Thief Emperor

Chapter 133 The first success!

This was the solution Li Yun came up with after rejecting Zhou Liang's proposal.

The reason is very simple.

Once he chose to fight the enemies in Tianmu Mountain, with the number disparity not too big, he would not be able to surround the enemies, let alone keep all of them. As long as the enemies escaped, Linshui County would definitely be on guard.

Therefore, he could only seize this opportunity, and after charging for a while, he immediately led a group of anti-theft team and headed straight for Linshui City!

This group of people have been following Li Yun for half a year. They have been well fed and have become much stronger. In addition, they often run, so their physical strength is much better than that of ordinary people. They followed Li Yun and headed towards Linshui City.

They marched from morning till evening, and the distant Linshui County was already in sight.

Li Yun waved his hand and everyone stopped. He looked back at the county town in the distance and said in a deep voice, "Put on their clothes and rest for half an hour. Once it gets dark, attack Linshui City immediately!"

At this moment, everyone had traveled dozens of miles, and even if they still had some strength, it was not much left. In addition, the sun was still in the sky. If they entered the city at this time, the guards of Linshui City might not open the door for them.

Li Zheng had already changed into his clothes, which were still stained with blood. He looked at Li Yun and whispered, "Second brother, wait a little longer. Some of those people from Tianmu Mountain might escape back, and it would be difficult for us to enter the city."

"It's more than fifty miles, not everyone can run back in one day, and besides..."

"If there really is someone who can run that fast, doesn't he have to go into the city as well?"

At this moment, Mr. Li was wiping the tip of his gun and said with a smile, "Skinny Monkey, you need to be calmer."

Li Zheng nodded silently, stood behind Li Yun, and began to wipe his weapon. However, he looked up at Linshui City in the distance from time to time, and there was still some anxiety in his eyes.

This period of time was particularly difficult to endure. After finally waiting until it got dark, Li Zheng hurriedly said, "Second brother, it's getting dark!"

Li Yun then slowly stood up from the stone, holding the gun horizontally in his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "Get to work!"

These words made many members of the anti-theft team laugh out loud.

This is considered the terminology of the bandits, but when Li Yun said it, they didn't find anything wrong with it.

Li held his gun horizontally in his hand and said slowly: "For a moment, don't talk, just keep moving forward. Once the city gate opens, enter the city and defeat the enemy immediately. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

Mr. Li stood up and ran towards Linshui City with his subordinates.

At this moment, he also changed into the clothes of the Yuezhou Army and walked in the front. His clothes were stained with blood and he looked quite embarrassed.

When they reached the foot of the city, Li Yun looked up at the city gate and shouted, "Open the gate! Open the gate quickly!"

"The government troops are chasing us! The government troops are chasing us! Open the door quickly!"

Li Zheng immediately understood and shouted: "Open the door quickly! Damn it! The government troops are coming!"

"There is an ambush at Tianmu Mountain. We have been ambushed by government troops. Open the city gate quickly!"

A group of people were shouting loudly at the foot of the city, which soon alarmed the soldiers guarding the city by the water. Most of these people were farmers or local soldiers who had surrendered half a year ago. They didn't have much awareness of prevention. When they heard the shouting below, they used torches to look at their uniforms. After confirming that they were their own people, they creaked open the city gate.

Mr. Li stood at the foot of the city, watching the city gate slowly opening in front of him, and a feeling of unreality emerged in his heart.

These rebels...oh no, it should be these volunteers, they are too naive and honest.

He originally thought that he would have to spend more time talking to trick the city gate into opening, but after just a few words, the city gate was already open!
After the city gate was opened, a dozen soldiers behind the gate waved at them repeatedly, their tone very anxious.

"Come in quickly, come in quickly!"

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and strode towards Linshui City.

More than a hundred people behind him also entered the city.

As soon as they entered the city, a captain of the Yuezhou Army who looked like a leader came forward to ask questions and shouted, "Where is Captain He? How is Captain He?"

Li Yun looked back at his subordinates who were still entering the city and coughed, "We were ambushed by the government troops at Tianmu Mountain. Captain He and others were surrounded by the government troops and are still behind!"

The lieutenant, in the light of the torch, looked Li Yun up and down, frowned and asked, "Which battalion are you from? When did you join the army? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"You've never seen it before."

Mr. Li stood up straight, raised the spear in his hand, and pointed it accurately at the captain's throat. The tip of the spear penetrated and blood splattered immediately.

