please make me king

Chapter 1176 surprise attack
"General!" Li Xin looked at the familiar or unfamiliar faces in the room, and stepped forward to salute the new Pingdong General Hong Chengchou.

"Excuse me!" Hong Chengchou smiled as he signaled Li Xin to sit on his hands.

"Since everyone is here, in order to facilitate the sincere unity in the future, let me introduce you first."

"This is Zhao Guangyuan, this is Li Jiyu, and Wang Ding, Zuo Yan, Luo Shangwen, Tuo Yangkun, Li You, Li Fuchen, Ma Jinzhong, Wei Zhiyou, and this is our Zuo Shuai Li Xin!"

"Among them, Cao Bianjiao, the right commander, and his subordinates Zhao Lizi, Gao Yigong, Huang Chaoxuan, and Zhang Xianbi are currently fighting fiercely with the officers and soldiers. It is not appropriate to come here. Let everyone know in advance."

"I've seen Shuai Zuo!" The others were shocked when they heard the words, and they quickly got up and saluted Li Xin.

"Ah? You're welcome, you're welcome!" Although Li Xin already knew that he was the lieutenant general, he never expected that his status would be so respected, and he was at a loss for a while.

No wonder Li Xin reacted like this.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zuo was respected. Although Li Xin and Cao Bianjiao were at the same level in name and belonged to the left and right commanders, in fact Li Xin was only inferior to Hong Chengchou.

If in a war, if something happens to the commander Hong Chengchou, this army will be sorted according to the rank, and Li Xin should take over the command.

To be honest, Li Xin also performed very well in the previous few battles.

If it wasn't for the fact that his cousin Chen Changzhu was Zhang Shunyi's brother, and his promotion was slightly suppressed for the sake of power balance, his prestige and ability would be enough to be the commander of an army.

With the gradual expansion of the power of the rebel army, the original battalion-based organization could no longer meet the needs of current operations. Therefore, Zhang Shun adopted the method of "combining five battalions into one army" according to the actual situation.

That is to say, every [-] people is a battalion, and there is a general soldier; every five battalions is an army, and there is a general; if there is no army, then there is a plus general.

Therefore, this time, Hong Chengchou, the coach of the South Route Army, was given the title of General Pingdong, the right commander, Cao Bianjiao, was given the title of General Xiaoqi, while the left commander, Li Xin, was given no bonus.

"Among them, Li You, Li Fuchen, Ma Jinzhong, and Wei Zhiyou, your four battalions are under the command of the left commander Li Xin!" Seeing that everyone had no objection, the commander Hong Chengchou continued according to the plan agreed in advance.

"Decree!" Li You, Li Fuchen, Ma Jinzhong and Wei Zhiyou hurriedly stepped forward upon hearing this.

Among the four, Li You is Li Xin's cousin, and the relationship is not trivial.

Although Ma Jinzhong and Wei Zhiyou were also born as leaders of the rebel army, they are slightly inferior in terms of prestige and qualifications.

As for Li Fuchen, he belongs to the newly promoted generation. Although his martial arts skills are high, his qualifications and reputation are also lower than Li Xin.

These four are new talents carefully selected by Zhang Shun, so that Li Xin can hold back the situation.

Then Li Xin is a smart person, how can he not understand Zhang Shun's intention after hearing the words?
He hurriedly left his seat, bowed to the west, and said: "Thank you King Shun for your kindness, there is no reward for faith, only a corpse wrapped in horse leather!"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Xin's behavior.

In fact, although Zhang Shun promoted Li Xin by selecting generals this time, why didn't he promote himself?

As a surrender general and Chief of Staff of the Rebel Army, although he is quite talented, he has no combat achievements and cannot convince the masses.

Therefore, apart from Tuo Yangkun and Li Jiyu, Li Xin, Cao Bianjiao, and the [-] generals under his command hardly had anyone with established prestige and deep experience.

However, among the two, Tuo Yangkun was already quite close to Zhang Shun. This time he joined Hong Chengchou's command and belonged to a "relationship household" who "picked up" military exploits.

However, under Li Jiyu's command, there are newly-built heavy armor elites, which are specially used to overcome difficulties, so they have no negative impact on the command of the South Route Army.

"Boss, Zuo Shuai, when are we going to leave?" The two sides decided on priorities, and after getting acquainted with each other, the "scorpion block" Tuo Yangkun couldn't hold back and couldn't help asking.

