Please ask me to be the emperor

When Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, rushed to Luoyang City, he couldn't help but frown. He has been familiar with the art of war and historical records since he was a child, which is not what ordinary generals can match.

Originally, when he heard the spies report that the "shun thieves" had built another fortress outside Luoyang City, he didn't take it seriously. Setting up camps and acting as horns is also a common way to defend a city, but it doesn't count.

But when he saw the structure and location of the "Purple Star Castle", he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

Although he didn't know anything about "Western methods", it didn't stop Hong Chengchou from feeling that this fortress was difficult to attack. What's more, this "Purple Star Castle" is located in the northeast corner of Luoyang City. With the help of the rivers surrounding Luoyang City, it almost protects several other aspects of Luoyang City.

If the officers and soldiers wanted to attack the city, they could only launch an attack from the northwest corner of Luoyang City, which would always face the threat from the fortress to the left wing of the officers and soldiers.

Of course, these city defense facilities are "dead objects", but the key rebels actually filed out, lined up behind the city, and confronted the officers and soldiers.

This is a bit difficult to handle. The city's defense facilities are complete, and the strong walls outside the city and the clear fields indicate that the defenders have the skills to defend the city. There are also elite soldiers out of the city in formation to confront the officers and soldiers, which indicates that the defenders have the will to defend the city.

With both the method and the will to defend the city, no city was easy to attack. No wonder Hong Chengchou looked ugly.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou was a mature and prudent man, and he had no illusions that he could easily defeat Luoyang City. He cheered up and quickly ordered his subordinates to send a group of soldiers forward to test the opponent's condition.

As a result, the probing soldiers here had not yet been sent out, and only three cannon shots were heard. Flags were waved on the top of Luoyang City, and there was a roar of people. Not long after, two people came out to greet them.

Hong Chengchou looked from a distance and saw that one person was wide and fat, probably weighing three hundred kilograms; the other person was limping, tall, neither fat nor thin, and had an extraordinary bearing.

Immediately, a loud voice was heard shouting from the city: "Who under the city dares to run wild here?"

Hong Chengchou felt strange in his heart and ordered someone to respond loudly: "I am the Taibao of the Crown Prince, Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Governor of the military affairs of the five provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan. I am Hong Chengchou!"

Not long after, the people above the city responded: "I am the Fu Fan of the Ming Dynasty. You want to rebel against me!"

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, almost vomited blood when he heard this. He had already inquired about King Fu's problem from Chen Qiyu's defeated troops, but he never expected that the "shun thief" would play such a trick on him before the fight started.

Good guy, the bandits who suppressed the bandits have become bandits, so how can we suppress them?

The ancients placed the most emphasis on "going out with a good reputation". Originally, the officers and soldiers upheld the righteousness of the court and denounced the other party as a bandit. After all, they were still righteous.

As a result, Zhang Shun pulled him out and King Fu played such a trick. Those who were reasonable were ignored, and the officers and soldiers became rebels. What happened?

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou also prepared for the worst. After hearing this, he quickly ordered: "As a member of the royal family, how can you associate with the thieves? This animal must be a fake by the thieves. Please kill it with artillery quickly and with me to honor King Fu." The spirit in heaven!”

Hong Chengchou, the governor of these five provinces, can be considered a ruthless man. He knows much better than Chen Qiyu, the governor of Henan.

The winner will not be blamed. As long as he completely eliminates the "submissive thieves", this achievement alone will be enough for Emperor Chongzhen to show his noble hand and spare his life.

If you blindly think about being foolproof, you will try to please everyone. Not only did he end up in a position where people didn't talk about it, but he was also afraid that he would tie his own hands and feet and die without a burial place if he was defeated!

"Boom, boom, boom~" The deafening sound of cannons sounded. Although most of them flew to nowhere, only two or three shells hit the wall of Luoyang City.

But not only did he frighten King Fu to the point of peeing, but he also frightened Zhang Shun, who was pretending to have a thigh injury on the city, to stagger.

Zhang Shun never expected that this guy was a ruthless person. He immediately rebuked King Fu for being a fake and directly bombarded him with artillery to show his intention.

At this time, King Fu was scared out of his wits. He quickly rolled and crawled to Zhang Shun's feet, grabbed Zhang Shun's trouser legs, and cried with snot and tears: "King Shun Renyi, please spare me." Save your life!"

Lu Weiqi saw that this man had really lost the face of the court, so he was about to step forward and reprimand him. As a result, Zhang Shun smiled and helped Prince Fu up and asked, "Why did His Highness Prince Fu say this? This is just a deliberate attempt by the rebellious ministers and traitors to intimidate the prince. The prince does not need to worry."

"Where is Liu Yinggui? Please escort Prince Fu down quickly and wait at the palace for the good news that I have defeated the rebels!"

King Fu originally thought that Zhang Shun was going to use himself to block Hong Chengchou's artillery. After hearing Zhang Shun's order, he couldn't help but burst into tears and quickly ran down the city wall with gratitude.

Zhang Shun watched with fear as the "meat ball" fell to the ground three times and then he felt relieved. He was afraid that King Fu would slip and fall down and die on the spot. He would be so speechless that he couldn't explain clearly.

Finally seeing King Fu rolling away from the battlefield, Zhang Shun turned his head to look at the situation on the battlefield and saw that the officers and soldiers had already sent a group of elite cavalry galloping towards him.

Zhang Shun also knew that this was the officers and soldiers testing the strength of the rebel army, so he immediately ordered Wang Jinyi to pass the order to hold the flag, and ordered Zhao Lizi to lead 200 cavalry to meet them.

After these two years of training, Zhao Lizi has lived up to the name of Zhao Zilong and has already mastered the horsemanship skills.

Wearing white clothes and armor, with a white horse on his crotch and a silver gun in his hand, he took the lead and charged towards the officers and soldiers. The two hundred cavalry behind him had already been divided into eight squads to protect Zhao Lizi.

Hong Chengchou saw it from a distance and couldn't help but shrink his pupils. The rebels attacked the camp last night. It was dark and the officers and soldiers could not see clearly. Now he could see clearly, just by looking at the rebels dividing themselves into small groups and charging one after another, he could tell how good the thieves were.

In ancient times, there was no communication equipment for commanding operations, and one could only rely on golden drums, flags, roars, and discipline. If it can be divided into very small combat units, it must mean that the opponent has well-trained grassroots officers with strong command capabilities. The large number of high-quality grassroots officers also shows that the opponent's team is well organized.

In addition, the application of small cavalry also has good tactical significance. Usually when a square formation organized with one hundred or fifty cavalry launches an attack, except for the side facing the enemy that has the ability to output firepower, the cavalry at the back only has a bluffing effect.

When these cavalry are divided into squads, the firepower output of a squad is often no less than that of a centurion. This organization and formation can output more firepower with less cavalry.

The rebel cavalry was organized in this way, and the three hundred elite cavalry under Hong Chengchou who had been fighting against the Mongols who harassed and attacked all year round were even better at this.

After the two sides got close, they did not directly fight for their lives. Instead, they circled each other and started shooting with bows and arrows, three-eyed blunderbuss, quick guns and other weapons.