please make me king

Chapter 550 Decisive Battle (End)

When Zhang Shun led all the rebel soldiers to fight outside the city, Hong Niangzi, Zhao Yutou, Zhang Shenyan and others also stood on the top of the city to watch the battle.

Although the distance is far away, only teams of soldiers can be seen changing formations.However, since this is a war that determines the fate of the rebel army, the final result is closely related to everyone present, and everyone is reluctant to leave.

They rejoiced that the rebels defeated every enemy, and worried about every rebel who died in battle.Their mood is like a roller coaster, going up and down from time to time, changing with the changing situation on the battlefield.

Especially Hong Niangzi, staying to defend Luoyang City this time was the first time she had violated Zhang Shun's will and made a decision against all opinions.

Decision-making requires pressure, so when Cao Wenzhao's department appeared on the horizon, Hong Niangzi felt that she was about to collapse.

She couldn't imagine the result of Zhang Shun's defeat, and she couldn't even imagine that it was caused by her own willfulness.

She couldn't help turning pale and feeling cold all over, and could only watch helplessly as Cao Wenzhao's troops approached the bank of the Dian River step by step.

At this moment, Zhao Lizi ran up out of breath and shouted, "Huang Shoucai is back and said he couldn't stop Cao Wenzhao from advancing westward, so he is here to report!"

"Let him come up!" The red lady couldn't help being furious when she heard the words, and entrusted you with the task of dragging Cao Wenzhao's department. Did you complete it like this?

Zhao Yutou immediately lost his eyes when he heard the words, approached two steps, and said in a low voice: "The most urgent thing is to let him support the Lord in time!"

The red lady was taken aback when she heard the words, and suddenly came to her senses.She quickly changed her words: "Forget it, General Huang's journey has been full of dust and dust, I'll meet him personally."

The red lady is six months pregnant, even wearing loose clothes can't hide her figure.

Jian'er heard the words and quickly helped her down the tower, and the rest of the officials couldn't help following after seeing this.

When they came to the city, they saw Huang Shoucai was still shirtless, with bare feet and only a pair of calf shorts.It was the end of November, and the sky was so cold that Huang Shoucai was so cold that his whole body turned purple.

Seeing this, the red lady couldn't help being surprised, and quickly asked Zhu'er to take a cloak for Huang Shoucai to put on, and at the same time scolded: "It's almost winter, why doesn't General Huang wear some cotton clothes?"

Huang Shoucai hurriedly pleaded guilty: "Now that Huang is incompetent, he actually let Cao Wenzhao's troops cross the river, so I'm here to plead guilty!"

"As for the matter of clothes, Madam, please don't worry. I have some cotton clothes in the cabin. I'm just traveling all the way in a hurry. The water vapor on the river is heavy, so I'm afraid I'll get wet."

Zhao Yutou was originally a boatman, so he was embarrassed, so he quickly explained to the red lady: "According to common sense, sailing by boat is faster than walking on land, but now that the river is frozen and the weather is cold, Huang Shoucai went upstream and was able to catch up in time. Arrived, it is rare.”

"General, you don't need to be too polite!" The red lady knew Zhao Yutou's meaning, and quickly responded: "I am a woman, so it is very inconvenient. It's just that the lord is in danger now, so I ask the general to spare no effort and rush to the battlefield to meet the enemy."

"If the soldiers are in danger of hunger, thirst and cold, I can order the city to prepare and send them together."

When Huang Shoucai saw that the red lady came to greet her in person, he was very moved. How could there be any complaints?

He quickly responded: "Ma'am, it's okay to rest in the city. Huang's side goes up the river, and he will definitely protect the lord well!"

After finishing speaking, Huang Shoucai hurriedly led a boat to the battlefield through the Cang River, regardless of the hunger and cold.

Seeing that Huang Shoucai had gone far away, Hong Niangzi quickly climbed up the tower to check the battle situation outside the city.

At this time, He Renlong led his cavalry to charge Zhang Shun's formation.Originally, Chen Qiyu ordered He Renlong and the pawn Liu Qian to attack Zhang Sanbai. At that time, Liu Qian was incompetent, but Zhang Sanbai almost couldn't hold back Liu Qian, and retreated dozens of steps.

