Thief Emperor

Chapter 130 Fishing Tianmu Mountain

The next day, Li Yun took Zhou Liang and others to the warehouse to get fifty sets of armor and some bows and crossbows. Then they rested for half a day and announced to the people below that they would leave the camp.

Early in the morning of the third day, holding Su Jing's military order, Li Yun and his party left the Ningguo County camp smoothly.

When walking out of the Ningguo County camp, Li Yun looked back at the camp.

He had not been in this camp for a long time, only about ten days, less than half a month, but he had learned a lot during these days. At the very least, he had mastered the ability to initially build an army.

This is very critical for Li Yun now.

If it weren't for the training and stealing of skills for half a month, although he would have had enough manpower, he would still need a lot of time to explore and practice before he could truly train these bandits into an army.

Ningguo County was not far from Tianmu Mountain, and after running for more than ten days, their marching speed also increased. After leaving Ningguo County, it took them only two days to reach the foot of Tianmu Mountain.

As for where to live, they will temporarily stay outside Xiaao Village.

The people of Xia'ao Village were a little afraid when they saw the government troops coming, but after seeing Li Yun, they immediately became enthusiastic. The village chief, surnamed Chen, ran directly to the camp outside the village, found Li Yun, took Li Yun's hand and said, "Captain Li, there are many empty houses in the village now. If we squeeze in, we will definitely be able to live here. You are a great benefactor of our Xia'ao, and we cannot let you live outside the village no matter what."

He said, "The old man has already had someone kill a chicken to entertain Captain Li and the other officials."

Li Yun shook his head and said with a smile: "Old village chief, there are too many of us now. It is not suitable for us to live in the village. It is difficult to accommodate us. It is good here. I won't bother you."

If it were in the past, Li Yun would have lived in Xiaao Village, but now, he needed to practice basic skills such as camping and making fire and cooking. Now that he had a tent, he naturally could not live in the village anymore.

Village Chief Chen held Li Yun's hand and talked for a long time. Finally, Li asked someone to bring a big bag of money and handed it to Village Chief Chen. He smiled and said, "Old Village Chief, here are 20 strings of cash. If you want to help, take this money and buy some pigs and sheep for us. These soldiers under my command can be replenished and have a snack."

In this era, the food in the army was very bad.

In some cases, recruits are even required to bring their own meals.

Because the food is not good, the training intensity will naturally not be too high. However, Li Yun’s troops are different. Li now has sufficient funds, and the people who follow him have never gone hungry.

Although we cannot eat meat or see any unhealthy food at every meal, it is okay to eat meat every few days.

It is also for this reason that they do not have too many complaints when Li Yun trains them.

You have to know that this was an era of extremely scarce productivity. Most of these recruits came from poor families. With the level of food provided by Li Yun, in this era, it would be no problem to directly hire a group of people to work for him without having to pay extra money.

Village Chief Chen looked at the money in his hand and was about to speak when Li Yun frowned and said, "Old Village Chief, don't refuse. Buy as many pigs and sheep as you can with this money."

"If you add money to the mix, Mr. Li will be angry."

Village Chief Chen could only take the money bag and sighed, "The old man wanted to add some money, but after being robbed by those damn bandits, there is really no money left in the village."

He sighed deeply: "I am really ashamed..."

Li Yun smiled, waved his hand and called a young man who had followed him from Cangshan Village, and instructed him, "Dazhu, take a few people with you and go with the old man to help carry the things. Remember, this is the only money you can give, and you are not allowed to let the villagers in Xiaao spend more."

Dazhu is about the same age as Li Yun, and is also one of the young men in Cangshan Village. He has already led several teams under him. Upon hearing this, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Captain. I will definitely get it done."

Village Chief Chen was stunned, looked up at Li Yun, and asked cautiously: "Captain Li, you... got promoted?"

Li Yun shook his head: "This is just a temporary job to suppress the rebellion, so it doesn't count as a promotion. After the rebellion is over, I will still be the head of Qingyang County."

