Please ask me to be the emperor

"Ha!" Zhang Shun looked at the letter in front of him and couldn't help laughing, "Brother Xiao is also a talent, he actually came up with such an idea!"

"The inspiration for this method may come from King Shun's 'Purple Star Castle'. Although it can be broken with just one click, it is easy to use!" Chief of Staff Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh.

"Fortunately, Zuo Guang in Xi'an City didn't know this method first, otherwise our army would be in danger!"

Where are you?

It turns out that the method used by Xiao Qinhu is quite similar to the "anti-slope tactic" of later generations.

The method was to dig down three feet from the inside of the thick Nanyang City Wall, but after the officers and soldiers' artillery fire, they would jump out and fight with the officers and soldiers who climbed the city.

This idea was inspired by Xiao Qinhu's "Purple Star Castle" trench built by Zhang Shun. At first, he originally wanted to dig a trench on the city wall. However, due to the limited thickness of the city wall, if the trench was forcibly dug, it might cause damage to the wall defense. insufficient.

So, he dug a section inside the city wall instead, where the soldier cats could avoid the red barbarian cannon shells.

Then how could Xiong Wencan, the governor of Huguang, have thought that this notorious "Ten Evil Generals" could have such saucy tricks?

He worked recklessly for seven or eight days, but was beaten all over the head by the rebels and failed to make any progress.

Just as Xiao Qinhu and Huguang Governor Xiong Wencan were fighting each other, Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides of Xi'an, also led 30,000 elite border troops to fight against Zhang Shun.

It's just that Zhang Shun had already prepared for the decisive battle, as if Liang Tingdong came here in a hurry, where is the opponent of the rebels?

After Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, suffered several small losses, he simply retreated to the city of Xi'an and could not stand out.

Everyone still thought that Liang Tingdong was just intimidated by Zhang Shun's fame and the rebel army had many troops, so they did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

Only Zhang Shun and Hong Chengchou believed that Liang Tingdong was waiting for a fighter opportunity, intending to annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop.

On the surface, the rebel army claims to be one hundred thousand, and its numbers are overwhelming. In fact, except for the thirty thousand armored soldiers, the other unarmored soldiers can only do some defensive and auxiliary work, and cannot be the main force.

Compared with the 40,000 elite officers and soldiers, the strength of the two sides is actually very different, and neither side has a crushing advantage.

In terms of strength, it seems reasonable that Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, does not dare to fight.

However, if you consider that the two princes Dorgon and Yue Tuo led more than 10,000 Jurchen elites and were stationed in Guihua City to watch, and there were threats such as mutiny and "rogue bandits" in many other places, then Liang Tingdong's behavior became strange.

It was only after Zhang Shun received Xiao Qinhu's letter that the situation became clearer.

Now that Huguang Governor Xiong Wencan has begun to use troops on a large scale against Nanyang, will it be far behind when Zhu Dadian, Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang, and Wu Di, Governor of Shanxi, and others take action?

"Liang Tingdong is indeed waiting, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to catch fire in our backyard!" Zhang Shun made a decisive judgment.

"I also hold the same view!" Smart people speak to save worry and effort. Hong Chengchou also nodded when he heard this, looking like he fully understood.

"It's just that this battle is very dangerous, so please King Shun make plans in advance!"

"Crisis, crisis, danger but also opportunity!" Zhang Shun sneered when he heard this, "Originally, I was worried about the situation in Nanyang. I was afraid that the rebel army would not be able to withstand the wind and frost and would collapse at the first touch."

"Now that Xiao Qinhu can withstand Xiong Wencan's attack with newly recruited weak soldiers, I will be confident!"

"As long as Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, wants to fight, I will fight with him; as long as Liang Tingdong wants to delay, I will fight with him as long as he wants. I want to see what tricks he has to deal with me!"

"It should be noted that when the officers and soldiers set a trap for me, how could I know that I did not take the opportunity to set a trap for them!"

"What does King Shun mean?" Hong Chengchou was silent for a moment and thought to himself: This King Shun does not seem to be a reckless person, how could he make such a dangerous decision?

