Thief Emperor

Chapter 131: Coming to the fore!

The importance of He Gang was beyond Li Yun's expectations.

This is because Li Yun overestimated the Yuezhou uprising army, or in other words, overestimated the Qiu Dian Group.

The Qiudian Group is not yet a mature interest group. It has been formed for too short a time, so that the group interests and individual interests have not yet reached a proper balance.

To put it bluntly, this group is still in its infancy and has not yet formed its own group values.

For example, people like He Gang actually don't play a big role in the entire Yuezhou uprising army, but because of Qiu Dian, or Qiu Dian's wife, He Gang's current status is far higher than his role.

As a result, the Yuezhou army would mobilize troops to Tianmu Mountain several times because of him.

This situation is impossible to occur in a more mature interest group. Even if the leader of a new interest group is relatively calm, this situation is impossible to happen.

Ultimately, it's because you're too young.

However, this youthfulness also gave Li Yun a good opportunity.

Now, the development of Qiudian Group is in full swing. Not only has it conquered the entire Yuezhou, but even in Qiantang County, only the county town is left to be conquered.

Under such circumstances, their courage and temper will gradually grow.

As the news of Tianmu Mountain spread, it soon reached Linshui County, which is the closest to Tianmu Mountain.

Linshui County is now governed by a captain under the command of King Yue. The captain's surname is He, and he was one of the first people to follow Qiu Dian in rebellion.

At this time, Captain He was sitting in the lobby of the Linshui County government office. In front of him was a plate of roast chicken and a plate of pork elbow. General He's mouth was full of oil. After finishing the two plates of meat, he wiped his mouth with his arm, looked at the scout kneeling in front of him, and said in a casual tone: "Any news about He Lao San?"

"Yes."

The young general lowered his head and said, "General, the bandits in Tianmu Mountain have reappeared and spread the news that General He... General He has been captured by them. They want 100,000 strings of cash if they release him immediately."

"how much is it?"

"One hundred thousand... one hundred thousand strings of cash..."

"Pooh!"

Captain He spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground and cursed, "How dare you open your teeth? Skin and bones He Lao San, grind his bones into ashes and boil them into medicine. Sell it at ten strings of cash per bowl. Even He can't be sold for a hundred thousand strings of cash!"

"Have these damned bandits lost their minds?"

After cursing for a while, Captain He turned his head and looked at the captains under him and asked, "What do you think?"

The two lieutenants under his command were also born as rebellious peasants. At least at this time, their horizons and experience have not yet caught up. After thinking for a while, they looked at Captain He and bowed their heads and said, "General, He Saner is the king's brother-in-law and the queen's younger brother after all."

Another person continued, "That's right, otherwise Yuezhou wouldn't have sent a letter to you, General."

Captain He touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "That's right. If I leave He San'er alone, the king's wife will probably blame me for not contributing. She won't dare to speak up in Yuezhou City in the future."

At this time, Qiu Dian's group, especially the group of people who followed him in the rebellion at the beginning, actually had only one thought in their minds.

That is to accomplish this mission and become a founding hero of the country!
Not to mention wealth and glory in the future, your generations will be nobles!
In this situation, Yuezhou had already given the order, so the generals who led the troops naturally did whatever they could to please Qiu Dian.

After thinking for a while, Captain He asked, "How many people are there in Linshui now?"

A lieutenant stood up and said, "General, when we entered Linshui County, there were about 500 people, and now there are more than 1,000."

In a peasant uprising, or a grassroots uprising, there must not be enough people at the beginning. There is actually no other way to snowball quickly.

The only way is to coerce!
For example, after arriving at a new place, they would capture local officials and then force the local young and strong men to kill these officials, one person at a time.

Then these young and strong people will rebel even if they don’t want to.

This is the case with the Yuezhou Army. Until now, they have not had too many real troops, so they can only go to one place and try every means to absorb the local young and strong people to expand their own power.

After Captain He and others entered Linshui, the number of people in Linshui County alone doubled.

Although the combat quality of these people is worrying, as long as they are numerous and powerful, they will naturally become elite troops after fighting for seven, eight or ten years.

This is a particularly correct approach. Many peasant uprisings in another world followed this approach, and the most successful one was naturally that of Emperor Zhu Taizu.

After hearing this number, Captain He smiled and said, "It has only been a short time, and we have already recruited so many new soldiers. We have completed what General Zhao asked us to do."

