Thief Emperor

Chapter 359 Go knock on the door!
These cloth bags were what Li Yun spent more than half an hour preparing.

Inside was some gunpowder tightly wrapped in paper with a simple fuse.

This kind of thing only has sounds, flames, and some not very strong shock waves.

In a particularly enclosed space, it may cause casualties, but in a not very enclosed place like a city gate, it will only serve as a distraction.

To put it bluntly, it's just stalling for time!
Li Yun has brought more than a hundred elite soldiers and hid them in the place closest to the city gate, almost a hundred feet away!

It would only take a few minutes to get there by riding a horse!
At this moment, the city gate was in chaos. The captain guarding the gate also noticed the commotion below the city tower and kept shouting loudly: "Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"

Lu Biejia, who was standing by, had already sensibly run far away and didn't dare to get close at all.

However, no matter how the captain on the city wall gave orders, it was of no avail.

The city gate had been mostly opened by the eight people under Li Yun's command!
At this time, only the fifth cloth bag had been thrown in, and there were still three cloth bags that had not been thrown in!

This city gate is extremely heavy and requires several strong men to push it. Now that it has been pushed open, it will take time to close it again!
Not to mention, the defenders in the city were disturbed by the gunpowder. For a moment, no one dared to cross the thunder and fire.

After a while, all eight cloth bags were thrown away, and the sound of thunder and fire finally stopped.

At this time, the defenders in the city finally dared to step forward. More than a dozen people stood on both sides of the city gate, intending to work together to close the gate.

At this moment, a hand stretched out from the crack in the door, blocking the city gate from gradually closing.

No matter how hard the defenders tried, they could not push the city gate open. Instead, they were pushed back step by step. When they looked up, a spear appeared in front of them.

They saw a tall young man in full armor striding into the city gate and seemed to smile at them. After putting on the armor, the young man waved the spear in his hand and said only one word.

"kill!"

Behind him, more than a hundred elite soldiers had dismounted and followed him into the city gate.

The city gate is no longer able to close.

At that time, Yangzhou City did not have a barbican, let alone a cave for hiding soldiers, so once this city gate was broken, there would be no more obstacles in the entire Yangzhou.

With more than a hundred people leading the way, soon all the Jiangdong soldiers rushed into Yangzhou city together!

At this time, they must all enter the city and take over this big city, otherwise they will not be able to stay in Jiangbei!

So, two thousand people rushed into Yangzhou city through this city gate.

Li Yun rushed to the front and Zhao Cheng was in charge of the central army. When more than 2,000 people entered the city, Lu Biejia, who was outside the city, was still sitting blankly at the foot of the city wall. He looked at the open gate of Yangzhou in a daze.

While Mr. Lu was in a daze, a head popped out of the city gate and called out to him, "Mister Lu, come into the city quickly, come into the city quickly!"

"My envoy has ordered us to close the city gates. They will be closed soon!"

The one who spoke was Yang Xi.

At this time, the problem of the Pinglu Army had not been completely solved, and there must still be Pinglu Army roaming outside the city. Therefore, we must first control the city gates, or at least close them.

Lü Yan finally stood up and walked to the city gate. He looked at Yang Xi and asked, "Brother, those bags you threw into the city gate..."

"What is it?"

Yang Xi's eyes were full of confusion.

"I…I don't know."

He looked at Lu Yan and asked in confusion, "Aren't those made by Lu Biejia? I have never seen these in the army."

Lu Yan shook his head slightly and did not ask any further questions. Instead, he squatted on the ground, dipped his hand in some gunpowder ash, smelled it, and seemed to be thinking about something.

The Great Zhou Dynasty worshipped Taoism, and some Taoist books and culture were widely spread. Lu Yan had vaguely read some books about gunpowder.

He looked up at the city and first asked Yang Xi's name, then asked, "Brother Yang, there are more than 2,000 government troops in Yangzhou City. Can Envoy Li defeat them?"

Yang Xi grinned: "My envoy is invincible in the world!"

"One person can defeat a hundred people, and now we have elite troops under our command. Now that we have entered the city, it will not be a problem to capture Yangzhou!"

"Lu Beijia can rest assured."

Lu Yan nodded slowly and said, "Brother Yang, I want to borrow twenty soldiers from you."

Yang Xi frowned: "What is Lu Biejia going to do?"

"If soldiers enter the city, there will be chaos. I want to bring some people home to keep them safe."

He added: "Envoy Li promised me that he would ensure the safety of my family."

"I have no say in this matter."

Yang Xi scratched his head and said, "How about this, I will give you ten men to protect you. I will ask the envoy for the remaining manpower."

