Thief Emperor

Chapter 386 Li Yun's Change

Li Yun had six days to prepare for this matter.

During these six days, he sent people to break out of the city and brought a message to Zhao Cheng, asking Zhao Cheng to cooperate with him in this raid.

This is not difficult. If a person with better skills goes out of the city in the middle of the night, and if he is alone, there will be little noise and the chance of getting out of the city is very high.

And because it was a verbal message, the worst outcome was that the message was not delivered.

As for tonight's night attack, Li Yun will do it regardless of whether Zhao Cheng participates or not!
Therefore, the time he told Zhao Cheng was the hour of Hai, while the time he set himself was the hour of Zi, a difference of one hour.

If there is no movement outside the city by midnight, Li Yun will prepare to do it himself.

At this moment, there were shouts and cries of killing outside the city, so there was no need to hesitate. Li Yun opened the city gate without hesitation, and a group of soldiers, led by Deng Yang, rushed out of the city gate.

The little guy Meng Qing was also among them.

Li Yun did not rush to the front line, but looked back at Zhou Liang beside him and whispered: "Third Uncle, I am not in the city, so the guarding of the city gate will be handed over to you! Regardless of whether we come back or not, the city gate will not be opened after two hours."

At this point, Mr. Li narrowed his eyes and said softly, "If I don't come back from outside, the defense of the city will be handed over to you. If there is anything you don't understand, go and ask Envoy Du."

Zhou Liang did not agree. He grabbed Li Yun's arm and shook his head slightly.

"My Lord, I will go."

"You are in charge of Yangzhou City."

Although Zhou Liang's voice was not loud, his tone was quite firm: "For a night attack, there is no need for the commander to go out in person. The envoy... likes to charge into battle too much."

Li Yun smiled and said, "My clothes and armor are all in order, so why shouldn't I go out?"

"I've been feeling really depressed for the past half month."

Mr. Li strode out the door.

"Don't worry, Uncle San. Even if I'm stopped outside the city and can't come in, there won't be any danger. The worst that can happen is that I can just hide for a while or go back to Jiangnan. We'll talk about it later."

"I guess..."

Mr. Li kept walking: "I may be able to come back."

Zhou Liang caught up with Li Yun in two or three steps, looked around, and whispered, "Second son!"

Zhou Liang was a very "sensible" elder. After Li Yun became successful, he never called him by the name he used to call him in Cangshan Village. But now he called it out again, which showed that he was a little anxious.

Li Yun stopped and patted Zhou Liang on the shoulder: "Relax, relax."

After saying that, Li Yun strode out of the city gate without stopping.

Zhou Liang sighed deeply, there was nothing he could do.

Xiao Mazi has had this temper since he was young. Once he makes a decision, no one can change it.

Seeing two thousand people leaving the city, Zhou Liang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Close the gate!"

The city gate closed again.

At this time, Li Yun and others who were walking in the front were almost approaching the battlefield!
These Pinglu troops outside the city were originally very close to Yangzhou City. In addition, they were attacked by Zhao Cheng and retreated. After Li Yun left the city, he ran into them in just a cup of tea.

Li, holding a spear, shouted sternly: "Keep the formation, keep the formation!"

When fighting at night, if you are not careful, the formation will be disrupted.

Once your own formation is in chaos, but the enemy's formation is not in chaos, when fighting begins, you will feel that there are enemies everywhere.

At this time, the most important thing is to maintain the formation. As long as the formation is maintained, we can defeat 70% to 80% of the armies in the world!

These are the contents that were repeatedly recorded in General Su's notes.

At this time, the formation of the Pinglu Army stationed in the north of Yangzhou City was basically in chaos.

At this time, the Pinglu Army's focus was on the south, and even scouts and spies were sent to the riverside and even to the south of the Yangtze River.

Even if they were alert, they would not be alert until tomorrow night. At this time, no one would have thought that Li Yun would go out of the city from the north gate to fight, and no one would have thought that there was an army outside the city that sneaked up behind them!
Originally, these garrison troops were a little confused by Zhao Cheng's charge. Before they could react, the gate of Yangzhou city opened and a large number of people rushed out!
What’s worse is that it’s dark and I can’t see how many people there are.

Being attacked from all sides, the Pinglu troops, which were not elite to begin with, immediately fell into chaos!

While Li Yun was commanding the battle array, he charged into the enemy formation with a gun. After only a few rounds, he had defeated all the Pinglu soldiers!

In the darkness of night, Li Yun took a quick step forward and shot a Pinglu soldier dead with one shot. Looking around, there were almost no enemy troops near him.

Li Yun put away the gun, wiped the blood off the tip of the gun, and looked around.

Deng Yang came running over, his face flushed with excitement, he bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "Envoy, these enemies have escaped!"

Li Yun said "Hmm" and ordered: "Chase and kill them, but don't be greedy for merit and linger in the battle. After an hour, turn around immediately and return to the city."

