please make me king

Chapter 828 Returning to Nanyang
Hurry up, hurry up!

Zhang Shun's buttocks were almost split into eight petals by the bumping horse's back, and he kept waving his whip, urging the soldiers under his command to hurry.

"It can't be done, Daddy, I'm really tired, let's take a rest!" Even Gao Guiying, who was born in a border area, was so tired that she couldn't help complaining, let alone other people.

The Niu Jinxing was shaking back and forth on the horse, and the car was about to fall, which made people worry that if they were not careful, they would fall down.

It turned out that after Zhang Shunzhen beheaded Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan Province, and surrendered the remnants of Fu Zonglong's Biaoying Camp, Xuanmo's Biaoying Remnants and some of the barbarians, Zhu Dadian, the Governor of Water Transport and Fengyang Zhu Dadian, fled with Li Chongzhen, Mou Wenshou and others in a hurry, and the rebels were out of reach.

The governor of Henan was left alone for a while, and the officers and soldiers panicked.Among them, Zu Kuan, Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu and Chen Yongfu retreated to Kaifeng City.

Zhang Shunsui gathered more than [-] troops from the three battalions of Li Jiyu, Cao Bianjiao, and Zhao Lizi, as well as the cavalry of the headquarters, Li Xin, Bai Guangen, He Renlong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Yichuan, and besieged Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhou Duan Wang Zhu Suqin of Zhou Fan died in fright, and his son Zhu Gongyun was ordered to take care of the affairs of the Zhou Palace temporarily.

When Zhu Gongyou heard the "tragedies" of Fuwang's Mansion, Chongwang's Mansion and Tang Wang's Mansion being breached by "Shun Bandits", he couldn't help being terrified.

Such things as "Women in the royal family are humiliated by thieves day and night", such as "Fu Lu Banquet" and "Bone Bone Rot", fully display the novelty-seeking aesthetics of Ming literati.

The King of New Zhou was so frightened that he quickly ordered the guards of the royal palace to move out of the treasury of the palace with [-] taels of silver and pay the soldiers.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were sixteen taels per catty, and the five hundred thousand taels of silver was equivalent to more than eighteen tons in later generations.Placed there, white flowers piled up to form a hill, dazzled the soldiers' eyes.

Zhu Haoyun then offered a reward: kill one thief and get fifty silver rewards!

Immediately, everyone in the Kaifeng mansion fought to the death, and the rebel army was at a disadvantage in attacking the city.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shun ordered people to bombard them with artillery for two days, and he said to Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Yichuan and others: "The art of war says: attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom."

"Now Nanyang is in danger, and Kaifeng Mansion is hard to break in an instant. I intend to abandon this city and lead an army south to Nanyang. What do you three think?"

What can these three people have to say?Of course Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai wanted to break into the wealthy Kaifu City and plunder it.But without the powerful Zhang Shun, they couldn't do anything, they could only be chased like ducks.

The "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan was even simpler. After his originally quite strong strength was wasted by himself, he realized that he was not the master of one side.

Now that he is going to be a "worker" honestly, he naturally only obeys the orders of the "boss".

Well, since everyone has no objections, Zhang Shun ordered Li Xin, who performed better a few days ago, to be in charge of commanding the siege, and Li Jiyu, Cao Bianjiao, and Zhao Lizi were in charge of besieging Kaifeng City.

And Zhang Shun led the cavalry of the headquarters, He Renlong, Bai Guangen, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Yichuan to Nanyang to support the righteous brother Xiao Qinhu who was guarding the isolated city.

In order to rush to Nanyang as soon as possible, Zhang Shun divided the troops going south into two groups this time.

The first part is based on the cavalry of Zhang Shun's headquarters, and [-] cavalry are drawn from Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Yichuan, who have more horses, to form a pure cavalry reinforcement.

The second part includes Bai Guangen, He Renlong, and three other infantry and old battalion troops, following behind.

From Kaifeng Mansion to Nanyang Mansion [-] Li, Zhang Shun only took five days to reach Nanyang City, with an average daily journey of [-] Li.

If converted according to the length of weights and measures, the daily marching speed is faster than Xia Houyuan, the Dianjun school captain who "five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days".

However, this is not considered powerful. What is powerful is that the cavalry of the rebel army came all the way, and few people fell behind, and very few horses fell to their deaths.

Zhang Shun's method is very simple.

First, leave most of the luggage to the infantry, and the cavalry only carry seven days of food.Second, the war horses are all fed with concentrated feed, and salt and sugar are added appropriately to ensure the consumption of the war horses.

Third, dispatch vanguards in front of the team to investigate the distance and the enemy's situation, and occupy cities and strongholds in advance to ensure that the follow-up cavalry can get a reasonable rest; send an escort team later, with a large number of pack horses, to gather the lagging cavalry and let them change horses and continue to move forward .

The fourth is to divide the itinerary into four sections. From morning to night, every [-] miles of marching, the horses are allowed to rest for a stick of incense, drink water and eat.The cavalry soldiers mainly rely on dry food, and can only eat hot meals at night.

Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Yichuan and others who often rely on horses, donkeys and mules to march forcibly were also amazed by this move.

What can six thousand cavalry do?Just looking at the huge troubles Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen's two battalions of Liaodong cavalry caused to the rebels, one can imagine.

When Zhang Shun led the cavalry to Nanyang, it was already late, and coupled with the continuous rapid march, the men and horses were exhausted.

He secretly rested for one night in the mountains north of Nanyang City, and at the same time sent soldiers to Nanyang to investigate.

According to Zhang Shun's mind, there are many officers and soldiers, few volunteers, and Xiao Qinhu fought hard for days. If Nanyang is not lost, Nanyang City may already be riddled with holes and unsustainable.

Moreover, he was ready to hear the bad news.

Xiao Qinhu, as one of Zhang Shun's brothers-in-law, had not performed very well in military command except for his superb archery and martial arts in the past, so Zhang Shun actually did not have enough confidence in him.

It's just that no one was available at the time, so I had to do it.

After a while, the spy ran back with a strange expression on his face.

Zhang Shunzheng was tired and sore, lying on the bed to rest.Hearing that Gao Guiying brought the spies to report, he couldn't help jumping up.

He repeatedly asked: "What's the matter, I forgive you for your innocence!"

Seeing the spy's expression, Zhang Shun thought something had happened.

As a result, the spy was taken aback by Zhang Shun's expression, and quickly responded: "King Shun is safe, don't be impatient, everything is fine in Nanyang City."

"General Xiao has kept his guard for a long time, and the three wives have also come forward many times to reward the soldiers with gold and silver to boost morale. Now Nanyang City is as solid as gold, and Tang Hui can't do anything!"

"What?" Zhang Shun couldn't believe his ears, "Then Tang Hui is so good? Oh, no, is General Xiao so good?"

The spies couldn't answer these words, so they had to keep silent.

Zhang Shun hesitated for a while, then reached out and swung the spy down.When the outsiders left, Zhang Shun couldn't help hugging Gao Guiying beside him, spun around three times, and said with a ecstatic smile, "He's done it, he's really done it!"

"I found the treasure, and Nanyang kept it. Luoyang no longer has to worry about going south!"

Gao Guiying was shocked by the sudden attack.Originally wanted to give him an old punch, but because he was so happy, he was spared.

It's just that Zhang Shun didn't know that Xiao's methods of capturing the tiger were all the tricks he left behind and his mother-in-law Zeng's bad idea, so he was able to ensure that Nanyang was not lost.

(End of this chapter)