Please ask me to be the emperor

When "Crash General" Li Zicheng, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai and "Guo Tianxing" Zhang Tianlin came to join forces with Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun's troops originally had 12,000 people. With the addition of newly defected Scorpion Block and Hun Tianxing, the number increased to Fifteen thousand people.

Now add in the other 70,000 to 80,000 old and weak members of the rebel army. Although the total number is not 100,000, it is not much different.

It is gratifying to have so many rebel soldiers for a time, but they are fully equipped with armor and can only go into battle at any time, only forty thousand of them.

If weapons and equipment are supplemented, almost 20,000 usable soldiers can be drawn from it.

The remaining 30,000 people are all the families of the rebels, including women, children, the elderly and the weak. Although the situation is critical, there may not necessarily be people among them who can hold swords and fire blunderbuss, but they will not be able to hold high positions in the end.

Even so, Zhang Shun's ability to command troops nearly tripled in a short time, which was enough to shock the world.

But now, the rebel army's food and salary pressure has increased greatly. The food he originally carried for three months could not last even half a month.

But before Zhang Shun could worry about food and grass, a more realistic problem faced Zhang Shun - the camp could no longer be stationed!

Although Liujiaying is a dangerous place, its capacity is limited.

Nearly 100,000 people are old and weak, which doesn't sound very domineering.

In fact, even in later generations, if it were not for populous provinces like Shandong and Henan, the combined population of a town or town might not be so large.

The permanent population of an ordinary medium-sized county town is only a dozen or two hundred thousand.

Although the number of people under Zhang Shun is not large now, it is equivalent to the population of a prefecture in this era.

If the management is not good, once the officers and soldiers are frightened and the people flee in all directions, they may directly overwhelm their own troops before the officers and soldiers can attack.

Thinking of this city, Zhang Shun quickly called the leaders of the rebel armies, "Chuang Jiang" Li Zicheng, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, "Guo Tianxing" Zhang Tianlin, "Hundred One Hundred Thousand" Ma Jinzhong, "White Robe General" Xue Rengui, "Chuang Tuantian" Liu Guoneng, "King of Tidy" Zhang Fatty and others said: "The state has national laws, and families have family rules. Since you are willing to work together to deal with the officers and soldiers, you must not have no rules, lest you mess up your position."

"I want each of you to select 15,000 elite armored soldiers and 5,000 unarmored men to join me in stationing at Liujiaying to keep an eye on the city of Xi'an."

"Don't choose five thousand elite soldiers to take care of the old, weak and strong. Go to Dizhai Town and set up a separate battalion, lest the weapons and weapons are blind, the personnel are messy, and the big thing is ruined. I wonder if that's okay?"

When everyone heard this, they all said: "This is the right principle. We only obey King Shun's orders!"

As the saying goes: A defeated general cannot be said to be brave. Everyone here has suffered a great loss from the new governor of the three sides, Liang Tingdong, so there is no objection.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll make a fool of myself!" Zhang Shun also knew the current situation and couldn't tolerate any pushback from him.

He couldn't help but solemnly ordered: "Once you enter my camp, you must obey my orders. Anyone who violates them will be dealt with according to military law. There will be no mercy!"

"I will obey King Shun's order!" Everyone said angrily when they heard this.

"Since we are planning to set up a separate battalion and station it in Dizhai Town, who can lead it for everyone?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but ask when he saw that everyone had no objections.

It's not that he doesn't want to send people to take charge, but these people are all unruly people.

Now, although they are forced by the situation, they have to succumb to themselves. But if you take too much power, it will inevitably arouse everyone's dissatisfaction.

In this case, why not let them make their own recommendations.

Firstly, they were convinced and had nothing to say if they failed; secondly, Zhang Shun could also take the opportunity to observe who among the rebels had the most reputation and whether he might threaten his position.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they were all overjoyed.

There is a very simple sense of democracy among the rebels. The first leader Wang Jiayin and the second leader "Zijinliang" Wang Ziyong were both elected by the rebels.

Once other rebel leaders unexpectedly die in battle, the deployment of their subordinates is often discussed, and a new leader is elected, or a new leader is chosen, or they defect to others, and the same is true.

The only exception was Zhang Shun. He was not from Yansui, and he was not elected by the leaders of the rebel army. It was just that the second leader of the alliance, Wang Ziyong of Zijin Liang, was optimistic about this person and gave up his position to him.

As the saying goes: If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct.

The leaders of the rebel armies have always been worried about this, and for a while many people even intended to recommend the powerful "Chuang King" Gao Yingxiang as the new leader of the alliance.

