please make me king

Chapter 518 Cloudy
After the commander-in-chief Ni Chong and Wang Pu got the information about Mabu, they decided to rush forward lightly, abandoning the date and place agreed with Governor Chen Qiyu, and took the lead in attacking Luoyang City.

Among the two, only Wang Pu had suffered a great loss from Zhang Shun.It's just that Wang Pu was in the process of leading the Beijing battalion to support Deng Qi, Zuo Liangyu and others, when Zhang Shun led a cavalry raid.

At that time, the officers and soldiers were caught off guard. Not only did they not have time to line up, they didn't even have time to put on their armor and weapons. They were cut into two by Zhang Shun's cavalry, and they were defeated.

Although Wang Pu was defeated, he was not convinced.He always believed that this battle was "death to me in this day, not a crime of war", and that "King Shun" belonged to "young people who don't talk about martial ethics".If the two sides fight with each other, the outcome is still unknown.

However, Ni Chong had never fought against Zhang Shun, only after Wang Pu and Ma Bu's belittling with embellishment and jealousy.He also lost his head for a moment, and believed the words of these two people, thinking that "King Shun" was only mediocre.

What's more, that Wang Pu was originally the son of Wang Wei, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town in the late Ming Dynasty. Although he was not very talented, he was also the son of a general, and he was worthy of Ni Chong's trust.

It's just that Ni Chong didn't know that the most famous thing in the history books about the chief military officer Wang Wei was that Zhang Xianzhong was executed for breaking the law.The chief general Chen Hongfan looked at his appearance and pleaded with Wang Wei, the commander in chief.Therefore, Wang Wei beat Zhang Xianzhong with a hundred army sticks and then dismissed him.

It is said that after Wang Pu and Ni Chong came out of Lushi County, they traveled twice a day, sixty miles a day, and it took three days to reach Yongning County.

But Zhang Shun not only took two days to arrive at Yongning County, but he had already prepared his subordinates, and soon discovered the east direction of the Beijing camp.

The difference between the two is not only the difference in the quality and organization of the soldiers on both sides, but also the reason why the mountain road from Nalushi to Yongning County is difficult to travel.

Now Zhang Shun's rebel army has captured the city many times, and they already have a mature experience in restoring urban order.

When the commander-in-chief Wang Pu and Ni Chong led the Beijing battalion to the Yongning County, they only saw that the county was as lively as before.

Of course they didn't have the slightest suspicion, and they never thought that Zhang Shun would be so bold that he would suddenly leave Luoyang City before the officers and soldiers besieged him and attack the officers and soldiers by surprise.

Before Wang Pu arrived at the base of the city, he sent his soldiers to report to the city: "The county magistrate of Yongning listened to the order, please prepare food, grass and drinks quickly, but when the Beijing camp army arrives, we will stay here and eat and drink."

After Zhang Shun got the report from the soldiers, he asked the soldiers to pretend to be officers and soldiers in the city to respond to the report, and at the same time quickly hid soldiers and horses in the city.

But in the evening, when the setting sun set behind the mountain, and the sky was full of sunset, the commander-in-chief Wang Pu and Ni Chong led the [-] Beijing battalion to rush all the way.

The mountain roads along the way are difficult and narrow, and it is very easy for thieves to take advantage of them.Don't look at Wang Pu's easy-going words, but in fact, there is a shadow of a snake in his heart, for fear of being ambushed by Zhang Shun again.

Therefore, whenever he encountered dangerous places on the road, he had to send people to investigate repeatedly before he dared to pass.Especially the Gaomen Pass at the junction of Lushi and Yongning, the terrain is very dangerous, which makes Wang Pu worried for a long time.

After arriving at the boundary of Yongning County, the terrain was a little better, so Wang Pu and Ni Chong felt relieved.

However, the terrain is not much better.Yongning County is an old "Xiaodi", which used to be the main road connecting Chang'an and Luoyang.

Its terrain is known as "seven mountains, two plateaus and one river", and this river refers to the alluvial valley of the Luo River.Wang Pu and Ni Chong led the [-] Beijing Battalion along the north bank of the Luoshui River Valley and traveled eastward for more than a hundred li before arriving.

After being vigilant for a long time along the way, finally arriving at the scene, Wang Pu and Ni Chong breathed a sigh of relief, and went to the city to rest.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the city, they heard the sound of a cannon, and a group of people came out of Yongning County.