He stood up straight, looked at the hundreds of Yuezhou soldiers surrounding him, and shouted, "I am Li Zhao, the captain of the imperial rebellion suppression army. You are all guilty of treason!"

"Put down your weapons and surrender!"

The incident happened suddenly. The captain guarding the city died suddenly at the hands of Li Yun, and the people nearby were unable to react for a while. By the time they reacted, the man had already fallen to the ground.

These people were about to rush forward, but when they heard Li Yun's loud shout, they hesitated again.

However, there were still dozens of people who rushed up with weapons in hand. They had joined the rebellion from Yuezhou, and the probability of being pardoned was probably not high, so they could only follow the King of Yue to the end.

Li tore off his already shoddy clothes, swept his spear across, knocked back several people with one blow, and shouted, "Go!"

"Except those who lay down their weapons, the rest will be executed!"

Those following him all had blood on their hands and rushed towards the crowd with howling. In just a moment, twenty or thirty Yuezhou soldiers fell to the ground.

The rest of the Yuezhou soldiers retreated in a hurry.

Seeing that the situation was basically under control, Li Yun turned around and looked at Li Zheng, shouting, "Skinny monkey, take the people to control the city gate!"

Li Zheng nodded heavily, responded, turned around and took twenty people to control the west gate of Linshui.

Li Yun clenched the spear in his hand and shouted, "I'll say it again. Put down your weapons. You are still the people of the court. I won't remember your names. If you continue to resist, it will be treason and your entire clan will be exterminated!"

After these words were spoken, some local people from Linshui County who were being held hostage began to lay down their weapons.

Some people even began to turn against the enemy.

After all, when the Yuezhou Army first entered Linshui, the means they used in order to coerce the people in the city into rebellion were by no means glorious.

After Linshui County was occupied, it is estimated that only half of the people in the city are left.

It’s not that there is anything wrong with the Yuezhou Army on a moral level. In fact, war is a cruel thing.

In this era, when ordinary people faced these swords and guns, they had no room for resistance, whether it was the rebels or the imperial army.

Therefore, war is also called "military disaster".

In the midst of chaos and disorder, human life is worthless.

If chaos really breaks out and the imperial army enters Linshui, things may not be much better.

In Linshui City, most of the people who actually came from Yuezhou were taken away by Captain He. There were not many Yuezhou soldiers left, so after Li Yun entered the city, he took control of the situation in just over an hour.

At this moment, it was completely dark. Li Yun took into custody the nearly 400 surrendered "rebels", that is, the people who were held hostage by the Yuezhou Army. At the same time, he ordered people to take over all the city gates of Linshui.

After taking over the city gate, he stood on the west tower of Linshui City and looked in the distance in the direction of Tianmu Mountain.

Until this time, sporadic Yuezhou troops from Tianmu Mountain began to run back to Linshui. However, when they saw that there were no attacking troops outside Linshui County, they realized that Linshui County had been lost, so they turned around and ran towards Qiantang County.

After Li Zheng finished the important things, he hurried to find Li Yun to report. After telling him the important things, he couldn't help but said, "Second brother, it's like a dream."

"We took down a city so easily..."

“It’s not that difficult.”

Li Yun said calmly: "Don't forget, how many yamen runners are there in Qingyang?"

At this point, the village chief Li paused and continued, "However, this place is too close to Qiantang. It is not difficult to take it down, but it is not easy to defend it. Skinny Monkey, I still need you to go there."

Li Zheng looked excited, patted his chest and said, "Second brother, you say."

"You ride your horse to Tianmu Mountain first and tell Uncle San that we have occupied Linshui County. After he finishes the battle there, he should pack up and bring everyone to Linshui."

"After notifying Uncle San, go to Ningguo again and tell General Su."

At this point, Li Yun narrowed his eyes and said, "Tell him that I have already taken down Linshui, let him do whatever he wants."

"what?"

Li Zheng scratched his head and asked, "Can you really say that?"

Lieutenant Li laughed and said, "Of course I can't say that, but that's what I mean. Just say it as you see fit."

Li Zheng said "Hey" and nodded, "For such a great contribution, I wonder how General Su will reward my second brother."

"It's too early to mention the reward now."

"Go quickly."

Li Yun patted his shoulder and said, "It's too late. We have to withdraw from Linshui County."

Li Zheng nodded first, then turned and left, waving to Li Yun with his back turned.

"Don't worry, brother. I will send you the message even if I don't sleep!"

(End of this chapter)