Please ask me to be the emperor

Now that Zhang Shun has integrated the rebel army, he will "give orders as soon as he has the power in his hands." Li Jiyu just reported that Zhiguan was empty and unguarded, so it could be occupied in preparation for the troops coming from the east. Zhang Shun selected a thousand new soldiers from the original "Zijin Liang" command, allocated them to him, and ordered him to repair Zhiguan to guard against the officers and soldiers Zhang Yingchang.

This Zhiguan is the No. 1 Zhiguanxing among the eight passes in Taihang. Zhi is the end of the axle. For Zhi Pass, the passage is only a dangerous pass for one Zhi (car).

This Zhiguanxing is located between Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain. During the Warring States Period, when the strategist Su Qin discussed the situation in the world, he once said that "the road to Zhi under Qin will move Nanyang".

The Zhi Road in the language is Zhi Guanxing, and Nanyang here is the name of a vast area north of the Yellow River opposite Mengjin and south of the southern end of the Taihang Mountains in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, which is roughly the name of Huaiqing Mansion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. nearby. It can be seen that Zhiguanxing is the military artery from Hedong to Huaiqing Mansion.

However, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, China's core provinces had been without war for two hundred years, and these checkpoints had long been abandoned, which actually gave Zhang Shun and others an advantage.

Li Jiyu occupied this place, repaired the defense facilities, and patrolled day and night. Even if Zhang Yingchang led thousands of troops to attack, he could not break through it instantly.

Zhang Shun was determined, and he quickly ordered Huang Lai'er, the "general in charge", to lead the army and go north to occupy Wanzi City and defend Tianjing Pass.

Zhang Shun had already known the dangers of this place. Because the officers and soldiers here were unavailable and had been attacked by the rebels many times, there were not many defensive forces.

Although the previous "general" received the order, he refused to move forward. However, there was the funeral of the second leader "Purple Gold Liang" and the ceremony of Zhang Shun's enthronement as leader was delayed. Zhang Shun did not pursue the matter again, but sternly ordered him to go again.

This time, Huang Lai'er, the "invading general", was honest. Without saying a word, he led four thousand troops under his command to defend Wanzi City at Tianjing Pass.

As for the candidates to stay in Jiyuan, Zhang Shun and his subordinates Song Xiance, Zhang Shenyan, and Li Xin discussed for a long time before ordering the appointment of Zhang Shenyan as the left-behind general manager, Xu Ziyuan as the general manager of grain and grass, and Jiang He, leading a thousand infantry, as the general manager of defense, coordinating the eight "sweeping kings" Hundreds of soldiers defended Jiyuan together and were responsible for transporting grain and grass.

The remaining troops include three thousand "Eight Kings", three thousand "King of Troubled Times", two thousand "Living Cao Cao", five hundred "Nine Dragons", and seven hundred "Armor-Breaking Cone". In addition, Zhang Shun's "King Zuo Jin" 500 cavalry, "Ge Liyan" 500 cavalry, Liu Cheng's 500 cavalry, plus 3,100 infantry, a total of 13,800 people went out.

At this time, the news of the death of the second master "Zijin Liang" had spread. Zhang Shun took advantage of the situation and declared: "I, King Shun, now inherit the legacy of the second master "Zijin Liang", unite the thirty-six battalions of soldiers and horses in the world, and lead 100,000 soldiers." The army is marching eastward. We want to destroy the three palaces and kill the three kings to avenge the death of the second master!"

Zhang Shun and other rebels under his command were all dressed in mourning clothes and white helmets, to show that they were incompatible with each other and wanted to take revenge.

In fact, the rebels did not have that many white clothes and armor at all. Most of the soldiers were tied with a white cloth. But this momentum was created, and Deng Qi and Zuo Liangyu could not help but sit firmly in Zhangde Mansion.

The so-called "Three Broken Prefectures" promoted by Zhang Shun and others are Huaiqing Prefecture, Weihui Prefecture and Zhangde Prefecture in northern Henan north of the Yellow River. "Killing the Three Kings" refers to the three Ming Dynasty princes: Prince Zheng in Huaiqing Prefecture, Prince Lu in Weihui Prefecture, and King Zhao in Zhangde Prefecture.

