Thief Emperor

Chapter 599 Delivered to your door!
"Ascend."

In Li Yuan's study, the four generals under Li Yun gathered together.

Su Sheng sat at the bottom and looked at Li Yun and said, "We have already distributed the horses from General Li. Tomorrow, I will leave Jinling and lead my troops to Lizhou."

Li Yun nodded and smiled, "Okay, Brother Su, you will have to work harder and get to Lizhou as soon as possible, then reach out to Jingxiang and try to find out the current situation in Jingxiang. The Nine Departments will also send people over to cooperate."

Su Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I want to go to Luzhou first and meet with Commander Chen of Luzhou to discuss the follow-up actions."

Li Yun said with a smile, "Although Chen Da has been in charge of his own business recently, he is still nominally under Brother Su's command. It is right for you to go find him. When you arrive in Luzhou, tell him for me that once the war starts, Luzhou can no longer be considered a border town. Once the war starts, let him and the Luzhou garrison all be under Brother Su's command."

Su Sheng quickly said, "I obey your command!"

After hearing what Su Sheng said, Zhao Cheng also said, "I will also leave early tomorrow morning and lead the Jiangbei Army to Shenzhou."

This time, Li Yun did not agree. He smiled and said, "The Jiangbei Army is not in a hurry. General Zhao can stay in Nanjing for another ten days or half a month before heading north."

Zhao Cheng was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Sir, why is this happening?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "General Zhao went to Jiangbei to take up his post not long after his wedding. Your wife is still in Jinling City, so you should at least spend a few days with her."

Hearing this, everyone present smiled.

Zhao Cheng was not afraid of the stage, and said with a smile: "Private affairs are not as important as official affairs. The affairs of the upper position and the affairs of Jiangdong are far more important than the affairs of my family and surname."

Li Yun didn't say much and skipped this topic. Deng Yang on the side was a little anxious. He lowered his head and said, "Sir, give me a job. Even if it's just to be a captain under General Su!"

Among the four generals, Li Zheng originally had the least military achievements. However, after Li Zheng followed Li Yun to the north and defeated the Khitans, all the generals followed.

As a result, the most embarrassed among the four generals was naturally Deng Yang. Although he was the first in the anti-theft team, or even the first to emerge, he did not have enough merit to match his achievements at the moment. He could only stay near Jinling and train new recruits for various military camps.

In the long run, there might not be any big problem for him to stay at the level of general, but in the future if people at his level move up, for example, to general, there would probably be no place for him, Deng Yang.

Even if you force your way up, you won't be able to convince the public.

At this time, Deng Yang was naturally anxious, because if he continued like this, his position in the Jiangdong army would be quickly overtaken by his younger brother Meng Qing, whom he had brought with him.

After hearing what he said, before Li Yun could say anything, Su Sheng shook his head and said, "General Deng, you must not say that."

"We are at the same level. If we really go out to work together, we will work together. There is no distinction between superiors and subordinates."

Li Yun looked at Deng Yang.

He naturally knew that Deng Yang was a little anxious now, but this kind of thing was a matter at the strategic level, and it was not a matter of giving in to whoever was anxious. After thinking about it, he looked at Deng Yang.

Deng Yang had been following Li Yun. After being looked at by Li Yun, he immediately behaved himself, sat back in his original seat and stopped talking.

Li Yun reached out and knocked on the table, and continued: "It is important to take Jingxiang this time, and it is equally important to defend Nanjing. If you want to fight, you will have the chance to fight when we conquer the four directions in the future."

"How can you accomplish anything big if you are so impatient?"

Deng Yang was scolded by him for a few words. He lowered his head and his face turned red, not daring to say a word.

The generals present here can all be said to be Li Yun’s direct subordinates, but Deng Yang should be closer to Li Yun in comparison, otherwise he would not have been assigned to be a general in the Jinling Army.

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Li Yun. Li stood up, pointed at the map, and said, "General Su's Lizhou is close to Jingzhou, and Shenzhou in Huainan Road is close to Xiangzhou."

"The Nine Departments will provide coordination and corresponding intelligence to you generals. Once a fight breaks out, both sides will work together, one to take Jingzhou and the other to take Xiangzhou."

"There won't be too many troops in these two places, but they are very important, so when you fight, you have to do your best, like a lion fighting a rabbit, and take them down as quickly as possible."

"Otherwise, there will be reinforcements coming in continuously."

