In the military tent outside Shunyi City, Hou Shilu and Mangui's wine bowls collided, and the turbid wine spilled out, splashing on the roasted mutton on the table.

Mangui, who was wearing mountain armor and with a full beard, did not use the knife on the table, but directly tore off the mutton that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, stuffed it into his mouth, and started chewing it.

Hou Shilu was wearing a lacquered red armor and sitting with his hair disheveled. He raised his head to finish the drink and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Mangui looked at Hou Shilu's appearance and said with a smile: "Old Hou, it seems that you have suffered some hardships along the way."

Hou Shilu heard this and yelled: "The Donglu invaded, and the imperial court ordered King Qin. Our soldiers rushed to rescue, but the court did not reissue the money and food they owed. The wolves traveled thousands of miles to eat meat. I have no money and food to distribute to my soldiers. How can I win the war?"

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When Mangui heard Hou Shilu's behavior, he chuckled and said: "Now that the imperial court is in dire straits, there is no extra money or food for us. All of it is given to Yuan Chonghuan."

Upon hearing this, Hou Shilu cursed: "Since they have allocated all the money and food to Yuan Chonghuan, they naturally asked the Liao soldiers to come to rescue them. Why did they send me here?"

Mangui did not think what Hou Shilu said was wrong.

The imperial court treated one favorably and favored the other, allocating as much food as Yuan Chonghuan asked for to him, but it was very harsh on the other important towns in Jiubian. The soldier's salary was only 60% of the previous one. After being plundered by them, there would not be enough to raise troops. Therefore, they were very jealous of Yuan Chonghuan in their hearts.

Man Gui said: "Supervisor Yuan assigned you to guard Sanhe, but now you are staying in Shunyi. Are you not afraid of him blaming you?"

Hearing Man Gui's words, Hou Shilu stared and said: "Blame it? Then Yuan Chonghuan can cure Mao Wenlong, how dare he kill me? I am not the chief military officer under him, or if I cause trouble to the king of heaven, I will do it."

I won’t give in to him either.”

There was also an old feud between Mangui and Yuan Chonghuan. Hearing this, he said: "Brother Hou is right. What does Yuan Chonghuan mean? Why should he command a few of our brothers? When I led the troops to fight, he didn't know where he was.

Woolen cloth."

Mangui's military qualifications are indeed very high.

Although he is a Mongolian, after being naturalized, he has held various official positions such as flag general and garrison, and has been promoted step by step based on his military merits. He can be said to be a fierce general.

When Hou Shilu heard Man Gui's words, he quickly said: "Manshuai, it is really difficult to get food in Sanhe. I think we will station in Shunyi and take Manshuai as the leader."

After hearing Hou Shilu's words, Man Gui couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

Hou Shilu felt guilty when he saw it. He thought for a while and said to Mangui: "Manshuai, you also know how difficult it is for us to raise this little family. Sanhe is a small town. If Donglu besieges it, I'm afraid it won't last long.

, our army will definitely suffer a disastrous defeat. I have a total of five thousand soldiers and horses in my hands. This is my family's livelihood, but I don't want to lose them all in Sanhe."

Mangui agreed very much after hearing this.

Now the imperial court has no money or food to help them recruit troops, and one of the veterans in their hands dies, which has a great impact on their own strength.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and everyone can see clearly that military power is becoming more and more important, so they naturally have the idea of ​​preserving their strength.

Hou Shilu had this idea, and Mangui didn't want to kill or injure too many of his men in order to resist Donglu.

He thought for a while and said: "We have military affairs, so we have to obey orders. Have you decided not to go to Sanhe?"

Sanhe is an important road, and the Donglu will definitely capture it. Hou Shilu understands this truth, and he dares to garrison wherever he goes. He quickly shook his head and said: "I hope Manshuai will help me. My brothers kept this in mind at the time, and will follow Manshuai's lead in the future."

Seeing that Hou Shilu admired him so much, Man Gui felt very grateful and nodded: "Let's do this. You can't disobey the order. But you can find an excuse, explain the reason, and report to Yuan Chonghuan. As long as this process is completed, Yuan Chonghuan will

Reply, it has been two or three days, you will be able to act on your own terms soon."

