Northwest Army's counselors and generals looked at each other and were speechless. On the one hand, they had questions about Lu Zheng's deployment arrangements, and on the other hand, the instructions from Wensong, the Song Dynasty in the South of the Yangtze River were very subtle.

Lu Zheng and Song Wensong cooperated in the northern region because the tens of thousands of troops under Song Wensong were under Lu Zheng's hands. Song Wensong was out of reach and could not control it, so he needed to rely on Lu Zheng.

In Jiangnan, Song Wensong is now wrapped up with the prince Long Zhaohuan, and the interests of both sides are converging. In this regard, he is on the opposite side of the Lu family and Lu Zheng. Therefore, Song Wensong is very conflicted in his heart in the deployment of the Song family army in the capital!

Therefore, on the one hand, he told Lu Zheng that he firmly supported Lu Zheng in the military affairs of the North, and that Lu Zheng could control the situation with all his powers. On the other hand, he secretly sent a letter to his generals and counselors Fei Ge, asking them to wait for an opportunity to act, and once they have the opportunity, they will immediately protect themselves.

If the capital cannot be defended, there is no need to defend it. If the capital is left with green mountains, there will be no need to worry about burning fire. If the capital is defeated, the Northwest Army can move south on a large scale, allowing Song Wensong to control tens of thousands of troops in Jiangnan. Even if the north is lost, Song Wensong can still take the lead in Jiangnan and thus have the power to counterattack.

Therefore, it was quite considerate that Lu Zheng did not integrate Song San's Northwest Army and the South Mansion Army. Lu Zheng knew the situation of the Northwest Army, so he could never allow them to bring negative emotions into the South Mansion Army.

With Lu Zheng's arrangement, the two sides collided in Tanzhou. Liu Song summoned the generals to discuss matters. He said: "General, this is the case now. We are waiting for the effort. Song Naifeng will work hard for an expedition! Even though our strength is weak, we have Tanzhou's natural dangers. We should take Tanzhou as the foundation, play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses and fight with Song Naifeng to the death. I don't believe that we will definitely lose this battle!"

Liu Song's statement was agreed by many of his generals. The Southern Prefecture Army, from Jiangnan to the north, followed Liu Song to fight north, and was no longer a new recruit!

In fact, the Nanfu Army has fought many tough battles, especially Lu Zheng led them to win three battles and three victories in Miaocheng. In this process, they also experienced extremely harsh tests, so their combat power is actually quite strong.

However, the combat power of the Northwest Army cannot be judged by common sense. Moreover, the Northwest Army is all cavalry, all of them are good at cavalry and shooting, and the formation is rigorous and disciplined. The Nanfu Army is still a little worse than them.

But now the morale of the Nanfu Army is very high, because of three major battles and three victories, and the morale is available. Liu Song has a very high reputation. When he shouted, the many generals below were full of enthusiasm.

When Lu Zheng saw this scene, his lips curled up slightly and said, "Everyone, we have not spent any effort recently. On the one hand, we have been pursuing the army. Now we are strong and strong, so we can fight our opponents.

In addition, we used tens of thousands of people to build the city of Tanzhou and built the city of Tanzhou. Outside, we laid the Julu Horse and Iron Thorn Formation. The city had accumulated fine grain for a year and laid three maze formations. With this city, we could defend Tanzhou for a year.

The Northwest Army only has 100,000 troops. Even if they have 300,000 troops, what can they do to me?"

Lu Zheng paused and said, "Lu was in the northwest and relied on a small county town with only a few thousand people. He used these arrangements in our Tanzhou to block the attack of the Turkic cavalry and defended the lives of the people in the county from being violated by foreign tribes.

Today we have tens of times the strength we have in those days, and our opponents are almost the same as us. If they want to pass through Tanzhou, they have to ask me whether Lu Zheng agrees! The Northwest Army is the first army of Dakang, and the Northwest General Song Naifeng is known as the most powerful general of Dakang. Haha, it’s a pity that Lian Po is old. When he meets our Nanfu Army, he, the first powerful general, can only sink into the sand and fail!"