At this point, Li Yun paused and said, "I have not yet finished many things for the Jinling Literary Society, and there are still many government affairs to deal with. I cannot leave Jinling for almost two months. After two months, I should go back to your front-line troops to take a look."

"It would be better if you could take Jingxiang before that."

Su Sheng clenched his fists and said excitedly, "I have been thinking about getting promoted for several years, and now my dream has finally come true!"

Everyone present knew that taking Jingxiang, whether successful or not, would be tantamount to starting a rebellion as long as they took action.

In other words, the banner of the Jiangdong Li family must be properly raised, and the injustice of his Su family will have a chance to be avenged!

Li Yun looked at Su Sheng and understood what he meant. He smiled and said, "If everything goes well in the future, you will be my General of the Western Expedition."

Zhao Cheng's eyes were eager, and he couldn't help but stand up: "Take the position!"

Li Yun looked at him and laughed: "Don't worry, don't worry."

After the general policy was decided, the five people began to discuss the specific rules. They continued to discuss until the afternoon. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. It was Su Zhan's voice.

At this time, Su Zhan had already returned to Li Garden to report and became Li Yun's follower again. "Sir, the envoy from Fan Yang has arrived and has entered Li Garden."

Li Yun was startled when he heard this, then he looked at the four generals in his study and said with a smile: "You continue to discuss, I'll go out and take a look."

The four people stood up to see Li Yun off. Li Yun left the study, looked at Su Zhan, and asked, "Who's here?"

"Major General Xiao Heng of Fanyang."

Li Yun said "Oh" and nodded, "I've been busy since I came back and almost forgot about this. Do you have 20 telescopes in the workshop? I'll get them for him in the next two days."

Su Zhan thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I'll go to the workshop and ask."

Li Yun said "hmm", looked at Su Zhan, and asked, "Zhou Bi hasn't come these days?"

Su Zhan nodded and said, "Brother Zhou said that I should adapt myself for a while so as not to be too busy in the future. By the way, the promotion..."

He looked up at Li Yun and hesitated for a long time. Li Yun frowned and said, "What's the matter? Why are you so nagging?"

Su Zhan took a deep breath and whispered, "Master, Mr. Xiao is... Madam is receiving him now..."

"So what?"

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "My wife, can't she see anyone?"

"That's not what I meant..."

Su Zhan lowered his head and reminded: "Master, that Young Master Xiao did not come alone, he brought many people with him..."

Seeing that Li Yun hadn't reacted yet, Su Zhan reminded him again: "Many women..."

Li Yun slapped his head and suddenly reacted.

General Xiao said at the time that he would give him ten beauties, and later said that he would send them to Nanjing in a horse-drawn carriage.

At that time, Li Yun was still thinking about it for a few days, but after returning to Jinling, he was so busy with various things that he put this matter behind him.

He looked at Su Zhan and said with a wry smile: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that Xiao Heng was coming!"

"I went to look for my superior this morning, but he was chatting with my elder brother and several generals for the entire day, so I didn't dare to go in and disturb them..."

Su Zhan felt a little aggrieved, and lowered his head and said, "Now that Young Master Xiao has arrived at Li Garden, I have the courage to come and ask for a higher position..."

"OK OK."

Li Yun shook his head slightly and asked, "Where is the person?"

"In the front yard."

Li Yun hummed, and said softly: "You don't have to follow me, go to the workshop to ask about the situation, I will go by myself."

"Yes."

Su Zhan lowered his head and stepped back. Li Yun lowered his head, straightened his clothes, and walked to the front yard.

As soon as he arrived at the front yard and before he got close to the main hall, Li Yun heard Xue Yuner's voice.

"Mr. Xiao is truly a romantic man. He came to visit Jinling and brought so many beauties with him."

Then, it was Xiao Heng's voice.

"Madam, you misunderstood."

"These were all gifts given to Lord Li by my father to express his gratitude. Lord Li accepted them, so my father asked me to send them to Jinling."

"On the way down, we were treated with courtesy, and we barely met."

Then there was a long silence.

After a long while, Li Yun finally heard Xue Yun'er's voice: "What are these...?"

Then, a clear female voice came.

"Mrs. Li, I am different from them."

Li Yun glanced from afar and saw a woman in blue clothes bowing to Xue Yun'er in the main hall.

"I am a concubine promised to Lord Li by my family."

(End of this chapter)