As a result, there was a gap in the left wing that originally protected the rebel formation.He Renlong is eager to make contributions and wants to be the commander in chief, how can he let go of this great opportunity?
He quickly turned his horse's head, entered through the gap in the formation of the rebel army, and went straight to where Zhang Shunzhong's banner was.

Zhang Shun already knew He Renlong's movements, so he quickly ordered: "Xiao Qinhu listens to the order, and quickly take the 'Baby Camp' to stop the bandit cavalry!"

After a little hesitation, Zhang Shun cupped his hands at Wu Xian again and said, "I know that General Wu is a great talent, but he just led the troops, so he is a bit of a handyman. It's just that we are in danger now, please take care of the general and go help me there." Yixiong's 'baby camp'."

Wu Xian still understood the truth of "eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king". Although Zhang Shun didn't have time to pay him a salary, since he entrusted such an important matter to himself, it was the greatest trust in himself.

With this in mind, Wu Xian took the lead and said: "General, don't worry, Wu will not die, and the enemy will not enter!"

As soon as Wu had left, Wang Yidao quickly stood up and asked Ying, saying: "General, please don't forget me, Old Wang!"

Zhang Shun looked at him, and couldn't help laughing: "Now, you have also received the military order. After a while, I will shout, and you order the soldiers to follow, and you must do your best to let the rebel army know!"

After finishing his speech, Zhang Shun waved his cloak on his back, and walked to Zhongjun Drum in a swaggering manner.He firmly grabbed the two drumsticks and hit them hard twice. The deafening and dull drumbeat immediately resounded throughout the battlefield.

Zhang Shun shouted: "The righteous army obeys orders, and I am King Shun! Luoyang City is behind you, and your wives, children, and children are all in the city. The atrocities committed by Chen Qiyu outside the city are well known. If you lose this battle, the world It's so big, we have nowhere to retreat!"

"Hairs are like leeks, cut back to life; heads are like chickens, cut off and sing again. Officials need not be feared, and small people should never be taken lightly! If this battle is won, all soldiers participating in the battle, regardless of their rank or inferiority, will be rewarded with five acres of land; , Enjoy ten acres of land. This king swears to everyone that you will have food to eat, clothes to wear, and fields to cultivate. If you violate this oath, the sky will strike with thunder!"

Zhang Shun shouted, then beat the drum, Wang Yidao and the [-] men under his command repeated loudly.

Originally on the battlefield, the coach's order has always been concise.If it is too complicated, it is easy to cause soldiers to be at a loss.

It's just that Zhang Shun led the crowd to retell through Wang Yidao, and clearly conveyed his meaning to everyone.

Firstly, if the family members of the soldiers are in the city, if they are defeated in this battle, they will be slaughtered by the officers and soldiers; secondly, if they win the battle, the soldiers will be rewarded with farmland.

Originally, there were not many family members of the soldiers under Zhang Shun's command, but after the unstoppable rebel army entered Luoyang City, Zhang Shun arranged for many people to marry wives, so these people became concerned.

As for arable land, it is what the Chinese people have worked hard for thousands of years.No matter how much gold and silver you have, it is better to have an acre of fertile land at home.This is not something that you can easily buy with money.

Sure enough, when all the soldiers heard Zhang Shun's order, they couldn't help fighting like chicken blood.

And at this time, He Renlong finally ran into Xiao Qinhu's "baby camp".Although the "Baby Battalion" was overwhelmed for a while, fortunately, these teenagers were full-blooded people, and they were not afraid of death. In turn, they hooked down many officers and soldiers with their hooked guns.

Xiao Qinhu saw where He Renlong was, quietly took the tiger tendon bow, twisted a mace arrow, and nailed He Renlong's throat with just one arrow.

He Renlong was taken aback, only to realize that he had an arrow stuck in his neck.He stretched out his hand and pulled it off, only to see that the tip of the arrow happened to be bright red again, which was his own blood.

Fortunately, although He Renlong is brave, he also knows the dangers of the battlefield. He has three attributes of armor and is invulnerable.Xiao Qinhu's arrow just pierced He Renlong's neck guard, but failed to pierce the man's throat.