Deng Yang responded and bowed his head deeply: "Yes!"

He was quite excited at this moment.

In addition to the fact that he had not fought in a war for a long time, more importantly, he had been placed by Li Yun in Yi'an County to guard the copper mine for too long. Seeing that the generals of the same batch had more and more people under their command and made many contributions, he, who was once a confidant, could only stay in Yi'an. Now, he finally had the opportunity to make contributions!

How can you not be excited?
After Deng Yang strode away, Meng Qing, covered in blood, was about to rush out, but was stopped by Li Yun. Li Yun called him to his side, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "Boy, you are not only much stronger, but also much more ruthless in fighting. Did Deng Yang teach you?"

Meng Qing panted and lowered his head and said, "I, your subordinate, learned some boxing, kicking, guns and clubs from others in Yi'an."

Li Yun smiled and asked, "Why are you working so hard?"

Meng Qing lowered his head and clenched his fists: "Subordinates, I must kill more government soldiers to avenge my father and the others in the village."

Li Yun was silent.

The original cause of the Hexi Village incident was the death of Meng Qing's father, which led to the killing of officials in Hexi Village.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Meng Qing was the most vicious among the group of young men from Hexi back then.

Although Meng Hai is smart, he is not as fierce as his cousin Meng Qing.

"Don't charge into the battle line with me. You'll be exhausted if you continue to charge into the battle line."

Li Yun shook his head slightly and said, "Go find Li Duwei for me. It's the middle of the night and there's a chaotic battle. I can't find him."

As a "senior" with rich experience in charging into battle, Li Yun is very clear about Meng Qing's current condition. Although he looks energetic now, if he fights one or two more battles, he might become weak in the battle formation and be hacked to death by the enemy.

Meng Qing wanted to speak, but Li Yun just glanced at him. He immediately stood up and said, "Yes!"

Li Yun took off the water bag from his waist, threw it to him, and said, "Go quickly."

Meng Qing took the water bag, tilted his head back and took a sip, then ran away. Li Yun found a big rock to sit on and began to rest.

It may be a "hobby" left over from another Li Yun. Fighting with others or charging into the battlefield always makes his blood boil. After charging a few times, even if he suffers minor injuries, he will only feel relaxed all over.

But today's battle was not a happy one.

Before he had charged a few times, the enemy began to disperse, and what followed was a pursuit. However, with the enemy reinforcements on the side, he could not pursue them for long.

Li Yun sat on a big rock in a daze, touching his chin with his hand.

Unknowingly, the military strength under his command had reached the point where he no longer needed to lead the charge into battle.

Looking back on when the anti-theft team was first formed, it seemed like a dream.

You know, when he was in the anti-theft team, Li Yun alone was able to match the combat effectiveness of half of the anti-theft team, and even the role he brought was greater than that of half of the anti-theft team.

He was lost in thought for a while, then muttered quietly, "Maybe it's time to change."

While Li Shijun was lost in thought, Zhao Cheng was brought by Meng Qing to Li Yun. After seeing Li Yun, Zhao Cheng stepped forward, clasped his fists, and said with a smile, "Shijun!"

"Today's Pinglu Army is definitely not their main force. They scattered as soon as they were charged, and then began to flee in all directions."

Li Yun came back to his senses after being called out by him. He looked up at Zhao Cheng and said with a smile, "General Zhou must have received the news by now. We should fight for a while longer and then stop while we are ahead."

"General Zhao, are you going to come into the city with me, or stay outside the city?"

Zhao Cheng lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Sir, my army has hundreds of horses. I think if those with horses continue to stay outside the city, the Pinglu Army will not be able to catch us."

"Besides, some of our troops are outside the city, and they don't know how many soldiers we have left outside the city."

"The rest of you, follow the envoy into the city, it will be safer."

After Zhao Cheng and others were exposed, if they continued to stay outside the city, they would definitely face pursuit and interception by the Pinglu Army.

Going into the city at this time is naturally the best choice.

It’s just that Li Yun took the risk of leaving them outside the city some time ago and only launched a night attack, which actually didn’t play a very good role.

But that's how war works. It's impossible to arrange everything in advance, and you have to adapt to circumstances.

It would be best if idle hands like these could be put to good use. But if they can't, there's nothing we can do about it.

Li Yun nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then General Zhao will go down and make the arrangements. In one hour, we will all withdraw to Yangzhou City."

"General Zhao, you...?"

Zhao Cheng lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "I will stay outside the city!"

"I am outside the city, trying to get the news from Huainan Road and Jiangnan into the city and report it to the envoy!"

Li Yun thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"General Zhao, please be careful."

Zhao Cheng nodded his head.

The two chatted for a while, and Li Yun looked towards the south and smiled.

"I wonder what the situation is like with General Zhou right now?"

(End of this chapter)