Please ask me to be the emperor

What Zhang Shun said was sonorous and powerful, half true and half false, half true and half false.

Not to mention "Trespassing General" Li Zicheng and others, I don't know whether it is true or false. Even Zhang Shun himself may not be so clear about it.

Although people have selfish motives, they also have higher ideals and pursuits.

Zhang Shun believed that God put him in this world to change something.

But privately, he sometimes worries that his career is unfinished and that this era will become worse than the original historical outcome.

Therefore, he has always had complicated thoughts about the "entrepreneur" Li Zicheng.

He felt that although this person did not create a great cause in history, he was still a leader among the rebels.

On the one hand, he felt a certain threat from this, but on the other hand, he felt that there was someone who could tell the truth. Even if something went wrong, it would not be worse than the original historical line.

The reason why he had this kind of mentality in the past few days was because he originally thought that everything was infallible, and all the changes were unfolding in an orderly manner as he expected, but he just had to wait until the net was closed.

However, there was a vague uneasiness in his heart that came from nowhere.

The situation is obviously very good, but where does this uneasiness come from?

Could it be that Dorgon and the Jin army who occupied Guihua City wanted to seize the opportunity to seize the opportunity and enter the pass in advance?

Zhang Shun thought about it again and again, but couldn't find what he wanted, so he had to suppress the anxiety in his heart and try his best to do the current work calmly.

Nearly 100,000 people were resettled at once, and the amount of work was almost the same as rebuilding a small town.

However, after careful inspection by Zhang Shun, he found that there were also advantages.

First of all, when Zhang Shun built the Liujiaying camp, he had considered the issue of reinforcements, and there was only one entrance and exit.

So it only needs normal expansion here, and it's not a big problem.

Secondly, Dizhai Town was originally a small town. Although the terrain was not as dangerous as Liujiaying, some of the buildings were ready-made.

The main difficulty is to move the people out and then build it according to camp standards.

Among the rebels, apart from Zhang Shun, Li Zicheng was the only one who realized how to win people's hearts.

Zhang Shun entrusted this place to him, and everyone put their talents into use, so it was just right.

It is not too difficult for the rebels to re-establish the camp and build a defense system.

Not only "Crossing General" Li Zicheng, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun and others are veteran generals, but also other "Hundred Hundred Thousand" Ma Jinzhong, "White Robe General" Xue Rengui, "Crossing the Sky" Liu Guoneng, "King of Neatness" Zhang Fatty and others are also battle-hardened people.

Although each level has its own advantages and disadvantages, arranging troops and setting up camp are the most basic survival skills for them. Zhang Shun does not need to worry about these. He only needs to plan and design the plan and assign individuals to execute it.

There is no need to worry about the manpower and materials used.

There are plenty of young men in the rebel army now, and the wood, earth and stone needed to build the camp are everywhere nearby, so there is no need to worry at all.

The only concern is that people eat the food that horses chew!

"Guiying, go and ask where Lu Weiqi is? Why hasn't he arrived for so long?" Zhang Shun frowned and said without any arrangements.

Since Li Xin was released as a general, Gao Guiying has been in charge of Jinguwei, which is responsible for foreign military intelligence work.

Hearing this, Gao Guiying quickly responded: "It's only in these two days! In order to raise more food and grass, they delayed some time!"

"Well, later tell Wang Jinyi to send someone to instruct Cao Wenzhao and others again to pay attention to the movements of Shanxi officers and soldiers. Don't let the officers and soldiers cut off the grain road or rob the grain and grass!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but warned again after hearing this.

Gao Guiying responded after hearing the words and hurried away.

As a result, just as the front foot went out, the back foot retreated.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but asked strangely when he heard the footsteps.

"Dad, Mr. Lu and others are here!" Gao Guiying's surprised voice came.

"Oh? Invite them quickly!" Zhang Shun stood up quickly after hearing this, straightened his clothes and then changed his words, "No, this time I want to greet them in person!"

As soon as Zhang Shung left the camp, he saw a group of people in civilian clothes headed by Lu Weiqi arriving just in time.

"Mr. Lu, thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he saw it.

