please make me king

Chapter 624

When Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, rushed to the city of Luoyang, he couldn't help but frown.He has been familiar with the art of war and historical records since he was a child, which is beyond the comparison of ordinary generals.

Originally, he heard the spies report that the "Shun Thieves" had built another fort outside Luoyang City, but he didn't take it seriously.Setting up camps and serving as horns for each other is also a common method of defending the city, which is nothing.

But when he saw the structure and location of "Ziwei Star Castle", he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

Although he doesn't know any "Western methods", it does not prevent Hong Chengchou from intuition that this fortress is not easy to attack.What's more, this "Ziwei Star Castle" is located in the northeast corner of Luoyang City.With the help of the river surrounding Luoyang City, it almost protected several other directions of Luoyang City.

If the officers and soldiers want to attack the city, they can only attack from the northwest corner of Luoyang City, and this is always facing the threat of the fortress to the officers and soldiers' left flank.

Of course, these city defense facilities are "dead objects", and the key rebels actually filed out, lining up against the city, and confronting the officers and soldiers.

This is a bit difficult to handle. The city defense facilities are complete, and the strong walls and clear fields outside the city show that the defenders of the city have the law to defend the city; there are elite soldiers out of the city in formation to confront the officers and soldiers, which shows that the defenders of the city have the ambition to defend the city.

With both the law and the will to defend the city, no matter which city is difficult to attack, it is no wonder that Hong Chengchou looks ugly.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou is a mature and prudent person, and he had no illusions that he could take Luoyang City lightly.He cheered up, and quickly ordered his subordinates to send a team of soldiers forward to test the quality of the opponent.

As a result, the probing soldiers here hadn't been sent out yet, only three cannon shots were heard, the flag was unfurled on the head of Luoyang City, and there was a great crowd of people, and after a while, two people came out to welcome them.

Looking from a distance, Hong Chengchou saw a man with a broad body and a fat body, probably weighing three hundred catties; the other was limp, tall, neither fat nor thin, and had an extraordinary bearing.

Immediately, I heard a loud shout from the city: "Who is under the city, how dare to come here to play wild?"

Hong Chengchou felt strange, so he ordered people to answer loudly: "I am the Crown Prince Taibao, Minister of the Ministry of War, Governor of Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan, and the military affairs of the five provinces are also Hong Chengchou!"

Not long after, the city officials responded, "I am the Fufan of the Ming Dynasty, and I want to be against you!"

Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, almost vomited blood when he heard the words.He had already inquired about Fu Wang's problem from Chen Qiyu's rout, but he never expected that the fight hadn't started yet, and "Shun Thief" played such a trick for himself.

Good guy, the bandit suppressors have become bandits, so how can they suppress them?
The ancients paid the most attention to "being famous in the army". Originally, the officers and soldiers held the righteousness of the court and denounced each other as bandits, which was still just.

In the end, he was pulled out by Zhang Shun to play such a trick with King Fu. What was reasonable was ignored, and the officers and soldiers became rebels. What happened?
Fortunately, Hong Chengchou also made the worst plan. Hearing the words, he quickly ordered: "His Royal Highness, as the royal family of the imperial court, how can he join forces with bandits? This dog must be a counterfeit thief. Hurry up and kill me with artillery to sacrifice to King Fu." Spirit in the sky!"

The governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, is also a ruthless person. He understands much better than Chen Qiyu, the governor of Henan.

The victor is not to be blamed, as long as he completely wipes out the "shun thief", this merit alone is enough for Emperor Chongzhen to hold his hands high and spare his life.

If you just want to be foolproof, you can please yourself.Not only do you end up left or right, but you are afraid that you will bind your hands and feet. Once you lose the battle, you will die without a place to die!

"Tom tom tom~" There was a deafening sound of cannonballs, although most of them didn't know where they flew, only two or three shells hit the city wall of Luoyang City.

But it not only frightened King Fu to the point of piss and urine, but also frightened Zhang Shun, who was pretending to have a thigh injury in the city, to stagger.

Zhang Shun never expected that this guy was a ruthless person, so he scolded Fu Wang for being a fake, and directly bombarded him with artillery to show his will.

At this time, King Fu was scared out of his wits, and hurriedly rushed to Zhang Shun's feet, grabbed Zhang Shun's trouser legs, and cried out with snot and tears, "King Shun benevolent, please forgive me!" Let's die!"

Lu Weiqi saw that this person really disrespected the imperial court, and was about to step forward and reprimand him.In the end, Zhang Shun helped King Fu up with a smile and asked, "Why did His Highness Fu say that? It's just that the rebellious officials and thieves deliberately intimidated the prince. You don't have to worry about it."

"Where is Liu Yinggui? Hurry up and escort King Fu down, and wait for the good news that the king has repelled the rebels in the palace!"

King Fu originally thought that Zhang Shun was going to use himself to block Hong Chengchou's artillery, but after hearing Zhang Shun's order, he couldn't help laughing through his tears, and hurriedly ran down the city wall with a thousand thanks.

Zhang Shun watched the "meat ball" fall to the ground three times and two times with apprehension, and then he was relieved.I was afraid that King Fu would stumble and roll down and fall to his death on the spot, then he would be so covered in mouth that he couldn't speak clearly.

It was easy to see King Fu scrambling away from the battlefield, so Zhang Shun turned his head to look at the situation on the battlefield.

Zhang Shun also knew that this was a test of the strength of the rebel army by the officers and soldiers, so he ordered Wang Jinyi to pass the order to hold the flag, and ordered Zhao Lizi to lead two hundred cavalry to meet them.

Zhao Lizi has lived up to Zhao Zilong's name after two years of training, and he has practiced horsemanship early on.

Dressed in white clothes and armor, with a silver gun in his hand on a white horse under his crotch, he charged at the officers and soldiers first.The [-] cavalry behind him had already been divided into eight teams to protect Zhao Lizi.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but shrink his pupils when he saw it from a distance.The rebels attacked the camp last night, the night was so dark that the officers and soldiers could not see clearly.But now he can see it clearly, just by looking at the rebels who are divided into small groups and charge repeatedly, he can know how good the thieves are.

In ancient times, there was no communication equipment for commanding operations, and one could only rely on golden drums, flags, roars, and discipline to conduct command.If it can be divided into very small combat units, it must mean that the opponent has well-trained grassroots officers with strong command capabilities.The large number of high-quality grassroots officers also shows that the opponent's team has a good degree of organization.

In addition, the application of small cavalry also has good tactical significance.Usually when a square team of one hundred or fifty cavalry launches an attack, the cavalry in the back can only bluff, except for the side facing the enemy who has the ability to output firepower.

When these cavalry are divided into squads, the firepower output effect of a squadron is often no less than that of a centurion.This kind of organization and formation can output more firepower with less cavalry.

The cavalry of the rebel army was organized like this, and the [-] elite cavalry under Hong Chengchou who had been fighting against the harassing and attacking Mongols all year round were even better at this.

After the two sides approached, they didn't confront each other directly to fight for their lives. Instead, they circled around each other and started shooting with weapons such as bows and arrows, three-eyed blunderbuss, and fast guns.

(End of this chapter)