Thief Emperor

Chapter 616 Entering the game with your own body!

The moon was dark.

On the Huai River, countless boats quietly rowed from the north bank of the Huai River to the south bank in the dark night.

These boats are of different sizes, but most of them are small boats. They are not very noticeable on the Huai River and are widely scattered.

On average, there is only one ship every ten feet. Even if the enemy on the other side notices it, it is difficult to intercept it, especially when the number of defenders on the other side is insufficient.

Just as these boats were crossing the river, someone in a tent on the south bank of the Huai River quickly walked up to Li Yun, bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying, "Sir, the Pinglu Army has begun crossing the river!"

Li Yun said "hmm" calmly, "Send someone to inform Fengyang, and let Fengyang take precautions and be careful."

"Yes!"

The man lowered his head and walked out of Li Yun's tent.

Mr. Li stood up, took the helmet beside him and put it on his head, then picked up the visor that he hadn't worn for a long time. After hesitating for a moment, he did not put it on, but put it in his arms and strode out of his tent.

Outside the big tent, an army of two thousand men had assembled.

The Huai River is a natural barrier. Since we have this barrier, there is no reason not to use it.

Moreover, if we really don't use it at all and just let the Pinglu Army cross the river, it might arouse the suspicion of the Pinglu Army.

Outside the big tent, Feng Qi had been waiting for a long time. He clasped his fists towards Li Yun and said, "Sir, our brothers on the Huai River are already blocking the Pinglu Army on the other side!"

Li Yun nodded and said in a deep voice: "Remember, although we don't have many people, they don't have many ships either, so just focus on the ships!"

"If we kill one more person at this time, we will save one brother from dying later. Do you understand?"

Fonki grinned.

"Don't worry, my lord. I will definitely protect the Huai River!"

"You stay here and wait for good news from my subordinates!"

Li Yun smiled and said, "Can't you see that I'm already in armor?"

Feng Qi was stunned: "Superior, you..."

"Stop the fucking bullshit."

"Remember the military order. When you hear the whistle arrow, every captain camp will follow suit and fire the whistle arrow. Then we will retreat to Chuzhou City!"

Li Yun's face darkened and he shouted, "Send out troops to guard the Huai River!"

"Yes!"

Feng Qi was brought here by Li Yun. After hearing what Li Yun said, he subconsciously said yes, then turned around and waved to the brothers behind him, shouting, "Let's go, let's go!"

At this time, all the defenders of Chuzhou were basically pulled out by Li Yun. Only about 200 people were left in Chuzhou City to guard the several city gates of Chuzhou.

After all, all of Li Yun’s enemies are on the Huai River line, so there is no need to worry about any problems in the rear.

Because they were stationed on the bank of the Huai River, Li Yun and others soon arrived at the river. At this moment, a long string of torches had been raised on the bank of the Huai River, illuminating the long southern bank of the Huai River.

However, the light from the torch was not enough after all. It was difficult to see clearly beyond a few feet. All one could see was the dark river water and occasionally hear the sound of water splashing.

Li Yun stood by the Huai River, carrying the ox horn bow he brought down from Cangshan Mountain.

A group of personal guards from his camp protected him on his left and right. Two of them stood in front of him, guarding against enemy sharpshooters in the distance.

On the surface of the river, the water ripples slightly.

Li Yun grew up in the mountains. He was gifted with eyesight and hearing far superior to ordinary people. After hearing the noise, he looked towards the river. The ox horn bow behind him was already in his hand. As the bowstring was pulled, an arrow was shot out cleanly and neatly.

A faint cry of pain was heard from the surface of the river, followed by the sound of someone falling into the water.

Yang Xi was on the left side of Li Yun. Seeing this, he widened his eyes, turned his head to look at Li Yun, and praised: "The upper position is really amazing. The upper position has already shot and killed one before I saw anyone!"

At this moment, it was already late autumn and early winter, and the Huai River was by no means warm. In this season, if someone was shot by an arrow and fell into the water, it would be difficult to survive if he was not rescued in time, even if he was not shot in a vital part.

Li Yun didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "When I was in the mountains in my early years, I shot countless rabbits, which is why I developed this ability to identify the position by listening to the sound."

Yang Xi smiled and waved to the two young men in the guards, "Guo Lu, Zhang Heng, the two of you come closer!"

The two men hurried forward and saluted Li Yun with their fists clasped.

Li Yun looked at Yang Xi, who smiled and said, "Master, although I am not very good at archery, there are two sharpshooters in our guard camp. These two young guys are very accurate in archery. Even if they are not as good as you, I don't think they are much worse."

Li Yun used the torch to look at the two people. After seeing that they both had thumb rings on their hands, he smiled and said, "Today is the time to test your archery skills. Follow me and show me your archery skills."

