Please ask me to be the emperor

Hurry up, hurry up!

Zhang Shun's butt was almost split into eight pieces by the jolting horse's back, but he kept waving his whip, urging his soldiers to move quickly.

"No, dad, I'm really tired. Let's take a rest!" Even Gao Guiying, who was born in Biandi, complained from exhaustion, let alone others.

The Ox Venus was rocking back and forth on the horse, and the carriage was on the verge of falling, making people worry that it would fall down if not careful.

It turned out that after Zhang Shun's formation killed Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, and surrendered the remnants of Fu Zong's Longbiao camp, Xuanmobiao camp and some Yiding, Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and Fengyang, fled in a hurry with Li Chongzhen, Mou Wenshou and others, and the rebel army could not catch up.

The governor of Henan was temporarily without a master, and the officers and soldiers were panicked. Among them, Zu Kuan, Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu and Chen Yongfu retreated to Kaifeng City.

Zhang Shunsui gathered the three battalions of Li Jiyu, Cao Bianjiao and Zhao Lizi, as well as the cavalry of the headquarters, Li Xin, Bai Guangen, He Renlong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Yichuan, a total of more than 27,000 people, and besieged Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zhu Suqin, the Zhou Duan King of the Zhou Dynasty, died of fear. The eldest son, Zhu Gongzhen, was ordered to temporarily handle the affairs of the Zhou Palace on his behalf.

When Zhu Gongzhen heard about the "tragic situation" of Prince Fu's Mansion, Prince Chong's Mansion and Prince Tang's Mansion, which were breached by "Shun thieves", he couldn't help but be frightened.

Such stories as "the royal family members were humiliated by thieves day and night", "Fu Lu Banquet", and "bones broken together", all fully demonstrate the novelty and aesthetics of the Ming dynasty literati.

The king of Xinzhou was so frightened that he quickly ordered the palace guards to move 500,000 taels of silver out of the palace treasury to pay for the soldiers.

Sixteen taels per catty were made in the Ming Dynasty. These 500,000 taels of silver were equivalent to more than 18 tons in later generations. Placed there, white flowers piled up into a hill, dazzling the eyes of the soldiers.

Zhu Haozhen then offered a reward: kill one thief and get fifty silver!

Suddenly, everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was fighting to the death, and the rebel army was at a disadvantage in attacking the city.

Then Zhang Shun ordered people to bombard it with artillery for two days until it could not be broken. He said to Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Yichuan and others: "The art of war is: attack the heart first, attack the city below."

"Now Nanyang is in danger, and Kaifeng Mansion is difficult to defeat in an instant. I intend to abandon this city and lead the army south to Nanyang. I wonder what you three think?"

What opinions can these three people have? Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai certainly wanted to break into the wealthy Kaifu City and plunder it. But without the powerful Zhang Shun, they can't do anything and can only be chased like ducks.

The "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan is even simpler. After his originally strong strength was wasted by himself, he figured out that he was not the master of one party.

Now that he is ready to be a "worker" honestly, he will naturally only follow the orders of his "boss".

Well, since everyone has no objections, Zhang Shun ordered Li Xin, who had performed better in the past few days, to be responsible for commanding the siege, and Li Jiyu, Cao Bianjiao, and Zhao Lizi to be responsible for the siege of Kaifeng City.

Zhang Shun led his cavalry, He Renlong, Bai Guangen, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Yichuan to Nanyang to support his sworn brother Xiao Qinhu who was guarding the isolated city.

In order to reach Nanyang as soon as possible, Zhang Shun divided the troops heading south into two parts.

The first part is based on Zhang Shun's cavalry as the core, and 3,000 cavalry are drawn from Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Yichuan, who have more war horses, to form a pure cavalry reinforcement.

The second group included Bai Guangen, He Renlong and three other infantry groups, as well as men from the old camp, following behind.

It was six hundred miles from Kaifeng Prefecture to Nanyang Prefecture, and Zhang Shun arrived at Nanyang City in only five days, averaging one hundred and twenty miles per day.

If converted according to the different lengths of weights and measures, the daily marching speed would be faster than that of Xia Houyuan, the captain of the Dian Army, who said "five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days."

However, this is not impressive. What is amazing is that the rebel cavalry came all the way. Very few people fell behind, and very few horses fell down.

Zhang Shun's method is very simple.

First, leave most of the baggage to the infantry, while the cavalry only carries seven days' worth of food. Second, all war horses are fed concentrated feed, with appropriate additions of salt and sugar to ensure the consumption of the war horses.

Third, a vanguard is dispatched in front of the team to explore the route and enemy situation, and occupy cities and strongholds in advance to ensure that the following cavalry can get a reasonable rest; a guard team is sent later, carrying a larger number of pack horses, to collect the straggler cavalry and allow them to change horses and continue moving forward. .

The fourth is to divide the journey into four sections. From morning to night, every thirty miles of march, the horses are allowed to rest for a moment to burn incense, drink water and eat. The cavalry soldiers mainly eat dry food, and they can only eat hot meals at night.

This move also amazed Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Yichuan and others who often relied on horses, donkeys and mules for forced marches.

What can six thousand cavalry do? Just look at the huge trouble caused by Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen's two battalions of Liaodong cavalry to the rebels.

When Zhang Shun led the cavalry to Nanyang, it was already dark. Coupled with the continuous rapid march, both men and horses were exhausted.

He then sent his soldiers to Nanyang to investigate while the soldiers secretly rested for a night in the mountains north of Nanyang City.

According to Zhang Shun's idea, there were many officers and soldiers but few rebels. Xiao Qinhu fought hard for days. If Nanyang was not lost, Nanyang City would have been riddled with holes and would be unsustainable.

And, he was ready to hear the bad news.

Xiao Qinhu, as one of Zhang Shun's sworn brothers, had no outstanding performance in military command except for his superb shooting skills and martial arts skills in the past, so Zhang Shun actually did not have enough confidence in him.

It was just that no one was available at the time, so it was a last resort.

Not long after the result, the spy ran back with a strange look on his face.

Zhang Shunzheng was so tired that his whole body ached, so he lay on the bed to rest. Hearing that Gao Guiying had come to report with spies, he couldn't help but jump up.

He kept asking: "What happened? I forgive you!"

Zhang Shun looked at the spy's expression and thought something had happened.

As a result, the spy was startled by Zhang Shun's expression and quickly responded: "King Shun, please be patient. Everything is fine in Nanyang City."

"General Xiao has been defending for a long time, and the three ladies have come forward many times to reward the soldiers with gold and silver to boost their morale. Now that Nanyang City is impregnable, there is nothing Tang Hui can do!"

"What?" Zhang Shun couldn't believe his ears, "Then Tang Hui is so good? Oh, no, is General Xiao so powerful?"

The spy couldn't answer this, so he had to remain silent.

Zhang Shun hesitated for a long time, then reached out and waved the spy down. After the outsiders left, Zhang Shun couldn't help but hugged Gao Guiying beside him, turned around three times, and said with an ecstatic smile: "He can do it, he can really do it!"

"I found the treasure and kept it in Nanyang. Luoyang no longer has to worry about Nanyang!"

Gao Guiying was suddenly attacked and was shocked. I originally wanted to give him a good punch, but seeing how happy he was, I spared it.

It's just that Zhang Shun didn't know that Xiao Qinhu's methods were all the tricks he left behind and his mother-in-law Zeng's bad ideas, so he was able to ensure that Nanyang was not lost.