Please ask me to be the emperor

Three to five days after Zhang Shun returned to Luoyang City, he had just finished handling all the matters in the city when he received a report from the scouts: "A large group of officers and soldiers are coming from Shanxi. They have passed Zelu Second Mansion and are about to arrive at Huaiqing Mansion."

Zhang Shun was suddenly surprised and happy. What was surprising was that the officers and soldiers arrived so quickly. The enemy towers planned at the four corners of Luoyang City had just started construction and had not yet been completed. The defense of Luoyang City was still insufficient.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers came from Shanxi. Zelu Mansion had been a place where the rebels had been for a long time, and "Shunying" had a good reputation, so there were many hidden spies buried there, who could detect the movements of the officers and soldiers in time.

However, these spies were not professionals and could not estimate the number of officers and soldiers. They only knew that the officers and soldiers who came were divided into three teams, headed by General Cao.

Zhang Shenyan, Governor Zhang and Han Lin all knew the officialdom quite well. After thinking for a long time, they all agreed that there was no one else to lead the army except Cao Wenzhao, the chief military officer of Lintao.

Hearing this, Zhang Shun did not dare to be careless. He had also heard the name "Big and Little Cao" and knew that he was a person who could stop children from crying at night in the rebel army.

What's more, the two of them had fought against each other a little before. As a veteran general, he was both brave in battle and experienced in using troops. He was indeed not comparable to the ordinary generals of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the general military officer, also known as the general town, originally had great power and was responsible for the military operations of a town. For example, the famous Li Rusong was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Deng Zilong, who commanded the navy to aid Korea, was just a deputy commander-in-chief.

It was just that as the intensity of the war increased, its scale expanded, and the guard system deteriorated. The authority of the general military officer was increasingly unable to meet the threats faced, and the imperial court reinstated governors and governors in order to mobilize, coordinate and command larger-scale campaigns.

This led to the reduction of the power of the general military officer, and he could no longer command other generals, guerrillas and garrison except for the three thousand pacesetters under his command.

In addition, he was left with empty pay, his family members and his subordinates were killed and injured in battle. In fact, a general military officer like Cao Wenzhao could only lead more than 2,000 men in combat under normal circumstances.

After Zhang Shun received the information, he analyzed it for a long time and concluded that the number of troops coming to encircle and suppress this time should be between 3,000 and 6,000. If it were more precise, it would be about four to five thousand.

Even if there are only these many troops, Zhang Shun cannot easily defeat him.

On the surface, Zhang Shun had many men and horses under his command. In addition to his personal guards, there were more than 5,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry.

In fact, the only available soldiers were 1,500 infantrymen under Jiang He, King Luanshi, and King Zhishi, and more than 600 infantrymen under Xiao Qinhu.

The remaining more than 2,500 "haired gourds" under Xiao Qinhu's command have not been trained, and the training of more than a thousand "haired gourds" newly recruited under Zhang Sanbai's command has not been completed. These 3,500 people can only be used to defend the city and cannot fight in the field with the officers and soldiers.

However, Zhang Shun is not the same as Ameng who was under Wu Dynasty in the past. Everyone knows that Cao Wenzhao is famous for his great power. Why don't you hear that I, "King Shun", killed Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, and Deng Qi, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan?

Zhang Shun smiled and said: "I heard that in the art of war, if you defend for a long time, you will lose. Now that Cao Wenzhao is coming with force, how can I sit in a lonely city and let the heroes of the world laugh at me?"

"Cao Wenzhao is coming from the north, and he definitely wants to cross Mengjin to attack Luoyang. Why don't our army show up and take up this place and guard it because of the river. We can sail from the south and horse from the north. Even if Cao Wenzhao has a hundred thousand troops, what can he do to me? How about it?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Now that the officers and soldiers are strong and the rebels are weak, you just don't think about how to defend the city. You actually want to take the initiative to attack and fight outside the city?

In particular, Captain Zhang, who was good at defense, hurriedly remonstrated: "The art of war says: if you are ten, you are surrounding an enemy, if you are five, you are attacking, if you are twice as many, you are divided. If the enemy is small, you can fight it. If you are small, you can escape. If you are weak, you can avoid it." "

"The imperial army is coming now. Although we don't know its true strength, its strength should be between five thousand and more than ten thousand. Our army can fight less than half of it. How can the general throw himself into a trap? In my opinion, it is better to occupy the city. Just defend it and wait until its soldiers are tired, then attack it and knock it back!"

When Zhang Shenyan and Han Lin heard this, they also agreed with Governor Zhang's words. Zhang Shun was not upset at all. He just smiled and said, "What Governor Zhang said is correct. However, things are different in the world. How can we continue to live by the past?"

"Luoyang is the new base of the rebel army. The people are not convinced and there are no reinforcements from outside. If we can't blunt its edge first to boost morale, how can we defend the city for a long time? Moreover, Mengjin is only thirty-five miles away from Luoyang, and the infantry can only travel in a day. The cavalry can arrive in an instant. Once there is police in Luoyang, there will be no delay in returning reinforcements in time."

"Besides, the imperial court is full of talents and soldiers. Our army can only fight for a chance of survival by attacking quickly and attacking slowly. If the imperial court is prepared for everything and sends a hundred thousand troops to suppress it, I'm afraid that It’s time for everything to stop”

"I have made up my mind. Zhang Sanbai leads 3,500 "Mao Hulu" men who are unable to fight in the field to defend the city. The rest of the cavalry and infantry will follow me to Mengjin to face Cao Wenzhao."

Everyone was inferior to Zhang Shun in using troops, so they had no choice but to act according to orders.

Zhang Shunsui then said goodbye to everyone, and personally led Wukong, Jicheng, Liu Cheng, He Jin and He Yilong, as well as his 1,700 cavalry, to rush to Mengjin.

Xiao Qinhu led Jiang He, King Zhishi and King Luanshi's infantry, and 2,100 people marched forward.

Zhang Shun's cavalry moved quickly and arrived at Mengjin Ferry in only half a day.

The floodwaters at Mengjin Ferry have long since receded, but there is still some silt accumulated in unimportant low-lying areas.

The remaining negative picture temples still stand, and Guangwu Mausoleum is silent as before. Nothing seemed to have changed much, except that the person who came was not the down-and-out young man from before.

Before Zhang Shun had time to express his feelings about the changes in things and people, he heard the report from the scouts in front: "General, we found a large number of officers and soldiers crossing the river at the ferry ahead. There are about 200 people who have crossed the river, and about a hundred people are crossing. There are more than a thousand people left; the remaining people who have not crossed are no less than a thousand."

Zhang Shun couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. The reason why he came with double speed and light cavalry was because he was worried that Cao Wenzhao would send a vanguard to occupy the ferry first to prevent him from defending by the river.

Now the rebels have arrived first, and the officers and soldiers are crossing the river, so they can attack them halfway across the river.

Zhang Shun quickly ordered He Jin and He Yilong to lead their cavalry respectively, spread their wings, and attack in a flanking manner, one on the left and the other on the right.

It was none other than Cao Wenzhao's nephew, General Cao Bianjiao, one of the "big and small Caos".

As Zhang Shun expected, Cao Wenzhao's army had just arrived near Huaiqing Mansion. However, Cao Wenzhao knew the art of war well and was worried that the rebels would block the Mengjin ferry, preventing officers and soldiers from crossing the river.

So he sent his nephew Cao Bianjiao out with his light cavalry to seize Mengjin Ferry. As a result, Cao Bianjiao arrived at the ferry. As soon as he captured the nearby fisherman Zhouzi and ferried three to four hundred people, the rebel cavalry came galloping over.

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