Upon hearing this, the two were so excited that they didn't know what was going on. They bowed their heads and clasped their fists in agreement.

Soon, another boat approached, and two people immediately put their arrows on. Because the vision was too poor, one of them shot in vain, and the other shot a Pinglu soldier, and the sound of falling into the water was heard again. Li Yun clapped his hands and smiled, "Not bad, not bad."

In this way, nearly 5,000 Jiangdong troops guarded the southern bank of the Huai River, using bows or crossbows. For more than an hour, almost no ships of the Pinglu Army could reach the shore along the long section of the river.

Li Yun stood by the river, feeling quite emotional.

No wonder this place can be used as the boundary between the north and the south. If he has enough troops and supplies, no matter how many Pinglu troops come from the north, it probably won't be a big problem for him to defend it.

As they watched, the sky in the east was about to brighten when Captain Feng Qi came running over, bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying, "Sir, the Pinglu Army has landed more than 40 miles to the east!"

This is the disadvantage of not having enough troops. With only 5,000 people, it is difficult to defend the entire Chuzhou Huai River defense line.

Fortunately, when Li Yun came to defend Chuzhou, he did not expect to rely on the Huai River to hold it.

He looked calmly at Feng Qi and asked, "How many people have landed?"

Feng Qi immediately lowered his head and said, "There should be about 100 to 200 people now. These 100 to 200 people have already established themselves on the south bank and are guiding more Pinglu troops to land!"

"it is good."

Li Yun patted Feng Qi on the shoulder and said, "I'll leave this to you. I'll lead the guard camp to clear out these Pinglu troops that have landed!"

Feng Qi was startled and was about to speak when Li Yun shouted, "Yang Xi!"

Yang Xi strode over, and when he passed by Feng Qi, he patted Feng Qi on the shoulder, smiled at Feng Qi, then bowed his head and clasped his fists: "I'm here!"

"Call the guards and mount your horses!"

Because Li Yun himself often needs to ride a horse, all members of his guard battalion are equipped with horses. It is also the only captain battalion with high mobility among the current Chuzhou garrison.

However, most of them were not cavalrymen. They just rode horses to the place. When the real fight started, they dismounted and fought with others.

Yang Xi responded with a smile and immediately went to summon the guards. Within a short time, the guards of more than 400 people rode out on horseback, heading east.

The distance of forty miles was only about half an hour if riding a horse without taking into account the horsepower. Soon, Li Yun saw a Pinglu Army stronghold on the south bank of the Huai River.

At this time, there are probably more than 400 Pinglu troops who have landed in this stronghold.

Li Yun turned over and got off the horse, took out his black mask from his arms and put it on his face.

It just so happened that the sun was about to appear at this time, and the morning light was spreading down.

Li Yun untied his spear from his warhorse, carried an ox-horn bow on his back, and said in a deep voice: "Follow my orders!"

"Only kill for one hour. After one hour, no matter whether we can clear them all out or not, we must retreat immediately!"

Yang Xi and others immediately nodded their heads in response.

At this moment, Li Yun and others were only a hundred feet away from the Pinglu Army stronghold. Li took the lead and rushed to the front.

When they were about ten to twenty feet away, Li Yun waved his hand, and the archers and crossbowmen of the guard camp immediately stepped forward and fired at the same time.

Archers shoot two rounds and crossbowmen shoot one round.

After three rounds of arrows, Li shouted like thunder: "Charge forward!"

He held a spear in his hand and charged into the enemy camp like a sharp spear tip.

At this moment, the landing Pinglu Army had just deployed its troops, and after being hit by several rounds of volleys, its formation was already somewhat disorganized.

When a fierce man like Li Yun led his men into the formation, the formation immediately became chaotic!
Li Yun shot a Pinglu soldier in the heart, then leaned sideways and knocked another Pinglu soldier away.

Yang Xi immediately stepped forward to finish him off, stabbing the man in the heart, blood splattering.

Although the number of people on both sides was actually similar, these Pinglu troops had just arrived at the south bank and had no idea how many Jiangdong soldiers there were on the south bank. Their morale was low and their formation soon became disrupted.

Li Yun shot a man in the middle of his eyebrows, killing him instantly. Then he looked at the Pinglu Army that had begun to flee. He took off his mask and a smile appeared on his face.

"Two more charges, two more charges!"

After two battles, the Pinglu Army was in disarray, and even the subsequent ships did not dare to land here.

Li Yun bent down and picked up a Pinglu soldier as if he were picking up a chicken.

"I'll spare your life and go back and tell Zhou Xu."

"I, Li Yun, will be waiting for him in Chuzhou."

Li said coldly: "If you don't want to completely tear each other apart, just retreat back to Huaibei honestly, and he and I will still be brothers!"

(End of this chapter)