Thief Emperor

Chapter 572: Heavenly Star Lord
Liang Wen is undoubtedly an extremely ambitious person.

Otherwise, he would not have had such a legendary experience. In a situation where there was almost no way out, he not only made his own way, but now, he has also become a warlord.

More importantly, he is extremely smart.

He knew very well that, given his current situation, if he imitated Wang Junping or some other warlord and occupied a piece of land and then ruled as a king, he would never be a rival to the veteran Jiedushi like the Hedong Jiedushi, Pinglu Jiedushi and so on.

He could never be a match for Li Yun from Jiangdong.

Over time, it will only lead to self-destruction.

If he wants to strengthen himself and gain a firm foothold in this chaotic world, he has only one choice, and that is to affiliate himself with the imperial court, borrow the court's resources, and gain the emperor's trust!
He was certain that the emperor had no one else to rely on now and had to trust him!

As long as he can grasp the military power, there is a great possibility that he will rise rapidly in the court, and then use the name of the court to rapidly strengthen himself.

In the future, maybe I can become a powerful official!
At this moment, the Liang envoy looked up at the Luoyang City in front of him, held his breath, and waved his hands fiercely: "Attack the city, attack the city!"

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Hebei Road, northern Cangzhou.

At this moment, Li Yun's troops have arrived at the Zhangshui River, the northernmost part of Cangzhou. Crossing this river, to the north is the territory of Youzhou.

After crossing the Zhang River, Li Yun stood in the territory of Youzhou and looked back north at the river behind him.

And this Zhang River, in another time and space, would become the place where the emperor crossed the river.

He looked down at his feet and suddenly felt a sense of heroism in his heart.

The places where I have stepped on may become the place where the emperor crosses the river in the future!
As it would take quite some time for the army to cross the river, Li Yun found an open space north of the Zhang River to rest. Not long after he sat down, Xiao Heng, the Major General of the Fanyang Army, and Zhou Chang found him. Before they got close, the two men bowed to Li Yun and called him "Mr. Fu".

Li Yun did not stand up either. He waved at the two people and said with a smile, "Come on, come on, sit down and talk. Sit down and talk."

Seeing Li Yun sitting on the ground, the two major generals hesitated a little.

Although they can be said to be soldiers, they are not the first generation or even the second generation after all. Even if they have practiced martial arts since childhood, they seldom do such indecent things as sitting on the ground.

But soon, they sat next to Li Yun.

Xiao Heng took out a map from his arms, handed it to Li Yun, and said, "Mr. Li, this is the defense map of Jizhou and part of Youzhou. Take a look at it first. After you arrive in Jizhou, you will have some idea in your mind."

Li Yun took it and took a look. It was a very detailed map, which marked where the Fanyang army was stationed and how many troops were deployed.

Not only Jizhou is drawn on it, but most of Youzhou is also drawn on it. In the part outside the Great Wall, the approximate location of the Khitans is also marked.

Li Yun only read it once, then looked up at Xiao Heng in surprise, and said with a smile: "General Xiao is so bold that he dares to show such a thing to others easily."

"It is not something that is easily shown to others."

Xiao Heng looked at Li Yun and said, "Lord Li, and... and Zhou Chang, no matter what, they are all friendly troops who have come from afar to support us in Fanyang. We should tell them the truth, and..."

"And my father has already said that if your army or..."

At this point, he glanced at Zhou Chang and continued, "Perhaps the Pinglu Army wants to take advantage of the situation and attack Fanyang at this time, so the Fanyang Army will no longer guard Fanyang and give up this place to the Pinglu Army, or to Li Shijun."

Hearing this, Li Yun was stunned at first, and then he exclaimed: "General Xiao's words leave me speechless."

Li Yun narrowed his eyes, then smiled and said, "If Jiangdong's military strength could be doubled at this time, I would really dare to take on Fan Yang's mission."

When the two major generals heard his words, they didn't take it seriously. After all, it was not realistic to say such things at this time.

Xiao Heng pointed at the Jizhou city on the map and said, "Mr. Li, please look here. This is Jizhou City. Now I, Fan Yang, have stationed 10,000 troops here."

"Once Lord Li arrives in Jizhou City, these 10,000 people will withdraw and hand over Jizhou City and the entire territory to Lord Li."

At this point, Xiao Heng said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Lord Li, my father said that this time when we fight the Khitans, no matter what the situation is, it must be our Fanyang Army that will lead the attack."

Li Yun thought about it and said softly: "Since Xian and his son are so frank, I will also tell you the truth. It is impossible for the 10,000 people I brought to fight here to nothing."

