please make me king

Chapter 675
Although Hong Chengchou expected that Cao Wenzhao might cheat him and made sufficient preparations, he never expected that he would still be cheated.

The reason is simple. Although he didn't really believe in Zhang Shun's death, the possibility of "Shun's thief is dead" has been shown from various channels.

Although he said he didn't believe it, in fact, when he made a decision in private, he subconsciously took "Shun thief is dead" as a fact.

It sounds contradictory, but it is actually the reason why Hong Chengchou's way of thinking is not rigorous enough.As a leader among the ancient elites, he should not have made such a low-level mistake.

But firstly, Hong Chengchou is quite conceited, and he always likes to settle with one word; secondly, due to the problems of ancient education, most people's way of thinking has not received professional training, and Hong Chengchou is not immune.

Although well-read Confucian scholars have accumulated a certain amount of experience through various classics, they can also write policies with rigorous logical thinking.

But after all, it is not like the education of later generations, which can comprehensively strengthen the individual's thinking ability through a series of science subjects such as mathematics and physics.Therefore, if there is a little slack, the tiger will take a nap.

The governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, originally planned to lead the main force to the west gate of Luoyang City to attract the attention of the rebels. In fact, he secretly sent the deputy general Ai Wannian to lead [-] troops to the east gate of Luoyang City.

He expected that the main force of the definition army would definitely gather at the west gate, then Ai Wannian would be able to seize the opportunity to take down the east gate of Luoyang City.

As long as the east gate of Luoyang City is lost, and [-] officers and soldiers rely on the city gate to defend, how can the rebels regain it in an instant?As long as Ai Wannian insists that once the army of officers and soldiers arrives, Luoyang City will change hands.

But that Hong Chengchou had calculated thousands of times, and it was Zhang Shun who was superior in skill after all.Naturally, he planned this matter differently from Hong Chengchou.

Although Zhang Shun's thinking was well-trained in his previous life, he still worried about missing something.So on the one hand, he broke things apart, wrote them on paper, and analyzed them from various angles and possibilities;
On the other hand, he also specially gathered the civil servants and generals under his command to listen to everyone's suggestions one by one, and even specially asked Zhang Shenyan, Song Xiance, Lu Weiqi and others to form a team to stand in Hong Chengchou's position and simulate how he would make decisions.

Comparing the two, the higher and the lower are judged, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, is not wronged.

Therefore, when Hong Chengchou realized that he was tricked, his first reaction was to retreat.This is not just that the officers and soldiers are not strong enough to deal with the rebels, but that the situation of the officers and soldiers is really bad.

The reason why Hong Chengchou led the officers and soldiers to smash the northwest corner of Luoyang City before was because the terrain of Luoyang City was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Its three sides are surrounded by Jianhe River, Luohe River and Chuhe River respectively, and the northeast corner is the Ziwei Star Fort built by the rebels.In this way, only the northwest corner of Luoyang City is relatively open, which can be used for officers and soldiers to deploy formations, and even if there is a setback, they can withdraw from the battlefield in time.

But now Hong Chengchou took the Luoyang City in a surprise attack in order to seek change, so he took the risk of leading an army to the west gate of Luoyang.

The south of this place is the Luohe River, the west is the Jianhe River, and the east is Luoyang City. Only the north gate is available for officers and soldiers to enter and exit.If the rebel army cut off the north and retreated, the [-] to [-] officers and soldiers under his command would be blocked to death here.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou was cautious. Before he went to the west gate of Luoyang City, he had already ordered Lintao Commander Wang Chengen to occupy the fort abandoned by the rebels in the northwest corner for defensive purposes.

As a senior general, Wang Cheng'en heard that the rebel army was coming out from the north gate and wanted to cut off the retreat of the officers and soldiers. He could not help but ordered the soldiers to guard the barracks, and at the same time fired cannons in the direction of the rebel army to show their intention to stop them.

When the rebel army heard the sound of artillery from the barracks in the northwest corner of Luoyang City, they immediately knew that if they could not pull out this place, they would definitely not be able to cut off the retreat of Hong Chengchou's army.

Fortunately, the rebel army has "flying iron cannons", and the mobility of the artillery is far better than that of officers and soldiers.Li Shi'an gave an order, and more than a hundred artillery pieces were deployed quickly, setting up artillery positions, and shelling the original camp of the rebel army.

Poor Wang Chengen only has some small artillery such as Frangler, Mielu Cannon, and Tiger Crouching Cannon in his hands. How can he be the opponent of Li Shian's artillery?
Fortunately, firstly, there was the cover of night, and the artillery could not be accurate; secondly, there was a camp as a defense. Although the officers and soldiers were passively beaten, they could still persist for a while.

He wanted to insist on withdrawing all the officers and soldiers, how could Zhang Shun let him get his wish?Seeing that the officers and soldiers were sticking to the camp, Zhang Shun ordered Ding Zhuang in the city to drag over the remaining artillery in the city. He also ordered the soldiers to wrap the shells and cannonballs in rags and shoot down the city.

It turned out that the fort abandoned by the rebel army had been considered at the beginning of its construction in case it was breached by officers and soldiers, and if it faced the enemy.

Therefore, the three battalion camps, facing the direction outside the city, are impenetrable, but their backs are facing the direction of Luoyang City, but they are designed to be beaten passively.

One side is rammed earth and rocks, and the other side is a wooden tent. How can it be a defensive place?
Wang Cheng'en, the commander of the Lintao General Soldier, led five thousand officers and soldiers, and went in blindly, how could he know what was true?
He has occupied the camp of the rebel army in his own way, and he is already in an invincible position.Even if the rebel army has thousands of troops, it will be difficult for them to break through their own defenses.

But he never expected that there was a loophole behind the camp, and it was such a big loophole?

In order to prevent the targets from being exposed, the officers and soldiers occupying the camps of the rebels seldom lit lights, so as not to be taken advantage of by the artillery of the rebels.

As a result, the rebels on the city didn't care whether there were lights or not, and just fired at the position of the army's tent in the middle of the camp.

There was only a burst of cannon fire, and I don't know how many solid bullets and shotgun shells shattered the wooden boards behind the Chinese army's large tent, and flew into the large tent, smashing the tables, chairs, and lamps inside.

Fortunately, Lintao commander-in-chief was in charge of Wang Chengen's life, so he happened to hide in a corner.Although he was hit by a few shotguns, fortunately he was protected by armor, so he was not seriously injured.

Wang Chengen wiped off his cold sweat, and quickly took advantage of the interval between the artillery fire of the rebel army, and hurriedly crawled out of the Chinese army's tent, and managed to save his life.

As a result, before he resumed his command, he heard the sound of killing outside the camp.It turned out that the rebel army took advantage of the black lights of the officers and soldiers and the opportunity of being attracted by the artillery of the rebel army, and came to the camp in double armor.

The leader is none other than Jiang He who has been silent for a long time.The sword and shield soldiers led by this person are unique. After replacing the shield in his hand with a rattan shield with two layers of old cotton, it can resist most lead bullets.

Therefore, this time, in order to quickly solve Wang Chengen's department, Zhang Shun released this trump card again by the way.

Fortunately, the two sides were in the dark, and their vision was unclear. The officers and soldiers only fired a round of firecrackers, and the artillery was touched by Jiang He with his sword and shield.

Jiang He couldn't help jumping up, chopped down a gunner with a knife, and shouted loudly: "The officers and soldiers have already caught the plan. If we don't surrender now, when will we wait?"

(End of this chapter)