Please ask me to be the emperor

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, stood calmly under the banner of the Chinese army. He seemed to be as stable as Mount Tai, but in fact he was quite uneasy in his heart.

He was well-read since he was a child. He passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty-three and ranked 19th in the Chinese examination of Yimao. At the age of 24, he passed the Jinshi and ranked 14th in the top two of the imperial examination in Bingchen.

Later, he successively served as the head of the Jiangxi Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Punishments, Yuanwailang, and Langzhong, and served in the Ministry of Punishments for six years. He was also decentralized and served successively as Zhejiang Tixue Minister, Liang Zhejiang Provincial Government Left Councilor, and Shaanxi Grain Supervisor and Political Councilor.

From the perspective of that time, although the future was bright, they were all civilian jobs. Until the second year of Chongzhen, when Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was in power, the peasant army kings Zuo Gui and Miao Mei led their troops to attack Hancheng with great fanfare.

Yang He had soldiers but no generals under his command. In desperation, he had no choice but to appoint Hong Chengchou, who was then Shaanxi's grain superintendent and political officer, to lead his troops into battle. Hong Chengchou killed three hundred "thieves" in one battle and relieved the siege of Hancheng. He became famous and was able to serve as governor. His hands were stained with the blood of the rebel soldiers.

Hong Chengchou had always been ruthless. He not only suppressed bandits, but also killed and surrendered them, thus forming a bloody feud with the peasant army.

However, he has no regrets at all. In Hong Chengchou's view, these bandits were not "people", but just bright red achievements on his resume.

To kill one is a crime, to kill ten thousand is to be a hero; to kill nine million is to be a hero among heroes; but with Hong's 100,000 divisions, the world can be brought to peace by slaughtering!

Although his thoughts are beautiful, the reality is cruel. The question is, if you can't defeat the "thieves", what should you do?

Since Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, led his troops eastward out of Tongguan, he has more than 40,000 people under his command. As a result, the officers and soldiers were defeated several times in the First World War, but fortunately they "died as a thief"; in the Second World War, Lintao's commander-in-chief Wang Cheng'en and the general He Renlong were lost, and the host and guest of both sides changed positions, and the strength and weakness changed.

Now he never expected that the thieves would come so quickly. Before the officers and soldiers could gain a firm foothold, they launched a fierce attack on the officers and soldiers' camp.

Hong Chengchou originally planned to let the officers and soldiers use the camp to take a breather before making further calculations, but now that the thieves did not give the officers and soldiers a chance to breathe, things became difficult to handle.

The officers and soldiers were newly defeated and their morale was low; while the thieves were so powerful that they were unstoppable. Now it seemed that there was only one way to retreat.

Hong Chengchou looked at the two sides fighting desperately in the distance with a gloomy expression, but he felt a little panicked in his heart.

He started his career with military exploits. If he fails again due to military exploits, what will happen to him?

The reason why Hong Chengchou was hesitant was not that he could not judge the situation of the battle, but that he was at a loss as to where to go.

As the old saying goes: If you thrive by this, you will surely perish by this! Is it possible that Hong Chengchou, who started his career with military exploits, will also be defeated by military exploits?

After thinking for a long time, Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind: It will not be too late to repel the thieves' attack until the two sides are temporarily out of contact before giving the order to retreat!

Retreat has always been a college question! Since ancient times, when leading generals, many can win and only a few can defeat. Once you are in a disadvantageous situation on the battlefield and retreat even slightly, it can easily lead to an avalanche-like rout.

At that time, Fu Jian, the leader of the Qin Dynasty, led millions of people and threw whips to cut off the flow, intending to wipe out the Eastern Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop and unify the world.

Because the two sides were at odds with Feishui, in order to facilitate the decisive battle, the Jin soldiers asked the Qin soldiers to retreat temporarily so that the Jin soldiers could cross the river for the decisive battle.

Fu Jian believed that he could attack halfway across the river and defeat the elite troops of the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop. As a result, he never expected that just a slight retreat of his hundreds of thousands of troops would trigger a great collapse, and coined idioms such as "every tree and grass are soldiers" and "the wind and cranes are shaking".

Although Hong Chengchou believed that he was a better soldier than the Qin leader Fu Jian, he could not guarantee that he would be able to lead his officers and soldiers to retreat safely under the fierce attack of the rebels. Therefore, he wanted to wait and see again.

However, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, saw that it didn't matter, but suddenly there was a noise and noise on the left side of the camp.

Hong Chengchou quickly climbed up and took a look, only to see officers and soldiers breaking out not far away. Looking at the flag, who is it if it’s not Chai Shihua, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province?

No matter how well-mannered Hong Chengchou was, he couldn't help but cursed: "My father is a tiger, my brother is a wolf, but he has the ears of a pig and a dog!"

Then he ordered his subordinate Biao Battalion to temporarily stop the defeated troops, and then sent out more than a thousand troops to resist the following rebels.

It was said that Chai Shihua led more than 3,500 people under his command to flee in a hurry, and ran into the Biao camp who came to intercept him and others.

Chai Shihua quickly shouted: "The thieves are fierce, please help me!"

According to the normal response method, Hong Chengchou's standard battalion must drive aside the soldiers facing them, whether they are enemies or friends, to avoid colliding with the formation.

It's just that Chai Shihua's several defeats have already become synonymous with incompetence in Biaoying's mind. Now this person is an acquaintance, and he is panic-stricken. The soldiers of the Biao camp were careless for a moment, and they all laughed and said: "General Chai, are you defeated again? Aren't you afraid of the military affairs of the Superintendent?"

"Isn't that right?" Chai Shihua responded shamelessly, "There's nothing you can do. If you lose, you lose. It's just a demotion and a fine, so what can you do? At the worst, I can go back to Xining to farm."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and did not notice that Chai Shihua and his men were approaching.

When Chai Shihua, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, approached the Biao camp, he suddenly struck down the small school in front of him with a knife and shouted loudly: "The thieves have entered the camp and the officers and soldiers have been defeated. Come with me and capture Hong Chengchou. I will Please give me credit and reward for you!"

How could Biaoying, who came to stop Chai Shihua and other "defeated troops", ever think that there would be such a change? He was suddenly caught off guard and was killed by the usually "cowardly" Chai Shihua.

Another group of Biaoying, who originally went to stop Zhang Sanbai and other rebels, had just arrived at the side of Chai Shihua and other defeated troops, intending to go around and "block the enemy."

Chai Shihua had already ordered his men and horses to take the opportunity to attack, and Biaoying was immediately divided into two parts by Chai Shihua's men and they started fighting at close range.

At this time, Zhang Sanbai and He Jin had already taken the lead, leading the group to kill the generals. Hong Chengchou's Biao camp had no brave generals, how could it resist? He was immediately defeated by a hatchback attack!

Hong Chengchou was originally commanding the battle from a high place and thinking about how to drive out the "thieves" who had invaded the camp. How could he have expected such a change.

His liver and gallbladder suddenly split, and he instantly realized a terrible fact: Chai Shihua had rebelled!

How can this be? Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, couldn't figure it out. Although Chai Shihua was not as good as Wang Cheng'en, Zuo Guangxian and others, he was still a strong soldier. How could he suddenly reach such a state?

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, didn't care to think about the reason and hurriedly rolled down the high place.

It's over, it's all over! Hong Chengchou still didn't know what would happen to the tens of thousands of troops under his command. He quickly got on his horse while guarding on the left and right, turned around and fled westward.

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