"Greetings to His Highness King Shun!" Lu Weiqi couldn't help being surprised and happy when he saw that there were many soldiers and horses in the camp and people were busy in an orderly manner everywhere.

"You are all here? Where is the food and grass?" Zhang Shun asked loudly.

Zhang Shun's words were very rude. Everyone came from thousands of miles away, but they didn't ask about their hard work. Instead, they asked about food and grass first.

Everyone else couldn't help but frowned. Only Lu Weiqi looked at Zhang Shun's expression and responded loudly: "Although there are only 300 carts of food accompanying us this time, Luoyang has already prepared 500,000 shi of food, and it will be shipped one after another in the future. .”

Five hundred thousand shi? It was enough to feed the 90,000 rebels for two years. Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the news and rushed to tell each other.

Zhang Shun then ushered everyone into the tent and ordered the master and slave to sit down.

Lu Weiqi then asked in surprise: "I see that King Shun has many men and horses under his command, and the troops and horses are strong. Now when we meet, he first asks for food and grass. Is it because the army is short of food?"

"Sure enough, I still can't fool Mr. Lu's eyes!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Originally, I led 18,000 men in the westward expedition and stationed them in various places. It was far from enough to capture the city of Xi'an."

"So I, the king, issued a heroic order and summoned all the generals of the rebel army to join forces to fight the officers and soldiers. But I didn't expect that although the rebel army and horses were not very elite, they also had a large population and it was difficult to feed them for a while."

"I, the king, have been able to save you, but I still have less than half a month's worth of food, so I'm waiting for you all so hard that I can't wait to see it through!"

"This" everyone was transferred from Luoyang by Zhang Shun. They complained a lot and said: We don't have the power to tie the chicken. Even if we follow King Shun, what will we do?

In this case, it is better to let King Shun return the meeting now, and wait until the army is expanded to buy horses and the summer grain is harvested, and it will not be too late to start the Western Expedition.

They never expected that Zhang Shun would suddenly create a huge army out of thin air.

"There are actually one hundred thousand people under King Shun's command?" As soon as Lu Weiqi finished speaking, someone couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhang Shun turned around and saw that the person who exclaimed was the original staff officer Xu Quan.

This guy has been a staff officer for a long time and is very sensitive to data. He can easily calculate the current number of rebels based on the consumption rate of food and grass.

"Although it is not as high as this number now, it is not far behind!" Zhang Shun nodded and said, "It's just that the supply of food and grass can be guaranteed?"

"Your Majesty, King Shun!" Lu Weiqi couldn't help but solemnly said after hearing this, "In fact, Luoyang's original surplus grain was only 200,000 shi, and coupled with King Shun's Western Expedition and the consumption of other rebels, it was actually less than 100,000 shi."

"Yangzhou salt merchant Cheng Jia is quite capable. A few days ago, he transported more than 500,000 stone grains through the Yangtze River, Hanshui River and Tangbai River."

"It's just that in the past few days, I don't know why Xiong Wencan, the new governor of Huguang, went crazy and suddenly attacked Xinye. Zhang Yichuan was caught off guard and had to retreat outside the city."

"Wait, what did you say? Xiong Wencan's surprise attack on Xinye?" Zhang Shun was stunned when he heard this, and felt a flash of inspiration. He almost missed something, and he couldn't help asking quickly.

"Yeah, I don't know why he went crazy," Lu Weiqi said inexplicably.

The rebels and the officers and soldiers have a hostile relationship. Even after the big battle, small frictions between the two sides continue, which means nothing.

Just because this matter affected the overall food situation, Lu Weiqi felt itchy with hatred.

"No, this is not Xiong Wencan who has gone crazy, this is the Ming Dynasty court who has gone crazy!" Zhang Shun couldn't help shouting after hearing this.

No wonder he felt restless these past few days. His perfect plan had left out the biggest surprise.

According to Zhang Shun's plan, he was to occupy a large enough base area as soon as possible before the officers and soldiers could gather their strength, and then use the troops to fight with the imperial court.

It's just that I'm not ready for this, it's a relative term.

Although the officers and soldiers cannot be ready at once, are the rebels ready?

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see Zhang Shun's plan. It's not like there are no capable people in the Ming Dynasty, so how can he get what he wants?