Thief Emperor

Chapter 385 Night Killing!

On the city wall of Yangzhou South City, Li Yun looked far to the south.

After he watched for a while, Liu Bo trotted up to the tower and said to him, "Second brother, are you looking for me?"

"Ah."

Li Yun retracted his gaze, looked back at Liu Bo, and asked with a smile: "Lao Jiu, you mentioned earlier that the local man in Yangzhou who used stones wrapped in paper to throw intelligence onto the city wall..."

"Can you still contact me now?"

Liu Bo was startled, then shook his head slightly: "Second brother, in that situation, it's good enough to be able to send news in. He didn't come into the city. Now if we send the news out, we can only send people to explore outside at night..."

"That person... is hard to contact."

Liu Bo was a very smart man. He looked up at Li Yun and suddenly realized something. He asked in a low voice, "Second brother, is there something wrong with that person, or is there something wrong with the intelligence he sent?"

"Hard to say."

Li Yun looked towards the south again and shook his head slightly, saying, "The person may be fine and the news is true, but maybe he was let in on purpose."

Liu Bo lowered his head and thought for a while, and seemed to understand what Li Yun was talking about. He whispered, "Second brother means that the Pinglu Army deliberately let Second brother know that their army is marching south in a big way."

"I'm not sure, but that's my guess."

Li Yun stood at the edge of the city wall and waved to Liu Bo, motioning him to stand next to him. After Liu Bo came over, Li Yun looked at him and said softly, "Old Nine, let's assume that this news was indeed deliberately released by the Pinglu Army outside the city. Now I also want to release some news to the Pinglu Army. Do you have any ideas?"

Liu Bo was silent for a while, and whispered: "Second brother, this is simple, but..."

He exhaled a breath of foul air and said, "We only need to send three or four people to break through and deliver the letter. Someone will definitely be caught by the Pinglu Army."

"The Pinglu Army will believe the letters they hold in their arms the same way they do."

"It's just that these messengers probably won't survive."

Liu Bo looked up at Li Yun and took a deep breath: "Second brother, do you think we can do this?"

Hearing this, Li Yun sighed silently and said, "You have been leading those people for a while, and you should have some understanding of them. Pick out two weaklings and let them go out of the city to deliver the letter."

"Don't tell them beforehand."

Li said silently: "This way, when they are caught, it will be more realistic and have more life."

Liu Bo glanced at Li Yun first, then nodded slowly.

"it is good."

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Two days later, in the Pinglu Army camp, inside the general's tent.

Zhou Chang took the letter in his hand and handed it to General Zhou, and said excitedly: "Dad, we caught a big fish. We intercepted the secret letter that Li Yun sent to Jinling!"

General Zhou was looking through the documents that had just been sent to him regarding the governors of various places and Guanzhong. Hearing this, he put down the documents in his hand, looked at his son, and frowned, "What do you mean?"

"That guy surnamed Li is really panicking!"

Zhou Chang handed the letter to General Zhou and whispered, "This letter is from Li Yun, and it was sent to Li Zheng in Jinling. This man's son has also sent people to check, and he is on a brotherly basis with Li Yun. He should be a cousin of Li Yun and is highly valued by Li Yun."

"Li Yun led his troops to Jiangbei, and it was his brother who was stationed in Jinling."

General Zhou seemed to be thinking about something and asked, "What does the letter say?"

"This Mr. Li is panicking."

Zhou Chang narrowed his eyes and whispered, "He asked Li Zheng to prepare boats on the south bank of the river and row them to the north bank to pick up people seven days later. Then the garrison in Yangzhou City also broke out of the city on the same day, and then headed straight for the river, crossed the river and returned to the south of the river."

General Zhou was also cheered up when he heard this. He took the letter, opened it, read it carefully, and stroked his chin, as if thinking about something.

Zhou Chang pointed at the contents of the letter and said with a smile, "This Li Yun also asked Li Zheng to send people to Qingyang County to gather the clansmen to Jinling and protect them."

"Just looking at this sentence, this letter cannot be fake."

The Major General said confidently: "My son has checked their backgrounds and they are both from Qingyang County."

In order to make the letter more realistic, Li Yun had people copy five copies of the letter and send them out together. One or two copies would eventually reach Li Zheng, so they needed to make an agreement in the content of the letter that only they could understand.

What Zhou Chang said was exactly the mark that Li Yun gave to Li Zheng.

Cangshan is located at the junction of two counties. Theoretically, it does not belong to Qingyang County. Moreover, the two of them are in Qingyang and there are no clansmen who need to be gathered.

As soon as Li Zheng saw these words, he could tell whether they were true or false.

General Zhou stared at the letter, looked left and right, then put it aside, looked up at his son, and said, "My son, if Li Yun wants to go back to Jiangnan, do you think we should just let him go?"

Zhou Chang was stunned for a moment, then froze: "Dad, we even know the time they will leave the city! As long as we set up an ambush, we can catch them off guard. We have the advantage in numbers, so this is a great opportunity to wipe them out!"

