Thief Emperor

Chapter 524 has nothing to do with me!

With the coordination of hundreds of people from the Nine Divisions working around the clock for several days, the two armies successfully met near Guifeng Mountain!
Although Chen Da arrived a little late, it didn't matter, because Chen Da hit the side of the Pinglu Army!

At this point, the pursuit had been going on for four or five days, and Gongsun Hao's Pinglu Army had been fighting and retreating, and was already exhausted.

Normally, when two armies are fighting, if they don't surround the other side in the first place and the other side escapes the encirclement, they generally won't chase them anymore.

After all, if they fall into the plan of luring the enemy deep into our territory, they will most likely be surrounded by the enemy and eventually their entire army may be wiped out.

The reason why Li Yun dared to chase like this was that on the Shouzhou and Guangzhou fronts, Zhao Cheng's troops were still fighting with the Pinglu Army. With Zhao Cheng's troops on the northern front, Li Yun was sure that the Pinglu Army could not spare more troops to interfere in this chase, so he chased all the way here.

Gongsun Hao had never expected that he would be chased by the Jiangdong soldiers for four or five days.

By now, the combat effectiveness of their own troops had been reduced to 45% of their original strength. When they were charged by Chen Da's troops, even though Chen Da's troops were already exhausted, they still immediately caused huge trouble to the Pinglu Army!

Pinglu Army, the central army is in chaos!

The retreating formation was no longer neat, and in less than half an hour, the entire army was completely out of control. Everyone had started running in their own directions, with no formation at all.

Gongsun Hao, who was also a veteran in the central army, knew that something was wrong when he saw the situation. He tried hard to tighten the formation, but it was of no use.

Soon, the entire army's formation was in complete chaos.

Only at this time did he understand why the pursuers had been chasing him so relentlessly and had chased them all the way here. It turned out that an ambush had been set here long ago!
Gongsun Hao gritted his teeth and didn't care about anything else. He shouted, "Everyone, listen up! Run north! Run north!"

"The general has sent people to help us. As long as we enter the Gwangju territory, we will be safe!"

Zhou Gui was also in the central army at this time. Seeing the chaos in the central army, he knew that this army had lost all its combat effectiveness.

Zhou Gui jumped off his horse, looked at Gongsun Hao coldly, and said angrily: "If I had known this would happen, I should have fought with Li Yun in Lanxi a few days ago. Maybe I could have had a chance of survival. Now that I have escaped here, I have fallen into his hands!"

Gongsun Hao was furious: "These are my soldiers, I will withdraw if I can!"

"I am the commander of this army. The general didn't say anything. You bastard, are you trying to cause trouble?"

Zhou Gui looked at him coldly, then took a deep breath, and without looking at him again, he turned around and walked in the direction where the Jiangdong soldiers were chasing. He dropped his weapons and even took off his armor. As he walked, he shouted, "I am Zhou Gui, I want to see Lord Li!"

"I'm Zhou Gui, I want to see Lord Li!"

At this time, Captain He Jun was not far away from him. After hearing his voice, he looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Don't hurt him, send him to see Lord Li!"

Several Jiangdong soldiers immediately stepped forward and took Zhou Gui to see Li Yun.

He Jun looked at the Pinglu soldiers who were fleeing in all directions and shouted, "No killing for surrender, no killing for surrender!"

Jiangdong soldiers have always had a tradition of accepting surrender.

It is not easy to train a new soldier from scratch, but it is relatively easier and faster to subdue a surrendered soldier and incorporate him into one's own army.

In addition, everyone is actually fighting within the Zhou Dynasty court. When there is a conflict of interest, it is naturally a life-and-death struggle. But as long as they surrender, the conflict of interest between the two sides will disappear immediately.

Then there is the possibility of harmonious coexistence.

On the other side, when Yuye Yu Duwei and his men were clearing out the Pinglu Army on the other side, they ran into the Luzhou Army head-on. Yu Duwei saw Chen Da, who was covered in blood, from a distance. He was startled and hurriedly trotted over, supported Chen Da, and asked, "Boss Chen, are you okay?"

