please make me king

Chapter 622 Initiative

"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Emptiness and Truth": I want to fight, although the enemy is high and deep, and I have to fight with me, I will save what I attack; Do what you want.

Although Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, did not know that he had to take the initiative to attack this time, which was deliberately caused by Zhang Shun, he also knew that he was in a passive position.

Li Jing, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, once commented on the art of war in "Li Weigong Questions and Answers": "Thousands of chapters and thousands of sentences are not just for people but not for people."

The so-called "to the people but not to the people" is actually emphasizing the issue of fighting for the initiative in war.

The party with the initiative can avoid conflicts when its own side is at a disadvantage; it can initiate a decisive battle when the enemy is at a disadvantage.

Hong Chengchou is familiar with the art of war and historical records, how could he not know that he is now at a passive disadvantage?Fortunately, he has enough confidence in his own method of using troops, the elite and number of troops under his command.

So Liu Chenggong, the deputy commander-in-chief, simply stayed behind and led [-] people to garrison Xin'an. General He Renlong, Bai Guangen and other seven generals led [-] elites to Luoyang City.

These [-] horses may not sound like a lot, but when marching as an army, the banners are unfurling, boundless, stretching for more than ten miles from Xin'an to Luoyang.

Fortunately, Zhang Shun's rebel army was not the former Wuxia Ameng. Under his strict organization and training, he had already established a complete scout and pond reporting mechanism, and sent a large number of scouts to monitor things near Xin'an County.Therefore, when Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, made a move of the army here, there were already people rushing to relay back the movement of the army of officers and soldiers.

This method of delivery is simple and fast, that is, let the messenger hold the flag, turn around a little distance, and use the semaphore to notify other messengers.Repeatedly, even if officers and soldiers intercept and kill, the news can be passed on quickly.

For double insurance, a team of cavalry was specially sent to Luoyang City to deliver the news in person, but the timeliness was not as good.

When Zhang Shun received the news, he was not very surprised.Instead, he issued an order directly and neatly: "Jinyi, quickly send an order outside the city for the three battalions of 'Wang Shi Wang', Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao to move to the northwest corner of the city and set up camp, forming a corner with Luoyang City and Ziwei Xingbao."

"Order Li Xin's 'Gao Battalion' and the Second Battalion of Xiao Qinhu Tiger Tiger Battalion to do a good job of guarding. Jiang He led the Yulin Battalion to stand by for the time being, and promptly notified the generals and civil officials to come to discuss matters."

Wang Jinyi had to go to the order in a hurry, and arranged for people to deliver the order without mentioning it.Seeing that there was no one around, Gao Guiying asked strangely, "Father doesn't seem surprised?"

She screamed very comfortably, and Zhang Shun responded quickly: "Hey! According to my calculations, the footsteps and the speed of the messengers of "Crossing General" Li Hongji, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, and "Eight Great Kings" Zhang Xianzhong, Hong Chengchou It's time to get the news."

"The opening chapter of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: If the husband has not fought and the temple counts as a winner, it must be counted as more; if the temple has not fought and the temple is counted as invincible, it must be counted as less. What is the temple counting? This is one of them."

"Dengfeng County is more than [-] miles from here, but only two or three days' journey. There are more cavalry in my generation, and I am afraid that I will repent. If I pull them back to deal with Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, the marching speed will only be faster."

"Nowadays Governor Xuanmo of Henan leads six or seven thousand people to watch Li Jiyu Yuzhai. If they cannot attack for a long time, the soldiers must be exhausted. How can the officers and soldiers resist the sudden reinforcements from the rebel army? Only a day or two will determine the winner."

"Even if the victory is still undecided and the officers and soldiers are at a disadvantage, we will definitely send a messenger to let Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, know. It will take one or two days to make such a quick move. The overall estimate is that it only takes five or six days. Hong Chengchou should take action!"

"Daddy, you are so thoughtful!" Gao Guiying couldn't help but be convinced after hearing this.Although this guy is usually a little wretched, he still has resourcefulness, determination and a big heart.

Ever since she reluctantly succumbed to him that day, she followed him to meet her younger brother Gao Yigong and uncle Gao Yingxiang's former subordinate Huang Long and Liu Zhe.

By the way, Zhang directly ordered that the unemployed Gao Yigong replace Wang Jinyi as Li Xin's lieutenant general and remain in the "Gao Battalion".But Huang Long and Liu Zhe stayed in Yulin Camp under his command for the time being.

"Gao Ying" was preserved, and her younger brother had some real power again, so Gao Guiying felt somewhat confident.

Seeing that he was willing to teach himself, he asked again: "Even so, our army is only [-] horses, and Hong Chengchou leads officers and soldiers twice as many as us, so how should we deal with it?"

"Fight if you can beat it, defend if you can't beat it, and leave if you can't defend it. There is no secret recipe in the way of using troops. It is just to destroy the enemy and preserve yourself."

Gao Guiying originally thought that Zhang Shun had finished talking here, and was about to ask more questions.Without thinking about it, Zhang Shun continued: "If you want to destroy the enemy and preserve yourself, you need to 'instruct others but not control others'. Before Hong Chengchou came out, I first coaxed Li Hongji, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and others to go east. That's why reason."

"You calculated that they would help you?" Gao Guiying hesitated.There are too many variables in this, and if it is not implemented carefully, it will be completely different.

"Almost!" Zhang Shun said with a smile, "Those who can keep the enemy from attacking themselves will benefit them; I set up a shelf for them and pointed out the maze. All decisions are made by them, and the reason why I can follow my wishes is only to benefit them."

"I'm not sure how they will deal with Henan governor Xuanmo and others, but I really didn't expect these three brothers to be so loyal and help me kill the governor Xuanmo. I have to thank them very much later."

Well, in fact, Zhang Shun also misunderstood, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong had no intention of killing Henan Governor Xuan Mo at all.They just want to take the opportunity to open up the road to the east of Henan, and rush to the canal early to seize food and grass.

But they never expected that Xuan Mo, governor of Henan Province, would be so blind-minded that he would open the city gate by himself and rush out to die.

Thinking about how Zhang Shun beheaded Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, and Chen Qiyu, the governor of Henan, they took the head of Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, for no reason.

Xin'an County is only [-] miles away from Luoyang City. Although Hong Chengchou was cautious all the way, he still rushed to a location more than [-] miles outside Luoyang City at night.

In fact, this location is a bit embarrassing. If you set up a camp here, it would be a bit far away as a stronghold for attacking Luoyang.However, if the rebels went out of the city to harass, it would only take an hour for Qingqi to attack.

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to set up camp for the time being to prevent the rebel army from attacking the camp at night.

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