Thief Emperor

Chapter 518: Ten days, break the city in ten days!
Not only the Emperor received the news from Jiangnan, but other important figures in the capital, such as the families of several prime ministers, also received the news from Jiangnan sooner or later.

In fact, in the evening of the day when the emperor received the letter, Prime Minister Cui Yuan, who was at home on sick leave, received intelligence from the southeast. The person who brought him the information was none other than his nephew Cui Shao.

Cui Shao at this time no longer looked like the noble young man he had been in Xuanzhou. In the past two or three years, he first followed the court to Xichuan, and then returned to the capital from Xichuan. In addition, he suffered a lot of grievances at the hands of those military leaders. At this time, his face had become more vicissitudes of life.

The whole person looks not younger at all.

"uncle."

He handed the document to Cui Yuan and bowed, saying, "This is roughly what happened. Although the court's document dismissing Li Yun was delivered to Fei Xuan, Fei Xuan did not go to see Li Yun after receiving the document. Instead, he left Jinling and inspected criminal cases in various prefectures and counties in Jiangnan."

"Even the title he used when inspecting Jiangnan was not the title of Jiangnan Dao Surveillance Commissioner, but the name Li Yun gave himself in Jinling, which was called the Criminal Investigation Commissioner."

"The Criminal Inspector..."

Cui Xianggong sat on a reclining chair, squinting his eyes and pondering these five words, then looked at Cui Shao and said slowly: "Chengzong, sit down and talk."

Cui Shao responded, moved a small stool from the side, and sat in front of Cui Yuan with a very respectful attitude.

"Did you come into contact with this Li Yun when you were in Xuanzhou?"

"I have met him. At that time, his name was not Li Yun, but Li Zhao."

Cui Shao roughly recounted the events in Xuanzhou. After listening to it, Cui Xianggong seemed to be thinking about something and said, "So, he was able to set up a thief-hunting team in Xuanzhou and was appreciated by Su Jing in the end because of your warrant."

"Exactly."

Cui Shao smiled bitterly and said, "But at that time, my nephew didn't think much of him. The relationship between him and me was more of a partnership, not a promotion."

Here, he still concealed a few things for himself. When they were in Xuanzhou, Li Yun almost fought with him. If it were not for the fact that the governor Cui Shao was useful to Li Yun later, he would never have been able to leave Xuanzhou upright.

Later, Cui Shao attended Li Yun's wedding, and the relationship between the two sides eased a little, so Li Yun felt embarrassed to send someone to kill him again.

"This Li Yun is very interesting..."

Cui Xianggong lay on the chair, squinting his eyes and looking at the sky, the wrinkles on his face deepened: "In just a few years, you have been able to create such a large family business. You already have the potential to be a master."

At this point, Prime Minister Cui paused and continued, "Speaking of which, the Du family was smart and made the bet early on. Now, as long as Li Yun takes over Huainan Road, he can at least have a dynasty that is safe for two or three generations. The Jingzhao Du family can also prosper again in Jinling and avoid this chaotic world."

Cui Shao said, "Hey," and whispered, "Speaking of the Du family, when Du Shiyi first arrived in the southeast, I didn't know what he was thinking. At that time, I thought he was above Li Yun."

"It seems that Du Shiyi had just arrived in Yuezhou not long ago, and he took the initiative to surrender to Li Yun and hooked up with Li Yun."

Cui Yuan nodded silently: "The little eleven of the Du family, I have seen him when he was very young, he is very spiritual."

"After Du Ting's death, the Du family's reputation will be even greater. With descendants like Du Shiyi, the Du family can prosper for at least another hundred years."

Speaking of this, even Mr. Cui couldn't help but sigh: "It's really enviable."

Thousand-year-old family, thousand-year-old family, no one of them can truly go through a thousand years without any troubles.

Every family will make different choices at different times, but these thousand-year-old families made the right choices at the right time, and therefore they remain prosperous.

The Jingzhao Du family is not yet a thousand-year-old family, but the century of prosperity they have achieved is enough to make the Cui family jealous.

"Chengzong, keep an eye on Jiangnan and Huainan, and send someone to contact this Li Yun. Isn't he still young?"

Cui Xianggong said slowly: "Those girls who are waiting to be married in my hometown can be promised to him one or two to marry him."

Cui Shao nodded slowly and asked, "Uncle, was it after the Southeast Rebellion or before the Southeast Rebellion?"

"Of course it was before."

Cui Yuan glanced at Cui Shao and said calmly, "If he can still win this battle, it will not only be the foundation of two or three generations, but at least a dynasty that will last for two or three generations, or even more than a hundred years."

