Please ask me to be the emperor

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang, had a very good idea. He originally wanted to take over the reins of the governor of Henan and show off his grand plans.

But he never imagined that he had his own ideas and others had other people's concerns. What's more, as he is a guest, how can other generals obey him?

In the end, only Li Bei led 3,000 people to join him. As for Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of Changping, and Ni Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, they used the excuse that "the thieves have left the Songshan Dengfeng boundary and are corrupting the power of the Central Plains. We must guard against them." With excuses, he helped Daliang soldiers prepare the road and Sui Chen soldiers prepared the road to encircle and suppress the rebel army.

In fact, Zuo Liangyu and Ni Chong's rhetoric is not unreasonable. The thieves they call "corrupting the Central Plains" are none other than "General" Li Zicheng, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai and "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong.

After defeating Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, these three people went all the way east, entangled with the officers and soldiers in Yuzhou and Xuzhou, waiting for an opportunity to prepare to go east to the southern Zhili area.

However, Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan who was responsible for guarding the east gate, died in battle. For a while, no one paid attention to the matter, leaving Daliang Bing Beidao and Sui Chen Bing Beidao to tangle with them.

After all, Lu Xiangsheng's ability to use troops was inferior, and he did not see the danger for a while. He only thought that this was the excuse of Changping Commander-in-Chief Zuo Liangyu and Beijing Camp Commander Ni Chong.

In fact, this time it was just an excuse for the two of them. Both Zuo Liangyu and Ni Chong had suffered heavy losses at the hands of Zhang Shun, so they inevitably felt a little scared when they heard that the "Shun thieves" were to be encircled and suppressed. Instead of going to Henan Prefecture to deal with the difficult "Shun Thieves", it is better to stay in Kaifeng Prefecture to deal with thieves such as "Chuang Jiang", "Living Cao Cao" and "Eight Kings".

After finally gathering 4,100 men and horses, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be overjoyed. He stroked Li Bei's back and said, "General Wei, I just sit back and watch as Western Henan rots away!"

How could Li Bei dare to take on such a great reputation? He quickly smiled bitterly and said: "The military sect is ridiculous. Originally, there were 1,500 soldiers under my humble command, and the rest were all former Henan governor Xuan Mo's pacesetters."

Only then did Lu Xiangsheng understand why Li Bei, the deputy commander-in-chief, had so many people under his command. However, he appreciated that Li Bei had good military discipline and obeyed orders, so he gave Li Bei great courtesy.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Bei did not know that Li Bei defeated the rebels many times in history and was awarded the title of Lintao General Soldier this spring.

Afterwards, the rebels fled to Yunyang, Xiangyang and other places. Lu Xiang's Shengbiao camp was weak and he mostly relied on Li Bei to deal with the enemies near Yunyang. The two were very happy with each other, but unfortunately in June of that year, Li Bei fell ill and died due to unaccustomed conditions.

In this life, due to Zhang Shun's butterfly effect, Li Bei was not able to go to Yunyang to cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng. Instead, he lost his credit and lost his life.

Now that the troops and horses were ready, Lu Xiangsheng shamelessly asked Wei Yingzhi of Henan Bingdao for some food and grass, so he led four thousand troops westward through Yiyang and drove directly to Song County.

There are many bandits in Song County and it has been besieged by rebels many times. Therefore, the original magistrate He Fu established a simple early warning mechanism when he was still there.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng led the army to Yiyang County, Liu Cheng received information that officers and soldiers were coming to encircle and suppress him.

Although Liu Cheng had a record of defeating Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi Province, there was a high degree of coincidence, but in fact, when it came to martial arts and military leadership, he was no more than a middle-aged man.

After he got the news, he didn't dare to make the decision without authorization. Liu Chengsi and Zhang Shun gave him some instructions when he first entrusted Song County to him, so he quickly ordered: "Please invite counselor Xu Quan and health officer Liu Yuejiang to come to discuss the matter!"

Not long after, staff officer Xu Quan and health officer Liu Yuejiang hurried over and asked why. Xu Quan and Liu Yuejiang couldn't help but be shocked when Liu Cheng said the information.

Fortunately, the soldier Liu Yuejiang had led troops many times and had some experience, so he quickly asked: "Who is the commander of the officers and soldiers? How many troops are there? When will they arrive?"

When Liu Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but tell the truth: "According to the report from the spies, the person leading the army is Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang, and his men and horses are probably no less than three to four thousand. According to the footpath, it is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow."

