please make me king

Chapter 1141 Looking for death on the pole

It is said that after Zhang Shun made a divorce plan, he led the people back to Hancheng.

The two generals Wang Ding and Wang Zhong had a lot of sad thoughts in their hearts, and they kept saying along the way: "This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come back. Your Highness, King Shun, this is a great opportunity to take Shanxi, so why not shrink back?"

Zhang Shun couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to explain earnestly: "The Ming family is not the only one in the world, but there is also a country like Hou Jin that has dominated Liaodong for decades."

"Now Hou Jin conquers North Korea in the east, Mongolia in the west, Sauron in the north, Zhili in the south, and the world as a tiger."

"It's easy for the rebel army to take Shanxi, but it's hard to take the world!"

"Ah? Why is that?" After all, Wang Ding and Wang Zhong were military commanders. They focused more on marching and fighting, and were not very sensitive to strategic issues.

"If we occupy Shanxi, the old emperor will definitely not be able to stay in Beizhili." Zhang Shun had to explain patiently.

"If the emperor ran to the south to be our enemy, and the Hou Jin who had no worries about the future would send out soldiers in the country to compete with us for the world."

"We are facing enemies on both sides, so what should we do?"

"This..." The two people seemed to understand something after hearing what Zhang Shun said, "Then what should we do?"

"Strategic focus!" Zhang Shun seemed to be telling them, as well as himself.

"I can't listen to the wind and the rain, and change from day to day!"

"Resolutely and conscientiously handle internal affairs, rectify the great rivers and mountains in Shaanxi, and then plan other things."

When everyone returned to Hancheng, Zhang Shun saw Zhang Fatty's brother Zhang Slimy, took off his armor, ate and ate, and then asked: "Where did Yang Chengzu go, is there any news?"

"Yang Chengzu went to the west to chase down the bandits, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in a while." Wang Ding stepped forward and responded.

"It's a good thing that he has a heart, so let's wait for him for a few more days!" Zhang Shun couldn't help praising him when he heard the words.

Why do you think Wang Ding gave Yang Chengzu the task of chasing down the defeated soldiers?
It turned out that mountain warfare was quite dangerous in this era, especially the soldiers from the Ming Dynasty frontier army tried to avoid mountain warfare as much as possible.

In the original history, the reason why Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other generals failed repeatedly was because the officers and soldiers were unwilling to go deep into the mountains.

Because in this era, the terrain in the mountains was complicated and there were no roads.

If you are wearing iron armor, you will consume a lot of physical strength;
If you go into battle lightly, you will be easily ambushed by thieves and suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, in history, even fierce generals like Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Guangxian refused to go deep into the mountains to search and kill the generals of the rebel army after defeating the rebel army.

This Wang Ding was born in Yulin Jiangmen, and he knew it well, so of course he didn't want to do such tiring and dirty work.

But Yang Chengzu was different, for one thing, as the "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai's subordinate, he was naturally inferior to other leaders of the rebel army, so he had to do his best to make meritorious deeds in order to please Zhang Shun.

Second, he followed Luo Rucai before and was defeated in battles. He often went deep into the mountains, and he was not as resistant to mountain warfare as other officers and soldiers.

After waiting like this for more than ten days, a soldier reported back this morning: "General Yang has successively broken through the 'Yellow Mine Master', 'Li Fort Master', 'Jia Zhuang Master' and other [-] large and small mining gentry. "

"Three hundred and seventy-nine thieves were killed and wounded, [-] men and women were captured alive, and [-] children were immature, and the mountains in the north of Hancheng were peaceful!"

"Only the two thieves 'Luan Dian Bing' and 'Zao Ying' are hiding in the deep mountains. It is not easy to find them, and it is difficult to destroy them. Please show me the king of Qin!"

"They are all Yijun brothers, so they must be beaten to death?" Zhang Shun frowned and said.

Yang Chengzu's subordinates are all elite cavalry, and he feels distressed even if one of them dies.

Since this group of bandits is not easy to fight, why not "Zhao'an"?

"If the King of Qin wants to command peace, I'm afraid he will have to let my elder brother step in!" Slim Zhang heard the words and couldn't help but suggest.

"Fatty Zhang? Yes!" Zhang Shun nodded.

In fact, if you want to persuade this group of strong men to surrender, it is best to let Li Zicheng and Zhang Tianlin have high status and seniority.

Just for the sake of these seven or eight hundred people, it would be too much of a fuss to transfer Li Zicheng and Zhang Tianlin, who are shouldering important responsibilities.

Of course, in terms of high status and seniority, I'm afraid Zhang Shun can be considered number one.

However, it is also a joke for him to persuade a few thieves to surrender at the risk of his majesty the king of Qin.

Therefore, after thinking about it, only Fatty Zhang, who has a certain status and is also from the rebel army, is just right.

"How about this, let Fatty Zhang go, but be careful to bring more people, don't be killed, and lose one of my generals!" Zhang Shun pondered for a moment, then nodded involuntarily.

Logically speaking, the rebels would show some affection among the rebels.

However, if you are not afraid of [-], you are afraid of the eventuality, and it is better to be cautious.

"Okay!" Fatty Zhang nodded, and then went out to arrange a messenger to notify Fatty Zhang.

Fatty Zhang had just left, but Wang Ding and Wang Zhong unexpectedly came to visit together.

"What's the matter? You two didn't train your soldiers well and patrol the river defense, how could you come to my place?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing.

"Prince Shun, we have caught someone and came here specially to present it to you!" Wang Ding and Wang Zhong chuckled, then turned their heads and shouted loudly, "Bring them all to me!"

Before Zhang Shun understood what was going on, he saw seven or eight big men rushing in, pushing and shoving the two with their hands bound.

"This is?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking in surprise seeing the extraordinary demeanor of these two people.

"Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shanxi, and this is my admiration, Chen Jitai, who came here to seek refuge with King Shun!" One of them, who was too tall to let Zhang Shun go, cast a sideways glance at Wang Ding and Wang Zhong, and replied proudly. .

"Sun Baigu?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and subconsciously asked, "Why are you two here?"

"Oh, it's hard to say!" Sun Chuanting sighed, tears streaming down his face.

It turned out that after Sun Chuanting was arrested by Jin Yiwei that day, Chen Jitai led his soldiers to rescue him.

Although Sun Chuanting was dedicated to serving the public, he never favored private soldiers.

However, as Sun Chuanting praised paintings, Chen Jitai privately adopted more than a hundred loyal dead men.

That's why he rushed out at a critical moment and saved Sun Chuanting and his son Sun Shirui.

After Sun Chuanting was saved, he had nowhere to go.

The two had no choice but to flee from Taiyuan all the way to Shaanxi, but just after crossing the Yellow River, they were captured alive by patrolling Wang Ding and Wang Zhong.

Zhang Shun was stunned when he heard the words. He had calculated everything, but he never expected such an ending.

When Zhang Shun tried to divorce him, he didn't expect it to have any effect, but he just took the opportunity to give Sun Chuanting eye drops.

He intends to hit Sun Chuanting's reputation, create some obstacles to his plan to clean up the farmland and rectify the soldiers, and buy some time for the rebel army to integrate Shaanxi.

Zhang Shun never expected that Chongzhen Xiaoer could even hit such a simple plan.

He was so eager to get on the pole to seek death, could it be that he was worried that the queen would be old in a few years, and it would be inconvenient for him to accept it after he invaded the Forbidden City?

(End of this chapter)