"At that time, it won't just be our family that places the bet. I'm afraid that every family will be vying to send women to him in order to establish this good relationship."

"If you send it at that time, it will be worthless."

Cui Shao nodded first, then looked at Cui Yuan and whispered, "Uncle, my fifth uncle sent a letter asking if you are leaving the capital and going back to Qinghe to retire?"

"The country is like this, I can't leave it anymore."

Cui Xianggong said calmly, "Unless the emperor banishes me, I will die in the capital, from beginning to end."

"Otherwise, some people will say that I am a deserter."

He looked at Cui Shao and continued, "After Wei Quanzhong leaves, you younger generations should return to Qinghe." "Remember, preserve your ancestral heritage and the ancestral temple."

Cui Shao stood up and bowed deeply, "I obey your command."

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Everyone in the capital has their own calculations and ideas.

But Li Yun is different. Now, Li has no other thoughts in his mind except the city in front of him!

Qichun, which is the capital of Qizhou!

This is one of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Wuchang Military Jiedushi. Originally, according to the conditions that Lu Yunzhang had previously proposed to Li Yun, Li Yun only wanted the two prefectures of E and Yue in the south of the Yangtze River.

But this is a different time. Li Yun wants to take advantage of this opportunity to take over the entire Huainan Road in one fell swoop!
Even if it causes some loss of vitality, I will do it.

Therefore, he led his troops across the river from Wuchang and all the way to Qizhou. At this time, his troops had already entered the city of Qizhou.

At this moment, of the more than 10,000 people under Su Sheng's command, 4,000 were left stationed in Lizhou, and the remaining 7,000 to 8,000 people headed north to Qizhou together.

Including the thousands of new soldiers Li Yun recruited in Yuezhou during this period, the total number of people actually exceeded 10,000.

In terms of scale, it is already large enough.

However, Lu Yunzhang only had a few states left, so he naturally did not want to withdraw from Qizhou at this moment. He had about 5,000 troops stationed in Qizhou, which was almost half of the troops he had left.

Outside Qizhou City, Jiangdong soldiers set up camp. Li Yun took Su Sheng to a high place. He pointed at Qizhou City in front of him and asked, "Brother, how many days will it take to capture Qizhou?"

Su Sheng thought about it, shook his head slightly and said, "My Lord, there are many defenders in Qizhou, and they have ten days to prepare. Attacking the city now will not be as easy as before."

"It won't be easy, but we must attack."

Li Yun said slowly: "Zhao Cheng is fighting with the Pinglu Army in Gushi and is trying his best to delay the Pinglu Army from supporting the Wuchang Army. We must fight quickly here, otherwise we will be dragged here by them."

"Then the Pinglu Army and the Wuchang Army will join forces."

Li Yun said calmly, "This time we will attack Huainan Road but we will return empty-handed and put it on hold."

"This time it has been put on hold. I don't know how many years it will take for me to have such an opportunity again."

Li Yun looked at Qichun and continued, "If we can successfully capture Qichun, we will soon be able to occupy the entire Qizhou. At that time, we will be able to form a pincer attack on Shuzhou with Chen Da of Luzhou."

"At that time, if we occupied the entire Huainan Road, we would have great hope."

Su Sheng heard this, gritted his teeth, clenched his fist and said, "Master, don't care about casualties?"

Li Yun looked at Su Sheng, then looked at Qi Chun not far away, frowned and said, "Tell me first, how many days it will take."

"Ten days."

Su Sheng said in a deep voice: "If we don't care about casualties, we will attack the city day and night for ten days. Within ten days, I will capture Qichun for you!"

"Otherwise, I will bring my head to see the Lord!"

Li Yun looked up at Qichun City again and said slowly, "Okay, let's take ten days. Brother, you lead the troops to attack Qichun first."

"You will be in charge for the first five days. If you still cannot capture Qichun after five days, I will take over. I will personally lead the troops to attack Qichun."

Since the formation of the Jiangdong army, it has never encountered any major difficulties, but this time, it is obviously a big problem.

If Qichun cannot be captured as soon as possible, Li Yun's Huainan Road plan will be forced to shelve, and all subsequent military operations in Huainan Road will become passive.

Once the Pinglu Army and the Wuchang Army joined forces, reinforcements from the Pinglu Army continued to arrive...

It would be impossible for Li Yun to take over Huainan Road by force.

"it is good."

Su Sheng took a deep breath and bowed his head to Li Yun.

"General, get ready now!"

(End of this chapter)