Thief Emperor

Chapter 780 The sky is about to turn white, and the war is coming!
If the Shuofang Army performs well, Li Yun really wants to have a serious fight with them in Shanzhou and on the western front of Luoyang. To this end, Li Yun has even made corresponding arrangements in advance. Once the Shuofang Army advances westward, his elite troops from Jiangdong will immediately follow and have a small-scale decisive battle with the Shuofang Army.

It would be difficult to directly kill the Shuofang Army in this decisive battle, but it could determine the ownership of the entire Central Plains for the next five to ten years. With the abilities of Li Yun and the civil officials of Jiangdong, the Central Plains would be in his hands for five years, and after that it would no longer be a fight for hegemony, but a matter of suppressing rebellion.

But now, the Shuofang Army had no intention of fighting and had no intention of confronting the Jiangdong Army head-on. This showed that after the last battle, the Shuofang Army had lost its will to fight, especially when facing the Jiangdong Army. They were timid and did not dare to move forward.

Even though they knew that the Jiangdong Army was "short of troops", they only dared to test it little by little.

In this situation, there is no need for Li Yun to be timid. On the contrary, he should be as strong as possible.

The stronger he is, the smoother the fight will go later.

Because in war, momentum is also a very important factor.

So, that night, Li Yun's troops rested near Taolin for one night. Early the next morning, the entire army of about 20,000 people decided to advance at full speed and attack Tongguan directly.

Taolin is only sixty or seventy miles away from Tongguan and Daguguan. With the infantry advancing at full speed, by nightfall that day, Li Yun's troops had already approached within twenty miles of Daguguan.

At this time, they were only thirty miles away from Tongguan.

After Li Yun ordered the troops to set up camp, he personally arranged for the scouts to explore the surroundings. Then he took Yu Ye and other generals to look around. When it was completely dark, a captain from the scout camp came over and reported to Li Yun, "Your Majesty, this place is called Yanxiang."

"There's a small town nearby."

The scout captain paused and continued, "Our brothers in the scout camp have already discovered scattered Shuofang troops during the day. Just now, we explored forward and found a Shuofang scout team less than ten miles away. We captured three or four of them alive."

At this point, the lieutenant looked up at Li Yun and continued, "Outside Tongguan, there should be a troop of Shuofang troops stationed, numbering nearly 10,000, to ensure smooth passage in and out of Tongguan."

Hearing the words "smooth entry and exit", Li Yun frowned slightly.

These veterans who have been through many battles should not be underestimated. Even if they are timid in their mentality, there is no problem with their tactical arrangements.

For the current Shuofang Army, Tongguan is the throat. If this throat is strangled by someone, even if Tongguan is unlikely to be lost, people outside the pass cannot get in, and people inside the pass may not be able to get out, so big problems will arise immediately.

And placing an army here can perfectly solve this problem.

Yu Ye turned his head to look at Li Yun and asked, "What should I do if I get promoted?"

Li Yun glanced at him and said calmly, "We have come all the way here, what else can we do? If someone comes, we will block him. If someone comes, we will block him. If someone comes, we will block him. Whoever is blocking the way will be pushed aside in one go."

"But with nearly 10,000 troops, they don't have a Tongguan Pass as a barrier. Let's rest for one night, and tomorrow you will lead the troops to attack the enemy camp..."

At this time, if someone else were here, they would probably question Li Yun's tactics, wondering if they were too simple and direct, and if they needed to think it over again. However, Yu Ye was almost nicknamed "Little Li Yun" in the army. His style was exactly the same as Li Yun's, and he almost copied him. Upon hearing this, he patted his chest and said with a smile, "Yes! Senior, I'll arrange it right away."

Li Yun called him and said calmly: "Remember, tomorrow you can only take half of your troops to attack the enemy camp, and the remaining half will be given to me."

Yu Ye scratched his head, then turned back to look at Li Yun, looking embarrassed: "Sir, you just need to take charge of the central army, there is no need to lead the troops anymore, right?"

Li stood up and kicked Captain Yu on the buttocks rudely, cursing, "Even you dare to point fingers at me, stop talking nonsense and get to work!"

Yu Ye was not afraid of anything, but he was most afraid of Li Yun. After being kicked, he didn't even dare to fart. He shrank his neck in fear and ran away from Li Yun's tent.

Li Yun sat in his seat, looking at the map in front of him and squinting his eyes.

His eyes fell on the map, and he murmured, "You should have reacted by now. Are you rushing back like crazy?"