The old man asked a few more questions, and then left with Dazhu. As he walked, he shook his head and said, "The court is still good, the court is still good..."

Li Zheng had been silent the whole time, but he snorted when he heard this: "It was clearly my second brother's achievement, why is it attributed to the court?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "Why bother about this?"

Li Zheng stood behind Li Yun and asked, "Second brother, we are no longer considered bandits now, right?"

Li Yun looked back at him, then looked at his subordinates who were setting up camp in the distance. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "I don't think there is any difference. It's just that the target has changed."

"In the past, we were in the business of robbing caravan escort companies. From now on, we will set our sights on bigger goals."

Li Zheng asked, "What did Second Brother say?"

"For example, cities, land, etc..."

Mr. Li looked into the distance and said slowly, "Officials and noble families, royal family." Li Zheng's breathing stagnated when he heard this. He looked up at Li Yun and murmured, "Second brother, you..."

"Nothing surprising."

Li narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "In this world, if we want to live comfortably, we must at least establish our own territory. Otherwise, we will just be fish on the chopping board of others."

"This Yuezhou riot is a great opportunity for us."

"what chance?"

Li Zheng scratched his head, still not quite understanding.

In his opinion, his group of people are now the imperial court's army to quell the rebellion. If they don't fight well, they will be punished by their superiors. If they fight well, they will help the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and they will have even less chance.

"It's naturally an opportunity to become big."

Village Chief Li took a deep breath and said, "Wait until we grow up."

“Whatever you do, it will be much easier.”

Li Yun now nominally has four to five hundred people, but in fact, only half of them are from Qingyang, and only half of them will follow him wholeheartedly no matter what he does.

After a few months, Li Yun is confident that he can turn these 500 people into his true subordinates.

This number is already quite a lot.

If the number of people could double, once Su Jing left...

Hey, that’s going to be nice!
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Xiaao is actually within the scope of Linshui County, Qiantang Commandery. After Li Yun settled down, he sent Li Zheng with a small team of people the next day to inquire about the situation in Linshui County in plain clothes. At the same time, he sent people to the Tianmu Mountain stronghold to call down Deng Yang who was left behind on the mountain.

After Deng Yang came down the mountain, he came to Xiaao Village. He was stunned when he saw dozens of tents. He came to Li Yun's tent, clasped his fists and saluted. He couldn't help asking, "Captain, where did so many people come from? I just saw outside and there were at least... three or four hundred people."

"More than four hundred and eighty."

Li Yun smiled and said, "We don't have enough tents."

"Where did the captain get so many people? With so many people, it's not impossible to capture a provincial capital!"

"It's a long story."

Li stretched his body, motioned Deng Yang to sit down, and then asked, "Has anyone from Yuezhou come here since we left Tianmu Mountain?"

"came."

Deng Yang nodded quickly and said, "That He guy seems to have a high status in Yuezhou. After the captain left, two or three groups of people came, but we all grew up in the mountains and hid in time so we were not seen by them."

Li Yun touched his chin, thought for a while, and said slowly: "That's true... I caught a treasure, but it's a pity that I sold it too cheap..."

Deng Yang scratched his head and said, "Captain, what did you say is it sold at a low price?"

"nothing."

Li poured Deng Yang a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Stay in the camp for a day or two to get familiar with it, and then go back to Tianmu Mountain."

"After returning to Tianmu Mountain, spread the news that the Tianmu Mountain stronghold has kidnapped He Gang and wants to redeem him. Offer 100,000 strings of cash in exchange."

Deng Yang's eyes widened and he said in a lost voice: "100,000 strings of cash, even if I kidnap Qiu Dian's son, I'm afraid they won't..."

"Of course they won't pay for the redemption."

Li Yun patted Deng Yang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Just go and do it. Once you're done, I'll give you the title of brigade commander!"

Upon hearing this, Deng Yang immediately clasped his fists.

"I obey my orders!"

(End of this chapter)