Thief Emperor

Chapter 567 Setting foot in the North!

It was not surprising that the Pinglu Army welcomed them north of the Huai River. Apart from considerations of etiquette, the Pinglu Army was also worried that Li Yun and his 10,000 men would do something strange after arriving in Huaibei, so of course they had to send people to keep an eye on them.

But Zhou Chang went directly to the south of the Huai River to greet Li Yun, which was a bit too polite.

If it was daytime, it would be fine, but it was late at night and it seemed even more strange.

After rubbing his eyes, Li Yun stood up, stretched his muscles, and put on his clothes.

At this moment, several guards came in with torches and lit the candles in the big tent. Not long after, Zhou Chang, dressed in thick clothes, walked in. When he saw Li Yun, he was very polite and bowed, saying, "Hello, uncle."

Li Yun was now fully awake. He smiled and said, "Young General, you are too polite. Sit down and talk. Sit down and talk."

There was no shortage of chairs in the big tent, so Zhou Chang found a chair and sat down. Then he looked at Li Yun and said with a smile, "My father told me to pick up my uncle across the river after he arrived in Chuzhou, and not to be less polite. So I'm sorry for coming here so late at night and disturbing my uncle's rest."

The two were of similar age, and Li Yun felt a little uncomfortable when he called him uncle. He looked at Zhou Chang and said with a smile, "My elder brother is too polite. Could it be that he is worried that I will be bad for Qingzhou after crossing the river, so he sent a young general to look after me?"

"That is not the case."

Zhou Chang bowed and said, "Uncle, you have come thousands of miles to help Youzhou. My nephew and my father admire you very much."

He paused and continued, "Because of the incident in Huainan Road, our Pinglu Army was seriously injured and had no strength to support Youzhou."

"However, after seeing my uncle's heroic act, my father felt that Qingzhou could not sit idly by, so he also sent 5,000 men to my nephew to follow my uncle to the north to fight against the Khitans."

"Now, five thousand people are waiting on the other side of the river."

Zhou Chang looked at Li Yun and said seriously, "When we get to the battlefield in Fanyang, I hope you can help me."

This was beyond Li Yun's expectations. He looked at Zhou Chang seriously, then smiled and said, "Major General, we are of the same age, so let's not be too particular about seniority. Just address me as an equal."

Mr. Li sighed and said, "I'm afraid that if you call me uncle, you will bear more hatred in your heart, and it will become a dead end in the future."

Zhou Chang also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "If you were still working in the court, I could address you by your official title. But now that you are a commoner and have sworn brotherhood with my father, I can't address you by your name, can I?"

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "You can also call me Li Er."

Zhou Chang shook his head slightly and said, "We should follow the rules. Back in Fengyang, my father and uncle burned books and offered sacrifices to heaven and earth."

"We in the Zhou family acknowledge this matter."

He looked at Li Yun and said slowly: "My father and I both hope that my uncle will recognize it as well."

Hearing this, Li Yun couldn't help but rub his brows, thinking of the Fengyang Alliance.

During the Fengyang Alliance, Li Yun was only thinking about taking the six states in Huainan Road from the Pinglu Army, and he didn't care much about the other conditions.

Moreover, his values ​​are quite different from those of the natives of this world. Simply put, he is more utilitarian and has no concept of etiquette and law.

During the Fengyang Alliance, he and Zhou Xu became sworn brothers. Zhou Xu not only had someone build an altar, he also burned the alliance letter to report to heaven, and had someone preside over the ceremony, making it quite formal.

At that time, I also published advertisements all over the world.

Li Yun felt something was strange at the time, but he had taken advantage of it so he didn't think about it too much.

When he met Zhou Chang again later, he was secretly happy that he had such a nephew for no reason.

But now it seems that Zhou Xu might have already had some plans at that time.

The two of them became friends through eight kowtows. If the Zhou family always treated Li Yun with courtesy and politeness, then he would...

What reason can I find to turn against you?

"recognize."

Mr. Li looked at Zhou Chang and said with a smile: "Since father and son recognize each other, I will recognize them as well. After dealing with the Khitans, you can go to Jinling and I will take you to meet your two-year-old brother."

Zhou Chang looked calm, nodded and said, "Okay."

He also looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "This trip north, we can go through Qingzhou. Uncle, do you want to go to Qingzhou to be my guest and have a drink with my father?"

Li Yun looked at him with a smile and shook his head decisively: "The military situation in the north is urgent. I don't have time to go to Qingzhou. I will definitely go there when I have time in the future."

