Thief Emperor

Chapter 579 The situation becomes more intense
The Battle of Jizhou shook the entire Fanyang area in a very short period of time.

Not only the Fanyang Jiedushi and his son were shocked by Li Yun's battle achievements, but the Khitan Khan, who had just unified the Khitan tribes, was also furious.

He had just unified the Khitan tribes less than a year ago, and had wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in Wu Zhou and the momentum of his conquest of Bohai Kingdom to command the Khitan tribes and first test the strength of the Fanyang army.

After fighting for this period of time, the Fanyang Army had indeed found it difficult to deal with the various Khitan tribes. This made the Khitan Khan more ambitious. He thought that if he could occupy Youzhou, he would be able to occupy most of the north in the future and make the Khitan tribe truly powerful!
But what was unexpected was that Li Yun suddenly appeared halfway.

It’s not that the Khitans could not suffer defeat, the problem was that after they suffered a defeat, their bodies were erected in a mausoleum to demonstrate their shame, which was an extremely shameful thing.

Outside Jizhou City, the day after the Battle of Jizhou.

The Khitan Khan Yelu Yi, wearing light armor, rode on horseback with 3,000 men to the outside of Jizhou City and saw with his own eyes the Jingguan built by Li Yun.

At this moment, Li Yun had already retreated back to Jizhou City, but the twelve Jingguans lined up on both sides of the avenue were particularly shocking.

Most of the Khitans who saw this scene were angry at first, but after being angry, they would also feel some fear in their hearts.

Among the generals of Wu Zhou, there was a ruthless man.

The Khitan Khan called one of the Khitan generals who was outside the city yesterday and looked up at Jizhou City.

"Tell me in detail what happened during the war."

This general, if he followed the rank of the Great Zhou, would be a lieutenant. He half-knelt in front of the Khitan Khan Yelu Yi and bowed his head and said, "Yes, Khan!"

"Earlier, we received news from the Han insiders that the Fanyang Army in Jizhou was going to change its defense, and the people who were going to replace it were southerners who rushed over from Jiangnan."

"The insider said that the southerners are not used to the north and will definitely get sick when they come here. In addition, the southerners are weak, so we can take advantage of this opportunity to occupy Jizhou..."

"After General Xiao received the news, he wanted to bring some people here to give it a try and see what these southern soldiers in Jizhou look like."

At this point, he swallowed his saliva and continued, "General Xiao... General Xiao was very cautious. He did not attack the city directly, but asked us to capture some Han people, kill them, hang them on wooden poles, and write on white flags to encourage the Han army in the city to come out."

"The Han army really couldn't stand the provocation. Two to three thousand of them rushed out that day and fought with us."

At this point, the captain looked up at the Khitan Khan, then lowered his head and said, "These southern soldiers are not very weak, but they are not very strong either. We fought for an hour, and they retreated in a panic. At that time, everyone in the army laughed at the weakness of these Han soldiers..."

"But General Xiao was still very cautious. He asked us to retreat more than ten miles to set up camp and rest. Unexpectedly, the southern soldiers from Jizhou sneaked out that night and attacked our camp at night..."

He lowered his head and said, "The incident happened suddenly. Our army was not prepared and suffered a great loss. Later, during the battle, General Xiao... General Xiao disappeared. Some people said that General Xiao was captured. We had no one to command us, so we had to retreat first."

Having said this, he knelt on the ground and bowed his head deeply: "Khan, this is what happened."

Yelu Yi rode on his horse with an expressionless face.

Behind him, a slightly older Khitan leader lowered his head and said, "Great Khan, do you want to mobilize a large force to surround Jizhou and vent your anger?"

Yelu Yi looked calm and shook his head slightly: "We don't have enough troops."

"Gather the remaining troops, and at the same time transfer another 5,000 men from my own headquarters."

The remnants of Xiao Gan's troops number about 2,000 men when gathered together. He has already brought 3,000 men with him this time. If he transfers another 5,000, the Khitan force outside Jizhou city will reach 10,000 men!
The Khitan Khan looked towards Jizhou and said in a hoarse voice: "Take all the Han prisoners captured in Youzhou and those over 30 years old and bring them to Jizhou. Take them to the city of Jizhou and kill them in front of Li Yun."

"Cut off their heads and hang them on poles. Build a memorial for their bodies and place them in front of Jizhou City!"

At this point, the Khitan Khan had a blank expression on his face: "Since he can't stand this, I will kill him to see if he has the ability to go out of the city to fight again."

The man behind him lowered his head slightly when he heard that, answered yes, then pulled the reins and rode away.

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In Jizhou city.

Li Yun had a sound sleep.

Perhaps influenced by the great leader Li, Li Yun's character became somewhat aggressive, and he really liked the feeling of fighting on the battlefield until exhaustion and then having a good sleep.

