Please ask me to be the emperor

Chapter 21 A chance encounter with “Er Guan Gong”

"My lord's plan to steal the city was a good one. However, the magistrate of Meng County was cowardly. Hearing about my lord's power, he was already afraid of losing the city. Soon after the inspection envoy left the city, he ordered the city gate to be closed tightly and not to be opened again. I'm afraid The Lord returned without success this time." Chen Jingzhi explained.

Since ancient times, the cowardly are mostly self-defeating thieves; the brave are mostly reckless. Therefore, the coward is afraid of attacking, and the brave is difficult to defend. At this time, if the magistrate of Meng County insists on defending Meng County, Zhang Shun has no choice but to ask for advice: "How can you teach me?"

"I have two strategies, up and down. The best strategy is to move. The Art of War has this saying: Thirty-six Strategies of Walking is the best strategy. There is no money or silk in Meng County, so it is not a place that must be passed. Attacking or not attacking is in between. If it is difficult to attack, there is no need to attack it.”

"The next best strategy is to frighten the bird. If there is a bird injury, use the bow to frighten the bird. The bird's old injury will be re-injured, just like the one who used the bow to shoot. Today, the inspection of Meng County has made a new defeat. If the county magistrate is cowardly, you can intimidate it. It might work wonders.”

Zhang Shun listened and thought about it. This was obviously Chen Jingzhi's persuasion in favor of his own county town. He was afraid that Zhang Shun and others would attack the city and kill the people in his hometown. This strategy would not cause much loss anyway, and could just show off his power.

So Zhang Shunnai ordered everyone to escort the prisoners, put up multiple flags, send the soldiers to and fro, change the flags in turn, and hang the corpses of the patrol officers outside the city to show off their power. He also ordered Zhang to shoot more than three hundred letters into the city, falsely claiming to be: I am the King in Yellow Clothes. Now I have come from Shanxi, leading more than ten thousand elite soldiers to hunt in Huaiqing Mansion. There is an inspection envoy from your county who is disturbing my pleasure. I will kill him as a warning to others. If your county magistrate is willing, surrender quickly to save your life. If not, the city will be destroyed, the family will be destroyed, and the clan will be destroyed, and don’t say it was unpredicted!

He also ordered the soldiers to line up and shout angrily to intimidate Meng County. From morning to night, if so, it will be three. At night, there was a sudden uproar in the city. Zhang Shun ordered his soldiers to prepare for it, in case someone from Meng County came to steal the camp. Soon the noise died down, and the gates of Ermeng County were opened wide. It turned out that a wealthy family of Meng County, Zhao Lizi and others, bound the county magistrate and came out of the city to welcome Zhang Shun and others into the city.

It turned out that Zhao Lizi, after being sent out by Zhang Shun, tried to replicate the previous strategy of cooperating with the inside and outside, and had already ambushed the city in order to open the city gate. Who would have thought that not long after arriving in the city, the city gates were closed and news from inside and outside was cut off, so Zhang Shun could not be notified.

Until Zhang Shun came to show off his power, the big families in the city didn't know how many soldiers and horses he had, and they were panicked and uneasy. Everyone visited the county magistrate and asked him about his strategy, but they found that the magistrate was in panic all day long and could not find a strategy to defend against the enemy.

The big families then realized that there was no hope for him, so they became dissatisfied and tied him up and dedicated themselves to the city. When Fang Qi was in chaos, Zhao Lizi took advantage of the opportunity and seized the city gate. They happened to encounter various large households, so they jointly opened the city to welcome Zhang Shun.

After entering Meng County, Zhang Shun followed the original path in Mengjin and acted in accordance with the law. Originally, Chen Jingzhi specifically interceded for the magistrate of Meng County. However, as soon as Zhang Shun's public trial was announced, the people of Meng County became furious and had no choice but to let him have the magistrate beheaded.

But this time Zhang Shun forced Chen Jingzhi to take action. Poor Chen Jingzhi was a scholar. Although he had some strength, he had never killed anyone. In desperation, he had no choice but to slash with the knife with his eyes closed. After three or four chops in this way, the head could not be chopped off. The county magistrate's neck was chopped to a bloody pulp, but he was not hacked to death. He was just rolling around on the ground in pain and wailing.

