please make me king

Chapter 1723 Contact
"Xu is going to seek refuge with me?" Zhang Shun looked at Xu Jiayin in front of him, without showing any emotion on his face, but secretly complained about his name.

"Yes, my commander has [-] soldiers, and has won consecutive battles, across Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and no one in the Ming army can control him!" Xu Jiayin quickly saluted.

"Now I admire His Highness's prestige, and I want to be His Highness's commander-in-chief!"

"You have such a sharp mouth, you can tell the truth about death!" Zhang Shun shook his head when he heard the words, and said with a smile.

"This king started his army in Mengjin and fought more than a hundred battles. What scenes have you not seen?"

"Based on my estimation, excluding the old and the weak and those who shouted and cheered, Xu Du has no more than 3000 to [-] people."

"Forget it, forget it, because he is willing to vote for me, let him be given the post of commander-in-chief, and let him have a battalion of troops!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!" Xu Jiayin was startled when he heard the words, and then couldn't help but exclaimed with joy.

In the Ming Dynasty, the position of commander-in-chief was already the pinnacle of generals, so why would Xu Du ask for it?

The two agreed, but Xu Jiayin didn't dare to stay longer, so he bid farewell to Zhang Shun and returned to Jinhua.

Zhang Shun didn't force him to stay, but before he left, he couldn't help asking: "Xu Jiayin, I wonder if you intend to do business, do some real estate sales?"

"Where did Your Highness say that?" Xu Jiayin couldn't help being stunned.

"Uh, just ask, just ask!" Zhang Shun chuckled, and couldn't help but feel relieved secretly.

"Your Highness!" Gu Tinglin rushed over just as Zhang Shun was saying goodbye to Xu Jiayin.

Zhang Shun hurriedly waved Xu Jiayin goodbye, and then asked, "What's wrong?"

"His Royal Highness Qizuo, just now Zheng Zhilong came to envoy and claimed that he would also submit to King Shun!" Gu Tinglin replied hastily.

"What?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, but he didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to be so happy.

It turned out that although Xu Du was "eager to surrender", due to the lack of news, Xu Jiayin almost ran to Suzhou and traveled a lot.

However, Zheng Zhilong's emissary, because of Zheng Cai's intentional delay, although he knew Zhang Shun's location clearly, wasted some time in vain.

After going back and forth like this, the two sides happened to get together.

If Gu Tinglin didn't deliberately stop him, maybe the two would meet face to face.

"Please, hurry up!" Zhang Shun couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly ordered.

Not long after, a messenger rushed over and submitted a surrender form.

It is said that Zheng Zhilong has [-] soldiers, thousands of warships, and hundreds of officials, and he wants to coerce King Lu to submit to King Yunyun of Shun.

Zhang Shun opened his mouth to promise Duke Yi, but the newly arrived Ningbo prefect Lu Ziyue suddenly winked at him.

He couldn't help being moved in his heart, because he said with a smile: "This is a big matter, let me think about it, and then make a fuss!"

After the envoy retreated, Lu Ziyue hesitated, and explained: "There are rumors that the Zheng brothers have been at odds in recent years, and they may not be united. Please think about it carefully, Your Highness."

"Of course, this is a cover-up deliberately released by the three brothers, and it may not necessarily be."

"Oh?" Zhang Shun frowned when he heard this, and suddenly became a little hesitant.

If the two forces Zheng Zhilong and Xu Du on the border of Zhejiang surrendered together, it would naturally be a suspension of everything.

If, as Lu Ziyue said, Zheng Zhilong was unable to control the entire Zheng family's power, then this trip would be extremely dangerous.

Do you know why?

As the saying goes: At the end of the crossbow, it is impossible to penetrate Lu Jin!
Don't look at the fact that Zhang Shun has won consecutive battles since he left the capital. In fact, his main force is still stranded in the capital and Liaodong, and the remaining troops are evenly distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and other places.

Now the closest troops to Zhang Shun are Hong Chengchou's tribe in Fengyang, Li Zicheng's tribe in Anqing, and Xiao Qinhu's tribe stationed in Nanyang.

Each of these three tribes has more than ten thousand soldiers, totaling a total of fifty thousand horses, but they can't work together for the time being, and they can't come to help him.