After saying this, Li knocked on the table lightly and said, "Su Zhan."

"Su Zhan."

He called out twice, but there was no response from outside. A young man carefully opened the tent, came to Li Yun, and bowed his head and said, "Go up."

"Brother Su has gone back to rest. Now I and Brother Xue are taking turns guarding outside the tent."

It’s Zhou Luo.

Li Yun looked at the young man, was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "You guard the night, and Xue Gui guards the day?"

"Yes."

Zhou Luo said, "If Brother Su were here, Brother Xue and I could take a break."

Li Yun looked at the boy and recalled how he had called him "Uncle" when he first arrived. He found it a little funny, but after laughing, he remembered the business and said, "Go, call Meng Hai. He has followed the army and is in my central army."

"Yes."

Zhou Luo quickly lowered his head and retreated silently.

Not long after, Meng Hai entered Li Yun's tent. He bowed his head and clasped his fists in salute, then said with a smile: "The superior is really powerful. This young general of the Pinglu Army has been trained and obeyed by the superior." Li Yun shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "I didn't train him, I just gave him a job."

"I didn't expect this kid to be so serious about this."

After Zhou Luo arrived at Li Yun's army, Li Yun did not give him any special attention or care. He just did whatever Xue Gui did.

As long as his position allowed him to access anything, Li Yun did not deliberately hide anything from him.

Perhaps it was because of this trust that Zhou Luo worked very seriously, and even wanted to leave Xue Gui behind.

After saying this, Li Yun looked at Meng Hai, pointed at the map, and said, "All the nine military personnel should be deployed to the south of our camp. If there is any movement or disturbance, report it to me immediately."

Meng Hai looked down at the position of Li Yun's fingers.

Located between Hongnong and Tongguan.

Meng Hai quickly understood what Li Yun meant. He immediately lowered his head and said, "Yes, I'll do it right away."

He didn't say anything and just turned and left.

As Li Yun was tired from traveling all day, he took off his coat and fell asleep after looking through a few documents.

Li Yun did not sleep soundly this time. After midnight, before the second half of the night, Meng Hai, regardless of Zhou Luo's obstruction, hurried into Li Yun's tent, half-knelt in front of Li Yun, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, our army has discovered many Shuofang troops in the south."

He paused and said in a deep voice: "If they are not stopped, they should be able to reach Tongguan by noon or afternoon tomorrow."

Li Yun sat up, put on his clothes, sat on the edge of the bed, took several deep breaths, and then rubbed his eyes.

"Go tell Yu Ye to attack Tongguan as planned tomorrow morning. After he picks the remaining men, he will immediately prepare the entire army and follow me south."

"besides."

Li Yun looked at Meng Hai and said calmly, "Let Jiusi pass a message to Shanzhou and tell them to send an additional 20,000 troops to me immediately and prepare another 20,000 troops as backup. We will fight to the death with the Shuofang Army here in Tongguan."

Mr. Li said this in a nonchalant manner.

But Meng Hai had already heard the fierceness in Li Yun's words, and the murderous intent that was almost undisguised.

Even Meng Hai, who was Li Yun's first generation follower, couldn't help but tremble in his heart at this moment. He immediately lowered his head and said, "I obey your command, I obey your command!"

He turned around and walked to the door of the big tent, and couldn't help but look back at Li Yun, clasping his fists and saying, "Take care, sir!"

Li Yun waved at him, signaling him to get busy.

Only then did Meng Hai stride away.

After he left, Li Yun stood up in his clothes, walked outside the tent, stretched his muscles, and said loudly: "Yang Xi, Yang Xi!"

Not long after, Yang Xi, who was only wearing clothes and hadn't even put on his shoes, came running over in a hurry.

"Top, top."

He took a deep breath and saluted, "My superiors, please give me your orders!"

"Gather the guards, we have to work."

Yang Xi first bowed his head and responded, then bowed his head to Li Yun and said: "Go up, this time..."

Li Yun sighed: "Stop talking nonsense, go quickly, go quickly."

Less than half an hour later, all the guard camps assembled.

When it was almost dawn, more than 10,000 people had gathered. Li was riding on a horse, wearing black armor and holding a spear. He looked south and laughed loudly: "Brothers, if we go south at this time, we may be able to catch a big fish."

"Let's go!"

At Li's command, all the captains and captains under his command shouted as if they were injected with chicken blood, and their fighting spirit rose.

"Yes Yes!"

These generals also returned to their camps and gave orders to their subordinates.

"Let's go, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)