Thief Emperor

Chapter 134 Commanding Marshal
After Li Zheng left, Li Yun went all the way to the county government office of Linshui County, and then he personally picked up a pen and wrote a notice to reassure the people.

The content of the notice to reassure the people was very simple. It mainly told the people in the city that they would not harm the people in the city and asked the people to stay at home as much as possible and not go out in the next few days.

At this time, Li Yun deliberately did not mention his and his fellow soldiers' identities as officials.

Because he didn't know what kind of status the imperial court had in the hearts of the people of Linshui County, and what role it played in Linshui.

If the imperial court fails to gain popularity here and uses the name of the government army as an excuse, the effect will most likely be counterproductive.

He needed to wait and see for a few days before considering how to communicate with the people in Linshui County.

After writing the notice to reassure the people, Li asked someone to find a few scholars and placed the notice in front of them.

"Copy it, everyone, make three copies, and post them all over Linshui County before dawn!"

After a night of fierce fighting, Li Yun's body was still covered in blood. Naturally, these scholars did not dare to resist and began to copy the notice to reassure the people with trepidation.

After Li Yun finished these things, it was almost dawn. Then he took the anti-theft team to patrol the city. After making sure there were no problems, he returned to the county government office.

By this time, it was already noon and approaching afternoon.

Zhou Liang, with the remaining men, also rushed to Linshui City.

Li Yun opened the city gate and let Zhou Liang and others in. He also arranged a place for these soldiers to rest. Then he took Zhou Liang to the county government office and asked, "Uncle San, how was the battle at Tianmu Mountain yesterday?"

Zhou Liang replied: "It went very smoothly."

"After being attacked by the village chief for a while, those people lost their composure. After the village chief left, when we approached them again, they had lost all their will to fight."

"However, most of our people were on the battlefield for the first time. After the fight started, they were a little panicked at first. But after the enemy fled, our people became much braver."

"Until Skinny Monkey came to find me, there were less than 20 casualties on our side."

"The enemy had all fled, but they were in the mountains and it was difficult to capture them. However, more than a hundred of them escaped. The leader, Mr. He, was not captured either. We only captured two captains."

"Later, we counted that there were nearly a hundred people injured on our side, many of whom were unfamiliar with the terrain on the mountain and fell or were scratched by bushes."

"It's already pretty good."

Mr. Li said with a smile: "After fighting like this in the first battle, they will be much braver when facing the Yuezhou Army later."

“This is also a rare opportunity.”

Mr. Li said slowly: "If it wasn't for chance, how could they have such an easy opponent to fight?"

There is only one possible situation for the formation of an army's soul.

That is, victory, victory, and victory!

The first battle is actually very crucial. If we suffer a crushing defeat in the first battle, we may not be able to fight in the future.

These new recruits under Li Yun were undoubtedly very lucky. They had just been recruited into the army and had been trained for less than half a month, but they followed Li Yun and inexplicably won such a great victory!

This is undoubtedly helpful for morale.

After chatting with Zhou Liang about Tianmu Mountain for a while, Li Yun stretched out his body because he was sleepy. Then he looked at Zhou Liang and said, "Uncle San, Linshui County is too close to Qiantang County. The enemy may come within two or three days. We can't be careless and arrange patrols."

At this point, Li Yun couldn't help rubbing his eyes and said drowsily: "I have to go to sleep first."

Linshui County is not a very safe place, but its location is very important, so the Yuezhou Army may fight back at any time, so Li Yun must try his best to maintain sufficient energy.

At this time, he hadn't had a good rest for two nights and one day, so he had to get some sleep.

Otherwise, when the enemy arrives, Mr. Li will be too tired and big problems may arise.

It is no exaggeration to say that Li Yun alone can represent half of the combat effectiveness of the entire anti-theft team.

It’s not that he can defeat more than a hundred members of the anti-theft team alone, but having such a fierce general charging in the front will boost the morale and combat power, which is immeasurable!

Zhou Liang nodded and said, "Don't worry, village chief. I will make proper arrangements."

At this point, he looked at Li Yun with a smile on his face: "If we can occupy Linshui and hold on to it, it will immediately be a great achievement in the eyes of General Su. You, the village chief, may be able to gain a firm foothold in the court with this achievement."

"It is not necessary to gain a firm foothold in the court."

