Chapter 735 Night Attack!
Lu Zheng raided the Liaodong Army at night, and this move was too unexpected.
Because both the Northwest Army and the Liaodong Army have powerful scouts. Generally speaking, even if the enemy attacks, they will never be silent.
But Lu Zheng successfully did this time. The core key is that, first, Lu Zheng took advantage of the night and the Liaodong army attacked the city for one day. At night, it was the most exhausting time. Recently, the scout reported that Lu Zheng's army had captured Yuzhou. At the same time, the army headed north to approach Bianzhou and went to Cao Weiming's nest. Because of this, everyone was not very wary.
Secondly, the Liaodong Army is a cavalry. They are used to cavalry fighting, and the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, but they cannot hide invisible, because the cavalry moves, the formation will inevitably be very large. Yue Feng's raid is all made of infantry, and the infantry uses spears, and behind the spear are archers. The two types of infantry are hiding in the day and walking at night, and they are killed quietly while the night is dark. Once the horn sounds, the infantry launches a raid. The power of the night cannot be underestimated!
Tan Lei, the Liaodong Army, was shocked and organized a counterattack at night, but Lu Zheng was prepared and he was unprepared. The two of them were judged immediately. Lu Zheng quickly gained the upper hand and then set off a fire while the night was dark.
Tan Lei used the linoleum camp in Liaodong. When this fire burned, Liaodong became even more in chaos. Tan Lei had no choice but to retreat under the walls of the capital.
Above the city wall, the sound of bowstrings suddenly came, but Song Wensong heard the movement outside and had already organized archers to serve him. As a result, Tan Lei was attacked by both sides, and he was extremely miserable!
A surprise attack, attacked both sides, and a one-night battle. Tan Lei gave up the Meridian Gate and led the cavalry to escape. When it was bright, he found that tens of thousands of elite cavalry had lost in this battle.
Tan Lei turned his head and rushed to Song Naifeng's central army tent. He was in a very bad mood. He asked, "Prince, I encountered such a fierce raid yesterday, why didn't the prince send troops to rescue me? Yesterday, I suffered heavy losses and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry suffered so many losses. I really have no face to return to my hometown to explain to my fellow villagers in Liaodong!"
Song Naifeng slapped the table and said, "This thief Lu Zheng is really cunning. Yesterday I heard that you were attacked by a surprise attack. I thought it was Lu Zheng who used the fraud. Because we have so many troops stationed here, how could Lu Zheng achieve a silent surprise attack?
But I didn't count Lu Zheng's sudden attack with infantry, and he was decisive and risky, and he succeeded again! General Tan, I will bear all these mistakes. Don't worry, after this battle, as long as I can win, I promise not to disappoint General Tan!"
Song Naifeng cursed Lu Zheng, and at the same time he reflected deeply. Tan Lei gritted his teeth and his anger disappeared. He said: "It's hard for us to fight now. Song Wensong in the capital has a strong fighting power. We have been attacking for several days and have not yet taken it.
The key is that Lu Zheng's power is like a ghost outside the capital. No one knows when he will suddenly appear. They retreat with one blow, and even if the infantry hides, we will find it difficult to find their traces!"
Chuan Shanyue said: "The fucking child named Lu is really too bullying. Since he used infantry, I don't believe that his infantry could retreat far. At worst, we could sprinkle scouts and find their infantry, and then we sweep them with cavalry. Song Wensong in the capital has only tens of thousands of troops. They can defend the city because once the city is broken, they will all die.
However, if we go against Lu Zheng, Song Wensong may not have the courage to abandon the city and come out to respond. Will we take the initiative?”
Song Naifeng frowned when Chuan Shanyue said this. He had to say that Chuan Shanyue could naturally think of what Chuan Shanyue could think of, but he never took the initiative to raise it, just because he was worried that once he shifted his strategic focus to deal with Lu Zheng, the situation of the battle might change again.
Song Naifeng likes to plan his own way in war. Undoubtedly, his way has been very successful so far. Now this idea of Sichuan Mountain may make him lead by others. To be honest, this feeling is really bad...
However, in this situation, Lu Zheng is really a big concern, and Song Wensong's desperate efforts made Song Naifeng feel tricky. For the first time, he found that he knew too little about this son. This kid could really show all his potential in order to survive. From this point of view, Song Naifeng found that Song Wensong's personality was actually a bit similar to him!
Thinking of this, Song Naifeng couldn't help but sigh again. It's a pity that Song Wensong has such talent, but he ignored it at the beginning. Otherwise, the Song family now might not be as strong as today!
"General Tan, Your Highness Princess, what do you think? Are we going to target Lu Zheng in this battle?" Song Naifeng's eyes turned to Long Lingxiu and Tan Lei.
