Thief Emperor

Chapter 505: Strong Army!

Lu Yunzhang was naturally very annoyed. After all, more than two hours ago, the envoy from Jiangdong had expressed the "goodwill" of Li Guancha to him. Although he did not say it explicitly, he implied that Li Guancha wanted to meet him.

More than an hour ago, he was still considering whether to meet the nouveau riche named Li, where to meet him, and what to say after meeting him so as to protect his own interests while maintaining dignity.

He was even considering whether or not to negotiate cooperation with this upstart so that he could be more stable as the military governor of Wuchang.

After all, he is also next to the Pinglu Army. Having Li Yun as a friend now will give him more confidence when facing the Pinglu Army.

While Marshal Lu was thinking about the issue of Li Yun, Li Yun's troops attacked completely unreasonably.

The incident happened suddenly and the Wuchang army had no time to prepare for defense before they were rushed over by these Jiangdong soldiers. In just one hour, they broke through the Wuchang County.

Moreover, the momentum is quite fierce.

Lu Yunzhang saw with his own eyes that these Jiangdong soldiers, as ferocious as wolves and tigers, formed groups of three or five. Once they knocked down one of their own soldiers, someone would immediately rush forward to finish them off.

After the city gates were opened, their own soldiers were forced to retreat step by step, with almost no strength to fight back.

A deputy general of the Wuchang Army pulled Lu Yunzhang's arm and whispered, "General, these Jiangnan soldiers have backup. Wuchang is not easy to defend!"

Lu Yunzhang was extremely annoyed and shouted angrily: "We have several thousand soldiers here, and you want to retreat in less than two hours!"

The deputy general took a deep breath and said, "General, these... these Jiangnan soldiers attacking the city should be the elite among the Jiangnan soldiers. Our soldiers in Wuchang are indeed inferior to them. I just saw that even when attacking the city, the casualties on both sides were almost the same."

"After the city is breached, we will be even more disadvantaged. If we don't retreat and continue to fight, Wuchang City will be lost and you, Marshal, may also be in danger!"

Lu Yunzhang was very angry at first, but after hearing the last sentence, he immediately came to his senses.

He was born into the Lu family. Although he was not from the main branch, he was not too far away from the main branch. In any case, he could be considered a wealthy and prominent family.

Moreover, he had a successful career. He started his career at the age of 25 or 26, and within a dozen years, he had become the Surveillance Commissioner of Eyue. Some time ago, he was promoted to the Jiedushi of Wuchang Army by the court.

This position was not considered very impressive in the Lu family before. Only the prime minister could shine in the clan. But now it is different.

Now, the imperial court is no longer useful, and being a prime minister is nothing great. Officials like him who hold real military power are the truly valuable.

Now, even the clan leader who was older than him in Fan Yang was polite when he saw him.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to stay here and live and die with Wuchang.

Wuchang was just a county in Ezhou, but now he governs six states!
"This damned scoundrel has no integrity at all!"

After cursing Li Yun, General Lu looked at his deputy general and said in a deep voice, "Pass my order, fight and retreat, retreat to Ezhou! That thief Li attacked Wuchang for no reason, which is tantamount to treason. After we retreat to Ezhou, I will report him to the court and make him the enemy of the world!"

After saying that, General Lu Jie waved his sleeves and asked someone to bring his horse. He jumped on the horse and shouted, "I will go back to Ezhou to mobilize the troops. You should retreat to Ezhou as soon as possible and hand Wuchang over to the enemy for the time being. Don't fight to the end!"

After saying that, Lu Yunzhang reined in his horse, and the horse turned around and galloped towards the city gate.

He was originally a civil servant, and the Eyue Surveillance Commissioner was just a civilian position in charge of the Wuchang Army. Even if he was promoted to Jiedushi, it did not mean that he would immediately lead troops to fight.

In fact, during the years since Mr. Lu took office as the Observer of Eyue, he had never been involved in any war. The biggest war he had fought was to suppress bandits within the country.

At this moment, Li Yun suddenly led his men to attack. It was impossible for him not to panic when suddenly facing such a large-scale war.

General Lu Jie quickly withdrew from Wuchang City.

As he left, the soldiers in the city lost their will to fight. They fought and retreated, quickly leaving Wuchang City.

In the end, they even lost their order to retreat. Some people were so frightened by the Jiangdong soldiers that they simply dropped their weapons and surrendered on the spot.

The Jiangdong soldiers were also soldiers of the Great Zhou, so they were not made difficult for by the Great Zhou. Anyone who dropped his weapon was not killed but taken prisoner.

When it was almost dawn, a messenger returned to the tent, half-knelt in front of Li Yun, bowed his head and saluted, "Sir, General Su ordered me to come back and report that Wuchang City has been captured!"

