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Chapter 1257 Carrion
Songzhou.

It is located in the south of Luoyang, at the northern foot of Funiu Mountain. It is named because it belongs to the origin of Songshan Mountain.

Lu Wenhuan is now stationed on the banks of the Yishui River in the south of Songzhou.

And as long as you climb Mount Sandu, which is not far from the camp of the Song Army, you can see Songzhou City.

On May 25, Weng Yinglong climbed to the top of the mountain early in the morning, and started chattering again after returning to camp.

Although Weng Yinglong was Jia Sidao's staff, he actually held a high official position in the court, especially this time he came to supervise Lu Wenhuan on Jia Sidao's behalf, so his attitude was a bit tough.

"Marshal Lu has guarded Xiangyang for many years and devoted himself to his country. Why is it now time to recover the lost ground, but he seems timid?"

"Mr. Weng." Lu Wenhuan sighed, "Tell me the truth, if you use troops against Li Xia now, even if you really capture Luoyang and Mengjindu, will you really be able to defend it? Is it really to regain lost ground?"

"Why not?" Weng Yinglong said: "Duke Pingzhang has led his army into Sichuan and Shu, and your cooperation in Henan can not only delay the time for the rebels to return to help, but also weaken the strength of the rebels. Of course, the purpose is to regain the lost ground. "

"I'm afraid that all the hard work will end up helping the foreign captives."

"So, Marshal Lu deliberately refused to send troops?"

"How come? I have already led my troops here." Lu Wenhuan hurriedly cupped his hands to the south to show his loyalty to the imperial court, and said: "It's just that Songzhou City has a high level of soldiers, so it's not appropriate to attack the city rashly, and a long-term plan is needed."

Weng Yinglong threw off his sleeves and said: "I have seen clearly today that there are very few Tang troops in Songzhou City!"

The excuse was exposed, Lu Wenhuan fell silent.

Weng Yinglong was anxious, but helpless, he took a deep look at Lu Wenhuan, sat down in the tent, and sighed: "Marshal Lu, now I am in the army of the Lu family, if you want to kill me, it will only be a matter of one blow."

Lu Wenhuan was surprised and said, "Mr. Weng, why did you say that?"

"If you want to surrender to Li Xia, you'd better kill me and surrender. After that, you will drive your troops southward, attacking Lin'an, and destroy the Zhao family's 300-year-old community. It's just that the first emperor was blind and trusted your Lu family in vain. "

"I will never do such a rebellious thing!"

This sentence was resounding, Lu Wenhuan's face was determined and upright.

Weng Yinglong looked at him and could see that he was really sincere at this time, so he felt a little relieved, and said: "Say a few words with Marshal Lu from the bottom of your heart. If these words are unpleasant to your ears, please don't blame Marshal Lu."

Lu Wenhuan nodded and sat down.

"Li Xia is indeed the hero. If possible, even I would like to surrender him, but it's a pity." Weng Yinglong shook his head and said, "My sons are incompetent, ignorant, and have some bad deeds in the village. Pingzhanggong promoted talented officials to become officials, and gave him a Jinshi background. And Pingzhanggong used a sentence when talking about Li Xia's life, "When the water is clear, there will be no fish. He is a person who can't rub sand in his eyes."

This was not clear, but Lu Wenhuan understood.

It's like Da Song is a sick man with carrion all over his body. If someone wants to replace Da Song, he will not want the carrion. He just cuts off the carrion.

Weng Yinglong's words were cryptic, but he admitted that he was a piece of carrion.

"The situation of the Lu family is different." Weng Yinglong paused for a while, and said again: "The wealth of the Lu family is full of treasures, and the rivers and Huaihe Rivers are produced. I dare to make a bet with Marshal Lu."

"what?"

"If Marshal Lu surrenders Li Xia today, Li Xia will be honored as a distinguished guest. When the time comes to clean up Meng Yuan and drive troops south, it may really be possible to conquer the world. However, when the success is achieved, the Lu family's property and land will be copied, and even the family will be destroyed. Family is nothing to worry about. At that time, Marshal Lu will regret it too late, and he wants to save his life, but he can't get it."

Lu Wenhuan opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.

