please make me king

Chapter 1236 Sun Chuanting's Ambition
When Sun Chuanting supervised the Rebel Army general Man Tianxing Zhang Dashou rushed to Huozhou City, the rebel army Wei Zhiyou and Shenshuying Dong Yongwen were fighting fiercely.

It turned out that in order to catch up with the journey, Sun Chuanting ordered Shetatian and Li Wanqing to surround the two counties of Hongdong and Zhaocheng respectively, and led a battalion of troops to Huozhou city in time.

Dong Yongwen, the left general of the Shenshu Camp of the Ming Army, saw that the volunteer reinforcements had arrived and there was nothing he could do, so he had to retreat northward.

The star-studded Zhang Dashou led his troops to chase for a while, but was stopped by a warrior under Dong Yongwen's command.

But he saw the steep mountains on both sides of the road, worried that he would be ambushed by the Ming army, so he had to retreat.

So, Sun Chuanting and Zhang Dashou entered Huozhou City, and joined the two soldiers and horses of Wei Zhiyou camp.

Wei Zhiyou checked Zhang Shun's military order carefully, and after finding out that there was no doubt about it, he accepted the military order honestly.

Sun Chuanting couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion, thinking that it's no wonder that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not the opponents of the Rebel Army.

It turned out that Sun Chuanting was not only familiar with military books since he was a child, but also served as the governor of Shanxi. Of course, he knew how difficult it would be for his generals to obey orders honestly.

After Sun Chuanting took office, in order to establish military prestige, he had to personally count the soldiers one by one, so as to suppress Wang Zhong, the general soldier of Shanxi, and barely achieved his goal.

As a result, in the rebel army, he, a demoted official without any prestige, can make these "year-old bandits" bow their heads and obey orders with a single military order from King Shun, which is really unbelievable.

As if seeing Sun Chuanting's doubts, Wei Zhiyou couldn't help laughing and said: "The general doesn't know something, so I'm considered an old man in the rebel army."

"From the beginning of the uprising with Wang Zuogua to the time when Song County took refuge in the officers and soldiers of the Ming army, I don't know how many heroes in the world have met."

"There are Wang Ziyong, Wang Jiayin, and Gao Yingxiang who are famous in the Ming Dynasty, and there are also lesser-known 'not sticking mud' Zhang Cunmeng, 'Chuangjiang' Li Zicheng, 'Living Cao Cao' Luo Rucai, 'Eight Great Kings' Zhang Xianzhong, etc., to name a few."

"These people may be scheming, cruel and violent, or deep-minded, or full of resourcefulness, but which one is as good as King Shun, who is victorious in all battles and can stand on his feet?"

"The customs of the righteous army are different and clear. I know that both will benefit from cooperation, and both will suffer from separation."

"In the past, the joint venture was just a joint venture if there was peace, and a stop if there was disagreement."

"The prestige of King Shun is as high as the sky now, and all the heroes in the world admire him. Who would not accept King Shun's sincerity?"

"Take me personally as an example. I won't be afraid of your jokes if I say it. Back then, I had five hundred elite soldiers under my command, so I became a defensive position in the Ming Dynasty."

"As a result, when King Shun came, before the battle started, all the five hundred elite soldiers joined King Shun, and I became a bare garrison."

"If it were someone else, I would have died a hundred times earlier if I had no support."

"Unexpectedly, after King Shun took over my troops, he still sent a thousand 'hair gourds' for me to lead."

"When the rebel army became stronger and stronger, not only did I not get suppressed, but instead joined forces with me and promoted me to the position of commander in chief."

"If there is credit in the future, everyone will be rewarded, and there will be no inequality."

"Wei is just a bandit. If he hadn't followed King Shun, he would not have died in a gutter, but he was also going through mountains and forests everywhere. How could he see the light of day?"

"Tell me, following such a lord, how can we not die?"

Sun Chuanting was taken aback when he heard the words, and then thought of himself, why not?

In fact, since he became a Jinshi at the age of [-], he has successively served as the county magistrate of Yongcheng, the county magistrate of Shangqiu, the principal, and the doctor.

If it weren't for the "shun thief" who is so powerful, he wouldn't be promoted to the post of governor of Shanxi because of his "frontier talent".

As a result, his buttocks were still hot, and he had no choice but to demote "King Shun".

