Please ask me to be the emperor

Nazu Kuan and Li Chongzhen still despised the rebels from the bottom of their hearts and were willing to attack at all costs.

In addition, He Renlong and Bai Guangen were originally demoted generals, and they only achieved their current status thanks to the men under their command.

They were worried that if they lost their capital, they would be killed by Zhang Shun in the future.

No matter how they thought about it, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and hold on.

The battle between death and life naturally involved a long period of fierce fighting between the two sides, and Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen could not win.

Not long after, Zhang Shun arrived with a large army. Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen saw that there was nothing they could do, so they had to retreat to Weichuan City.

When He Renlong and Bai Guangen saw Zhang Shun coming, they couldn't help but feel relieved and almost fell to the ground.

Although these two people looked like they were ready to die, they were actually quite uneasy in their hearts. They had already made plans to surrender again if they couldn't hold it any longer.

According to their experience as officers of the Ming Dynasty, it is quite common for them to betray each other's teammates and steal their heads.

Although King Shun is known as benevolent and righteous, his heart is alienated from his heart. Who knows what he is thinking?

If he uses the two of them as cannon fodder, he can't just sit back and wait for death, can he?

Of course, they don't want to jump back and forth unless they have to. If you ruin your reputation, no one will dare to reuse you in the future.

The two of them were somewhat moved when they met Zhang Shun. After all, it took the lord to come to the rescue personally, even if it was a deliberate show, it also showed that he was worthy of the lord's show.

Zhang Shun saw that He Renlong and Bai Guangen's battalions had suffered heavy losses. The soldiers were tired and morale was low, and they could not move down the Weichuan River. He nodded and ordered: "Return to Weishi first, and then make plans after resting!"

"General!" He Renlong and Bai Guangen looked at each other and quickly knelt down to apologize.

Of course they knew that Zhang Shun took so many detours and went deep into dangerous areas just to catch the officers and soldiers off guard, but they both failed.

"It doesn't matter, victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers." Zhang Shun smiled gently, and was not furious. Instead, he comforted them and said, "Today's defeat was due to our inability to predict the enemy. It has nothing to do with you two. ? What's more, now that we have detoured behind the enemy, the officers and soldiers are attacked from both sides and will be able to attack sooner or later, so there is no rush."

He Renlong and Bai Guangen felt relieved after seeing that Zhang Shun did not pursue the crime of defeating the army, so they reorganized their troops and led the troops back.

It is difficult to win a battle, but even harder to defeat one. Since ancient times, there has never been a person who has always been victorious in all battles. Only when you are not arrogant when you win and are not discouraged when you lose, can you use the army in the right way.

In this battle, they were suddenly attacked by cavalry from the two battalions of Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen. Although they were lucky enough to repel the enemy and retreated unscathed, their morale was greatly affected.

Zhang Shun first comforted He Renlong and Bai Guangen. The soldiers were somewhat relieved to see that the generals were not punished.

Not to mention Zhang Shun and others returned to Weishi, how to appease the soldiers.

And after Li Xin stayed in Yuzhou City, he was not idle either.

As a soldier with both civil and military skills, his vision is much higher than that of ordinary generals. In addition to fighting and killing, there are also some concepts of governance.

After the other rebels left, he not only carefully arranged the defense of Yuzhou City, but also sealed up the grain, grass and gold and silver properties of Yuzhou City. he

He also specially visited the elderly gentry in the city to appease the people, and ordered the medicine market and porcelain workshop in Yuzhou City to reopen and resume normal business.

It happened that due to the war, Yuzhou City had a backlog of medicinal materials. And because the merchants coming and going had some doubts about the rebels who had newly occupied Yuzhou City, the actual medicine market and porcelain market were not ideal.

Porcelain is not very important, but medicinal materials are necessary for the rebels.

After Li Xin received the news that the pharmaceutical market was sluggish, he simply used the newly acquired gold and silver to purchase a large number of strategic materials.

For example, Panax notoginseng, frankincense, myrrh, etc. are used to stop bleeding; datura flowers, hemp flowers, etc. are used to anesthetize and relieve pain; saltpeter, sulfur, etc. are already used to make gunpowder, and more than 100,000 kilograms were purchased in one go.

Except for some retained, most of them were sent to Luoyang for doctors to process and prepare them for use.

But he had just had three or five days to spare when "Intrepid General" Li Zicheng and "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai arrived, followed closely by Fu Zonglong's army.

In the past few days, the officers and soldiers attacked the city fiercely and climbed up the city wall several times. Fortunately, Huang Long led his soldiers to repulse them.

After dinner that morning, Li Xin approved his clothes and went up to the tower for inspection. He happened to meet Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others talking to Huang Long there.

That Huanglong was originally a subordinate of Gao Yingxiang, the "King of Chuang". After Gao Yingxiang's death, he followed Gao Yigong and Gao Guiying to join the rebel army.

Later, when Li Xin accepted the "Troubled Times Camp", Zhang transferred him over by the way.

There is both the intention of "mixing sand" with the Gao Camp and the Troubled Times Camp, and the idea of ​​​​balancing the combat effectiveness of the two battalions.

When Huang Long arrived at the "Troubled Times Camp", he was also a good hand, and Li Xin relied heavily on him.

It's just that this person, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai are all from Qin, and maybe they have some old friendships, so it's no good.

He hurriedly took a few steps forward before he could ask questions. The three people heard the footsteps, turned around and saw that it was him. They quickly stepped forward and pointed outside the city and said: "General Li, look, there are few flags of officers and soldiers outside the city, and there are few horses. Presumably the two cavalry battalions of Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen have already arrived." Leave.”

"This opportunity must not be missed and will never come again. The siege of Yuzhou City is today!"

Li Xin took a closer look after hearing this and found that it was indeed what the three of them said.

He frowned and asked, "Is it possible that the officers and soldiers were trying to lure the snake out of its hole?"

"This..." Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Huang Long were not sure either.

Virtual reality is the key to the art of war. There is too little useful information available, so it is difficult to judge.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Xin finished speaking, he asked and answered himself: "No, the officers and soldiers are indeed empty!"

"Why?" Luo Rucai frowned. Although this person saved them once, he still looked down on this young man.

As the saying goes: "If you have a hairless mouth, you will not be able to do things well." Li Xin is in his twenties, and although there are a few tiny hairs on his mouth, he still gives the impression of a young man.

"Look, everyone!" Li Xin pointed to the officers' and soldiers' camp outside the city and said, "The cavalry camp is behind it, but there are no horses tied to the stables, and the haystacks have not been reduced in recent days."

"In my opinion, if the cavalry consumes five times as much as the infantry, the officers and soldiers must have been unable to hold on and went to eat elsewhere!"

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai understood this truth when they heard it. They had many horses, mules and livestock under their command, so they naturally knew how terrible the cost was.

"Then what are we going to do?" the three of them couldn't help but ask.

Li Xin smiled slightly and said: "What else can we do? Of course we have to go out of the city to fight and break Fu Zonglong's siege!"

"You two have been in Yuzhou City for a while, so you should be resting. Why don't you go out to the city today to stretch your muscles?"

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai looked at each other after hearing this, nodded and said, "Okay!"