Chapter 290 Suddenly a madman appears sharpening his knife at night!

At this point, the things that Li Yun had been unable to figure out for some time finally became clear.

If what Hou Liang said was true, then to do this he really had to stay away from the main force of the rebels in Henan Prefecture and do it quietly far away.

Some time ago, the imperial court did offer amnesty to the rebels, but the great general Wang Junping and several of his main subordinates did not accept the amnesty, so the matter was left unresolved.

Now it seems that the recruitment attempt seemed to have achieved some results, but they were not announced.

Li Yun reached out and grabbed his collar, narrowed his eyes, and asked, “Do you have any proof?”

Hou Liang was lifted up in the air, but he fumbled in his arms and took out a seal, which he shook in front of Li Yun: “This is the seal given to me by the court. When the rebels are defeated, I will be appointed as the general of Ruzhou!”

Li Yun took the seal and looked at it, only to see the words “Governor of Ruzhou” engraved on it.

Li Yun put the seal in his arms, squinted his eyes, and said, “There is no such position as General of Ruzhou in the court.”

Hou Liang had never been to school. After hearing what Li Yun said, he scratched his head and said, “That… that was another official in Ruzhou. I can’t remember who he was. Anyway, the people in the court said that from now on, the entire Ruzhou will be under my jurisdiction!”

Li Yun took a deep breath and asked, “Are you from Ruzhou?”

“Yes.”

Hou Liang looked down at Li Yun’s big hand on his chest and frowned: “Brother, we are all from the court, eating from the same pot, shouldn’t we be more polite?”

“I didn’t let my guard down on purpose. It’s not that easy for you to break into Luzhou City.”

This was indeed true. Li Yun’s march towards Luzhou City was too smooth. The rebels had no time to organize their defense and were directly rushed in by Li Yun.

Li Yun exhaled a breath of foul air, put him down, and then said, “Let me ask you a question.”

“I received news earlier that General Su’s troops were engaged in a fierce battle with the rebels. Did your troops engage in a battle with General Su?”

“Yes.”

Hou Liang straightened his clothes and nodded, “Not only my men, but we followed the orders of the general. A total of more than 50,000 people fought against Su Jing, and half of them were killed.”

Li Yun said expressionlessly: “Are you following the orders of Wang Junping or the imperial court?”

“There is no order from the court.”

Hou Liang looked at Li Yun with a strange expression and said, “Besides, there are more than just my men joining the battle, so we should fight however we want.”

Li Yun’s brows relaxed slightly, and he continued, “What about the follow-up?”

“The subsequent rebels surrounded General Su, and your troops should also be part of the encirclement. Since you are a member of the court, why didn’t you let them break out?”

“this…”

Hou Liang scratched his head and said to Li Yun: “Brother, judging from your appearance, you should have some connection with General Su, but this is really not my fault.”

“After the siege, we fought for more than half a month, almost a month, before we completely defeated Su Jing’s troops. During this time, I sent people to ask the higher-ups, and they said…”

Hou Liang looked at Li Yun and said cautiously, “The people above said that we should fight as we should and don’t expose ourselves.”

Li Yun’s eyelids jumped when he heard this. He grabbed Hou Liang’s arm and almost broke it in anger. Li Yun shouted in a deep voice, “What about the subsequent pursuit of General Su’s remnants?”

“This is an order.”

Hou Liang cried out in pain and said, “Besides, I didn’t kill too many defeated soldiers. I only killed those who were too injured to walk. As for those who were alive and kicking, I didn’t pursue them further, did I?”

He cried out again, “Brother, I have been following the orders of the court all along the way, constantly destroying the reputation of the rebels. After I came to these states, the reputation of the rebels has been ruined!”

“I can say that I am loyal to the court!”

“You can’t take revenge on someone else!”

Li Yun sneered, exerted force on his hand, and twisted his right hand hard, almost breaking it.

“Let’s not talk about whether it was an order from the court or not. You burned, killed and looted along the way. I heard that you robbed more than a dozen women. Of course you enjoyed it!”

It was so painful that Hou Liang almost fainted. His forehead was covered in sweat and he couldn’t utter a word.

Li Yun had already had the intention to kill, and was about to make a move when Zhao Cheng rushed in, stood behind Li Yun, clasped his fists and bowed to Li Yun and said, “General, the Luzhou Governor’s Mansion has been controlled, and the rebels in Luzhou City are being cleared out bit by bit.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Hou Liang, then looked up at Li Yun and asked, “General, is this the monkey general?”

