Thief Emperor

Chapter 612 Everyone should do their best!

Li Yun escorted the supplies from Jinling all the way north, crossed the river at Liuhe, and arrived at Liuhe County in Jiangbei.

Because he brought a lot of things with him, it took one or two days just to cross the river. Li Yun did not wait for supplies in Liuhe, but took his personal guards all the way north to the territory of Chuzhou in the north.

At this time, Deng Yang was stationed in Chuzhou. When Li Yun arrived in Chuzhou, Deng Yang immediately led his troops to greet him. Not long after Li Yun entered Chuzhou, he saw Deng Yang and other generals riding horses. From a distance, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency!"

Li Yun got off his horse and helped Deng Yang up. Then he raised his hand to the generals behind him and said with a smile, "Everyone, get up."

After everyone stood up, Li Yun looked at Deng Yang and said with a smile: "When we distributed horses earlier, I didn't give you any. At that time, I thought that the Jinling Army didn't need to leave Jinling. I didn't expect that you would have to go out to fight not long after."

Deng Yang bowed slightly and said, "Master, this time, we are still in a defensive battle, so we don't need war horses, but it is good to have cavalry, which can defend and attack..."

Li Yun understood what he meant and said with a smile, "Okay, if there are more war horses, I will definitely give them to you."

As he spoke, he glanced at the generals who came with Deng Yang, and a smile immediately appeared on his face at first sight.

"They're all acquaintances."

The Jinling Army was Zhou Liang's team. The people Zhou Liang used at that time were either from the village or from the anti-theft team. Therefore, most of the generals in the Jinling Army were Li Yun's "old brothers" when he started his career.

When everyone heard Li Yun's words, they all smiled. Someone smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I went to war with the superior."

Li Yun smiled and said, "This time, not all of you are following me."

At this point, he thought for a moment and said, "Let's not stand here any longer. Get on your horses and let's go to the main camp to discuss matters."

"Yes!"

Everyone clasped their fists in response, and after Li Yun got back on his horse, they all mounted their horses as well.

In the evening, the group arrived in Chuzhou City, and Li Yun summoned generals of the rank of captain and above to discuss matters.

At this time, the hierarchy of the Jiangdong Army had become clearer.

As former captains such as Zhao Cheng and Su Sheng were promoted to generals, most of the captains now, except for special captains like Yu Ye, He Jun and Qian Zhong, actually lead a captain camp of one thousand people.

As for people like Chen Da, Meng Qing, Qian Zhong, etc., each of them led several captains of the size of captain camps. The next step for Li Yun was to establish another rank for these people and appoint them as deputy generals. In this way, the military system of the entire army would be clear.

The Jinling Army went north to Jiangbei this time, with more than 13,000 people, so there were only a dozen people participating in the meeting.

After Li Yun sat in the main seat, he looked at these people, then looked at Deng Yang and said, "Tell me about the movements of the Pinglu Army."

"Yes."

Deng Yang immediately said, "Sir, since I arrived in Jiangbei and took over the defense line from General Zhao, the Pinglu Army on the north bank has not made any major moves. However, my brothers from Jiusi sent me intelligence that the Pinglu Army has increased its troops by more than 20,000 on the north bank of the Huai River."

"As of now, there are at least 50,000 Pinglu troops stationed on the north bank."

At this point, he paused and said, "In addition, there have been more boats on the Huai River recently, most of which are used by them to cross the river. According to the current situation, the Pinglu Army may move south at any time."

At the beginning, Li Yun made an alliance with Zhou Xu in Fengyang. Zhou Xu asked Li Yun to leave a state in Jiangbei for the Pinglu Army, but Li Yun firmly refused.

Now, the original decision has finally come in handy. If the Pinglu Army wants to return to Jiangbei and go south, they must cross the Huai River, and the difficulty suddenly increases.

This is also the reason why Li Yun was confident in using 15,000 people to guard the Huai River.

Deng Yang took his time and reported the situation in Jiangbei.

In fact, Li Yun had already learned most of these situations through Jiusi along the way, but he still had to ask him, at least to see whether Deng Yang and other front-line generals took it seriously.

After listening to it roughly once, Li Yun looked at Deng Yang and said, "Leave me five battalions of commanders. I will guard Chuzhou here, and you take the rest of the people to Haozhou to guard Fengyang."

