Thief Emperor

Chapter 577 Great victory!

It was late at night. The soldiers who followed Li Yun out of the city were all Jiangdong soldiers who had not participated in the battle during the day and were waiting for rest time, and they were not sick.

Originally, the Jiangdong Army had hardly suffered any defeats in the Huainan and Jiangnan routes in the past two years, especially in the battles led by Li Yun himself, where they had never suffered any losses.

Now, Li Yun led the team to charge. The morale of the entire army, from generals to soldiers, was high. Without any hesitation, they rushed towards the Khitan positions!
After Zhou Chang heard what Li Yun said, he turned his head and saw that Li Yun had suddenly rammed sideways and knocked a Khitan man a dozen feet away. The man fell to the ground, bleeding immediately from the mouth and nose, and it was obvious that he was dying.

Seeing this scene, the major general of the Pinglu Army couldn't help swallowing.

This cheap uncle is too aggressive!
It was nothing on ordinary days, but when he was on the battlefield, he was like a dragon entering the sea. The visual shock brought by this pure violence was too deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Li Yun’s words shocked Zhou Chang even more.

Those Khitans, after they captured Han people, simply hung their heads on poles like gourds. But this killer is actually going to build a Jingguan for others!

The so-called Jingguan is to pile up the corpses of enemies together, ram the earth and form a tower shape.

The intention is to show off martial arts and intimidate the opponent at the same time.

It also carries a strong sense of provocation and threat.

While Zhou Chang was still in a daze, Li Yun on the other side had already strode forward and killed his way dozens of feet away!
At this time, the two sides had not even been fighting for half an hour, and more than a dozen people had died directly at the hands of Li Yun's gun!

Zhou Chang did not dare to delay, and hurriedly followed with the single-edged sword in his hand.

At this point in the battle, even the Khitans, who had been unaware of the situation, reacted. Zhou Chang strode forward, only to hear the Khitans' curses in front of him and the heat from the tents that were on fire behind him.

The Khitans who reacted were quickly taken over by their generals. They retreated while reorganizing their formation.

After retreating three or four miles, the Khitans finally managed to organize their battle formation. The leading Khitan general had already mounted his warhorse. He turned his horse's head and looked back at Li Yun and his party fiercely, shouting in Khitan: "Go back and kill all these despicable Han people!"

By this time, at least one thousand of his five thousand soldiers had been lost, which means that almost two or three tenths had been killed.

If it had been a head-on collision, with such casualties, they would probably have been defeated, but they were ambushed, and none of the Khitans thought they would lose to the Han on a frontal battlefield.

After the leading general gave the order, these Khitans really turned around and started to confront Li Yun's troops!
The Khitan general began to shout again, calling his men over, and yelled, "Get on the horses, get on the horses!"

Most of the Khitan warriors were cavalrymen, but because they came here with the intention of capturing Jizhou City, not all of them were cavalrymen. At least half of them were infantrymen.

Now that the infantry have turned around and rushed back, these cavalry naturally cannot sit idle.

Except for some Khitan cavalry who did not have time to react and were left in the camp by Li Yun, the rest of the cavalry who still had war horses had basically mounted their horses.

However, it was already early in the morning, and there was still a long time before daybreak. Riding a horse at night was extremely inconvenient except for running on the official road, and the riding and archery skills were almost gone.

After the cavalry mounted their horses, they all looked at their leader. The Khitan general looked at the fierce fighting on the battlefield, clenched his fists, and felt extremely conflicted!

At this time, the two sides were fighting fiercely. Theoretically, the cavalry should also go up to help the infantry fight, but these cavalrymen had lost at least 70% of their abilities at night.

It would be a waste if we dismount and fight on foot.

After thinking for a while, the Khitan general gritted his teeth and shouted, "You can't get off your horse. Charge in on horseback, and slow down!"

This is a wiser choice.

Even if he couldn't help much by riding into the battlefield on horseback, at least he could escape at any time. If these precious cavalrymen were left behind because they dismounted, he would have no way to explain to the Khan when he returned.

More than a thousand riders also turned their horses around and charged into the formation under the dim moonlight.

At this time, Li Yun was covered in blood.

But the vast majority of it was the blood of the enemy.

Meng Qing was not far to his left, his body almost soaked in blood. This young general Meng was born with a fierceness. Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing into the formation, he turned back to look at his subordinates and shouted in a deep voice: "They can't run fast at night, chop off the horses' legs, chop off the horses' legs!"

The battlefield cannot be a flat ground. The corpses everywhere are enough to slow down the cavalry.

