Thief Emperor

Chapter 272 Let’s see who has the bigger fist!
Of Li Yun's twelve brigades, only one remained overnight, which was somewhat intended to test the attitude of Gusu City.

Unexpectedly, Gusu City’s attitude... is so "enthusiastic".

Now, their intentions are very clear. As long as they can capture Li Yun and Wu Yuanyou, then Li Yun, the governor of Wuzhou, would be trying to kidnap the imperial envoy by arbitrarily mobilizing troops.

By then, Wu Yuanyou would have no guards to protect him, and he would have no choice but to cooperate with them and label the matter like this. Even if the matter were to spread to the capital, the court would not be able to quell the rebellion in Jiangnan, so they might even accept this statement with a pinch of their nose.

In this way, when Wu Yuanyou finally gains control of Mingzhou, he can still return to the capital to report, and these local forces in the south of the Yangtze River will be able to preserve their power intact and not be shaken.

And Li Yun...this military force will be regarded by these Jiangnan forces as a rebel with ulterior motives and trying to kidnap the imperial envoy!
By that time, all the damn imperial documents will be of no use, everything will be decided by fists!

Since the imperial court cannot control Jiangnan, or is unable to govern Jiangnan, whoever has the bigger fist will be recognized by the imperial court. As long as they do not openly raise the flag of rebellion, the imperial court will most likely accept it!
There was a fierce light in Li Yun's eyes.

When it comes to verbal skills, he may be somewhat inferior to those people in the court, but when it comes to fighting, who has the bigger fist!
Since his debut, he has never been afraid of anyone!
Following Li Yun's angry shout, all 125 men in his brigade drew their swords, and the brigade commander Yang Xi shouted, "Kill!"

Li Yun raised his spear and rode his horse directly towards the person in front of him, stabbing straight with his spear!

The man was so frightened that he shook the reins, turned around and ran away, shouting as he ran: "Li, the governor, what are you doing? Are you going to rebel?"

Li Yun chased after them with his gun in hand, sneering, "I should be the one asking you this, what are you guys going to do?"

"Are you going to rebel?"

He held the spear in his hand and threw it out suddenly. The spear was like an arrow and hit the middle-aged man in the back. He was only wearing leather armor and the spear tip almost went through his body!

The man cried out in pain and was about to fall off his horse. Li Yun rode up to him on horseback, grabbed the handle of the gun and pulled it out violently. Blood splattered immediately!

This man also screamed and fell off his horse!

Li Yun held the blood-stained spear and looked back at the battlefield behind him.

At this time, the brigade under his command, led by Yang Xi, was fighting with more than 30 cavalrymen from Gusu City.

Although these thirty-odd people were all riding horses, they were not considered cavalry, especially now. They were too close, and before their horses could even start running, they were approached by Li Yun's men. Soon, half of the thirty-odd people fell off their horses, and the others fled on their horses!
By the time Li Yun rode back to Wu Yuanyou's carriage, the small-scale conflict was basically over. Only seven or eight people were left who had fallen off their horses. They were surrounded by Yang Xi and his men. These people looked terrified and their legs were shaking.

Li Yun separated the crowd, walked up to them with his gun in hand, and shouted, "Which government office are you from?"

"I...we..."

They were terrified. Looking at the bloody Li Yun, someone trembled and answered, "We are not soldiers of the government office. We are servants of Sun Garden..."

"Sun Garden..."

Li Yun narrowed his eyes, sneered, and then shouted: "Surrender and I may spare your lives!"

At this moment, these people basically had no ability to resist, and they all put down their weapons and surrendered. Li Yun looked at Yang Xi and shouted, "Tie them all up and come with us!"

Yang Xi responded and immediately went to find a rope to tie the man up.

Li Yun walked to Wu Yuanyou's carriage, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, someone tried to intercept the imperial envoy's carriage with ill intentions. I have repelled them and captured eight of them alive!"

Wu Yuanyou lifted the curtain of the carriage, stuck his head out to look at the situation outside, then looked at Li Yun, his face a little pale: "Li Governor, we should quickly send the main force back. We have too few people, and they will come again."

Li Yun sneered, "They still don't dare to use the local army of Wujun. They are hiding their heads and showing their tails. Your Highness, don't worry. Let's continue on our way."

"After conquering Haiyan County, I will take Your Highness back to Wu County."

"With them..."

Li Yun said expressionlessly: "Let's see who is better, black or white."

