please make me king

Chapter 1660 The world is unpredictable
"General, the Tatar chieftain led an army out of the city today to attack Zhang Shuai!" At the dawn of the day, Lu Xiangsheng got the news that Duoduo had dispatched an army.

"Oh?" Lu Xiangsheng responded lightly, and then turned his gaze back to the map on the table.

Zhang Shun can see it, Duoduo can see it, there is no reason why Lu Xiangsheng can't see it.

If you want to go to Pinglubao to support Baitapu, you must not bypass Shengjing Shenyang.

In other words, if Lu Xiangsheng sent troops to support Baitapu, it would be ineffective if he sent too few troops; if he sent too many troops, Pinglu Fortress would be empty, but it would be easily besieged by the defenders of Shenyang.

And Pinlu Fort is now the transfer point of the grain and grass transported by the rebel army from Guangning, and it is an important place to protect the grain road.

The Art of War says: If the army has no supplies, it will die, if it has no food, it will die, and if it has no accumulation, it will die.

Once this place is lost, there is no need to fight this battle. Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang 300 can go home to coax their children. Oh, by the way, these two have no children yet, so they can't coax them even if they want to.

"Let's fight!" Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a while, and finally looked away from the map.

"Fight? How?" Manzhu Xili, Wu Keshan and others couldn't help but look at each other.

To be honest, the four people on Horqin's left wing actually regretted it when things had developed to this point.

They never expected that Duoduo, who was at the end of his life, would have such a hand. If they were defeated in this battle, the rebel army could retreat and make a comeback, but the three banners on the left wing of Horqin might be wiped out.

Thinking of this, the four of them couldn't help but feel cold, and their hearts became more determined to fight Hou Jin to the end.

"He attacked our battalion, we attacked his city!" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help sneering.

"Report, the 'Shun Thieves' are on the move!" As soon as the rebel army made a move, the Houjin scouts who were staring at Pinglu Fort discovered the movement of the rebel army.

"How many people, what are you doing?" Anping Belledudu couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked quickly.

This battle was doomed when Duoduo was preparing to attack Baitapu with all his strength.

He is not afraid that Lu Xiangsheng will not send troops, but what he is afraid of is that Lu Xiangsheng will not send troops according to Doduo's plan.

"Look at the banner, it's Lu Xiangsheng and Horqin's left-wing cavalry, trying to bypass Shenyang and attack His Majesty's back!" The scout quickly reported.

"What?" Du Du was a little surprised when he heard this.

According to his and Duoduo's vision, Lu Xiangsheng's best choice is to take the initiative to attack Shenyang.

Moreover, before Duduo left, he had already prepared Shenyang's offensive and defensive battle.

However, he never expected that at this time, Lu Xiangsheng would actually plan to support Zhang Sanbai.

Unlike the Rebel Army, Duoduo set off from Shenyang to attack Zhang Sanbai this time. Naturally, it was too late and there was no need to set up a camp. They just lined up in the south of the city.

Now that the two sides are attacking and defending, one can imagine how much chaos it will cause once the rebel cavalry appears behind the Duduo formation at a critical moment.

Du Du didn't dare to gamble, nor did he want to gamble.

In desperation, he had no choice but to order: "Du Erhu listens to the order, I will leave you with three thousand fine riders, and I will lead the three thousand fine riders to fight. Du Erhu will temporarily take the post of staying behind, and be careful not to be taken advantage of by thieves!"

There were not many soldiers and horses in Shenyang City. After Duoduo turned back, he transferred [-] soldiers from the unreliable Horqin right wing, and added [-] troops to his headquarters. He now has a total of [-] soldiers.

These 6000 troops faced Lu Xiangsheng's third battalion headquarters, plus [-] cavalry from Horqin's left wing. Naturally, they could only "have more than rules, but not enough offense."

However, although it is "inadequate", it is still possible to cause some troubles for Lu Xiangsheng.

It is said that Dudu had finished arranging the defense of the city, and then led the troops out of the west gate of Shenyang. Seeing Lu Xiangsheng, Manzhu Xili and others galloping past not far away, they hurriedly chased after them.

"General, Donglu has caught up!" Manzhu Xili saw him, and hurriedly reported.

"How many people are there?" Lu Xiangsheng looked at him strangely, and thought to himself: Aren't you calling the monk bald with a bald head?

