Thief Emperor

Chapter 590 Benefits
Jizhou.

Li Yun led his men to fight for almost half a day and finally wiped out the more than 1,000 Khitans. Just as he was cleaning up the battlefield, Xiao Heng, the major general of the Fanyang Army, strode up to Li Yun, bowed his head and saluted, saying, "Lord Li!"

Xiao Heng looked at Li Yun and said straight to the point without any nonsense: "The Khitans in Youzhou have withdrawn."

If the Khitans wanted to retreat, they would have to retreat back to Liaodong, that is, retreat to the northeast, so they would have to pass through Jizhou.

Li Yun understood what Xiao Heng meant and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will pack up here quickly. After that, we will retreat back to Jizhou City."

The main force of the Khitans came to Jizhou. Without the support of the Fanyang army, Li Yun would certainly not be able to defeat them. At this time, there was no need to think about it. He had to retreat back to the city and watch these Khitans leave.

Xiao Heng looked at Li Yun and said, "The Khitans suffered such a great loss at the hands of the Lord. My father is worried that when they pass through Jizhou, they will attack Jizhou City fiercely to avenge the Lord and the Jiangdong Army and Pinglu Army."

Li Yun looked at Xiao Heng and asked, "Why don't you chase them?"

"We have to chase them, of course. We have to drive them out of Fanyang."

"However, the Fanyang Army is not absolutely dominant. My father cannot chase too hastily, lest he be attacked by these Khitans. If he is caught off guard, he may suffer a loss."

Li Yun understood what he meant and asked, "Major General, just tell me how long the gap is."

"one day."

Xiao Heng said, "It will only take one day. The Fanyang Army will surely arrive soon."

"That's no problem. No matter what, holding on for a day shouldn't be a problem."

At this point, Li Yun pointed to the east and asked, "Further over there, is Pingzhou?"

Xiao Heng nodded and said, "Yes, it used to be...it used to be a state of our Great Zhou."

At this point, Xiao Heng sighed and said, "Going further east, the terrain becomes tighter. If we can build a pass there, we won't have to worry about the Khitans anymore."

Li Yun thought about it, shook his head slightly and said: "There is no such thing as an impregnable pass in the world. No matter how strong it is, it will not work."

"Over time, problems will arise."

Mr. Li looked into the distance and said slowly, "The best way is to push forward all the way and let these Khitans see the strength of us Han people. As long as we kill them to pieces, they will be able to behave themselves for at least a hundred years."

"too difficult."

Xiao Heng sighed and said, "In the early years of the dynasty, perhaps there was such ability. Now, who can fight to Liaodong?"

Li Yun did not respond, but turned around to look at Li Zheng who was standing not far from him, and said with a smile: "Brother, did you hear that?"

Li Zheng looked at the two people and said, "I heard it."

"Can you fight to Liaodong?"

Li Zheng shook his head: "I can't do it."

He paused, then added: "But I believe that the upper position can be achieved."

Li Yun shook his head slightly: "I can't do it now."

Xiao Heng looked at his two brothers and also looked towards the east, but he did not speak. His expression became a little complicated.

Compared to the already somewhat lifeless Fanyang Army, the brothers Li Yun and Li Zheng are really...

A bit too lively.

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Two days later, the main force of the Khitan passed through Jizhou.

They did not attack Jizhou City, because with more than 40,000 troops, it was still unclear whether they could capture Jizhou, let alone capture Jizhou within one day.

If you stay here, you are likely to suffer heavy losses.

However, when the Khitans passed by Jizhou, they sent an envoy all the way to the city of Jizhou and asked to see Li Yun.

He did not ask to see the Jizhou garrison commander, but explicitly asked to see Li Yun. Apparently, the Khitans also had their own intelligence system and already knew Li Yun's information, at least part of it.

After the Khitan envoy entered Jizhou City, he soon met Li Yun in Jizhou City. After meeting Li Yun, he saluted Li Yun and said, "Khitan envoy Zhao Derang greets General Li."

Hearing his name, Li Yun looked at his appearance again and asked, "Han?"

"Yes."

The envoy surnamed Zhao bowed his head and said, "Han people."

Li Yun just looked at him again and asked, "Go on."

Zhao Derang was somewhat curious and lowered his head and said, "I thought General Li wanted to interrogate me."

"Everyone has their own choice. There is nothing to say."

Li Yun said calmly: "Now you are a Khitan envoy, I will not kill you. If we meet on the battlefield in the future, we will see who will die. Don't be long-winded, just get to the point."

