Please ask me to be the emperor

On the morning of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was approaching New Year's Eve. The north was roaring, snowflakes were flying, and the outside of Shengjing was wrapped in silver.

Prince Lilie Daishan shook off the snowflakes on his raincoat, knocked on his bamboo hat, and entered the palace to report: "Your Majesty, the trench of 'successful thieves' was formed last night, and our Shengjing was besieged from three sides. If you continue to sit here and wait for death, you may want to leave the capital." The state and homeland are also unavailable!”

"Huh, you bastard, you have no time to spare in such a cold weather!" Duduo rubbed his cold fingers and couldn't help but cursed, "What should I do? Why don't we fight him?"

"Old minister, your majesty only obeys!" Lao Daishan didn't say anything when he heard this, he just bowed deeply.

Old fox! Duduo cursed secretly, and then asked: "By the way, is it time for Prince Cheng to come back?"

"It will probably take more than a month to get from Shenyang to the Jingqili River." Dai Shan quickly replied after hearing this, "Currently, we should be catching savages on both sides of the river, and it will take more than a month to turn back."

It turns out that it has been more than a month since Prince Cheng Yue Tuo was sent to the Jingqili River to capture the wild Jurchens of the Sauron tribe. According to time calculation, he will be able to come back in January of the next year.

What, do you think there will be any eventuality?

I, an elite Manchurian man, can defeat a few savages and capture them easily. What can I do to prevent this?

"Is that so?" Duduo frowned, and then made up his mind, "Then let's launch a sneak attack tonight to catch him off guard, and then we can make plans later."

It's not that Duduo doesn't want to counterattack at this time, but now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, we have to wait patiently.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Daishan quickly bowed again.

"Second order, today is New Year's Eve. Please cheer up. If something goes wrong, don't blame our ruthless military law!" While Duoduo and Daishan were plotting in Shengjing City, Zhang Sanbai was also in the army. The commander issued a military order with murderous intent.

"In addition, during the festival today, everyone in the army will be rewarded with a pound of meat and a pot of hot wine, which is better than nothing."

"When Shenyang is conquered, I will raise a toast with you brothers and have a drink."

"Okay, okay!" When Zhang Sanbai's military order was conveyed, the three armies cheered.

It turns out that at this time of year, Duduo was freezing in Shengjing City, not to mention the rebel soldiers who were camping outside the city.

Although the wine and meat were not much, they were precious materials that the rebels behind the front lines had tried their best to raise, in order to help the rebels keep out the cold and freeze.

"That's a bit less!" When the military order was conveyed to Lu Xiangsheng's camp, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but frowned.

According to the appetite of soldiers in this era, a pound of meat and a pot of wine were not enough for a meal.

Compared with the previous routine, it seems a bit stingy.

"General Qizou, our army is now out in the field, delivering food from thousands of miles away. It took a lot of effort to transport this little meat and wine from the rear." The envoy heard this and reported quickly.

"Oh!" Lu Xiangsheng also knew a little bit about this logistics matter, but he never expected it to be so difficult.

He thought for a while and couldn't help but look at Manzhu Xili and others: "I wonder how many Horqin cattle and sheep there are? Can some be sold to us?"

"This" Unexpectedly, Manzhu Xili, Wu Keshan and others looked embarrassed when they heard this, "General Lu, it's not that we won't help you, it's really that these animals are the wealth and life of our herdsmen. Once they are lost, it will be sad in the cold winter."

It turns out that cattle, sheep and other livestock are to herders on the grasslands what cultivated land is to farmers on the plains. They are the most basic means of production.

If you have excess, it doesn't matter if you sell some.

But once it reaches a certain limit, it will trigger the bankruptcy of the herdsmen, and then cause the death of a large number of herdsmen.

The Horqin left wing had previously sold a number of excess cattle and sheep to the rebels as military rations, but now it could no longer produce any more livestock.

"Is there really nothing we can do?" Lu Xiangsheng frowned and couldn't help asking.

Now that the situation has reached this point, morale is at stake.

As long as morale can be maintained and the Hou Jin soldiers in the city believe that the war will not end in a short time, there is a chance that Hou Jin's own conflicts will arise.

"Actually, it's not that there is no way." Manzhu Xili hesitated after hearing the words, and couldn't help but remind him.

"Although our tribe has a shortage of cattle and sheep, it does not mean that other tribes have a shortage of cattle and sheep."

"You mean to rob other tribes?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes, the strong are respected on the grassland, and the weak eat the strong. Since we have soldiers and horses, why worry about not having cattle and sheep?" Manzhu Xili said matter-of-factly.

"You think so too?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but look at Wu Keshan, Hong Guo'er and Dong Guo'er. Unexpectedly, these three people also had expressions of taking it for granted.

"Then who should we grab? Horqin's right wing?" Lu Xiangsheng asked tentatively.

"No, no, no. Although Horqin's right wing is empty, he may still defect to us." Manzhu Xili said with a smile.

"If you want to rob, you must rob the Tatars' diehard loyalists, such as 'Yeh', 'Huifa', 'Hada' and other tribes!"

"Oh?" When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, his mind couldn't help but change.

It turns out that 'Yehe', 'Huifa' and 'Hada' are located in the area north of Jianzhou and east of Horqin.

Now that the rebels have taken these three places regardless, will Horqin take the opportunity to become bigger?

But then he thought again, now that Shenyang City has not been captured, why should he care about so much.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's fine, but this matter must be reported to Zhang Shuai for his decision before we discuss it!"

"Easy to say, easy to say!" Manzhu Xili couldn't help but look at each other excitedly with Wu Keshan, Hong Guoer, and Dong Guoer after hearing this.

It was worth it, this time it was so worth it.

When they heard that Hai Lanzhu and Da Yu'er were "changed" by Duduo to a "shun thief" without their permission, they were still furious.

Now I never expected to have such a benefit again, and I suddenly felt happy again.

Just as Lu Xiangsheng was worried, Manzhu Xili and others saw that Hou Jin was about to be destroyed, and naturally they had the idea of ​​​​filling the power vacuum left by the decline of Hou Jin's power.

"Plunder the Haixi Jurchens to make up for the lack of logistics?" When Zhang Sanbai heard Lu Xiangsheng's suggestion, he suddenly couldn't help but have a headache. "Will this cause the Haixi Jurchens to resist to the end?"

"Commander Zhang is worrying too much!" When the ancestor Dashou heard this, he smiled and said, "The customs of the Tartars are not the same as those of China."

"I have always liked the weak to eat the strong, and the strong are respected. The stronger I am, the more loyal I will be, and the ruthless I will be, the more cowardly I will be."

"If you follow His Highness' King Shun's tactics, you will be seen as weak and can be bullied."

"The only thing we have to worry about now is that it's hard for His Highness to explain."

"Oh? Well, if something happens, I will take care of it!" Zhang Sanbai pondered for a moment and couldn't help but make up his mind.

Compassion does not control soldiers, and righteousness does not control wealth.

Now that he is leading nearly 100,000 troops deep into Liaodong, how can he pretend to be benevolent and righteous and put himself in danger?