Just based on his understanding of Li Xia, he knew that Weng Yinglong was right.

"As for Meng Yuan." Weng Yinglong said again, "After all, they are only foreigners."

Lu Wenhuan understood the meaning of these words. Apart from saying that Meng Yuan was less threatening than Li Xia, he was also saying that Meng Yuan's attitude towards the Lu family must be different from Li Xia's.

No matter what kind of carrion or fresh meat, Meng Yuan always swallowed it whole in one gulp without even biting.

It can be seen from Meng Yuan's relaxed attitude towards the princes of the North.

Few people realize that the Lu family has become the biggest prince in the world.

To be honest, from the standpoint of the Lu family, surrendering to Li Xia is not as good as surrendering to Meng Yuan... if you don't consider righteousness.

And if you consider righteousness, no one dares to surrender.

Lu Wenhuan recalled what Wang Luo said at that time, and suddenly realized that Wang Luo had never persuaded the Lu family to surrender, so it could be seen that Li Xia had never expressed to Wang Luo that he was willing to accept the Lu family.

For a moment, Lu Wenhuan felt that he was so useless and his ears were so soft that anyone who came to persuade him would be swayed.

He wished he could be as strong as his brother, but he couldn't.

"Marshal Lu." Weng Yinglong got up and took a few steps closer, and said in a low voice, "I'm not trying to persuade you for Ping Zhanggong, I'm planning for you from the position of the Lu family."

"What do you think I should do?"

"Today, I am a minister of the Song Dynasty, so I will try my best to be loyal to the Song Dynasty. In this way, if there is any change in the future, no one can blame Marshal Lu." Weng Yinglong said: "If you don't attack Luoyang, you can't offend Li Xia? It's ridiculous. .”

Lu Wenhuan felt a little enlightened and nodded.

He finally started to think about sending troops to attack Li Xia.

……

Weng Yinglong walked out of Lu Wenhuan's big tent, but wiped the sweat from his forehead.

These lobbyists know in their hearts that they can say whatever they want about a matter, and they can say both positive and irony with one mouth.

Should the Lu family surrender Li Xia? What's the use?
The key is to look at the situation.

It's like the Marquis of the North surrendering Li Xia, is it really for righteousness?It's not because the army is pressing in front of you.

Now Lu Wenhuan's situation has not yet reached that stage, so it can be recovered.

He Weng Yinglong came to redeem him.

~~
On the next day, Huang Gongshao also rushed to Lu Wenhuan's camp.

He rushed back to Nanyang first, and then came here with a fast horse. The road was full of dust and dust, his beautiful beard was messed up, and he lost his original appearance.

When Weng Yinglong saw his appearance, he was surprised and said: "Huang Gong, this is?"

"Working hard for the country, I don't care about these things." Huang Gongshao waved his hands and said, "I have important news to report to Marshal Lu."

"Go in and talk."

If Weng Yinglong persuaded Lu Wenhuan from the perspective of profit and loss, Huang Gongshao started from the analysis of the battle situation.

As soon as he entered the account, he asked Lu Wenhuan to bring out the map.

"Please look, Marshal. When I left the Yuan Army's camp, its commander, Boyan, was already stationed in Zhongmou City."

"It's very close to Zhengzhou."

"Yes, counting the time, the Yuan army has arrived at the city of Zhengzhou and is attacking the city with all its strength." Huang Gongshao said, "The Tang army no longer has any generals guarding Zhengzhou city. The highest official is Lu Xiufu, who is in charge of transportation, with a strength of 1. Below, the rest are all civilian husbands."

"Where's Zhang Jue?"

"I was led to Shandong by Boyan Xuhuang, and I'm afraid they are still attacking Kaifeng now."

Some doubts arose in Lu Wenhuan's heart, and he asked, "Is there a lot of food and grass in Zhengzhou City?"

"A lot. The food and grass for Zhang Jue's troops are all stored in Zhengzhou." Huang Gongshao said, "But does the marshal know where there are more?"

He clicked on Luoyang on the map.

"All the grain and grass supplied to Tang Jun North Road went from the waterway to Luoyang, and then went north from Mengjindu. And as Boyan attacked Zhengzhou, many Tang troops have already gone from Luoyang to support Zhengzhou."