The leader has a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right. He has a thick body and a dark face. If it's not Jiang He, who is it?
Jingying worked hard all the way, and took off the armor early for convenience.In the end, I didn't expect that I "suffered twice" and suffered a second loss.

When they saw someone coming, they were caught off guard, so they had to shoot randomly with the bows, arrows and firecrackers in their hands, and then rushed forward with long knives and spears.

Jiang He's subordinates were already heavily armored sword and shield soldiers, how could they be afraid of these long-range attacks?
Those arrows and projectiles were either blocked by shields or covered by armor, and were basically useless except for a few people shot by a few bird guns.

Jiang He took the lead and rushed into the crowd, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep, and he didn't care about the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers, just killed.The officers and soldiers were not as good as slashing with a knife, and they didn't hurt when they were stabbed with a gun. Instead, they were knocked to the ground one by one by Jiang He.

The city of Yongning is one hundred and seventy paces in four miles and two feet five feet high.It is adjacent to Fengyi in the north and Luohe River in the south.The female wall is seven feet high and one foot wide, and the moat outside the city is one foot deep and three feet wide.

The city is rectangular, more than one mile long from east to west, and half a mile wide from north to south.There are three gates in the east, south and west. The east gate is called Ying'en Gate, the south gate is called Zhonghe Gate, and the west gate is called Pu'an Gate.

Only the north gate has no way out, because Fengyi Mountain is just north of Yongning County, and there is no way out.

The place where the officers and soldiers were attacked was Pu'an Gate in Ximen. Yongning County was narrow from north to south, so it was difficult to deploy troops.

If the commander-in-chief Wang Pu and Ni Chong are determined to die, they only need to recruit dead soldiers to block the Pu'an Gate, even though there are thousands of troops hidden in Zhang Shun City, they cannot come out.

It's just that these two people are typical "generals who don't know the time and place". Once they are attacked, they are at a loss, but they lead the crowd to retreat.

It didn't matter if Wang Pu and Ni Chong retreated. The Beijing camp, which was already low in morale and worried about its combat power, collapsed like an avalanche.

Zhang Shun saw it clearly from the city, and quickly ordered his soldiers to wave the banner of the Chinese army, and ordered the surprise soldiers to launch.

The cavalry ambushed in Fengyi Mountain, led by He Jin and He Yilong, directly attacked the left flank of the officers and soldiers, and Xiao Qinhu, who was hiding in the south gate of Luoning County, led the "Baby Battalion" directly attacked the officers and soldiers' right flank.

The officers and soldiers were already in chaos, but they were immediately killed by these two groups of surprise soldiers, leaving corpses strewn all over the field.

The cavalry and the "Baby Battalion" chased for a while. Due to the difference in speed between the cavalry and the infantry, a chasing formation gradually formed in which the cavalry was in front of the officers and soldiers' left flank and the infantry was behind the officers and soldiers' right flank.

The right flank of the officers and soldiers was Luoshui. Being driven away by the cavalry, some officers and soldiers panicked and jumped into Luoshui to escape.

It was the cold winter of November, and a thin layer of ice had formed on the river.The broken soldiers were able to escape, not only crushed the thin ice, but also fell into the river and couldn't stand up when they were shocked by the biting river water.

He Jin, He Yilong and Xiao Qinhu chased for five or six miles, until it was dark and the mountain road was difficult to walk, then they reluctantly returned to Yongning City.

Only then did Wang Pu and Ni Chong gather their troops in shock and stability, and chose a high ground to set up camp indiscriminately, and rested for a night, hoping to fight again.

In the morning of the next day, Wang Pu and Ni Chong counted the troops, no matter those who died in battle, fled or fell into the water, the total loss was more than a thousand.

Fortunately, the nearby Luoshui River Valley is narrow, and a small loss of personnel does not affect the formation of officers and soldiers against the enemy.

Wang Pu and Ni Chongtan's rebel army in Yongning City knew that King Shun was in the city.Instead of being angry, the two looked at each other and smiled, "This is really 'you can't find a place to find anything if you break through the iron shoes, and it takes all your effort to get it'. I never thought that the 'shun thief' didn't defend the city, but came to Yongning County instead. .

"It's true that if you don't go to heaven, you don't go, and if you don't go to hell, you come here. I just need to send a piece of paper to Chen Dushi, and discipline him to die without a place to bury him!"

(End of this chapter)