Thief Emperor

Chapter 711: World Overlord
It was not surprising that Zhou Xu lowered his head.

The fact is, the Pinglu Army is indeed a little weak now. It is so weak that Li Yun can deploy troops in Xuzhou and Chenzhou to defend against Wei Quanzhong while still having enough strength to fight against the Pinglu Army.

However, this is only a one-way situation.

If Li Yun was fighting with the Shuofang Army, or even actively attacking, it would be difficult for him to face the Pinglu Army from behind.

Faced with Zhou Xu's conditions, Li Yun just thought about it and said, "Well, you and I will each station 5,000 troops in Xuzhou, and I will not station troops in Bozhou to the east of Xuzhou, and the general will not station troops in Yizhou to the west of Xuzhou. How do you do that?"

Zhou Xu took a deep breath and nodded, "I accept."

Li Yun smiled and asked, "General, do you still keep your word now?"

Zhou Xu said slowly: "Since I am still alive, it naturally counts."

Li Yun took the initiative to pour him a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Then there is no time to lose. I will have someone send the general back tomorrow. After the general returns, we will start to arrange the personnel according to today's agreement."

He smiled and said, "I, Li Er, will not take advantage of the general. If we, Jiangdong, can occupy the Central Plains, then there is no need to say more about the future. If I, Li Er, cannot gain a foothold in the Central Plains and am forced to retreat back to Jiangdong, then the place I have occupied in the Central Plains will not be given to others, and will be given to you, the general, first."

Zhou Xu looked at Li Yun and asked softly, "What about Shannan East Road?"

Li Yun looked calm: "Those are the places I filled with human lives. It's easy for others to take them away, but they have to use human lives to get them back."

Zhou Xu raised his head, drank the wine in the cup, then looked at Li Yun and asked, "Brother, what do you think the Jiangdong Army's chances of winning in the Central Plains are?"

"I do not know."

Li Yun shook his head and said, "But everything is a matter of trial and error. If I were the type to wait until I had a 70% to 80% chance of success before taking action, I would probably still be the head of Qingyang in Xuanzhou."

He looked at Zhou Xu and said with a smile: "Why are you still the King of Wu?"

Throughout history, those who have truly accomplished things may have calm subordinates under them, and they will not take action unless they are more than 80% sure of their success. However, the entrepreneur himself must have some adventurous spirit.

Moreover, there is a high probability that he is quite adventurous.

Zhou Xu was startled, then said in silence: "I almost forgot that you are a self-made man. People who are self-made are very courageous."

He looked at Li Yun.

"I have one last question for you, brother."

Li Yun looked calm: "General, just ask."

"Brother, what do you think of the current situation in the world?"

“How else can you look at this?”

Li Yun said calmly: "If Da Zhou were a person, this person would be on his deathbed. It can even be said that he has already breathed his last."

"The Jiedushi of each place are the corpse worms born from the corpse of the Great Zhou."

Li Yun said bluntly: "Now, these corpse worms are constantly and frantically gnawing at Da Zhou's corpse, and at the same time competing with each other to become the biggest and strongest. It seems that as long as this corpse worm becomes the biggest one, it will transform into a new person."

Zhou Xu frowned and said, "My dear brother, you are so arrogant. When you say that, do you think you are different from others?"

"of course."

Li Yun said slowly: "It is undeniable that in my early years, I also relied on serving as an official for the Great Zhou to gradually become powerful. To put it bluntly, there is no difference between me and you."

"But in the past few years, although I haven't become the strongest, I have transformed myself and Jiangdong into a new person."

He emphasized the word "人" and then looked at Zhou Xu and said with a smile: "General, do you understand?"

Zhou Xu was still a little unhappy. Hearing this, he groaned and said, "If what you mean by becoming a new person is to govern a region and educate the people, then the governors of various places would have already done this. Otherwise, they would not have been able to stay in their respective territories for long."

"You underestimate the heroes of the world."

Li Yun smiled and didn't respond.

What he meant by becoming a "human" was a systematic transformation, building one's own small court and various government offices, and making them run smoothly. In this regard, Jiangdong undoubtedly did the best, without any dispute.

Li Yun had no need to argue with anyone, and was too lazy to argue with Zhou Xu. He just picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "The general is right."

"Come, I'll give a toast to the general."

"Tomorrow, I will send someone to escort the general back to Qingzhou."

"Not urgent."

Zhou Xu shook his head slightly: "As for Zhou Chang, I will write to him and not delay the affairs of Xuzhou. I am already this old and there is nothing much to do now."