Deng Qi, Zuo Liangyu and their like were just small general soldiers. How could they dare to take on such a big responsibility? They had to abandon the rebel forces that were encircling Wu'an and Lin counties, hurriedly reorganized the army, and came to fight.

However, Zhang Shun led a large army to Huaiqing Fucheng, but he did not besiege or attack. He had also besieged Huaiqing Mansion with other rebels before, and he knew that the city walls of Huaiqing Mansion were tall and tightly defended and could not be broken suddenly.

He then led the army to continue westward, passing through Xiuwu, Huojia and other counties, as well as Huixian and even the city of Weihui, directly threatening the city of Weihui.

This Weihui City is not as good as the other two cities. There are Huaiqing Guards in Huaiqing Palace and Zhangde Guards in Zhangde Palace. Although they are both unable to fight, they can at least pull out troops according to the roster when defending the city.

There is only one Wei Hui guarding Qianhu Station in Weihui City. It is not as good as the other two cities. At any rate, there is a guard station with more than 5,000 people. No matter how serious the shortage of pay is and the soldiers are no longer able to be used, pull them out. More than a thousand troops are enough. And this Wei Hui Mansion couldn't bring out five hundred soldiers despite all the efforts. It was really pitiful and pitiful!

Zhu Changzi, the king of Lu in the city, was frightened when he heard this and almost wanted to flee. Fortunately, his mother, Concubine Li, dissuaded her and said: "The world still belongs to my Zhu family. If King Lu becomes frightened after hearing this, wouldn't he be ridiculed by everyone in the world?"

"Now that the thieves are powerful and the officers and soldiers are not weak, King Lu still needs to summon the prefect to inquire about the defense and order him to organize manpower to defend the city while summoning nearby officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress them."

This King of Lu, Zhu Changzi, was just a young man in his twenties. Seeing that his mother-in-law Li's expression did not change and she felt a little more at ease, he quickly summoned the local magistrate.

The prefect was much better informed than King Zhu Changzi of Lu, so he quickly sent the letter asking for help to Zuo Liangyu, Deng Qi and others.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu and Deng Qi did not know that the leader of the Thirty-sixth Battalion had now been replaced by Zhang Shun. They just said happily: "This thief chief 'Zijinliang' is quite difficult to deal with. Now the sky has eyes, this person is dead. It is said that he has been replaced by a new one." He is just a child, arrogant, ignorant and fond of talking big words. It is just the right time for us to seize the opportunity to break it and achieve this great success."

The two of them didn't expect that after driving away the jackals, tigers and leopards came again, and the person who took over was much more ruthless than the second boss "Purple Gold Liang". They just heard that the new "thief chief" was still under twenty years old, had neither fame nor strength, and would definitely not be able to control the "thief chiefs" under his command.

At this time, Changping deputy general Tang Jiuzhou led 2,000 troops and Shizhu chieftain Ma Fengyi led 2,000 Sichuan troops to Zhangde Mansion. Zuo Liangyu, Deng Qi and others had greatly increased their power, with a total of 11,000 troops. about.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen took the opportunity to send the eunuch Yang Jinchao to follow Tang Jiuzhou. Yang Jinchao knew very well that whether he could be promoted to an official position and win the favor of Emperor Chongzhen depended on the performance of the generals he supervised.

He was afraid that the generals would be afraid of fighting and fall into the trap of the vassal. He could not afford to suffer the consequences. He also encouraged: "It is a taboo for military strategists to change generals before the battle. God bless our Ming Dynasty, and the thief chief Zijin Liang died in time. If he did not take the opportunity, If we destroy this generation and establish meritorious deeds, we will never have such a good opportunity in the future.”

The officers and soldiers had decided on a plan, so they took the highest-ranking Deng Qi as the commander-in-chief, and Zuo Liangyu, Tang Jiuzhou and Ma Fengyi as their lieutenants. They joined forces and went south to prepare for a battle against Zhang Shun.

At this time, Zhang Shun, who was stationed in Huixian County, found that he was careless because he was unfamiliar with the terrain. It turns out that Huixian is where Baixing, one of the eight counties in Taihang, is located. If Cao Wenzhao takes the opportunity to come north and attack from both sides, the rebel army will be in danger.

Second update, not easy, hurry up and hurry up, finally finished