Thief Emperor

Chapter 622 Surprise!

When Zhou Xu heard the word "gadget", his expression twitched.

Just now, he had asked several soldiers who retreated from the city of Chuzhou. The little thing that Li Yun mentioned would explode in the crowd and would at least cause several people to lose their combat effectiveness.

If the number of people is too concentrated, even twenty people might be injured!

This kind of thing is really too outrageous in this era.

"Good brother."

General Zhou looked at Li Yun and sighed, "The last time we fought in Jiangbei, you and I fought for this place. This time, you are too ambitious. Even I am a little scared."

Li Yun looked at Zhou Xu, still smiling: "Brother, there is no point in saying these things. At the Fengyang Alliance, I had already sent you the money and food I promised you from Qingzhou. After I returned to Jinling from Fanyang, logically speaking, if I wanted to expand, I should have headed north and completely controlled the entire eastern part of the Great Zhou. But I went west instead of north."

"It's just to take into account the original Fengyang Alliance."

"Now, I did not break the alliance letter that I burned to offer sacrifice to the heavens. It was you, my brother, who broke your promise. In this case, the Fengyang alliance will end here."

"We brothers will test our abilities on the battlefield."

Zhou Xu frowned and said, "You have that strange thing, how many can you have? Now that you have caught them by surprise, I have only lost a few thousand men, which is completely bearable. I will continue to attack Chuzhou from behind, can you bear it?"

"I am a very thick-skinned person."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Whether you can bear it or not, the Pinglu Army can come."

Zhou Xu said quickly: "Brother, listen to me!"

"After you return to Chuzhou City, I can also open a gap and let you and your army leave Chuzhou. After this matter, we brothers will shake hands and make peace. I only want the two states in Jiangbei."

"One is Chuzhou, and the other is Yangzhou."

Zhou Xu said in a deep voice: "If we continue to fight, it will only cause more casualties. By then, it will be exactly what the court wants and what the emperor wants."

After hearing what he said, Li Yun shook his head and laughed: "I have never heard of anyone who, after being defeated, still had the nerve to demand cities and land."

After saying this, he turned around and left without even looking back.

A dozen of his personal guards stood behind him, protecting him as he walked towards Chuzhou City.

Zhou Xu stood just outside the arrow's range and did not move forward.

If we go further, we will be within the shooting range of the Chuzhou defenders.

Although it is difficult to hit the target from this distance, Zhou Xu's personality does not allow him to take the risk.

He stared at Li Yun's receding back, was silent for a while, then narrowed his eyes, became fierce, and said in a cold voice: "Let's call a truce for now!"

"Pass the order to me. Surround Chuzhou City and don't let even a fly out!"

Several messengers immediately went down to deliver the message.

General Zhou rode his horse back to the central army tent outside the city. Not long after he returned, his deputy general Xie Zhao hurried to his army and bowed his head and saluted him: "General!"

Xie Zhao was the actual commander of the Pinglu Army in this battle. At this moment, the casualties were heavy. This deputy general Xie was also a little dusty. He lowered his head in front of Zhou Xu and dared not raise it.

General Zhou looked at him silently, expressionless and said, "What do you want to say?"

Xie Zhao lowered his head deeply, then took out a piece of debris from his arms, handed it to General Zhou with both hands, and lowered his head and said, "General, this is it."

He took a deep breath and added, "This is a fragment of that thing."

"I looked at a lot of the fragments I picked up, and this one is the largest. I guess it should be a tin can with something inside that can explode. They lit it and threw it down, and the can exploded immediately, with fragments flying everywhere."

"One move can cause a lot of casualties among the brothers."

General Zhou picked up the fragment, looked at it carefully, then looked up at Xie Zhao and frowned, "Have you figured out a way to deal with it?"

Deputy General Xie thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "General, the problem now is that we don't know how many real weapons the Jiangdong Army, especially Chuzhou, has. If their numbers are running low, we can launch a few more fierce attacks to consume all of them. This way, we can capture Chuzhou sooner or later."

"If there are still many of them, we can only change the method of attacking the city, from attacking from four sides to attacking from two or three sides. When attacking the city, try to spread out as much as possible and don't crowd them too close together."

