Thief Emperor

Chapter 503 Take it lightly!

There will be no danger in delivering the letter this time.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Li Yun's time in Jiangnan over the past few years has not been in vain.

Now, even the three military governors in the capital, the Emperor, and a group of prime ministers are probably quite familiar with his name.

Especially after he defeated the Pinglu Army in the Battle of Jiangbei and even gained some advantage over them, Li Yun's fame grew day by day.

Take the current Jiedushi of Wuchang Army in Ezhou for example. Li Yun only needs to send one of the four armies, which is enough to compete with him.

Li Yun was annoyed, and four armies came together, leaving him with nowhere to escape.

In this case, the messenger was quite thoughtful.

Originally, at this time, just send someone to deal with this kind of thing, in order to avoid any accidents, but people like Meng Hai and Zhou Bi could not follow Li Yun all their lives and serve as his followers and errand boys.

They will get older, get married and start a family, and then they will have their own career.

That is to say, in the future they will leave Li Yun and become officials and do work. Moreover, when the two of them go out to work, Li Yun's position will definitely be higher than it is now. At that time, what he can see will definitely be less than it is now.

At that time, Meng Hai, Zhou Bi and others who were sent down would become his eyes and ears, his "external incarnations".

But before that, these little guys need some experience, and now is a good opportunity to exercise their courage.

Zhou Bi was quick-witted and grabbed the job. He was about to turn around and leave when Li Yun called him. Li Yun stood up, pulled him aside, and whispered a few words in his ear. Zhou Bi nodded repeatedly and after listening carefully, he turned around and trotted away.

Meng Hai, who was standing aside, looked somewhat depressed.

Li Yun looked at him and smiled dumbly: "There will be a lot of such errands in the future. When you are on a mission, don't be so sullen. Go contact the people from the Nine Departments and ask them to spread their spies in Ezhou."

Meng Hai then responded with a "yes", bowed his head, and turned away.

After the two of them left, Su Sheng looked at Li Yun and said enviously, "The people around the mansion master are all talented, unlike me, who has few smart people around me now."

He paused, sighed, and then said, "We finally managed to bring Meng Qing out, but now he's nowhere to be found."

Li Yun could tell that he was blaming himself for giving Meng Qing to Zhao Cheng. He smiled dumbly and did not say anything back. Instead, he said with a smile, "Brother Su is leading a Qiantang army with nearly 20,000 men. Are there no good talents emerging?"

"Yes, there is."

Su Sheng said softly, "It's just that there are too many new recruits. They haven't fought many battles and have no military achievements. I can't promote them if I want to. However, this battle in Ezhou is a very good opportunity."

"More than half of the newly recruited soldiers can get a lot of experience here, which will definitely be of great benefit."

"Don't be careless."

Li Yun took a sip of wine and said softly, "This Wuchang Army is not a newly established army. Although we don't know its exact combat effectiveness, if we underestimate the enemy, we are likely to suffer losses."

Su Sheng smiled and said, "I don't think they are that good."

"In the encounter outside Wuchang some time ago, my army only had 1,000 to 2,000 people, and their ambush troops had at least 3,000 to 4,000 people. After fighting for an hour, we only lost less than 100 people."

"The combat capability is extremely limited."

Hearing this, Li Yun smiled and said, "Perhaps, that battle was deliberately fought for Brother to watch, so that Brother would let his guard down."

Su Sheng heard this and thought about it. It was indeed possible. He said "hmm" and said, "I'll make a note of it."

Having said that, he looked at Li Yun again and said, "Master, when do we start?"

"Now, prepare to act immediately."

Li Yun said calmly: "Leave 4,000 people here in Yongxing, and the remaining 5,000 will immediately prepare to march north. Tomorrow morning, we will march into Wuchang City."

"So urgent?"

Su Sheng was a little surprised: "By tomorrow, Brother Zhou, I'm afraid you still haven't seen the man surnamed Lu?"

"I just told him."

Li Yun put down his wine glass and said, "Almost. He just arrived in Wuchang. We can reach Wuchang in half a day."

"I will also give this Lu Jiedushi a light touch!"

