please make me king

Then Li Guo saw that Zhou Shi'en was trembling at the defense of Shenjing Fort, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Where did you say that?"

"King Shun sent me here today, not to kill, but to protect the country and the people, and resist the Eastern captives. Why do you doubt it?"

"If you are willing to use your life, although the salary is not very high, it can still guarantee a monthly salary of one stone, and it will be paid out every month."

"If there is meritorious service, regardless of the direct lineage, all will be rewarded."

This time Zhang Shun sent him here just to curb Hou Jin's attempt to occupy the right wing of Xuanfu South Road, so as to complete the deployment before the decisive battle between the two sides.

Li Guo was only the vanguard of the rebel army, after he stabilized his actions on Xuanfu South Road, there must be other people to take over and support him.

In the past, he would only complete the task one by one, and would never make any troubles.

But before leaving the Xuanfu, what his uncle Li Zicheng said made Li Guo's heart for fame and fortune blaze.

Confucius has a saying: Stand at thirty, don't be confused at forty, and know the destiny at fifty!
Li Guo is now thirty-six or seventeen, and his black hair has become gray at the temples.

Since his uncle didn't have the intention of taking revenge and going further, he couldn't help but plan something for himself.

He is a few years older than Li Zicheng. Judging from his age, it is impossible to win the title.

Then if you want to be rich, you can only fight for it immediately with a knife and a gun.

Therefore, seeing that the defense was frightened, he couldn't help thinking:
If I took the opportunity to recruit the descendants of the Ming army and repel the Jin soldiers without reinforcements, wouldn't it be a great achievement?
Sure enough, Zhou Shi'en, the defender of Shenjing Fort, would not be able to protect his own life. Hearing Li Guo's words, why didn't he understand what he meant?
He hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Zhou has heard the name of King Shun's benevolence and righteousness for a long time, and he can't help yearning for him. If the general takes him in today, he will close the castle, how dare he refuse to die?"

Seeing that the defenders in the fort were available, Li Guo asked Zhou Shien to select seven or eight of his confidants to follow him as guides, leaving "Two Tigers" Liu Tichun alone to guard the place.

The city of Shenjingbao is only three miles and sixty-four steps away. There were originally [-] troops in the garrison, but now with the addition of [-] soldiers under Liu Tichun's command, there are almost a thousand people, which is enough to guard this dangerous place.

After everything was properly arranged, Li Guo headed west under Zhou Shien's guidance.

Ten miles to the west from Shenjingbao is Hutuodianbao.

The perimeter of the fort is only two hundred and eighty feet, and there are more than forty soldiers stationed at Shenjing Fort, how can it be defended?

Seeing that Zhou Shi'en, who defended Shenjing Fort, had surrendered and the rebels were well paid, the guards immediately opened the door and joined the rebels on the spot.

After the Hutuodian Fort was set down, it was getting late, Zhou Shi'en, the defender of Shenjing Fort, planned to let everyone rest.

Li Guo was worried that things would change for a long time, so why would he stay?
He ordered the soldiers to pick up the lanterns, and then marched all the way southwest.

Hutuodian Fort was seventy miles away from the east city of Shunshengchuan, and the road was bad in the dark. Under the leadership of Li Guo, everyone groped all the way, and they finally reached the east city at dawn.

Then Li Guo looked up under the rays of the sun, and saw a city "adjacent to Dachuan in the south and Chonggang in the north".

That Zhou Shi'en quickly pointed out to Li Guo: "The big river in the city is the Nashun Shengchuan; the place surrounded by three streams and the hills to the north is the Nashun Shengchuan East City. The common people and soldiers call it Dongcheng."

"There are more than [-] officers and soldiers stationed in this city on Thursday. The guards in the city are called Wang Luer, who is the best friend of the last general."

"Wait for me to call him forward, and respectfully invite the general to enter the city."

Li Guo frowned when he heard what he said lightly, and said: "People's hearts are separated by belly, you should be careful, don't waste your life."

Brothers, since Li Guo followed Li Zicheng in the army, there have been many incidents of brothers killing each other, father and son fighting each other, and I have already felt deeply about this.

That Zhou Shi'en didn't take it seriously when he heard the words, instead he rode his horse and rushed out of the city, shouting loudly: "Where is Wang Donkey, open the door to meet me quickly!"

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw thirty or fifty guns protruding from the top of the city, crackling and resounding.

That Zhou Shien was startled suddenly, and ran back in a frenzy.

Seeing this, Li Guo smiled slightly, and ordered: "Raise artillery, attack the city!"

Do you know why?

It turned out that Li Guo saw that although there were many guns in the city, most of them were only three-eyed guns and fast guns.

Although the weapons here have dense firepower, their power and range are limited.

