please make me king

Chapter 735
After Niu Jinxing arrived in a huff, Zhang Shun discussed with him for a while, and decided on the strategy of "Kunyang Pass will be defended with all its strength, Ye County will take turns to guard, and send scouts to investigate its reality".

In this era, it is difficult to organize night battles, and there are too many changes in the middle, and it is still not the first choice of the warring parties.

That night, after the officers and soldiers tentatively attacked Kunyang Pass for a while, they retreated without mentioning it.

In the morning of the next day, the scouts gradually returned, and only then did they discover that there were officers and soldiers in Yuzhou and Xiangcheng, but the exact number was unknown.

After all, it's not a game, you can open the whole picture and hang it.It's not a modern society with advanced information, it's not easy for scouts to find out such military information in a hurry.

Zhang Shun frowned, and asked Niu Jinxing, "Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, what can we do?"

Hearing this, Niu Jinxing also felt that this matter was a bit tricky. Knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy would win a hundred battles, but now knowing oneself but not knowing one's enemy, the outcome should be between five and five, how should one choose?

After a long while, Niu Jinxing couldn't help but replied: "For the current plan, the only way is to order Sishui Cao Bianjiao to take the initiative to attack Zhengzhou, and see how the officers and soldiers respond!"

"Okay!" Zhang Shun couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing when he heard the words, sure enough this Niu Jinxing is really capable.

As a later generation, Zhang Shun is more accustomed to considering strategic issues based on precise maps and terrain.

It is really rare for people in the Ming Dynasty, who mainly use text descriptions, to come to the same conclusion as him.

It turns out that Naye County is located near the western end of the Funiu Mountains and near the mouth of the Songshan Mountains.

From here to the north are Xiangcheng, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Xinzheng, Zhengzhou and other places.

And Yuzhou happened to be at the mouth of a valley in the Songshan Mountains, facing Dengfeng County where Li Jiyu was located;
Zhengzhou and Sishui County at the northern end of the Songshan Mountains are only separated by Xingyang.

That's right, it is the Xingyang where Cao Cao defeated Xingyang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

And Sishui County is where the Hulao Pass where the Three Kingdoms fought against Lu Bu was located.It is also where Li Shimin defeated Dou Jiande of Hebei Province and captured the two kings in one battle.

This place is not only the gateway of Luoyang, but also the gateway of Zhengbian.If the officers and soldiers occupy this place, Luoyang's gate will be wide open; if the rebel army occupies this place, Zheng Bian will have trouble sleeping and eating.

At the beginning, because of the accidental death of Henan governor Xuan Mo, the Henan dragons were leaderless, so the rebel army easily occupied this place after the defeat of the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou.

Because this place is too dangerous, when the new Henan Governor Fu Zonglong arrives, if he wants to win this place again, he will have to pay ten times, or even a hundred times the price, to have a chance.

In fact, it's not that Zhang Shun didn't think about it, whether this time it might be the new governor of Henan's trick.

He intentionally swayed a shot, apparently wanting to fight with himself, but in fact he wanted to trick the Jiaolong camp stationed at Sishui in order to capture Sishui.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun added: "Order Zhao Lizi to lead his new battalion to support Sishui, and make sure that Sishui Pass is safe!"

"Let Wang Shaoyu and Liu Cheng's two battalions strengthen their guard and do a good job of defending Luoyang City. Once there are police, they will immediately support other rebels."

"Li Xin, quickly return to Jia County to stabilize the situation in Jia County. I'd like to see if Jia County is about to fall, will Zuo Liangyu and the new governor of Henan behind him still be able to sit still?"

"The general really uses his troops like a god!" Niu Jinxing couldn't help admiring Zhang Shun's orderly arrangement without leaking any water.

As the saying goes: Laymen watch the excitement, while professionals watch the way.This Niu Jinxing is a man who knows how to fight, how could he not know how powerful Zhang Shun's arrangement is?

Zhang Shun's arrangement is equivalent to the rebels relying on the Songshan Mountains to deploy a "long snake formation" from south to north.

