please make me king

Chapter 713 Rebel Strategy
As soon as Nanyang was mentioned, Zhang Shun subconsciously remembered the text "Humble Room Inscription" he had recited when he was in school in his previous life.

Zhuge Lu in Nanyang, Ziyun Pavilion in Xishu.Confucius said: Why is there such a thing?
It’s also dumbfounding to say that Zhuge Liang lived in a hut back then, worrying about the world, and never paid too much attention to the administrative division of the land where he cultivated.On the contrary, after Zhuge Liang's death, a dispute broke out between Xiangyang and Nanyang for Zhuge Liang's farming land.

However, compared with the historical competition between the two places as important political and military locations, this seems childish again.

Nanyang was Wancheng in ancient times, and Zhangxiu was based in the Three Kingdoms period.

It turned out that Zhang Xiu's uncle, Zhang Ji, was short of food in the army, so he went to attack Liu Biao, plundered food and grass, and unfortunately died of a stray arrow.

Then his nephew Zhang Xiu took over Zhang Jiyu's department and was placed in Wancheng by Liu Biao.

This is not Liu Biao's kindness. When others attack him, he repays them with kindness.It is that Wancheng covers Jingxiang and controls Ruluo in the north, which is a strategic location.

The reason why Liu Biao placed Zhang Xiu here was to cover Cao Cao's edge, and to show his weakness as an enemy, so as to show that he had no desire to compete with Cao Cao.

Therefore, if Cao Cao wanted to attack Liu Biao, he had to destroy Zhangxiu first; and if Liu Biao wanted to defend Xiangyang, he had to defend Wancheng first.

Because Nanyang and Xiangyang are right at the two ends of Nanyang Basin.

For the north, once Nanyang falls, the south will threaten important places such as Ruzhou and Luoyang.

As for the south, once Xiangyang falls, the north can take the opportunity to build a navy and go down the Han River to break the south's advantage of the Yangtze River.

Na Lu Weiqi suggested that Zhang Shun attack Nanyang, the first is to take its elite soldiers.

Nanyang and Western Henan have always been integrated, with continuous mountains, and the mountain people have always been brave and difficult to control while farming and hunting.

Since ancient times, "poor mountains and bad waters give rise to troublesome people" and even elite soldiers in the mountains.

Europe has the famous Swiss mountain halberd soldiers, and China also has Danyang elite soldiers.Even the Houjin elite soldiers who were born in the Changbai Mountains, and the Shizhu Tusi soldiers who were born in the Jiuxi eighteen caves at the junction of Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou, can also be classified as mountain elite soldiers to a certain extent.

The characteristics of these mountain elite soldiers are "the people are more determined, good at martial arts, and noble in strength". The quality of individual soldiers is excellent, and they are one of the best sources of soldiers.

The second is to cover Ruzhou and Luoyang.Although Zhang Shun was ready to take all the land of Ruzhou and Henan, but the power of the imperial court was still there.

Once the imperial court catches this breath, it will definitely make a comeback and besiege from all sides.When the time comes, the rebel army will be hard-pressed with two fists and four hands, so it is better to take the opportunity to seize the important areas first, in case of emergency.

The third is to leave a retreat for the rebels.The Art of War says: "Before thinking about victory, first think about defeat."

Not to mention Lu Weiqi, even Zhang Shun himself is not fully sure whether the rebel army can persist in Luoyang to the end.

That being the case, if you have to retreat in the next wave of encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, why not take the opportunity to go south to Nanyang.

At that time, if Huguang is unprepared, go down to Huguang; if Huguang is prepared, break Yunyang, and hide in the mountains of Qinling and Daba Mountains, in order to recover.

Zhang Shun still hesitated after hearing Lu Weiqi's words.

Now that the rebel army has won a great victory, the surrounding officers and soldiers are empty, and it is time to attack the city and seize the territory.

It's just that after all, the days for the rebel army to rise up are too short, and there are not enough soldiers and horses to take all of them.

So where to take first, where to take later, where to attack, where to attack, and where to harass, that is extremely important.

Strategic issues are so confusing, but once you make a mistake, you will face the ending of "one careless move, and the whole game will be lost".

Seeing that Zhang Shun was still hesitating, Lu Weiqi couldn't help persuading him again: "Nanyang has been the 'Chu Yu Xiong Fan, Qin Wu Throat' since ancient times, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on the other, sandwiched between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, connecting the north, south, and east. Ruluo, looking at Jingxiang in the south, Wuguan in the west, and Tongbai in the east, is the waist of the world!"

