Please ask me to be the emperor

"Are you Fu Qingzhu?" Zhu Xieyuan, Zuo Zhuguo of the Ming Dynasty, Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Zuo Superintendent, looked at the young man in front of him and asked involuntarily.

"Students have met Zhu Sima!" Fu Qingzhu stepped forward and said, "My great-grandfather was the guest of honor of Ninghua Prefecture and the acting minister. My grandfather once served as the counselor of Shandong and the Liaohai military equipment."

"Now I am studying at Sanli Academy and listening to Yuan Tixue's teachings."

Ninghua Mansion is the palace of the Prince of Ninghua County, a branch of the Jin Dynasty.

Since Fu Qingzhu's grandfather adopted the daughter of a county prince, from the maternal line, he can also be considered to have the royal blood of the Zhu family.

His mentor Yuan Tixue was a member of the Donglin Party and Shanxi Tixue Minister Yuan Jixian. Judging from his cultural background, he had Donglin ancestry.

"I don't want to get involved in the grudge between the commander and Zhang Xunjian. This time you just act as a lobbyist for me!" Zhu Xieyuan shook his head and said nonchalantly.

It doesn't matter to Zhu Xieyuan whether he is a guest of honor or a student of Yuan Tixue.

Since Zhu Xieyuan was willing to meet him in person, he had naturally already found out his identity and background.

It turned out that there was a rift between Yuan Jixian, the Shanxi scholar, and Zhang Sunzhen, the Shanxi censor, so he was impeached on the pretext of accepting bribes.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was furious and threw him into prison.

Now more than a thousand people from both the government and the public have signed a petition to redress his grievances. Hundreds of students in Shanxi Province are running for it, and the public is furious for a while.

Fu Qingzhu was willing to take the risk to meet him this time. In addition to planning for his own future, he also naturally wanted to test Zhu Xieyuan's attitude.

Now that Zhu Xieyuan was busy with military affairs, he had no leisure to get involved in such trivial matters, so he refused at first, and then said:

"Since I am in charge of Taiyuan City, I naturally have to defend it to the end. However, if you defend it for a long time, you will lose it. I can defend it for a month but not for a year. If I can defend it for a year, I cannot defend it for ten years." Zhu Xieyuan couldn't help but warned him many times.

“As the saying goes, ‘Kung Fu lies beyond poetry’, this has also been the case with military warfare since ancient times.”

"Although the popularity of the 'shun thieves' is booming now, in fact, if you look closely, it is just a patchwork of things and barely hanging together. Therefore, the worries of the other generation are not between you and me, but within the 'Xiao Qiang'."

"I heard that the 'invading thief' Li Zicheng has the potential to compete with him, and his wife was also humiliated by the 'submissive thief'. This hatred is irreconcilable, and it is a perfect match."

"This time you rush to Shaanxi, you only need to persuade this thief to 'return' or 'stand on his own'. If he is not a special 'intruder', other rebel generals Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng and others can also persuade him if there is a chance. Of."

"Even if you can't persuade the other person, you can still take the opportunity to drive a wedge between the other person and the 'submissive thief', making them suspicious."

"When the time comes, the 'Shun Thieves' will be attacked from both sides, and their defeat will be known. In this way, the world will be at peace and the people will suffer. This is the contribution of Zhang Yi and Su Qin!"

"Student, take the order!" Fu Qingzhu couldn't help but feel high-spirited when he heard this, and quickly responded with his hands in hand.

"It's just that we are going to Shaanxi for a thousand miles. The mountains are high and the roads are far. There is no communication. I am thinking about my mother at home. I don't know how long Da Sima can stay here, so that the students can feel at ease."

"Don't worry, I know the military affairs well. I brought hundreds of miles of nearby rice and grain into the city early, repaired the city, and trained troops and horses. I will be able to defend it for more than a year." Zhu Xieyuan couldn't help but smile, "Even if Taiyuan does not defend, I will Arrangements will be made for you and your family, so you can go with ease!"

"Superintendent, urgent military situation, urgent military situation!" As soon as Zhu Xieyuan finished speaking, he heard Luo Xiangqian, the general of Biaoying, reminding him from outside.

"Okay, you can go ahead. I have some military matters that need to be dealt with here!" Zhu Xieyuan frowned, worried that it was not good news and would affect Fu Qingzhu's confidence, so he quickly moved him away.

