Thief Emperor

Chapter 164 Raise the flag!
"Second brother!"

After being stationed in the east of Qiantang City for seven days, Li Yun was cleaning his gun when Li Zheng came running over with a hurried look on his face: "Second brother, here I come!"

Li Yun took a deep breath, stood up, and asked, "The defeated army is here?"

"Yes!"

Li Zheng's voice was trembling: "It's only fifty miles from here. If they keep going day and night, they will probably arrive tonight. If they camp there, they will arrive tomorrow afternoon!"

Li Yun stood up, thought for a moment, and said, "Take a rest first. I'll make the arrangements."

After saying this, he walked straight to the door of his tent and struck the drum that had just been set up.

The reason for beating the drum and raising the tent is not for show, but mainly because the communication in that era was so poor that we had to do so for the sake of efficiency.

A moment later, several major generals in the army gathered in Li Yun's tent. Li Yun didn't waste any words and said directly: "Now remove the tents and the stoves for living. Send people to transport these things to the rear. The remaining people only need to bring armor and weapons, as well as two days of dry food!"

"Come with me and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Even a newly formed army like Li Yun already has scouts now. A relatively professional general like Zhao Cheng cannot be without scouts. If the tents were left at this time, they would definitely be discovered.

An ambush would only be possible if all the tents were removed and no fires were started.

Zhou Liang didn't waste any words and immediately clasped his fists and said, "I'll arrange it right away!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

Chen Da and Deng Yang were still a little confused. They stood there, not knowing what they should do.

Li Yun looked at the two of them, took a deep breath, and said, "I've taken you around the area several times in the past few days. Now each of you should take your men to find a good place to hide and wait for the enemy to come!"

"Yes!"

The two men responded hurriedly and led their men downstairs.

When Li Yun was about to leave the camp to check the situation, another man rode into the army on horseback. After jumping off the horse, he half-knelt in front of Li Yun and said, "Captain Li, the rebel Zhao Cheng's army is moving towards Qiantang!"

"The general orders..."

He looked up at Li Yun and said, "The general ordered us to hold them off for at least one day!"

The messenger took a deep breath and continued, "After Captain Li's battle, reinforcements will arrive in half a day at most."

"besides…"

The messenger looked up at Li Yun and whispered, "These rebels cannot be considered as defeated troops."

Li Yun frowned.

If it was a defeated army, even if it was only 4,5,000 or 5,600 people, and they were not in a camp, or were even in a panic and had no idea where to go, Li Yun's 1,000 men would be enough to chop them up.

The defeated army didn't even have time to send scouts forward.

But if it was not a defeated army, it means that Zhao Cheng maintained his intact organization and retreated in an orderly manner when the situation was unfavorable for advancing into Yuezhou!

Li took the order and asked, "Do you know how many people there are?"

"possible…"

The messenger bowed his head and said, "Around 6,000!"

Li Yun rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache.

The number of people is too different, a difference of six times. In this situation, it would be an extremely tough battle to complete the blocking.

This Zhao Cheng is so strong that it’s a bit outrageous!

He obviously had a bad start, but even though most of his men were injured, the team did not disband and was able to maintain formation and retreat!

Li Yun waved his hand and gritted his teeth and said, "I understand."

"You go and report to the general, I will do my best."

"Yes!"

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After sending the messenger away, Li Yun called Zhou Liang and asked, "Uncle San, is there anyone in our army who can embroider?"

Zhou Liang looked up at Li Yun and frowned, "I don't know, probably not? What does the village chief want to do?"

“I want to get a big flag.”

Zhou Liang was stunned at first, then he said, "Don't we already have a big flag? The village chief wants to get a Li character flag?"

"No."

Li Yun scratched his head and said, "It's probably too late to embroider. How about this, go find me some larger pieces of white cloth and I'll have Uncle Wu write directly on them."

Zhou Liang didn't understand why, but he went ahead and did it anyway.

Soon, it was night time.

Li Yun led two hundred people as the vanguard, groping their way westward along the official road, while Li Zheng was at the forefront.

The group walked for about ten miles and finally saw a group of tents in an open space in a valley.

These tents were very well-made, connected end to end, but not too densely packed together. Even if one tent caught fire, the others would not be burned. Apart from anything else, the camping skills alone were much better than those of the rebels that Li Yun had seen in Linshui before.

Moreover, even though Zhao Cheng was defeated, he was not in a hurry and did not rush to continue. He let his subordinates rest when they needed to.