He Renlong turned his head and saw that it was "Meng Zhang Fei" who defeated him in Yuanqu.

It turns out that in order to conceal the camp of King Shun, Xiao Qinhu pretended to be "Meng Zhangfei".It was only because of his distinctive features that He Renlong recognized him again.

When the enemy met, they were extremely jealous.He Renlong couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and shouted loudly: "Zhuzi, you have today! If I can't take your head, I will take your surname today!"

After finishing speaking, He Renlong didn't care about attacking Zhang Shun's army's banner, but divided his cavalry into [-] teams of fifty cavalry, and harassed and charged at Xiao Qinhu's "Baby Battalion" one after another.

He Renlong's move was quite ruthless, although the "Haierying" was brave, but they only had the courage of blood, and there were only more than [-] people, so they were no match for He Renlong's more than [-] cavalry.

After only two rounds of fighting, fifty-six people in the "Baby Camp" were killed.Although at the same time, the number of officers, soldiers and cavalry killed was not less than this, but one for one, how could "Haierying" be the opponent of He Renlong's thousand cavalry?

This time, even the bravest Ren Jirong couldn't stand it.He hurriedly begged Xiao Qinhu for orders: "General, you can't do anything. Please leave Ren to defend against the enemy, the general will make plans early!"

As Zhang Shunyi's elder brother, Xiao Qinhu knew that Zhang Shun would never send himself here if it was not a critical moment.Ren Jirong's official position is low, so those who don't know it are not to blame, he has already understood Zhang Shun's intention, how could he let He Renlong go?
Thinking of this, Xiao Qinhu couldn't help shouting sharply: "The military order is like a mountain, how can it be a joke! Now there are only generals who died in battle, and there is no Xiao who retreats!"

At this time, another fifty riders roared over.Xiao Qinhu yelled loudly, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, he waved the spear in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Follow me to charge!"

Ren Jirong and the "Haier Camp" couldn't help but turn pale when they heard the words. Although the number on the opposite side was small, they were cavalry. Although the "Haier Camp" had many people, they were infantry.

Xiao Qinhu first shot an arrow over an officer and soldier in front of him, then picked up his spear and killed the general.The rest of the soldiers of the "Baby Camp" were young men with vigorous blood. Seeing Xiao Qinhu's momentum was like a rainbow.Immediately, they were deeply infected and followed suit. They fired an arrow first, and then charged forward with spears in their hands.

Due to the physical limitations of mounts, cavalry cannot charge at will without restriction.Under normal circumstances, they will find a suitable position, gradually increase their speed, and finally bring their horse speed to the most suitable speed for assassination before they touch the enemy, and then launch a fatal blow.

Now, Xiao Qinhu led the team to rush back rashly, shortening the cavalry's sprinting distance immediately, before the officers, soldiers and cavalry horses could quickly get up, seven or eight of them were shot down by the rebels.

Then the rest of the rebels rushed forward, some stabbing, some hooking. In a short while, the group of fifty cavalry lost seven or eight, and only a dozen or so cavalry fled in a hurry.

This time, not only Xiao Qinhu, who had the will to die, was stunned, but also his face-to-face enemy, He Renlong.

Riding with steps is unheard of.There is no reason for this in the affairs of the world!He Renlong couldn't help being startled and frightened.

In fact, this is so rare for He Renlong.Thinking back to the time when Ming Taizu Zhu Chongba raised his troops, it was common for the soldiers under his command to chase the Mongolian cavalry with a long spear in their hands and have no way to go to the sky and nowhere to go to the earth.

The Shizhu chieftain's tactics used in the "Baby Camp" were originally offensive infantry tactics, which were completely different from those in the early Ming Dynasty.

Because Xiao Qinhu, Zhang Sanbai and Ma Yingniang were carefully selected and trained in the "Baby Camp", they are all young men with full of vigor.Therefore, being able to run without dispersing, and charge without fear, had unexpected effects.

Xiao Qinhu couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw that this plan was feasible.He hurriedly shouted to all the soldiers: "I heard that to hit a snake, you have to hit seven inches, and to kill a man, you have to stab the vital point. Now that the enemy cavalry are scattered, I can't catch up with them. Only He Renlong is the most powerful, and he is a cavalry general. If If you can hit them and kill them, the officers and soldiers will be defeated without fighting!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Qinhu led his "Baby Battalion" and rushed towards He Renlong.

