Please ask me to be the emperor

Chapter 85 Recruitment (Part 2)

It's okay, of course it's okay. How could something happen if you flatter Zhang Shun like this and feel so comfortable? Of course, Zhang Shun is fine, but class leader Cheng is.

The leader of this class was originally called Cheng Yu, and he was a descendant of the Mengjin fisherman family. I have loved listening to "Water Margin of Loyalty and Righteousness" since I was a child, and I most admired Yunlong Gongsun Sheng. He once traveled around and learned "immortal magic". As a result, he failed to learn the immortal method. Instead, he practiced "Lotus Falling" well while begging on the road.

After this failed attempt to become a fisherman, he became disheartened and formed a small family-making class in Mengjin with the help of his "Lotus Flower Falling" skill that he had developed by begging for food. Unexpectedly, as soon as this business started to take off, it would be completely wiped out by this great flood.

Cheng Yu lost his family fortune and career and had no choice but to beg all the way in Shanxi. A few days ago, while avoiding the "thieves" who were withdrawing from Douzhuang, I accidentally broke my leg. I had to stay here to make a living by singing "Shu Lai Bao" adapted from "Lotus Falls" to the poor people.

Seeing that he was pitiful, everyone gave him some food. He followed everyone's request and "praise Yangcheng's 'thief Qingtian'", but unexpectedly Zhang Shun ignored him. Zhang Shun saw that he sang well and wanted to take this person in, so he asked him if he would like to follow him.

Chengyu was not as big-hearted as Zhang Sanbai, so he declined politely: "My legs and feet are not good, so I can't keep up with the king. If the king allows it, I'd better stay here and sing 'Shu Lai Bao'. I didn't expect that he would be so famous." The 'thief Qingtian' turned out to be you, the king, I will definitely promote your majesty and reputation here to make the people of the world know."

After hearing this, Zhang Sanbai was afraid that Zhang Shun would be angry, so he wanted to say a few good words for him. But Zhang Shun laughed and said: "That's very good, but you need to be careful of the government's lackeys. Later I will ask the three hundred brothers to contact you. You can help me pay attention to the movements of the nearby officers and soldiers, the situation of the bandits and the thoughts of the people. Just do it.”

Na Chengyu was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that he was out of the control of the "thieves and bandits". He quickly praised him several times and promised to write more "several treasures" about "the thieves Qingtian". After hearing this, Zhang Shun was so happy that he happily led his team to station nearby to continue his artillery casting work.

After struggling like this for more than ten days, Zhang Shun cast about ten more three-inch caliber tiger squatting cannons. For this reason, dozens of artillery failed to be cast, but the raw materials were all raised locally and were not worth much. Zhang Shun was not sorry.

This time Zhang Shun learned from the experience of using the artillery he made last time and found that the larger the caliber, the stronger the firepower. The weight of the three-inch squatting tiger cannons on the left and right did not exceed 200 kilograms. Zhang Shun had a lot of bullock carts in his hands, so he used this as a standard for casting.

At this time, "Purple Golden Liang" finally contacted all the rebels, and most of them said they would obey the orders of the second leader "Purple Golden Liang", except for the five battalions including the Eight Kings and Chuang Taotian. "Purple Golden Liang" was very angry, but he had no choice but to endure it. So he followed the command of special envoy Liu Wei and led everyone to gather in Jiuxian Town, Yueyang County.

This Yueyang County has nothing to do with Yueyang Lake. It is just located south of the foothills of Taiyue Mountain and is called Yueyang County. Taiyue Mountain is located between Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain. Together with Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, it forms the Changzhi Basin; with Luliang Mountain, it forms the Taiyuan Basin and Linfen Basin.

This old county town is located between Luzhou and Pingyang Prefecture, and is the main transportation route between the two prefectures across Taiyue Mountain. This old county town was originally the seat of the county seat. Since the counties here have been divided or merged over the past thousand years, it is no longer possible to determine what the old county seat was. Only through word of mouth did the people know that this place was originally the location of the old county seat.

