Thief Emperor

Chapter 74: Resurrection from a dead body!

Li Yun had long known that the state, or Sima Cao, would find ways to intervene in this matter.

But he never expected that people from the state would arrive so quickly!

Judging from the time, it is unlikely that it was Jiang Dianshi who tipped off Xuanzhou. Although it is possible in terms of time, given the efficiency of military assembly in that era, it is impossible for them to assemble the army in such a short time.

So it is not difficult to guess when the Xuanzhou army was dispatched.

When County Magistrate Xue just arrived in Xuanzhou and started to negotiate with Sima Cao, Sima Cao immediately sent people to Lingyang Mountain!
The reason is very simple. They sent people over. If they arrived before Li Yun and other Qingyang government troops arrived, they could guard the foot of the mountain and stop Li Yun and others outside the Shiwang Peak in the name of suppressing bandits and protect the Shiwang Village.

If Li Yun arrived first, then even in the current situation, they could go up the mountain and still take over the bandit suppression in the name of the state!
However, according to the situation, Sima Cao must have expected the former. He would never have thought that Li Yun would be able to take over the Ten Kings Village so quickly.

After hearing what Li Zheng said, Li Yun sat on the chair with a gloomy face.

After a while, his brows suddenly relaxed and he smiled at Li Zheng: "Shou Hou, you are right. They are too bullying. We can't give in."

Li Zheng clenched his fist and said, "I'll arrange some manpower right now, damn it!"

Seeing him turning around and about to leave, Li Yun grabbed him and shook his head, saying, "Not all the people who came up the mountain with us are from the village. Chen Da and the others are runners from Qingyang. They have families at home. What you are doing is tantamount to treason. How can they go home in the future?"

Li Zheng scratched his head: "But second brother, didn't you say you wanted to..."

"We have to fight them, but we can't fight them with the Qingyang yamen runners. We have to fight them with the bandits from the Shiwangzhai!"

Chief Li narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Since they are here to suppress the bandits, then it is reasonable for the bandits in the Ten Kings Village to resist, right?"

"Second brother, the bandits in the Ten Kings Village are not..."

He suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Yun, slapping his thigh: "Second brother, you mean..."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Shou Hou, go find Chen Da right now and ask him to take all the Qingyang runners and retreat down the mountain through the small path to find a place to rest!"

At this point, Li Yun stood up and shook his head, saying, "I'll go talk to him about this. Skinny Monkey, go find Liu Bo and ask him to immediately arrange for the brothers in the village to guard the passes of Shiwang Mountain. No matter who goes up the mountain, don't say anything, just beat them up!"

Li Zheng became excited and gave Li Yun a thumbs up: "Second brother, you are so bad!"

Li Dadu calmly patted his clothes and straightened them, then walked out of the main hall, found Chen Da in the crowd, and said, "Chen Da, things have changed!"

"There are a total of 200 to 300 people in the Ten Kings Camp. We only killed about 40 of them yesterday. At daybreak, they will see that we are outnumbered. Now that people from the state have arrived, our anti-theft team should retreat for the time being."

"Let them fight each other."

Chen Da exclaimed, somewhat puzzled: "Boss, didn't they take all the credit?"

"What's the merit?"

Li Yun curled his lips and said, "We have eliminated so many bandits. When has the state ever given us credit for any of our achievements? We are eliminating bandits for the sake of the people of Qingyang!"

"Listen carefully."

Li Yun took a deep breath and said, "This time, the attack on Shiwangzhai was very successful. Shiwangzhai was severely damaged and there is no way to recover in a short time. Everyone in our anti-theft team has made contributions. After returning, each person will be given two strings of money."

"The injured will receive five strings of cash, and the seriously injured will receive ten strings of cash."

Li Dutou said in a deep voice: "This mountain is not a place to stay for long. If the people from the state go up the mountain, they might give us orders. You listen to my orders, take the brothers down the mountain by the small path, and wait for me at the foot of the mountain!"

Chen Da thought about it, nodded, and asked, "What about you, Dutou?"

Li Yun patted Chen Da's shoulder and said, "I will wait and see on the mountain. I will come down to look for you later. You can rest for a day at the foot of the mountain. If I haven't come down by tonight, you can go back to Qingyang directly."

Li Yun said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my brothers have made great efforts, and I will not lose a single cent of the benefits that they deserve."

Chen Da lowered his head, a little embarrassed: "My subordinates didn't contribute much. In fact, it was you and Brother Zhang who rushed to the front, and the brothers just followed behind to give you support."

