Thief Emperor

Chapter 735: The vortex of life!

Yu Ye is one of the captains under Su Sheng, and a very veteran one at that.

He came from a bandit hunting team, or to be more precise, he was a bandit.

At that time, his village was razed to the ground by Li Yun and his men. Everyone had already knelt on the ground begging for mercy and were ready to go to jail. Only Yu Ye, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time and not even very tall, rushed forward with a hoe. He was grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the tall and strong Li Yun and thrown out more than ten feet away.

Later, he followed Li Yun and joined the anti-theft team. He was also one of the youngest members of the team at that time.

Although he was young, Yu Ye was very fierce and wild in fighting. During his time in Yuezhou, he had already become a captain due to his merits. When he arrived in Wuzhou, he was already a brigade commander.

So when Xue Yun'er changed his name, she gave him the word "Ye". Even now, his style is still like a wild child, full of wildness.

This is the most senior group among the Jiangdong Army commanders, and he is only one step away from Meng Qing and other deputy generals. It is for this reason that he was arranged by Li Yun to be the defender of Xin'an County, the western gate of Luoyang.

After hearing the news of the enemy attack, Captain Yu was very excited.

As a wild child, after following Li Yun, he now has a wife and son that he never thought of before, and they are all raised in Jinling, so he is really not afraid of death.

After all, he knew very well that if he was gone, Li Yun would not treat his family badly. Moreover, at this time, the military force of Xin'an County was actually close to 8,000 to 10,000. With a force of this size, Yu Ye was too damn confident to defend a county town!

"Listen to me, damn it!"

Captain Yu stood up, looked around, and cursed: "That fellow He Jun only has 4,000 to 5,000 men under his command. Among his 4,000 to 5,000 men, there are already 20 to 30 sergeants under his command!"

"I'm almost leading 10,000 people now. I asked yesterday and there were only 17. Damn it!"

"If I meet that guy next time, won't he laugh at me to death?"

"Listen up."

Yu Duwei gave a speech in a loud voice: "Some time ago, I have already found out that the land in Jingxiang and several states has been allocated by the superiors. As long as you get the title, you can immediately go to Jingxiang to get a hectare of land and a house!"

"Your motherfucker!"

Yu Ye said loudly: "These good things, I didn't even dare to think about them, I couldn't even dream of them, you guys are lucky to have caught up with the good times!"

Perhaps because he grew up with Li Yun in his early years, and because he has little education, Captain Yu’s style of leading troops is very similar to that of Li Yun in his early years.

Moreover, he was fierce in battle. He was young but had a lot of experience. Most of his men were trained by him. Although he was cursing at this moment, none of the generals under him were angry. Instead, they were all smiling.

Sometimes, when being scolded by the boss, I would feel an inexplicable sense of "pride" in my heart.

After all, only you will be scolded.

"Listen up!"

Captain Yu said in a deep voice: "The enemy will arrive in half a day at most. The superiors have issued a death order. Before new orders are issued, Xin'an County must be defended at all costs. This county cannot be lost!"

"In the past few days, so much food and firearms have been delivered to the city, you have all seen it!"

"Those are all the care that the higher-ups give us!"

Yu Duwei patted his chest and said loudly: "I am a rough man, and I don't know many words. I can't talk about those great principles. I will only say one thing."

"If Xin'an is lost, I, Yu Ye, will die in Xin'an County and will not go anywhere else!"

After a round of scolding, Captain Yu finally got down to business and said loudly, "Old Li and Old Yan, the two of you guard the north gate."

"Zheng Lao Er, take your men to guard the South Gate!"

As he said this, he looked at a middle-aged man in his forties. This middle-aged man also came from the anti-theft team, but he was already in his thirties when he followed Li Yun. Now he is Yu Ye's deputy.

"Brother, you take the men to guard the east gate."

Captain Yu said in a deep voice: "The rest of you, follow me to guard the west gate!"

"The signal is to fire arrows three times if we can't hold on any longer. Follow the rules. Don't support the door opposite you, but support the two adjacent directions!"

"Do you understand everything?"

Although Captain Yu was swearing a lot, he had a quick mind and might have a talent for this. Soon, he had made clear arrangements for defending the city.

All the generals bowed their heads, clasped their fists, and responded loudly.

Captain Yu shouted, "Okay, everyone, go back to your camps and show some strength. Don't let me be embarrassed when I see those old brothers next time!"

"It's gone!"

The generals dispersed to arrange matters for defending the city. The oldest "old brother" Sun Youtian did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked up to Yu Ye, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered, "Brother, take care of yourself. Your son is less than two years old, and my son and daughter are still young too."

