Please ask me to be the emperor

After Li Mou joined the rebel army with the Red Lady, he had a lot of experience and was more independent and responsible than other generals. He also learned some skills under Zhang Shun's words and deeds.

After he had encouraged his soldiers, he didn't rush forward head-on.

Instead, more than a hundred people were selected as vanguards to explore the terrain and intelligence. If the officers and soldiers are unprepared, they will take the opportunity to touch the police post.

Sure enough, within two miles, the rebels discovered the Liancheng built on both sides of the forbidden ditch.

Just because this place was far away from the battlefield, the soldiers relaxed after a few days of careful vigilance and patrolling.

Although these twelve connected cities are dangerous, they are actually a place where birds can't poop. At first glance, apart from deep ditches and vegetation, there was no human habitation at all. How could a thief take this road?

How could Li Mou not be happy when he saw that the officers and soldiers were unprepared? He quickly selected two hundred people and sneaked over under the cover of night.

Li Mou ordered that only bows and knives should be used, and no cannons or muskets were allowed. After climbing to Liancheng, he blocked the exits at both ends and killed the generals all the way in.

Many officers and soldiers are resting in the city. They have no clothes and no soldiers. Where can they be the opponent of the elite rebel army that looks like wolves and tigers? Not long after, most of them were killed by the rebels, and the remaining thirty or forty people quickly surrendered.

The rebels took a short rest here and asked Li You for instructions on what to do next.

Li Mou frowned and said: "Compassion does not control soldiers. This time we are in a desperate situation and we must do our best without any negligence!"

"Where is there anyone to look after them? In my opinion, it is better to kill them all to relieve our worries!"

"This King Shun has always been benevolent and righteous. What if he knows about this and blames us?" Zuo Zuo couldn't help but worry after hearing this.

"I will bear it all by myself!" Li Mou was still a little hesitant at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was right.

He couldn't help but raise his brows and shouted sternly: "Listen to my order and immediately select two or three timid people from the prisoners to be your guides, and kill the rest!"

"No, don't. We have already surrendered!" Immediately, there was a burst of screams within the city.

Hearing the sound, Li Mou couldn't help but close his eyes in pain. It is unlucky to kill someone and do it as a last resort.

This so-called connected city is actually a series of piers and fortresses, with about a hundred people stationed at each place. After all this killing and killing, except for the three guides who were so frightened that they peed like urine, no one escaped from the trap.

Even though Li Mou had already participated in many wars, he still could not remain indifferent to this kind of unilateral massacre by his own hands.

I don’t know how long it took, but Li Mou let out a long sigh, as if to comfort himself, and as if to persuade others, he muttered to himself: "This is all for victory, it is a last resort!"

Subsequently, the rebel army, led by Li You, attacked Liancheng one after another and destroyed five cities in a row. None of the officers and soldiers survived!

As the sky turned white, the rebels marched across the mountains and ridges overnight, killing people repeatedly. They were exhausted both physically and mentally.

Li Mou then ordered: "Let's rest in this city for an hour, bury the pot and make rice, and prepare for the hard battle during the day!"

What is a surprise attack? Surprise attack is the ultimate contest of intelligence, physical strength, energy and willpower!

Li Mou inexplicably remembered what Zhang Shun said in private.

The most important thing about a surprise attack is "surprise". It can only be called a surprise when it goes where it doesn't expect and when it goes where it doesn't expect. Since there is such a road, it must obviously be a difficult and difficult place with rugged terrain.

The officers and soldiers only need a small number of elite troops to hold on, so they are unprepared and unaware.

What should the rebels do if they want to succeed? They can only grit their teeth, not afraid of bleeding or sweating, use their most delicate feet to traverse the most difficult road, and use the fastest speed to occupy important positions before the officers and soldiers can react.

Therefore, although "burying pots to make rice" was slow, Li Mou still did not let the rebel soldiers satisfy their hunger with dry food.

This journey was too difficult and tiring. If we didn't get some hot water, not only would it be unkind, but the soldiers might not be able to maintain the morale they had been inspired by at the last moment.

In order to maintain the soldiers' physical strength as much as possible, Li Mou took out all the dried meat that the rebels carried with them, asked the soldiers to find some wild vegetables and cook them all, and made a pot of hot broth.

Everyone picked up their helmets, each person filled a helmet full of hot soup, grabbed two or three hot baked pancakes, and ate them heartily.

Li Mou looked at everyone and said nothing. He also took his own helmet, filled a helmet full of broth, and grabbed the big cake and ate it like everyone else.

The atmosphere is very heavy. For many of them, this may be their last meal, and it is inevitable that they will have to eat a few more bites!

While eating, some people shed tears uncontrollably, and some even burst into tears.

The military judge saw it and quickly scolded: "Why are you crying? Cowards should not recruit people who dare to die!"

"Hey!" Li Mou shouted quickly and stopped the military judge.

Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake. He was immersed in sadness like everyone else and did not break the heavy atmosphere in time.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "To be honest, just like everyone else, I felt a little heavy!"

"I also miss home, my parents, my wife and children!"

"But I think even more, if we fail this time, fail next time, and finally fail, what will happen to us? What will happen to them? What will happen to everyone?"

"The officers and soldiers will kill us without any scruples, kill our parents, insult our wives and children! All of us will have our families broken up, and even if we want to die, we will not get it!"

"Yes, yes, that's it!" Many people couldn't help but pick up the conversation.

Although the Ming army was good at fighting, its cruel and bloody methods were obvious to all. What happened in history, the soldiers of the rebel army had never heard of it. However, since Shaanxi and Shanxi started to mobilize troops in recent years, countless people have been massacred by officers and soldiers.

If King Shun was defeated, would the officers and soldiers let them go?

How many rebels surrendered to the officers and soldiers, only to be massacred treacherously? How many rebels survived after being discovered by officers and soldiers?

In this world, either you kill me or I kill you! What's so scary about death? The scary thing is that not only will you die, but your whole family will die, and you won't even be able to survive, but you won't be able to die. After suffering all kinds of humiliation, you will still die!

"You are right, Housheng!"

"The general said it well. Even if we die, we will die here. At least we can earn some pension for our family!"

Suddenly, the momentum of the rebels rose again, and the low and dull atmosphere just now was swept away. Instead, everyone was clamoring for a fight.

Zhang Shun once said that when you are approaching the enemy, you must be fierce; when you are about to fight today, you must extend your energy.

In fact, these words come from "Sun Bin's Art of War" that Zhang Shun rediscovered in his previous life. He happened to remember a few words and it was suitable for use.

Originally, Li Mou led his soldiers to the dangerous area of ​​​​the deep valley and temporarily gained high morale by admonishing the soldiers. But as time went by and faced with difficult obstacles, morale dropped again.

He followed his plan, motivated the soldiers with family affection, and once again mobilized the soldiers.

it's time! Seeing that his morale was ready, Li Mou couldn't help but secretly said: "Those who have traveled a hundred miles are half ninety. Now the twelve connected cities have just been broken. Half of them have been broken. The remaining half must be broken in one go!"

"If not, we will all perish in this valley!"