Please ask me to be the emperor

When the rebels Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Hongji, who was now renamed Li Zicheng, decided to open the road from Songshan Mountain to the plains of eastern Henan, they launched a fierce attack on Dengfeng County.

Originally, Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, only thought that Li Jiyu, the bandit from Yuzhai on Yushan Mountain, was just a bandit. Little did he know that he actually colluded with King Shun and even had rebels coming to help.

Yushan and Yuzhai, where Li Jiyu was based, had dangerous terrain that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. When Li Jiyu stayed in Dengfeng, he devoted himself to the construction and management of this place. The early construction was impregnable, and the food and water resources were sufficient.

The officers and soldiers besieged it for a long time, but they could not move down. Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, had no choice but to send Zuo Liangyu and Li Bei, the two most capable fighters, to take turns in the battle. He led 3,000 Ni Chong from the Beijing camp to sit in Dengfeng County to await the victory.

As a result, where did he expect that a large group of rebels suddenly appeared from the west? Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong already had many cavalry under their command and their tactics were changeable. How are Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, and Ni Chong rivals?

They were immediately defeated by Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, and had no choice but to flee into the city and defend it.

Luo Rucai sent his own general Yang Chengzu to lead the cavalry to cut off the connection between the city and the soldiers and horses besieging Yuzhai in Yushan.

Zuo Liangyu and Li Bei couldn't help being frightened, and quickly returned to the army, trying to rescue Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, and Ni Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp.

When Chen Jindou saw the officers and soldiers leaving Yuzhai in a hurry, he gave Li Jiyu advice: "The enemy is strong and we are weak. The two sides have fought fiercely for dozens of times without deciding the outcome. They will definitely fight to the end. As a result, the other party left in a panic now. It must be King Shun's reinforcements have arrived, and the officers and soldiers were caught off guard."

"General, why don't you personally lead the army to follow behind and attack from both front and rear? We will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

As a result, when Ji Zhiying heard this, she quickly refuted: "General, don't listen to the nonsense of this old guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. This is clearly a plan for the officers and soldiers to divert the tiger away from the mountain. If the general leaves the camp lightly, he will definitely be ambushed by the officers and soldiers, and it will not matter whether the general escapes or not." , this Jade Village will definitely be captured by officers and soldiers waiting for an opportunity!"

Li Jiyu is not stupid at all. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "A man can't eat with five cauldrons, so he cooks with five cauldrons! I looked from a distance on the top of the mountain and saw smoke rising from Dengfeng County. It must be that King Shun's reinforcements have arrived."

"What's more, when the officers and soldiers retreated, they were in a hurry but in an orderly manner. Many unimportant things were abandoned and destroyed. It must be that the military situation was urgent and they had to retreat!"

"If there is an ambush, why would they destroy those heavy objects? I have made up my mind and can lead my five hundred men, Zhang Ding, Wang Sheng and Shen Jingbang to fight. The remaining staff officers Chen Jindou and flag commander Ji Zhiyingshou camp."

Immediately, Li Jiyu led two thousand people to follow him and rushed all the way to the vicinity of Dengfeng County. Sure enough, a large number of cavalry arrived and surrounded the two battalions of Zuo Liangyu and Li Bei.

The battle between the two sides was in full swing, and Li Jiyu led his men to kill the generals and attack them from both sides. Suddenly Zuo Liangyu and Li Bei were in chaos, and they were scattered by the rebels and fled.

However, Henan Governor Xuanmo and Ni Chong had already seen and understood it when they were in Dengfeng County. Henan Governor Xuanmo couldn't help but order: "The thieves are powerful and Dengfeng County must not be defended. I also ask General Ni to fight out with me. Only by breaking out of the tight siege can we have a glimmer of hope."

The truth is such that Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan Province, got it wrong this time. Originally, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong only planned to clear the way and help Li Jiyu, which was considered worthy of Zhang Shun.

Like Li Jiyu, Xuan Mo thought that reinforcements sent by King Shun had arrived and were ready to wipe out the officers and soldiers near Songshan Mountain to relieve the crisis to the east.

It didn't matter that Xuan Mo and Ni Chong broke through. Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong immediately looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that these three men had few artillery but many cavalry. Therefore, the three of them failed to attack the city and fought in the wilderness, but they were not convinced no matter who they encountered. Not to mention Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, the three of them had been dealing with him for a long time.

As a result, these three people plus Li Jiyu, a total of 7,000 troops, fought fiercely with the officers and soldiers outside Dengfeng City for half a day. It was not until "One Tiger" led his guards to break into Xuanmo's middle army and stabbed Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, to death with one shot. Defeated, Zuo Liangyu, Li Bei and Ni Chong could not help but flee to Xinzheng.

Not to mention how they cleaned up the battlefield, they only said that Zuo Liangyu, Li Bei, Ni Chong and others were defeated and fled to Xinzheng County. Then they gathered their troops and went to join the Daliang soldiers who originally besieged Renchen in Yuzhou. .

The three of them sat down and discussed the matter in detail, and the soldier in charge was shocked. All the military officers and soldiers were from civil service backgrounds and had cultural knowledge as a foundation, so they naturally had considerable insights into the art of war.

He knew very well that after the death of Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, thieves would rush into the Central Plains and become unstoppable.

Although he had never heard of the imperial court's "Eight-Door Golden Lock" plan, he quickly wrote a letter to the new governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, as usual, asking him to make a decision.

At this time, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, had just captured Xin'an County, and was sitting here fighting with Zhang Shun from afar, testing each other.

Hong Chengchou, who was still mature and prudent at first, couldn't help but be shocked after reading the letter from Daliang Bingbeidao. He couldn't help but clasped his hands and said: "Oh, it's a disaster. The Central Plains military is bad!"

It's no wonder that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, reacted like this. Originally, the rebels gathered in Luoyang City, and the officers and soldiers deployed the "Eight Golden Locks" plan to catch all these beasts in one fell swoop.

But he never expected that at such a critical moment, the rebel army would split up into separate groups, break through the Songshan defense line, and break into eastern Henan.

The terrain of the Central Plains extends from the east of Mount Song to the west of Mount Tai, extending to the river in the south and the river in the north. It is an endless plain. The land here is fertile and the crops are luxuriant. It is an important land for agricultural society to produce food and the basis for taxation.

Not to mention how the officers and soldiers could pursue and intercept the rebels, it would be a crime that would lead to death if they failed in farming and missed paying taxes!

There was no other way. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, knew that this time, he should attack anyway. If not, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to attack in this life.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou ordered: "If you pass the order, you can order the entire army to reorganize their troops and make rice tomorrow morning, and go to Luoyang City to force the 'Shun bandits' to fight me!"

When the staff on the left and right heard this, they couldn't help being shocked and quickly tried to dissuade them: "Superintendent, wasn't the original plan mature and prudent? How can you change the order day by day, take a temporary risk, and miss the achievements of a lifetime?"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this: "Why don't I want to do this? But you can wait for this, and I can wait. But the emperor can't wait, the court can't wait, and the whole world can't wait either!"