Thief Emperor

Chapter 141 shines!

If there were two thousand people or more, Li Yun would not consider defending Linshui City. After all, it was just a county town with low city walls and actually not much geographical advantage.

If there is a huge disparity in power in a county like this, it will not only have no advantage, but will instead become a cage that traps Li Yun's troops and a burden that affects their mobility.

However, if there were only more than a thousand people, Li Yun would not be very scared.

Because he now has quite a few people under his command, and with the help of this small county, it won't be a problem for him to defend it.

To take a step back, even if he suffered a loss, the other side could not have surrounded Linshui if the number of people on both sides was not much different. It would not be difficult for Li Yun to retreat.

After eating a few bites of food, Li Yun rode his horse out of Linshui with Su Sheng. After running more than ten miles to the east, they indeed saw an army.

Compared with the Linshui defenders that Li Yun had seen before, this army seemed a little embarrassed and their appearance was not very neat.

Because their clothes are not uniform.

At least the rebel army that had come to the water earlier was wearing a uniform red uniform, making them easy to identify.

After taking a look from a distance, Mr. Li couldn't see it clearly, so he moved closer and found a high place.

Su Sheng was accompanied by an experienced veteran. After taking a look, he said, "Major General, Captain Li, it's about right..."

"There are 1,300 of them."

Li Yun touched his chin and looked up into the distance, but he couldn't count how many people there were, so he asked, "Brother, how did you figure it out? Teach me."

The old soldier smiled and said, "When I followed the general to fight in the past, I was a scout, and distinguishing the number of people was the most basic skill."

"Some powerful scouts can roughly tell the number of people at a distance. If they are close, they can even tell the number of civilians."

"This skill depends on vision and experience. I can't teach Captain Li in a short time."

Li Yun thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I have two brothers under my command. How about you teach them for me after the battle is over?"

In the Cangshan village, Li Zheng runs the fastest, but the one with the best eyesight is Erlang. However, Erlang is not very smart and is still in the Shiwang Village in Qingyang County and has not been brought out by Li Yun.

The old soldier heard Li Yun's polite words and nodded readily: "If I'm still here with Captain Li by then, then there will be no problem."

"Now that the number of people has been determined."

Li Yun looked at Su Sheng and said, "Let's go back to the city and have a fight first to see what level these people are at."

Li Yun's understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Yuezhou rebels is currently limited to the people led by He Gang and the defenders of Linshui County.

However, according to his understanding, these two groups of people were actually soldiers from Yuezhou, not soldiers under the command of General Zhao who fought in Qiantang.

Judging from the current situation, those coming to Linshui should be the soldiers led by General Zhao. They were able to capture a big city like Qiantang, so their fighting power should not be underestimated.

To be on the safe side, it is better to wait and see how the situation develops before making any judgment.

If these more than a thousand people had the same fighting power as those around He Gang, Li Yun would not need to defend the city. If he could just fight a few battles, he might be able to defeat the enemy.

After returning to the county town with Su Sheng, not long after, more than a thousand rebels arrived at the city. However, they did not rush to attack, but waited and watched for a while.

About half an hour later, these rebels, who were not properly dressed, began to line up outside the city, preparing to attack.

Li Yun stood on the tower, looking at the rebels below the city. He squinted his eyes and chuckled softly, "That General Zhao does seem to be quite capable. He has had these people for a short time, and they have done things in an orderly manner, even something as risky as attacking the city."

Su Sheng opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and then sighed, "His name is Zhao Cheng. I met him before."

"Four years younger than me."

Li Yun was stunned and looked back at Su Sheng.

Su Sheng's face was calm as he spoke, "His father was a general under my father. In the early years, our two families had a good relationship. But later, my father was laid off and Uncle Zhao was transferred to another place as a general, which offended the court..."

"He was sentenced to death and his house was confiscated."

Li Yun sighed and said with a smile, "So there is such a story. How did the young general know about it?"

"When he was in Yuezhou, he raised the banner and said he wanted to avenge his father."

"I wonder why the court would film General Su."

Li had his bow and arrow taken from his back. He aimed the bow and said, "So it's to get your family out to clean up the mess."

"There's no such thing as cleaning up the house."

Su Sheng said silently: "After my father was laid off, Uncle Zhao was promoted. His rank was the same as my father's. It can only be said that our two families have some connection."

Li Yun shot an arrow, accompanied by a scream from below the tower. He smiled and said, "If you depose a general, you must promote subordinates, otherwise the court will be uneasy."

"But he still couldn't escape the court's reckoning, didn't he?"

Su Sheng took a deep breath, took out his bow and arrow, and began to draw the bow: "The court asked my father to personally escort Zhao Cheng to the capital to be punished."