Deng Yang exclaimed, "Ah!" He looked up at Li Yun, thought for a moment, and whispered, "Sir, the enemy is likely to land along the Chuzhou line. Even if we divide our forces, at least half should be on each side."

The Huai River is too long, spanning several states. If one wants to defend it, it is definitely not possible to stay in Chuzhou, but the troops cannot be dispersed too much. After all, in terms of the number of troops, the troops in Jiangbei are far less than those in Pinglu.

Li Yun shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

He looked at the generals present and said briefly, "There is one thing I want to tell you guys in advance. Within ten days, our two armies in the west will start to attack. By then, the entire Jiangbei region may face the attack of the Pinglu Army at any time. You..."

"Everyone must be prepared." In fact, at this time, Jiangbei was empty, and it was the best opportunity for the Pinglu Army to move south. However, Zhao Cheng and Su Sheng on the western front did not take action, so Zhou Xu naturally did not dare to act first, for fear of being killed by a surprise attack. By then, it would be difficult for his troops to withdraw to Huaibei calmly like last time.

Once the war between Jing and Xiang breaks out, Li Yun believes that there is at least an 80% chance that the Pinglu Army will take action.

Because Jiangdong has become bigger and stronger, it will only be a future threat to the Jiedushi of Hedong, the Jiedushi of Lingnan, and even to the imperial court.

But for the Jingnan Army and the Pinglu Army, if Li Yun becomes more powerful, it is very likely that they will be brought about a devastating disaster!

This kind of threat can sometimes lead to a fight between father and son, not to mention close friends.

Therefore, Zhou Xu was the first person to join Pei Huang's "Hengzong" movement and was also a relatively active military governor.

Everyone stood up and bowed their heads.

"Yes!"

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Huaibei, Suyu City.

Pei Huang, exhausted from the journey, entered the city in the evening. Led by two young men, he wandered around and finally met General Zhou Xu in the city.

At this time, Zhou Xu was resting in a private house. As soon as Pei Huang walked into the room, he immediately smelled the scent of rouge. He frowned slightly, and then he understood why this great general was called "Zhou Yaozi" by his peers.

After entering the room, Pei Huang saw General Zhou Xu, who was looking through documents. He looked at Zhou Xu, then stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Greetings, General."

Zhou Xu raised his head, looked at him, and then smiled: "Sit down, sit down and talk."

Pei Huang sat down, looked around, and said, "Why don't I see the young general?"

Zhou Xu frowned slightly and said calmly: "Marching and fighting are important matters. He is just a child and does not need to participate."

Pei Huang was stunned and immediately understood Zhou Xu's idea.

Zhou Chang should still be in Qingzhou.

The young general is nearly 30 years old this year and is certainly not a "child" anymore. However, Zhou Chang has some friendship with Li Yun, so General Zhou does not want him to get involved.

It's not that he was worried that Zhou Chang would tip off Li Yun, but he wanted to leave a retreat for Qingzhou. If the attack on Li failed this time, Zhou Xu would retreat to the second line and officially hand over all the power of the Pinglu Army to Zhou Chang, allowing this major general to officially take over.

In this way, there is still room for improvement in the relationship between Qingzhou and Li Yun.

These things were all things that could be seen but could not be spoken. Pei Huang just turned his mind and did not continue to ask. Instead, he looked at Zhou Xu and said softly: "The general's complexion does not seem to be too good. Now is a critical time. The general should pay attention to rest."

General Zhou smiled and said, "I have spent my life studying the art of keeping fit and mastering the art of fighting. Master Pei, you don't have to worry about me."

"At least Zhou can finish this battle."

At this point, he looked at Pei Huang and said calmly, "Mr. Pei went out for a walk, what was the result?"

"Jingnan's Yang Jiedu has made all preparations to deal with Jiangdong's Li thief. In order to prevent the city from being besieged by Li thief, I will do my best to help the Jingnan army store food during this period."

"The Lingnan Jiedushi has also received the order and is preparing for action."

"Twenty thousand troops from Taiyuan are on their way."

Zhou Xu nodded silently and said, "I have received news that Zhao Cheng and Su Sheng, two people under Li Yun, are ready to make a move."

"The war is about to break out."

Pei Huang looked at Zhou Xu and said in a deep voice: "The general saved the country in times of crisis. The court and Your Majesty will remember the general."

"Stop talking nonsense."

General Zhou disagreed and spoke slowly.

"Let's just do our best."

(End of this chapter)