Thief Emperor

Chapter 636: Killing, arson and dividing the land!

Bailian Township.

Located in the southwest of Huoqiu.

This is one of the grain transfer points of the Pinglu Army. In addition to this transfer point, there is another more obvious one, which is the county seat of Huoqiu County.

However, attacking the county town was a bit too reckless. At this time, Li Yun would no longer do such a reckless thing. But he was still quite interested in destroying the grain storage point in Bailian Township.

Even if I am exposed, even if I can't stay in the rear any longer, it is still worth it.

"Pass the order."

Li Yun looked at the sky outside the tent. It was already early morning. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let the brothers stay where they are. We will wait until dusk, then move camp and rush to Bailian Township overnight."

It is not difficult to hide eight hundred people, but it is not so easy to hide eight hundred people with eight hundred horses. In fact, Li Yun and others were not able to hide really well, and even the nearby villagers discovered them.

However, these villagers did not report them to the Pinglu Army, and even came forward to help.

This is the kind side of human nature.

Of course, it is also possible that those people with bad intentions have not yet found a way to report to the Pinglu Army.

In short, Li Yun's troops are still safe for the time being.

Soon, a whole day passed, and when the sky darkened, Li Yun's troops began to pack up the tents. When it was completely dark, Li Yun climbed on his horse, looked at Su Zhan and others beside him, and slowly asked: "It's dark now, can we find the way?"

Su Zhan grinned and said, "Sir, I have been learning how to remember the way from my brothers since I was a child. My brothers said that if you want to lead troops to fight, the most basic skill is to learn how to remember the way."

"I have gone back and forth twice, and I have memorized it thoroughly."

"it is good."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Then today, you will be the leader and lead us there."

"it is good!"

Su Sheng answered without hesitation. He shook the reins and shouted, "Brothers, follow me!"

If walking, the distance of more than thirty miles might take most of the day, but now everyone has a mount, and the distance of thirty miles can be covered in just one hour.

Su Zhan tried hard to identify the path, turned around to look at Li Yun not far behind him, and shouted: "Go up, it's about five miles away!"

Li Yun nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "Get ready!"

He rode the horse with one hand and took out the visor from his arms with the other hand and covered his face with it.

Eight hundred horses would make an astonishing sight whether it was day or night.

The group of people and the horses did not stop, and they covered the five-mile distance in just a cup of tea.

Seeing a large open space surrounded by a fence not far ahead, Li said in a deep voice: "Except for the hundred cavalrymen who can ride and shoot, the rest of you will dismount and fight on foot after a hundred feet!"

Li Yun led his own guard camp. They had been riding horses for a long time and had never stopped their training. Although they have not yet evolved into cavalry, some of them have mastered the skills of riding and shooting.

Now, what limits them, besides their horse fighting skills, is the quality of the mounts they ride on.

Without war horses, there would be no cavalry.

But no matter what, as long as they can ride and shoot, they will be a high-quality harassing force, and of course they must be used at such critical moments.

When Li Yun and others approached the granary, the Pinglu Army guarding the granary also reacted. When Li Yun and others got close, they had already rushed out with bows and arrows and weapons.

But now it was too late.

Li Yun looked back at his subordinates who were dismounting and organizing their formation. He shouted, "Yang Xi, take ten people and follow me on horseback!"

Yang Xi nodded quickly and shouted loudly, so more than a dozen horses rushed forward at full speed and crashed into the enemy's newly formed archer formation.

These archers adopted a typical two-stage shooting style, with one row squatting and the other row standing. They were supposed to shoot in sequence to ensure the attack frequency of arrows, but Li Yun and others did not give them room to maneuver. No sooner had these people formed their formation than a dozen horses charged straight towards them!

These horses were not war horses. Although they interrupted the enemy's archer formation after the charge, most of them were frightened and could not be ridden anymore. Only Li Yun's mount was a war horse. After the charge, it was not frightened but stopped steadily.

Li Yun jumped off the horse, took his spear from the saddle, and patted the horse's butt. The horse immediately made a strange sound, "咴律律", and then ran away. Li Yun drew his spear and slashed Huashan very smoothly, hitting a Pinglu soldier on the top of his head, and then turned his head to look at Yang Xi and others.

