please make me king

Chapter 922
Under Zhang Shun's repeated fights, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, finally realized that he was not the opponent of the "Shun Bandit" for the time being, and that the troops under his command were not as brave as the rebels.

So, he honestly hid in the city of Xi'an, and ordered the officers and soldiers to guard the city and dare not go out of the city to challenge again.

And the rebel army's repeated battles have reached the limit of physical strength and energy, and the truce from the officers and soldiers is even more desperate.

As a result, both sides calmed down, and there was a rare calm before the storm on the battlefield.

Within two days, Chen Changbing, Bai Guangen and the new guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan rushed over.

However, Li Mou's troops stayed in Huayin for the time being, in case they were cut off by the officers and soldiers.

Although Chen Changbing and Bai Guangen's subordinates suffered losses, they still had five or six thousand people in their ranks.

Zhao Guangyuan originally had [-] officers and soldiers under his command, but after battle losses, cannibalism, and some fleeing, there are now only more than [-] soldiers.

There are about [-] people in total among the three, and now adding He Renlong and He Jin, a total of [-] people are stationed in Liujiaying.

In terms of numbers, it has actually surpassed Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi stationed in Xi'an.

Zuo Guang didn't dare to sit still, so with the assistance of Shaanxi Governor Gan Xuekuo, he selected elite soldiers from the various guards in Xi'an to expand his troops.

The main military forces in the governor's jurisdiction of Shaanxi are the Xi'an Right Guard, Xi'an Left Guard, Xi'an Qianwei, Xi'an Guard and Tongguan Guard in Tongguan.

In the original history, after Sun Chuanting served as the governor of Shaanxi, the rest of the elite troops were transferred away by Hong Chengchou, the domineering governor of the five provinces.

He had no choice but to clean up and rule the farmland, and at the same time, he recruited Martin Zhuang from these guards, and in a short period of time, he compiled an elite battalion of [-] people who were good at fighting, and captured "Chuang Wang" Gao in one battle. landing.

It can be seen from this that it is not that there are no available soldiers among the guards in Shaanxi, but that the generals need to be carefully selected and trained and paid in time.

The incident happened urgently, Xi'an City was attacked by He Jinqi, causing a mess, and the residents in the city were frightened to death.

Although this made everyone criticize Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi, and Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, it was also conducive to the development of some city defense work.

Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi, used this to frighten the rich gentry and wealthy households in the city, asking them to contribute money and efforts to help defend the city.

And Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, took advantage of this to act resolutely, and selected [-] people skilled in martial arts from the four guards to enrich his troops.

Since then, the numbers on both sides are quite equal, barely offsetting the pressure brought by the arrival of some rebel reinforcements.

Sure enough, after Chen Changbing and others arrived, Zhang Shun personally commanded the troops and launched an attack on Changle Gate, the east gate of Xi'an.

Zuo Guang didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly sat in Changle Gate to resist the attack of the rebel army.

This time, Chen Changbing brought two [-]-jin Hongyi cannons cast by the rebel army, more than ten Feibiao blunderbusses, and dozens of other field cannons and golden cannons.

With Zhang Shun's order, all the cannons were fired at once, hitting the tower of Changle Gate almost unstoppable.

The effect of He Jin and others burning the ancillary facilities of Changle Gate came out. After losing the observation, shielding and part of the defense equipment, the tall Changle Gate is almost like a bare earthen platform. How to defend it?

Although the cannons of the rebel army could not destroy the solid city wall, it was still easy to destroy the plates and parapets on the city wall.

When the shielding facilities such as the plate and parapet are destroyed, and the city wall is bare, how to avoid the shells flying around?
As a last resort, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, had to retreat to the archery tower, abandoning the gate tower that had almost lost its defensive function.

It's just that this abandonment doesn't matter. The rebels used ladders, built wooden bridges, attacked up and down, and captured the gate tower in one fell swoop.

It's just that the facilities on the gate tower were completely destroyed. After the rebel army boarded, they immediately faced the plight of officers and soldiers.

In this way, the two sides fought against each other until dark, and the rebels had no choice but to retreat.

"King Shun, let me lead another wave of troops to charge, maybe I can take this city!" , made no small contribution.

Seeing that the rebel army retreated again, he couldn't help shouting again.

"It's not worth it!" Zhang Shun shook his head and replied with a smile.

This guy is working hard, but he doesn't want to be reckless when he shouts like this, he just shows his loyalty on purpose.

If he really followed his advice, it would be of no use except to lose dozens of lives in vain.

As soon as the words were finished, Zhang Shun saw that Chen Changling, He Renlong, Bai Guangen and others were still dissatisfied, and couldn't help explaining with a smile: "There is a saying called 'one piece, one piece', and it is the same in war."

"The former Fan He Jin hurt the officers and soldiers that time, so they united together and defended Xi'an City to the death."

"If the threat is not there, before I wait to use troops, they will make a fuss on their own. This is called 'Soldiers are not stopped but benefits can be achieved, this is the way to plan an attack'."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Chen Changbing, He Jin, He Renlong, Bai Guangen, and Zhao Guangyuan were all big bosses, and it was okay to fight and rush. If it was about playing tricks, they were a few blocks away from Zhang Shun.

"Yuan Shao died of illness in the past, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to attack Hebei. The Yuan brothers were united, and Cao Cao could not win. When Cao Cao retreated, the threat was gone, and his brothers fought among themselves, and Cao Cao finally picked the peach." Zhang Shun laughed.

"The situation in Xi'an is the same today. Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi, and Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, naturally want to recruit young men, food and salaries from the city in order to defend the rebels."

"If there is a slight disobedience, I am afraid that it will not be served by swords, guns and sticks, or even in the name of being a thief, killing chickens to make an example of monkeys."

"If it's under our army's strong attack, it's fine. No one can say anything at an extraordinary time and with extraordinary means!"

"But if our army retreats, will those gentry and clan be willing to give up?"

"The first crime is to let thieves enter the city and kill the people; the second crime is to plunder the wealth of the people and force the strong men; the third crime is to send troops into the palace and disturb the clan; the fourth crime is to use troops ineffectively and lose consecutive battles so that the soldiers come to the city; The fifth crime is to hide in the city, fear the enemy and not fight!"

"Which case do you know, the two of them can withstand it?"

"This" everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and couldn't help but suddenly realized, "So there is still such a game."

The new general Zhao Guangyuan broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words, and said in his heart: "'Shun thief', ah bah, King Shun is resourceful, quick-witted and fickle, he will not be inferior to Wei Wu, thanks to the fact that I have already joined the rebel army, otherwise I would have died as soon as possible. land!"

Immediately, the rebels burned the siege equipment, dragged away the siege artillery, slowly withdrew from the battlefield, and went straight to the Liujiaying camp.

(End of this chapter)