"If you don't mind, I will stay with you in Chenzhou for a while."

"What do you think, brother?"

"Of course there is no problem with this."

Li Yun smiled and said, "But there is one thing you have to agree on. I will provide food, drink and accommodation here, but I will not take care of women. I will not allow the general's men to rob women in Chenzhou." Speaking of women, Li Yun lowered his head and took a sip of wine, feeling a little strange.

Not long ago, Liu Zhiyuan found seven or eight young women for him from somewhere, each of them beautiful and graceful.

After some inquiries, I learned that it was the various families in Chenzhou who offered them voluntarily. Some of them were still married, while others were widows at home.

For the sake of harmony between the people of Chenzhou, Li was willing to feed the tiger with his own body. He made a lot of trouble for a few days and almost delayed his business.

General Zhou stood up and waved his hand, saying, "What do you think I am, my dear brother? A sex-hungry ghost?"

"Am I that kind of person?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "Okay, I'll immediately arrange accommodation for the general."

Zhou Xu looked at Li Yun, smiled and nodded, and said "OK".

After the two chatted for a while, they parted in the private room. General Zhou, his family Zhou Gui, and under the leadership of Su Zhan, moved into a large house in Chenzhou.

After entering the mansion, the two of them closed the door. Zhou Xu looked at Zhou Gui and frowned, "This Li Er really holds a grudge. He keeps calling me a great general and refuses to let go."

Zhou Gui glanced at Zhou Xu, lowered his head slightly, sighed and said: "General, now the situation is stronger than the people. If our Pinglu Army is stronger, Li Er will definitely call you big brother today."

"That's the truth."

Zhou Xu glanced outside the door and said silently: "Under the current situation, if I don't stay here, Li Er will not be at ease. Even if he agrees to the Xuzhou matter, it is unlikely to be accomplished."

"Go back and tell Chang'er."

General Zhou took a deep breath and said, "As a father, I will serve him as a hostage here. Let him do what he should do in Qingzhou, and tell him not to worry too much about me."

"Li Er is an open-minded person. Unless something major happens, nothing will happen to me here."

Zhou Gui nodded his head.

General Zhou thought about it, was silent for a while, and continued: "If I die here, no matter whether it was Li Er who did it, the Pinglu Army must not act rashly."

"Until the Jiedushi of other places make a big move, our Pinglu Army cannot move no matter what."

Zhou Gui nodded again.

"Don't worry, General. I have written them all down."

…………

Chenzhou, the imperial envoy’s headquarters.

Yao Zhong sat next to Li Yun, and Zhang Sui sat in the corner. Li Yun looked at Yao Zhong and said with a smile, "What do you think of Zhou Xu's matter, Mr. Yao?"

Yao Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Qingzhou's strength has not increased in the past few years, but has decreased. Last year, he was seriously injured by his superiors. Now he has to bow to his superiors. It's not surprising that Zhou Xu came here in person."

At this point, he smiled at Li Yun and said, “In this way, the anger that the superior had in Jiangbei last year can also be dispelled.”

"It's time to calm down."

Li Yun lowered his head and drank a sip of tea. Then he couldn't hold back any longer and smiled: "You two may not understand."

"What a fucking pleasure!"

Once upon a time, when Zhou's father and son faced Li Yun, they completely ignored Li Yun and acted arrogantly.

Once upon a time, even Li Yun had to become a sworn brother of Zhou Xu and pretend to be friendly with him.

Even so, his Pinglu Army brazenly marched south last year.

Until this moment, Li Yun finally got rid of his anger!
Outsiders may not be able to understand this refreshing feeling, but for Li Yun himself, every time he shouts "General", he feels more refreshed and relieved!
This feeling cannot be explained to outsiders.

Only by being in it can you understand it.

After laughing several times, Li Yun looked at Zhang Sui and said with a smile: "Draft a document for General Zhao and tell him that the attack on Xuzhou can continue for a few more days. Find a way to fight them a few more times in the next few days, and be more fierce. After a few days, slow down the offensive."

"Wait for the people of Qingzhou to open the city gates and invite him in."

Zhang Sui nodded his head quickly and began to draft a document for Li Yun.

Yao Zhong stood up, bowed deeply to Li Yun and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Li Yun lowered his head to drink tea, then looked up at Yao Zhong and said with a smile: "Where does your happiness come from?"

"The news of Zhou Xu's visit today will soon spread throughout the world, and then everyone will know..."

Yao Zhong lowered his head and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, you are already one of the overlords of the world."

(End of this chapter)