Therefore, in the entire Jiangnan area, apart from the thousands of personal guards under his command, the only forces that can be used are the two battalions of Wang Ding and Luo Shangwen.

However, with regard to these two battalions, Wang Ding's battalion still needs to be stationed in Nanjing to deter Xiaoxiao.

The first battalion of Luo Shangwen was separated, stationed in Jiangyin and Chongming, and guarding the mouth of the Yangtze River to prevent Zheng's navy from entering the Yangtze River without any scruples.

As a result, Zhang Shun's troops were stretched.

Of course, now that Liaodong is under attack, Zhang Shun will soon be able to mobilize troops to go south, and naturally everything will be worry-free.

But now that the matter is imminent, the two asked to surrender one after another, should he agree or not?
If not, not only will the good opportunity be missed, but also the enemy's resistance will be aroused in vain.

If you agree, you will have to take another risk.

Of course, Zhang Shun is not afraid of taking risks, what he is afraid of is falling into Zheng Zhilong's tricks.

Now Zhang Shun is not afraid in Ningbo and Hangzhou, he and Luo Shangwen can echo each other from a distance, and they can support each other if there is a change.

However, if Zhang Shun wanted to leave Ningbo for Taizhou and Jinhua, and Zheng's navy captured Ningbo and cut off his way back, his fate would be similar to that of Li Zicheng who was beaten to death by a hoe in history.

what to do?Do you want to take the risk?
Zhang Shun pondered for a while, looked at Wukong, then at Gu Tinglin, and couldn't help thinking.

He couldn't help laughing and said, "Ting Lin, I know you're a great talent, but it's a waste of talent to stay by my side and act as a clerk."

"This king intends to train you, and you will go to recruit Xu Du and Zheng Zhilong with your Four Banners. I don't know if you have the courage to go there?"

"Ah? Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, thank you Your Highness for your kindness!" Gu Tinglin couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly thanked him loudly.

As the saying goes: "Please come to Lingyan Pavilion for a while, if you are a scholar, you will have tens of thousands of households!"

In the Ming Dynasty, there was always a rule that "you can't be named a Marquis unless you have made military achievements", so Gu Tinglin was also studying martial arts diligently in addition to reading poetry and books, hoping that one day he would go to battle to kill the enemy and be named a Marquis.

When he was rehabilitating the society, he and his friend Guizhuang often danced with guns and sticks. They were laughed at by others, but he remained unmoved.

Now seeing Zhang Shun appointing himself to lead the army, why not like it?

Seeing his excitement, Zhang Shun feared that he might ruin the event, so he hurriedly ordered: "If the other generation surrenders, Qing will accept it. If he refuses to surrender, Qing will come back immediately. You must not be willing to fight!"

Then Gu Tinglin quickly responded one by one, and then called Guizhuang and others who came with him, and then led the 500 people from the Four Banners all the way south, towards Taizhou.

From Ningbo to Taizhou for [-] li, it took Gu Tinglin and his team two or three days to reach the outside of Taizhou city.

However, when they just arrived in Taizhou, they discovered that a fierce battle was taking place outside Taizhou city.

Gu Tinglin hurriedly called the locals to ask, and only then did he know that a few days ago, for some reason, the Zheng family had internal strife.

One side, headed by Zheng Zhilong, hijacked the King of Lu and Ma Menghua, the general soldier of Zhejiang, and guarded the city.

The other side, led by Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Cai, stormed Taizhou City, and the two sides fought inextricably for a while.

"Brother Gu, there really is internal strife in the Zheng family!" Seeing this, his friend Gui Zhuang couldn't help saying, "Now Zheng Zhilong is alone and alone, so it won't last long."

"In my opinion, I will assist him in defending the city while sending people to Jinhua to recruit Xu Du and others. Only then can there be a glimmer of hope!"

"No, you can't!" Gu Tinglin frowned upon hearing the words, waved his hands and said, "That Xu is cunning and repeated, and surrendering to His Highness was a last resort."

"Now that we have heard of internal strife in the Zheng family and the pressure is gone, how can we easily surrender?"

"In my opinion, you should first enter the city to observe its reality, and then make a fuss!"

(End of this chapter)