Please ask me to be the emperor

No matter how upset Zhang Shun was, the army from the north of Nanyang City was slowly coming, and the people in the city could quickly see the opponent's flag and number of people clearly.

Zhang Shun stood at the top of the city and looked at it for a long time. It seemed that the flag had the word "Zhu" written on it. Since Zhu Di, there was no precedent for a clan to lead troops in the Ming Dynasty, and it was unknown who led this team. Looking at their troops and horses, they number in the tens of thousands.

Not to mention that Zhang Shun was baffled, but Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang who led the troops outside the city, was also baffled. He couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if there are any famous generals named Zhu in our Ming Dynasty?"

The prefect of Nanyang and Tang Wang Zhu Yujian both shook their heads and expressed ignorance. Tang Wang Zhu Yujian couldn't help but guess: "Could it be that the clan is leading the army?"

"Impossible!" Tang Hui, governor of Huguang, knew what Tang Wang Zhu Yujian was thinking, and couldn't help but sneered, "Yin Jian is not far away, how can there be no one in the government and the public?"

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian couldn't help but remain silent after hearing this, and the Nanyang magistrate quickly asked: "How should we deal with it now?"

"The soldiers behind are either enemies or friends. I will send people to investigate!" Tang Hui, governor of Huguang, frowned, unsure of what to do.

He ordered his subordinate Biao Battalion to prepare for defense while sending people to contact them.

Unexpectedly, his side was not ready yet. I don’t know how the soldiers attacking the city on the front line saw it, and they all said in shock: "The enemy will definitely reinforce the army, and the officers and soldiers will be defeated!"

One pass spread to ten, and ten spread to hundreds. Suddenly the siege officers and soldiers were in chaos. Many soldiers turned around and ran away, shouting as they ran: "The officers and soldiers are defeated, the officers and soldiers are defeated!"

The generals who were attacking the city, You Zhaiwen and Xu Chengming, shouted a few times, but found that it was of no use, and fled to the south of the city with the soldiers.

How could Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, and the magistrate of Nanyang, have thought of such a change? He was shocked and immediately wanted to run away.

Fortunately, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian calmed down and said quickly: "If the enemy is on the other side, we can still rely on the camp to defend; if the other side is our own people, how can we face others in the future?"

When Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, heard this, he realized that this was indeed the case.

It's okay to run away from the wind. If you run away from the wind, you will never raise your head in front of others in your life.

Thinking of this, Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, quickly calmed down and scolded the people around him: "Why are you panicking? Just guard the camp with me, and it's not too late to determine whether the person coming is an enemy or a friend!"

As soon as Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, finished speaking, he saw the soldiers who went to negotiate in the distance were swarmed by the opponent and chopped into several pieces.

Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, didn't understand that the people coming were reinforcements for the thieves?

Don't be surprised, he said to himself: "It's bitter, but he was tricked by the King of Tang", and quickly guarded the camp.

It turns out that the general "surnamed Zhu" who came from afar is none other than Niu Jinxing, who Zhang Shun left behind in Runing.

After Zhang Shun occupied Runing Mansion, he had no intention of running it seriously.

Therefore, he brought out valuables worth five hundred thousand taels of silver in advance. The rest of the gold, silver and grain will be left to Niu Jinxing for the time being. Whether it is used to carry out troubles or transported to the hands of the rebels depends solely on one's heart.

Although Niu Jinxing knew Zhang Shun's plan, he was quite ambitious.

He originally planned to use the power of King Shun and the thousand cavalry left by Zhang Shun to suppress Guo Sanhai, Liu Hongqi, Shen Wandeng and Sheng Zhiyou, while using the wealth in the city to lure them.

Even though Niu Jinxing is a scholar, he is much more ruthless than Zhang Shun.

While he captured the men of Prince Chong's palace and let thieves come to kill him, he also offered to buy the women of the palace. He became notorious for a while, and people's faces changed when they heard about it.

Niu Jinxing's coquettish operation, not to mention the effect, impressed a hero.

This hero is nicknamed "Yellow Tiger" and "Eight Great Kings" because he is taboo and loyal.

