Thief Emperor

Chapter 424: Establishing a Hundred-Year Rule

It is hard to say that Chen Da is not smart. When he was working in Qingyang, he was the first one to identify Li Yun and has been following Li Yun until now.

Moreover, he is a relatively cautious person and is more suitable for guarding the city.

However, he really had no experience in defending a city, so he didn't feel confident at the moment.

"There were 5,000 people in Luzhou before. General Su took 2,000 away, leaving 3,000 people behind, which is about six battalions of lieutenants. Among the six lieutenants who stayed behind, four were from our former anti-theft team."

Li Yun motioned for him to sit down, then said with a smile: "This will make it easier for you to take over."

At the beginning, the anti-theft team had less than two hundred people.

And now, the military force under Li Yun's command has expanded hundreds of times, almost two hundred times. In other words, those members of the anti-theft team, as long as they were not really useless, would now be brigade commanders.

Li Yun now has more than a hundred captains and lieutenants under his command, and more than 50% of them are from the anti-theft team.

In other words, if the anti-theft team back then had also formed a group, it would have been the largest force under Li Yun.

Among the four main generals under Li Yun, Li Zheng and Zhou Liang were originally from the anti-theft team. They have the most people in the anti-theft team, but Zhao Cheng and Su Sheng also have a lot of people in the anti-theft team.

For example, Zhang Xuan is under Su Sheng's command.

Hearing that it was an old man from the anti-theft team, Chen Da breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Li Yun and forced a smile: "Hearing what the boss said, I feel much more at ease."

When he was in the anti-theft team, his status was only second to Li Yun and Zhou Liang. Even Li Zheng at that time could not catch up with his status in the anti-theft team.

Because at that time, Li Zheng just followed Li Yun as an attendant almost every day and had not yet done anything on his own. However, Chen Da, as a yamen runner from Qingyang County Yamen, had a lot of say at that time.

As an old friend from the anti-theft team, he will be able to do the job much easier in Luzhou.

"You can't be steady."

Li Yun said seriously: "Luzhou is very important. It is the gateway to Jiangdong now and the hope for Jiangdong's future. I need you to defend Luzhou for at least one month no matter what the circumstances."

It took a month for Jinling to react, and the reinforcements had enough time to arrive in Luzhou.

Chen Da said without hesitation: "If we can't defend a big city with three thousand men in a month, I won't have the face to see you again. I will just crash into the city and die."

Li Yun poured him a glass of water and shook his head slightly: "I don't want you to die, I just want Luzhou City, you just remember this, don't slack off on weekdays, walk around the city walls more often, take a look, and correct anything that's wrong in time."

"All kinds of supplies for defending the city have been prepared, so there is no way anything could go wrong."

At this point, Li Yun paused and added: "After a while, I will have someone send some new things to Luzhou. They are not very useful on weekdays, but they will have some miraculous effects when defending the city."

Chen Da nodded very seriously and said, "Don't worry, I've written it down."

He has known Li Yun for quite a long time. Normally, when Li Yun interacted with his subordinates, they were always talking and laughing. No matter how big the matter was, he never talked nonsense and always acted decisively and did things as soon as he said.

But this time, he clearly felt that Li Yun was becoming a little nagging.

This shows how important Luzhou City is in Li Yun's heart.

Li stood up, stretched and said, "There are Pinglu troops nearby. They will not attack Luzhou in the short term, but if they do, we will fight them back. If the enemy is too numerous, I only want you to defend Luzhou City, and you can temporarily abandon all the counties in Luzhou."

"You go down and take a rest first. I will set up a banquet later and call all the captains of the Luzhou garrison to come over. Let's drink and eat together and get close to each other."

Chen Da nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Boss, I brought Huang Yong back with me, what do you think of his arrangements..."

"He is temporarily appointed as the captain. As for the staff under him, you should find a way to fill his position."

Chen Daxi smiled and nodded, "I'll ask him to come over to see you later."

Li Yun nodded and looked at Chen Da.

"My father-in-law is now the governor of Luzhou. You are stationed in Luzhou. If he needs your help, as long as it is reasonable, you should help him."

Chen Da nodded first, then was startled and asked, "Is the county master here?"

Li Yun then realized that Chen Da was a government official in Qingyang, and the magistrate of Qingyang at that time was Xue Song.