Manzhu Xili smiled and didn't explain, just said with a smile: "There are about three thousand horses."

"Three thousand riders? Dare to come out after three thousand riders?" Lu Xiangsheng also laughed, "Wait a little further away before doing anything!"

"Yes!" Manzhu Xili, Wu Keshan, Hong Guoer and Dong Guoer also nodded confidently.

Seeing that the rebel cavalry were heading south without stopping, Na Du Du's expression turned ugly.

Obviously, what Lu Xiangsheng bullied was his young soldiers and his slow horse.

In fact, there were a lot of war horses in the Kingdom of Later Jin. After the old slaves unified the Jurchen tribes, they evolved from a fishing and hunting tribe into a nomadic fishing and hunting association.

However, when Hong Tai entered the customs, Hou Jin lost nearly [-] horses, and then under repeated attacks by the rebel army, he also lost [-] to [-] horses.

Since then, even Houjin, which is famous for its heavy cavalry, has begun to experience a shortage of war horses.

For example, this time, the three thousand cavalry led by Du Du had almost the same number of horses.

Compared with the "cavalry battalion" with one man and three horses and the Horqin left wing with one man and horse, it is much more shabby.

However, the matter has come to this point, no matter how hard it is, Du Du has no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere.

In this way, the two sides chased and chased each other, and after traveling for seven or eight miles, suddenly there was only a sound of cannon, Lu Xiangsheng, Manzhu Xili and others turned around and killed them.

Du Du secretly groaned bitterly, and quickly sent a Jialazhangjing to lead more than a thousand people to meet the enemy, and led the remaining two thousand soldiers to dismount and line up.

After finishing the formation with great difficulty, the cavalry who went to meet the enemy had been defeated by the rebels and fled back to the formation.

Lu Xiangsheng led eight thousand cavalry to surround him, constantly harassing and probing with bows, arrows, and firecrackers, ready to charge at any time.

While commanding the soldiers to defend, Na Du Du cheered up: "This place is not far from Your Majesty, as long as I persist for a few hours, I will definitely wait for Your Majesty to come to help."

However, just as Du Du stood firm, Manzhu Xili suggested to Lu Xiangsheng: "The general came in a hurry this time, and he didn't bring artillery."

"However, on the battlefield, the opportunity to fight is fleeting. I also ask the general to allow me to ride the horse and break through his tortoise array!"

"Uh..." Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help being in a daze when he heard Manzhu Xili's words.

Since ancient times when the two armies fought, it was always their own family who were driven into battle, and at some point it was their turn to drive their horses into battle with others.

"Alright, alright, alright, since that's the case, then I, the 'Strange Army Battalion', will be responsible for the follow-up charge!" As the saying goes, "return the peaches for the plums", since Manzhu's etiquette is so good, Lu Xiangsheng will not sit back and enjoy the benefits.

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Manzhu Xili nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered Wu Keshan, "Brother, please pick out [-] old and weak horses as soon as possible, and prepare for the battle!"

Not long after, Wu Keshan finished his selection, and hurriedly brought more than ten shepherds and [-] horses to meet Lu Xiangsheng. As a result, he did not expect that Lu Xiangsheng was armoring the horses.

"General, what are you?" Wu Keshan couldn't help asking.

"Oh, I picked five hundred outfits, and I'm going to give this guy a hard time!" Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the busy soldiers behind him as a matter of course.

"Armor harness?" Wu Keshan heard the words and took a closer look, but saw that besides Lu Xiangsheng's men and horses were wearing iron armor, the horses were also wearing horse face, chicken neck, horse body armor, breastplate and other parts.

Compared with the full outfit, this outfit is much simpler, but the frontal protection ability has not been reduced at all.

Other than Wu Keshan, his own family had invested in five hundred horses, but Lu Xiangsheng actually took out another five hundred horses to pretend to be.

He couldn't help laughing out loud as he imagined the scene where the five hundred armored cavalry took the opportunity to rush in after his own war horse stepped past.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help giving him a strange look.

"It's nothing, I suddenly found it a little funny." Wu Keshan pointed to the Houjin army who was waiting in full force, "They used to deal with you like this, but now we deal with them like this."

"In the words of your Han people, this is really 'Life is impermanent, the world is unpredictable'!"

(End of this chapter)