Li stretched himself and said with a smile, "It's enough to gain a foothold in the army. Third Uncle, we have many opportunities to quell the rebellion this time!"

Zhou Liang smiled and said, "Then you should go and have a rest, village leader. I will take care of the affairs in the city."

Li Yun nodded silently. After thinking for a while, he said, "By the way, Third Uncle, that young man named Deng Yang is quite capable. If there is anything that needs to be done, you can arrange for him to do it."

"Nothing should go wrong."

Zhou Liang thought about it, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll remember that."

Li Yun waved to Zhou Liang and went to find a place to sleep.

After Li Yun left, Zhou Liang wandered around Linshui County, and finally went up to the city tower to overlook the not-so-big county. He couldn't help but mutter, "It's so big..."

"How many Cangshan strongholds combined would it take to be this big?"

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On the other side, Li Zheng rode his horse and after passing Tianmu Mountain and informing Zhou Liang, he rode non-stop to Ningguo. All the way to the gate of Ningguo camp, he shouted urgent military information all the way. The four words "urgent military information" were successfully brought to the tent of General Su Jingsu.

Li Zheng knelt on the ground with a plop and bowed his head and said, "General, after Lieutenant Li arrived in Linshui, he found an opportunity and has now recaptured Linshui County. Please give me your instructions, General!"

Su Jing stood up and looked at Li Zheng with a frown: "You...what did you say?"

"My subordinates said that Captain Li has already captured Linshui!"

Li Zheng looked up at Su Jing, took a breath, and said, "Captain Li said that Linshui County is not very safe, and asked his subordinates to rush back and inform the general!"

"Quickly send reinforcements to secure Linshui County!"

"Captain Li said that after we take over Linshui, we can move freely in the entire Qiantang County!"

General Su walked up to Li Zheng and looked at the young man carefully. After a long while, he slowly said, "There is no joking in the army. If you lie about military intelligence, not only you, but also Li Zhao will be sentenced to death."

"I, Marshal, can execute you immediately."

Li Zheng looked up at Su Jing, pointed at the blood on his body, and said loudly: "The traces of the bloody battle are still there. If the general doesn't believe it, you can immediately send someone to Linshui to take a look."

"You can tell at a glance!"

Su Jing frowned and said nothing.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe in Li Yun’s ability.

He knew that the boy with extraordinary strength was very capable. In fact, he sent Li Yun to Linshui in order to let Li Yun find out the situation in Linshui first. In this way, when his main force arrived in Qiantang County and attracted the attention of the main force of the rebels, Li Yun would have the opportunity to occupy Linshui.

He believed that Li Yun could find this opportunity.

However, in Su Jing's opinion, even if this matter happened quickly, it would still take two or three months, because it would take at least another month for his new recruits to complete their initial training and be sent to the battlefield.

It would take some time to reach Qiantang and have a decisive battle with the rebel General Zhao.

But now, Li Yun’s troops have only been sent out for a few days?

In less than ten days!

Linshui County, a very important county in Qiantang County, was directly occupied by more than 400 people? !

This is a little too unbelievable.

General Su frowned and thought for a while. He looked up again and stared at Li Zheng for a long time.

Li Zheng was not afraid at all. After looking at Su Jing for a while, he said, "General, I participated in the whole process. I can report the whole process to you in detail!"

Su Jing slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.

"Go ahead."

Li Zheng then recounted the entire story. After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "Those rebels have not fought much, so it is not difficult to break Linshui. However, Lieutenant Li said that the rebels in Qiantang may come to support Linshui at any time."

"Therefore, General, please respond as soon as possible!"

"Captain Li said that if there is no help in ten days, he will voluntarily withdraw from Linshui."

"Ten days, ten days..."

General Su frowned and thought for a while, then frowned and said: "When I lead the army, I always give deadlines to my subordinates. This is the first time that a general has given me a deadline."

He couldn't help but groan: "He's just a little lieutenant!"

"Su Sheng!"

He called out.

A general in his thirties at the side immediately stepped out of the line, clasped his fists, bowed his head and said, "I am here!"

"Take one hundred riders and go to Linshui to take a look at the situation."

"If the situation is true, one hundred cavalrymen will stay in Linshui to help defend the city, and then send two people back to report the situation to me!"

Su Sheng bowed his head respectfully.

"General... obey your orders!"

(End of this chapter)