Please ask me to be the emperor

Not to mention how the rebels acted, let us say that the left governor Zhu Xie Yuanjiu was unable to defeat Sun Chuanting, so he reorganized his army and returned to Taiyuan City.

He quickly sent two letters, one to Zhang Fengyi, the governor of Yuyang and Xuanda, and the other to Yang Wenyue, the governor of Shanxi in Luzhou.

Yanghewei, where Governor Xuanda was stationed, was seven hundred miles away from Taiyuan. Zhu Xieyuan's letter was rushed three hundred miles away, and it only took three days and two nights to deliver it to Zhang Fengyi.

When Zhang Fengyi opened the letter and read it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It turns out that although the three Xuanda towns in Shanxi have a vast area and a large number of troops, the actual available combat troops are limited.

After Zhang Fengyi took office, after excluding the garrison from various places, the total number of Xuanfu soldiers was 5,000, Datong soldiers were 10,000, Shanxi soldiers were 6,000, and Biaoying only had 3,000 soldiers, making a total of 24,000 usable soldiers.

As a result, Shanxi Town was transferred and destroyed by the former Shanxi governor Wu Di and Sun Chuanting. Now only a battalion of Shanxi deputy general Li Fuming is left in Taiyuan City.

He had appointed Datong General Wang Shiren to lead the 10,000 soldiers of Datong to support Zhu Xieyuan. Now Zhang Fengyi only had 5,000 soldiers of Xuanfu and the Biao camp under his command.

Fortunately, Zhang Fengyi has not been idle since he took office as the Governor of Xuanda.

Not only did he organize and train four thousand standard battalions by himself, but he also asked the governors of Datong and Xuanfu to respectively organize and train five thousand standard battalions.

Based on this calculation, he can still mobilize 22,000 troops and horses under his command.

Zhang Fengyi once served as the "own soldier" of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally knew the difficulties of the imperial court.

Now that the Hou Jin Dynasty is watching outside the pass, first of all, the elite soldiers in Jiliao Town cannot be used lightly. The two towns of Tianjin and Zhenbao not only defend the capital, but their troops are weak and cannot be used.

After much deliberation, only by risking the use of Xuanda's elite troops can there be a chance of survival.

what to do?

Zhang Fengyi thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and ordered: "Li Guoliang, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, will lead five thousand soldiers, Datong governor Ye Tinggui will lead the standard battalion of five thousand, and the commander-in-chief of Datong West Road, Tang Tong, will lead three thousand soldiers. Command the troops to go south and rescue Taiyuan, there must be no mistakes!"

The 10,000 soldiers plus the 7,000 Biao battalion under his command, plus the 3,000 garrison troops under Datong West Road General Tang Tong, totaled 20,000 troops. This was all the troops and horses that the two towns of Xuanda and Datong could produce.

If this battle succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will turn a corner, but if it fails, the consequences may be disastrous.

Zhang Fengyi neither dared to imagine the consequences of losing Taiyuan, nor could he imagine the consequences of losing the elite troops in the two towns of Xuanda and Dazhou. But now that the arrow was on the string and he had to take action, he had to take this strange risk.

Just when Zhang Fengyi was furious, Shanxi Governor Yang Wenyue, who was stationed in Luzhou, also received a letter from Zhu Xieyuan, the left governor.

He opened it and saw only one line on the letter: "Now I want to be Li Linhuai, can you be Zhang Suiyang?"

Li Linhuai is the famous general Li Guangbi of the Tang Dynasty. He once defended Taiyuan City with weak troops and was famous for his small victory and large defeat of the rebel general Shi Siming. He was later named King of Linhuai, so he was called "Li Linhuai".

Zhang Suiyang, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xun, once defended Suiyang with Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, when there was no food and reinforcements inside and no reinforcements outside. They blocked the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and completely defeated the rebel general's attempt to go south to the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, he was respectfully called "Zhang Suiyang" by later generations. "Zhang Suiyang".

It was these two people, one in the south and one in the north, who guarded the two strategic locations in the north and south. That was why the Anshi rebels could not avoid defeat even though they conquered Luoyang and Chang'an.

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is quite similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. If Zhu Xieyuan can defend Taiyuan and Yang Wenyue defends Luzhou, the outcome is still uncertain. That's why Zhu Xieyuan wrote the letter "I want to be Li Linhuai, but you can be Zhang Suiyang" .

In fact, these days, despite being attacked by "shun thieves", Yang Wenyue still felt that he could persevere and defend Luzhou like Zhang Xun would not be a problem. However, when he saw Zhu Xieyuan's words, he felt a bit harsh.

Zhang Xuncheng died, and Li Guangbi became famous. No matter who he was, he knew how to choose.

He deliberately wanted to reply to Zhu Xieyuan: I am responsible for Li Linhuai, but you can be Zhang Suiyang!

Feeling weak again, he couldn't help but shook his head and ordered: "Here, please give this letter to me and give it to the Right Supervisor Yang Sichang."

