Thief Emperor

Chapter 411 Little Li Yun!
When Meng Qing first met Li Yun, he was just an extremely thin teenager. Now, after following Li Yun for a few years, his food has improved, and he is also in the period of growing taller and stronger. Now he has become an adult who is only half a head shorter than Li Yun.

And he is a fairly strong adult.

The moment he saw the city gate open, he rushed forward first.

Meng Qing's mind was quite clear. After he rushed out first, he immediately turned his head to look at his subordinates and shouted, "Fire the flares! Fire the flares!"

The level of gunpowder that Li Yun has mastered now is obviously too immature to be used to make weapons of mass destruction, but it is completely sufficient for making fireworks and firecrackers.

At least it wouldn't be difficult to get the whistle arrow out.

Soon, several firecrackers were launched into the air and exploded in the night sky.

When the flares exploded, Meng Qing and others were only a few dozen feet away from the city gate. At this time, everyone rushed forward with all their might. In addition, it was impossible for the people who had taken action in Luzhou City to just open the city gate and leave. Therefore, Meng Qing quickly rushed to the city gate.

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he rushed in with a knife. Behind the city gate were a dozen panicked young men wearing Pinglu military uniforms. When they saw Meng Qing, they became even more panicked and quickly waved their hands and said, "We, we..."

Because of panic, he stammered and couldn't speak. Meng Qing didn't hesitate and shouted in a low voice: "Put down your weapons, leave the city, leave the city!"

The reason why Li Yun is so fond of Meng Qing is not only because he is ruthless enough in fighting, but more importantly because Meng Qing is a very spiritual person.

This kind of spirituality is extremely important no matter what profession or industry you are in, and it is even more valuable in soldiers.

For a general, being able to keep a clear head in the midst of fighting and at the critical moment of life and death is simply a god-like attribute.

Meng Qing recognized these people at a glance as the "insiders" who opened the city gate for them, so he made a prompt decision to let them go. In order to prevent these people from causing any problems, he had to remove their weapons.

These dozen people reacted quickly, dropped their weapons, and ran out.

Meng Qing was the first to enter the city gate, but he did not walk out of it. Instead, he shouted in a deep voice: "Stay in the city gate, and no one is allowed to enter the city!"

Although Luzhou City is not a particularly large city, the city gate arch is several feet deep and can accommodate a hundred people.

The most crucial thing is that this place is very narrow. Even if the Pinglu army in the city discovered that the city gate was opened and wanted to drive the people in the gate out, they could only rush in four or five people at a time.

In this way, Meng Qing will be able to occupy the city gate long enough to wait for Su Sheng's reinforcements to arrive.

In other words, they will definitely be able to receive Su Sheng's reinforcements.

And if they were dazzled by the open city gate and rushed into the city, it would be fine if there was no ambush. But once there was an ambush in the city, Meng Qing only had 200 men under his command, and the 200 men would be hacked to death in a short time, and then the city gate would be closed again.

But if you guard the city gate like this, the one standing in the front will definitely suffer a loss.

But now, the one standing in the front of the crowd was none other than Meng Qing. While arranging the positions of his brothers, he shouted, "Shield, shield!"

"Pass it to the front!"

Soon, several shields were passed from one person to another until they reached the front. Meng Qing held the shield in his left hand and the sword in his right hand, staring straight ahead, and said in a deep voice, "I heard everything!"

"If the brothers in the first row fall down, the people behind should not panic, and should not rush to push up. If you step on others, it will be difficult to stand steadily. Once you lose your balance, we will not be able to hold on for a moment!"

"Even if the front falls, the ones behind should still stand in their original positions. Unless there is an open space in front of you, you are not allowed to move forward!"

Meng Qing turned around to look at his subordinates behind him and shouted orders.

He was certain that as long as he guarded like this, no matter if there were ambushes in the city or not, he would be able to defend the city gate before General Su arrived!
As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted, "Meng Tou'er, come to the back and give the orders!"

"Stop the fucking bullshit!"

Meng Qing shouted: "Quiet, quiet!"

"The enemy is coming!"

At this moment, the Pinglu Army defenders on the city wall had already reacted and the city gate had been lost.

However, at this moment, there were only a hundred or so defenders on this side of the tower. After they got down from the tower, they did not dare to attack the city gate directly. They waited until the follow-up reinforcements of five or six hundred people arrived before they began to attack Meng Qing.

First, a few rounds of arrows hit the shield. Because the distance was too close, some arrows were very powerful and the wooden shield could not completely block them. The tips of the arrows pierced through the shield and stabbed Meng Qing's left hand. Soon, blood began to seep out of his left hand.