…………The next day, Zhou Bi brought the official document with the seal of the Jiangdong Surveillance Office and the letter written by Li Yun to Lu Yunzhang, and came to the outskirts of Wuchang City.

Soon, soldiers from Wuchang City came out. They first checked Zhou Bi's identity and confirmed that the document in his hand was authentic. Then someone led him all the way to Wuchang City.

Although the Wuchang Army was named Wuchang Army, it was not stationed in Wuchang, at least not all of them were stationed in Wuchang. After all, the Wuchang Army Jiedushi had jurisdiction over five or six states, and Ezhou was just one of them. Even in Ezhou, Wuchang was not the state capital, and Ezhou was still dozens of miles away from Wuchang.

But right now, most of the generals in the Wuchang Army are in Wuchang City, discussing how to meet the enemy with the newly appointed Wuchang Army Jiedushi Lu Yunzhang.

Although he was the new military governor of Wuchang Army, Lu Yunzhang was still the former governor of Eyue Army. He had been in charge here for more than five years, and the generals in Wuchang Army were quite obedient to him.

Zhou Bi was brought to the front of the new governor not long after. Zhou Bi looked up and saw a handsome middle-aged man with three long beards sitting in front of him. The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Bi and asked, "What is the matter that Lord Li ordered you to come here?"

Zhou Bi finally reacted. He clasped his fists and saluted the middle-aged man: "Jiangdong Zhou Bi, I pay my respects to the commander."

Normal veteran Jiedushi, after being conferred the title of Jiedushi, the imperial court usually gives him the title of a general, but not all Jiedushi are generals. For example, the Jiedushi of Wuchang Army in front of him cannot be called a general.
After all, his strength is clear before us.

In such an embarrassing situation, if you call someone the general in person, it would be no different from pointing at someone's nose and scolding him.

"Zhou Bi..."

Lu Yunzhang muttered a name, then continued to ask, "Why did Lord Li ask you to come here?"

Zhou Bi then pulled out the letter that Li Yun had given him from his sleeve, held it in his hands, and said, "General Jie, please read this. This is a letter from my father-in-law to you."

Lu Yunzhang winked at the attendant beside him. The attendant was very sensible. He ran to Zhou Bi, took the letter, and ran again to hand it to Lu Yunzhang.

Marshal Lu opened the envelope and read it carefully. He could not help but frown and asked in a low voice, "Does Lord Li mean to station troops in Ezhou together?"

"Yes."

Zhou Bi lowered his head and said, "General, my father-in-law said that according to the rules of the court, these six prefectures are indeed under your jurisdiction, but according to the rules of the court, Ezhou belongs to Jiangnan West Road."

"My father-in-law is the governor of Jiangnan Province and has the same authority to govern this place. Since both parties have the same authority, we should think freely and occupy Ezhou together."

"That makes sense."

Lu Jieshuai slapped the table fiercely, looked at Zhou Bi, and said, "You can use this method to predict the future. If this is the case, can I, Lu, occupy Jinling together with Lord Li?"

Zhou Bi was not in a hurry. He followed what Li Yun had taught him and said with a smile, "If the commander-in-chief has the ability to take Nanjing, he can go ahead and take it. My lord will definitely welcome him with all his might."

Lu Yunzhang narrowed his eyes and said, "Emissary Zhou, your Jiangdong rules are too unreasonable."

"I'm sorry I can't accept it."

Zhou Bi seemed relieved when he heard this.

He was not afraid of anything else but that this Lu guy would really give in and agree to it. Then his mission would be in vain and everything Li Yun had asked him to do would be ruined.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bi looked up at Lu Yunzhang and said slowly: "General Jie."

"My army is already heading towards Wuchang."

"We will reach Wuchang in less than a day. My Lord Li has also arrived in person."

Lu Yunzhang frowned slightly: "Did Li Cao arrive in Ezhou?"

"Yes."

Zhou Bi said softly, "My lord really wants to meet Marshal Jie."

…………

Forty miles outside Wuchang city.

Li Yun and Su Sheng looked at Wuchang City in the distance. Li put his hands behind his back and said slowly, "As soon as Zhou Bi comes out, start attacking the city immediately."

Su Sheng grinned.

"Follow the order!"

(End of this chapter)