He Renlong was shocked, he couldn't help dodging, and ordered the rest of the cavalry to attack Xiao Qinhu's "Baby Camp".

Xiao Qinhu became more and more commanding, if any cavalry came.Order the "Baby Camp" to turn around and charge forward, destroying everything.

He Renlong had no choice but to restrain Xiao Qinhu while ordering the rest of the cavalry to charge towards Zhang Shunzhong's banner.

Xiao Qinhu only cared about killing the enemy, only then remembered what Zhang Shun entrusted, he couldn't help but regret that it was too late.

Fortunately, Wu Xian had already led [-] "hair gourds" to line up under Zhang Shun's banner. When he saw the officers and cavalry attacking, he only stretched out his spears towards the hedgehogs, but waited for the officers and cavalry to attack.

It's just that the officers, soldiers and cavalry are not stupid, and now that they have lost He Renlong's restraint, how can they be willing to die so easily?

They just harassed with arrows from a distance, and shot at the five hundred "hair gourds", refusing to go forward.

He Renlong was being chased by Xiao Qinhu from a distance, and he turned his head to look at it with great difficulty, and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

However, "a snake cannot fly without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings", you, He Renlong, want to be promoted to a noble, but the brothers will not accompany you.

He Renlong knew that his position as commander-in-chief was easy to get, not to mention that these people were not his own troops, they were just assigned to his command for the time being.

He had no choice but to shout loudly: "Attack quickly, whoever can take the head of the enemy chief will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

"What?" All the cavalry asked back in unison, "We didn't hear clearly!"

He Renlong almost gritted his teeth, what the hell is he bargaining with himself!In desperation, he had no choice but to respond quickly: "The rest of the soldiers will each be rewarded with five taels of silver!"

Only then did the people receive the order, lined up into three teams, and charged towards Wu Xian's troops one after another.

It doesn't matter this rush, Wu Xian couldn't resist it anymore.It's not that Wu Xian is incompetent, but that only the corporal leader of the five hundred "hair gourds" has been trained, and the rest of the captains and banner leaders haven't had time to be trained, so they can't resist if the formation is a little messy.

While beating the drums on the stage, Zhang Shun looked at Wukong and Wang Yidao.Now I only have a hundred guards led by Wukong, if I let them out again, then I will really be alone.

At this point, Zhang Shun quickly ordered: "Wang Yidao obeys the order, quickly support Wu Xian, and resist the enemy cavalry!"

Wang Yidao was overjoyed when he heard the words, he waited for this opportunity after holding back for a long time, and immediately screamed, and led the [-] people under his command to rush over.

Zhang Shun didn't look at him, but closed his eyes weakly. "If you don't teach the people to fight, it means abandoning them." I never imagined that one day I would be so cold-blooded and ruthless!

"General!" Ma Yingniang's voice suddenly sounded, "I will guard you until we die together!"

Standing there, she saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around Zhang Shun. Even if she didn't know the art of war, she knew what it meant.

"No! This is not your destination!" Zhang Shun shouted sharply, "If you lose this battle, I will order you to jump out of the encirclement and run for your life!"

He has used up all the tricks he can use.Could it be that he was going to be completely buried here just like a wave in the long river of history?

What is the chance of winning?
Suddenly Zhang Shun felt pain in his right arm, and the drumstick in his hand fell down with a "click".

"General!" Accompanied by Ma Yingniang's scream, Zhang Shun looked down and saw that his right forearm was pierced by a stream arrow, and the blood stained Zhang Shun's sleeve.

Inexplicably, Zhang Shun recalled that in his previous life, when he was young, he read a piece of chicken soup in his heart, and his face was flushed with his tablemate: the road to success, should we stick to it to the end, or should we continue in another direction?

Zhang Shun chuckled, feeling ridiculous that he had such a boring idea at this time.

He bent down and stretched out his left hand to pick up the drumstick, handed it to Ma Yingniang and said, "If you don't want to go, then beat the drum for me, I'm tired!"

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