Shortly after his defection, Zhang Shicheng captured Xinghua and assembled more than 10,000 soldiers at Desheng Lake (Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province).

The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty seemed not to be reconciled to Zhang Shicheng, who had already killed one of his ministers.

They did not believe that Zhang Shicheng was determined to confront them.

At this time, the Yuan Dynasty court seemed to be ready for a protracted war.

Shortly after Zhang Shicheng captured Xinghua, Li Qi, the prefect of Gaoyou Prefecture, was sent again to recruit Zhang Shicheng with a letter of appointment from "Wanhu" (the position of "Wanhu" should be equivalent to our current regimental leader level).

Zhang Shicheng seemed to like playing games very much, and he was also happy to receive Li Qi.

He looked at the Yuan Dynasty officials in the audience with a smile and expressed his thoughts: "Wanhu seems a bit small!"

He watched with interest the clown-like figure in the audience talking loudly. After some bargaining, Zhang Shicheng did not seem to care about the size of the official position anymore, nor was he discussing the specific price of the cooperation between the two parties. He also did not kindly let Li go.

Qi left.

Instead, after some bargaining, the same method was used again, and the killing game was played aggressively.

While smiling, he chopped Li Qi alive again and silenced him.

After killing Li Qi, Zhang Shicheng quickly assembled his army, took advantage of Gaoyou's lack of a commander, and quickly attacked Gaoyou and succeeded in one fell swoop.

Later, after Zhang Shicheng was satisfied, he ascended the throne and became king.

Calls himself: King Cheng.

Country name: Da Zhou,

Era name: Tianyou (presumably meaning: God bless you).
Chapter completed!