Lu Zheng said this and his generals were filled with passion. Everyone was excited to hear it. Everyone performed their duties and arranged the defense of Tanzhou tightly.

Lu Zheng has a lot of research on defending the city. According to the traditional method of defending the city, it is to build high walls, defend the four gates, and then use the four gates to defend the enemy. According to the traditional method, Lu Zheng also set up the depth of three lines of defense, sunk the four gates into the city wall, expand the contact area between the city wall and the attacking side, and also has a deep arrangement in the city. A maze formation was arranged between the two major gates of the East Gate and the West Gate. These arrangements are extremely clever, and it can be said that they are both strange and honest.

Lu Zheng acted like he was defending Tanzhou, but everyone thought that Lu Zheng could not defend it. The subtlety of this was really mysterious!

Song Naifeng was not in a hurry to attack the city. After his army was approaching, the first step was to cut off all contact between Tanzhou and surrounding cities, so that 100,000 people would continue to press around Tanzhou, and completely encircle Tanzhou.

After completing the siege of Tanzhou, his second step was to immediately compile a book to Cao Weiming, so that Cao Weiming could quickly send troops to the capital, causing oppression to the capital!

The third thing Song Naifeng wrote a book to Tan Lei, asking Tan Lei to lead the Liaodong cavalry into the pass, and agreed with Tan Lei that they would share the country within the pass!

Song Naifeng was the first general of Dakang. He had a high prestige and had a wide relationship. Seeing his army besieging Tanzhou, Cao Weiming was already intimidated by Lu Zheng, but now he has loosened again. After all, he still trusted Song Naifeng more. He immediately ordered 50,000 troops and set out from Bianzhou to approach the capital, causing strong oppression to the capital.

After receiving Song Naifeng's letter, Tan Lei immediately ordered 50,000 troops from Liaodong and quickly crossed the pass, headed south directly, and rushed towards the capital. As a result, the situation near the capital was instantly passive, and Lu Zheng was facing a state of enemies all over the world.

Lu Zheng was prepared and made arrangements, but Song Naifeng did not easily fall for Lu Zheng. He did not attack the siege of Tanzhou City, but instead calmly mobilized troops from other places in the north to make all the powerful people in the north to form a siege against the capital. In this way, all forces in the north gathered together, and all three sides were rebels. Only Lu Zheng represented Dakang. How could Lu Zheng's situation not be dangerous?

News about Tanzhou and the capital quickly reached Jiangnan, which caused huge waves. Even Emperor Xinde, who had been in seclusion for a lot of wine, was alarmed. He said in shock:

"The things in the North are not good, who is the fault? This is Song Naifeng's crimes are united in the world to seize the foundation of my great prosperity! Now that this is the case, how can we solve the danger?"

When Emperor Xinde said this, the audience was speechless. A minister immediately said: "The crisis in the capital is mainly because General Lu Zheng's improper use of troops. Lu Zheng should defend the capital with his troops. Relying on the capital as the core, he would gather all his troops. There is still a turning point. In this situation, Tanzhou has been surrounded by Song Naifeng, and the northwest army of the capital was deterred by Cao Weiming. In addition, the Liaodong cavalry also headed south to the capital. How can the capital defend it?

Once the capital fails, all the foundations of Dakang in the north will be removed. From then on, Dakang will no longer have any influence in the north! In this way, the rebels in the north will inevitably become even more arrogant. If they go south immediately, can I defend Jiangnan? Can our Jinling be safe?"

This minister was nothing else, but Duan Tangshan, the chief censor promoted by Long Zhaohuan. The Duan family and the Lu family in the capital have never been dealt with. When Lu Zheng was in Jiangnan, the Duan family was almost swept by Lu Zheng. After Long Zhaohuan arrived in Jiangnan, he wanted to sing a stage play with the Lu family, so he reused Duan Tangshan.
Chapter completed!