Thief Emperor

Chapter 274: Distinguish between right and wrong!

"it is good."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu uttered these words from between his teeth.

At this time, he already felt a little regretful.

If he had known this situation would happen today, he would have just lived a carefree life after arriving in Jiangnan. He had never thought of becoming a crown prince, let alone an emperor, so there was no need to make such a big deal out of a little dispute with the crown prince.

And now, the internal struggle in Jiangnan has obviously been provoked.

The governor Li in front of him, who looked like a killing god, was very fierce and seemed to respect him as an imperial envoy, but for some reason, His Royal Highness the King of Chu subconsciously felt that this governor Li...

Extremely dangerous!

Unfortunately, after he provoked the struggle in Jiangnan, he had no way to calm it down even if he wanted to.

Hearing Li Yun's words, Wu Yuanyou could only grit his teeth and say "good", and forced a smile at Li Yun: "Thanks to Governor Li, otherwise I would have been taken back to Gusu City by those people with ulterior motives. I'm afraid I would have no choice in Jiangnan in the future."

Li Yun smiled kindly: "Your Highness is too polite. This is all my duty."

There was originally a height difference between him and Wu Yuanyou, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had to look up at him all the time. Now he had just been through a fierce battle and there was blood on his face. So, this "kind" smile seemed somewhat hideous and terrifying in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu.

Wu Yuanyou was a bit timid to begin with, and when he saw this scene, he shivered with fear, his voice trembling a bit: "Li... Li Governor, you... you wipe it off."

Li Yun was stunned for a moment, then he realized that there must be blood on his face. He took off his helmet and wiped his face with the towel in the tent.

At this moment, he was covered in sweat, and his hair was wet with sweat. When he took off his helmet, white steam rose from his forehead, which made His Royal Highness the King of Chu's eyelids twitch.

This...is his fucking civil servant?
Did those old men in the Political Affairs Hall get kicked in the head by a donkey? Why assign such a person to be a governor? If such a fierce general was placed on the battlefield in the Central Plains, who among the rebels could stop him?
After wiping the sweat and blood off his forehead, Li Yun asked someone to bring him a basin of water. He washed his face, then looked at Wu Yuanyou and said with a smile, "It's not even daylight yet. Your Highness probably didn't get any sleep all night. Go get some sleep. You've been fighting all night, and you won't be able to walk tomorrow. Just rest here for a day."

"Your Highness can rest in peace."

"what?"

Wu Yuanyou exclaimed, and could not help but stand up and look at Li Yun, saying in a lost voice: "Li Governor, you... do you want to rest here for a day?"

Li Yun nodded and said calmly: "Brothers have lost too much physical strength, and most of them have not slept all night. They must rest now."

"Otherwise, if we hurry on, something might go wrong."

"cocoa…"

Wu Yuanyou swallowed his saliva: "If Gusu City sends more troops over..."

"Just let them send it. How many more people can they send?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "About 400 people came here last night, but only half of them left. Not to mention whether they dare to come again, even if they dare to come, it will take more than a day and a night, or even longer, to arrive even if they ride horses."

"and…"

Li Yun said calmly, "If they really dare to come again, our army must rest. No matter how fast people walk, they can't catch up with horses. If we are exhausted from traveling like this, it will only be more dangerous if we rush to meet the enemy."

"Your Highness, just rest assured and don't worry about military affairs."

Li Yun smiled confidently: "Not to mention that I still have more than a hundred people around me, even if there is no one left, I am confident that I can protect Your Highness."

At this point, Mr. Li paused and added, “That’s right.”

He looked at Wu Yuanyou and said with a smile: "Our Wuzhou's vanguard troops should have arrived in Haiyan County by now. Maybe when Your Highness wakes up, he will receive good news from Haiyan County."

The main force under Li Yun's command arrived almost a day ahead of Li Yun. According to estimates, they should have arrived in Haiyan County by now.

Li Yun was not worried about the battle in Haiyan, as there were eleven brigades with more than 1,300 men there, all of whom were the elite troops under Li Yun's command.

With an experienced general like Zhao Cheng around, even if there are a few thousand rioters, there won't be any big problems.

In fact, he didn't even take the local army of not only Haiyan County but the entire Wujun County seriously.

Not to mention that he now has 3,000 men under his command, even when he only had a little over 1,000 before, he was confident that he could defeat the soldiers of Wujun.

Moreover... he had dealt with these Wujun soldiers before. During the previous siege of Wuzhou, Li Yun had temporarily led them.

The reason why the battle went so smoothly last night was that many Wujun soldiers who were out on the mission in a daze were so scared after hearing the name "Li Zhao" that they ran away in panic and did not even dare to fight.

Li Yun was not quite sure how many troops there were in Wujun, but he was confident that with the 1,500 men he had brought to Wujun, he could definitely defeat the enemy.

In fact, while Wu Yuanyou was still thinking about the affairs of Haiyan County and the pursuers from Gusu City, Governor Li was already considering whether he could forcibly capture Gusu City if the people in Gusu City closed the city gates and refused to come out.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu coughed and looked up at Li Yun: "Li Governor, can I sleep here?"