Cao Bianjiao in Sishui County has the tail of a snake, Li Jiyu in Dengfeng has the body of a snake, and the main force led by Zhang Shun and Li Xin has the head of a snake.

This is really the "frankness" mentioned in "Sun Tzu's Art of War".Those who are straightforward are also the snakes of Changshan.Hitting the head will reach the tail, hitting the tail will reach the head, hitting the middle will reach both the head and the tail.

This is Zhang Shun's strategy for the new governor of Henan.Taking offense as defense makes it an upright conspiracy. Let's see how your new Henan governor will deal with it?
Immediately, the rebels stayed in Ye County temporarily, and Zhang Shun sent messengers to convey Zhang Shun's orders to Luoyang and Sishui respectively.

Zhang Shun is waiting, and so is Fu Zonglong, the new governor of Henan.

Don't think that this guy is a rookie just because he gave Li Zicheng his head because of his inexplicable defeat in history.

In fact, judging from this point in time, Fu Zonglong's military qualifications are even higher than Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces.

Not only did he deeply participate in the suppression of the "She'an Rebellion", but he was also recommended by Sun Chengzong, an academician, and served as the governor of Jiliao for a period of time. He has no military ability.

It's just that in history, Emperor Chongzhen was more inclined to Hong Chengchou and gave him ample opportunities to practice; while he hated Fu Zonglong, he used and abandoned him from time to time, and did not let him form a stable team.

After Fu Zonglong arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, his first reaction was to understand the current situation.

Sure enough, things were not optimistic. Not only was the Henan government lost, but Dengfeng and Sishui were also occupied by "thieves".

And Zhou Fan in Kaifeng Prefecture was even more panicked. Hearing that he was coming, King Zhou condescended to see him many times, expressing that he would dissipate his family property and help the officers and soldiers to destroy the rebels.

It's no wonder King Zhou is so caring.It is now widely rumored that King Fu of Luoyang Mansion is now not only imprisoned in a pigsty by "Shun Thieves" to be raised as pigs, but also all the family property of King Fu's Mansion has been confiscated and used as military pay.

As a veteran feudal lord, how could the King of Zhou be willing to sit still and wait for death?Therefore, there is a matter of helping officers and soldiers to suppress bandits.

It just so happens that there is a battalion of Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of Changping, in the border of Henan, and there is still Xuanmo's standard battalion in Kaifeng, and a battalion of elite soldiers from Xuanwuwei and yamen servants from Kaifeng.

The first battalion of Liaodong iron cavalry Zukuan and the first battalion of Shanxi deputy commander Hu Dawei sent by the imperial court to support them are also on the way and will arrive soon.

Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, made some calculations and found that there were six battalions with [-] people in total, and they could almost prepare for a moderate battle.

At this time, Zhang Shun was clamoring all the way to the south, as if he wanted to capture Nanyang.

Fu Zonglong, governor of Henan, keenly seized the opportunity and wrote to Tang Hui, governor of Huguang, inviting him to attack the main force of the rebel army.

At first, Tang Hui, governor of Huguang, didn't want to take care of this troublesome matter.It's just that Fu Zonglong had expected that he might have nothing to do with himself and hang up high, so he mentioned in his letter:
"Since ancient times, Nanyang and Xiangyang have been enemies. If the thieves occupy Nanyang instead of Xiangyang, why do they travel thousands of miles and look far away instead of taking the rich land of Zhengbian?"

"Today, I invite you to suppress bandits, not only for Henan, but also for Huguang!"

Tang Hui, governor of Huguang, suddenly realized when he heard the words, so he gathered Huguang people and went north to Nanyang, preparing to fight to the death with the rebels!

Now the governor of Henan, Fu Zonglong, has been deployed, but he is waiting for news from the governor of Huguang.

Once Huguang soldiers come from the south, Fu Zonglong will naturally lead the Yu soldiers to attack back and forth with them, breaking the bandits in one fell swoop!

　There is only one chapter today, I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old, the author can’t stand it the next day after staying up for a while, so I have to rest as early as possible
　　
　
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