Please ask me to be the emperor

"Go, go quickly!" Wei Zhiyou's voice was hoarse from shouting, but he still shouted loudly to drive the soldiers forward.

It is one hundred and ten miles from Yueyang County to Huozhou. According to the Ming army's inland march regulations, the infantry should be fifty miles a day, which should take two days to travel.

However, without explaining whether the army's normal march could meet this standard, it is said that Wei Zhiyou and others actually marched according to combat standards from Yueyang to Huozhou.

The so-called combat standard means that scouts go out on patrol, soldiers are armored and armed, and they can change from marching formation to combat formation at any time.

Of course, it is somewhat unrealistic for a battalion of 3,000 troops to all march according to combat standards.

Wei Zhiyou just separated his men and horses according to divisions, and each division took turns wearing armor and armed with weapons.

The route from Yueyang to Huozhou is not a direct route. In fact, it starts from Yueyang County and goes eastward, crossing Taiyue Mountain, also known as Huoshan Mountain, to Guangshengsi Town, Hongdong County, and then winds northward, passing by Xingtang Temple in Zhaocheng County. , Huozhou Taotang Valley, and finally arrived outside Huozhou City.

Not long after the rebel army passed through Taotang Valley, they soon saw a river crossing in front of them.

Wei Zhiyou caught a nearby woodcutter and asked about it, and found out that the river was called Zhishui. It was more than fifty miles long and was one of the streams of the Fen River.

Huozhou City is bordered by the Fen River to the east, the He River to the south, Han Xinling to the north, and Mount Taiyue to the west. It is a dangerous place.

what to do?

Half a hundred miles has passed. Now the enemy situation in Huozhou City is unclear and the soldiers are tired. Do you want to attack by force?

If the general leading the team this time was someone else, he might consider this matter, but for Wei Zhiyou, who was born in the Shaanxi Rebel Army, this was not a problem at all.

He couldn't help but smile and asked the woodcutter: "I don't know what big things happened in the city recently. I wonder if you can tell me about it?"

The woodcutter hesitated to speak after hearing this. Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but take out a bunch of money from his arms, handed it over and said: "If you can name a few, this sling of money will be yours!"

The woodcutter was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly grabbed the money and stuffed it into his arms. Then he smiled and said, "If there are no other big things, there is one thing that is neither big nor small."

"I heard that the prefect of Pingyang led three to five hundred soldiers and fled from Pingyang in a panic. They just arrived in Huozhou yesterday."

"Besides, are there any other things?" Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but smile, "For example, has anyone come from the north?"

"North? No one came from the north." The woodcutter couldn't help but wonder, "If it's some sharpshooter or medicine seller, how would I know?"

Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but feel happy, the soldiers and cavalry didn't arrive!

Okay, okay, good thing!

Not to mention what Wei Zhiyou planned, but also that Wang Shunzheng, the prefect of Pingyang, managed to escape to Huozhou. When they met Wei Quanzhong, the prefect of Huozhou, the two of them couldn't help but sigh.

The two agreed that Wang Shunzheng, the prefect of Pingyang, would bring 300 to 500 soldiers from the guard station as the main body, and 500 to 700 civilians in the city would be sent to prepare for the rebel army.

The two of them had just finished their work when suddenly some soldiers came to report: "Prince of the Palace, Governor of Wei, suddenly three to five hundred cavalry troops came outside the city, calling themselves Taiyuan reinforcements. I don't know how to deal with them?"

The two of them were stunned when they heard this, but Wei Quanzhong, the magistrate of Huozhou, said first: "Where did this group of cavalry come from, and what is their condition?"

"The cavalry is coming from the north, panting, and the men and horses are sweating profusely!" the soldiers responded quickly.

"Shan, I think it is the Zuo Governor who has sent reinforcements to the outpost. Please invite them soon!" Wei Quanzhong couldn't help but said happily after hearing this.

"No, this is absolutely impossible!" Wang Shunzheng, the prefect of Pingyang, was like a frightened bird and couldn't help but stop him.

"Thieves are the most cunning. If that person is disguised as a thief, we will die!"

"Then how to deal with this matter?" Wei Quanzhong couldn't help but frowned.

"Let him be stationed outside the city and wait for a few days before we decide!" Wang Shunzheng sneered when he heard this.