Zhang Shun couldn't bear it when he saw it, and was about to ask Zhang Sanbai to kill the county magistrate with a follow-up knife. At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly heard shouting: "A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated. This man is the head of a county after all. He can be killed, but why humiliate him?"

Zhang Shun took a look and saw a burly man walking out of the crowd. He had square mouth and phoenix eyes, a red face and a beautiful beard. He was holding a bay-red horse in his left hand and a Spring and Autumn sword in his right hand. He looked like the reincarnation of Guan Gong and the emperor. A reborn hero.

"May I ask what you call this strong man?" Zhang Shun was very fond of him at first sight and asked warmly.

"I am Chen Changzhen of Wen County!" Chen Changzhen replied with an cupped hand.

"Wow!" "So it's him." "He's Chen Changzhen." The person announced his name, and there was a sudden uproar from the crowd.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but be surprised. It turned out that this person was still a famous figure. Then he asked Chen Jingzhi in a low voice: "Who is this? Such a reputation!"

"This man is a famous hero. He worked as a bodyguard in his early years. Because he looks very similar to Emperor Guan Sheng, and he is accustomed to wielding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, he is called 'Er Guan Gong' by people in the world."

"Last year, this man participated in the martial arts competition. He shot one horse with three arrows, three horses with nine arrows, and shot a phoenix to seize the nest. However, the drummer who reported the target accepted bribes, so he only beat the drum three times and reported three arrows. The examiner shot nine shots. Discuss it among the three."

"When Chen Changzheng heard this, he was furious. He rode his horse and sword, and killed the drummer. Seeing his ferociousness, the examiner ordered his arrest. This man galloped back and forth in the school grounds, and no one could stop him. He came out to kill him, and he didn't know where he was fleeing. I don’t want to be here today.”

After hearing this, Zhang Shun remembered that it was this fierce general. When Mengjin was recruiting talents before, someone mentioned him, so he started to recruit people and said to him: "This strong man's words are reasonable. Why don't you help me get rid of him? Firstly, he will remove one harm for the people. Secondly, he will help the people." Wouldn't it be nice to come and give this dog officer a good time! I wonder what the strong man wants?"

Chen Changzhen couldn't help but be startled after hearing this. Originally, he just looked down upon him, so he spoke out righteously. Furthermore, relying on your own strength, you are not afraid of the thief becoming angry and being trapped by the thief unexpectedly. Now that I am already involved in a lawsuit, if I don't comply, it will appear that I am talking empty words and that I am a villain whose words and deeds are inconsistent; if I comply, I will be adding guilt to guilt, and there will be no way back.

However, this person is originally a proud person, how can he be willing to go back on his word? Nai went to the stage, raised his spring and autumn sword, and cut off the head of the magistrate who was wailing on the ground with just one blow.

"Good!" Sure enough, he was a strong man. It was already difficult to cut off a person's head with one sword, but it was even more difficult for this man to cut off the county magistrate who was rolling around with one sword. So Zhang Shun raised his finger and praised, "Sure enough, it's a good one." My dear fellow, when this is all over in a moment, I will kill a sheep and hold a banquet, and treat you to wine."

Later, Zhang Shun invited Chen Changzhen to enter the county government office and ordered people to kill sheep and prepare vegetables. Everyone exchanged cups and drank glasses. Chen Changzhen knew Zhang Shun's intentions and deliberately talked about the imperial examination to show his rejection.

It turned out that after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was worried about the Manchus outside the Pass and the rogue bandits inside the Pass all day long, and he was quite determined to focus on military affairs. In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, the national martial arts examination was held in the capital, and Chen Changzhen also went to participate with full hope. Who would have thought that the person hosting such a grand ceremony and the supervising censor would be corrupt people, and the candidates have already been chosen.

Disappointed, Chen Changzhen killed the drummer, rushed out of the school grounds, and walked away.

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