But it is said that the "Eight Great Kings" Zhang Xianzhong and the "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan, together with the leader of the rebel army "Chuang Jiang" Li Zicheng, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai and the "Gu Yuan Zhenlong Emperor", broke through Fengyang City in the central capital and burned the imperial mausoleum. This triggered the governor of water transport Jian Fengyang and governor Zhu Dadian to come to suppress it.

It happened that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng had a falling out because of a little eunuch who was advocating, and they parted ways and went their separate ways.

Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Yichuan led their troops to occupy Luzhou and Lu'an. As a result, they were surrounded and suppressed by the three battalions of Sui Chen's commander-in-chief Luo Ju, Xuzhou deputy commander-in-chief Ma Xu and eunuch Lu Jiude.

The three men used troops quite well. However, Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Yichuan did not have the skills of "Invading General" Li Zicheng and "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai. Both sides were evenly matched, and the one with more troops would win.

Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Yichuan were the ones with fewer soldiers.

They originally wanted to cross the river to seize the rich land south of the Yangtze River, but the governor of Nanzhili strictly guarded the river and the rebels had no ships to cross the river, so they had to retreat westward.

To the west of Liu'an is Guangzhou in Runing Prefecture. How come the "Eight Great Kings" Zhang Xianzhong had never heard of the reputation of "King Shun"?

When he heard that Zhang Shun had occupied Runing, his first reaction was to lead his troops to visit Zhang Shun, and by the way, they worked together to defeat the three battalions of the Sui-Chen commander-in-chief Luo Ju, the Xuzhou deputy commander-in-chief Ma Xu and the eunuch Lu Jiude.

It's just that information spreads slowly in this era. By the time Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Yichuan arrived, Zhang Shun had already led his elite to seize Nanyang City.

Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Yichuan rushed out and met Niu Jinxing, Guo Sanhai, Liu Hongqi, Shen Wandeng, and Sheng Zhiyou.

Although we are all thieves, each thief has his own place of origin.

Without Zhang Shun's role of restraint and communication, discord was inevitable between the two parties.

Guo Sanhai, Liu Hongqi, Shen Wandeng and Sheng Zhiyou were privately very hostile to Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Yichuan, calling them "Qin bandits" and thinking that they were coming to rob them of their "fruits of victory."

The "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong and the "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan, as veteran leaders of the rebel army, had an old relationship with Zhang Shun, so they inevitably relied on their elders and regarded them as "juniors".

As a person from Ruzhou, Niu Jinxing despised Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Yichuan and others, but he still took Zhang Shun's face into consideration and gave them some food and supplies as a token of his kindness to fellow rebels.

Zhang Xianzhong was not a good-tempered person at first. When he saw that he was too young, he became dissatisfied and said: "You are a fool! King Shun was so generous back then. How could he be in the hands of such a person? It's so immoral!"

After hearing this, Guo Sanhai couldn't help but jump out and curse: "Who are you calling a straight woman?"

"A straight bitch scolds you!" Zhang Xianzhong didn't tolerate him.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "He is indeed a straight thief!"

Zhang Xianzhong didn't react for a moment, scratched his head and asked with some confusion: "Brothers, what do you mean?"

"I'm calling you a straight bitch!" Zhang Yichuan sneered, "Brother, can you still bear it?"

How could Zhang Xianzhong endure it? He immediately drew out his sword and was about to fight Guo Sanhai for his life.

Guo Sanhai was also a desperado. He couldn't help but sneered and drew out his sword to fight.

When Niu Jinxing saw that something was wrong, he quickly comforted him: "We are brothers in the rebel army, how can we kill each other?"

The crowd broke up in unhappiness. On the second day, Sui Chen's commander-in-chief Luo Ju, Xuzhou deputy commander-in-chief Ma Xu and eunuch Lu Jiude led three battalions to challenge. The rebels were almost on the verge of a fight. Where could they be their opponents?

Even though Niu Jinxing was familiar with the art of war and full of strategies, there was nothing he could do against them.

The two sides did not trust each other, and Niu Jinxing could not show his bias, so he had to lead his troops out of the city to fight.

As a result, the battle did not last until noon, and Guo Sanhai's troops were defeated. The officers and soldiers swarmed forward, but the rebel army could not resist, so they had to abandon Runing City and retreat all the way to Nanyang Mansion.