“It’s good enough to be able to make a strong statement.”

"Well, hurry down the mountain before it gets light, so that the people from the state won't see you and get suspicious. Remember, if anyone from the state asks you, just say that you fought a bloody battle on the mountain all night and retreated down the mountain to rest because you were exhausted."

Chen Da nodded first, then looked up at Li Yun. After thinking for a while, he clenched his fist and said, "I'll listen to you, boss."

After saying that, he turned and left.

At this time, Li Zheng just came back from Liu Bo. Looking at Chen Da's back, he smiled and said, "Chen Da is a good person. Second brother, think of a way to make money for him and bring him back to the mountain."

Li Yun glanced at him and said unhappily: "What you said is unreasonable. He has a good job as a yamen runner. Why did he go up the mountain with you?" At this point, Li Yun paused, then smiled and said: "When the recruiting envoy arrives, Chen Da may be able to get a position."

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Less than half an hour later, Chen Da and other Qingyang runners had all retreated down the mountain through the small road, and only some bandits from the Shiwang Village and the bandits from the Cangshan Village brought by Liu Bo were left in the Shiwang Village.

Li Dadu took off his black clothes and put on another set of clothes. He hid the spear in his hand, raised a mace, looked at the brothers in the village, and grinned: "There are no outsiders now!"

Everyone laughed.

"The village chief just knocked down that big guy with just a few punches. He was so awesome!"

Someone shouted, "That's right, what a bullshit Giant King!"

"My second brother is invincible in Qingyang. He should be called the Invincible King!"

Li Dazhaizhu coughed, pressed his hands, and said, "Okay, okay, wait!"

"listen to me!"

He said in a deep voice: "Right now, the situation in the Ten Kings Village is still unclear, but the damn government troops are already trying to come up and snatch food from us. Can we agree to this?"

"cannot!"

Everyone spoke in unison, with one voice.

"it is good!"

Li Dazhaizhu said in a deep voice: "Then fuck him!"

"Laojiu!"

Liu Bo quickly responded: "Yes!"

"Go and collect the flags of the Ten Kings Camp. Hang up all the flags that can be hung for me. Brothers, pick up your weapons and let's fight these government troops!"

"But remember, they have more people than us, so we can't go up and fight head-on. We should defend according to the terrain. Defending the village is our home-guarding skill. Brothers, have you forgotten it?"

The bandits in Cangshan Village all laughed: "Of course we haven't forgotten our skills in guarding the house!"

For bandits, guarding the mountain stronghold is indeed "guarding the house".

"it is good."

Li Yun nodded and ordered: "Remember, today we are no longer from Cangshan Village, but from the bandits of Shiwang Village. Remember!"

Under Li Yun's manipulation, Cangshan Stronghold was officially considered to have been "completely damaged" after a conflict with Shiwang Stronghold.

In the current Cangshan Dazhai, anyone can be whoever they want.

All the bandits nodded repeatedly, and the older generation among them smiled and said, "I never thought that we would be able to become bandits in Lingyang Mountain one day."

"Stop talking so much."

Li Yun held a mace in his hand, looked towards the main gate of the Ten Kings Village, and said in a deep voice: "Hold all the important roads and fight these Xuanzhou government troops!"

After saying that, he put on his mask and walked towards the gate of the Ten Kings Village.

This time, he did not bring Li Zheng and Zhang Hu, but Liu Bo. Li Zheng and Zhang Hu often appeared in Qingyang, and they could not be exposed to the government troops.

Chief Li took off a longbow and quiver from the corpse of a bandit from the Shiwangzhai, tied them on himself, then climbed up a small slope and lay down halfway up the slope. When the government troops on the mountain road approached, he pulled the bowstring to its full extent and shot an arrow into the crowd without even aiming.

Only a scream was heard.

Liu Bo, who was standing by, immediately understood and shouted, "Where did you come from? How dare you break into our Ten Kings Village!"

Following his loud shout, more than a dozen bows fired arrows near the gate of the Ten Kings Camp. After a volley of arrows, several government soldiers in the lead fell to the ground. The rest of the soldiers were so scared that they retreated more than ten steps and dared not move forward.

The leader was another brigade commander from Xuanzhou named Yang. Upon seeing this, Brigade Commander Yang suddenly looked up at the Ten Kings Camp not far ahead with an ugly expression.

Have these damned Lingyang Mountain bandits lost their minds and gone crazy?!
(End of this chapter)