Li Yun nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Then your highness should go to bed early."

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving the tent to Wu Yuanyou.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was stunned for a while, then shook his head and sighed. He could only make the bed and rest. After lying down, he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"Father, oh father, do you know that your son was thrown into this Jiangnan..."

"It's very dangerous..."

…………

Li Yun had no interest in sleeping with Wu Er, so he found another tent to rest. After fighting all night and not sleeping all night, Li Yun soon fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already afternoon. After getting up and stretching, Li Yun took off his bloodstained clothes and changed into clean clothes.

Not long after I changed my clothes and walked out of the big tent, Meng Qing came towards me, bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "You're awake!"

Li Yun did not respond, but reached out and patted his shoulder, smiling and said, "Good boy, who told you to rush to my right side yesterday?"

Meng Qing looked up at Li Yun and grinned, "No one told me to charge. I was the one who followed the general and charged forward on my own."

"good."

Li Yun praised him and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, you seemed to have killed two people yesterday, which can be considered a meritorious service."

Meng Qing lowered his head and replied, "I killed two, but I don't know if they are dead or not."

Li Yun smiled dumbly and said, "Forget it this time, but don't rush like this next time. I have people in my guard camp to rush with me. Although you are taller now, your physique is still not good enough."

"Yesterday, the soldiers from Wujun were too weak. If you had met a stronger opponent, you would not have been able to keep up with me and would have died in battle immediately."

At this point, Li Yun paused and added: "However, on the battlefield, the most valuable thing is courage. If you have courage, you will have a bright future in the future."

"In the next two years, I will exercise more."

Li Yun said seriously: "When the right opportunity comes, I will arrange for you to join the army."

Meng Qing was overjoyed and bowed his head and clasped his fists: "Thank you, General!"

Li Yun said "hmm" and was about to speak when Captain Yang Xi came up to him and saluted him with his fists clasped: "Boss!"

Li Yun glanced at him. Yang Xi's eyes were red and it was obvious that he had not closed his eyes yet.

"Go ahead."

Li Yun looked at him: "What's the situation?"

"We have injured more than 30 brothers, and more than a dozen of them have already...died."

Yang Xi took a deep breath and continued, "However, we killed at least a hundred enemies yesterday, captured dozens of people, and captured two or three hundred horses."

"After those people escaped yesterday, I sent a few people to Gusu City to investigate. Until now, no one has been sent from Gusu City."

Li Yun hummed and let out a breath of turbid air silently: "The injured brothers should recover well, and the list of the brothers who died in the battle should be sent to me as soon as possible."

Yang Xi nodded his head and asked, "Boss, should we set out early tomorrow morning, or continue to rest here?"

"Well..."

Li Yun put his hands behind his back and thought for a while, then looked in the direction of Haiyan County and yawned: "Let's talk about it tonight."

He patted Yang Xi's shoulder and said, "Looking at your appearance, I guess you haven't had time to close your eyes. Go to sleep for a while. I'll take care of things here."

Yang Xi patted his chest and said to Li Yun: "Boss, when I was doing...business, it was common for me to not sleep for days and nights. You don't have to worry about me."

Li Yun naturally knew what his so-called business was. After rolling his eyes at him, he didn't say much. Instead, he took Meng Qing with him to inspect the camp.

At dusk, a messenger rushed into the camp, half-knelt in front of Li Yun, and said with his head bowed: "General, Lieutenant Li and Lieutenant Deng have defeated the rioters in Haiyan County!"

"We have surrounded Haiyan County now. Captain Li said that we can take over Haiyan County in two days at most!"

Li Yun smiled and raised his hand: "Get up, get up, I get it."

"You've had a hard journey, let's go eat something."

The messenger quickly stood up, turned around and went to eat.

Li Yun called Yang Xi again and said to him with a smile: "Tell the brothers that we will rest here for two more days."

Yang Xi nodded and clasped his fists in response.

Li Yun, with his hands behind his back, came to Wu Yuanyou's tent, clasped his fists and said to Wu Yuanyou, who was writing a letter with his head down, "Your Highness."

Wu Yuanyou was startled and subconsciously tried to cover the letter in front of him. When he looked up and saw that it was Li Yun, he pretended nothing had happened and gave Li Yun a forced smile: "Li Governor, what happened?"

"fine."

Li Yun walked in, glanced at the table, and didn't say much. He just clasped his fists towards Wu Yuanyou and said, "The Wuzhou soldiers have already defeated the Haiyan rioters."

"Once Your Highness arrives in Haiyan, you can follow the clues from the Haiyan riot and thoroughly investigate the chaos in Wu County!"

His Royal Highness the King of Chu opened his mouth.

In fact, at this moment, deep down in his heart, he no longer wanted to follow the clues or get to the bottom of the matter.

But when he looked up at Li Yun and thought about his experiences over the past two days, he knew it clearly.

He must touch this melon.

Jiangnan East Road.

Use this to distinguish right from wrong!
(End of this chapter)