Chapter 880: Battle

"Your Majesty, the Jiannu army has left the camp and seems to have plans to attack other castles. "During this period of time, Li You also found out the whereabouts of the Guan Ning Army and Jiannu, the places where they camped were not far apart, and they formed horns with each other, no matter how much they attacked the camp of any of them, the side would be exposed to the attack of the other side, so Li You did not act rashly, but sent people to monitor their movements, and the matter of the Guan Ning Army providing food and grass to Jiannu also completely fell into his eyes, and after winning this battle, he would settle the account with Zu Dashou and them.www.biquge.info

"Oh? They didn't dare to attack Ningyuan City, so they went to harass other castles? "The Ningyuan Jinzhou defense line is not only these two cities, there are also various fortresses of different sizes in between, it stands to reason that these fortresses should have sufficient food and gunpowder projectiles, as well as a large army to garrison, but now these have been taken away by the Guanning army.

"It's trying to lure us into attacking." Lu Xiangsheng quickly guessed Jiannu's plan, they wanted to lure the defenders of the city out of the city, lead them into an ambush location in their favor, and then gather and annihilate them.

"If they stay in the camp, we may not be able to deal with it, but since they are out, don't think about going back." With the strength of Jiannu now, there is no way to bring all those cannons weighing thousands of catties when they go out, and the same is true for the Guanning army, which is equivalent to weakening the biggest threat to the Song army and the new army, Li You has absolute confidence to defeat them, "Spread my will, gather all the soldiers and horses, and prepare to go out of the city to completely solve these Jiannu." ”

Jiannu has been dealing with the Ming army for many years, and it seems that they have taken their attack and the defense of the Ming army as a habitual thing to think, in fact, it is also this model under Zunhua City, I am afraid it is difficult for them to imagine that the Ming army will take the initiative to seek a field battle with them, right? And now the Song army and the new army under Li You are very different from the previous Ming army, they have enough strength to defeat Jiannu's army in the field.

"The last general is willing to be a pioneer!" As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and others asked for their lives, and they did not have the cowardice of other Ming troops, but regarded them as a good opportunity to make contributions.

"Don't worry, wait until you find out the truth of the enemy." Now from the news that came, it is only known that Jiannu sent an army of more than 10,000 people to prepare to attack a certain fortress, but who are the generals accompanying him, the composition of the soldiers and horses under his command, and the other Jiannu army and what the dynamics of the Ning army are are not clear, so it is not appropriate to make arrangements early.

And Li You's scouts scattered everywhere, as well as the spies of Jinyiwei hidden in the Jiannu and Guanning armies, will quickly inquire about this information, and at that time it will not be too late to arrange a plan for the battle.

These people did not disappoint Li You, and soon heard the news that Li You needed, this 10,000 horses were led by Yue Tuo, and most of his subordinates were old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were very few white-armored soldiers, which were obviously the bait thrown by Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji led a large group of men and horses to follow behind, once the Ming army and Yue Tuo engaged, he would kill from the rear.

As for the Guanning army, it also came out of the camp, Zu Dashou hid on the flank with the loyal Guanning iron cavalry, and planned to come out to pick up the cheap when Li You's army and Huang Taiji were both defeated, but Li You would never let him get his wish, Zu Dashou and others were destined to be disappointed.

After this period of rectification and investigation, most of the Jiannu and Guanning troops who should be hidden in the city have been found out, and the armor of the local people has also been completed, and there is no need to arrange a large number of soldiers to guard the city, so after getting the exact news, Li You led all the soldiers and horses who could fight out of the city to the north.

Lu Xiangsheng received the heavy responsibility of the vanguard as he wished, but the target of his attack was by no means the old, weak, sick and disabled led by Yue Tuo, but the Jiannu army led by Huang Taiji himself, tens of thousands of troops wearing cotton clothes and coats and armor slowly drove out of the city, and then disappeared into the wilderness, they will use Liaodong as the battlefield to start a desperate fight with Jiannu and the rebellious Guanning army.

"The emperor of the Ming Kingdom is finally out of the city." Huang Taiji also received this mixed news, the good news is that they don't have to attack the strong Ningyuan City, they can give full play to their advantages in field warfare, and the worry is that this battle did not carry out as he expected, and from the last Zunhua battle, the army led by Li You does not seem to lose much to them in the field battle, and the Guanning army that sat on the side and watched the tiger fight added many variables to the outcome of this battle.

"Great Khan, I am willing to lead my troops and horses to fetch the head of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom." Last time, he thought that he was sent by Huang Taiji to other places and missed the battle of Zunhua, because he did not see the strength of Li You's army, so he was a little less afraid in his heart, and he still looked at this enemy army with the old thinking, so he was full of confidence to ask for battle.

Huang Taiji wanted to refuse at first, but after thinking that the combined strength of Azig, Dordor, and Dolgon would even pose a threat to his throne, and this battle was destined to suffer heavy losses, so it seemed to be a good idea to let Azig fight, so he nodded and agreed.

Looking at the elated Azig, Dolgon's mouth opened on the side, but he didn't say anything after all, because someone always had to take on this task, and if Azig didn't go, maybe it would be his turn, so it was better not to speak for the time being.

On the fertile soil of Liaodong, three armies of more than 50,000 people gradually gathered in one place, and as the distance approached, the three armies slowed down their advance and were ready to attack at any time.

Li You set up camp at the pre-surveyed location, rested for the night, and personally led the army to slowly force the Jiannu camp in front early the next morning, while Lu Xiangsheng rushed to the front first, and behind him was a mixed army of 5,000 Song troops and 5,000 new troops.

On Jiannu's side, Nurhachi's twelfth son, Azig, also led the men and horses of the banner with Bayala soldiers as the core to meet them, and both sides were cheering for their own army with war drums, hoping that their own army could defeat their enemies and get a good start.

Lu Xiangsheng was holding a big knife weighing dozens of pounds, dancing like a wheel, I'm afraid that anyone who saw this scene would not believe that this person was actually a scholar who had been admitted to the Jinshi Meritorious Service, right?

The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, and the Ming army's guns and Jiannu's bows and arrows began to shoot at the opponent almost simultaneously, but unfortunately this shooting did not achieve much results on the bumpy horseback, and soon, the two armies collided together and began a fierce battle.