Thief Emperor

Chapter 139 Deep love between father and son!

On that day, Miss Liu fled Qiantang City in a hurry. When leaving the city, the carriage was in too much of a hurry and it overturned on the side of the road, knocking her unconscious.

After finally getting on another carriage, she was chased by the Yuezhou rebels. Her maids were all shot by arrows and fell into her arms.

Just when the rebels were about to catch up and she was most desperate, Li Yun arrived, killed four people in the blink of an eye, and forced the rebels to retreat.

At that time, she was lying on the carriage window and saw it clearly, especially when Li Yun shot a thief with his last arrow, which stunned the young lady.

At this moment, she was confused by Li Yun's words and followed Li Yun in a daze. Captain Li gave Deng Yang some instructions and asked Deng Yang to go to the city wall to replace him for a while. Then he took Miss Liu to a large vacant courtyard in Linshui City.

Due to the war and the fact that Linshui was previously occupied by rebels for a period of time, the population of the city is now small, only about 30% remains, leaving a large number of vacant houses.

This large courtyard is an empty house, which has been used to accommodate the defeated troops that Li Yun gathered near Qiantang City in the past two days.

In this era, a defeated and scattered army can no longer be treated as a normal army. It's not that they might surrender to the enemy, but after they regroup, some of them are afraid of the crime and want to escape, some are afraid of the enemy, and some, like the Qiantang defeated army, hate friendly forces for special reasons.

There is a high possibility of trouble.

Therefore, the defeated soldiers who were taken into Linshui County by Li Yun were all stripped of their armor and their weapons were confiscated. They were only provided with a place to live, food, and some necessary medicines.

When Li Yun walked into the yard, many people were basking in the sun. When they saw Li Yun coming in, some tall men stood up directly, without saying a word, and just looked at Li Yun quietly.

The atmosphere became tense.

It was not until they saw Miss Liu coming in behind Li Yun that their faces showed some expression. Some of them who knew Miss Liu bowed their heads and said, "Miss."

County Magistrate Liu Xiang has been highly respected in Qiantang in recent years, especially in the past two months, when he fought to the death and died in the line of duty, which made people even more admirable.

Therefore, these soldiers were saluting to Miss Liu on the surface, but in fact they were expressing their respect to the county magistrate Liu Xiang.

Miss Liu also saw a few familiar people and couldn't help but ask. Several people gathered together and got to know each other. Soon, Miss Liu began to wipe away her tears, and the eyes of others were also red.

Because the situation in Qiantang City is really miserable.

Especially for those of them who left Qiantang later, very few of their families were able to remain intact. The county magistrate Liu Xiang and his wife both died in this incident.

Naturally, other people also have their own troubles.

Li Yun put his hands behind his back, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "Everyone, you have been angry for two days. Today I have the opportunity to tell you about the situation."

He coughed, cleared his throat, and said, "My name is Li Zhao. More than a month ago, I was a captain in Qingyang County who was responsible for arresting thieves."

"More than a month ago, I was drafted into the military camp and assigned to serve under General Su, the General Su Jingsu whom you all scolded."

"I know you are all feeling very upset right now, thinking that it is because of our delay that we missed the opportunity to fight."

Li coughed and said, "I'm not trying to defend my superior, but General Su has only been here for a little over a month, and he's still training troops in Ningguo."

"You can't expect the new recruits who have been training for half a month to come to Qiantang to rescue you. If you do that, more of those new recruits will die."

"Your life is life, and their life is of course life too."

Everyone's face showed anger, but Li Yun was not afraid when he saw this, and his expression remained calm: "No matter what, since you are government troops, it is my duty to rescue you. I will now give you two choices."

"The first option is to stay in Linshui. I will break you up and incorporate you into the Linshui garrison. It won't be long before the rebels from Qiantang attack us, and you will have another chance to fight them."

"The second option is that you will leave Linshui tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and go to the safer Xuanzhou. As for how the Xuanzhou government will deal with it, it is not my business."

As soon as he said this, before the scattered soldiers could speak, Miss Liu on the side had already bit her lip and looked at Li Yun and said, "Li...Captain Li, many of them are injured. Can't they rest in Linshui for a few more days?"

