Thief Emperor

Chapter 417: Each one will be promoted to the next level!
Luzhou is of course extremely important to Li Yun.

In fact, he had originally planned to go to Luzhou in person during the attack on Luzhou. Even if he did not participate in the specific combat command, he would go to Luzhou to take a look at the situation.

This is his west gate.

However, at the beginning, Li Yun estimated that it would take Su Sheng at least three months or even longer to take over Luzhou, so he was not in a hurry to come to Luzhou.

Unexpectedly, Luzhou was captured in just a few days.

At this moment, Li Yun happened to go to Luzhou with his father-in-law, to deal with some situations in Luzhou city and to arrange military affairs there.

Because they were not in a hurry to travel, Li Yun sometimes rode a horse and sometimes took a carriage with Master Xue. The father-in-law and son-in-law sat together and talked about current affairs, the court, and some things in Guanzhong.

The total distance from Jinling to Luzhou is 400 miles. Because the group traveled by car or horse, it only took them five days to reach Luzhou.

After they arrived in Luzhou, they were still 20 to 30 miles away from Luzhou City. Su Sheng led a group of generals and rode to greet them. When they got closer, Su Sheng turned over and dismounted, half-knelt in front of Li Yun, bowed his head and saluted: "Subordinate Su Sheng, greetings to the envoy!"

Li Yun quickly dismounted, helped him up, and frowned, "Brother Su, what are you doing?"

After Su Sheng was helped up, he smiled at Li Yun and said, "We must be polite. Your Excellency is now a Silver and Green Guanglu Doctor. Even if I were to follow my previous rank in the court, I would still have to perform the same ceremony with you."

"Stop it, stop it."

Li Yun interrupted him. The two were still talking when Xue Song and his son got out of the car. Su Sheng recognized Xue Song and stepped forward to greet him with a fist. Xue's father and son also knew that he was General Su's eldest son, so they hurriedly bowed in return.

After greeting each other, the Xue father and son got on the carriage again, while Li Yun rode side by side with Su Sheng.

Because the carriage was not moving very fast, the two of them could talk while riding. Li Yun looked at Su Sheng and said with a smile, "I thought the battle of Luzhou would take several months, or even half a year. I was ready to let the new soldiers take turns to attack Luzhou, but I didn't expect that you would take Luzhou so quickly. It really surprised me."

"These past few days, I have discussed with Brother Shouyi in Jinling. Brother Su has made great contributions to the battle of Luzhou this time. In a few days, I will promote Brother Su to the rank of general!"

Su Sheng was startled when he heard this, then he smiled dumbly: "What rank do you plan to promote me to, general?"

In the official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was no such position as general, or rather, there was no position called general. General was more of a title.

For example, a general officer above the rank of colonel in the army can be called a general if he speaks well of him.

Only military officials would be called General So-and-so.

However, the military system under Li Yun's command strives to be simple and clear, so he is planning to add the position of general in the army, which will be above the captain and have 5,000 to 10,000 troops under his command.

Going further up is the general.

However, Li Yun is not a general himself now, so naturally he has no way of conferring the title of general on others. These are just his own ideas.

Li Yun was very serious and said solemnly: "It's the general."

"I plan to reform the military system and add a general above the captain, with 5,000 to 10,000 men under his command, called an army."

A hundred people form a brigade, above that is a colonel's camp, a captain's camp, and above the captain's camp is an "army".

For example, Su Sheng’s current garrison in Qiantang can be called the Qiantang Army in terms of scale, and he is the Qiantang General.

Su Sheng heard this and realized that Li Yun was not joking. He thought about it seriously and shook his head slightly, saying, "Meng Qing made the greatest contribution to the capture of Luzhou this time. This credit cannot be attributed to me. As for the position of general..."

"I can't accept it even more."

He looked at Li Yun and said, "When the city was captured that day, in addition to the lives of Meng Qing and others, Erlang's good reputation in Luzhou also came in handy. It really has nothing to do with me."

"Isn't Meng Qing your subordinate?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "Brother Su, it's time for you to get promoted. If you don't get promoted, none of the captains below will be promoted to captains, including Meng Qing who made great contributions this time."

"When I get back, I will write a formal document to appoint Brother Su as the General of Qiantang."

Su Sheng only thought about it for a moment, then said helplessly: "Then I will just have to accept it."

Li Yun nodded with satisfaction and asked, "How is the situation in Luzhou?"

“It went quite smoothly.”

