Please ask me to be the emperor

"General!" Li Xin looked at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the room, stepped forward and saluted the new Pingdong General Hong Chengchou.

"No courtesy!" Hong Chengchou motioned to Li Xin to sit down with him and then smiled.

"Now that everyone is here, in order to facilitate our sincere unity in the future, let me introduce you to everyone first."

"This is Zhao Guangyuan, this is Li Jiyu, and there are Wang Ding, Zuo Ming, Luo Shangwen, Tuo Yangkun, Li You, Li Fuchen, Ma Jinzhong, Wei Zhiyou, and then this is our Zuo Shuai Li Xin!"

"Among them, the right commander Cao Bianjiao and his subordinates Zhao Lizi, Gao Yigong, Huang Chaoxuan, and Zhang Xianbi are currently fighting fiercely with the officers and soldiers. It is not appropriate to come. Please let everyone know in advance."

"I've met Zuo Shuai!" The others were shocked when they heard this, and they quickly stood up and saluted Li Xin.

"Ah? You're welcome, you're welcome!" Although Li Xin already knew that he was the deputy general, he never expected that his status was so respected, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

No wonder Li Xin reacted like this.

In the Ming Dynasty, the left was respected. Although Li Xin and Cao Bianjiao were nominally at the same level and belonged to the left and right commanders respectively, Li Xin was actually ranked only below Hong Chengchou.

If something happens to the coach Hong Chengchou during the war, the army will be sorted according to rank, and Li Xin should take over the command.

To be honest, Li Xin performed very well in the previous battles.

If his cousin Chen Changzhen had not been Zhang Shunyi's brother, and his promotion had been slightly restrained for the sake of balance of power, his prestige and ability would have been enough to serve as the commander of an army.

As the rebel forces gradually expanded, the original battalion-based organization could no longer meet the needs of current operations. Therefore, Zhang Shun adopted the organization method of "combining five battalions into one army" based on the actual situation.

That is, for every three thousand people in a battalion, there is a general soldier; when there are five battalions in an army, there is a general; if there is an army, there is a general.

Therefore, this time the South Route Army commander Hong Chengchou was given the title General Pingdong, the right commander Cao Bianjiao was given the title Xiaoqi General, but the left commander Li Xin was not given the title.

"Among them, Li You, Li Fuchen, Ma Jinzhong, and Wei Zhiyou, your four battalions are under the command of left commander Li Xin!" Seeing that everyone had no objections, the coach Hong Chengchou continued according to the pre-agreed plan.

"Got the order!" Li You, Li Fuchen, Ma Jinzhong and Wei Zhiyou heard the words and stepped forward quickly.

Among these four people, Li You is Li Xin's cousin, and their relationship is very important.

Although Ma Jinzhong and Wei Zhiyou were also rebel leaders, their prestige and qualifications were slightly inferior.

As for Li Fuchen, he belongs to the newly promoted generation. Although he is highly skilled in martial arts, his qualifications and reputation are lower than Li Xin.

These four people are all new talents carefully selected by Zhang Shun, so that Li Xin can hold down the battle.

Then Li Xin is a smart person. How can he not understand Zhang Shun's intention after hearing this?

He quickly left his seat, bowed to the west, and said: "Thank you King Shun for your kindness. I can't repay you with faith, I can only wrap my body in horse leather!"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Xin's behavior.

In fact, this time Zhang Shun promoted Li Xin by selecting generals, but how could he not promote himself?

As a surrendered general and chief of staff of the rebel army, although he was quite talented, he unfortunately had no military exploits to convince the public.

Therefore, among his lieutenants Li Xin, Cao Bianjiao, and the fourteen general soldiers, except for Tuo Yangkun and Li Jiyu, almost none of them had any prestige or seniority.

However, Tuo Yangkun among the two people was already quite close to Zhang Shun. This time he joined Hong Chengchou's subordinates and was a "connected household" who "picked up" military exploits.

However, Li Jiyu's subordinates are newly built heavy-armored elites, specially used to overcome difficulties, so they have no negative impact on the command of the South Route Army to issue orders and prohibitions.

"Coach, Commander Zuo, when are we going to set off?" The two sides decided on their priorities and after getting familiar with each other, the "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun couldn't hold himself back for a long time and couldn't help but ask.