"No."

Li Yun shook his head firmly: "It will take two or three days at the shortest, or seven or eight days at the longest. There will definitely be a war here in Linshui. By then, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"Besides, what Linshui needs now is soldiers, and we also need to save some rations."

Everyone was silent.

Li Yun did not force them, but left with his hands behind his back: "You take your time to think about it. I will come again at this time tomorrow and then decide where you will go."

A big man stood up. He seemed to be an officer of the Qiantang garrison. He looked at Li Yun and asked, "Captain Li, if we stay, can we form a battalion?"

"No."

Li Yun answered these two words subconsciously. He was stunned for a moment, remembering what the general did when he first met Su Jing. At this time, he realized that Su Jing wanted to reorganize his anti-theft team. There was no logical problem. No commander would allow a complete team to be incorporated into his command.

It's too difficult to control.

As for why Su Jing finally agreed to Li Yun's decision to have an almost independent organization, Li Yun knew it was definitely not because of the fight that night.

Perhaps it was more because Su Jing urgently needed a force that could be deployed to the battlefield immediately. After all, Qiantang had been besieged for so long, and no one would believe that Su Jing was not in a hurry at all.

Li Yun paused here and continued, "However, I can give priority to the original generals to continue to serve as generals."

After saying a few rules, Li Yun took Miss Liu out of the courtyard. When they walked out of the door, he looked at Miss Liu and said, "Thank you very much, Miss. Without you, they would probably just start a fight."

"No...not me."

Miss Liu looked gloomy: "They did it for my father's sake."

She was born a little girl, and now that she was sad, she looked a bit like Lin Daiyu. However, Li Yun was facing a big event, so he was stunned for a moment and didn't look closely. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "Miss Liu, are you going anywhere now? If you are, I will ask someone to hire a carriage to take you to Qingyang. I have a few connections in Qingyang, and I can arrange for someone to take you there."

Miss Liu was even more depressed when she heard this: "I have a sister who is already married, but I only know that she is in Luozhou, not where she lives."

"There is another aunt who is closer, but I have to write to her first before I can make a decision."

Li Yun thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send Miss Liu to Qingyang first. Then Miss Liu will take my letter to see County Magistrate Xue. County Magistrate Xue knows that Miss Liu is the daughter of County Magistrate Liu, and he will definitely make good arrangements for Miss Liu."

Miss Liu looked at Li Yun: "Can't I stay?"

"No."

Li Yun sighed and said, "Miss, there will be a battle here soon. The enemy has too many people. We are not sure at all and may withdraw from Linshui County at any time."

"By then, I won't be able to take care of anyone."

Before Li Yun could say anything more, a captain of the anti-theft team came running over and said, "Boss, General Su has climbed up the city wall and said he wants to see you!"

Li Yun replied, "I understand." Then he clasped his fists towards Miss Liu and said, "Tomorrow morning, I will send someone to take Miss to Qingyang?"

Miss Liu sighed and nodded, "Just follow Captain Li's instructions."

Li Yun smiled and said, "That's settled then. I have something else to do, so let's stop here for now."

As he said that, Li Yun clasped his fists towards Miss Liu, then turned and walked towards the city wall.

Miss Liu looked at Li Yun's tall figure walking away and stood there, not moving for a long time.

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On the city wall, Li Yun looked at Su Sheng and said with a smile, "Major General, you came out so early to take over? It's not your turn yet, is it?"

"There's a letter from the general."

Su Sheng took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Li Yun, and said, "My father meant that Linshui is a very important location, and we should make great use of it."

Li Yun looked at Su Jing's documents and couldn't help but complain: "The general's main force should move!"

"Captain Li, don't worry."

Su Sheng smiled and said, "If it is a method of breaking up into smaller units, many people have already arrived in Qiantang County and are lying in ambush."

Li Yun did not respond, but looked at Su Sheng with a strange expression.

"Major General, did the general send you here on purpose?"

"He didn't plan to take you out..."

"impossible."

Su Sheng waved his hand firmly.

"My father has always liked me, and we have a deep father-son relationship. He would never do such a thing!"

(End of this chapter)