Thief Emperor

Chapter 230 Fighting in Dongyang!

It’s not that Mr. Li has planned everything out.

The truth is that this is one of the few opportunities before Zhao Cheng. All his subordinates are from Yuezhou. Recently, a large number of "refugees" have returned from Yuezhou. These refugees may not all be Zhao Cheng's men, but there must be Zhao Cheng's spies among them.

In other words, Zhao Cheng was relatively clear about the situation in Yuezhou, and he was even clear about the military assembly in Jiangdong.

The situation is already very clear.

The local armies in various parts of Jiangdong are not to be feared. When Zhao Cheng was still under Qiu Dian's command, he defeated them one by one. No matter how you look at it, only Li Zhao of Yuezhou has the strength to fight against them.

After all, the two men had a real fight outside Qiantang City. At that time, Li Yun, with a force of about a thousand men, blocked his force of about four thousand men for a whole night, so that Zhao Cheng had to abandon Qiantang. Later, he was caught up by Jiang Yan and suffered heavy casualties.

Although Li Yun seemed to have launched a sneak attack that time, the fighting power he displayed was real and could not be faked.

In the whole Jiangdong, under the premise that the imperial court does not send troops again, it is estimated that only Li Zhao's troops in Yuezhou can fight, and the troops from other states are not worth mentioning.

In this situation, from Zhao Cheng's perspective, half of the Yuezhou army has now penetrated deep into Wuzhou alone, and he himself has entered Dongyang County. If he can destroy this army, he can rest assured in Wuzhou. Zheng Wei and the remaining Jiangdong soldiers are just a mob.

This is also a godsend opportunity for Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng only has one night left. The follow-up troops of the government army will arrive around the day after tomorrow. If he takes action tomorrow night, these Yuezhou soldiers in Dongyang will only have to hold out for one night before reinforcements arrive.

The opportunity is fleeting.

Zhao Cheng would naturally seize the opportunity.

Zhao Cheng, who was also wearing armor at this time, looked up at the tall figure on the city wall from afar, with a smile on his face, and shouted: "Is it Sima Li?"

At this moment, the two were only a few dozen steps apart. Li Yun could naturally hear his shout. Li Sima on the city wall laughed loudly and said in a heroic voice, "Last time outside the city, General Zhao escaped. This time, I'm afraid General Zhao can't escape!"

Zhao Cheng took a step forward and, with the help of the firelight, vaguely saw Li Yun on the city wall. He still had a smile on his face: "Last time outside Qiantang City, it was indeed me who escaped, but it was also Zhao's ability to escape. This time, it depends on whether Sima Li can escape."

After that, Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Attack the city, continue to attack the city!"

He pointed in the direction of Li Yun and shouted, "Send the elite soldiers in the army to capture this Li!"

Li Yun on the city wall faded the smile on his face, and looked at the rebels who continued to rush up, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Tonight, he had indeed calculated in advance that Zhao Cheng might launch a sneak attack on Dongyang, but at the moment, he did not have the ability to conjure up manpower out of thin air, and could only turn Zhao Cheng's sneak attack into an "open attack."

When the two sides were fighting, Li Yun had 500 Yuezhou soldiers, while outside Dongyang City, there were about 1,000 rebels.

The number difference is twice that of the rebels. Even though Li Yun now believes that the individual quality of the Yuezhou Army is by no means inferior to those of the rebels, with such a huge gap, the combat effectiveness of the two sides must be disparate.

The only advantage Li Yun has is that he has a county wall to defend, but it is only a county wall and cannot be considered a big advantage.

It’s not that Li Yun saw through Zhao Cheng’s actions in advance and did not set an ambush, but because if there were too many people in Dongyang, Zhao Cheng would definitely not come.

This is a psychological game between the two sides.

On the city wall, Li Yun threw aside the mace in his hand, grabbed his spear, turned around to look at Deng Yang and others around him, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, the critical moment has come!"

"As long as we can win this battle, the enemy's morale will be completely destroyed, and victory in Wuzhou will be ours!"

Li clenched the spear in his hand, covered his face with armor, and shouted: "We have trained hard for half a year just for today. If we win this battle, every brother in Dongyang today will be credited with a contribution!"

"Anyone who defeats the thieves will be rewarded handsomely!"

After that, Li Yun raised his gun, walked towards the tower, and shouted: "Deng Yang, you guard the city wall, and I guard the city gate!"

Deng Yang looked at the rebels who had already rushed over, nodded slowly, and took a deep breath: "I obey your command!"

Deng Yang was an old friend of Li Yun's from the time when they were in the anti-bandit team. If suppressing bandits was considered a war, he could be said to have been through hundreds of battles. Although he was a little nervous at the moment, he was not afraid of anything. He turned around and shouted, "Prepare for the rolling stones!"

