please make me king

Chapter 1248 Target Taiyuan
Just as Mrs. Hong was in full swing in Liaodong, Zhang Shunzheng led Yang Chengzu, Zhang Rujing and Wang Zhong's three camps with nearly ten thousand people to rush towards Taiyuan.

And Li Wanqing, who had just arrived in Huozhou, quickly advised Zhang Shun: "Shanxi governor Yang Wenyue is stationed in Luzhou to stop our army."

"Now the Rebel Army Ke Lingshi, Tongqi County, just detours here, attacking back and forth to destroy this thief."

"If this thief is defeated, all the land of Shangdang will belong to me. Although the land of Ming Dynasty is so vast, Shanxi is not enough to rely on, and the world is not enough to defend!"

It turns out that Lingqin in Lingshi County can lead to Qinzhou in the east, while Jialing Station in Qixian County is the only place to go north from Lu'an Mansion and Qinzhou to the main road.

This is also one of the reasons why Sun Chuanting led the rebel army to Jia Lingyi and was blocked by Zhu Xieyuan.

If Qi County is completely occupied by the rebels, Luzhou will not be protected, and if Luzhou is not protected, Qinzhou and Liaozhou will not be protected.

The four lands of Zelu, Qin, and Liao were the upper party in ancient times. The Shangdang did not exist, and the rebel army was on top, threatening Shunde, Guangping, and Daming.

If these three prefectures are lost, the true determination will not be guaranteed, and if the true determination is not guaranteed, the capital will be in danger!
Although Qi County is not in the hands of the rebels now, the Lingshi has already fallen into the hands of the rebels.

If at this time Zhang Shun sent his army to the east, took the Lingqin trail to attack Yang Wenyue, cut off his wings, and released the South Route Army who was confronting Yang Wenyue, Yang Sichang, Zhu Dadian and others, then Taiyuan would naturally be nothing to worry about.

It's just that Li Wanqing's proposal is a sure-fire strategy if you only consider the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

If the world is concerned, this is a strategy to delay the war opportunity.

Because from a traditional strategic point of view, the rebel army took Shangdang, one prefecture and three states, and then took Taiyuan and Hebei.

However, if you join the Liaodong Jurchen force, it is naturally a different matter.

Because the later Jin took Liaodong as its hinterland, and North Korea, Chahar, and Tumote as its two wings, confronted Ming army Xuanda Jiliao.

If the rebel army seized the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, instead allowing Houjin to occupy important places such as Xuanda, Jiliao, etc., it would mean that the entire north would be exposed to Houjin's iron cavalry.

Therefore, at the beginning of Zhang Shun's formulation of the Eastern Expedition strategy, the minimum goal he set was to capture Taiyuan.

If the Shangdang area, which is the land of three prefectures, one prefecture and three prefectures from Zelu, Qin, Liao, is the "spine of the world", then Taiyuan is the "shoulder of the world" that is "the hub of the four frontiers and the capital of the Wuyuan".

In the past, the Anshi Rebellion broke out during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. Li Guangbi, who stayed in Taiyuan, stood firm in Taiyuan City and defeated the rebels Shi Siming and Cai Xide's [-] troops, which laid a solid foundation for the Tang army to recover the two capitals and put down the rebels.

Although the subsequent Song Dynasty lost the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, it was also able to rely on Taiyuan to rebuild the northern defense system and occupy the core area of ​​​​the world.

But in the Jingkang period, Taiyuan was lost, and the northern land was abandoned.

The Northern Song Dynasty can no longer be as important as the Tang Dynasty, and the rivers and mountains can be restored, so there are two dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties!

According to this, Zhang Shun deeply realized the strategic position of Taiyuan.

As the saying goes: "Controlling the mountains and rivers, standing on the shoulders of the world, is the root of Hedong", if Taiyuan is there, Shanxi is there, and if Shanxi is there, the north is safe.

Therefore, although Zeluqinliao in the Shangdang area is important, it is not as far as Taiyuan.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but shook his head, and said with a smile: "Shanxi Governor Yang Wenyue is only a battalion of troops, and now he is stationed in Luzhou to support himself, so why use all these troops?"

"What's more, Hong Chengchou, the commander of the South Route Army, and Li Xin, the left commander, are not mediocre. With such a superior force, why do we need to help each other?"