"If you are an officer or soldier, you can only complain a few times. If you are a thief, we will definitely see through it, and you can't help but reveal your true colors and attack Huozhou City!"

When Wei Quanzhong heard this, he realized that the plan of the prefect Wang Shunzheng was very clever, so he couldn't help but order it immediately.

After receiving the order, the soldier quickly rushed to the Gongji Gate in the north of Huozhou in three steps and two steps at a time. He shouted down: "The governor of the state has an order. He ordered you to station outside the city temporarily so as not to disturb the people in the city."

"What a dog officer, you actually look down on your brothers!" Unexpectedly, before the soldier could say anything, the officer below raised his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow in the middle of the two characters "Gongji" on the city gate plaque, and cursed angrily.

"In that case, I will report back to the general. Just say that everything is fine in Huozhou City and there is no need for me to wait."

The soldiers on the city couldn't help but pale when they heard this, and quickly advised: "Wait a moment, wait a moment, please wait a moment, military master, I will go back to the magistrate right away."

Nowadays, Huozhou City is recruiting young people on a large scale because of the news brought by Wang Shunzheng, the prefect of Pingyang, which has made everyone panic. Who is not afraid?

Reinforcements finally came, but Zhizhou was angry and ran away. What kind of thing is this?

The soldier then took matters into his own hands, stabilized the reinforcements, and then made further calculations.

After hearing this, the officer below the city couldn't help but breathed out: "Who is impatient to wait for you?"

"Go if you want to. If it's late, don't blame grandpa for leaving without looking back!"

The soldier did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ran back to the state government office in small steps.

But as soon as I arrived at the gate of the state government office, I saw a commotion inside, for some reason.

He couldn't help but quickly stopped a person and asked: "What happened? Why are you so busy?"

"The thieves are coming, the thieves are coming!" Unexpectedly, the man said in panic, "I just heard the soldiers came to report that a large number of thieves appeared on the Nanjian River in the south of the city, with flags like clouds, and tens of thousands of people came at once."

The soldier was shocked when he heard this and hurried to take a look. He saw Wei Quanzhong, the governor of Huozhou, shouting loudly: "Why panic? There are only two or three thousand thieves coming. What's it worth!"

It turns out that when Wei Quanzhong was serving as the county magistrate, the Shaanxi rebel army happened to attack the county seat, so he knew the military affairs well.

Although Wei Congyi ordered his soldiers to spread the banner, he could still tell the truth at a glance.

However, it is of no use to see what is true and false. There are no elite soldiers in the city, and there is inevitably a panic in the city.

In fact, the best way at this time is to send a small group of elites to catch the opponent off guard and boost their morale, and then Huozhou City can defend it.

It's just that Wei Quanzhong has repeatedly confirmed that the three to five hundred garrison troops brought by Pingyang Magistrate Wang Shunzheng to defend the city are fine, but they cannot be used for field battles outside the city.

Nowadays, people in the city are unstable. What should we do?

"Zhizhou, the cavalry outside the city just heard that they were not allowed to enter the city. They all started making noises and claimed that they would go back... Go back and report to the general, saying... that there are no traces of thieves here and that we don't need... we don't need reinforcements." The soldier cautiously stepped forward to report.

"How brave, how dare you threaten me!" Wei Quanzhong was furious when he heard this.

"Hey, why should Governor Wei be angry?" Wang Shunzheng's eyes lit up when he heard this and he couldn't help but suggest.

"Since they want to stay in the city, why not let them defeat the thieves outside the city first, and then enter the city to rest?"

When Wei Quanzhong heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry. What time do you think it is now?

Could it be that during the four or five years of Chongzhen, only three to five hundred officers and soldiers were able to chase thousands of thieves away for hundreds of miles?

Wei Quanzhong pondered for a moment and couldn't help but said: "Well, I'll go see the cavalry general."

"In my opinion, since the thief has already appeared outside the city, why bother to defraud the city?"

Wang Shunzheng thought about it and realized the same thing.

If the thief really wanted to deceive the city, he would definitely hide in the mountains and enter the city while Huozhou was unprepared.

Now that people are panicking outside, who would dare to let people into the city easily?

He couldn't help but nodded and said: "In that case, you might as well go with us!"

"I must have seen the bandit soldiers, so I should have some experience."