After Li Yun shot and killed a Khitan, he quickly glanced at the battlefield and shouted in a deep voice: "Yang Xi, find the location of their general leader!"

Yang Xi was always by Li Yun's side, and seeing this he responded loudly, while protecting Li Yun's left wing, he looked at the battlefield.

Under the moonlight, he soon saw a big man riding a horse but not charging into the battle. Yang Xi quickly pointed at him and said, "Go up there!"

Li Yun looked in the direction he pointed, without stopping, and rushed forward with his personal guards.

The big man on the horse was none other than Xiao Gan, the general of the Khitan people. Seeing Li Yun and his men charging over, he sneered and did not evade. He simply waved to the guards beside him and shouted in a deep voice, "Smash these Han people!"

Five or six horses galloped directly towards Li Yun and others. Li drew the sword from his waist and narrowly avoided the collision with a warhorse. Then he swept the sword across and chopped the horse's leg. The warhorse neighed in pain and threw its owner off.

Li Yun didn't even look at the man who fell off the horse, and rushed directly towards the second horse.

Yang Xi and others beside him had already stepped forward and hacked the fallen knight to death with their swords.

At this time, Li Yun had already rushed to the front of Xiao Gan's horse. Xiao Gan held a saber and slashed at Li Yun's face. Li Yun did not retreat but moved sideways to avoid the knife and at the same time hit Xiao Gan's mount with all his strength.

The force of his collision was almost a thousand pounds. Although the horse was not knocked over directly, it was no longer stable. Xiao Gan, who was on the horse, could not sit steadily either. Li Yun grabbed his legs and pulled him off the horse!
After seeing him fall off his horse, Li Yun pounced on him and hit him hard on the back with a punch. Xiao Gan felt a sweetness in his throat and almost vomited blood.

Li Yun stepped on his back, while Yang Xi and others surrounded him and dealt with the other riders.

"Can you speak Chinese?"

Li Yun stepped hard, and Xiao Gan almost couldn't breathe. He turned his head to look at Li Yun, his eyes full of fear.

This person is simply not a human being!

“Yes… a little.”

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and said, "It's good that you can speak Chinese. What kind of official are you among the Khitans?"

Xiao Gan turned his head away, gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Li Yun looked at his appearance and suddenly something happened to him.

Originally, he only wanted to capture the middle and high-level generals among the Khitans, and then force them to surrender and end the war in a small area. Now it seems...

Could it be that I was just lucky enough to catch the real culprit?
He stepped hard and shouted, "Tell them to surrender immediately. If they surrender, we won't kill them. Otherwise, we'll pile them up in the Jingguan for you!"

At this time, Xiao Gan was already seriously injured, and Li Yun was very strong. After being stepped on by Li Yun, Xiao Gan fainted immediately.

Li Yun frowned, picked him up with one hand and looked at him. Seeing that he was unconscious, he threw him aside and sat down. He took a breath and said, "Tell Li Zheng that if we can't win a great victory within an hour, we will prepare to retreat and return to Jizhou City."

After fighting all the way until now, he had consumed too much physical energy and was indeed a little tired.

Yang Xi immediately lowered his head and turned to look for Li Zheng.

Li Yun just sat on the ground and rested.

Su Zhan, who was wearing armor and looked a little immature, stepped forward carefully, untied the water bottle from his waist and handed it to Li Yun. Li Yun took it, raised his head and gulped down a big mouthful of water, then looked at Su Zhan and said with a smile: "Boy, how do you feel on the battlefield?"

This was Su Zhan's first time on the battlefield, but he had some family knowledge and was not particularly unfamiliar with the battlefield, so he sat next to Li Yun, looked at Li Yun and said, "You are so awesome to be in the position."

Li Yun shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "The real power is to plan and win the battle thousands of miles away."

"This is just a moment of bravery, it's nothing, and..."

Mr. Li lay on the ground, feeling relaxed both physically and mentally.

"I just felt itchy, so I wanted to stretch my body."

Su Zhan was still looking at Li Yun, his tone full of admiration.

"If I could only have the ability to reach 30% of the top in my lifetime."

He said sincerely: "It's all right..."

Li Yun smiled silently and did not answer him.

He didn't plan to continue charging, firstly because he needed to rest, and secondly because it was no longer necessary.

When it was almost dawn, Zhou Bi ran to Li Yun, panting, and bowed his head and clasped his fists.

"Up in the air, General Li has defeated the enemy!"

"The Khitans have already fled!"