Please ask me to be the emperor

By the time Chen Qiyu received the imperial edict, the weather turned cold and it was already the end of October.

At that time, there were many charcoal fires placed in Chen Qiyu's tent, which was as warm as spring, but his heart felt as if he had been hit by the cold wind outside the tent, and he couldn't help but shudder.

Emperor Chongzhen's reprimand and relegation were a very obvious signal that he was beginning to be disappointed in Chen Qiyu.

Once the Holy Family is gone, the bureaucrats Chen Qiyu offended when he was the governor of the five provinces will definitely attack back and devour him completely.

Chen Qiyu fearfully arranged for the lieutenants who came to convey the order, and then hid in the tent and secretly opened the letters brought by his entourage.

The letter was written by Zhang Fengyi, his in-law and the Minister of War, and contained only one short sentence: "The most important thing to do is to destroy the 'Yu thieves'!"

This may seem like nonsense, but at their level, it is enough to express a lot of things.

This shows that Emperor Chongzhen was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that he deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors in the "Car Gap" incident, and threw the "blame" on the emperor's head, and he was already thinking of killing him.

If he continues to have no results in exterminating the "Yu bandits", death and annihilation of his family may be the best outcome.

Thinking about Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao who had been delayed by 3,543 swords, Chen Qiyu couldn't help but panic.

As for suppressing thieves, Chen Qiyu is not afraid. Since he became the governor of Yansui, dozens of rebel leaders, large and small, have died under his command, and he has never been merciless.

But now that Chongzhen wants to transfer him to the post of governor of Henan, it makes him feel numb. Nothing else, just because Henan, as an inland province, has weak major generals and no soldiers available.

Even Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, could only lead Zuo Liangyu, Li Bei and other guest soldiers sent by the imperial court to Zhuyang Town to contain the rebels. Even a surrendered general like Wei Zhiyou could serve as a garrison in Song County. Henan's predicament was shocking. You know it.

In fact, it is not that Henan does not have elite soldiers. The "Mao Hulu" and miners in western Henan, the martial monks of Shaolin Temple, and the elite Yamen soldiers of Kaifeng Prefecture are all famous in the world.

However, now that Chen Qiyu has too much time to take care of himself, how can he have time to recruit and train soldiers?

After much deliberation, the only option was to lead troops from Shaanxi to encircle and suppress them. With this thought in mind, Chen Qiyu had no choice but to shamelessly go to visit Hong Chengchou, the new crown prince who had just returned from a victory over the Han tribe's Hudun Tuhan.

The two of them were polite at first. After Chen Qiyu cautiously congratulated Hong Chengchou on his promotion to the governor of the five provinces, he tentatively proposed to secondment some Shaanxi soldiers and horses to Henan to suppress bandits.

Then Hong Chengchou is a domineering person, how can he be willing to obey? Generals such as Ai Wannian, Zuo Guangxian, Bai Guangen, and Wang Chengen, who were more daring in fighting, he held in his hands and refused to let others use them.

Now that Chen Qiyu had lost his power, he wanted to borrow troops from him. How could he be willing to lend them? Hong Chengchou, the newly appointed governor of the five provinces, sneered: "Chen Jun has been suppressing bandits for many years. You should know that every soldier in our towns in Shaanxi has a place to use. If I lend it to you now, and the bandits take the opportunity to escape, who will it be?" "

When Chen Qiyu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "If it can be defeated with only the troops of the three sides, what use will I, the governor of the five provinces, have?"

"Whether to borrow or not is a matter of affection. Since the Superintendent refuses to comply, Chen has nothing to say. I just want to inform the Superintendent that in accordance with the imperial edict, our Henan soldiers and horses went to Luoyang to suppress the bandits together. To encircle the Qin invaders. Please do your best, Supervisor!"

After saying that, he was about to walk away. The new governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, saw that he could not survive without some blood. He quickly stood up and grabbed Chen Qiyu. He smiled and said: "Why should the army be angry? I will give you a few soldiers and horses." That is, what is worth between us?"

No wonder Hong Chengchou relented. Since Chen Qiyu had already served as the governor of Henan, he naturally had the right to mobilize the troops led by Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan.

