Please ask me to be the emperor

After the chief of staff introduced the general topography and important places of Shaanxi's "three sides and four towns", Zhang Shun did not directly put forward any opinions.

He just looked up at Chen Changzhen and said, "General Chen, what is the current battle situation? Please explain it to me!"

Chen Changzhen was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Since Zhang Shun planned a surprise attack on Tongguan for him last time, Chen Changzhen thought better and better, so he followed the gourd's example and defeated Shaanxi general Zuo Guangxian in one fell swoop and captured the dangerous Tongguan.

However, Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief Zuo Guangxian is worthy of being a veteran general. The officers and soldiers were defeated but did not collapse. They retreated to Huayin and Huazhou and relied on the city to defend, which made Chen Changzhu feel uncomfortable.

He was determined to go into battle to kill the enemy in person again and show his bravery.

However, the old injury has not healed, so he has to fight Zuo Guangxian in a battle of wits and courage, trying to defeat this beast in one fell swoop.

Chen Changzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Zuo Guangxian is a cunning guy. I didn't realize how powerful he was after he was pushed to Huayin and Huazhou."

"Hua Yin is in front, and Huazhou is in the back. After the rebel army occupied Tongguan, I led the army to attack Huayin."

"As a result, the Huayin defenders fought to the death. When the rebel army was slightly tired, Zuo Guangxian led a large army out of Huazhou to attack the rebel army."

"The rebels could not resist, so they had to retreat to Tongguan. Zuo Guang didn't do anything wrong at first, but still retreated to Huazhou, waiting for the rebels to attack again."

"This happens over and over again, and both sides are helpless."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun responded noncommittally.

Although Chen Changzhen's performance was not particularly outstanding, considering that his opponent was Zuo Guangxian, who was as famous as Cao Wenzhao.

He was able to win and lose with roughly the same strength on both sides, which can be regarded as Chen Changzhen's improvement.

However, Zhang Shun will certainly not be satisfied with this.

He couldn't help but ask in a guiding light: "What's the terrain like here? Is there any other strategy?"

"The mountains in the north and the water in the south are called Yin. As the name suggests, Huayin County is located at the northern foot of Huashan Mountain."

"And to the north of Huayin is the Weihe River. Huayin County is located between the two. Although it is not a dangerous place where one man can pass the barrier and ten thousand people can't get through it, it is really difficult to sneak across this place."

"The terrain outside Huayin City is open, and you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding movements. Once the rebels take action, the officers and soldiers will light beacon fires in the city and notify Zuo Guangxian stationed in Huazhou. In less than an hour and three, Zuo Guangxian led the army to appear and fight with Huayin officers and soldiers attacked the rebels together."

When Zhang Shun heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

As one of the Five Mountains, Mount Huashan has been known for its dangers since ancient times. "Shui Jing·Weishui Zhu" once recorded: "It is five thousand feet high and cut into four directions. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a flower." It would be really difficult for the rebels to cross this mountain.

As the largest stream of the Yellow River, the water flow of the Wei River cannot be underestimated.

Although there have been many droughts in recent years. Now that spring is coming, the amount of water in the Wei River is increasing, and it is not easy to cross it.

Huayin County lies in front of them, which has indeed caused a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun suddenly sighed and said: "Zuo Guang is stalling for time first!"

Then he turned to Hong Chengchou and asked, "What on earth is he waiting for?"

"He is waiting for the new trilateral president to deal with the border troubles!" Hong Chengchou frowned and then responded decisively.

"Last year, Houjin Khan Hongtai went on an expedition to invade Han'er Hu Dun Tu Han. Hu Dun Tu Han was defeated and went westward, and invaded our borders in Ningxia and other places many times."

"I personally led the main force of the officers and soldiers in consecutive battles, killing more than 6,000 of his troops. Hu Duntu was defeated and fled to Qinghai, and died of illness in Dacaotan."

"After this battle, the remnants of Tumut and Gahan'er were left without a leader. It was the time when the imperial court of Ming Dynasty and Jin Dynasty recruited them to surrender."

"Tumote is thousands of miles away from Houjin. If you want to compete with the Ming Dynasty, you can only win with troops. Therefore, as a minister, it is expected that Houjin Khan will come with hidden troops. The new Trilateral Commander-in-Chief To prevent them from attacking the border, we have to mobilize troops and horses to prepare for them, so we have no time to worry about others."

"Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi, is a rotten scholar who doesn't know how to fight. He is bound to be helpless. He can only rely on Zuo Guangxian, the chief military officer of Shaanxi, and the new trilateral commander."

When Zhang Shun heard this, Hong Chengchou was a little confused when he was "cutting into Han'er", now "Huduntu", and now "Tumote".

Then I heard about it carefully, and after a while I realized that the Haner tribe of Hudun Rabbit originally grazed north of Zhangjiakou, and its approximate location was near the Xilin Gol grassland in later generations.

Tumut is located in the Hetao area of ​​later generations. Previously, Dayan Khan and Ada Khan were the leaders of the Tumut tribe.

The former is left-wing Mongolia, and the latter belongs to right-wing Mongolia. The two continued the Mongolian tradition of internal strife. People's brains beat out dog's brains, but the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin took the opportunity to pick the peaches.

In fact, the real situation at this time was similar to Hong Chengchou's guess.

Last year, Lin Danhan of the Chahar tribe launched a large-scale attack on the left-wing Mongolian Tumote tribe in order to avoid Hou Jin's attack. Both sides suffered losses. Huang Taiji took the opportunity to march westward and reaped the benefits.

Both the Chahar tribe and the Tumote tribe were severely weakened. This year, in order to completely defeat these two Mongolian tribes, Huang Taiji sent Dorgon and Yue Tuo to lead more than 10,000 elites, preparing to completely surrender the remnants of the Chahar tribe and manage the Tumote tribe. department.

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Shun led the rebel army to kill Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, and captured the new governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou. He also killed the Lintao commander-in-chief Wang Chengen, deputy commander-in-chief Ai Wannian, deputy commander-in-chief Liu Guozhen, and deputy commander-in-chief Liu Chenggong; he surrendered Gansu General Chai Shihua, generals He Renlong, Bai Guangen and others were all in one fell swoop. Shaanxi's capable officials and elites from the three sides were all wiped out.

Now the newly appointed right minister of the Ministry of War and censor of the right capital, governor-general of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, and Ningxia, Liang Tingdong. After arriving in Shaanxi, Liang Tingdong was immediately stretched and faced with many difficulties. For a while, he cursed Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, hundreds of times. .

If we look at it carefully, it is not a loss for Hong Chengchou to be scolded.

Ever since he became the governor of Yansui, this guy has acted quite domineeringly. He often mobilized and selected elite generals from three sides and four towns, and brought them all to himself, in order to make achievements and destroy the rebel army.

Hong Chengchou was already quite gifted in command. He led these strong generals and elite soldiers, and for a time the rebel army could not find its way to the north. He was called one of the nemesis of the rebel army.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and misfortunes and fortunes may happen to people.

When he led the three main forces to attack Luoyang, he was defeated by Zhang Shun in a single battle and was pursued for more than a hundred miles.

Not to mention that he himself was captured by the Shun camp, among the other commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, and generals, those who dared to fight most suffered losses from top to bottom, and the whole of Shaanxi was suddenly wiped out.

After Liang Tingdong, the new governor of the three sides, took office, the first thing he did was to select generals and report to the court to fill the vacancies. Then he selected soldiers and reorganized the elites of the three sides.

After approval by the imperial court, Fang promoted Liu Shaozong to be the chief military officer of Gansu and You Hongxun to be the chief military officer of Lintao. Reluctantly, we set up a structure with three sides and four towns.

However, misfortunes never come singly because the new governors of the three sides have just smoothed the military administration of Shaanxi. Princes Aixinjuero Dorgon and Aisinjuero Yue Tuo of the Later Jin Dynasty led more than 10,000 elites to conquer Chaha in all directions, relying on Guihua City. The remnant of you.

How dare Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, be careless? He quickly ordered the governors and general soldiers of the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia and Yansui to mobilize their troops and prepare for battle to prevent the Jurchens from attacking the city.

But since then, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province stationed in Tongguan, has been feeling sad.

In such a large Shaanxi Province, with three sides and four towns, only the Shaanxi Governor's Office had remaining troops to support him. At that time, Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi, was a man who did not know how to fight. He had no soldiers or generals under his command. How could he have reinforcements?

After going back and forth, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, finally understood that unless he fought hard until the Jurchens retreated, there would be no reinforcements from the imperial court.