Long Lingxiu chuckled and said, "Chuan Shanyue is worthy of being the most powerful general in the northwest. She is not only fierce, but also has extraordinary wisdom and tricks! I agree with Chuan Shanyue's view very much. Our biggest enemy is Lu Zheng, who can severely damage Lu Zheng, and we can get it at our fingertips at the mere capital city!
Lu Zheng would not expect that we would suddenly attack him. How far could his infantry go? Maybe at this time, we will attack suddenly and deal with him severely, so that he can also know that our Northwest Army and Liaodong Army should not be humiliated easily!"
Song Naifeng said: "Okay, let's move immediately and pass on my order. All the cavalry quickly rushed to the north of Tongzhou. In addition, the Liaodong army quickly approached Yuzhou. If he was not in Tongzhou, he was in Yuzhou. We will pull him out in these two places!"
Song Naifeng made a quick decision and decisively gave up the attack on the city. He immediately turned to attack Lu Zheng. It has to be said that his transformation was incredible. In fact, the strategy he used was also Lu Zheng's method, which was to attack him unpredictably.
What about Lu Zheng at this time? This time he mobilized all his infantry for the raid. What should he do after the successful attack? Should he retreat quickly?
Lu Zheng did not retreat, but was outside the Meridian Gate, allowing the infantry to hide quickly. In fact, his skill in hiding troops was in the capital, but he did not hide all of them, but quickly evacuated the five thousand infantry to Tongzhou.
The infantry had just passed by Tongzhou, and the scout came to report that Song Naifeng's army swept through Tongzhou. Lu Zheng and the boy met, and the boy said, "Young master's magic tricks. I didn't expect that Song Naifeng and Tan Lei did have such a method. These five thousand brothers are probably doomed!"
Lu Zheng sighed and said, "We can't have too many extravagant expectations when we fight against the strong. This battle has exceeded expectations much! Ci Bu is in charge of the soldiers, this time I am ashamed of five thousand brothers!"
Lu Zheng raised his hand and said, "Tell me the order that the cavalry in Yuzhou will quickly advance westward. Our infantry in the capital will take advantage of the evening to leave the hiding place and march all the way to Yuzhou.
Tan Lei has lost his battle but his memory is not increased. We will cross the mountains and rivers and play with Tan Lei two hundred miles west of Yuzhou!”
The boy's face changed drastically: "Young Master, you are too risky! Once the war is intensified, Song Naifeng's iron cavalry is not a vegetarian. Once our strength is caught by him, then..."
"I knew that Song Naifeng was powerful, so do you think that after Song Naifeng fought in Tongzhou, he could understand that he had been fooled?
Can we hide it? We can no longer hide it. Since we can no longer hide it, we must turn passive into initiative. At critical moments, there must be no hesitation. A slight retreat may cause all the infantry of our Nanfu Army to be wiped out!"
Lu Zheng said firmly, and he paused and continued, "Don't worry, Song Wensong in the capital will not disappoint us! He was desperate, but now he has a glimmer of life. Will he still defend the capital and wait for help? As long as Song Wensong makes moves, Song Naifeng will be attracted immediately. When he comes to his senses, we can fight with Tan Lei in this battle.
Our Nanfu Army has fought so many tough battles and compared with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, has it really not made any progress? There is no matter how we lose ourselves in the world. Our self must work hard on our own. At this point, this is all that can be done!"
After Lu Zheng finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes. Since he arrived in the north, he has fought from the Battle of Miaocheng to Jingji, and now he has attacked in Yuzhou and Bianzhou. I have to say that he has racked his brains to win.
It’s a pity that the strength of the Nanfu Army is still too weak. Lu Zheng struggled very hard, and being able to barely survive to this point today was completely beyond his imagination.
Lu Zheng judged that the war in the north will be difficult to have a fundamental turning point within three to five years, because the growth of the Southern Prefecture Army takes time!
Three or five years are long, or even too long. Judging from the current situation, Lu Zheng may not be able to stand it. Jiangnan is unstable. Lu Zheng must now think about the issue of establishing a foothold. He must find a way to gain a foothold in the north so that he can have capital to further.
"The key is this battle! If this battle fails, you will be successful!" Lu Zheng said quietly. He did not expect that this time he fought with Song Naifeng, and the decision to decide whether he could gain a foothold was the battle with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.
Tan Lei and Lu Zheng had fought with him, and he was a powerful and cruel person. It was not a wise move to fight such a person head-on, but for Lu Zheng, he had no way out now.
The war is so cruel. Many times, strength can determine everything. Without enough strength as a backing, even if you have the most wisdom and means, you may end up eating the bitter fruits of failure.
Now that the situation has come to this point, Lu Zheng has no room for retreat. He can only have a head-on collision with Tan Lei's Liaodong Iron Cavalry. This is a death fight without any fancy.
Chapter completed!