If the two of them had a falling out, and the new Governor of Henan, Chen Qiyu, simply took away the soldiers and horses defending the "Chuang King", "Chuang General" and other bandits in the west of Henan, then the thieves who were finally besieged in southern Shaanxi might take the opportunity to escape. Day of birth.

When the time comes, no matter how many troops Hong Chengchou has under his command, how can he trap these people together again?

Chen Qiyu saw that Hong Chengchou had surrendered and went down the slope as soon as there were steps. After all, it was Chen Qiyu who caused the chaos caused by rogue bandits in Shaanxi.

If this group of people can really escape, and the new governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, will not be punished, what good end will he, the "initiator", have?

Although Hong Chengchou had just taken office, he was familiar with the layout and strength of both the officials and the bandits, so he smiled and said: "I don't think it's better than this. Deputy commander-in-chief Yang Hualin, Liu Guozhen, and generals He Renlong and Liu Qian are the four people." , there are about five thousand elites, I will lend them to you for the time being, what do you think?"

"No, no!" Chen Qiyu couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this, "These four people are quite decent and may not be the opponent of the ruthless bandit Zhang Shun. Why don't you second your commander-in-chief Wang Cheng'en to me, so that you can have a backbone!"

Wang Cheng'en, as a representative of Qinghai's military generals, performed suddenly in the battle against Hu Dun Tu Han from the Han tribe. How could Hong Chengchou be willing to cooperate?

He then smiled and said: "Chen Junmen, please don't keep thinking about attacking my people. Isn't the commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao who was ordered to fight against the thieves famous? Why don't you go find him? Then Cao Wenzhao and him We will not sit idly by and ignore the blood feud!"

"What's more, I heard that although the 'Shun Thief' was powerful, he only had four to five thousand soldiers and horses. If it weren't for the danger of the Yellow River, I'm afraid there would be no need for Chen Junmen to come out. Then Cao Wenzhao could capture and kill this man. "

"If you still refuse to comply, I can still allow you to mobilize the capital camp in Henan. The commander-in-chief Ni Chong and Wang Pu have 6,000 soldiers and horses at your disposal!"

Chen Qiyu made some calculations and found that if this could be done, the number of troops under his command would be about 20,000, which was about four times that of the "shun thieves".

The Art of War says: If you are ten, you will surround it; if you are five, you will attack it; if you double it, you will divide it, so that the enemy can fight. Even if the Biaoying and Jingying under his command are not very good at fighting, can't he still eliminate a small "submissive thief"?

Chen Qiyu was overjoyed when he heard this, so he thanked Hong Chengchou and said goodbye.

When he returned to his camp, he couldn't wait to write a letter to Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi. The general meaning of the letter is:

Cao Wenzhao was originally the commander-in-chief designated by the Holy One to encircle and suppress the "Henan bandits". Because of his ineffectiveness, he troubled me to launch a large-scale war.

I heard that Cao Wenzhao had a bloody feud with that "shun thief", and even his nephew died at his hands. Cao Wenzhao therefore used his troops to prepare his troops, seeking only revenge day and night.

Now I want to lead the army to destroy the bandits. I wonder if the commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao has any intention? Now the thieves and bandits in Shanxi are almost wiped out, but the people of Henan Prefecture are still suffering from the torture of the bandits. Shouldn't you, the governor of Shanxi, also think about them?

Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi, read the letter from Chen Qiyu, the new governor of Henan, and smiled before passing it on to Cao Wenzhao, the current commander-in-chief of the aid and suppression campaign.

Cao Wenzhao took it and read it, and couldn't help but knelt down and said: "I will never forget Wu Fujun's kindness to me. It's just that the hatred between me and that 'shun thief' is as deep as the sea. Now is the time to avenge the hatred, so why not?" Please allow me to go to Henan."

Upon hearing this, Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi, quickly helped Cao Wenzhao up and laughed loudly: "I am not helping you out of personal feelings, but out of public interest! But I have a plan to discipline those 'submissive thieves' who will not be able to escape. You and Stay at my place for a few more days and I will write a letter to Chen Qiyu!"

I got a call in the middle of the night. The author just woke up and worked overtime to update a chapter. Please forgive me!