Please ask me to be the emperor

People often say: It takes a thousand days to be a thief, but how about a thousand days to guard against a thief? As time goes by, there will always be times when we become lax.

Although Hong Chengchou was experienced in military affairs and had been mentally prepared, he was still very angry at Zhang Shun.

It turned out that Zhang Shun also knew that if he attacked the camp that night, the officers and soldiers would have been prepared. But if the rebels don't take the opportunity to do something and watch the officers and soldiers surround themselves and others, wouldn't they lose their momentum and morale?

So Zhang Shun simply asked He Jin to lead nine hundred cavalry, carrying gongs, drums, and firecrackers, divide them into small teams, and take a detour to approach the officers and soldiers' camp to harass them.

Hong Chengchou had already set up a warning. He divided the vigilance soldiers into open sentries, hidden sentries and chasing sentries.

As the name suggests, the Ming Sentai stands on the sentry post with an open fire to guard against sneak attacks by the rebels. The hidden sentry is hidden in the dark. Once the open sentry is attacked, the hidden sentry can release the alarm in time.

The so-called "chasing sentry" refers to the selection and deployment of some elite cavalry, with their clothes and armor intact, their swords never leaving their bodies, and their mounts nearby. Once the police arrive, they can get on their horses in time and go out of the camp to drive away the rebels who come to attack the camp and harass them.

Hong Chengchou's defense was flawless, and Zhang Shun's offense was also brilliant. As the saying goes: "A good attacker moves above the Nine Heavens, and a good defender hides under the Nine Earths." He Jin and He Yilong have different minds, but they are more flexible in their use of troops.

Thanks to the establishment of Ma Yingniang Military Academy, scientific and reasonable training was carried out for middle and low-level officers of the rebel army, resulting in the small-scale operations of the rebel army being quite organized.

There are five troops, five troops are teams, five teams are flags, and five flags are divisions. These corps commanders, captains, flag commanders and division chiefs have all received military academy training and are familiar with communication methods such as commanding operations and golden drums and flags.

Therefore, He Jin easily divided and combined the 900 cavalrymen under his command according to the teams and flags. During the attack, teams of five were organized, with a total of twenty-five riders in each team for harassment.

Once they encountered warnings from officers and soldiers, and cavalry came out of camp to drive them away, they turned around and fled. If the officers and soldiers return to the camp, they will turn back and continue to harass; if the officers and soldiers come out to chase, they will gather with other teams to form one hundred and twenty cavalry under one flag or several flags of men and horses, using more to defeat fewer, and take the opportunity to eliminate the opponent.

At the beginning, when the officers, soldiers and cavalry saw the rebels using this method, they laughed at the opponent for "showing a big sword in front of Guan Gong."

It turns out that the cavalry under Hong Chengchou were all elites from the three sides. They had been fighting against the "three major bandits" who attacked and harassed the border areas all year round: Song bandits, Tao bandits, and sea bandits. Small-scale harassment operations had already reached the level of perfection.

But they never expected that the rebel cavalry might not be as good as them in riding skills or as skilled in martial arts as they were. Only this change of division and combination, using more to fight with less, was outstanding.

When officers and soldiers faced off against the rebel cavalry, they would often chase the rebel cavalry in large numbers, chasing after the "thief" cavalry that suddenly appeared in front of them.

Coupled with the hazy night, it was difficult to clearly see the number of people and the situation. As a result, the officers, soldiers and cavalry often suffered heavy losses.

At first, Hong Chengchou just thought that everything was planned by himself and slept peacefully in the big tent without paying any attention to it.

Unexpectedly, there were constant sounds of gongs, drums, and firecrackers outside the camp, and from time to time, news came that officers and soldiers were killed or missing. At this moment, Hong Chengchou couldn't lie down anymore, so he quickly got up and ordered the soldiers to light torches to light up the area outside the camp.

Once the rebel cavalry comes, let the soldiers fire arrows and projectiles to drive the rebel cavalry away.

However, after struggling for most of the night, Zhang Shun only had to worry about 900 cavalry under He Jin's command. Hong Chengchou's 40,000 troops were unable to survive overnight.

Finally the next morning, everyone couldn't help but yawn, staring at a pair of "panda eyes" as they came out to cook rice.

Last night, because the rebels did not really invade the camp, the officers and soldiers did not suffer any major losses.

Hong Chengchou asked his staff to make statistics, and they found that they had lost only twenty or thirty cavalry. But this has a great impact on the hearts and morale of the officers and soldiers.

Hong Chengchou had a dark face and said nothing. While eating the food tastelessly, he said in his heart: What a "submissive thief", but he has some skills! It's just a small skill, but it's hard to defeat Huanghuang's momentum. Once my army arrives, you will be wiped out.

After breakfast, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, couldn't help laughing loudly. The generals on the left and right couldn't help but asked strangely: "Superintendent, why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at the fact that although the 'shun thief' has a great reputation, he actually knows neither soldiers nor bravery. I will defeat him in this battle!" Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, said with a smile.

Everyone rolled their eyes privately and thought to themselves: Just brag. I was so timidly punished last night that I couldn't even sleep well. Why are you bragging!

Of course Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, knew what everyone was thinking, but he was thick-skinned. Ahem, he had other ideas.

In any case, since Hong Chengchou was the governor of the five provinces, no one dared to disobey him and quickly praised him: "Supervisor, why do you say this?"

"Since ancient times, those who are good at using military force have used offense as defense and spread the flames of war to other places. In this way, no matter whether they win or lose, they will gain something. Secondly, they should guard against the enemy outside the country's gates, and guard against the people and farmland being destroyed by others. According to this. It's really rare for someone like the 'Shun Thief' to hold his head and look like he's being beaten before the fight begins!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but smile triumphantly.

Everyone is also a man who knows the military. They couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this. They all praised: "What the Superintendent said is true. In less than half a month, we can all enter Luoyang City to celebrate the New Year!"

Hong Chengchou was very proud when he heard this and couldn't help but order: "Today's command: Enter Luoyang City to celebrate the New Year!"

When everyone heard this, they all held up their palms and laughed and said, "Okay, okay, okay! What a great 'entering Luoyang City to celebrate the New Year'!"

Immediately, everyone announced this military order to the entire army, and the morale of the officers and soldiers recovered slightly. Hong Chengchou hurriedly ordered the three armies to line up and head to Luoyang City.

At the same time, Zhang Shun was wearing armor in the mansion with the help of Gao Guiying. Gao Guiying usually helped him tie his shoulder pads, but Gao Guiying asked strangely: "Now the enemy is strong and we are weak, not to mention twice as many as our army. Even if the number is three levels higher than our army, the rebel army cannot win."

"With such a disparity in strength between the two sides, why did the general leave the city?"

"Since ancient times, how can there be a principle of only being beaten and not attacking others?" Zhang Shun shook his head and said, "Although the strength of the two sides is very different. But there is a saying in the art of war: if you are ten, you are to surround it, if you are five, you are to attack, and if you are twice as many, you are divided. .”

"Although Hong Chengchou has many soldiers, let alone a tenfold advantage, even if he doesn't even have a fivefold advantage, how can he besiege our city of Luoyang?"

"Although the rebels have already fortified the walls and cleared the country, they have dispersed the people outside the city and burned the trees and other wood that can be used to make siege equipment. But if we don't take the initiative to attack, wouldn't it mean that the other party would safely trap me in the city?"

"Therefore, the way to defend the city must not be to defend it to the death. If you defend it to the death, you will lose it if you defend it for a long time! You can only fight with your back to the city, protect the soldiers with the city, protect the city with the soldiers, and then say: You can defend it!"