please make me king

Chapter 1178 Lead the snake out of the hole
"General Li, Commander Tuo, please come inside!" Shi Wenhuan stood at the gate of the Mengxian county government office, tremblingly making a gesture of invitation.

"Mr. Shi really understands righteousness!" Li Xin couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Don't worry, I will report this matter to King Shun to honor Shi's merits!"

"If there is work, then there will be work!" Shi Wenhuan's smiling eyes narrowed into a line.

He once had a relationship with "King Shun" before, and now he has helped the rebels capture Meng County. No matter what happens in the future, "King Shun" must also remember some old feelings.

The four of them took advantage of the opportunity and walked in. The yamen was brightly lit with candles, shining like daylight.

There was even a bloody smell that still lingered, and there was no one else except a few historians lying there washing the blood stains on the ground.

The four of them didn't mind, and just went to the main hall to sit separately.

Shi Wenhuan smiled and said: "If the three of you are interested, I still have a meritorious service, and I will offer it to you all!"

Zhao Yutou, Li Xiang and Tuo Yangkun were taken aback when they heard the words, and asked in surprise, "Where does the merit come from?"

"Gong comes from Hanoi!" Shi Wenhuan said with a mysterious smile when he heard the words.

The county seat of Hanoi County is the seat of the Huaiqing Prefecture. Shi Wenhuan's so-called "merit comes from Hanoi", doesn't it mean that he can help everyone seize the Huaiqing Prefecture?
"This..." Everyone couldn't help being surprised when they heard the words, and quickly asked, "How do you say this?"

"The old man was originally a Jinshi in the [-]th year of Wanli, and he became an official as a first-rank Ronglu doctor in the fifth year of Tianqi, and he is quite famous." Shi Wenhuan ostentatiously said when he heard this.

"Oh!" Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, scattered officials had no practical purpose other than to express their rank.

However, Shi Wenhuan was actually able to be promoted from the position of first-rank Ronglu doctor, which shows that his status and ability are extraordinary.

"Hey, false fame, false fame!" Shi Wenhuan waved his hands modestly, and then continued.

"The old man has two sons under his knees. The eldest son is called to be selected, and the second son is called to be hired. Both of them are useless."

"The eldest son went to the prefect of Suzhou, and the second son went to the county magistrate to give work. In the end, they all returned to their hometowns and had nothing to do."

"Now these two people are in the mansion city, calling friends and calling friends, reciting poems and fighting against each other, they can just do their little bit for King Shun!"

"Ah? That's very good. I'll lead the troops to capture Huaiqing!" Tuo Yangkun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly begged for his life.

"Hey, no hurry, no hurry!" Unexpectedly, Li Xin laughed when he heard the words.

"This matter should not be done quickly. The old man is old and weak, and he is not as healthy as the soldiers. But after dawn, it will not be too late to seize the city!"

"This..." Tuo Yangkun hesitated for a moment, and then realized that there must be something hidden in it.

"General Li, although I don't know soldiers, I also know that 'soldiers are expensive, slow and fast, and it's not too long to see a coincidence'!" Shi Wenhuan didn't believe that "slow is better than fast" was for his own old bones, so he couldn't help asking.

"This..." Li Xin hesitated for a moment.

"General Li, Mr. Shi is not an outsider, so he speaks freely!" Zhao Yutou couldn't help persuading him when he saw this.

Since Shi Wenhuan risked his wealth and life to help the rebels, the rebels should also give him a "peace of mind".

"Okay!" Li Xin hesitated for a while, and gritted his teeth.

"It is reasonable to say that this is a military secret, not to mention the two old gentlemen, even Tuo Zongbing has never known about it!"

"But Mr. Shi has a question, I dare not answer it!"

"The plan of the rebel army this time is very large. How can it be that there is only one city, one pool, one state and one prefecture?"

Shi Wenhuan was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "How do you say that?"

When he saw Li Xin hesitating earlier, he was worried that the rebel army would just harass and retreat this time, so wouldn't his family be coaxed out and sold out for nothing?
That's why Shi Wenhuan asked about it, and Zhao Yutou persuaded him.

"Although no one knew about the capture of Meng County this time, the Huaiqing Mansion will definitely know about it at dawn!" Li Xin couldn't help sneering.

