Please ask me to be the emperor

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao were uncles and nephews. How could they be willing to punish him for such a trivial matter? Cao Bianjiao also knew this, but he just made a gesture to deceive others.

Cao Wenzhao asked Cao Bianjiao about the battle in detail, and then pondered for a while and said: "There are also capable people among the thieves. The thieves must be unprepared for this surprise attack of our own. Deng Qi and I and others will attack from the front and back, and we will definitely be able to do it." This is a great achievement. Now it seems that although this Guanzhai is not strong, it is more decisive and resolute in defense. No extraordinary achievements can be made here without the use of artillery."

"It's just that after our army came to the west, it mostly focused on field battles. Where can we use artillery? If there are Hongyi artillery here, within a few days, I will definitely raze this pass to the ground and wipe out all these people!" Cao Bianjiao! He said angrily.

"This is Shanxi, which has been rich in gold and iron since ancient times. Wang Zhaosheng, the soldier in southern Hebei Province, fought many battles with the bandits. He must have some artillery, big and small, in his hands. Please take someone to borrow one, and if you say something nice, he will definitely lend it to you. "

"Although this kind of artillery is not as good as the Hongyi cannon. One shot can destroy dozens of miles, but you can also choose a big one and use it, which is more than enough to break through this barrier." Cao Wenzhao laughed when he heard this.

Cao Bianjiao was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly took Cao Wenzhao's order, left the camp and headed north to Nalingchuan.

When Wang Zhaosheng saw Cao Bianjiao coming, he was deeply impressed by their virtue in entering the Jin Dynasty to suppress bandits. As expected, they entertained them well, responded to their requests, and spoke well.

Cao Bianjiao was not polite and went directly into his camp to pick and choose. He selected seven or eight artillery pieces with larger diameters. He also seconded a number of artillerymen and men, and worked together to transport the artillery to the valley.

The road in the valley was difficult, and it took Cao Bianjiao seventy-five days to transport the artillery to the rebel camp.

Li Xin stood on the Guanzhai and was shocked when he saw the officers and soldiers' artillery from a distance.

His Guanzhai is no different from an ordinary city. It is built by selecting rocks from the mountains and cutting down trees. It is not afraid of being chopped with axes and knives. Just bombarded with artillery, its strength is not as strong as the rammed earth wall.

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers lit the cannon, and stone debris flew everywhere with one shot. Without the rammed earth to absorb the energy of the cannonballs through deformation, these stones could easily be broken apart by the cannonballs, causing damage to the city wall.

Li Xin quickly called his soldiers and ordered them to hurry back to the rebel camp to report Zhang Shun.

But after all, Li Xin led troops for the first time, and his troops were not experienced enough. Cao Wenzhao had already expected that the rebels would do this, and had already sent dozens of elite people to cross the mountains and ridges, sneak into the Guanzhai, and intercept and kill the messengers.

At first, Li Xin didn't know about it, but after a long time of reporting back, no one came back, so he became suspicious.

So, Li Xin simply found a dozen good men to deliver the message to the camp again. This time the two sides fought fiercely, and one person managed to escape with his life before delivering the letter to Zhang Shun.

It is said that Zhang Shun was shocked when he got the news. After he carefully checked the letter, he realized that if Li Xin hadn't delayed it for so many days, the rebel army might have been attacked by Cao Wenzhao and Deng Qi, and would have been defeated without a fight.

Zhang Shun quickly reorganized the army, took the main force, and traveled day and night. He arrived at the Yakou Inspection Department late that night.

The inspectors and archers in the inspection department had already dispersed and fled to no one knows where. Zhang ordered people to clean up briefly and rest here.

This place is not far from the Mengmen Pass. At dawn the next day, Zhang Shun ordered others to prepare to set up camp, and at the same time personally led more than a thousand elites to Zixia Pass to check.

