Thief Emperor

Chapter 942 There Are Heroes in the World

Xiaoguan.

Li Yu was wearing armor and standing on the city wall of Xiaoguan. His eyes were a little red.

At this time, he had been leading the Hedong Army and fighting with the Shuofang Army for five or six days.

Before this battle, the Hedong Army had already sacrificed more than 10,000 soldiers in order to capture Xiaoguan.

It can be said that the casualties were heavy.

And now, the Shuofang army is at the gate of Xiaoguan City, launching rounds of attacks on Xiaoguan.

Xiaoguan was originally designed to deal with enemies outside the city, but at this time, the Shuofang army was inside the city, and when a battle broke out, the geographical advantage of Xiaoguan was far less than imagined.

Because there are stairs inside the city wall that lead to the city wall tower!

Therefore, Li Gao had no choice but to station the Hedong Army inside the Guancheng area, and the two sides were almost ready to fight with real swords and guns.

There is no fancy stuff at all.

What's even more terrible is that the Shuofang Army is being chased by General Su Sheng from the rear. Their main force urgently needs to escape from Guanzhong, so their desire to attack is quite strong. Within five or six days, the casualties of the Hedong Army have been completed again.

By now, Li Hao's eyes had turned red.

He held a telescope in his hand and saw the Shuofang Army in the distance, ready to attack again. At this moment, Li Hao finally couldn't hold back his temper. He turned his head and looked at He Man, the director of the Guanzhong Division beside him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Director He, can't you nine divisions coordinate the various armies? Tell me, where is General Su's army now?"

"It will take a few more days to reach Xiaoguan!"

He Man looked at Li Hao, was silent for a while, and then said, "General Li, General Su is the commander of the Guanzhong war at this time. Our Nine Departments are also under the command of General Su during the war. Without the general's permission, I cannot tell you where the general's troops are."

When He Man said this, he saw that Li Hao looked unhappy, so he quickly added: "However, Jiusi has been actively contacting them. Once the general gives permission, I can tell the general."

"And there is one thing I can tell the general."

He Man whispered, "The general is only two or three hundred miles away from Xiaoguan."

"Two or three hundred miles..."

Li Hao's face turned pale. "It will take at least five or six days to get there."

He Man hesitated for a moment, shook his head slightly and said, "General, our Jiangdong army is full of fighting spirit and can march faster. If we just hurry, we can reach the destination in four days after traveling more than 200 miles."

"However, the general may have some other tactical arrangements."

He Man shook his head and said, "I can't and dare not promise you anything, General."

Li Hao clenched his fists, his face looked extremely ugly: "He Sizheng, up to now, the Shuofang Army has suffered heavy casualties, and our Hedong Army has suffered even more. If the battle continues, even if the Shuofang Army doesn't collapse, my Hedong Army will collapse!"

"If it weren't for my old subordinates suppressing us, we would have mutinied at any time!"

He Man took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, General."

"Jiu Si has sent over a batch of thunder bombs, which will be delivered to the general tomorrow."

He paused, looked at Li Hao, and continued, "There is one more thing. Jiusi can inform the general."

He looked at Li Hao and said slowly: "Your Majesty has entered Guanzhong and is now in the old Zhou imperial capital, silently watching the Xiaoguan battlefield."

He held up five fingers and said, "Five days. General, just hold on for another five days. After five days, it will be the minimum ten-day deadline given by His Majesty."

The Guanzhong Division Chief took a look at the battlefield below the city wall, was silent for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "If the general hasn't arrived in five days, you don't have to continue to insist on doing this. If His Majesty blames you then, I'll be fine."

"Even if I have to give up my position as the Chief Justice, I will write to His Majesty and speak for the general."

Hearing this, Li Hao finally fell silent.

After a while, he turned his head to look at He Sizheng, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Thank you very much."

"It should."

He Man said seriously: "Although the general is not from our Jiangdong Army, but after watching the Hedong Army fight until now, I admire the general very much."

"I am very happy to do what I can for the general."

Li Hao took a deep breath, clasped his fists towards He Man and said, "If you can survive today, I'll see you in Luoyang in the future. I'll treat He Sizheng to a drink."

He Man nodded readily and said that it was better.

The two men looked up at the same time and saw the Shuofang army rushing over again. After a while, Li Yu put down the telescope in his hand, put on his helmet, clenched his spear, and said in a deep voice: "If I die here, He Sizheng will take a message to my brother in Luoyang on my behalf."