Why do you think Zhang Shun has such rhetoric?
It turned out that at the beginning of the plan, Zhang Shun, Hong Chengchou and others formulated the strategy of "slowly attacking Shangdang and quickly capturing Taiyuan".

For the Yi army, "Taiyuan is more important than Shangdang", while for the Ming army, "Shangdang is more important than Taiyuan".

The rebel army urgently needs to seize Taiyuan, connect it with the Shaanxi frontier, and reorganize the northern defense system.

The Ming army urgently needed to keep the rebel army outside the Shangdang to ensure the safety of Beizhi.

Taiyuan is not unimportant to the Ming army, but because Taiyuan City is close to the three towns of Xuanda, and the elite soldiers guard the environment, and they think they are not afraid of the siege of the rebels.

Therefore, before the war, Zhang Shun deliberately agreed with Hong Chengchou and Li Xin to "slowly attack Zelu and show the enemy's weakness".

This caused the Ming court and the public to feel lucky, thinking that the soldiers of the rebel army were not strong enough, and the "shun thieves" had little ambition, so as to shake their determination to fight decisively.

In fact, this strategic deception was very successful. Although the Ming Dynasty successively dispatched Zuozhu Kingdom Zhu Xieyuan and Minister of War Yang Sichang as supervisors to fight against the Rebel Army, the center of gravity has been vacillating between the Rebel Army and the Houjin Army. So far, Xuanda has not been mobilized on a large scale. Elite soldiers from the four towns of Jiliao entered the pass to fight against the rebels.

Now or never!
Given such a great opportunity, if Zhang Shun didn't seize Taiyuan quickly, wouldn't he have to wait for Daming and Houjin to mobilize an army before making a fuss?

After a little understanding of the current situation, Zhang Shun issued a death order to Shetatian Li Wanqing: "Huozhou is an important place for our army, and Lingshi is our retreat. The general must divide more than a thousand troops to garrison Huozhou. Thousands of Death Guard Lingshi."

"After this battle, if the spirit stone is there, you can expect to be a marquis, and if the spirit stone is lost, you will come to see him. Please be careful!"

Li Wanqing was shocked when he heard the words, he never expected Zhang Shun to issue such an order.

People often say, "Pick the soft persimmons and squeeze them", but Yang Wenyue, the governor of Shanxi, has only a battalion of troops.

In fact, the reason why he made this suggestion was not that he wanted Zhang Shun to lead an army to attack Yang Wenyue in Luzhou, but that he wanted to raise his own troops to advance eastward in order to establish some achievements.

As a result, he only needs to be stationed in one county now, and he can get such credit for nothing, so why bother to take risks?
Thinking of this, Li Wanqing hastily disregarded the clothes on his body, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, saying long live: "If the spirit stone is there, Wanqing will be there, and if the spirit stone is dead, Wanqing will be dead. Li swears to live and die with the spirit stone!"

Seeing Li Wanqing's repeated assurances, Zhang Shun left Lingshi with peace of mind, and led the army all the way north to search for Sun Chuanting and other troops.

The army marched for two days, but suddenly heard that the rebel army had fought against the Ming army in Qi County. Zhang Shun hurriedly urged the soldiers to rush all the way to Qi County without stopping.

As a result, when they rushed to Qi County, the fighting had long since ended. Sun Chuanting led Wei Zhiyou and Zhang Dashou's troops to retreat to Jiaocheng.

So, when the two armies joined forces, Zhang Shun met Sun Chuanting and told about his parting, and only then did he know.

It turned out that on that day, Sun Chuanting lined up against the water and Zhu Xieyuan, the left governor, led more than [-] elite Ming troops to fight fiercely for a long time.

The Ming army "cannon is not as good as people", and was repelled by the rebels many times, and they couldn't get cheap.

In the evening, when both sides were exhausted, Sun Chuanting ordered [-] cavalry from Zhang Dashou's troops to land on a boat from the upper reaches of the Fen River, and rushed to the right flank of the Ming army.

The Ming army couldn't resist and had to retreat.

The rebel cavalry took the opportunity to kill the gunners of the Ming army and seized more than [-] artillery pieces of the Ming army.

Zhu Xieyuan saw that there was nothing he could do, so he retreated as a team.

At this time, the rebel army was already exhausted with fewer attacks and more attacks, so they crossed the river to the west and captured Jiaocheng on the west bank of the Fen River for temporary repairs.

(End of this chapter)