Hou Shilu was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Man Commander still has more ways. Then I will use this method to send someone to report the matter to Yuan Chonghuan to delay time."

After Hou Shilu finished instructing this matter, he and Mangui drank happily.

On the other side, Yuan Chonghuan saw Huang Taiji leading the army to the west, and immediately ordered the army to assemble and start to break camp.

Cao Minglei said extremely worriedly: "Supervisor, this, these Donglu dare to bypass Jizhou, aren't they afraid of being surrounded?"

Yuan Chonghuan sneered and said: "Huang Taiji is not only cunning, but also good at using tricks. The reason he dares to do this is mainly because the Donglu army has no logistical pressure and can rely on plunder to replenish military supplies. Now that the headquarters is blocking the attack, he knows how to attack the city

He must have suffered heavy losses, but he was unwilling to retreat, so he took a dangerous move and led the army to rush in, trying to lure our army by relying on his flexible marching speed. Unfortunately, he didn't know that he had already entered the headquarters and was prepared for it.

In the stone urn, this time the turtle is caught in the urn, and it will be difficult for the thief to escape again."

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan's sudden confidence, Cao Minglei couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Supervisor, has this thief fallen into the trap?"

Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said: "The Donglu are now under attack from both sides. There are Sanhe, Shunyi and Miyun in front of us for defense. As long as our army advances slowly and does not fall into the Donglu's ambush trick, we can attack from both front and back. The Donglu will definitely be defeated."

Cao Minglei was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Your Excellency has a clever plan and Donglu's vitality has been severely damaged, so your plan to restore Liao Dynasty in five years will definitely come true."

Yuan Chonghuan was also very happy.

At this moment, two soldiers came quickly with a newspaper.

Yuan Chonghuan frowned and said, "What happened?"

Tangbao hurriedly came forward and presented it with an urgent message: "Sir, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, Hou Shilu, has difficulty living on the Three Rivers. Please request to be stationed in Shunyi?"

Yuan Chonghuan trembled when he heard this and said sharply: "Where is Hou Shilu now?"

The Tang newspaper shouted: "General Hou is now staying in Shunyi."

When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, his vision went dark and he almost fainted and fell to the ground.

Cao Minglei, who was standing next to him, saw him and immediately supported him and said loudly: "Supervisor, Supervisor, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Chonghuan's personal guards also came forward one after another, and the two of them were naturally looking for the doctor.

Yuan Chonghuan took off his iron helmet and said with an ugly face: "The big thing is not good, the big thing is not good."

When Cao Minglei saw Yuan Chonghuan's appearance, he couldn't help but worry: "Supervisor, the important task of defeating the Donglu is now on your shoulders. Can't you fall ill?"

Yuan Chonghuan closed his eyes slightly and gasped: "If Hou Shilu is not stationed in Sanhe, Sanhe will be lost. Without adequate defense, how can we stop the Donglu barbarian army? Hou Shilu misunderstood me."

After hearing this, Cao Minglei was filled with shock and anger. He did not expect that at this critical moment, Hou Shilu would disobey orders and be disrespectful, causing the three armies to suffer. Huang Taiji caught the flaw.

Yuan Chonghuan struggled to get up, looking at the army below the city, his brows furrowed.

At this time, Zu Dashou climbed to the top of the city and saw Yuan Chonghuan bowing and saying: "Supervisor, what will happen to our army next? Are we going to pursue the Donglu?"

Yuan Chonghuan said: "The whole army breaks camp and chases the Donglu. We must not let them continue to show off their evil deeds."

Yuan Chonghuan led a large army to pursue the Hou Jin Army, but there was no way to stop the Hou Jin Army. The Hou Jin Army entered a human realm and successively captured Yutian, Sanhe and other places.

With red tassels fluttering, Abatai and Yue Tuo led the left-wing army to rush towards Shunyi.

They originally intended to capture Zunhua, but Zunhua was garrisoned by Shanxi, Shandong and other armies and was commanded by Sun Chengzong. They found it difficult, so Huang Taiji sent them to capture Shunyi first.

There are ten thousand troops from Mangui and Hou Shilu in Shunyi. They are stationed outside Shunyi City. They don't know that Donglu has bypassed Jizhou and attacked the city along the way.