"Just say that as a younger brother, I have not let him down!"

After saying that, he took a deep breath and prepared to go into the battlefield himself.

He Man pulled his sleeve, shook his head and said, "General, why do you have to risk your life like this?" "As long as you can protect yourself, the victory or failure of the Battle of Xiaoguan actually has little to do with you."

He Sizheng couldn't help but whispered, "I'm going to say something unpleasant. The more casualties the Hedong Army suffers at this moment, the more compensation Your Majesty will give you in the future."

Li Yu broke free from He Man's hand and said in a low voice: "If I were this kind of person, I would have replaced my elder brother and become the Duke of Luoyang by now!"

After saying this, he strode towards the battlefield.

He Man did not stop him anymore, but watched him silently as he rushed to the battlefield, with a little more admiration in his eyes.

"A hero of the world."

He Sizheng sighed.

"Not all of them are in Jiangdong."

………………

Five days later, in Anrenfang, Chang'an City.

Emperor Li brought Xue Song with him and, under the guidance of Du Qian, came to the ancestral home of the Du family.

The Du family's ancestral home was half burned down back then. After years of war, there is no complete house left. Only a few scattered houses are left, which still look good.

Du Qian led Li Yun and Xue Song to one of the intact houses. At this time, the house was already empty with only some rubble left.

Du Qian looked around, tears welling up in his eyes: "Your Majesty, Lord Xue, this is where I studied when I was young."

He sighed: "Over 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye, and people and things are no longer the same."

Li Yun put his hands behind his back and looked around without saying anything.

Master Xue Song looked at Du Qian and consoled him, "After more than a decade of war, few people in the world have been able to remain unscathed. The Du family was in Jingzhao Prefecture back then, and naturally it would be difficult for the eggs to remain intact when the nest was overturned."

Mr. Xue paused, and said to Du Qian: "Although the Jingzhao Du Mansion has become like this, Prime Minister Du has moved on after all. Now Prime Minister Du can rebuild the old house here."

"No matter how you put it, it should be that things are not people."

Du Qian gave a bitter smile, twisted a strand of hair from the back of his head, and sighed, "Look, Master Xue, my hair is already all white."

Du Qian is about six years older than Li Yun. Now Emperor Li is 32 years old, and Prime Minister Du is nearly 40 years old.

In addition, he has been working hard in the past ten years, and a lot of white hair has indeed grown on his head.

Mr. Xue smiled and said, "Speaking of white hair, I have a head full of it, much more than Prime Minister Du."

While the two were talking, Yang Xi, who was in charge of security, came running over. He first bowed his head to Li Yun, then called out to Prime Minister Du and Lord Xue, and then continued to say to Li Yun: "Your Majesty, here is the intelligence just sent from the front line."

He paused and continued, "General Su has led his troops to basically encircle the main force of the Shuofang Army. We just need to slowly shrink the army and wear down the Shuofang Army bit by bit."

Upon hearing the news, Li Yun hurriedly took the document from Yang Xi's hand. There was more than one document. One was sent by the Nine Departments, and the other was sent by General Su Sheng through the Nine Departments.

There is also a memorial written by Li Hao of the Hedong Army to Li Yun.

Emperor Li stood where he was, and after reading them one by one, he finally opened the secret memorial sent by He Man, the director of the Guanzhong Division of the Nine Departments. After reading the last document, Emperor Li frowned slightly at first, and then relaxed.

Du Qian was about to ask, but Li Yun had already handed the document to him. He then looked at Xue Song and shook his head, saying, "It may not be right to only consider the benefits in everything."

Master Xue was confused by his words and asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

Emperor Li shook his head slightly and sighed: "Chen Da's troops have already joined Su Sheng's troops and basically completed the encirclement. The Hedong Army also fought bravely and defended Xiaoguan tightly, not allowing the Shuofang Army to break through."

"However, the Hedong Army suffered heavy casualties."

Emperor Li said slowly: "In order to boost morale, Li Hao always leads the troops in every battle..."

"He was seriously injured and is now unconscious."

At this time, Du Qian had finished examining the documents. He handed the documents to Xue Song with both hands, then looked at Li Yun and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with doing this. For the sake of the people of the world, there should be no more vassal states in the world. As for the Hedong Army..."

He continued, "Even our original Jiangdong Army should be used in the same way."

"We'll reward you based on your merits later."

Li Yun said "hmm" and spoke.

"Li Hao is a good guy. Let's wait until he gets better."

"I want to use him."

(End of this chapter)