"Huaiqing Mansion is where Zheng Fan is, Weihui Mansion is where Lu Fan is, Zhangde Mansion is where Zhao Fan is, and Lu'an Mansion is where King Shen is."

"All four of the vassal kings are relatives of the Zhu family, and they have a great relationship."

"If the imperial court knows where the rebel army is going, how can it be indifferent?"

"This..." Shi Wenhuan was taken aback by Li Xin's words, "Led the snake out of the hole?"

"Lead the snake out of the hole!" Li Xin nodded, affirming.

And when the rebel army was discussing "leading the snake out of the hole", the "snake" located on the outskirts of Zhengzhou really moved.

"Supervisor!" Zhu Dadian, Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang, and Governor of Henan, Wu Sheng, called softly, and then looked at the right supervisor Yang Sichang who had just woken up with a heavy expression.

"Is there any other news?" Yang Sichang asked anxiously, hoping to hear some good news.

"." Zhu Dadian and Wu Tong shook their heads lightly, not knowing what to say.

"Zheng Fan is in danger, so we have to save him!" Yang Sichang couldn't help saying firmly.

"Even if Zheng Fan is not rescued, can we still watch Lu Fan and Zhao Fan fall?"

"Even if we don't care about San Francisco, can we still let the thieves endanger Daimyo, Zhending and other places?"

Zhu Dadian and Wu Tong couldn't help but looked at each other with wry smiles.

Although Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War and right supervisor, was pedantic and bookish in his actions, what he said was reasonable.

Originally, they thought that the rebel army's large-scale attack was intended to capture Kaifeng and gain a strategic fulcrum to occupy the western Henan plain.

However, they never expected that the thieves were so rich in troops that they still had spare power to attack Huaiqing and other places.

The three prefectures of Huaiqing, Weihui and Zhangde are located in the south of Taihang Mountain and north of the Yellow River. In the Han Dynasty, they were roughly within the scope of Hanoi County.

In the past, after Han Guangwu Liu Xiu occupied Hebei, he used it as a springboard to fight south and north, conquer the east and conquer the west, and then seize the world.

In fact, after the rebel army segregated Henan Province, the imperial court has always had voices, proposing to "gather the army in 'Hanoi', cross south and take Heluo".

But it is precisely because the strategic positions of the three prefectures are too important that they cannot make the trip.

The reason is very simple, if the officers and soldiers gather here, the safety of the Henan Mansion will be endangered, and the rebel army will have to compete with the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

If the officers and soldiers work hard to wipe out the "thieves", then nothing will be mentioned.

However, if the officers and soldiers were at a disadvantage in crossing the river and fighting like Cao Wenzhao did at the beginning, they would be unable to fight or escape, and if they were not careful, the entire army would be wiped out.

Since the main force is lost, aren't the three prefectures in Hanoi at the mercy of others?
If the three prefectures of Hanoi are lost again, the consequences will be unimaginable.

It's not like Daming doesn't have borders with "Shun Thieves", who dares to take this risk?

Of course, this reason, in turn, is also valid for the rebels.

If the rebel army sent the main force to cross the river to compete with the officers and soldiers, if there was a loss, the Henan government would definitely not be able to protect it.

Therefore, both sides tacitly refused to use troops here to avoid unforeseen events.

This is similar to the most troublesome "Ten Thousand Years Calamity" in Go. If you can't figure out the pros and cons of it, no one dares to take it lightly.

However, now the "Shun Thieves" are starting to cross the river!

To cross the river is to fight for land, and to fight for land is to "loot", and it is still a "ten thousand years of robbery", which cannot be overestimated by the right governor Yang Sichang.

"Wu Tong, you lead Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu, Zu Kuan, and Chen Yongfu to stay here. Zhu Dadian and I will bring Zu Dale, Meng Ruhu, Li Chongzhen, Yang Yupan, Mou Wenshou, Zhang Shiyi and others to cross the river to rescue Zheng Fan." .”

"This..." Henan governor Wu Zhen was a little dumbfounded, but he couldn't bear the charge of falling into the vassal state, and his forehead was sweating immediately, and he was at a loss.

"Zhongmu can be lost, Kaifeng must be defended!" Yang Sichang looked at his embarrassed look, and finally reminded.

"If you really can't stand it, you can transfer Chai Shihua from the southern line to come and help you!"

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