Thief Emperor

Chapter 128 Crazy stealing!

Originally, Chief Li had not thought about commanding too many soldiers, nor did he think about making contributions to the court or becoming an official in the court.

His original plan was to take advantage of the court's efforts to quell the rebellion to expand his own power as much as possible. The best case scenario would be to get a piece of territory of his own, even a county would be great.

Now, the arrogant General Su, who had changed his almost domineering and unkind attitude when they first met, suddenly sent these benefits to Li Yun. Li Yun hesitated for only a moment, then lowered his head to take the waist badge and seal, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you!"

The officer who came to deliver the gift smiled and clasped his fists in return, saying, "It's rare to see the general appreciate someone so much. Captain Li is really blessed."

At this point, he took two steps closer, coughed, and lowered his voice to say, "I heard that Captain Li, you beat up the general last night. Did you beat him into submission?"

Li Yun was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Nonsense, nonsense."

The officer laughed, saluted again, turned around and left.

After he left, Li Yun looked down at the badge in his hand, a little dazed.

Although the Zhou Dynasty court has been corrupted to a certain extent, it would be a great opportunity for Li Yun if this behemoth could give him even a little bit of benefit!

For example, this seemingly inconspicuous waist badge.

He could instantly increase the number of people under Li Yun by more than two times!
Five hundred people!
Although he was only a wartime commander, theoretically after defeating the Yuezhou Rebellion, all the people except the anti-theft team should be disbanded and allowed to return to their hometowns. However, Li Yun could not use common sense to judge it.

If these five hundred people can form an army and if they can all stay, then, apart from anything else, in the future Li will have absolute say at least in Xuanzhou.

At that time, Cui Shao’s words were useless!

Just as he was lost in thought, Li Zheng had already walked forward and looked at the sign in his hand curiously.

Li Yun smiled and handed the sign over: "Look at your useless appearance, what's so good about it?"

Li Zheng chuckled, took the sign and read it carefully several times, then couldn't help but said, "Second brother, I never dreamed that people like us could be soldiers of the imperial court."

"Maybe I can find a beautiful wife in the future..."

With two hundred years of inertia in thinking, even bandits like Li Zheng who grew up in the mountains still think that becoming an official is a good way out.

At least you can be respected by others.

Li Yun didn't say anything, but patted his shoulder and said, "He is just a temporary lieutenant in Su Jing's army. The Ministry of War will not recognize him, and the court will not recognize him either."

He looked at Li Zheng and said slowly, "Skinny monkey."

Li Zheng handed the sign to Li Yun and said quickly, "Second brother, you speak."

"Do you know what the most important thing is for us under General Su's command?"

Li Zheng thought for a moment and replied, "How about more manpower?"

"That's secondary."

Li Yun said in a deep voice: "The court will soon send out tents. We will all train here in Ningguo for at least one to three months. During this time, you and I, as well as everyone from our village, must first learn how to pitch tents and where to pitch them!"

"Second, you must learn to form a battle array."

Mr. Li looked serious and continued, "Third, we must learn to become an army, not a group of ferocious bandits."

Li Zheng seemed to understand what Li Yun meant. He patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, second brother. I will study hard."

Village Chief Li smiled, looked at the tent not far away, and said slowly: "I... will also study hard."

Li Zheng stood behind Li Yun and said with emotion: "Second brother, you are really different now. If it were in the past, I would never have fought with that Su guy after being insulted like this."

Li Yun remained silent, as if thinking about something.

If he was in another world, or had the same personality as in his previous life, this wouldn't be a big deal, and it would be beneficial, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to endure it a little.

He could even smile.

The reason why he had such a big reaction last night was that the leader of this life, Mr. Li, had influenced him to some extent.

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Two days later, outside Ningguo City, all the new recruits from various states and counties arrived. At the same time, grain transport vehicles from various states also arrived one after another. General Su ordered the construction of a temporary granary outside Ningguo City, and then began to reorganize these new recruits who had arrived temporarily.