Both of them were from the anti-theft team, and when the anti-theft team was first established in the early years, Chen Da was the main person in charge. Although Yu Ye and he have the same official position, both are captains, they are still quite polite.

Chen Da looked up at Yu Ye, who was already a little unconscious.

However, he was not seriously injured. He just had not slept for two days and one night. In addition, he had just led the troops and fought several battles with the Pinglu Army, and had some external injuries on his body. Now, drowsiness, fatigue and exhaustion came over him all at once, and he could hardly bear it.

Seeing that Chen Da was about to fall, Captain Yu supported him and said in a lost voice: "Boss Chen, please don't scare me!"

Chen Da wiped the blood off his face with his sleeve, and regained some consciousness. After seeing Yu Ye's face clearly, he forced a smile and said, "It's a monkey."

"I...I'm fine."

Yu Ye smiled awkwardly: "Boss Chen, I haven't called you Monkey for a long time." "Yes."

Chen Da took a deep breath to sober himself up, then shook his head and said, "I'm a little exhausted, I need to find a place to rest. Here... I'll leave this to you."

"How is the battle going?"

Captain Yu carefully helped Chen Da to sit down next to a big tree, and then said, "Don't worry, Boss Chen, the enemy has dispersed, follow..."

He scratched his head and said, "According to what General Su taught us, this means that the food and wine have already been served, and the rest depends on how much we can eat."

After that, he laughed at Chen and said, "Boss Chen, where are you from? It's damn timely."

"If it's any later, we won't be able to catch up with them."

"I came from Luzhou via Shuzhou."

Chen Da closed his eyes and waved his hand: "I'll take a break first, we...we'll talk again later."

Captain Yu knew that Chen Da had probably rushed here without sleeping all night, and that the fighting had consumed too much energy, so he did not speak to Chen Da again, but just lowered his head and said, "Boss Chen, take a good rest, leave this to me."

He smiled and said, "The Lord of the Prefecture said that after we defeat this part of the Pinglu Army, it will only be a matter of time before the war in Huainan Road ends."

Seeing that Chen Da closed his eyes and did not answer, Captain Yu felt a little scared. He reached out his hand to feel Chen Da's breath. After confirming that his breathing was stable, he breathed a sigh of relief and stood up. He looked around and said in a deep voice: "Follow my orders!"

"All Pinglu soldiers who have not surrendered their weapons and armor will be killed on the spot!"

"Those who are willing to surrender will be organized into a battalion. They are not allowed to be tortured or killed!"

"The pursuit will last for two days. Once the enemy escapes to Gwangju, we will not pursue them any further!"

Beside him, a group of generals and soldiers bowed their heads and clasped their fists: "As ordered!"

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On the other side, in the central army of Jiangdong Army.

Because the dust had settled, Li Yun also stopped and was now resting under a wooden pavilion on the side of the road.

Zhou Gui was escorted all the way to him. After seeing Li Yun, Zhou Gui was furious and glared at Li Yun, saying, "Traitor!"

"Traitor!"

Li Yun was originally looking through a map. Hearing this, he looked up at him and smiled: "I was wondering why someone would arrange such a powerful archer to kill me. It turns out that there must be an acquaintance among the troops along this route."

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, why are you saying something so hurtful?"

Zhou Gui said angrily: "Li, my general does not mind your humble origins and is willing to befriend you, and even to be your brother!"

"At that time, we both agreed that the six states in Jiangbei would belong to you, and you would no longer interfere in other places!"

"It has only been a short time, and you have evil intentions again. You took advantage of the absence of the main force of the Pinglu Army to invade several states in Jiangbei!"

Zhou Gui spat and cursed, "What a mean person you are!"

Li Yun glanced at him, but he was not angry. He just silently closed the atlas in his hand and said lightly: "Brother Zhou, you probably misunderstood."

"Li has now been dismissed from all his duties in Jiangdong. He will no longer be in charge of anything. Everything the Jiangdong Army is doing now."

Having said that, he smiled at Zhou Gui.

"It has nothing to do with me."

(End of this chapter)