Zhao Derang was a little surprised again, then he lowered his head slightly and said: "General Li, our Khan admires you very much and wants to make friends with you."

Li Yun smiled: "I killed a lot of Khitans during my trip to the north. He still wants to be friends with me?" "People outside the Great Wall fight against the heavens and the beasts."

Zhao Derang bowed his head and said, "We have always respected the strong."

"Our Khan, having seen the General's prowess on the battlefield, admires the General very much, but the Khitan did not win this time, and the Khan did not expect to subdue the General. Our Khan said that he would meet the General again in the future."

"I will definitely take the general under my command."

Li Yun curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "I am not as generous as the Khitan Khan. If we meet on the battlefield in the future, I will definitely kill him."

Zhao Derang's expression remained unchanged, and he lowered his head and said, "General Li, I came here mainly for General Xiao."

"General Xiao is the brother-in-law of our Khan."

"Please release General Xiao. We can negotiate any conditions you want."

Li Yun glanced at him and said, "Then I ask the Khitan Khan to surrender into the city, is that okay?"

Zhao Derang shook his head slightly and sighed, "General Li, now that the Wu Zhou court has become like this, you are no longer loyal to the Wu Zhou court, and you are far away in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no need for you to come north to embarrass my Khan, and there is no need for you to be so bitter and resentful."

"There was no conflict between us before, and the Khitans have not committed any crime against General Li."

He looked at Li Yun and asked, "Isn't it?"

Li Yun looked at Zhao Derang at noon, and then said calmly: "Originally there was no hatred. I came to the north just because I didn't want the Khitan tribe to move south smoothly. But after I saw what the Khitan people did outside Jizhou City, there was hatred between us."

Zhao Derang was silent for a moment, then said, "Warfare is a game of deception. On the battlefield, it is common to use any means."

Li Yun finally lost all his patience. He looked up at Zhao Derang and said calmly, "I'll give you three more sentences. If you don't say anything decent, I will lose my patience."

Zhao Derang finally lowered his head and said, "General Li, our Khan will give you two carts of leather. You don't need to take General Xiao back. You just need to kill General Xiao."

After hearing this, Li Yun finally looked at Zhao Derang straight in the eye. A smile appeared on his face: "How interesting."

"This Xiao Gan has done a lot of evil. I was planning to kill him in a few days. But after hearing what you said, I am not going to kill him anymore."

Zhao Derang's face slightly changed, and he said in a deep voice, "General Li."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Yun interrupted him.

"Zhou Bi."

Zhou Bi, who was at the door, strode in, bowed his head and clasped his fists towards Li Yun, and Li waved his hand.

"see a visitor out."

"Yes."

Zhou Bi strode up to Zhao Derang. Although the latter was somewhat unwilling, he had no choice but to leave Li Yun's study.

After Zhao Derang left, Li Yun touched his chin, thoughtfully.

The Xiao Gan that he had captured personally... Although he still couldn't figure out what was so special about this man, it seemed that this man might...

Very useful.

……

After the main force of the Khitan crossed the border, the main force of the Fan Yang army followed them to Jizhou. These main forces of the Fan Yang army were stationed outside the city of Jizhou.

General Xiao, who led the troops personally, left the barracks and settled in Jizhou City with his own guard camp.

After meeting Li Yun in Jizhou, General Xiao stepped forward, bowed his head and saluted Li Yun: "On behalf of the people of Fanyang, I would like to thank Brother Li for coming to my aid from a thousand miles away."

"The Fanyang Army will all remember today's kindness."

"Just helping out."

Li Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "In the final analysis, it is still the ability of the general."

Xiao Xian shook his head slightly: "In Youzhou, I can only defeat the minority with the majority."

"Compared to Brother Li, it's a little worse."

At this point, he looked at Li Yun, who immediately understood and said, "The siege of Fanyang has been lifted. Our army will rest for a few days and then leave Fanyang and return to Jiangdong."

"No rush, no rush."

General Xiao pulled Li Yun's sleeve and said with a smile: "It just so happens that our two armies are gathered in Jizhou. We can have a good exchange during this time."

"Earlier, we promised Brother Li three thousand horses, but there are still one thousand horses that have not been delivered. They will be delivered in the next few days."

At this point, Xiao Xian looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "Brother Li is at an age when he is full of energy. I have asked someone to prepare ten beauties and send them to Brother Li."

Having said that, he paused and whispered.

"Among them, one is the daughter of Lu from Fanyang, and she is given to Brother Li as a concubine."

(End of this chapter)