"No rush!" Hong Chengchou glanced at Li Xin and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so he couldn't help but comfort him.

"If General Tuo is interested, he can secretly go to Mengjin and hide tonight. Don't let the enemy know about it, and wait for military orders!"

"Okay!" Tuo Yangkun is also a man who knows military skills. He knows the elegant meaning of the string when he hears it. He didn't know what Hong Chengchou was planning, so he responded quickly.

"No hurry, no hurry!" Seeing that Tuo Yangkun was anxious and about to stand up and leave, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but stop him.

"There is an old man in Luoyang City. Not only is he related to King Shun, but he is also from Mengjin. He should be able to help you."

"Old man?" Tuo Yangkun was stunned and thought to himself: "I'm going to fight a war, why should I find an old guy to make irresponsible remarks?"

"This person's status is not lower than Mr. Song and Mr. Chen, so he may not be willing to see you easily!" Li Xin couldn't help but laugh.

"Since Mr. Hong has such a plan, I will accompany you for a while so that I can ask for a favor for you!"

Not to mention how the generals calculated, Zhu Dadian, the Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang, finally arrived at Kaifeng.

The soldiers and horses from the two places gathered together in one place. There were two battalions of governor Biaoying, as well as fierce tigers, Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen, Fengsi general Yang Yupan, Jiangbei deputy general Mou Wenshou, and the new staff officer. Zhang Shiyi and others were waiting.

If we add in the cavalry of the Liaoning cavalry Zu Dale brought by the new right commander Yang Sichang, there will be a total of 25,000 people, twice as many as the more than 10,000 people under Cao Bianjiao's command.

Then everyone, under the command of Yang Sichang, tried to recapture Zhengzhou City.

At this time, the attack and defense changed shape. Instead, the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers attacked, and the rebels relied on Zhengzhou City to defend.

Since most rammed earth city walls in this era were made of traditional three-component earth, this thing

The intensity at the beginning was not outstanding.

However, the lime and loess in Sanhe soil will react with the carbon dioxide in the air over time, so that the strength becomes stronger and stronger, even exceeding that of concrete without steel reinforcement.

Therefore, Yang Sichang believes that even if the partially collapsed Zhengzhou City Wall is repaired in time by "thieves", it will not be able to achieve the original defensive effect, and will instead become a huge flaw for the defenders.

As a result, he never expected that the "thieves" not only did not repair the city wall, but instead "used the city with cannons."

The rebels specially dragged in several 10,000-pound red cannons and more than a dozen field guns and golden cannons for defense. Unfortunately, the collapse of the Zhengzhou city wall not only did not become a breakthrough point for the officers and soldiers, but instead became a road to their death.

"Damn it!" Right Superintendent Yang Sichang looked at the "bloody road" leading to Zhengzhou City not far away, and his eyes were almost broken.

Yang Sichang was a good scholar. Although he had successively served as a soldier, governor, governor, and central military minister, and had some insight and talent, like most ordinary people, he talked lightly about war.

No one realizes that people will die in war. As the commander of the three armed forces, a mistake in judgment will lead to rivers of blood and corpses everywhere.

"I don't want to live anymore. Give me a weapon. I will fight this thief to the death!" Yang Sichang felt a surge of blood rushing into his heart. He couldn't help but snatched the waist knife of the guard beside him, and was about to take the lead and rush forward to fight.

"Supervisor!" Zhu Dadian and Wu Di were startled, and quickly hugged him tightly from left to right and persuaded him.

"The ancients said: Victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. Another saying: If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood."

"If the Superintendent ignores his own family and life, wouldn't it mean that his relatives will hate him and his enemies will be happy!"

Yang Sichang struggled for a few times, but when he saw that he couldn't break free, he calmed down a bit.

He was about to open his mouth to excuse himself, but suddenly a soldier shouted loudly: "Urgent military situation, urgent military situation!"

"The thieves suddenly crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin, seized Meng County, and threatened Huaiqing. Zheng Fan is in danger, and he requests the governor to send troops immediately to repel the thieves!"

"What?" Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation, and Wu Di, the governor of Henan Province, heard this and felt that their livers and gallbladders were split and they were completely helpless.

It was easy to remember that there was still a backbone here, and he quickly looked down and saw that Yang Sichang, the Minister of War and the Right Superintendent, had already rolled his eyes and fainted.