The officers and soldiers on the city fired randomly at a distance of one or two hundred steps from Zhou Shi'en. Obviously, the training was worrisome and the combat power was limited.

Following Li Guo's order, ten cannons lined up immediately, blasting the east city gate in just one round.

How many years has Wang Donkey been on the guard, where has he seen such a posture, he frightened seven souls and lost six souls, and quickly bound himself and asked to surrender.

Li Guo couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this, so he led his troops into the east city of Shunshengchuan.

"You are toasting and not eating fine wine!" Seeing Zhou Shien, he couldn't help being angry and annoyed, stepped forward and kicked him to the ground, cursing loudly.

"General Li asked me to persuade you, but I didn't expect you to disrespect brotherhood and dare to offend General Huwei. In the end, you were disgraced. Did you accept it this time?"

Zhou Shien scolded for a while, and then said with a shy face: "General, look at this guy, he's such a coward, he can't do anything serious, why don't you just spare his life and pass him off like a fart?"

"You are a loyal person." Li Guo looked Zhou Shien up and down after hearing this, but he shook his head and said, "It's not terrible to be a wimp, and a wimp is useless at all, so let's kill him!"

"Ah?" The donkey Wang was dumbfounded when he heard the words, and quickly kowtowed like garlic and shouted, "General, general, I was wrong, please spare my life, let me do anything!"

"If you have time to beg me, why don't you think about your own use?" Although Li Guo admired Zhou Shien's brotherly loyalty, he also knew that he was in a dangerous situation now, so he must not be soft-hearted.

"Ah? Me..." Wang Lv'er looked at Zhou Shien upon hearing the words, looking at a loss.

"Idiot, this is a chance for you to survive from the general. What's the use of looking at me?" Zhou Shien hated the iron, "Think about it with your brain and think of something useful."

"Deployment of troops? Money and food for people and horses? Geography of mountains and rivers."

"Hey, I have it, I have it!" After Zhou Shien's point, Wang Lv'er hastily said loudly, "Our general in Xicheng is surnamed Gao, and he likes singing and women."

"Okay, let's chop it off!" Li Guo shook his head upon hearing this, not intending to waste time.

"Ah? I still have it, I still have it, by the way, the Hongyi Cannon in that city is gone, I sold it, and the Bauhinia Pass is also lost." Eleven was talking nonsense.

"Wait, what did you say?" Originally, Li Guo was about to leave, but when he heard the word "Bauhinia Pass", he felt something was wrong.

"The Bauhinia Pass is lost?"

"Yes, why did you lose it, and who took it?" Li Guo couldn't help but excitedly asked.

"Ah? It can't be considered lost. It is said that Changping has defected to the Tartars, and the people stationed at Zijing Pass have also defected to the Tartars!" Seeing that the information seemed to be useful, Wang Lv'er quickly explained.

"Is there a map?" Li Guo pondered for a moment, only to feel that his mind was in a mess, but he always felt as if he had overlooked something.

"There are no pictures, but I know the geography of the surrounding mountains and rivers." Zhou Shien saw Li Guo's expression and quickly answered.

"Does the general want to ask whether the Zijing Pass is successful? The Zijing Pass must go south from here, first [-] miles to Yuzhou, then [-] miles to Heishilingbao, and then [-] miles south to Guangchang."

"The old man said: Since ancient times, there were two gates in Datong. Juyongguan is the second, and Zijingguan is the front. Those who go to Juyongguan must pass through Jiming Mountain, and those who go to Bauhinia must pass through Heishi Ridge. The hole is the most dangerous."

"Across Guangchang, it is ninety miles south to Daomaguan, ninety miles west to Lingqiu City, and a hundred miles east to Zijingguan."

"After passing through these two passes, we crossed the Taihang Mountains and arrived in Baoding Prefecture."

"Then north of Baoding is Shuntian Mansion, and south of Baoding is Zhending Mansion."

Hearing this, why didn't Li Guo's face change drastically?
It turned out that Zhang Shun and other rebels only listened to the two places of Xuanda, but ignored the important place of Weizhou.

In addition to this state, Weizhou has jurisdiction over Lingqiu and Guangchang counties.

It connects the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong to the north, Shuozhou, Yingzhou and Daizhou to the west, and Zhending, Baoding and Shuntian to the east.

Originally, the enemy in this area should be under the jurisdiction of Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Baoding who was in charge of Zhenbao Town. As a result, this guy wiped his neck outside Taiyuan City, and once he was done, he left a huge opening for the rebels and Daming.

Don't look at what Zhou Shien, the defender of Shenjing Fort, said in a bit of a mess, but Li Guo, as an outstanding general, sensed the danger in it with his keen intuition.