"Then the power of this thing will be much smaller."

General Zhou's face darkened as he said in a deep voice, "Although there are not many Jiangdong soldiers in Chuzhou City, there are still several thousand of them. With your method of attacking the city, they will soon be able to form shifts to defend the city."

"Then everyone can rest!"

"By then, how long will it take to capture Chuzhou?"

Xie Zhao lowered his head and said, "General, it seems that we have no choice but to temporarily give up attacking Chuzhou and continue to move south to attack Yangzhou south of Chuzhou!"

"Yangzhou is a big city in the north of the Yangtze River, and it is also the key to the north of the Yangtze River." Xie Zhao whispered, "After Li Yun occupied Yangzhou, he boasted in Yangzhou that there would be no war in Yangzhou for 200 years. Now if we go south and occupy Yangzhou, we can not only give Li Yun a good slap in the face, but also gain a firm foothold in the north of the Yangtze River!"

"When the time comes, Chuzhou will have plenty of time to slowly grind."

When marching in this era, sometimes one had to capture a city, otherwise they would not move forward. The main reason was that they were worried that there was a thorn in their rear, which would not only pose a threat to their rear but would also likely cut off their food supply. Therefore, they basically took one city at a time.

However, Li Yun's military strength in Jiangdong was obviously insufficient, so the Pinglu Army had the possibility of bypassing Chuzhou and directly attacking Yangzhou.

General Zhou thought seriously for a moment, then looked up at Xie Zhao and said expressionlessly, "I need to think about this matter carefully. Go now and calculate the casualties and send them to my account before tomorrow."

"besides!"

General Zhou said in a hoarse voice: "Send the news of this exploding tin can to Jingxiang immediately, report it to Yang Min, the governor of Jingnan, and send a copy to Master Pei Huang at the same time."

"Since Li Yun has this thing, the other two Jiangdong troops must have it. Tell them to be careful there."

"Yes!"

Xie Zhao lowered his head, answered loudly "yes", and then retreated respectfully.

After he left, General Zhou stroked his beard and murmured.

"Gunpowder, tin cans..."

"Tin cans..."

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In Chuzhou City.

After Li Yun returned to Chuzhou City, the city gates of Chuzhou City closed.

Captain Feng Qi came forward quickly, bowed his head and clasped his fists towards Li Yun and said, "Sir, are you alright?"

Li Yun shook his head slightly, but stumbled and almost fell.

In the past few days, he couldn't get a good night's sleep due to the high-intensity siege day and night.

Today's battle outside the city had left him exhausted.

With the help of Yang Xi and others, he finally took off his armor. After taking off the armor, his inner clothes were already covered with bloodstains.

More than 80% of it was the enemy's blood, which seeped in through the cracks in the armor.

And another part of it was the injuries he suffered himself.

Although Li Yun is very powerful on the battlefield, he is not a god after all, so he will naturally get hurt.

For example, the armor on his arm was pierced by an arrow, and the tip of the arrow penetrated half an inch into the flesh.

There were wounds everywhere in other places.

But there were no particularly serious injuries.

After taking off the armor, someone immediately brought a coat and put it on Li Yun. Li looked at Feng Qi and asked, "Have all the enemy troops outside Chuzhou City retreated?"

Feng Qi quickly lowered his head: "Go back to your seats, everyone retreat, everyone retreat!"

"Yang Xi!"

Li Yun nodded, called out to Yang Xi, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Write to Generals Su and Zhao and tell them that the Thunder Bomb can be used."

"Let them... use it as soon as possible."

This thing is naturally most effective when it strikes the target unexpectedly. If you don't use it at this time, there will be no unexpected effect later.

Yang Xi quickly lowered his head and replied yes.

Feng Qi, who was standing by, heard the words "Thunderbolt" for the first time. He grinned at Li Yun and said, "If I had known that the superior had such a good thing, I wouldn't have been afraid of the Pinglu Army. We should have gone out of the city and used this treasure to blow them to death!"

Li Yun glanced at him, said nothing, and just closed his eyes.

"I'm going to sleep for a while, everything..."

Mr. Li's voice was hoarse and full of fatigue.

"I'll talk to you after I wake up."

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