Wu Yuanyou looked at Li Yun, and suddenly waved at him, his voice a little hoarse: "Li Governor, otherwise... otherwise, forget it, let's go back to Yuezhou..."

"These local forces are too fierce and stubborn. If they continue to make trouble like this, once Haiyan County finds out something, they will probably really mobilize the local army to fight to the death with you, Governor Li!"

"If the commotion continues, I'm afraid Jiangnan will immediately fall into chaos..."

Li Yun looked up at Wu Yuanyou and suddenly asked, "If Jiangnan becomes chaotic, will Your Highness be happy or unhappy?"

Wu Yuanyou's face was pale. He looked at Li Yun, then at the corpses on the ground, and finally turned back to look at Gusu City. He smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest with Governor Li, I... I just wanted to show the Crown Prince and those old men in the Council of State some of my power, but now, but now..."

He swallowed.

"Things may get worse and worse. I am a little scared."

Li Yun had a calm expression. He looked at Wu Yuanyou and said calmly, "Those people dared to send people to intercept Your Highness and me. They have clearly reached the point of being reckless. After we leave this time, will Your Highness still inspect the salt? Will he still do his job?"

"If we leave like this, we will be humble and afraid of them." Mr. Li patted his chest and said, "Your Highness, no matter what happens in Wu County, I, Li, will make sure you are safe!"

His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at Li Yun and couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "Li Governor, you..."

Li Yun interrupted him and continued, "I just want to ask your Highness one question. If I win the Wu County dispute, will your Highness stand on my side?"

Wu Yuanyou said solemnly: "What are you saying, Li Shishi? I have always stood on Li Shishi's side!"

"That's good!"

"Then listen to me!"

Li Yun looked back at Wu Jun and sneered, "I want to see how bold they are!"

"Yang Xi!"

Li Yun called out, and Commander Yang had already tied up all the people. He immediately ran over and said, "General!"

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Keep going!"

"Yes!"

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Li Yun and his group, still consisting of only more than a hundred people, continued on the road to Haiyan County.

In the afternoon, when the group passed by a secluded place, hundreds of bandits rushed out from the woods on both sides of the road. Li Yun was now fully armored. Wearing iron armor, he looked at his companions with a sneer on his face.

"Kill them all, leaving a few alive for questioning!"

Yang Xi was also born a bandit, and when he saw these bandits, a strange expression appeared on his face. After hearing Li Yun's order, he chuckled, drew his sword and rushed towards these bandits.

After a fierce battle that lasted for nearly half an hour, the war came to an end.

Of the more than one hundred bandits, almost half of them escaped during the chaos, but four or five of them were captured alive by Li Yun's troops.

"Keep on going!"

Li Yun rode on horseback and took Wu Yuanyou to Haiyan County.

It was already afternoon and would soon be night. When it got dark, Li Yun did not order to set up camp, but instead ordered to continue the journey overnight.

The group walked along the official road until late at night, and it was almost midnight when Li Yun ordered them to set up camp and rest.

After setting up camp, Wu Yuanyou said that he didn't want to live in a tent by himself, and ran to Li Yun's big tent and insisted on staying in Li Yun's tent.

Li Yun looked at Wu Yuanyou who was still somewhat terrified, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Highness. We are on the road all the way. Even if they mobilize the local troops, the infantry can't catch up with us. The only ones who can catch up with us are the people who come on horseback."

He looked at the night outside the tent and said slowly, "They probably won't be able to mobilize many horses in such a hurry."

Wu Yuanyou swallowed his saliva and whispered, "Li, the trade routes in Wujun are very developed. There are not many cavalry here, but there are plenty of horses..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud voice came from outside the tent: "Li, you Wuzhou soldiers kidnapped His Royal Highness the King of Chu from Gusu overnight, what do you want to do!"

"Hand over His Royal Highness the King of Chu and come with us to Gusu to confess your crimes and face the punishment, otherwise..."

The voice outside became colder: "It's too late to regret!"

Li Yun stood up from his tent, walked to the weapon rack, took his rifle, then looked back at Wu Yuanyou and suddenly smiled: "Your Highness is right, there are quite a lot of horses in Gusu City."

"It seems that they used horses to carry some infantry here."

"This time, it should be the local army of Gusu."

Wu Yuanyou's face turned pale: "Li, your main force really didn't return?"

Li Yun did not answer, but walked to the door of his tent, then stopped, turned around and smiled at Wu Yuanyou.

"Your Highness, please wait here for a moment. Your humble servant..."

"Go and put down the rebellion."

(End of this chapter)