However, firstly, this person's strength and reputation were not enough to compete with Zhang Shun, and secondly, his tribe was annexed by Zhang Shun and others early, so everyone gave up their thoughts.

Now that the leaders of the rebel army saw Zhang Shun's golden words, asking them to recommend people to garrison Dizhai Town, which seemed to restore the old traditions among the rebel army, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

It turns out that King Shun was also a man of rules!

These people are upright people, and they don't have to twist around. When they heard the words, they promoted them one after another.

As a result, "The General" Li Zicheng received the most votes, followed by "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun and "Guo Tianxing" Zhang Tianlin.

In fact, Zhang Shun didn't really want to appoint him because he had some disagreements with the "advocate" Li Zicheng.

But since everyone has elected him, he doesn't care about himself.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but stepped forward and bowed his hands to Li Zicheng and said: "Brother Li is indeed popular among the people. It just so happens that you have five thousand elite men under your command. In this way, the family members of the rebel army, young and old, and all the strong men and women will be able to get rid of Brother Li!"

"Ah?" Li Zicheng was stunned when he heard this, and was so shocked that he could hardly speak.

It turned out that because of the Xing family incident, he had deliberately made trouble with Zhang Shun again and again.

Li Zicheng was magnanimous when he punished Zhang Shun by not giving him small shoes to wear.

If he really couldn't find enough food this time, he wouldn't want to see Zhang Shun.

But he never expected that Zhang Shun would entrust him with such an important task.

How could he not understand? If the other rebel leaders died in the battle this time, then the person in charge of the "Old Camp" would have a high chance of being joined by the rest of the army.

In this case, how could King Shun give himself such a promising opportunity?

Thinking of this, "Advocate General" Li Zicheng couldn't help but return the favor and said: "King Shun is really magnanimous, but Li doesn't understand. Isn't King Shun worried at all when such an important position is entrusted to me?"

"Since Brother Li asked, in front of all brothers, I must tell the truth!" Zhang Shun said with a wry smile after hearing this.

"When the rebel army came up, it was huge and there were so many capable and famous generals among them, but they were all defeated by the officers and soldiers, so that everyone was as panicked as a lost dog!"

"Why? The enemy is special and we are divided! Everyone is either entangled in their status, or in the amount of benefits, or in who is right and wrong, so they cannot use all their strength! How can we win in this way?"

"When I started my army, I did not do it for money, I did not do it for women, I did not do it for fame and wealth, and I did not do it for power. What I do will be heard by the people of the world!"

"Everyone has food to eat, clothing to wear, someone to support the elderly, and someone to support the poor. In case of disaster, the court will provide relief, and in case of war, the country will quell it."

"Everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, and the world shares peace!"

"However, I am young and have few resources, so I cannot achieve my ambition."

"Today I have gathered a large number of troops here because I want to fight him to the death! If I win, all of Shaanxi will be in my hands. What will happen to the world?"

"If I fail, Heluo will not be protected, and the foundation will be shaken, and the people of the world will have no peace!"

"The world is not for me alone, but for everyone!"

"If I lose today, I hope that Brother Li will take over from me and continue to command the rebel army, and fight to the death with the government in order to make a comeback!"

"Today you and I should be like the old owners of this camp!"

"If I were Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, I would also like to make Brother Li my Di Wuxiang! But if I were defeated, then Brother Li would become the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, that's all!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all completely stunned by Zhang Shun's words.

In the past, they could not help but scheming and vying for power. Although they had some vague thoughts about the world in their hearts, they were so precarious that they quickly forgot about it.

Now when I hear Zhang Shun talking about his ambitions, I feel that he is so high above the clouds that I can't help but look up to him but it is difficult to reach him. I can't help but show a bit of admiration on his face.

Li Zicheng, the "invading general", was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and expressed his position: "It is God's will that the Duke is stationed here. In the past, Han Dynasty was not as high as him, so he should have the world!"

"Li is not talented and does not dare to compare himself with Di Wuxiang. He should devote himself to death and follow King Shun!"

You're kidding, you just appointed me as the number two person in the rebel army, you're going to put me on the fire!

Not to mention that you will really dominate the world in the future. Thinking of what happened today, do I, Li Zicheng, still have a way to survive?

It would be impossible for Li Zicheng not to have some thoughts about Zhang Shun's appearance.

But if Zhang Shun was so generous and tolerant, Li Zicheng would be ashamed of himself.

So that whenever he encountered difficult things in the future, a thought would come out of his heart like a devil:

King Shun had his own destiny and was magnanimous. If I follow him, I will be promoted to Duke and Privy Council, what will I regret?