Thief Emperor

Chapter 580 Khitan's Revenge
When playing away from home, Li Yun certainly cannot take the lead.

For a battle of this scale, the people he brought with him did not have the ability to carry the main responsibility, so he needed to communicate well with the Fanyang Army to share the pressure of the battlefield.

In other words, if the Khitans sent reinforcements to Jizhou because they were annoyed with Jizhou, then the Fanyang army would also have to send reinforcements here accordingly.

Otherwise, Li Yun would not be able to bear the pressure and would abandon Jizhou and retreat. It would be impossible for him to leave all 10,000 of his men here.

Xiao Heng agreed to this matter very readily. This was originally Fan Yang's own business. There was no reason for them to refuse Li Yun's help.

After accepting the offer, Xiao Heng looked at Li Yun and exclaimed, "I had only heard of Lord Li's name before, but never saw his demeanor. Today I know how powerful he is. I am truly astonished."

Hearing his praise, Li Yun felt a little embarrassed. He waved his hand and smiled, "It's just a night attack. If we fight head-on during the day, I can't do anything to the Khitan cavalry."

Xiao Heng took two steps back and bowed, saying, "This is already quite remarkable. I, the lower generation of Fanyang, would like to thank you, Lord Fu."

Li Yun stepped forward to support him, and said with a smile: "Young General, you are too polite. How is the situation in Youzhou?"

"With the help of the Lord, my father is able to free up his hands. Youzhou is quite stable. The Khitans will never be able to break through Youzhou's defense line."

"This time, the Lord has made a great contribution. The people of Fanyang really don't know how to thank him."

"That's easy."

Li Yun smiled and said, "I have been working in the south for several years, and I have mostly walked so far. If you can give me some horses, I can use them for walking."

"Then I'd be grateful."

As he spoke, Li Yun looked at Xiao Heng's expression and said with a smile: "Of course, I went north all for the sake of our Han Empire, not for some war horses. It would be great if you give them to me, but it doesn't matter if you don't."

Xiao Heng looked at Li Yun thoughtfully, then asked, "Does the Lord want to recruit cavalry in Jiangnan?"

Li Yun nodded and asked, "Isn't it okay?"

“It won’t be very large.”

Xiao Heng said, "There's no place to build a decent horse farm in Jiangnan, and there are cities everywhere..."

He looked at Li Yun and said with a smile, "But since the Lord has spoken, I can make the decision and give him 500 war horses. If you want more, I will have to ask my father."

"Five hundred is fine. Five hundred is fine."

Li Yun was very happy and said with a smile: "Then let's put it this way. I won't take your horse for nothing."

"As long as the Khitan troops in Jizhou do not exceed 20,000, I will defend it for you for three months."

Xiao Heng took a deep breath, bowed his head again and said, "Thank you, Lord."

Li Yun looked at him, then smiled and said, "There is one more thing I want to talk to the Major General about."

Xiao Heng said seriously: "Please speak, Lord."

"There must be Khitan spies among your Fanyang army, especially among Li Zhang's troops who originally guarded Fanyang, and they are of high status."

Mr. Li smiled and said, "Otherwise, we wouldn't have arrived in Jizhou and the Khitans would have attacked us right after we arrived. There is no such coincidence in the world."

Hearing this, Xiao Heng's expression turned serious. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, Master Fu. I will report this matter to my father immediately and give you an explanation soon. Also..."

"Jizhou won a great victory. My father is ready to report the victory to the court. This time, it is the Duke of Fu who made the first contribution. My father is going to ask for credit for the Duke of Fu in the victory report."

Li Yun frowned at first, then smiled and said, "At this time, Fan Yang still wants to report the victory to the court?"

"Did the imperial court not even send any news about the Khitan invasion this time?"

"What the court does is its business."

Xiao Heng said solemnly: "We, the Xiao family, are ministers of the Great Zhou. We must report the news to the court in the way we should report it."

"I don't want the credit for the great victory in Jizhou anymore."

Li Yun smiled and said, "In the document reporting the victory to the court, write that you, the Major General, led the troops to defeat the Khitans in Jizhou. Then give me 500 more horses. What do you think, Major General?"

Li Yun now doesn't want to have any intersection with the imperial court. Although it will be more difficult to start an uprising in the future, the old imperial court will be destroyed more thoroughly.

If there is any connection, it will be much easier to do things in the future, but after all...

A little uncomfortable.

Xiao Heng quickly shook his head and said with a smile, "I have also heard about the court's dismissal of the governor. This was done by the Lingwu County Prince and has nothing to do with the court. Don't mind it, Governor."