"No hurry!" Hong Chengchou glanced at Li Xin, seeing that he had no intention of speaking, he couldn't help but comfort him.

"If Tuo Zongbing is interested, he can sneak to Mengjin to hide tonight, and don't let the enemy know, waiting for the military order!"

"Okay!" Tuo Yangkun is also a man who knows how to fight, he knows the elegance after hearing the strings, but he didn't know what Hong Chengchou planned, so he quickly responded.

"No hurry, no hurry!" Seeing that Tuo Yangkun was impatient and ready to stand up and leave, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but stop him.

"There is an octogenarian old man in Luoyang City. Not only is he old with King Shun, but he is also from Mengjin. He should be able to help you."

"Old man?" Tuo Yangkun was taken aback, and thought to himself: "I'm going to fight, why do I still want to find an old guy to make irresponsible remarks?"

"This person's status is not inferior to Mr. Song and Mr. Chen, so he may not be willing to see you easily!" Li Xin couldn't help laughing.

"Since Mr. Hong has such a plan, then I will accompany you for a while, so as to seek favor for you!"

Not to mention how the generals care about it, let's say that Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang, finally arrived in Kaifeng.

The two soldiers and horses gathered in one place. There were two governors and two battalions of the standard battalion, as well as fierce tigers, tigers, Zuo Liangyu, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen, Fengsi general Yang Yupan, Jiangbei deputy general Mou Wenshou, and the new Cantonese General. Wait for Zhang Shiyi and others.

If the cavalry of the first battalion of Liaoning iron cavalry Zu Dale brought by the new right governor Yang Sichang is added, the total number of cavalry is [-], which is twice that of the more than [-] under Cao Bianjiao's command.

Immediately, under the command of Yang Sichang, everyone tried to recapture Zhengzhou City.

Now the attack and defense changed shape, instead, it became the attack of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the rebels relied on Zhengzhou City to defend.

Since most of the rammed-earth city walls in this era are made of traditional triadic clay, this thing
The intensity at first wasn't great.

However, the lime and loess in the composite soil will react with the carbon dioxide in the air over time, so that the strength will become stronger and stronger, even exceeding that of concrete without reinforcement.

Therefore, Yang Sichang believes that even if the partially collapsed Zhengzhou city wall is repaired in time by "thieves", it will not be able to achieve the original defensive effect, but will become a huge loophole for the defender.

As a result, he never expected that the "thief" not only did not repair the city wall, but "used the city with guns".

The rebel army specially dragged several [-]-jin Hongyi cannons and more than a dozen field cannons and golden cannons for defense. The collapse of the poor Zhengzhou city wall not only did not become a breakthrough point for officers and soldiers, but became the road to death for officers and soldiers.

"Damn it!" Yang Sichang, the right supervisor, looked at the "blood road" leading to the city of Zhengzhou not far away, almost tearing his eyes.

Yang Sichang is a scholarly businessman. Although he has been a soldier, a governor, a governor, and a minister of the central military department, he has a bit of knowledge and talent, but like most ordinary people, he speaks lightly of war.

He didn't realize that people would die in war, and as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, if he made a mistake in judgment, blood would flow into rivers and corpses would litter the fields.

"I'm dead, give me the weapon, I'm going to fight this thief to the death!" Yang Sichang only felt a rush of blood rushing to his heart, couldn't help but snatched the waist knife of the guard around him, and was about to take the lead in rushing to fight.

"Supervisor!" Zhu Dadian and Wu Tong were taken aback, hugging him tightly from left to right, persuading him.

"The ancients said: Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists, and it also said: If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood."

"If the supervisor disregards his own family and life, wouldn't it be quick for relatives and enemies!"

Yang Sichang struggled a few times, seeing that he couldn't break free, he calmed down a bit.

He was about to open his mouth to excuse himself, when suddenly a soldier shouted loudly: "Urgent military situation, urgent military situation!"

"The thieves suddenly crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin, seized Meng County, and threatened Huaiqing. Zheng Fan was in danger. I asked the supervisor to send troops immediately to repel the thieves!"

"What?" Zhu Dadian, Governor of Water Transport, and Wu Tong, Governor of Henan Province, felt that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart and their minds were at a loss.

It was easy to remember that there was still a backbone here, and he quickly looked down, only to see that Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War and right supervisor, had already rolled his eyes and passed out.

(End of this chapter)