Li Yun and Zhou Chang are different after all.

Zhou Chang could go to Jinling and various places to take risks because he was only Zhou Xu's son and could not be considered the backbone of the Pinglu Army, but Li Yun was different.

In his current situation, unless it is absolutely necessary, he would not go to Qingzhou, the base camp of the Pinglu Army. After all, if something happened to him, Jiangdong would most likely collapse immediately.

Zhou Chang naturally knew that he was unwilling to go, so he only mentioned it briefly and then skipped the topic and asked, "When are you going to leave for the north, uncle?"

"the day after tomorrow."

Li Yun looked at him and said with a smile: "I just arrived in Chuzhou today. I will spend the whole day tomorrow inspecting the army. The day after tomorrow morning, I will cross the river and head north."

At this point, Li looked at Zhou Chang and said half-jokingly, "Major General, are you asking about this? Could it be that you want to set up an ambush in Hebei and attack us head-on after we cross the river?"

"Uncle is joking."

He stood up and bowed, saying, "Most of the boats for crossing the river are prepared by your army. I only have 5,000 men in Hebei, so I can't ambush you." "I just asked in advance, so that my 5,000 soldiers in Hebei can also follow the army."

He bowed his head and said, "Now that it's settled, I won't disturb you from resting. I'll take my leave."

At this point, he looked up at Li Yun, then bowed his head and said, "My father said that my uncle started from humble beginnings, but achieved such success in just a few years. He is a rare hero in this world. This time I will follow my uncle to the north, and I hope he will give me more guidance."

Li Yun was very surprised.

He looked at Zhou Chang carefully.

Zhou Chang at this time seemed completely different from the arrogant and domineering Major General of the Pinglu Army whom he had known before.

It's like he's become a completely different person.

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Li Yun said softly: "When the time comes, just take care of each other."

Zhou Chang bowed his head, saluted Li Yun, and quietly left Li Yun's tent.

Mr. Li sat in his chair, looking in the direction Zhou Chang left, a little absent-minded.

"It's really weird."

Thinking of the process of his "awakening", Li couldn't help but mutter, "Could it be that the two stabs from the Jinling assassin also opened up this kid's mind?"

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Two days later, 10,000 Jiangdong troops crossed the river at Chuzhou and headed north.

And after obtaining Zhao Cheng's consent, Meng Qing finally got his wish and followed Li Yun to the north to fight.

Ten thousand people can be said to be a huge group.

Li Zheng first led four to five thousand people across the river. After Li Zheng crossed the river and gained a foothold north of the Huai River, Li Yun led Meng Qing and others, boarded the boat, and crossed the river to the north.

Standing on the boat, Meng Qing looked towards the north and said, "Sir, have you ever been to the north?"

They are all from Xuanzhou, which means they belong to the south.

Li Yun nodded first, then shook his head slightly: "I haven't been there either."

Of course, he had been to the north of another world, but neither he nor the other Li Yun had been to the north of this world.

I don’t know what it looks like.

Meng Qing stared at the north in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long while, he asked again, "Sir, can we reach Youzhou in ten days?"

"No."

Li Yun looked back at the boats behind him and said with a smile: "With so many of us, as well as horses, food and supplies, it will probably take us a day just to cross the Huai River. In ten days, we will never reach the north."

"It will probably take about half a month to reach the Youzhou battlefield."

Meng Qing nodded first, then looked at Li Yun.

"Sir, I wish my parents and sister could live to this day."

Meng Qing clenched his fists: "If they knew that I can lead troops to fight and go to the north now, they will definitely be happy."

Li Yun was silent, turned around and patted his shoulder, comforted him, and then said softly: "Youzhou is also a very important place. When we get there, you should walk around and see more."

According to Du Qian, the environment near the capital of Guanzhong has begun to deteriorate, and the current capital may not be suitable to be the capital in the future.

In this way, Youzhou will at least become an option for Li Yun.

Although he is still a long way from pacifying the world, he can already start to envision the future.

"Youzhou..."

Meng Qing was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Sir, I have read in a book that Youzhou is a bitterly cold place."

"How is it serious?"

“It may be a bitterly cold place right now.”

Li Yun smiled and said, "In the future, it may be very prosperous. Who can tell?"

While the two were talking, their boat had already docked. Li Yun jumped onto the dock easily, looked back to the south of the Huai River, and then looked down at the land under his feet.

According to the Huai River water boundary, this place... is the north.

Li Yun, the lord of the southeast, at this moment.

Officially set foot in the North!

(End of this chapter)