Because they wanted to lure these rebels to attack Dongyang, they could not set up the pot to boil oil during the day, and they did not even prepare too much of the city-defending artifact, gold juice. But in the afternoon, according to Li Yun's instructions, they secretly moved some stones to the city wall, which were needed now.

Deng Yang stood on the city wall, holding a longbow. After shooting three arrows in a row, he drew the sword at his waist and slashed at the rebels who had rushed up.

For a moment, the walls of the small county town were filled with the sound of killing.

On the other side, Li Yun came down from the city wall with his gun. After looking at the width of the city gate, he gestured with the gun in his hand and grinned, "Tiger."

Because they were prepared for a tough battle, Zhang Hu followed Li Yun to Dongyang this time. When he heard Li Yun calling him, Zhang Hu grinned and said, "Brother, I'm here!" "Come with me and charge into the battle a few times. Are you afraid?"

Zhang Hu patted his chest and said loudly: "From childhood to adulthood, when have I ever been afraid?"

"it is good!"

Li Yun selected a dozen people and strode towards the city gate. Meng Qing was also wearing leather armor at this time. He was a little anxious and shouted, "General, let me charge with you!"

"I'll be your right wing!"

In this era, even if a general is charging into battle, he must be protected by guards on both sides. These guards have to be the most trustworthy people, and some are even family generals.

Li Yun looked at the still thin Meng Qing and grinned: "You kid, eat for a few more years before we talk!"

"In the city, don't go out, help move some things!"

After saying that, Li Yun strode towards the city gate. At this moment, the gate of Dongyang County, which was not very thick to begin with, was already creaking due to the collisions of the rebels outside the city.

The bolt had been broken, and if it hadn't been for the doorpost, the city gate would have been knocked open by now.

This was because Zhao Cheng's troops attacked the city in a hurry this time and did not have siege equipment such as siege hammers, otherwise the gate of the county town would have been knocked open.

"Open the city gate!"

Li Yun shouted.

Several soldiers exclaimed "Ah" in disbelief.

Li Yun laughed and scolded: "If we don't open the city gate, are we waiting for them to knock it open? Open the gate!"

Several soldiers then worked together to move the gatepost. Just at this moment, dozens of rebel men outside the city pushed hard against the gatepost. Without the gatepost, the city gate was wide open. The dozen or so men in the lead could not stop their force and fell down.

Li Yun stepped forward and fired his spear repeatedly. The people who fell down didn't even have a chance to resist before several of them were killed by the spear.

Zhang Hu also killed a few people with his sword. When the rebels finally organized their scattered formation and rushed forward, Li Yun, dressed in armor, had already taken the lead and charged out.

"Brothers, charge out with me!"

He held the spear upside down, took three or two quick steps, then turned around and swept across without any fancy moves. This time, the rebels outside didn't dare to block it and retreated again and again. They were forced back four or five steps by Li Yun alone!

Even so, two people fell from the gun.

Li Yun bent down slightly and shouted, "Kill!"

The spear is suitable for both infantry and horse combat, and as long as you are proficient in using it, this long weapon can exert infinite power on the battlefield!
Li Yun was the spearhead of the assault team and quickly fought his way out of the city gate several feet away. Wherever he went, the rebels were all terrified and no one dared to move forward.

Even Zhao Cheng, who was not far away, couldn't help but have his pupils tremble slightly.

He had seen this Sima of Yuezhou before. Last time, outside Qiantang City, the two of them used spears. After only a few rounds of fighting, he was knocked away by Li Yun, leaving him with some internal injuries and coughing up blood for nearly a month.

It will take time to heal.

No one under his command could confront Sima Li head-on, not even himself.

Zhao Cheng clenched his spear tightly and gritted his teeth, "We were attacking the city, but he took the initiative to come out of the city to fight!"

"It's really arrogant to the extreme!"

At this point, Zhao Cheng looked at Li Yun and shouted, "Send more people to kill him!"

Personal bravery is not of much use on a large-scale battlefield. For example, if Li Yun did not have Zhang Hu and others protecting his sides and back, he would not be able to hold on for more than a few rounds and would fall in the battle formation.

However, it must be said that having a commander like Li Yun can boost morale in an unparalleled way!
And Zhao Cheng must suppress this momentum, otherwise, once a local defeat occurs, it will be hard to say whether he can escape unscathed tonight, let alone completely annihilate the government troops in Dongyang!

Under his command, a team of fifty elite soldiers surrounded Li Yun from all directions.

At this time, the battle on the city wall became fierce.

The battle in Dongyang has entered a white-hot stage!

(End of this chapter)