Thief Emperor

Chapter 175: Rise suddenly and fall suddenly!

Li Yun always knew that Su Jing had reserved some strength for the attack on Yuezhou.

After all, when Zhao Cheng brought all his men to aid Yuezhou, Su Jing blocked the rebels in the city from leaving on the one hand, and repelled Zhao Cheng's defenders on the other hand. This shows that the great general was already able to handle the situation with ease at that time.

Zhao Cheng is actually a man with very good insight.

Two or three months ago, he was forced to leave Qiantang City to support Yuezhou. It is very likely that at that time, he had already realized that Yuezhou was crumbling and could be breached at any time.

In other words, two or three months ago, Su Jing already had the power to break into the city.

The reason why it has been delayed until now is probably because this general has some ideas of his own.

Thinking of this, Li Yun turned around and looked at Su Jing who was not far from him, as if thinking about something.

Zhao Cheng is his junior, and the two families have a deep connection. Su Jing slowed down the pace of attacking Yuezhou. Did he want to let Zhao Cheng leave?

Not right either.

Su Jing once said that the court asked him to personally bring Zhao Cheng to the capital to be punished...

While Li Yun was thinking, the Major General Su Sheng standing near him stepped forward and patted Li Yun on the shoulder. He grinned and said, "Brother Li, Yuezhou has been breached!"

"Come with me, let's go and see what the King of Yue looks like!"

The word "King of Yue" is full of mischief.

Su Sheng laughed heartily and said, "I heard that he has married more than a dozen women in Yuezhou in the past six months. He is quite lucky."

Only the winner can use this tone to evaluate the loser, and at this moment, Su Sheng...or it should be said that General Su's side is obviously the winner.

Li Yun looked calm and said, "The general asked me to be his guard."

"It's already this late."

Su Sheng smiled and said, "Those rebels will soon scatter and flee. How can anyone attack the central army?"

"Let's go, let's go into the city together!"

Su Sheng called a follower and asked him to say hello to General Su. Then he took Li Yun and walked towards the Yuezhou city gate which had been breached.

At this time, there were still seven or eight thousand rebels in Yuezhou City.

But basically, they had lost all will to fight, otherwise it would not have been so easy for Su Jing's troops to break through the city gates.

As soon as the city gate was broken, they all began to retreat step by step, and most of those with a worse mentality and a smaller courage had already abandoned their weapons and fled in all directions.

At this time, if you throw away your armor and weapons, you may be able to disguise yourself as a civilian, and if you are lucky, you may be able to avoid death.

After all, in this era, there is no such thing as identity information. Solving cases and arresting people depends entirely on a pair of eyes and a mouth. As long as no one reports it, the possibility of escaping with one's life is still very high.

By the time Su Sheng and Li Yun entered the city one after another, the west of Yuezhou City had been pushed away by the army, leaving only some small-scale rebels in the east of the city, who were fighting stubbornly.

When Li Yun walked past the city gate, he looked at the dilapidated gate and felt quite distressed.

If all goes well, this will become his base camp for some time to come. The city wall was damaged by catapults, and he will have to spend money to repair it.

As for the Governor of Yuezhou...

Hey.

Mr. Li has no longer considered that if he successfully becomes the Sima of Yuezhou, even if Xue Song comes to Yuezhou to serve as the governor, it is not certain who will have the final say at that time!
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Following Su Sheng, Li Yun soon arrived at the gate of a big house. At this moment, three words were engraved in seal script on the gate of this renovated mansion.

Palace of King Yue.

Li Yun looked up and smiled dumbly: "How vulgar."

Su Sheng laughed: "People in small places have limited vision and knowledge. After they rebelled and killed officials, of course they want to show off their power. It's human nature, human nature."

At this point, he scratched his head and said, "I'm not talking about Brother Li."

Li Yun smiled and said, "It's okay. I was born in a small place, so it's okay to talk about it. Fortunately, I don't have such great ambitions as this Qiu Tianwang."

The two entered the "Yue King's Palace" one after the other. Li Yun looked around and saw that although the palace looked luxurious, it was not grand. It was a temporary reconstruction of a wealthy mansion.

Moreover, the palace was in a mess at this moment. Li Yun could still see a group of servants in neat clothes scrambling for things and running around.

Li Yun's eyes widened and he murmured, "This guy has already started using eunuchs?"

"Probably not."

Su Sheng smiled and said, "There aren't many skilled knifemen in Yuezhou. If they're not careful, someone could die. They must be servants hired from a wealthy family."

Li Yun nodded slightly and asked, "Qiu Dian should not be here anymore, right?"

"nature."

Su Sheng said slowly: "If he was still here, Yuezhou City would not have been broken so easily today. He must have led the main force and broke through from a certain direction."

"But don't worry."

The major general stretched his muscles and said with a smile: "My father is still in charge of the situation outside the city. He should not be able to escape."