Lu Weiqi's rhetoric is powerful, basically saying: Nanyang has everything, I don't know why you are hesitating, my lord?
Zhang Shun paced back and forth for a while, pondered for a long time, and then opened his mouth to ask, "I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks?"

What can I think?Hearing this, Zhang Shenyan couldn't help muttering inwardly, I want my lord to seize the land of Hanoi, look at Shanxi, and break the spine of the world, isn't it impossible?
Seeing Zhang Shun's repeated inquiries, Zhang Shenyan couldn't figure out the pros and cons of it, so he replied vaguely: "Your Majesty, I think there is something in my heart, why bother to ask the old minister again?"

"Ha!" Zhang Shun laughed, shook his head and said, "I have no one to rely on, but a few people. If you can't make progress, how can you help me win the world?"

"Mr. Lu's plan is very clever, but it's selfish, so I can't consider this matter from a higher level!"

When Zhang Shenyan and Lu Weiqi heard that they were going to be beaten, they immediately knelt down and apologized.

Zhang Shun didn't respond either, instead he turned his head and asked, "I don't know how my wife and Mr. Song think about this matter?"

The two also looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what Zhang Shun was thinking.

After a long while, the red lady relied on her special status, and cautiously guessed: "Could it be that the head of the family is not satisfied with going west to Qinshan, but also not satisfied with going south to Nanyang?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Shun emphasized with a heavy tone.

"I..." Hong Niangzi was also a little confused by Zhang Shun's question, so she continued to follow the train of thought just now, "I think Zheng Bian is rich and prosperous, and the rebel army can divide into two groups. All the way out of Sishui to take Kaifeng Mansion and flatten it." Zhou Fan; go all the way out of Dengfeng and capture Xu Chen."

The more the red lady talked, the brighter her eyes became. She almost thought she had guessed what Zhang Shun was thinking, and continued to say excitedly: "Then join the three battalions of Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong, and take all the troops from the east of Henan, the west of Lu, and the north of Nanzhili. All lands, sweeping the world..."

Hearing that her words became more and more outrageous, Zhang Shun couldn't help but patted his forehead helplessly.

Only then did Hong Niangzi realize that she had guessed wrong, and her voice became smaller and smaller, and she even stopped talking altogether.

Song Xiance looked around, good guy, so he didn't say anything.Almost crying without tears, I am a fortune teller, what kind of military strategy does he know?
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Heluo is in the world, the Lord lives in it to control the world, just like Ziwei controls the stars!"

"My lord, you should keep your roots deep, recharge your energy, and wait for the world to change..."

Zhang Shun shook his head helplessly, sighed and said, "Don't choose one or the other, eat one bite at a time!"

"If you don't eat it one bite at a time, why don't you have to eat it in two bites?" Hong Niangzi made a speech with great difficulty, but Zhang Shun easily denied it, and she was still a little bit unconvinced.

Zhang Shun didn't respond to her, but stretched out his hand to help Zhang Shenyan and Lu Weiqi up one after another, and then said with a smile: "My way of eating is rather greedy, I call it 'eat one, hold one, watch one'!"

"The officers and soldiers are newly defeated, and the Henan government is empty, and I have already eaten it. The rebels need to eat it in their mouths as soon as possible, and swallow it in their stomachs! It is called 'eat one'."

"Nanyang Mansion is close at hand, and there is no large army to defend it. Now that Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, and Lu Xiangsheng, governor of Yunyang, are newly defeated, I expect them to be unprepared."

"Even if you are prepared, with the shabby appearance of Yunyang Governor Lu Xiangsheng, Nanyang Mansion must not be able to fight. The rebels can surprise them, and they should be able to go down with one drum! It's called 'clip one'."

"Shaanxi has three borders and four towns, with two to three hundred thousand elites from Gansu covering thousands of miles. It is not something the rebels can eat overnight."

"If I'm not wrong, among the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, most of the troops on the four sides of Xuanda, Ji and Liao were prepared by Houjin. In order to prevent Houjin from taking advantage of the situation, I guess that the imperial court would not dare to easily recruit a large number of troops. Go south. Then if the imperial court encircles and suppresses us, they will have to send troops from Shaanxi."

"How can I just sit idly by and wait for it to happen? I should send rebels to harass them, tire them out, wait for change, and buy time for the rebels to grow and develop. This is called 'see one'!"

(End of this chapter)