Wake up feeling refreshed and full of energy!
Because they were stationed in the city and did not need to live in a tent, Li Yun lived in a private house. When he opened the door, Su Zhan and others were waiting at the door, but he did not see Zhou Bi.

Su Zhan hurried forward, bowed his head and said, "Take the position!"

Li Yun patted his shoulder and asked with a smile, "Did anything happen during the few hours I was asleep?"

Su Zhan shook his head and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that Xiao Gan, who was captured by the superiors, has been questioned and found to be the commander of the Khitan army outside the city."

Li Yun sighed and said with a smile: "Then I am really lucky."

"It can be considered as capturing an enemy general alive amidst a huge army."

Su Zhan lowered his head and continued, "Master, maybe you were too harsh. After Xiao Gan woke up, he kept coughing up blood. The doctor said... the doctor said that he had severe internal injuries and might not be able to recover."

Li Yun just smiled when he heard this, and didn't respond. That night, he was still in a "combat state", and he was extremely excited. Moreover, he was on the battlefield, so it was impossible for him to hold back.

He kicked Xiao Gan on the back. If Xiao Gan hadn't been wearing armor, he would have been crushed to death. It would not be surprising that he suffered internal injuries.

"Have the casualties been counted?"

Su Zhan said quickly: "General Li has sent someone to tell us that our army has suffered about a thousand casualties, and the Khitan casualties are about two to three thousand."

He paused and continued, "We brought back three to four hundred war horses, and more than two hundred of them were not injured."

Hearing this news, Li Yun was much more excited.

These war horses are absolutely treasures.

If he had not been castrated, he might have been used as a stud in the future to breed war horses for Jiangdong.

Even if they cannot reproduce, two hundred war horses are rare treasures. Li Yun can at least use them to train a special cavalry.

A true cavalry where men and horses are one! Instead of the current situation where horses are used as infantrymen, and men are men and horses are horses when fighting.

Li Yun asked Su Zhan about some details. Seeing that the little guy's eyes were also bloodshot, Li Yun realized that he probably didn't sleep much either. So he patted him on the back and said with a smile, "You should also go to sleep for a while. Don't stay up late. If you stay up late, your eldest brother will not forgive me when I go back."

Su Zhan clasped his fists towards Li Yun and said solemnly: "Sir, since I have followed you to the army, I am considered to have joined the army!"

"What happens in the military has nothing to do with my eldest brother."

Li Yun was about to tell him a few jokes when Zhou Bi strode over. Seeing that Li Yun had woken up, he hurried forward and said, "Sir, the Khitan reinforcements outside the city have arrived. There are 3,000 of them, all cavalry."

"Moreover, the scouts saw through telescopes that this cavalry was well-equipped and their tents were quite luxurious. We guessed that they must be nobles among the Khitans, or even the Khitan Khan himself."

At this point, Zhou Bi paused and added: "Right now, they are burning the Jingguan and burying the bodies outside the city."

Li Yun first patted Su Zhan on the back and told him to go and rest, then he looked at Zhou Bi, squinted his eyes, and said lightly: "If they want to burn it, let them burn it."

"As for the Khitan Khan..."

Mr. Li frowned and said softly, "I'll send a letter to Youzhou later and have someone deliver it to me."

"I was going to say this."

Without outsiders, Zhou Bi also relaxed a little. He said, "Xiao Heng, the major general of the Fanyang Army, has entered the city and wants to see my second brother."

Li Yun was startled, then he chuckled and said, "You came really quickly. When did you arrive? Why didn't you wake me up?"

"It will take him about an hour to get to the city."

Zhou Bi said, "Second brother personally charged into the battle and was extremely tired. Zheng brother said that no one can disturb Second brother's rest."

Hearing this, Li Yun glanced at Zhou Bi and smiled dumbly: "Why don't you call him Monkey Brother?"

Since childhood, Zhou Bi always called Li Zheng "Brother Monkey" whenever he saw him, but now he has spontaneously changed his words.

Zhou Bi scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Now I'm all grown up..."

Li Yun laughed.

"Go tell that major general that I will go see him after I wash up."

"it is good."

Zhou Bi nodded and turned to meet Xiao Heng.

Li Yun simply washed his face, tidied his messy hair, and went out. He soon met Xiao Heng.

When Xiao Heng saw Li Yun, he stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Thank you for your hard work, my lord."

Li Yun helped him up, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "I have angered the Khitans this time. If they attack with a large army, we can't just sit back and watch."

Xiao Heng quickly shook his head.

"In Fanyang, no matter how big the matter is, it is my father and I's business."

He said seriously.

"Don't worry, Lord Fu, the Fanyang Army will definitely keep an eye on the main force of the Khitans!"

(End of this chapter)