Due to the time constraints, Su Jing did not have much time to stay in Ningguo for a long time. He only had about one or two months to train these new recruits. Therefore, after all the new recruits arrived, Su Jing immediately began to reorganize these new recruits.

People from each state, county, and prefecture were dispersed and then reorganized.

Su Jing had not led troops for more than ten years since leaving the court and had no subordinates. This time when he came to the local area, he only selected some key generals from the imperial guards, and these people were also at the rank of captain before.

Therefore, in order to start training as soon as possible, Su Jing spent three days appointing a number of captains.

This kind of appointment was certainly not an appointment by the imperial court, but an appointment without an official title, which was just a temporary measure under emergency circumstances. It was not until this time that Li Yun realized that his position as a lieutenant was not that valuable.

This kind of hasty appointment is naturally problematic. Su Jing and those senior generals only make appointments based on their own intuition, and someone is bound to make a mistake.

However, the appointment of colonels now is only for the sake of training order. After fighting with the rebels for a few months, these grassroots officers will be almost worthy of the title.

Those who really have big problems will be exposed immediately once they enter the battlefield.

In just seven days, two or three thousand people were mobilized and training began in the huge camp outside Ningguo City.

During the entire process, the training of Li Yun's troops was basically in the charge of Zhou Liang and Li Zheng. Li Yun, the captain himself, was often missing and "wandering" around in the huge military camp.

On this day, the imperial court's armor was finally delivered to the captain's camp of Li Yun's army. General Su Jing happened to find this place while patrolling the camp. As soon as he entered the captain's camp, General Su saw dozens of people running in circles in front of him.

He waved his hand, and Zhou Liang, who happened to be nearby, hurried over, bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying, "I pay my respects to the Marshal."

Su Jing pointed at the people who were running and asked, "What are they doing?"

"Physical fitness."

Zhou Liang bowed his head and said, "Captain Li ordered us to run ten miles each morning and evening."

Su Jing looked up at the people running in circles, touched his chin, and asked, "Where is Li Zhaoren?"

"Captain Li is not in the camp. He is outside."

"What have you been doing?"

Zhou Liang scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.

It can't be said that Li Yun went to see how to dig a stove in the wild, how to store food, and how to set up a tent, right?

After thinking for a moment, he replied, "Captain Li went out for a run with some other people."

Su Jing frowned again and asked, "Have you practiced the formation and chopping that I arranged for one hour every day?"

“I’ve practiced them all.”

Zhou Liang quickly replied: "We have finished practicing."

Su Jing once again looked at the men who were running. Many of these people were born bandits. After following Li Yun for half a year, their exercise intensity and diet had caught up, and many of them had become extremely strong.

Marshal Su stroked his chin and asked, "Is there anyone who is unwilling to let Li Zhao train them like this?"

Everyone knows that physical training is useful, but in this era, no matter who you are, you can't train too hard.

For someone like Su Jing, training these new recruits for an hour a day is basically the limit. If they are trained any harder and there is a shortage of food, these new recruits will not be able to bear it and the camp may explode.

Even mutiny.

"Naturally there is."

Zhou Liang lowered his head slightly, with a strange look on his face: "However, the people in charge of the Captain's Camp are basically all with Captain Li..."

"We have discussed it before."

"Therefore, I am very convinced of Captain Li."

General Su heard this and smiled dumbly: "Did you get beaten by that brat?"

Zhou Liang coughed and said nothing.

General Su walked around Li Yun's camp with his hands behind his back, then he stroked his chin and thought for a while before saying, "The people in your camp can be considered elite in this recruit camp. I regret letting that brat lead them all by themselves."

Having said this, General Su left with his hands behind his back, and then said calmly: "Wait for Li Zhao to come back and tell him that I have something to talk to him about."

"There is an errand for him to do."

Zhou Liang subconsciously clasped his fists and saluted: "I obey your command."

Su Jing suddenly turned around and looked at Zhou Liang, as if thinking about something.

But he didn't say anything and left with his hands behind his back.

He had already figured it out.

Zhou Liang...had served in the army.

　There is one more chapter before 12 o'clock~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)