The two lieutenants echoed and said, "When General He rescues General He, the queen will definitely remember the general's kindness. By then, the general may even compete with General Zhao."

The three of them were talking while eating meat. Finally, Captain He patted the table and said, "Select three or four hundred people to go to Tianmu Mountain to have a look. If He Saner can be rescued, it would be great. If not, I, Old He, have done my best."

"When I return to Yuezhou in the future and meet the queen, she won't be able to blame me." The three men hit it off, and soon Linshui County mobilized nearly four hundred soldiers and horses, left Linshui County, and rushed towards Tianmu Mountain.

At this time, Li Zheng, with a dozen people, was wandering outside Linshui County. After seeing hundreds of people marching out of the county and heading towards Tianmu Mountain, Li Zheng immediately understood where these people were going. He told the people around him to stay outside Linshui County and observe the situation, and then he ran towards Tianmu Mountain.

Li Zheng has been nicknamed "skinny monkey" since he was a child. In the past, he got this nickname because he could run very fast on mountain roads and climb trees as if he were walking on flat ground.

After following Li Yun down the Cangshan Village, he had been running a lot to exercise his physical fitness. Even now, even on flat ground, his speed was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It was only fifty or sixty miles from Linshui County to Tianmu Mountain. Li Zheng ran for only half a day and rushed back to the foot of Tianmu Mountain. After arriving at the tent, the cousin of the great leader Li was so tired that he collapsed on the ground and could not catch his breath for a long time.

When Li Yun saw him like this, he knew something serious must have happened. He poured a glass of water for Li Zheng, watched him drink it, and asked, "Is there any movement in Linshui County?"

Li Zheng nodded and continued to gulp down the water.

Li Yun asked again: "Are you heading towards Tianmu Mountain?"

Li Zheng nodded repeatedly.

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and went to Zhou Liang to discuss the matter. After he explained the situation, Zhou Liang, the third leader of the village, quickly gave his opinion.

"Village leader, I think there are two ways to deal with this now."

"The first method is to ambush near Tianmu Mountain and wait for the Yuezhou army to come over and give them a head-on blow."

"Second, ignore them and head straight to Linshui County. Before they can react, capture Linshui County!"

Li Yun frowned and shook his head, saying, "No, it won't work at all."

"If we fight them, we can only kill 100 to 200 of them, or disperse them."

“As for ignoring them and going directly to fight Linshui, that is even more unfeasible.”

"No matter how stupid these people are, it's impossible for them not to leave anyone behind at Linshui."

At this moment, Li Zheng finally calmed down. He also sat on the table, looked at Li Yun, and let out a long sigh: "Then what do you think we should do, second brother? We can't just avoid fighting, so let them go back?"

"Fight first."

Li Yun knocked on the table, setting the tone.

"I have a bold idea, but whether this idea can be implemented depends on how well we fight and how quickly the enemy is defeated."

Li Zheng looked at Li Yun, took another sip of tea, and pouted, "Why has Second Brother become so weird?"

Zhou Liang seemed to be thinking about something. He looked at Li Yun and asked, "How is the village leader going to fight?"

"Now, pack up the tents immediately. Don't take the tents with you. Leave them in Xiaao Village for now. Everyone, pack up your equipment and get ready for battle."

As he spoke, Li Yun looked at Li Zheng and continued, "Skinny Monkey, you have to bring some smart people to keep an eye on the foot of Tianmu Mountain. This time, at least half of them have to go up the mountain before we can take action!"

Li Zheng patted his chest without hesitation.

"Leave it to me. I'll bring some brothers from the anti-theft team with me!"

The so-called brothers of the anti-theft team are naturally the more than one hundred bandits that Li Yun has subdued. These people can be said to be like fish in water on the mountain roads.

Moreover, Li Zheng has been hanging out with them for a long time and is quite familiar with them.

"Just go ahead."

Li Zheng responded, took a sip of tea, went to the back of the tent to get some water, and then strode away.

Influence, Li Yun looked at Zhou Liang and said with a smile: "Uncle San, this is our first serious battle."

"Do you think I can fight well?"

Zhou Liang thought for a moment and replied.

"I feel that the village master will be like the autumn wind."

"Sweeping the fallen leaves!"

Li Yun laughed and walked out.

At this time, it was the turn of spring and summer in the fourth year of Xian De.

A certain big thief has officially begun to emerge in the heavy pages of history!
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