Li Yun glanced at him and said calmly, "Then you can write whatever you want. I will not submit a single word of documents to the court."

Xiao Heng smiled and said, "That is of course the freedom of the mansion master."

After that, he stood up and said, "You've had a fierce battle, so take a break. I'm going to write a letter to my father."

Li Yun looked at him and asked, "Young General, are you not going back to Youzhou?"

"The Khitans are likely to increase their troops in Jizhou."

Xiao Heng said seriously: "I will stay in Jizhou and coordinate the military affairs."

…………

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

After a few days of rest, the lightly injured soldiers of Li Yun's Jiangdong Army had basically recovered.

Among the soldiers who were sick due to acclimatization, those who were in good health have recovered, but those who were in poor health have deteriorated a lot and their condition has become more serious. There is no way to deal with this, and it is difficult to adjust in a short period of time.

Fortunately, the proportion of this group of people is not large and does not affect the overall combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong soldiers.

During these few days, the Khitan's movement to increase troops in Youzhou became increasingly obvious. In just three days, at least thousands of Khitans were transferred to Jizhou.

That morning, in a private house in Jizhou City, a man named Li, wearing only a single garment, sat on a chair with a large sword.

In front of him was the Khitan general Xiao Gan, whose face was as white as gold paper, his hair was loose, and there was no hair in the center of his head, only hair on the sides.

Under normal circumstances, he should tie up his hair on both sides to look more respectable, but now that he is a prisoner, this hairstyle looks even uglier.

The Khitan general looked at the tall Li Yun in front of him with a rare look of fear in his eyes.

That night, the battle situation was complicated and he had completely forgotten the appearance of many Han soldiers, but he had always kept the appearance of the man in front of him in mind!

terrible!

At that time, this man almost single-handedly faced the charge of several of his own war horses, and easily pulled him off the horse and captured him.

Such bravery is rarely seen even among the Khitans.

Li Yun looked the Khitan general up and down, and after a long while, he asked, "How old are you?"

Xiao Gan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty... twenty-six years old."

His accent was strange, but it did not prevent Li Yun from understanding him. After hearing what he said, Li Yun looked at his head and his expression became strange.

"You are about the same age as me, how come you have no hair?"

"you!"

Xiao Gan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "My clan has always been like this!"

"It's weird."

Li Yun shook his head slightly, skipped the topic, and then asked: "Who did you learn Chinese from?"

Xiao Gan coughed violently twice, looked up at Li Yun, and sneered, "We have captured many Han people, so it's not surprising to learn a few words of Chinese."

"it is good."

Li Yun clapped his hands and said, "You are quite courageous. Did you instruct the Khitans to slaughter Han people and hang white banners under Jizhou City?"

It was indeed he who did it. Xiao Gan was about to admit it, but a sense of fear arose in his heart for no reason. He lowered his head again and gritted his teeth and said, "Just think of it as my order!"

Li Yun frowned, then said expressionlessly: "I won't waste my words with you. Tell me what the situation of your Khitan tribe is now. If you can tell me well, you may be spared from death."

Xiao Gan turned his head away.

"The Khan will come and destroy Jizhou!"

"You ungrateful animal."

Li Yun stood up, looked at his pale face due to internal injuries, and drew the sword from his waist.

"Do you believe that I can cut off one of your arms and legs, save your life, and send you back to Khitan?"

Xiao Gan's expression changed slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Zhou Bi's voice suddenly came from outside: "Sir, the Khitans are approaching Jizhou City."

Li Yun sheathed his sword, glanced at Xiao Gan, and said calmly, "I'll come and deal with you later."

After saying that, he strode out and looked at Zhou Bi at the door.

"How many people came?"

"You can't see the end at a glance. There must be several thousand people."

Li Yun nodded.

"Lead the way."

Because they didn't know which city gate the Khitans were gathering at, they had to let Zhou Bi lead the way. Soon, the two of them reached the east gate of Jizhou.

The people at the city gate, Xiao Heng, Zhou Chang, Li Zheng, Meng Qing and others were all there. After seeing Li Yun, they all stepped forward and bowed their heads in greeting.

Li Zheng stood beside Li Yun, handed the telescope in his hand to him, and said, "Go up, take a look."

Li Yun took his telescope and looked into the distance.

Not far outside Jizhou City, several thousand Khitans had gathered.

In front of these Khitans, there were groups of kneeling Han people who were not wearing any armor or even any clothes.

There are men and women.

Many men and women were stripped of their clothes and trembled like animals.

Li Zheng took a deep breath and whispered: "Second brother, the Khitans are..."

"Revenge is coming."

(End of this chapter)