At this moment, Li Yun had already known the news that Wuchang had been breached, but he thought that there were still several thousand soldiers in the city. Even if they had the upper hand, they might not be able to finish the street fighting in one night.

But no one expected that it was more than half an hour before dawn and the battle in Wuchang City was basically over.

Li Yun hadn't slept all night. Hearing this, he stretched and said with a smile, "I understand. Go back and tell General Su that I will prepare food to reward the brothers."

The messenger was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly bowed his head, thanked Li Yun, and then retreated carefully.

The food for Jiangdong soldiers has always been good, but that is only when they are in their own military camp, where there are more food sources and more sufficient supplies.

When they really went out to fight, the food they ate was quite simple, mostly dry food. Even Li Yun could only eat some dried meat.

This is limited by logistics capabilities, and there is nothing that can be done about it. Therefore, when the brothers heard that they were going to reward the troops, they were happy.

After the messenger left, Li Yun looked at Zhou Bi who had been guarding outside the tent, and said with a smile: "You guessed it right, kid. The battle in Wuchang has come to an end before dawn."

Mr. Li stood up, stretched his body, and said with some emotion: "Unconsciously, our Jiangdong soldiers have become a strong army."

With equal numbers, Su Sheng broke through the gate of Wuchang with only more than 2,000 vanguard troops, and completely occupied Wuchang in three or four hours.

Even if the enemy is a group of rookies, this performance is impressive enough.

What's more, the enemy is not actually a rookie, they are just a little weaker.

Zhou Bi heard this and smiled at Li Yun, "I told you long ago that these Wuchang troops are no good."

"The Pinglu Army is no match for us. These local armies are good at bullying the people. How can they beat us in a fight?"

Mr. Li smiled and said, "If I ask you to go see Lu Yunzhang again, would you dare to go?"

"I dare to go, of course I dare to go."

Zhou Bi perked up and said with a smile, "Second brother, if you say anything, I'll go find him at daybreak."

Li Yun thought about it carefully, but still shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, this trip is a bit dangerous. If something happens to you, I won't be able to explain to Uncle San."

Zhou Bi was anxious and said immediately: "Second brother, I will definitely not die. With the battle of Wuchang tonight, that Lu guy will not dare to do anything to me. If you send someone, I will go!"

"I have a father and a mother. Don't all the brothers in the army have parents?"

Li Yun said, "It's not easy for you to have such an idea."

"But it's still a little too foolish and bold."

Mr. Li stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You have to know how to protect yourself."

Zhou Bi scratched his head and didn't say much.

Li Yun did not speak to him again. Instead, he picked up his ten-foot-long spear, walked out of the tent, found an open space, and practiced his spear skills.

Ever since he started practicing with a gun, this has basically been his daily homework. Although he doesn't really need to go into battle to kill the enemy now, deep down, he still likes to wield swords and guns.

This hobby was probably not originally owned by Li Yun, but was inherited from a certain village chief.

In other words, the two people at the beginning have now become one and are no longer distinguishable from each other.

Soon, the sky brightened. Su Sheng rode his horse back to the camp and saw Li Yun practicing with a spear. He did not say anything, but just watched quietly. When Li Yun finished practicing with a spear, the spear in his hand fell out of his hand and was nailed to the ground like an arrow. The spear head was completely embedded in the ground, and the spear barrel was buzzing!
"it is good!"

Su Sheng couldn't help but shout "OK", then he took three or two steps to the spear that was stuck in the ground. He couldn't pull the spear out with one hand, so he used both hands to pull it out.

General Su was shocked. He turned around and looked at Li Yun, muttering, "This is a pistol shot, almost like a crossbow! If we really go to the battlefield, who can resist it? How did Erlang train?"

Li Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "A few months ago, I learned a gun technique from Brother Pei Zhuang, the instructor of Jinling. The last move is to take off the gun, which originally relied on a clever force."

Li Yun found a rock to sit on and continued, "Maybe it's because I'm very strong, so I look a little weird."

He smiled at Su Sheng and said, "I have mastered this move, but my accuracy is not good enough yet. Once I have mastered it, it can be a killer move on the battlefield."

Su Sheng held up his gun and made a clicking sound. Then he sat down next to Li Yun and said with a smile, "I said before that these Wuchang troops were just chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning. The battle last night proved it to be true."

Li Yun wiped his sweat and asked, "How is the battle going?"

"We only had over 200 casualties, and we defeated the enemy more than ten times!"

Su Sheng smiled and said, "We have captured thousands of prisoners, and the rest of the remnants have all fled in panic."

"Ji Lang..."

He looked at Li Yun with a burning gaze: "I think we don't need to send reinforcements. My 10,000 men can wipe out the Wuchang Army. Let's just take over the six states under his control and surrender the Wuchang Army directly!"

Li Yun touched his chin, thought for a while, then smiled.

"Wait a minute and see what Mr. Lu has to say."

(End of this chapter)