When Zhang Shun arrived, Guan Guan was fighting. Zhang Shun quickly led Wukong and Wang Jinyi to the city to help in the battle. After killing the officers and soldiers, Li Xin came to see him wearing armor and covered in blood.

When Zhang Shun saw him, he almost didn't recognize him. In the past, Li Xin wore a white robe and a silver gun, and had a majestic appearance. At first glance, he was a first-class person.

Now Li Xin has a dirty face, red eyes, and disheveled armor. He looks a bit like a beggar soldier.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel that he was working hard, patted his shoulder, and praised him happily: "You did a good job, you really have the qualifications to be a famous general!"

When Li Xin heard this, he couldn't care less about his joy, and just shouted sadly: "My lord, my soldiers are not good at trusting me, and my soldiers have suffered heavy losses. Please punish me!"

Zhang Shun looked up and looked around after hearing this, and saw that the checkpoint had already collapsed in many places due to artillery bombardment by officers and soldiers, and even the gun platform on the left was destroyed.

Above the checkpoint, corpses litter the field. There were officers and soldiers, as well as rebels. At a rough glance, there were at least three to four hundred people.

Zhang Shunzhi and Li Xin often read the books of sages and were always benevolent and righteous. He couldn't help but sigh: "General Li, you are a kind person just like me! It's just that kindness does not control the army. If you care about each soldier, you will only be able to make one general incompetent and exhaust thousands of troops!"

"When I first started using the army, if I lost even one of my soldiers, I would be uneasy all night. As I killed more and more officers and soldiers, and the rebels suffered more and more losses, it became increasingly difficult for me to have peace of mind! Until Lingchuan In the battle, the soldiers worked hard and fought bravely to kill the enemy. They defeated Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, in one fell swoop. Only then did I know what massacre is!"

"The benevolence of a general is different from that of the common people. The benevolence of an ordinary person is that he cannot bear to see his death. The benevolence of a general is that the winner becomes the king and the loser is killed. In the battle of Lingchuan, the corpses of officers and soldiers were scattered all over the field, and blood flowed Rivers were formed, vegetation was submerged, and mountains and rivers were dyed. Only then did I realize that the general who defeated the army was extremely unkind!"

"General, today, you have gone through all the hardships to fight for a chance of survival for our rebel army, so that more than 10,000 husbands, children, grandchildren, and parents can survive. Isn't this a great act of kindness?"

When Li Xin heard this, he felt a little understanding. He used to go in and out of Zhang Shun's backstage, but he didn't see the fighting on the battlefield. He didn't know how cruel it was, and he couldn't help being deeply touched.

Seeing this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and said with a smile: "General Li, now you have tried your best and done your best. Why should you hurt the spring and mourn the autumn? Why don't you let me retreat a million soldiers with just one word, so that all the soldiers can be spared?" In trouble!"

Li Xin had just used Zhang Shun's "talking magic" a few days ago, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Xin, I'm all ears!"

Zhang Shun laughed when he heard this, then led his guards to Guanxia, ​​and shouted to Guanxia: "Which general is leading the team below the city? Can you listen to me!"

After a while, someone below replied arrogantly: "I am Cao transformed into a dragon. Who are you? Do you want to kneel down and beg me for mercy?" After saying this, he burst out laughing.

Zhang Shun was not annoyed. He waited until Cao Bianjiao finished laughing and then said: "There are such funny things in the world. It's just a pity that Deng Qi doesn't have the opportunity to enjoy it!"

"how do I say this?"

Zhang Shun glanced at Wukong and smiled softly: "If you are defeated and die, if you can laugh, wouldn't Deng Qi be a ghost?"

After saying this, Wukong quickly asked his soldiers to raise the armor and head that had captured Deng Qi's flag, which had been picked up by a spear.

Zhang Shun pointed at Deng Qi's head and said with a smile: "I am King Shun, and I know very well that you are coming with a large army just to see this man. I am naturally soft-hearted, and I am afraid that you and humans will never be able to see each other. See you, so I brought you here specially to meet you!"