Thief Emperor

Chapter 521 Ambush Lanxi
After a night's march, Li Yun led his troops to Lanxi County in Qizhou.

Although this is not a mountainous area, it is not a plain either.

In order to prevent their tracks from being exposed, Li Yun did not take them into Lanxi County, but instead found a small valley near the county to rest there.

“No fires or tents.”

Li Yun ordered: "Find a place, rest and sleep!"

After a night of marching, everyone hadn't gotten much sleep, but now, they could only lie down on these hillsides to sleep.

After all, when the Pinglu Army is marching, there will be scouts and other troops who will scout out first. If they discover Li Yun's troops, they will still have to fight, but there will be no ambush.

At that time, it could only be considered an encounter battle.

The difference in military strength between the two sides is not big. At this time, it is very important for Li Yun to have some "first-mover advantage".

You have to know that in the warfare of this era, there was no war in which both sides fought to the end until only the last soldier was left. Almost all wars were won by force.

Even if most armies suffer around 30% casualties, the entire army will be defeated and flee.

The more elite armies can increase this ratio to 50% to 60%, and only a few armies can truly fight to the last soldier.

Even a weaker army could collapse if it suffered 10% or 20% casualties.

The reason why Li Yun set up an ambush here was to defeat the enemy in terms of momentum. If he was lucky enough, the enemy might suffer heavy casualties in the first wave of attack and would flee in defeat.

This time, there were two captains following Li Yun. One was called He Jun, who was a captain under General Su. After being recruited by Li Yun, he followed Su Sheng. When Su Sheng was promoted to general, he was also promoted to captain.

The other one is called Yu Ye, who came from the anti-theft team and is currently one of the few captains under Su Sheng.

It is worth mentioning that the name Yu Ye was given to him by Xue Yun'er. He used to be a bandit in the mountains and had no name, only a nickname, called Wild Monkey.

Others called him by his full name, Yu Hou'er.

One of these two men was rescued by Li Yun from the fleeing army, and the other simply followed Li Yun and was obedient to him. When Li Yun gave an order, these two men went down to convey the order without hesitation.

It is the turn of spring and summer, already early summer and daytime, so there will be no problem with keeping warm sleeping in the wild. After Li Yun's order was issued, five thousand people hid in the valleys.

At the turn of spring and summer, the vegetation is lush, and the crowds are scattered, so it is not easy to find their whereabouts at a glance.

In addition, not everyone is sleeping and resting. The people in the scout camp will not rest at this time. Instead, they will keep an eye on the enemy's movements and patrol the area around the base to prevent irrelevant people from breaking in.

After a while, more than half of the soldiers who had not slept all night closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Most environments in this era were very harsh. Setting up a tent was just an extra blanket and not very comfortable. These soldiers had all experienced hardships, so sleeping on the flat ground would not be too difficult for them.

After finishing their work, the two captains ran over to see Li Yun. At this moment, Li Yun had already found a big tree and sat under it. He leaned against it and closed his eyes.

Both captains stepped forward cautiously and whispered, "Sir, it's done."

Li Yun opened his eyes, looked at the two captains, and said, "You should also find a place to rest, but don't all sleep at once, take turns to rest."

"Send out scouts thirty miles away. If there is any movement, report back immediately."

This is not just an ambush, but also a way of waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out.

If you rest for a while at this time, you will have more fighting power when the fight starts.

The two did not dare to be negligent. They bowed to Li Yun and then went to find a place to rest.

Li Yun's guard captain Yang Xi did not close his eyes. He held a knife and patrolled the area near where Li Yun was resting.

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Soon, it was past noon.

Sleeping on the ground was not a pleasant experience. Most of the soldiers had already woken up. Many of them took out their dry food and ate it bit by bit.

Li Yun was still sleeping.

After the hour of Wei, Commander Yu Ye took small steps and approached Li Yun cautiously, whispering, "Boss, the Pinglu Army is only thirty miles away from Lanxi County."

Li Yun then slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Yu Ye silently and said slowly, "I understand."

Just like the brothers in Cangshan Dazhai were used to calling Li Yun "Second Brother" or "Chief" in private, the people who came from the Anti-theft Team also called Li Yun by the old name from the Anti-theft Team in private, to show closeness and to show their qualifications.

Li Yun did not object to this behavior. It was a spontaneous identity recognition, which was beneficial to him for the time being.

After all, a large part of the current middle-level of the Jiangdong Army is actually supported by those people from the former anti-theft team. This is the foundation of him, Li.

Li Yun stood up, stretched his body, and said, "Wake up everyone, and have the captains of each captain's camp count their own men. Don't make a mess."

"Weapons and armor, everyone is ready."

Li Yun said in a deep voice: "Prepare to meet the enemy."

Yu Ye responded and bowed his head and said, "Boss, General Su has ordered that you only need to command us in this battle, and you don't need to fight in person."

Li Yun glanced at him, then kicked him on the butt, and scolded him with a smile: "After following General Su for a few days, you don't recognize me anymore, right?"

"go away."

Li Yun picked up the spear beside him and said with a smile: "Is it your business whether I go up or not?"

After being kicked by Li Yun, Captain Yu brushed the dust off his butt and grinned. He was not angry, but rather felt a little happy.

When a top boss hits and scolds you, it is not really beating or scolding you. Sometimes it is a way of showing closeness to you.

Captain Yu knew very well that if it was another Captain He who came over, the boss would not kick him like that no matter what he said.

He took a step or two back, lowered his head and said, "Boss, please take care of yourself. If you get hurt, I will crash into your head and die in front of you, Madam."

After saying this, without waiting for Li Yun to reply, he took a few steps back and turned to arrange military affairs.

Li Yun looked at his back, first narrowed his eyes, and then smiled silently.

These old men in the anti-theft team, especially those who were renamed by their wives.

Still...really miss the old times.

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Shen Shi.

Li Yun led less than 500 people and ambushed on both sides of the road.

This is the only way to Qizhou City, and the Pinglu Army will definitely pass through here.

Because of this, the Pinglu Army will definitely send scouts to explore the way in advance, so Li Yun cannot ambush all his troops here. He can only ambush about 10% of his men.

Time advances little by little.

The vanguard of the Pinglu Army was already in sight from afar, only two or three miles away from Li Yun.

At this distance, there is no possibility of escaping the battle. Even if the opponent wants to escape, he will definitely pay a huge price.

Li Yun estimated the distance, looked back at Captain He Jun and said in a deep voice, "Get ready to attack. After ten breaths, charge out together!"

An ambush does not mean that the enemy will be ambushed only after they are in sight. Unless all the enemy's scouts are blind, it is almost impossible to ambush successfully.

When the enemy is within a certain distance and cannot escape from the battle, you can start attacking. If you can catch the enemy off guard, the ambush will be a success!
He Jun quickly lowered his head and replied yes.

Soon, the Jiangdong soldiers who were ambushing on both sides rushed out roaring.

A large flag with the word "Li" on it was held high, fluttering in the wind!

Li Yun stood on the official road with a spear in his hand, looking at the Pinglu Army about a mile ahead, and waved his hands fiercely.

"kill!"

The Jiangdong army officers and soldiers behind him suddenly stood up and rushed towards the Pinglu army in unison.

"kill!!"

(End of this chapter)