Liu Yuejiang pondered for a while, then gave a decent suggestion: "I have read this Lu Xiangsheng in the Di newspaper, but I don't know what his abilities are. However, after all, the enemy is strong and we are weak. Now that Luoyang City is besieged by officers and soldiers again, King Shun has no time to go south. Please help Song County."

"According to my idea, let's divide our troops to defend the city. I have quite a lot of experience in this matter and can also help. In addition, the general will write another letter and hand it to General Chen of the Lu family. When the time comes, I It’s not too late to wait until the two places join forces to defeat the officers and soldiers.”

Without waiting for Liu Cheng's response, Xu Quan quickly objected: "Although Brother Yuejiang's strategy is sound, it will only delay too much time. Now that Luoyang City is in danger, the reason why King Shun does not ask for help from us is just to wait for the opportunity." .”

"If we have been entangled with Lu Xiangsheng and others for too long, if a fighter opportunity appears and we are unable to do anything, wouldn't it be a big deal for King Shun?"

"In my opinion, there are only three or four thousand officers and soldiers. We also have a battalion under our command. The officers and soldiers don't know the strength of our army. Why doesn't the general find a dangerous place to ambush them? If it can be done, we can defeat them with one blow. Come on! If you can’t do it, it won’t be too late to retreat to the county seat!”

Liu Cheng was grateful to Zhang Shun for taking him in and creating the opportunity for him to avenge himself. Hearing this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "In that case, please continue to garrison Mr. Liu at Pingfeng Village, and Commander Xu at Song County. I will lead the troops myself." Go and meet Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang for a while."

Xu Quan and Liu Yuejiang didn't know much about Lu Xiangsheng's abilities. Zhang Shun once led Liu Cheng and others to fight against him. How could Liu Cheng not know?

However, since Liu Cheng guarded Song County, he recruited 3,000 people according to Zhang Shun's order, and trained a group of low-level officers through Ma Yingniang's military academy to build this battalion. Zhang Shun specially named him "Zhensong".

Although the name seemed a bit strange compared to other battalions, Liu Cheng didn't think it was strange when he thought carefully that the majority of the people in this battalion were Song County miners and Mao Hulu.

As the saying goes: troops are valuable and speed is important. Since the siege of Luoyang City, Liu Cheng's Zhensong camp has been on standby at all times.

Therefore, Liu Cheng wasted no time and immediately led Zhensong Camp eastward, arriving near the Inspection Department of Shangdian Town at night. The moon was dark and the wind was high, and he couldn't see his fingers, so Liu Cheng chose a dangerous place and ordered his subordinates to lurk in the "Zhensong Camp".

It is said that the terrain near the Inspection Department of Shangdian Town is high in the south and low in the north. It is one of the main exits of Funiu Mountain District. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the key point that leads out of the mountains and the main road that leads to the throat". It is an important transportation artery in western Henan and is also one of the famous towns in western Henan.

It is precisely because this place is so important that the imperial court specially set up an inspection department here to monitor the people coming and going between Song County and Ruzhou and guard against thieves.

The officers and soldiers stayed in Yiyang County last night, which is only thirteen or four miles away from here. Therefore, early the next morning, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Bei led their men to the Shangdian Town Inspection Department.

When the inspection envoy of Shangdian Town saw such a large group of people, how could he dare to step forward to question them? He originally wanted to hide in the inspection department and fool him, but he never thought that Lu Xiangsheng would not let him go.

Zhuge Liang once said: A general who does not understand astronomy, geography, strange gates, yin and yang, cannot read formation diagrams, and does not understand military strength is mediocre.

Although Lu Xiangsheng may not be familiar with Qimen and Yin and Yang, he still knows how to understand the topography. So as soon as he arrived here, he ordered someone to ask the inspector about the situation nearby.

The inspector had never seen such a big official in his life, how could he dare to deceive him? Naturally, he answers all questions and tells everything he knows.

He pointed to Lu Xiangsheng in the direction of Song County and said: "Not far from here to the west, you will reach Song County after passing the mountain pass. This place is only eighty miles away from Song County. If you travel faster, it only takes one day. Arrive at Song County."

"The seat of Nasong County is located on the northwest side of Yishui River. You need to cross the river to reach it. I would like to find some boats at that time. Also, the people of Nasong County are fierce. There have been many thieves and bandits since ancient times. They like to rob merchants. Please It’s better to be careful, sir!”

I don’t know if there are any female readers of this book. The author wishes everyone a happy holiday!