"We brothers must all return to Nanjing alive." "Of course."

Yu Ye patted Sun Youtian on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother, we won't suffer any loss if the superior takes charge personally."

He thought for a moment, and suddenly whispered, "I can't take back what I've said. If Xin'an is gone, I will definitely not leave. If my elder brother returns to Jinling, please take care of my son for me and find a good family for my wife."

Sun Youtian remained silent.

Both of them knew that Xin'an County might not be lost, but it would definitely be difficult to fight.

After all, the city walls of a county town, even one near Luoyang, are just equivalent to ordinary state capitals in other places.

The geographical advantage is not too great.

Sun Youtian, who was already a deputy commander, patted Yu Ye on the shoulder and said, "Didn't you brag last time that among the fifty houses built by the superior in Jinling, there is one for you? With the superior here, are you afraid that no one will take care of your offspring?"

"On the contrary, I was in my thirties before I had a wife and a child..."

Sun Youtian took a deep breath and said slowly: "It would be a real loss if I died!"

After saying that, he said nothing more, turned around and walked away with decisive steps.

Yu Ye watched him leave, and then walked all the way to the most difficult west city wall. He stood up and looked into the distance through a telescope. It seemed that he really saw the Shuofang army rushing over. He put down the telescope, his face expressionless, but with excitement in his eyes.

"Get ready to meet the enemy!"

"Get ready to meet the enemy!"

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The battle in Xin'an County was quite brutal.

He Xiong, one of the generals of the Shuofang Army, was responsible for attacking Xin'an County.

As a veteran who had been through many battles, He Xiong knew very well that in a siege battle against a county town like this, the best way to quickly capture it was to attack it in one go.

If the first breath is lost and the situation enters a stalemate, it will only be a long siege and siege.

Therefore, as soon as the Shuofang Army arrived at the battlefield, after only a brief rest, He Xiong sent a full 5,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on Xin'an County!
You know, on the day when Li Yun attacked Luoyang and almost broke through the city gate, the number of troops he mobilized was only about 5,000!
The scale of Xin'an County's city wall is far smaller than that of Luoyang.

The two sides started fighting at noon and continued until the afternoon. Before dusk, Yu Ye, who was on the city wall, had red eyes. He shouted, "Use firearms! Use firearms!"

"Thunderbolt, throw the thunderbolt down!"

Hundreds of thunder bombs were thrown down, and almost all of them exploded successfully. Compared with the first generation of thunder bombs in Jiangdong, the thunder bombs at this time had greatly improved their detonation success rate, at least.

The thunder bomb exploded among the crowd.

At this time, the Shuofang Army had already seen Jiangdong's firearms in Yuzhou, but among those who had seen the firearms, only less than 2,000 people escaped. Even though they were sent to various camps to preach the power of firearms, the vast majority of the Shuofang Army were still facing firearms for the first time.

Hundreds of firearms exploded, causing chaos in the Shuofang army. He Xiong, who was personally supervising the battle, knew that it was difficult to attack again, so he waved his hand and shouted, "Sound the gong, sound the gong!"

"Set up camp!"

Nearly 20,000 Shuofang troops were stationed outside Xin'an City.

Yu Ye finally had a chance to catch his breath. He dropped the longbow in his hand, slumped down on the city wall, and cursed a few words before asking someone to count the casualties.

After learning about the casualties, Captain Yu smiled again: "Damn it, we made a profit, a profit!"

"Big money!"

This time, the Shuofang Army suffered heavy casualties, and a considerable portion of Xin'an's city defense supplies were also consumed.

The next day, the Shuofang Army attacked again. This time the attack lasted for a day and a night and was more fierce. General He Xiong of the Shuofang Army even went into battle himself.

On this day, some Shuofang troops had already climbed onto the Xin'an city wall, and the fighting was extremely brutal.

In this way, the Shuofang Army launched a fierce attack in Xin'an for five consecutive days, but was stubbornly resisted by Yu Ye's troops. On the sixth day, the four walls of Xin'an County had almost turned bright red.

The battle report of Xin'an was also delivered to Li Yun's desk every day. On the sixth day, Zhang Sui, who was beside Li Yun, sorted out the documents as usual and handed the battle report to Li Yun's desk. Seeing that Li Yun looked tired, he read: "Xin'an once again repelled the enemy. The Shuofang army that attacked the city suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, and our side suffered more than 700 casualties. The deputy captain..."

Having read to this point, Zhang Sui looked up at Li Yun, then continued reading.

"Deputy Commander Sun Youtian died in battle."

(End of this chapter)