Logically speaking, people like him will basically not be reused.

Unexpectedly, he had just followed King Shun for a few months, and he dared to directly appoint him to lead the three battalions to take charge of the Huozhou war.

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting's heart became hot, and he couldn't help discussing with Wei Zhiyou and Zhang Dashou: "Although King Shun sent us to fight for Huozhou, if we just win Huozhou, we will not show our ability."

"Although this Huozhou is an important place, most of its dangers are within the territory of Lingshi. Therefore, without Lingshi, there would be no Huozhou, and without Huozhou, there would be no Pingyang."

"Although the rebel army is winning consecutive battles, they are not enough to attack and defend. Only when the spirit stone is down can they be safe."

"I intend to defeat Dong Yongwen of the Shenshu camp and seize the Lingshi before the Ming army arrives. What do you two think?"

How do you think Sun Chuanting has such rhetoric?

It turns out that although Huozhou is called "According to the victory of mountains and rivers, it is a brief place to compete for balance between Taiyuan and Pingyang, and there is no one who does not regard the state as a channel."

In fact, although the road to the south of Huozhou is narrow, it is not dangerous.

Only from the north of Huozhou to the border of Lingshi County, with mountains and rivers next to it, and Hanxin Mountain running across the north, is the most dangerous.

Since ancient times, there was no one who took Huozhou from the north without crossing Hanxinling;
Since ancient times, there has been no one who has defended Huozhou without taking Han Xinling.

In the past, Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty raised troops in Jinyang, and the first stop on the road to the customs was to enter Jiahu Fort through Shuque Valley, which is connected with Hanxinling, to lure Sui general Song Laosheng to fight, and entered Huoyi in the first battle.

Now that the natural danger at Huozhou's North Gate is not in his hands, Sun Chuanting is naturally restless, worried that the left governor Zhu Xieyuan will suddenly lead an army south, and then he may only have to repeat the mistakes of Song Laosheng.

"This is not easy to fight, is it?" Wei Zhiyou heard that although he supported Sun Chuanting emotionally, he had to analyze the actual situation.

"Although our army has [-] soldiers, it still doesn't have enough advantage against Dong Yongwen's [-] cavalry."

As a result, Wei Zhiyou had just finished speaking, and before Sun Chuanting could speak, Zhang Dashou, who was full of stars, frowned and said, "I don't know what General Sun's plan is? If the plan works, it might be impossible to fight."

It turned out that Wei Zhiyou's words sounded right, but in fact, he faintly revealed his distrust of the fighting power of the five thousand rebels under Zhang Dashou's command.

Sun Chuanting couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words, just now he was praising the generals under King Shun's command for being honest and knowledgeable, but in a blink of an eye, he got such a trick for himself.

But Sun Chuanting is not a vegetarian, he couldn't help laughing and said: "From Huozhou to Lingshi, there are only two roads."

"One takes the official road, passing through Zhoucun, Shizhuang, Laozhangwan, Qianlijing, Xiaoyaoling, Renyi Station, Hanxinling, Wulipu to Lingshi."

"The other one goes up against the Fen River, goes through Yindi Pass, Shuque Valley and reaches Lingshi"

"The general wants to go to Shuque Valley?" Wei Zhiyou didn't care about Zhang Dashou's thoughts, but heard Sun Chuanting's words, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

"What's the matter, can't it work?" Sun Chuanting laughed.

It turns out that the Shuque Valley was the only way to connect Taiyuan and Hedong during the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties. It is located in the canyon between the Taiyue Mountain and Luliang Mountain.

It connects Jinzhong Basin in the north and Linfen Basin in the south, starting from Jiexiu Yitang and ending at Lingshi Nanguan. It has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times.

However, this important traffic point was abandoned during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and today's Hanxinling Road emerged instead.

The fundamental reason is: "Queshu Valley, tens of miles of dangerous narrow roads, the water is all connected to the Liangge Road, the road is piled up with stones, and the rock side is entwined, or it goes to the water for one foot, or it is five or six feet high, and it goes up to Daishanfu. , next to the Juejian, commonly known as the Luban Bridge, which covered the ancient pass, is also dangerous in today's place."

This place is extremely dangerous, and most people regard it as treacherous, so Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but be astonished.

(End of this chapter)