Su Sheng replied: "It went so smoothly that even I felt something was wrong."

"After we occupied Luzhou, part of the Pinglu Army fled. Logically, even if they didn't send troops to attack Luzhou, they should have sent reinforcements to stay near Luzhou City. But after we occupied Luzhou, not to mention the area around Luzhou, the Pinglu Army in the entire Luzhou seemed to have disappeared."

"They have more pressing matters."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Not long after Luzhou was captured, someone from the Pinglu Army came to me and scolded me. I almost got angry."

"But the intention of General Zhou is to keep his distance from me. I will regard Luzhou as a gift from him to me."

Su Sheng curled his lips when he heard this: "What do you mean by send? I have 5,000 soldiers stationed in Luzhou. If he wants to take Luzhou back, he has to have the ability to do so." Li Yun said with a smile: "He is the governor and general, he should have some face, right?"

"correct."

He looked at Su Sheng and asked, "How is Meng Qing doing now?"

"It's nothing serious now, except that the bones in my arm are broken and my leg is injured. I can't get out of bed yet. The doctor said it will take three months to recover."

Speaking of Meng Qing, Su Sheng couldn't help but praise him: "That boy is really brave."

"Not only is he brave, but what's even more rare is that he also has brains."

He looked at Li Yun and continued, "Erlang, let him follow me from now on. I will take care of him!"

Li Yun was speechless and said, "He followed Deng Yang and just learned some skills from brother. Why did brother start asking for him?"

"Besides, I plan to let him guard Luzhou."

"It won't work."

Su Sheng shook his head and said, "It will take at least another month or two for his injury to heal, unless I stay in Luzhou and take care of him for a while."

Li Yun frowned: "The things in Qiantang are more important. After my brother is promoted, the Qiantang Army needs to promote at least five captains. All the captain camps, lieutenant camps and brigades need to be reorganized. There are a lot of things to do."

"You can't stay in Luzhou for long."

As they were talking, the two had already reached the gate of Luzhou City. Li Yun continued, "I will send a letter to the south, asking Chen Da to come back and guard Luzhou for me. He has a calmer personality."

"but…"

Li Yun smiled and said, "He has been leading troops back from the south. It's too much trouble and time is running out. Brother, you must give him two or three battalions of soldiers and let him station them in Luzhou."

Su Sheng was very generous and waved his hand, saying, "No problem. Before I leave Luzhou, I will leave someone for him, as long as he can lead them."

"it should be OK."

Li Yun said calmly: "Many of the generals under my brother's command were from the Anti-Theft Team. When Chen Da was in the Anti-Theft Team, he was one of the leaders second only to me. After all the troubles in the past few years, if he can't lead Luzhou..."

"That's just a waste of time."

Chen Da was one of the first people to follow Li Yun, especially during the period of the anti-theft team, he played a very important role.

Later, almost all the members of the anti-theft team became middle and grassroots generals. There would be no shortage of anti-theft team members in Luzhou City, so Chen Da led them.

There won't be any big problem.

The two of them entered Luzhou City one after the other. As soon as they entered the city, Su Sheng suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, there is a girl in Luzhou City who has been waiting to meet Erlang."

"It's just right that Erlang has come back this time. If he hadn't come again, she would have gone to Jinling to look for you."

"When we find my brother and sister-in-law, I'm afraid Erlang will not be able to escape."

At this time, Su Sheng used a private name, which meant that he was joking with Li Yun.

Li Yun was a little surprised and asked, "What girl?"

"The girl from the Lu family."

Su Sheng glanced at him, a little surprised: "Miss Lu misses you so much, how come Erlang doesn't care at all?"

Li Yun then remembered and shook his head slightly, "I have killed many people and saved many people in the past few years. How can I remember them all?"

"When I was in Luzhou, I went to Hezhou to pick up my brother's family before I finished my work. How could I remember what Miss Lu looked like? I have even forgotten what she looked like."

Su Sheng laughed: "You didn't remember, but she did. Now that you are here, she will definitely come to look for you."

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "That's nothing, I'm not afraid of strangers. After I settle my father-in-law and brother-in-law, you can take me to see Meng Qing first."

Su Sheng responded and said hello.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the Luzhou Governor's Mansion. Li Yun and Su Sheng got off the horses, and then the father and son also got off the carriage.

"My father-in-law has been an official for many years."

Li Yun pointed at the governor's mansion and said to Mr. Xue with a smile.

"Now I've finally been promoted."

(End of this chapter)