Yang Xi and others who rushed into the formation with him were not as cool as Li Yun. Most of their mounts were frightened, and some simply rolled over to the ground, throwing Yang Xi and others off.

If the person is weaker, this hard fall may kill him or at least leave him injured.

Fortunately, Yang Xi and the others were all strong and would be stunned for a while at most after being thrown down. Li Yun strode forward and swept away the Pinglu troops that were about to rush up nearby.

At this time, Yang Xi and his men needed time to stand up, otherwise, before they could get up, the nearby Pinglu Army would rush up and hack them to death with their swords.

In other words, they have absolute trust in Li Yun. If they have even the slightest doubt, they would never play like this.

Li thrust his spear forward with his left hand, forcing away a Pinglu soldier who was charging at him. Then he grabbed Yang Xi with his right hand and lifted him up.

Yang Xi coughed twice and shook his head before he came to his senses. He drew the single-edged sword from his waist, shouted loudly, rushed forward, and together with Li Yun, forced back the nearby enemies.

Soon, all the dozen people were rescued by Li Yun, but one of them was shot in the thigh by a bow and arrow from the Pinglu Army. Now he could only lie aside, unable to move.

Li Yun didn't care about him. He cheered up, held the gun in both hands, and charged into the battle array, saying in a hoarse voice: "Brothers, join me and set fire to this granary!"

The reason why Li dared to sneak attack the enemy's granary despite being at a disadvantage in numbers was because attacking a granary had a natural advantage, which was that one did not have to win, as long as one set fire to the enemy's granary, it would be considered a great victory.

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This is the current situation. The enemy not only has to deal with the attack of the Jiangdong Army, but also needs to pay attention to the safety of food, and has suffered a great loss invisibly.

Li Yun was rushing in the front, and following behind him were his guards. Everyone was of course excited at the moment. There were crossbowmen on both sides. After a round of crossbow arrows were shot, they put the crossbows on their backs without hesitation and rushed forward with swords in hand.

This is the difference between bows and crossbows.

Archers are ranged units, but crossbowmen are often melee fighters!

Close combat is more lethal!

Moreover, the winding time of this thing is too slow, so it is better to engage in close combat after firing a shot.

Of course, these crossbowmen would not be so rigid. If after firing a shot, the distance from the enemy allows them to restring the crossbow, they would not just rush forward.

On the battlefield, amid the shouts and cries of killing, Li Yun rushed sideways and directly knocked away a Pinglu Army soldier, and shouted: "Brothers, if we break into this camp tonight, everyone will be rewarded once, and after returning, we will be rewarded with money and land!"

This was the first time that Li Yun officially announced in public that he wanted to distribute land to his soldiers.

However, this is a trend that must be followed.

Land is the sky of this era, at least for now, it is the sky of this era.

In the eyes of people of this era, giving someone a lot of money is like giving them fish.

Giving them land is like “teaching them how to fish”!
With fields, there will be a constant supply of food and endless harvests!
Moreover, the land can be passed down from generation to generation!
In fact, throughout history, most entrepreneurs would initially distribute land to their soldiers based on their military merits.

Part of the reason for doing this is that land is valuable enough to make people work hard for it, but the more important reason is.

There are too few official positions to be distributed to every soldier who has made meritorious service.

Another important reason is to use his own soldiers to complete the rotation of the rich peasant class, or the small landlord class, and create a solid bottom foundation for the future dynasty!

The Jiangdong Army was already well-treated, and even Yang Xi, who was standing by, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the word "land distribution".

Many of these bandits who came from the anti-theft teams had to become bandits because they had no land and had to pay household taxes!

Now, hearing the word "field", even Yang Xi held the knife in his hand tighter!
When Yang Xi raised his head again and looked at the Pinglu Army soldiers in front of him, what he saw in his eyes were no longer human beings.

Instead, they are bright, fertile fields!

Yang Xi let out a strange cry, strode forward, held the knife in both hands, and chopped down fiercely.

"My fields, my fields!"

That night, outside Bailian Township, flames shot up into the sky, burning half of the sky brightly!

Along with the flames came screams and fertile and sweet land.

(End of this chapter)