Please ask me to be the emperor

Chen, Xiao and Zhang became sworn friends for several days, eating and sleeping together. Zhang Shun had mixed knowledge. From time to time, he told the two of them the story of the sworn alliance between Liu, Guan, and Zhang in the Three Kingdoms, and analyzed how Guan and Zhang were trained under Liu Bei and eventually became generals leading an army. Chen Xiao and Chen couldn't help but yearn for it.

Not to mention what Xiao Qinhu thought, Chen Changzhen was extremely impressed. He thought to himself: When I heard the story of the Three Kingdoms, all I wanted to do was practice martial arts well, even those of Guan Zhang. Now it seems that there are tips on how to fight.

Like this, not long after the peace, something happened. One of the spies sent by Zhao Lizi disappeared inexplicably, and the horse he was riding was also missing.

Zhang Shun thought about it for a while and asked everyone to express their opinions. Suddenly, everyone was talking about how to punish Zhao Lizi. Even Zhao Yutou could not protect his grandson, claiming that he should be punished. Zhang Shun said angrily: "Everything has shortcomings. You are all great talents. If you seek perfection and blame, how can anyone be used? It is urgent to analyze the pros and cons and make up for it before it is too late!"

Taoist Master Ma reacted the fastest and immediately agreed: "My lord, what you said is very true. In my opinion, we should change the camp quickly to prevent the news from leaking and being taken advantage of by the officers and soldiers."

When everyone heard this, they all agreed, and Chen Jindou even suggested that people should be sent to look for this person and find out the reality of Zezhou City. On the contrary, Chen Jingzhi thought more deeply and said: "My lord, in addition to this, the names and hometowns of the soldiers should be recorded to prevent anyone from doing this again."

Only then did Zhang Shun feel satisfied and said: "There should be three measures to take in this matter. First, Zhao Lizi is not strict in his discipline and has neglected his duty. I order you to send people to Zezhou City again. Once we come to explore Zezhou The actual situation and the movements of officers and soldiers, and secondly, explore the cause and condition to see if they have surrendered to the enemy."

"Second, Chen Jingzhi is responsible for finding a few literate people among the soldiers, and registering the soldiers' information one by one, including their names, ages, places of origin, and numbers. They are all compiled into a book and handed over to me. Third, you can prepare , Taoist Master Ma will be responsible for changing the camp. For the specific location, you can ask Xiao Qinhu. We will discuss the punishment after the matter is completely concluded. "

Everyone received the order and acted on their own. Zhao Lizi was dissatisfied with this big loss, so he personally took a few people to Zezhou to inquire about the news. He wandered around the city aimlessly for a long time without finding any clues. In desperation, he found a teahouse to have tea.

But I never thought that when I first entered the teahouse, I heard someone talking about the battle between the officers and soldiers and the "Western bandits". Zhao Lizi was very clever. He was ferrying back and forth with Zhao Yutou, and he had some conversational skills. He walked up to them, bowed his hands to the three people, and said: "Three brothers have invited me. I am here to buy iron with my master's family." Goods, I heard that the three of you just talked about the 'Western Thieves', and I'm afraid that I'll miss my trip and lose my goods. Can you tell me in detail, I'll treat you to this tea."

When these three people heard that there was such a good thing, the older one among them who was just showing off said: "Little brother, please tell me what I know. My distant relative said the day before yesterday that the 'Western Thief' They are from the west. They are not Tartars, but rogue bandits. They kill people when they see them and rob them of property. They are very cruel and are not afraid of making more concessions than the Tartars."

"It is said that Qinshui County was captured and massacred a few days ago. The men were killed, the women were raped, and blood flowed into rivers. There was not a single living person in the whole city. My distant relative hid in the pile of dead and escaped. Then he drove one hundred, sixty or seventy miles day and night, and his feet were all worn out. He ran to my house and was so frightened that he never dared to go out again."

When Zhao Lizi got the news, he was still staying here. He quickly paid for the tea for the three people and hurried to the camp. At this time, construction of the new camp had not yet been completed. After Zhang Shun got the news, he quickly greeted everyone and prepared to lead his subordinates to Qinshui County.

On the contrary, Zhao Yutou was more cautious and said: "Lord, this news may be untrue. We are hiding in the mountains and have not provoked the officers and soldiers, but we are not in a hurry for the time being. We should send a small team to investigate, if there are rebels Here, it’s not too late to complete the negotiations before leading the team to join.”

After being reminded by Zhao Yutou, Chen Jingzhi also added a few words: "It's a long way from here to Qinshui City. If we send a team there, I'm afraid the news won't be smooth. This deal has just been negotiated, but we don't know where the rebels are hiding from the officers and soldiers." It is better to send a small team to investigate first, and the larger team will follow later. The distance between the front and back is ten miles, so if there is any situation, we can communicate in time. "

When Zhang Shun heard this, he applauded. Isn't this the prototype of a spy and a pioneer? In the past, Zhang Shun and others sent spies mostly to fixed locations to detect news trends. Such behavior as "not collecting at night" during marching has never happened before, let alone clearing roads across mountains or building bridges across rivers. Pioneer Camp.

Therefore, Zhang Shun set out without any hurry and reorganized the army. Let Taoist Ma still lead the supply camp with more than 500 people, with Chen Jindou as deputy. Zhao Lizi led 200 people as a vanguard battalion and scouts to detect intelligence and open a way to meet the enemy. Zhang Sanbai led 200 people as the front army, Zhang Wuhao and Wukong led 300 people as the middle army, and Chen Changzhen led 200 people as the rear army. Liu Yinggui still led a hundred people as military judges, while Chen Jingzhi selected a dozen people who were smart and literate as confidential writers to assist him. Xiao Qinhu was also relieved of the labor penalty. Although he could not lead the team because he was not a subordinate, he followed Chen Changzhen to do things for his own convenience.

In this way, until the next day, everyone buried pots to make rice, got up early and headed for Qinshui. Qinshui County is in the northwest, and everyone is still near Tianjingguan. Starting from here, we first go east through Yangcheng County, then cross the Jieshui River and head northwest to Qinshui River. This Jishui is what later generations will call the Qinshui River. For convenience, we continue to call it Qinshui.

Yangcheng County has undulating mountains, strange peaks, criss-crossing ravines, and intertwined rivers. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast, with the north and south high and the middle low. Zhang Shun's march was quite inconvenient. So after they went west to Qinshui, they went up Qinshui to look for opportunities to cross the river.

At this time, Zhao Lizi sent someone to report the news. It turns out that there is a town about ten miles upstream, which is the most prosperous. The literary style flourished here and merchants emerged in large numbers. It was a first-class Feng Shui treasure land. This was Runcheng Town.

This time, surrounded by mountains and surrounded by three rivers, it is an important transportation thoroughfare. In ancient times, it was called "Shaocheng", "Little Town", also known as Tieye Town. It was renamed Runcheng Town in the 18th year of Jiajing's reign. Just hearing its name, you know that this time has three characteristics.

The first one is called city, which means that although it is not a county town, there is a city built there, which is not easy to conquer; the second one is called iron smelting, which means that this place is the place where iron smelting is made; the third one is called Runcheng, which means that this city is close to the water.

ah! ! ! The author couldn't stand it anymore. He had prepared an outline, but suddenly found that something unexpected happened while the protagonist was traveling. For this reason, he searched for historical materials for a long time and prepared to slightly change the outline, so this chapter was updated for three hours. I am speechless. . In addition, thanks to book friend "20190419182034139" for the reward