Hearing this, Lu Wenhuan forgot what he wanted to know, and instead asked, "Is the news reliable?"

"Bo Yan's detective horse found out, the marshal only needs to send a detective horse to Luoyang to find out."

Lu Wenhuan hadn't planned to attack the city, so he didn't know how many defenders there were in Luoyang.

But everyone in the tent knew very well that the number of Tang army defenders would not be many.

……

Two days later, he came back from exploring the horses and reported the general situation around Luoyang.

Lu Wenhuan thought for a long time, and finally decided to send troops.

His first step is to capture Songzhou, and then attack Luoyang according to Songzhou.

And be quick, lest Boyan defeat Lu Xiufu and the Tang army in Zhengzhou withdraw to Luoyang.

~~
Outside the city of Zhengzhou, the fighting has lasted for three days.

Lu Xiufu had already received the soldiers and civilians who came back from Zhongmou, but was surrounded by the Yuan army on the way back to Zhengzhou City.

But the terrain outside Zhengzhou City did give him a lot of help.

Retreating from Yuhu Lake to the northwest, along the way, there is Longzi Lake first, and then Longhu Lake, surrounded by water.Tang Jun walked along the water like this, retreating while fighting.

And when you arrive at Longhu, you have already arrived in the north of Zhengzhou City.

This area is also called Putian Ze, which was one of the nine lakes in the pre-Qin period. In "The Book of Songs Zheng Feng", "There are vines in the wild, and there is no dew. There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful." This is where it was written.

It was difficult for the Yuan army to defeat them for a while, so they blocked the road from Longhu to Zhengzhou City...

Seeing this situation, Fan Xueyi felt deeply ashamed and worried.

He believed that Lu Xianggong was blocked outside Zhengzhou city in order to meet him, and there were no high-ranking officials and generals in the city, so it might be difficult to defend.

But when he told Lu Xiufu about this worry, Lu Xiufu just shook his head.

"It's okay, I'm not good at commanding and fighting, and the terrain is good."

"Teacher, the students don't understand very well."

"Think for yourself."

Lu Xiufu was not as solemn as usual in front of the students, he waved his hands wearily, and walked to the side alone to look at the campfire in the distance.

This was at night, they had just finished fighting all day, and they were so tired that they wished they could just fall asleep in the mud.

Lu Xiufu knew that he was going to endure to the limit.

He even wanted to persuade Boyan in his heart, "Retire, you can still go back to the grassland, and we Han people will never give up the Central Plains... just admit defeat."

In this way, they endured another day and night, and at the next morning, the Yuan army who was attacking them suddenly cheered.

"We have captured Zhengzhou!"

"We captured Zhengzhou..."

Startled, Lu Xiufu stared blankly with his eyes wide open.

"Mr. Lu?"

"Mr. Lu!"

"Quick, help Mr. Lu to the back..."

~~
"We have captured Zhengzhou!"

Amidst the cheers of the Yuan army, Boyan closed his eyes helplessly.

He had already received news of the horse scouting, and Zhang Jue's soldiers and horses had already surrounded him from all directions.

But Boyan still intends to try to see if he can defeat Lu Xiufu before retreating.

While preparing to meet Zhang Jue, he ordered Ali Haiya to spread false news and destroy Lu Xiufu's morale.

"Prime Minister!"

Suddenly, another cavalry rushed over and reported loudly: "The Tang army is here!"

There was already a faint tremor on the ground.

Afterwards, before Ali Hague's good news came, Zhang Jue's banner had already appeared at the junction of heaven and earth.

"Fight!" Boyan ordered.

The horns of the Yuan army blew loudly, and the cavalry who were originally lined up in the rear had already turned around and greeted the approaching Tang army.

Boyan also got out of the watch car and got on the horse himself.

From seeing Zhang Jue coming so fast, he could guess that he was being tricked by the other party.

After all, he was Boyan, and he dared to attack Zhengzhou, so he considered the possibility of Zhang Jue returning to the defense in time, and was already prepared to retreat.

But with this retreat, Da Yuan would lose his last chance to fight back.

All strategies have been exhausted, and now whether we can fight for the country's affairs can only rely on our last strength and courage...

(End of this chapter)