Finally, when the 38,000 Banner Army and 10,000 Mongolian cavalry led by Yue Tuo and Abatai arrived twenty miles away from Shunyi, Man Gui and others learned the news and hurriedly accepted the battle.

Although Shunyi is not a large city, it is the acropolis of the capital and is very important.

Mangui has been on the battlefield all year round and has fought against Donglu many times, so he is not afraid.

He quickly commanded the army to form a formation to fight against the Donglu army.

However, although Hou Shilu had also experienced a war, when he saw the Donglu army sweeping in like a wave, he was still frightened and his face was pale, obviously he was afraid.

The two armies' 10,000 infantry and cavalry formed separate formations to confront the 40,000 Donglu army. The entire battlefield ushered in the calm before the storm.

Abatai and Yue Tuo sent generals to persuade them to surrender as usual, but they were killed by Man Gui with a knife, and blood spurted out, causing Man Gui's army to roar like a mountain and a tsunami, showing high morale.

Yue Tuo, however, looked cold and stern, not caring at all that a Han general had died. He ordered his army together and began to attack the Manchu and Gui armies.

Although the morale of Mangui's army was high, they had only learned of Donglu's invasion half an hour ago. In their haste, they had no fighting spirit at all. They had just been stimulated by blood, and it was just the ferocity in their bones. Now they are fighting suddenly, and their combat power is not fully

Bring it into play.

Mangui was extremely brave and commanded his elite cavalry to break into the formation frequently, killing Houjin's unarmed soldiers and fleeing in rout.

However, after encountering the Jiannu infantry who were waiting in full formation, it was like running into an iron wall. The two sides fought. Naturally, horse-armored soldiers pounced from the side. Archers from both sides fired at each other. The neighing of war horses continued to sound. The entire battlefield was very bloody.

Mangui continued to boost morale and fought bravely. Although he only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, he faced more than 10,000 opponents and did not lose at all.

But on the other side, Hou Shilu was frightened and unwilling to waste his elite troops here. Therefore, facing Jiannu's siege, he retreated steadily and his morale was low.

Hou Shilu still had elite soldiers under his command. A group of cavalry, wearing heavy armor, rushed past a group of infantry soldiers and killed more than a dozen infantry soldiers. The surrounding infantry soldiers were startled and dispersed.

When the Ming army nearby saw this kind of advantage, how could they not take advantage of it? They immediately led the troops and rushed over, knocking the fleeing infantry soldiers to the ground and cutting off their heads.

The Ming troops roared one after another, and their morale was high.

But at this time, the most elite Baya La soldiers in the Later Jin army rushed out one after another, opened their bows and fired arrows, shooting the group of cavalry to pieces. Many brave Ming soldiers screamed and fell off their horses.

As a result, the Ming army immediately knew that the group of heavily armored cavalry was not easy to mess with, so they retreated one after another.

However, the Ming cavalry that was suddenly attacked had no time to retreat and was surrounded by Baya soldiers. The two sides fought hard, and the Ming cavalry did not lose at all.

The horse spear in the hands of the Ming army stabbed the Baya soldiers' chests mercilessly, piercing their chests.

The Baya soldiers also raised their swords and slashed at the shoulders of the Ming cavalry. Some of the Ming army's arteries were cut off, and blood spattered everywhere. The scene was very bloody.

However, the number of the Ming army was still too small, and the number of the Ming cavalry became smaller and smaller as they fought. However, the Ming army that had just followed them to reap the benefits fled far away one by one, refusing to come forward to help at all.

Finally, the tiger could not hold back the wolf, and this elite Ming army cavalry was annihilated by Hou Jin's Baya La soldiers.

Hou Shilu's men suffered heavy losses. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer elite cavalry in his hands, Hou Shilu suddenly became panicked.

In his opinion, the overall situation of the imperial court and the guarding of the capital, the world is vast, and his own glory and wealth are the greatest. And the source of his glory and wealth is the elite soldiers in his hands. If these elite soldiers are annihilated here, his strength will be greatly reduced.

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When Hou Shilu thought of this, he no longer dared to hesitate, and actually ordered his troops to retreat towards the capital.

On the other side, Man Gui, who led the army to fight bravely, looked at the retreating army next to him with a surprised look on his face. His eyes flickered, clearly understanding Hou Shilu's thoughts.
To be continued...