Now the right commander Yang Sichang is stationed in Zhangde Mansion, and he and Baoding General Liu Guozhu, who is stationed in Daming Mansion, are at odds with each other, desperately resisting the attack of the rebel South Route Army.

At that time, the rebel army had captured Wei Hui and joined forces with the rebel army Yuan Shizhong in Kaizhou.

Although the rebels under Yuan Shizhong were well-disciplined, they lacked weapons, armor, and combat experience. They were quickly defeated by Liu Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Baoding.

Yuan Shizhong heard the name of "King Shun" early on, so he sent an envoy to express his willingness to submit to "King Shun".

After asking for instructions from Zhang Shun, Hong Chengchou, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, sent Zhang Shun's edict, rebel teachers and some weapons and armor.

Yuan Shizhong then reorganized his troops and stormed Kaizhou under the name of the rebel army "Daming General Soldier".

Seeing "riots rising" near Kaizhou, the general of Baoding was afraid of missing the military plane, so he retreated to the daimyo, and the two sides formed a confrontation.

Therefore, when Yang Sichang, the Right Governor of the Ming Dynasty, received a letter from Shanxi Governor Yang Wenyue and opened it, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Yang Sichang couldn't help but said to Zhu Dadian: "The situation in the country is all my fault. If I can't follow Zhang Suiyang's example and atone for my sins, how can I face your majesty?"

Yang Sichang was in a high position at a young age. In addition to Chongzhen's favor and trust, Yang Sichang naturally had his own talent and intelligence.

Now that the Ming army was defeated and retreated to Zhangde Mansion, why didn't he understand that the Huaiqing Mansion was defeated because of his impatience and reckless advance, which led to a big mistake.

In fact, if Yang Sichang was not so impatient, what would happen even if the rebels occupied Huaiqing Mansion?

As long as the Ming army is entrenched in Kaifeng, how can Hong Chengchou, Li Xin and others dare to march northward?

Therefore, when Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang, heard this, he could only remain silent, which was regarded as acquiescing to Yang Sichang's fault.

When Yang Sichang saw this, his heart was cut with a knife.

He couldn't help but keep Zhu Xieyuan's letter, and he printed ink and wrote a letter to the governor of Henan Province Wu Gang: "Now Zhu Xieyuan is stationed in Taiyuan, Yang is stationed in Zhangde, and you are stationed in Kaifeng."

"These three all need land. Taiyuan controls their shoulders and back, Zhangde controls their waist and eyes, and Kaifeng controls their hands and feet!"

"If these three places are not lost, the Ming Dynasty will not be destroyed!"

"Now Zhu Xieyuan would like to be Li Linhuai, and I would like to be Zhang Suiyang. Your talent is ten times better than mine, so you should be Guo Fenyang!"

Guo Fenyang, also known as Guo Ziyi, led the Shuofang Army and played a mainstay role during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty.

Later, he regained the two capitals and rebuilt the country. Due to his merits, he was named the King of Fenyang, so he was called "Guo Fenyang".

Yang Sichang's words are actually suspected of putting a high hat on Wu Di.

But if we look carefully, Taiyuan is now the main direction of the rebel army's attack, and the imperial court has not made up its mind to mobilize the elites of Jiliao to launch a battle, so it will naturally be at a disadvantage.

In the direction of Zhangde Prefecture, Yang Sichang, Zhu Dadian and other troops were newly defeated. Now it is difficult to barely maintain the first line of defense in Luzhou, Zhangde and Daiming. Naturally, we cannot expect too much.

The only place in Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province was that the rebel Cao Bianjiao's subordinates lacked Gao Yigong and one battalion, with only 12,000 men and horses, which was not much more than Henan Governor Wu Zong who had four battalions of troops and horses under his command, so Yang Sichang placed high hopes on it.

Moreover, due to the massive offensive of the rebels, from Kaifeng to the east, except for the four battalions of Cao Bianjiao, Henan Prefecture was empty. This was the only comeback point for the Ming army.

Yang Sichang's letter traveled around for many days and finally reached the hands of Wu Di, the governor of Henan.

When Wu Di opened the letter and read it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It turned out that although Wu Di had four powerful generals, Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei, Chen Yongfu, and Zu Kuan, many of his soldiers and horses were damaged, and they could not make up for it in a hurry.

Now the four battalions under Wu Di are short of soldiers and food.

The original excellent military source of Kaifeng Prefecture, the "Kaifeng Prefecture Yamen Servants", has long been mobilized. The Shaolin monks and Henan Xi Mao Gourd are now under the rule of "thieves" and are beyond the reach of the whip.

In contrast, due to the continuous battles in Henan and the successive deaths of successive governors, rats were able to run away from the Kaifeng treasury, which made Wu Zong even more worried.

"It seems that I am going to see King Zhou!" He thought for a long time, his eyes lit up, and he finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.

If you have money, you can raise soldiers, and if you have money, you can recruit soldiers.

If...if the capital cannot be defended, the world's affairs will still be unknown!