The Art of War says: The master must not be angry and raise an army, the general must not be angry and start a war, move when it is beneficial, and stop when it is not!

It should be noted that Xiao Qinhu can withstand it now, but it does not mean that Xiao Qinhu will always be able to withstand it. Even if Xiao Qinhu can withstand the attack of Huguang Governor Xiong Wencan, who can withstand the attack of other officers and soldiers?

In the art of war, the most taboo thing is to use up all the means without leaving any margin for yourself.

Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, the whole situation will collapse.

Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, the rebels obviously have no certainty of victory and must focus on defense. If we rashly start a war with the officers and soldiers, wouldn't we just hit the stone with an egg?

"Before Mr. Hong arrived, I had a premonition that something was wrong. I had already given an order to Zhang Sanbai, telling him to take the initiative and show off to Zhu Dadian, the Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang." Zhang Shun sneered. , "Now judging from the time, it's almost time for him to start!"

"If you don't let me conquer Qin step by step, will I still let you encircle me step by step?"

"Zhang Sanbai?" Hong Chengchou was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help asking quickly, "Where was he originally stationed?"

Although Hong Chengchou had joined Zhang Shun's command for several months, due to the large number of military affairs, he had not fully understood the deployment of Zhang Shun's generals.

"In Xiangcheng, there is also Chiang Kai-shek and a battalion stationed in Xuzhou!" Zhang Shun said with a smile.

"Is King Shun going to let them go straight down the river and attack Fengyang?" Hong Chengchou was stunned when he heard this and said in shock.

"That's right!" Zhang Shun is too familiar with this route. It takes Yingqikou in Chenzhou as the intersection. From north to south, three tributaries of the Jialu River, Ying River and Shah River merge into the Ying River.

Among them, the Jialu River starts and ends with Zhuxian Town, the Ying River starts and ends with Yuzhou, and the Shahe River starts and ends with Beiwudu Town.

However, since the Shahe River also has a tributary, the Beiru River, with a large amount of water, ships can easily navigate to Xiangcheng County.

It is said that after Zhang Shun defeated Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, and Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang, he led the main force to relieve the siege of Nanyang, leaving Zhang Sanbai, Li Xin, Li Jiyu, Chai Shihua, Jiang He, Cao Bianjiao and Zhao behind. Lizi's seventh battalion was stationed everywhere.

Among them, Zhang Sanbai was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and Li Xin and Cao Bianjiao were appointed as deputy commanders.

However, although this man commanded two battles in place of Zhang Shun and captured Hong Chengchou, the governor of five provinces, although his ability was good, his actual achievements were quite insufficient and he still found it difficult to convince the public.

So after Zhang Shun left, Zhang Sanbai focused on fighting and had to make some achievements.

There is a saying that "nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so". After thinking about this three hundred for a long time, he really made some sense.

The officers and soldiers stationed in the city of Yan downstream were as fierce as tigers. They were brave and decisive and good at fighting.

Since joining the Ming Dynasty, he not only annihilated the Mongolian chief Gan'ercui of Hetao, but also killed the rebel generals "Nine Dragons", "Five Dragons", Kelan Gaojiaji and others.

Zhang Sanbai had fought with him several times in the past, but he never got any advantage. It was just because Zhang Shun defeated the governor in a row that his momentum was like a rainbow.

Only those men who were as fierce as tigers could not retreat to Xiangcheng to curb the rebel army's eastward advance.

Zhang Sanbai tested for a long time and found that Fengruhu was indeed a good general, but he had no flaws to exploit.

Originally, he was ready to give up this goal. One day, he happened to be taking his soldiers to relax in the city and happened to see boats on the Ru River outside the city.

Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration: Yes, this guy who is as fierce as a tiger is a general who surrenders outside the fortress, but he is good at horseback riding, but he doesn't know the advantages of the navy.

In this case, why don't I secretly build a navy?

Even if we can't take the opportunity to defeat this thief, we can still make some achievements in the future when King Shun's army goes east from the Huaihe River and goes south to the south of the Yangtze River!