Thief Emperor

Chapter 627 Li Yun reconnects!

Liang Wen, Duke of Liang, or should he be called Marshal Liang.

In just one or two years, Marshal Liang, relying on the resources of the Central Plains, had a force that expanded like a balloon. When he escaped from Guanzhong, he had less than 10,000 troops. Later, after he occupied Ruzhou and several nearby states, his force expanded to 20,000 to 30,000.

Later, he went to see the emperor and was appointed as the Henan Road Recruiting Envoy. He completed another round of rapid expansion. Up to now, the number of troops under Liang Wen's command had reached 50,000 to 60,000.

Although this scale of troops is far less than that of Wang Junping's original force, its actual combat effectiveness is even better than that of the previous Wang Junping.

However, Wang Junping's death has proved that the previous path was not feasible.

Because although the Wu Zhou court was not difficult to deal with, it could even be said to be quite easy to deal with. Liang Wen, who occupied Tongguan, could march into the capital at any time and clash with the imperial guards that had been reorganized in the capital in recent years.

Liang Wen was completely confident that he could win.

But... the imperial court is easy to deal with, but those Jiedushi outside are very difficult to deal with! When Liang Wen was under Wang Junping's command, he fought against the Shuofang Army. At that time, their more than 20,000 rebels were defeated by less than 5,000 elite Shuofang Army soldiers, while the 5,000 Shuofang Army soldiers were basically not injured.

From that time on, Liang Wen realized the terrifying power of those Jiedushi, especially those of the border troops. He was servile before the emperor just to avoid being exposed and directly confronting those Jiedushi.

Even if the troops were equal in strength, he was unwilling to fight against an army like the Shuofang Army.

So, he chose another path.

Enter the imperial court and put on the appearance of the Wu Zhou court.

Although there were some risks in doing so in the early stages, after all, after entering the capital, life and death would be in the hands of the emperor, but Liang Wen knew very well that the emperor had to use him now.

This gave him some living space.

And he has already grasped this living space. Now, with Tongguan in his hands, even if he enters the capital again, the emperor will not dare to touch him easily.

The tens of thousands of "Liang Family Army" were also a real threat to the imperial court.

When Liang has the strength to enter Guanzhong, he might be able to become a powerful official in the Guanzhong court in the future. He can sleep with Cui, Lu, Li, Zheng, and other noble people as he pleases!

Thinking of this, even Marshal Liang was a little excited. He took several deep breaths before calming down and said slowly: "Li Yun from the southeast is too young and doesn't know how to be patient. He just keeps showing up. Now he is being attacked by everyone, causing chaos in the southeast."

"Go ahead, go ahead."

Liang Wen said slowly: "As long as we control Tongguan and Dongdu, we can occupy the Central Plains if we advance, and we can retreat to Guanzhong if we retreat. There is a lot we can do."

Yang Hou thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "General, Li Yun wants to occupy Jingxiang. After he occupies Jingxiang, the next step will probably be to march into the Central Plains."

Liang Wen had a blank expression on his face. He said, "That will happen in a year or two. If we can fight him, we will. If not, we will retreat to Guanzhong and serve as the emperor's imperial guards. We will leave Li Yun to those big Jiedushi to deal with."

At this point, Liang Wen looked towards the north and said silently: "There is also Wei Quanzhong, who is watching from the north. He will not tolerate Li Yun's unbridled expansion."

"but…"

Marshal Liang said in a deep voice: "This Li Yun is very powerful. If he can hold on this time and take over Jingxiang, he will definitely be one of the people who will compete for the throne in the future..."

Yang Hou nodded and said silently, "Yes, I have inquired about this man. He is almost... almost the same as when we followed the King of Qi in the rebellion. He slowly rose to power step by step. His influence is so great that it is no less than that of the King of Qi back then."

Liang Wen said silently: "In the past, we were thieves and he was an official. From now on, it will not be like this. From now on, we are officials and he, Li Yun, is a thief."

"If he could defeat all the heroes in the world."

Liang Wen said slowly: "There is nothing we can do. You have to admit it even if you don't want to."

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Chuzhou City.

The attacks by the Pinglu Army have basically become a daily routine.

But the intensity has been greatly reduced.

Often, for a whole day, the Pinglu Army, which consisted of only a thousand people, attacked Chuzhou. Their intention was no longer to capture Chuzhou, but to consume Chuzhou's thunderous bombs.

It even feels a bit like killing time.

Li Yun naturally stopped using thunder bombs for defense and only used conventional means to defend against the attack of the Pinglu Army.