There were people patrolling around the rebel camp. Li Yun and the others did not dare to approach and stopped far away. Li Zheng turned around and looked at Li Yun and asked, "Second brother, we have determined their position. Do you want to retreat and continue the ambush?"

He whispered: "This place is too close, if they find us..."

Li Yun was at the edge of Zhao Cheng's camp at this moment. It should be because the rebels had been fighting for a long time and were indeed a little slack and tired at this moment, so they were successfully brought to the vicinity of the camp.

Li Yun lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Shou Hou, go back immediately and let all the brothers catch up!"

“This is a unique opportunity.”

Li Yun took a deep breath and said, "Calculate the time. I will attack the camp in half an hour!"

"You should be here by then and join the battlefield!"

"Remember, when you arrive, raise the flag I made during the day!"

At times like this, someone must have the absolute right to speak. As soon as Li Yun finished speaking, Li Zheng did not dare to neglect him and immediately turned his head away.

Li Yun and the two hundred men did not rush forward, but retreated several dozen meters. Everyone lay behind the slope and did not move much.

Soon, half an hour passed, Li Yun waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Stretch the crossbows, archers get ready, follow me!"

"At my command, we'll charge down immediately!"

Zhang Hu was standing next to Li Yun, somewhat excited, and clenched the single-edged sword in his hand.

"Tiger."

Li Yun handed him a flag and said, "You will rush down with the flag in your hand later. Don't forget it!"

Zhang Hu scratched his head, reached out to take the flag, and nodded in agreement.

After taking a few deep breaths, Li Yun clenched the gun in his hand, stood up from the ground, and said slowly: "Move your hands and feet!"

Lying on the ground for too long without moving around makes your body feel unsteady.

After a while, Li Yun waved his hand and shouted, "Follow me!"

He stood up, took the lead, and rushed towards the camp!

Zhang Hu obediently unfolded the big flag in his hand. The flag was a piece of white cloth with big black words written on it, which looked very rough.

However, this character is not a "Li", but a big "Zheng"!

Zhang Hu couldn't even recognize the words, so naturally he didn't know what was written on it. He just focused on carrying the flag and followed Li Yun into the enemy camp!
At this time, Zhao Cheng's troops were also alarmed. After hearing the shouting and killing, they hurriedly picked up their weapons and went out to meet the enemy.

The first group that rushed out faced the twenty crossbows and dozens of bows prepared by Li Yun!

After a round of volleys, dozens of people fell to the ground!

Li Yun, who was rushing in the front, had now charged into the formation. He swept his spear across, directly sweeping a man out of his spear range!
He shouted loudly.

"The king's army is fighting against the rebels. Those who surrender will not be killed!"

The one or two hundred people behind him shouted together.

"The king's army is fighting against the rebels. Those who surrender will not be killed!"

The sound is loud!

Not long after the fight started, not far behind him, Zhou Liang and seven or eight hundred other main forces also rushed to the battlefield, raised several Zheng flags, and charged into the battle array!
It was dark now, and the rebels could not tell how many people there were. In addition, the incident happened suddenly, and soon the southwest corner of the camp was thrown into chaos by Li Yun and his group!

A messenger rushed to Zhao Cheng's camp, knelt on the ground in panic, and kowtowed: "General, the enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking!"

Zhao Cheng was about to go to bed when he heard the faint shouting and killing outside. He was about to get up to check, but after hearing the report, he sat up and frowned, "Where did the enemy attack? Was it Su Jing's troops? How many people are there?"

"In the southwest corner of my camp, the enemy has already entered the camp and is setting fire everywhere!"

"They launched a surprise attack. Many places in the camp have been in chaos, and some people have abandoned their armor and fled!"

Zhao Cheng was furious. He stood up and dressed, and asked again, "Su Jing can't be so fast. Where did these soldiers come from? Where did these soldiers come from?"

"According to the report, those ambushing troops were holding the Zheng flag!"

"The Zheng character flag, the Zheng character flag..."

Zhao Cheng slapped his forehead and a name flashed into his mind.

Zheng Yu, the governor of the East Circuit of Jiangnan!
If Zheng Wei led the troops here and dared to take the initiative to attack, it means that their military force must not be too small. After all, it is the force of an entire sect!

"Pass my general's order!"

Zhao Cheng's face was gloomy: "Send the scout camp to the east and keep an eye on the movements of Su Jing's pursuers at any time!"

"Gather more men and follow me to meet the enemy!"

　The battle part is not easy to write, and my condition has been a bit bad these two days, so the update time is unstable. I will adjust as soon as possible! !

　　The next chapter will probably be out around seven or eight o'clock!

　　
　
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