He shot an arrow fiercely and said expressionlessly: "I haven't seen him for many years. I don't know what he looks like now."

After the two men shot several arrows in succession, the enemies under the city wall finally reached a distance of several dozen steps. They also began to bend their bows and shoot arrows at the city wall.

The wall facing the water was low, and arrows could easily hit the wall. Li Yun dodged and hid behind the battlements of the wall. At this time, the rebels under the city were only 20 to 30 steps away from the city gate.

Li Yun took off his armor, covered his face, grabbed the spear beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Major General, this city gate by the water is not strong, it is estimated that it will be difficult to block it. I will guard the city gate, and the city wall is left to you!"

After saying that, Li Yun walked down the city wall without looking back.

Su Sheng looked at Li Yun's back and couldn't help muttering, "This kid is starting to order me around."

After saying this, he looked around, arranged his defenses, and drew his sword. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "But I was so willing to be ordered around. It's really strange."

If this major general had a broader knowledge, he would be able to accurately describe this strange feeling.

Charisma.

In other words, it is the personal charm that is unique to a leader.

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The city gate facing the water is not like the iron-clad and wood-covered, extremely heavy city gates in big cities. The city gate facing the water is only about two inches thick, and because it has been there for many years, it is not very strong.

When Li Yun came down from the city wall, the city gate was already shaking from being hit.

Li dragged his spear behind him, called the backbone of the anti-theft team, and shouted, "Deng Yang!"

"Bring some people down!"

Deng Yang shouted, and rushed over with his men, carrying two hammers.

The hammer head of this hammer is not very big, only the size of an egg. It is not as exaggerated as the hammer heads in TV dramas about another world, but it is specially used to break armor and is very powerful.

In fact, this kind of hammer is also very suitable for strong people like Li Yun. It often works wonders when used on the battlefield, but the spear is more efficient.

After Deng Yang shouted, twenty or thirty people followed him, stood behind Li Yun, and strode towards the city gate.

These people all come from a background of gangsters.

Just as they arrived at the city gate, the already flimsy gate was pushed down with a loud bang. Before the rebels outside the city had time to rejoice, a black gun tip appeared in front of them!
Li Yun deliberately opened this city gate.

When the rebels pushed the door, there was no one inside to resist!

Because, at present, the people under Li Yun's command are mainly brave individuals, especially Li Yun himself.

This kind of personal bravery will result in it being difficult to display one's bravery if the battlefield is too wide, for example, if all the city walls are battlefields.

Now that the city gate is open, a city gate hole is exposed to the rebels, and they will naturally swarm towards the city gate.

For Li Yun and others, this city gate was like a one-man-block pass.

Li Yun, dressed in iron armor and even with a mask on his face, still stood in the front. He swept his spear across, knocking two or three people to the ground.

Deng Yang's eyes also turned red. He rushed forward and hit an armored rebel hard on the chest with his hammer. The rebel vomited blood and fell to the ground!
This is why turtles are afraid of hammers.

The most important thing to pay attention to about the armor Li Yun is the armor-piercing hammer on the battlefield.

Zhang Hu was also as aggressive as a mad tiger. Three of them occupied the city gate and killed or injured seven or eight rebels in just a few breaths!
These rebels who rushed into the city gate were so frightened that they retreated one after another.

However, when they retreated, they were still in a rhythmic manner. There was no chaos, and no stampede occurred.

Just this point alone makes them much stronger than the people brought by He Gang.

Thinking about the fact that even the people around He Gang wore uniform clothes and even started to wear armor, these people didn’t.

Li Yun sneered in his heart.

This "startup group" of Yuezhou Qiu Dian was already very impure from the very beginning!

Thinking of this, Li rushed forward, shot a rebel in the shoulder, and exerted force with his hand, almost piercing him directly.

Li Yun shouted in a deep voice: "If you commit treason, your whole family will be implicated!"

"Put down your weapons and surrender, and all your sins will be forgiven!"

These people were unwilling to pay any attention to Li Yun and rushed forward again, howling.

Li waved his hand and shouted, "Kill!"

A team of twenty or thirty former bandits followed Li Yun and fought a bloody battle with the enemy at the city gate.

On the city wall, Su Sheng, who came from a military family, was commanding the defense on the city wall in an orderly manner. About half an hour later, he looked towards the city gate and suddenly froze in place, dumbfounded!

Li Yun, covered in blood, led the anti-theft team, which was also covered in blood, and fought their way out of the city!

Li Yun, covered in blood, walked out of the city gate with a gun like a god of death. He looked up at the rebels in front of him and roared like a tiger.

"Follow me, charge out!!"

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