On this day, Li Yun was watching the situation outside the city. Feng Qi stood behind him and reported the situation in the army to him. After giving him a general account, Feng Qi looked at Li Yun cautiously and said, "You seem to be in a bad mood these days since you took office?"

Li Yun looked back at him, then sighed and said, "I'm trapped here, I can't even communicate, and I don't know what the situation is like in the outside world. Of course I won't be in a good mood." At first, Li Yun's purpose of coming to Chuzhou was to attract the Pinglu Army to attack Chuzhou, and then use the thunder bomb to drastically reduce the Pinglu Army's manpower.

But the Pinglu Army was not foolish. After suffering a loss, they no longer attacked Chuzhou fiercely, and even seemed to be surrounding it without fighting.

At this moment, Chuzhou immediately became unimportant.

Li Yun himself also lost control of the overall situation due to the cut off of communications. Now he can only stay in Chuzhou City with nothing to do.

As the core and helmsman of a group, this situation is of course very bad.

Feng Qi thought for a moment, then bowed his head and said, "Sir, otherwise, I will lead a team of men out of the city to break through and open a channel for you."

Li Yun glanced at him and said in a muffled voice: "Want to go out and die?"

He was about to say a few more words when the sound of a flare arrow suddenly came from afar. Li Yun turned his head abruptly and saw that in the west direction of Chuzhou, a flare arrow from the Jiangdong Army exploded in the air.

"West..."

Li Yun's expression changed slightly, and he was a little excited: "It's Deng Yang!"

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Feng Qi quickly lowered his head and said, "Sir, I will take people out of the city immediately to support General Deng!"

Li Yun thought about it for a while, then nodded and said, "You lead a thousand people out."

"Don't fight to the end. If the reinforcements fail to break through, or we can't support them, as long as the enemy forces gather on a large scale, we should give up this contact and retreat decisively. Let Deng Yang and the others retreat temporarily as well."

As an old vassal state, the Pinglu Army must have some combat effectiveness.

Apart from anything else, although the Pinglu Army had suffered a great loss when attacking Chuzhou before and its morale was low, at this time, if the remaining 4,000 men of Li Yun wanted to go out and compete with the Pinglu Army, they would all die.

It is a good thing that reinforcements break through, but we must not underestimate the enemy and must be cautious.

Feng Qi nodded his head and obeyed the order. He quickly went down the city wall. In just a cup of tea, he led a battalion of captains to the west of Chuzhou to provide support.

At this time, the Pinglu Army besieging Chuzhou had about 15,000 troops, which was actually not enough if they were distributed in various directions. Before Feng Qi arrived at the battlefield, he saw a Pinglu Army of about 2,000 people rushing in from outside the encirclement.

The leader was also a captain of the Jinling Army, named Zhang Bai. He was an old acquaintance of Feng Qi. After seeing Feng Qi and others from afar, Zhang Bai shouted, "Turn back, turn back!"

Behind him, a large number of Pinglu troops were gathering and surrounding them.

Feng Qi did not dare to delay and immediately led the Pinglu army of about 2,000 people all the way back to Chuzhou City.

At this moment, Li Yun was already at the East Gate to greet them. When the gate opened, two thousand people rushed into Chuzhou City one after another. Only then did the leader Zhang Bai bow his head respectfully to Li Yun.

"Ascend!"

Li Yun looked at him and smiled: "How did you break in?"

Zhang Bai bowed his head and said, "Reporting to the Lord, the Nine Divisions have urgent news to pass on to the Lord, but they cannot enter Chuzhou, so they found General Deng. We thought about it for several days and decided to break out today."

Li Yun frowned slightly when he heard this, and then said, "This time, I didn't think it through."

As the head coach, you must ensure that you have control over the situation, especially at such a critical moment, you cannot "drop out".

It would be fine for an army like the Jiangdong Army, where all the generals are familiar with each other and can cooperate with each other independently. However, if the army is faced with an army where the generals have conflicts, without Li Yun's command, the entire army might be in chaos or even paralyzed.

This is Li Yun's fault.

If you are wrong, you must admit it. There is nothing to avoid.

As soon as Li Yun finished speaking, another person stood up from behind Zhang Bai. This person bowed deeply to Li Yun and saluted with his fists: "Take the seat!"

Li Yun looked at him, a smile appeared on his face, he stepped forward and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Meng Hai, why are you here?"

Meng Hai lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "Hasn't this subordinate always been working in the Ninth Department? This time, I am here on the orders of Liu Sizheng to deliver a message to the higher-ups."

At this point, he looked up at Li Yun, a little excited: "Up, Xiangzhou..."

"The city has been breached!"

(End of this chapter)