Please ask me to be the emperor

After everyone listened to Zhang Shun's words, they took a closer look and found that the person who had been waiting for a long time was actually the trusted general who was following Zhang Xianzhong.

Niu Jinxing and Xiao Qinhu couldn't help but feel chills in their backs. Zhang Shun didn't know when he planted a traitor next to Zhang Xianzhong.

How pitiful it is for a living hero to be found out!

When Zhang Ke saw Zhang Shun, he quickly knelt down, kowtowed, and called "Master". Only then did he explain Zhang Xianzhong's affairs clearly.

It turns out that the fight between Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng for the young eunuch was intentional.

He deliberately fell out with Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai in order to avoid the sharp edges of the officers and soldiers, and with the help of the "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan, he planned to use the Yinghuo Mountain District as a base, look down on Jiangnan, and recreate the old events of the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath when they heard this. They never expected that this guy, who seemed like a cruel and murderous brainless man, could have such a scheming mind.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Even Zhang Xianzhong had such scheming intentions. Could Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, who were even more cunning and cunning, really be so honest?

When I am using them, why aren't they using me?

There is no such thing as intrigue and deception!

Originally, Zhang Shun was confident that he could control the situation in the world, but he didn't expect that after such a disturbance, everything would be in chaos.

Not to mention that Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong had their own ideas and "executed" Zhang Shun's plan beyond recognition.

Even Zhang Shun's original plan to capture Nanyang through a battle had many variables in its execution.

Although Zhang Shun has finally occupied Nanyang City, looking at the current situation, Huguang Governor Tang Hui and others are not willing to give up.

Zhang Shun pondered for a moment and then said: "Go back now. It's best to be careful and don't let this guy find out."

"You know his temperament. Once the news is leaked, he can't do anything to me, but he can easily deal with you!"

Thinking of Zhang Xianzhong's methods, Zhang Kewang, who was still a child, couldn't help but shudder and hurriedly retreated.

Niu Jinxing saw Zhang Shun sigh and withdrew his gaze. Then he cautiously shouted: "King Shun?"

Zhang Shun finally came to his senses and responded: "What's wrong?"

Niu Jinxing boasted that he was familiar with Sun Wu's art of war. Now he had a glimpse of the leopard, and he realized that Zhang Shun used time to the fullest, and actually played with Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and others.

He had never known Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. Just looking at the ability of this Xianzhong, I think the other two would not be far behind.

Niu Jinxing couldn't help but feel frightened and delighted. She laughed for a while and said, "I am so frightened by the lord's methods that I can't help but look up at the mountains!"

"Which one of us is following which one? Needless to say, there is no need to say flattery!" Zhang Shun waved his hand and said, "My sworn brother is also here. You should quickly arrange manpower, contact Zhang Sanbai, and investigate the situation in East Henan!"

"The last general (minister) takes the order!" Niu Jinxing and Xiao Qinhu responded quickly when they heard the words.

"Lord, what are you doing?" Niu Jinxing was a good scholar after all, and he thought more deeply than Xiao Qinhu.

"Zhang Xianzhong returned to the army sooner than I thought!" Zhang Shun frowned and said, "Zhang Kewang may not be telling the truth!"

"It's possible to tell half of it and leave half of it; it's also possible that you really know nothing!"

"Zhang Xianzhong returned to the west not only to avoid the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, but also to divert the trouble eastward, intending to attract the officers and soldiers so that I could fend them off for them while they hid in a remote place to recuperate!"

"This..." Niu Jinxing also realized that Zhang Xianzhong returned to the west and attracted Luo Ju, the commander-in-chief of Sui Chen, Ma Xu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuzhou, and Lu Jiude, the eunuch.

So what about Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, whom the Lord calls "more cunning"?

It is said that after "Trespassing General" Li Zicheng, "Living Cao Cao Luo Rucai" and Zhang Xianzhong parted ways, they had their own plans.

The "Guyuan Zhenlong Emperor" who participated in the rebel army's capture of Fengyang was actually not a "Qin bandit" or a "Henan bandit", but a "Lu bandit" from Shandong, north of Zhili in the south.

It turns out that during the Wanli period, the White Lotus Sect began to secretly preach in Shandong and Hebei.

The White Lotus Sect is a professional rebel religion and is inextricably linked to the uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty. Since Zhu Yuanzhang took over the world, the White Lotus Sect has gone underground and carried out rebellions at every turn.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Xu Hongru, a Bailian disciple in Shandong, launched the Caozhou Uprising, which spread throughout Yuncheng, Juye, Tengxian, Zouxian, Yixian and other places, cutting off the water transportation of the Grand Canal.

The imperial court quickly mobilized the army, quickly extinguished the rebels, captured and killed Xu Hongru, and the White Lotus Sect continued to lurk.

This time they heard that the rebel army was attacking Fengyang City, so they took part in it again under the banner of "Gu Yuan Zhenlong Emperor".

It is said that the word Gu Yuan comes from the scriptures of the White Lotus Sect.

Although Nateng County, Zouxian County, Yi County and other places are located in Shandong, they are actually just north of Xuzhou.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai had many cavalrymen under their command, but none of them were good at boats. After the Governor of Water Transport and Fengyang Zhu Dadian was stationed in Huai'an, they knew that they could not capture Huai'an, which was surrounded by waterways, so they set their sights on the equally prosperous city of Xuzhou.

Huai'an, Xuzhou, Linqing and Dezhou were the four major water transport ports in the Ming Dynasty, specializing in the storage and transshipment of water grain. The city of Xuzhou alone has more than one million dan of grain stored in it.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai had a good plan, preparing to seize Xuzhou's grain supply and collect troops from Shandong to achieve a great cause.

In particular, Yuncheng and Juye in Shandong are the places where the main stories of "Water Margin of Loyalty" take place, which shows how good the folk customs are.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai had a beautiful idea, but the court was already on guard. Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province, happened to be transferred to Xuzhou to prevent the rebels from blocking the grain supply.

This Liu Zeqing was born in the Liaodong Frontier Army, and had made great achievements during the battle with Hou Jin Dynasty, so he was quite capable.

Then Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai surrounded Xuzhou City and attacked from morning to night, but could not make a breakthrough.

When Commander-in-Chief Yang Yupan and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mou Wenshou recaptured Fengyang, Governor of Water Transport Zhu Dadian personally led Li Zhongzhen's elite border troops, Commander-in-Chief Ni Chong, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mou Wenshou and Biaoying, a total of more than 10,000 people, to attack for a long time. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were not inferior.

The two could not resist, and were immediately defeated by Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang.

The two of them had no way to go, so they retreated to Guide Mansion in Henan. Zhu Dadian led the elite in pursuit, but Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai had no choice but to continue retreating westward.

The two sides chased each other and fled. Seeing Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai forcing themselves into Kaifeng Mansion, Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, who was originally the old god, couldn't sit still. He had no choice but to order Chen Yongfu to defend Zhengzhou, and at the same time order Hu Dawei, the deputy commander-in-chief who had just been transferred from Shanxi, to defend Kaifeng.

As Zhang Shun expected, with Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai intentionally or unintentionally attracting the main force of Zhu Dadian, the Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang, the land of Henan was intricately covered with rebels and soldiers from the three provinces, and a melee was about to break out.