But he was unaware of it.

After a few rounds of arrows, Meng Qing shouted, "Change shields!"

The wooden shield full of arrows was thrown aside, and a new shield was raised. The Pinglu Army in the city finally began to get anxious. A big man who looked like a general drew his long sword and shouted, "Charge! Drive these bandits out of the city!"

Behind him, the soldiers of the Pinglu Army rushed out.

When the enemy got close, Meng Qing seized the opportunity and blocked the oncoming knife with his shield. At the same time, he slashed the enemy's waist with his own knife. The enemy only had leather armor and there was a seam on his waist, so he was knocked to the ground and bleeding.

But the next moment, more people rushed up!
Meng Qing's left hand, which was holding up the shield, was so sore that he couldn't lift it, but he still managed to chop down several enemies with his right hand.

But Meng Qing is not Li Yun after all. He can only be regarded as a relatively strong adult, far from having Li Yun's abnormal strength, nor Li Yun's heaven-defying endurance.

After several rounds of attacks, his right arm could no longer hold on. He was distracted and was hit on the shoulder armor. If he hadn't been wearing armor, half of his body might have been chopped off by this blow!
Meng Qing held on, gritted his teeth and swung his sword, but at the same time his right arm was hit by another sword, which broke his armor and caused blood to flow.

Meng Qing gritted his teeth and tried to charge again, but was pulled back by his subordinates behind him. At the same time, the people behind him swung their knives and charged forward!

It was unknown how long it had passed, but Su Sheng's main force finally arrived. At this time, the south gate of Luzhou was still firmly in the hands of Meng Qing's troops.

Meng Qing had lost too much blood and was now a little unconscious.

Su Sheng waved his hand and shouted, "Enter the city and occupy Luzhou!"

His main force rushed into Luzhou City from the south gate in a mighty manner.

General Su squatted beside Meng Qing with a torch in his hand. He asked the army doctor to check his injuries and asked about the battle situation. Even Su Sheng, who came from a military family, couldn't help but be moved.

He squatted beside Meng Qing again and said in a deep voice: "Brother Meng, you can rest and recover. The rest of the battle of Luzhou will be left to me, your brother."

Meng Qing's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "General, Meng Qing...Meng Qing has lived up to your trust."

Su Sheng stood up and said with emotion.

"Brother, you may not have the strength of Li Shijun, but you already have his courage!"

Hearing this, Meng Qing showed a happy smile on his face, then closed his eyes and fainted.

Su Sheng turned back to look at the doctor and said in a low voice: "This is Jiangdong's treasure. Use the best method to treat him."

The doctor lowered his head and said, "General, don't worry. Although General Meng is seriously injured, his life will not be in danger given his physique."

"Ah."

Su Sheng stood up, drew the sword at his waist, and strode towards Luzhou City. When he reached the city gate, he looked back in the direction of Meng Qing and felt touched.

Jiangdong has such young people and such young generals.

Maybe...it will really be a great success!
This thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately strode into Luzhou City.

The five thousand Qiantang garrison troops rushed into Luzhou City in a mighty force. They fought fiercely in Luzhou City for a whole night and a whole day until the evening of the next day, when they finally won a great victory and captured or killed more than 1,500 Pinglu troops in Luzhou.

Luzhou, the western gateway to the south of the Yangtze River, also successfully fell into Li Yun's hands.

After this battle, Meng Qing earned a nickname in the army for his performance on the battlefield.

Some people call him "Little Li Yun".

Some who were more knowledgeable called him "Little Envoy".

In short, Meng Qing's name became famous in Jiangdong because of this battle.

……

After the battle of Luzhou came to an end, Su Sheng was stationed in Luzhou to clean up the mess in Luzhou. At the same time, he stationed at four gates and completely occupied the city of Luzhou.

General Su Sheng posted a notice to reassure the people, cleaned up the Luzhou governor's mansion, and arrested the governor, the deputy driver, and the Sima of Luzhou, preparing to take them to Nanjing to be punished.

People from all walks of life in Luzhou, whether they were gentry or ordinary people in the city, were all cheering and rejoicing.

Among the gentry, a woman from the Lu family walked up to Su Sheng and bowed: "General Su..."

Su Sheng already knew her identity, so he clasped his fists and said, "Miss Lu."

Miss Lu bowed.

"Thank you, General, for saving Luzhou from the dire straits."

Su Sheng shook his head and smiled: "I am here on orders as well."

"As ordered..."

Miss Lu gritted her teeth and said, "Is it the order of Li Shijun?"

Su Sheng nodded without hesitation.

"Of course, I'll wait..."

"They are all under the command of Li Shijun."

(End of this chapter)