He said bluntly: "If we lose at most half of our troops, I will withdraw."

Zhou Chang, who was standing by, said quickly, "Me...me too."

"Half of the troops were injured and withdrawn, they are already elite troops."

Xiao Heng stood up and bowed to Li Yun: "On behalf of my father, I would like to thank Mr. Li!"

He paused, and then said, "My father is in Youzhou now and cannot leave, but he said that as soon as this war is over, he will come here in person to meet Lord Li!"

Li Yun also stood up and asked with a smile: "Young General, are you leaving?"

"Yes."

Xiao Heng said very directly: "When we arrive in Youzhou, I will go back to see my father and ask about the situation. Don't worry, Lord Li, someone will take you to Jizhou and nothing will go wrong." After saying this, he clasped his fists to Li Yun, nodded to Zhou Chang, patted Zhou Chang on the shoulder, said "let's go", and turned and left.

Zhou Chang looked at his back as he left, cursed him for being rude, then turned to look at Li Yun and sighed, "It's different when you're not the head of the family. This kid is much more polite to his uncle than to me."

Li Yun laughed dumbly: "He is your cousin?"

"Not counting."

Zhou Chang shook his head slightly and said, "His mother died early, and my aunt is his stepmother, so I don't get along with her very well."

Zhou Chang looked at Li Yun again and said with emotion, "I used to think that the father and son were both ambitious people, but now it seems that they are still responsible and are ready to fight to the death with the Khitans in Fanyang."

Li Yun stretched his body, his bones crackling, and then he said calmly: "They have no choice. If they run away from Fanyang, they will have no place to stay, and no matter how many soldiers they have, it will be useless."

“But this time, if Fan Yang can hold on, it will be a huge success, and the imperial court will also be hit hard.”

“No one will care in the future.”

Zhou Chang heard the sound of Li Yun moving his body and looked at Li Yun curiously.

"I've always heard that my uncle is extremely brave, so I want to give it a try."

Li Yun looked at him and said with a smile: "How do you try?"

Zhou Chang stood in front of Li Yun, took two steps back, and folded his hands in front of him, with his palms facing Li Yun.

"Uncle...Uncle, push me and let me test my strength."

Li Yun nodded with a smile. He held Zhou Chang's hands with one hand, then squatted down with his calves, exerted force with his feet, and shouted softly.

Zhou Chang only felt a huge force coming from his two hands. He had no room to resist and was pushed "flying" out almost without touching the ground. He "flew" a dozen feet away before falling to the ground. Then he looked at his two hands, swallowed his saliva, and his face was full of disbelief.

He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but in front of Li Yun, he had no room to resist!
But it's not surprising.

This is the area where Li Yun is best at. Even Pei Zhuang, who is an excellent martial artist, is far inferior to him in terms of strength alone, not to mention Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang took a long time to stand up. He felt pain in both arms. He brushed the dust off his butt, walked back to Li Yun, and couldn't help but speak.

"You...are not even human."

Mr. Li glanced at him and said mysteriously, "I am the Star God of Heaven."

After saying this, Mr. Li smiled heartily and walked away with his hands behind his back.

It feels good to show off.

Zhou Chang looked at Li Yun's tall back and murmured.

"Star Lord of Heaven..."

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Eight days later, Li Yun's troops arrived at the city of Jizhou.

This march was far beyond his expectations.

I originally thought that I could get there in twenty days or half a month, but I didn't expect that it would take a whole month to walk this distance.

Just about to see Jizhou.

Moreover, it was still quite cold in Jizhou at this moment. Li Yun's troops were basically all from the south, and some of them could not bear the cold and fell ill.

Fortunately, with Li Zheng busying around, and Li Yun's prestige here, the morale of the army did not drop much.

And the even better news is that after a month of traveling, the weather is slowly getting warmer and it will be warm in less than ten days or half a month.

Just when Li Yun was stationed at the foot of Jizhou City, a group of twenty or thirty riders from Jizhou City rushed to Li Yun's camp. After being brought to Li Yun's tent, the first person bowed to Li Yun.

"Li Zhang, the garrison commander of Jizhou, greets Lord Li."

Li Yun looked up at him and said with a smile, "My family."

"It's the main family."

"Mr. Li, the garrison troops of Jizhou will withdraw from Jizhou early tomorrow morning to support Youzhou."

At this point, Li Zhang bowed his head deeply to Li Yun and said sincerely: "I am the general, on behalf of the Fanyang army..."

"I am grateful for Lord Li's kindness!"

(End of this chapter)