Please ask me to be the emperor

Under the sharp questioning from Taoist Qixu, Han Tingxian was speechless. After all, the "Purple Gold Liang" was also a momentary hero. After hearing what Taoist Qi Xu said was reasonable, he made up his mind to attack Douzhuang. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard someone reporting: "'Optimus Prime' has arrived, carrying three cannons." Ten gates come to help!”

"Purple Golden Liang" was overjoyed when he heard this and ran to the door in person to greet Zhang Shun's arrival. Zhang Shun did his part this time and asked his soldiers to use ox carts to pull thirty cannons, and entered the "Purple Gold Liang" camp in a show of force.

The peasant army had no cannons and suffered enough losses from Douzhuang's artillery. When they heard that "Optimus Prime" had brought cannons, they all ran out to watch. When I came out of the "Purple Golden Liang" and saw that there were indeed huge iron lumps placed on top of the ox cart, I couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He quickly invited Zhang Shun into the account and asked anxiously: "How does the 'Optimus Prime' artillery sound? Have you tried it?"

"Second Master, don't worry. After this cannon was cast, in order to test the power of this cannon, I specially attacked a large village. I fought for a day and a night, and the cannon did not explode!" Zhang Shun assured, patting his chest.

"Purple Golden Liang" was overjoyed when he heard this, and said a little coyly: "I wonder if Brother Optimus Prime can transfer me some of them? All the weapons and horses I have can be used in exchange."

It turns out that in this peasant army, although everyone claims to have "Purple Golden Liang" as their leader, in reality they still have an equal relationship. If weapons, food and other items are needed, they can only be exchanged on an equal basis with the consent of both parties. This "Purple Golden Liang" was afraid that Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin would come to help and was eager to attack Douzhuang, so he proposed the idea of ​​​​exchanging Zhang Shun's artillery.

Zhang Shun was very happy after hearing this. He had mastered the artillery casting technology. Regardless of ancient or modern times, arms have always been the most profitable business. He just wanted to make a lot of money through this, so Zhang Shun readily agreed.

Since none of the generals and horses under his command were equipped, and there were no spare horses, Zhang Shun first proposed to exchange war horses. War horses and artillery were both strategic materials for the army of this era. The two bargained for a long time before Zhang Shuncai agreed to exchange a two-inch squatting tiger cannon for one war horse and a three-inch caliber squatting tiger cannon for three war horses. s price.

"Purple Golden Liang" intended to exchange for half of the artillery in Zhang Shun's hands. It should have paid twenty-five horses, but "Purple Golden Liang" claimed that it could not afford so many horses, so it had to exchange weapons and armor.

Zhang Shun thought for a while and found that his subordinates Ma Yingniang, Chen Changzhen, and Wei Congyi already had war horses. In addition, the only ones who needed war horses were himself, Wukong, Xiao Qinhu, Zhang Sanbai, and others. If no one had another war horse to back up, a total of eleven horses would be needed. War horses, and Zhao Lizi and others under his command only had a dozen or so pack horses, so they could barely use them.

However, no matter how Zhang Shun bargained, "Purple Golden Liang" was only willing to provide ten war horses. Zhang Shun had no choice but to buy some equipment for his soldiers, so he bought fifty pairs of cotton armor, five hundred spears, and two hundred kilograms of gunpowder.

The weapons this time were the same as the ones "Purple Golden Liang" gave away for free last time. They were all rusty. Although it doesn't look sophisticated, the quality is good and it's enough for the moment. It's much better than the equipment I have that is similar to streaking.

After both sides get what they want, they each take back their weapons. Zhang Shun, on the other hand, happily equipped his Chinese army with cotton armor and replaced all combat battalions with real long guns instead of the various short guns that were less than six feet tall. Weapons such as machetes, waist knives, and axes were handed over to the supply camp.

According to the situation after the weapons and equipment were completed, Zhang Shun once again readjusted the formation of the troops, making Chen Changzhen the front army, Wei Congyi the rear army, Zhang Sanbai the left army, Xiao Qinhu the right army, and his own center army led by Wukong and Liu Yinggui. , each of the above five armies has 200 people. Zhao Lizi still led a hundred people as scouts, and military judge Liu Yinggui still had a hundred people who were incorporated into the Chinese army.

Zhang Wuhao selected fifty people from the supply camp as gunners to form an artillery team; Ma Yingniang led thirty female soldiers as the female barracks; Liu Gang led fifty blacksmiths as the production camp; plus horsemen, laborers and others, a total of four hundred The people and property, food, and cloth under his command were all placed under Chen Jindou's command and unified under the management of Chen Jindou and Chen Jing.

However, Zhao Yutou and Zhang Shenyan are both military advisors and are not responsible for specific affairs. At this point, Zhang Shuncai had completed reorganizing his soldiers and initially had certain field combat capabilities. Therefore, Zhang Shun cooperated with "Zijinliang", "Lao Huihui" and "Eight King Kong" to set up camp and besiege Douzhuang.

Douzhuang is surrounded by water on three sides and has a mountain on one side. The water is Qinshui from north to south, and the mountain is Yushan Mountain extending from Duanshi Town. Surrounded by water on three sides, it is surrounded by fast-flowing Qinshui River, making it impossible for the peasant army to attack. Previously, "Zijinliang" and the others mainly attacked from the direction of Yushan, but due to the narrow terrain, many soldiers were unable to deploy. The situation is quite similar to Zhang Shun's attack on Linjiazhuang, forming a situation that cannot be effectively controlled.

Fortunately, Douzhuang is small in area and is not closely located on the bank of Qinshui River. Instead, it is at a certain distance from the river. At the south gate of Douzhuang is Guobeizhuang, which has been occupied by the "Eight King Kongs"; the north gate of Douzhuang is wider and occupied by the "Lao Huihui"; only the east side near the Qinshui River is not besieged by the peasant army, so it is divided It was used as a camp for Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun saw that there were only two small gates here and the city wall was short and high, which was not conducive to attack; and because it was close to the shore and the ground was wet, it was not convenient to camp, so he only left Wei Congyi's 200 men to station here, and he led the main camp. Stationed at the southeast corner of Douzhuang.

Although Wei Congyi was cunning and cunning, every time he sought refuge with others, he was guarded like a thief. Almost no one was willing to supply him with soldiers and weapons. This time, Zhang Shun actually added more than a hundred soldiers, and he was quite moved. , quickly promised: "Don't worry, Lord, I will definitely find a way to break through this door."

Zhang Shun laughed when he heard this and said: "This place is not conducive to attack. 'Purple Gold Liang' assigned it to us to be stationed and besieged. They had no intention of letting us work hard. How can we be so anxious to do so? I think you are also a veteran general. You Just give me a big fanfare, there is no need to attack the city desperately."

"What's the point of being surrounded but not attacking?" Since Wei Congyi was born, his family motto has been "The way to be a general is to win first. A defeated general cannot be described as brave." I have never heard of anyone fighting without risking his life.

"I think this second leader has two minds. Let's just be careful not to be betrayed by this person." Zhang Shun thought for a while but couldn't get what he wanted, so he ordered.

Therefore, Zhang took the opportunity to set up camp near Qinshui, with Xiao Qinhu, Chen Changzhen and Zhang Sanbai stationed on the north, west and south sides respectively, protecting his central army and supply camps inside. Then, he secretly sent people to find several ships and hid them in the camp to prevent accidents.

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