He shook his head and smiled: "It's been a long time, I almost forgot about it. Now that I know him, it will be easier to deal with. Well, I will help him a little, but there is one thing you have to remember..."

Li Yun looked at him and warned him, "You can only help him, but you can't listen to him about everything in the army, especially when there is a war. You should retreat to Luzhou City and don't be disturbed."

"Yes, I understand."

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In the next few days, Li Yun took Chen Da to meet his old acquaintances in the anti-theft team again, and organized everyone to have a meal together. Finally, the garrison in Luzhou was slowly handed over to Chen Da.

During this period, Master Xue was also dragged by him to have two meals with those generals. After the affairs in Luzhou were almost arranged, he was ready to leave Luzhou and return to Jinling.

Because Zhou Liang, Zhao Cheng and Su Sheng are all expected to be promoted to generals, which means that almost all the organizations of the Jiangdong Army will undergo a change.

There will be some changes in the officer rank and military system of the Jiangdong Army, and Li Yun will need to take care of these.

It is estimated that it will take at least one or two months to truly implement it.

After this set of rules was implemented, the military system under Li Yun was basically finalized. In the future, no matter whether he was a rat in Jiangdong or a king, he would follow this system.

Of course he had to rush back to Nanjing to do such an important matter personally.

Here, it is not as simple as promoting each officer to a higher level. The treatment of generals at all levels, as well as the future promotion system, punishment system, military rules and discipline, must also be thoroughly improved.

It would be best if the Jiangdong military system became basically sound after this time. Even if there are changes in the future, they will only be minor revisions and there will not be any major changes.

Before leaving, he naturally had to go see Master Xue. In the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, the father-in-law and son-in-law sat on both sides. Li Yun smiled and said, "Father-in-law, I have basically finished what I can do in Luzhou. What's left is spring sowing and the resumption of production in various industries. The Governor's Office will be responsible for guidance."

Mr. Xue said "hmm" and asked, "Is Erlang going back to Jinling?"

"Yes."

Li Yun nodded and said, "There are still many things in Jinling waiting for me to deal with. There are some important documents that I need to go back and sort out and draft."

"When will you leave?"

Li Yun thought for a moment and replied, "Tomorrow, I will go back to Jinling early tomorrow morning."

"My father-in-law also met Chen Da, who was assigned by me to guard Luzhou, the day before yesterday. He was an old subordinate of my father-in-law when he was in Qingyang."

"What old subordinates?"

Master Xue glanced at him and said unhappily, "I am not leading the troops in Qingyang."

"But speaking of it, Chen Da has been with you for a few years and has become more and more handsome. When I saw him the day before yesterday, I almost didn't recognize him."

At this point, Xue Song looked at Li Yun and asked, "What's going on with Miss Lu? How many times has she come to the governor's mansion to look for you?"

Li Yun coughed and said seriously, "Hasn't the Lu family's affairs been told to my father-in-law?"

Master Xue looked suspicious: "What does the Lu family's affairs have to do with her frequent visits to you?"

Li Yun held up four fingers.

Master Xue frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Four. I'll find four maids to take care of you. You can just pretend you don't know about this. How about that?"

In this era, maids could be bought at pawnbrokers. It was not a crime against human nature and could even be said to be saving these little girls from danger.

Master Xue groaned, "Am I that kind of person?"

After saying that, the old man stood up, put his hands behind his back and walked out without looking back.

Li Yun looked at his back and smiled silently.

The next day, Li Yun left Luzhou with his entourage including Zhou Bi and his own guards. Chen Da, Xue Shou and others saw him off all the way until they were four or five miles out of the city.

After Li Yun ran out of the city for more than ten miles, he saw a woman in white clothes under a pavilion. She seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

Li Yun hesitated for a moment, but still jumped off the horse and walked forward to clasp his fists: "Miss Lu, what a coincidence."

Lu Huan bowed and said without any hesitation, "I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

She took out a wooden box from her bosom, handed it to Li Yun, and said, "This is a gift I prepared for you, my lord."

Miss Lu at this time was obviously much more cheerful. Maybe she was just like this, but she seemed a little weak because she was worried about family affairs before.

At this moment, after Li Yun visited the Lu family, the crisis of the Lu family has been resolved.

She also became a lot more cheerful.

"Wait until I finish my housework."

Miss Lu looked at Li Yun and a smile appeared on her face.

"Then go to Jinling to look for the envoy."

(End of this chapter)