When the two were "touring" the palace, a lieutenant led a dozen people to Su Sheng, half-knelt on the ground, and said, "Major General, this is the rebel we caught in the palace. Your subordinates asked him a few questions."

The lieutenant pointed at a timid middle-aged scholar in the crowd and said with a smile: "Major General, this man is Zhu Min, a counselor under the traitor Qiu Dian." "Among the others, two are Qiu Dian's relatives, and the others are Qiu Dian's concubines."

Hearing the name "Zhu Min", Su Sheng became interested. He looked at the middle-aged man and said with a smile, "Are you Zhu Min who persuaded Qiu Dian to marry the King of Yue?"

"Your fame can be said to have spread throughout Jiangnan Road."

Li Yun, who was standing by, was also looking at the middle-aged man and smiled: "He is indeed quite famous. I'm afraid he will be recorded in history books in the future and be judged by future generations."

Su Sheng said, "This kind of rebellion is only mentioned briefly in history books. It can't even be included in history books."

Zhu Min knelt on the ground, looking embarrassed, and kowtowed, saying, "My two lords, please understand that I was coerced by the traitor Qiu Dian at the time, and I had to give him advice, but I couldn't really help him do such a treasonous thing, so I could only give him some bad advice, and I hope day and night that the king's division will come to rescue him soon!"

Zhu Min burst into tears, knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "God has eyes, now the king's teacher has really arrived!"

Su Sheng sneered and said, "How dare you quibble? This general has investigated this matter. At that time, Qiu Dian did not ask you, nor did he mention the matter of being crowned king. It was you, Mr. Zhu, who took the initiative to ask Qiu Dian to take the throne in order to please Qiu the thief!"

Seeing that Zhu Min wanted to talk more, Su Sheng waved his hand and said, "You don't have to talk too much to me. This general is not going to judge your case. You will be escorted to the capital with all the rebels to be punished. If you are really born with a clever tongue, then after you arrive in Beijing, you can talk to the court yourself!"

After that, Su Sheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Take him away and keep him under guard."

"Yes!"

The captain lowered his head and led these people away.

After seeing everyone being taken away, Su Sheng looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "See, these scholars are good at nothing but talking!"

"If I hadn't asked beforehand, he would have gotten away with it!"

Li Yun seemed to be thinking about something, and then he smiled and said, "Young General, can you find out what's going on in the city from outside the city?"

"Brother Li."

Su Sheng chuckled: "A few months ago, people in the city kept writing to my father, asking to surrender."

"In the past few months, there has been a constant flow of people surrendering. Otherwise, do you think my father can predict the outcome and be sure that the city can be captured in the next two days?"

Li Yun suddenly realized and murmured, "Yes, it should be because Qiu Dian decided to lead the troops to break out today, so the general decided to capture the city today, so the city was broken very easily."

He looked at Su Sheng and said, "This kind of news is probably difficult to accurately know unless you are someone who is particularly close to Qiu Dian. In other words, this person is most likely still with Qiu Dian."

"Then the direction of Qiu Dian's breakthrough..."

Su Sheng smiled mysteriously.

"It's all under my father's control."

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Outside the city, in the central army tent, a captain from the scout camp half-knelt on the ground and bowed his head and said, "General, the rebels broke out of the city. The front line was careless for a moment, and they broke through the encirclement and fled to the northeast!"

"Now, several captain battalions are chasing after us with all their might!"

General Su didn't even raise his eyelids and said lightly: "I know."

"Just keep following them."

"Yes!"

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On the other side, Qiu Dian, along with his wife, two children, and two pregnant "concubines", successfully broke through under the protection of a group of soldiers.

After breaking out of the encirclement, there were still pursuers behind them. They did not dare to stop at all and ran all the way to the northeast for dozens of miles.

When everyone was exhausted and had no strength to run anymore, an ambush force slowly appeared on the side of the road.

The leader was none other than Jiang Yan, the deputy general who was in charge of suppressing the rebellion.

At this time, General Jiang sneered and looked at the people who were panting leisurely, and said slowly: "Everyone, have you run enough?"

Qiu Dian felt desperate, but when he looked at the two children and the two pregnant concubines, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Divide into four directions!"

"Escape in all directions, save your life, and plan for the future!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the only two or three thousand men left under his command immediately began to split into four groups, each taking Qiu Dian and his family with them, and fled in all directions.

Jiang Yan sneered and waved his hand.

"Chase!"

"Catch the thief Qiu alive and there will be a huge reward!!"

At this time, one of his lieutenants scratched his head and said, "General, they have dispersed. Where should we chase them?"

"Of course they chased him from all directions!"

Jiang Yan cursed, then his face darkened and he said in a deep voice: "Go inform the general and ask him to send more people..."

"Continue to encircle the thief Qiu!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)