Lu Yan bowed his head and saluted: "Thank you, Brother Yang. After this matter is over, I will treat Brother Yang to a drink!"

Yang Xi waved his hand: "It's just a small matter, a small matter."

Lu Yan then turned his head and looked in the direction where the Jiangdong soldiers were advancing, and sighed softly. "When troubled times come, there will be fierce and wolves everywhere."

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Since ancient times, whenever there is troubled times, groups of heroes will emerge and write many heroic stories. Some people say that heroes create the times, while others say that the times create heroes.

In fact, there are two reasons, but the latter is more important.

After all, in another world, huge changes occur every two hundred years or so, which shows that in many cases, the changing situation is the main factor.

For example, a person like Du Qian, if there were no problems in the court, he would be an honest official. Even if he was one of the six ministries and nine ministers in the future, he would only leave a few inconspicuous passages in history books.

When the time is right, Du Qian will have a completely different life.

Here, after Li Yun entered Yangzhou City, the progress was exceptionally smooth along the way.

Occasionally, we would encounter government troops of about one or two hundred people, but they would scatter after a quick charge. From the time we entered the city in the afternoon until dusk, we only encountered two groups of slightly decent resistance.

Compared with the Shuofang Army, it is far inferior.

This is extremely normal.

The official troops in Yangzhou city are also local troops, and there is not much difference between them and the local troops in Xuanzhou, Yuezhou and other states.

On a normal day, they certainly have no problem bullying the people. Asking them to guard the city gates and throw stones under the city walls will not be a big problem either. But if they are asked to line up and charge into the enemy line, they will not have any problems.

These people may not even have learned the battle formations!

In fact, this is the norm for local troops.

Even if there was a local rebellion like Qiu Dian, Zheng Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, who was able to fight back at the beginning, would suffer several defeats and his army would be completely routed.

However, local troops like those brought out by Li Yun, who are strong, able to form battle formations and enforce discipline, are absolutely a special existence!

Apart from anything else, in this era, as long as you can achieve the four words "obey orders and enforce discipline", you will be able to surpass most armies.

The battle after entering the city was what Li Yun had expected. When it got dark, Li Yun lost interest in continuing to charge. He called Zhao Cheng and ordered him, "Take your men and take over all the gates of Yangzhou. Close the gates tightly and forbid anyone from entering or leaving."

"All the surrendered soldiers should be disarmed and detained in a courtyard."

"Send another urgent message to Jinling, and have Zhou Liang lead his troops to station on the south bank of Liuhe Ferry, ready to support at any time."

Zhao Cheng wrote them down one by one and said, "I obey your command!"

After saying that, he turned around and went downstairs to do his work.

At this time, Yang Xi happened to be close to Li Yun and told him about Lu Yan. Li Yun thought about it and smiled: "This time, he has made a great contribution. Give him 20 people to protect his family."

"You take two brigades and come with me."

Mr. Li rubbed his neck and said slowly, "Come with me to the governor's mansion."

Yang Xi responded loudly.

Just as he was about to go down to do his work, Li Yun stopped him and ordered him, "Post a notice to reassure the people in the city that we are the imperial army and that we are only here for official business in Yangzhou. We will not harass the people of Yangzhou. Let them rest assured."

Yang Xi was stunned and stood there.

Li Yun glanced at him and frowned, "What? You still can't read?"

"I recognize it..."

Yang Xi lowered his head and said, "I still can't write..."

Li Yun shook his head helplessly.

There were still shortages of various staff in his army, especially in his great tent, where there was a serious shortage of clerks.

Thinking of this, Li Yun glanced at him and said helplessly: "I don't have time to do these things now. You can find a gentleman on the roadside or someone in the army who can write notices. Before dawn, post all the notices for reassuring the people."

At the end, Li Yun looked at Yang Xi and said in a muffled voice, "When you have free time in the future, read some books and learn some words."

Yang Xi quickly lowered his head and replied yes.

He has been following Li Yun for quite a long time and can be said to have clearly witnessed Li Yun's growth process. At this time, even though he is the captain of the guard, he clearly knows that he must start to read and learn to read.

Otherwise, you may not even be qualified to follow the envoy in the future.

Li Yun naturally didn't care what he was thinking. Under the guidance of several local people, he soon arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion in Yangzhou.

Under the night sky, Li Yun took a look at the governor's mansion, then waved his hand in a calm voice.

"Go call the door."

　Let’s talk about the content.

　　When a dynasty reaches its end, not only will the administration be rotten, but problems will arise at all levels. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a record of dozens of Japanese pirates chasing and killing 3,000 garrison soldiers. This is the end of the dynasty. The protagonist can pull together an obedient and brave army. At the local level, there are already few opponents...

　　
　
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