Although this place has lost its administrative functions, it is still prosperous because it is connected to the developed Pingyang Prefecture and Lu'an Prefecture. After they arrived in "Zijinliang", many wealthy households in the city had moved away, but most poor people were unable to move due to economic reasons. He had no choice but to hide in the house and ignore the gathering of "thieves and bandits" outside the door.

"Purple Golden Liang" waited here for several days, and there were only a few rebels who came to join them. "Purple Golden Liang" himself didn't know where the other rebels were. At this time, Shanxi governor Song Tongyin and Zhang Daojun became anxious and kept urging "Zijinliang" to surrender and be appeased as soon as possible through Han Tingxian. "Purple Golden Liang" felt uneasy when he saw that his men were not all there. Not only was he afraid that the price would not be met, but he was also afraid that the government would regret it, so he hesitated.

How could Song Tongyin and Zhang Daojun agree to comply? On the one hand, he was afraid of having long nights and many dreams; on the other hand, he was afraid that he would be disadvantaged in suppressing the bandits and would be punished by Emperor Chongzhen. So, the two of them discussed and decided to lead the soldiers separately. Zhang Daojun attacked from Pingyang, and Song Tongyin sent troops from Luzhou Prefecture, blocking both sides of the rebel army and trapping them in Taiyue Mountain.

Poor "Purple Gold Liang" didn't know that his death was coming, and still dreamed of being rescued. That night, the officers and soldiers made a surprise attack with light cavalry. The rebel army was in chaos. Countless people were driven out and killed by the officers and soldiers. Fortunately, Zhang Shun was prepared in advance, the camp was strong, and he discovered the attack by the officers and soldiers in advance, so he stayed at the camp and waited for reinforcements.

The officers and soldiers were all attacking with light cavalry and had no artillery in their hands to attack the fortress, so they were powerless against Zhang Shun's turtle tactics. At dawn, the officers and soldiers withdrew one after another. The "Purple Gold Liang" ran to Zhang Shun's camp in disheveled clothes and shouted in a panic: "'Optimus Prime', what should I do? Song Tongyin, this dog official, actually went back on his word and broke his word!"

Although Zhang Shun despises his stupidity, he also knows that everyone is a grasshopper on a rope at this time, and they can only escape by working together. Then he said sternly to "Purple Gold Liang": "Why should the second master be like this? We have been dealing with officers and soldiers for thousands of miles, what losses have we not suffered? This setback is nothing!"

"The officers, soldiers and cavalry are retreating now not because they are merciful, but because there are too few soldiers and horses, so they can only harass them at night. If the Qin soldiers had arrived, we would have died long ago without a burial place! From this we can see that these people and horses are around They are still local people in Shanxi. I believe the second master knows better than me how powerful they are. Now we can neither advance nor retreat, just like turtles in an urn. But there is a saying in the art of war, "Surround three barriers to prevent the fish from dying and the net from breaking." Today We are in a place of death. If we fight quickly, we will survive. If we don’t fight quickly, we will perish!”

"Why don't the second master call the whole army, reorganize the team, work together as one, and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers!"

"Purple Golden Liang" suddenly realized after hearing this, that this person's political level was somewhat mediocre, but his military ability was extraordinary. After Zhang Shun woke him up, he immediately thought of the key to this battle. The officers and soldiers were so greedy that they wanted to surround the rebels in one fell swoop, leaving no way for them to escape.

This is a taboo for military strategists. There are two enemies on the left and right. They can just use the pressure from the outside to reorganize the team and break out of the siege in one fell swoop. Thinking of this, "Purple Gold Liang" regained his heroic character and shouted: "Order the whole army to follow me to attack eastward. Now we are in a dead place. Defense is death, attack is death, only by defeating the officers and soldiers in front of us, There is a way to survive!"

Hurrying slowly, I finally wrote the second chapter!

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