"What makes you think that?"

General Zhou shook his head and said, "We have been fighting with them for some time under the city of Yangzhou. This army in Yangzhou can be used as the main force even in our Pinglu Army."

"There are many defenders in the city. If they rush out in one direction, even if we set up an ambush, we will still have to fight a bloody battle." "Our casualties will definitely not be small."

At this point, General Zhou picked up the document on the table and handed it to Zhou Chang: "The Shuofang Army defeated the rebels again and has surrounded the rebels in the capital. At this rate, it is hard to say whether the rebels can hold out until the end of this year."

"When they come to an end in Guanzhong, we don't know what the situation will be like. Now we should seek stability and occupy Huainan Road."

"If we lose too many soldiers and generals, our family might get less when they start dividing up the territory later."

"Dad, destroy Li Yun and occupy Huainan and Jiangnan!"

"Do we really need them to divide the territory among us?"

Zhou Chang whispered: "When that time comes, even if we abandon Qingzhou, our family will still have Jiangdong to stay!"

General Zhou closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then he sighed: "Maybe it's because I'm getting old and I'm getting less courageous."

"Send someone across the river to Jiangnan to see what Li Zheng is doing in Jiangnan. If he has indeed prepared a ship, then..."

"Let's...ambush and kill Li Yun!"

Zhou Chang became excited and said with a smile: "Son, I will arrange it right away!"

He turned around and strode out of the general's tent.

General Zhou sat in the main seat, frowning slightly.

He always felt vaguely that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly what it was. After thinking about it, he didn't feel there was any risk.

After all, even if the letter was fake, at most Li Yun would not break out in seven days, and there seemed to be no risk in ending the battle.

General Zhou thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. He stood up, sighed, and lay down on the bed in the camp, staring at the top of the tent in a daze.

"Li Yun, Li Yun..."

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Six days later, at night.

It was already autumn now. At night, there was a cool breeze, which was much more comfortable than the hot summer.

Li Yun, dressed in iron armor, stood behind the north gate of Yangzhou, looking at Deng Yang, Chen Qi and Luo Chong, two lieutenants in front of him, and said calmly: "Have all the people been counted?"

Deng Yang was only one step away from the captain at this moment. He was naturally in charge of this place. Upon hearing this, he immediately bowed his head and said, "Sir, two thousand men are ready!"

Li Yun nodded in satisfaction, then looked up at the sky and said slowly: "At midnight, as soon as the city gate opens, we will charge out from the north gate."

"The enemy is just outside the city, only a few miles away at most."

At this point, Mr. Li was full of murderous intent: "We will leave the city at midnight. No matter what the battle situation is, we will definitely be back at 3 p.m. The killing will only take two hours. If we miss the time, the city gate will be closed."

"Don't blame anyone!"

Deng Yang, Chen Qi, and Luo Chong all clasped their fists together and said, "We understand!"

At this time, there was still a whole day before the "breakout" mentioned in Li Yun's letter. Theoretically, if Li Yun's troops wanted to break out of the city, they must leave from the south gate.

After all, they were retreating southwards.

Almost no one would have thought that Li Yun would go through the north gate, and even less would anyone have thought that he would take action a day in advance!
Just as Envoy Li in the city was getting ready to fight, Zhao Cheng's troops, about 20 miles away from Yangzhou City, also began to take action.

During this period, the number of Pinglu troops in Jiangbei increased. In order to hide their tracks, the two thousand men under Zhao Cheng's command even left Yangzhou far away and camped in Lingting, east of Yangzhou. Usually, they took off their armor and dressed as ordinary people.

At this time, Zhao Cheng's troops were approaching Yangzhou rapidly at night.

Because he received an order from Li Yun to launch a surprise attack on the garrison north of Yangzhou around 11:00 p.m.!

At this time, although the number of Pinglu troops in Yangzhou was already quite large, most of them were in the east, west and south directions.

Although there were quite a few people guarding the north, they did not exceed four thousand.

Zhao Cheng calculated the time well, and when he led his army all the way to the north of Yangzhou City, it was exactly the hour of Hai.

Although they were very careful, the noise of two thousand marching men was still too loud. When Zhao Cheng approached the garrison seven or eight miles north of Yangzhou City, he was discovered by these garrisons.

However, at this distance, it was already difficult to escape from the battle. After all, the defenders were behind Yangzhou City, and had nowhere to retreat.

Zhao Cheng was not afraid at all. With a wave of his hand, two thousand elite soldiers pounced on the Pinglu troops like tigers.

In the silent night, shouts and screams suddenly arose!

Because the shouting was too loud and the area was too close to Yangzhou, Li Yun in the city heard the noise almost immediately. Without hesitation, he shouted at the soldiers guarding the gate.

"Open the door!"

"Come with me out of the city and kill the enemy!"

　Modified it, delayed for a while!!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)