Fu Qingzhu was holding his ears open, preparing to eavesdrop. Hearing this, he couldn't help but regretfully bid farewell to Zhu Xieyuan, and left Taiyuan City all the way to the west.

Not to mention how Fu Qingzhu acted, but after Zhu Xieyuan sent Fu Qingzhu away, he asked: "What happened?"

"The Taiyuan County town was violently attacked by 'shun thieves' for several days. Unexpectedly, yesterday the thieves suddenly brought Hongyi cannon and bombarded the city wall." Luo Xiangqian couldn't help but use his "Trump" to report to Zhu Xieyuanhui.

"The general Jiang Xiangdu couldn't resist it, so he led his cavalry out of the city to fight. Unexpectedly, he was captured by thieves, and Taiyuan City fell."

Zhu Xieyuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he quickly ordered: "Send someone quickly to ask Li Fuming to retreat. Since the county seat has fallen, the old county Geta cannot be defended."

The rebel artillery had already made Zhu Xieyuan frightened.

Now that the rebels have moved the "Hongyi Artillery", Zhu Xieyuan's Shanxi Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Fuming, who camped in Geta, Jiuxian County, will definitely not be able to withstand the rebels' artillery.

Rather than losing a battalion of men and horses for no reason, it is better to preserve their strength and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

That night, Li Fuming beat drums with hanging sheep and served as soldiers in Shucao. He abandoned the Geta camp in the old county at night and ran all the way back to Taiyuan Fucheng.

How could Zhang Shun expect this guy to be so decisive? Before they could completely encircle them, he escaped.

However, this small mistake does not affect the overall situation at all.

The rebel army then took Taiyuan County as its base and surrounded Taiyuan Fucheng.

Taiyuan City faces the Fen River to the west, high slopes to the east, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and faces water on one side. The city is 25 miles long, three feet and five feet high, and is covered with bricks. The pool is three feet deep.

There are eight gates: Yichun in the east, Yinghui; Yingze, Chengen in the south; Fucheng, Zhenwu in the west; Zhenyuan, Gongji in the north.

In addition to the main city, Taiyuan also has three gates: Nanguan, Beiguan and Xinbao.

Nanguan City was built in the Jingtai period. On Friday, there were five city gates and a connecting city connected to the main city.

Its two cities, Beiguan and Xinbao, were specially used to station soldiers on Tuesday.

It was precisely because Taiyuan City had such complete facilities and a tall city that the left governor Zhu Xieyuan dared to go against the norm and insist on defending without fear of the rebel attack.

"What a dragon city!" Zhang Shun came to the outside of Taiyuan City, looked around for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh.

Sun Chuanting had known this for a long time, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to admonish: "The great city of Taiyuan cannot be built in a day. King Shun should make plans early for a long-term plan."

"Good!" Zhang Shun nodded, then led his guards to explore all the terrain south of Taiyuan, and then selected the Fen River south of Yanqiu outside Taiyuan City as a stronghold.

"There is a ferry here that can be expanded." Zhang Shun pointed out, "On the higher ground on the shore, camps and granaries can be built."

Sun Chuanting, Xu Quan, Zhang Damhou and others did not have any objections. They just asked Zhang Shun to give him the plans so that they could build according to the regulations.

But when everyone got the drawings and opened them, they were stunned.

Why?

It turns out that the drawing composed by Zhang Shun actually has the granary as the core, the ferry as an auxiliary, and the military camp surrounding it.

The military camp was actually built like a fortress. With its cannons, it was really impregnable. Even if a hundred thousand Ming army came to attack, they might not be able to break the city.

"His Royal Highness King Shun, what are you..." What kind of person is Sun Chuanting? He immediately realized that there was something strange about it.

Zhang Shun looked around at everyone and couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Taiyuan City is tall and tall. Looking south from the southern city wall, this granary must be very eye-catching."

"You say, if this king recruits troops with a monthly salary of one stone, how many people will flock to him by then?"

"Recruiting soldiers?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They turned to look at the newly surrendered Jiang Xiang and others standing next to them, and they suddenly realized.

beat? What to fight?

Our army's monthly salary is twice that of the Ming army, and now we have Jiang Xiang as a "flag". As long as we recruit fifty people today, we will recruit a hundred people tomorrow.

I am afraid that in less than a month, the more than 10,000 Ming troops in Taiyuan City will collapse without a fight. How can they be the opponents of the rebels?