Li Yun kicked Hou Liang in the back, knocking him unconscious on the ground. He then turned to look at Zhao Cheng with a very grim expression on his face: “This guy said that he was ordered by the imperial court to burn, kill and plunder along the way!”

As he spoke, Li Yun threw the seal of the Ruzhou governor to Zhao Cheng and said in a muffled voice: “This is the benefit promised to him by the court!”

Zhao Cheng reached out and grabbed the seal, took a look at it in his hand, then looked at Hou Liang who had fainted on the ground, and was also a little angry.

But his eyes suddenly lit up, and he whispered: “General, maybe we can keep this person as a handle for the court… in the future…”

He only said a few words, but he made it very clear that he wanted to hold the imperial court’s handle, so that when he wanted to raise the banner of rebellion one day, he could bring up this matter again and regard it as the imperial court’s fault.

Li Yun shook his head and said in a muffled voice: “This guy probably doesn’t even have a decent document. Even if he does, the court won’t recognize it.”

“There’s no use keeping him.”

Li Yun kicked Hou Liang, who had already fainted, hard again, then reached out and pulled out the long knife from Zhao Cheng’s waist, his remaining anger still lingering.

“I’m so angry that I’m going out to kill someone!”

Li Yun picked up a knife and ran out of the governor’s mansion. Zhao Cheng looked back at Hou Liang, who had fallen to the ground with blood coming out of his seven orifices, and waved to call his subordinates.

“Lock him up and wait for the general’s decision!”

Zhao Cheng knew that with Li Yun’s temper, Hou Liang would most likely not survive.

Not to mention the subsequent wounds from the sword and axe, just this kick that Li Yun launched in anger would probably leave Hou Liang with internal injuries, or even take his life.

On the other side, Li Yun walked out of the governor’s mansion with a knife in hand.

He put on the armor, went all the way to the front line and charged into the battle.

At this moment, he was feeling depressed and in urgent need of venting, so he rushed into the formation like a tiger. After killing a rebel with one sword, he snatched a long sword from a rebel leader, held the sword with both hands, and chopped it down fiercely with all his might!
Few people in the world could withstand his downward blow. The rebel in front of him blocked it with a gun, but his hands were dislocated by the blow and the gun in his hand flew high into the air.

Then he chopped off the man’s head with a slanting knife!

As the head flew up, Li Yun roared angrily and swung his sword again to charge into the formation.

There is almost no one who can match him.

In just half an hour, twenty or thirty rebels died at his hands. The nearby rebels were terrified and began to flee on a large scale.

The streets of Luzhou city were covered with blood.

At this time, thunder rumbled in the sky, thick dark clouds blew over, and heavy rain poured down, beginning to wash the already red Luzhou City.

On a rainy night, Li Yun, who was already tired, threw the long sword with a rolled blade in his hand to the ground, found a stone to sit on, took off his helmet and visor, and heavy rain immediately fell on his head.

At this moment, Li Yun exuded a strong murderous aura, and even the Yuezhou soldiers following him did not dare to approach him.

After a long while, Zhao Chengcai walked to Li Yun with an umbrella and shielded him from the rain. However, under the strong wind and heavy rain, their clothes were quickly soaked.

“General.”

Zhao Cheng looked at Li Yun, sighed, and asked, “Are you feeling better?”

Li Yun nodded silently, looked up at Zhao Cheng, and said slowly: “What happened today has had a huge impact on me. I originally thought that even if there are corrupt officials and evil officials in the court, this country still belongs to the court after all.”

“But now it seems.”

Li Yun said expressionlessly: “Perhaps in the minds of those big shots, the people below are just a number and not worth mentioning.”

Zhao Cheng threw his umbrella aside and simply followed Li Yun into the rain. He also sighed and whispered, “My father just couldn’t stand the barbarians attacking Caogu, so he led his troops out of the pass and fought against them. He even won that battle.”

“He was severely punished by the court. He was so angry that he wrote a letter to the court, bitterly pointing out the problems of the border troops.”

“result…”

Zhao Cheng was silent and said no more.

The final result was that General Zhao was executed by the imperial court, and the Zhao family was subsequently confiscated by the imperial court.

Only Zhao Cheng managed to escape and return to his hometown. Such a great military family was destroyed overnight.

Li Yun looked up at the heavy rain that was washing over Luzhou City, then turned to look at Zhao Cheng. He patted Zhao Cheng on the shoulder and said in a hoarse voice, “The world is so corrupt.”

“It’s time to change to a new day!”

Li Yun stood up, his eyes firm.

Suddenly there is a madman sharpening his knife at night, the imperial star is floating high in the sky!

He looked up at the sky and said in a low voice: “Cut that Hou Liang to pieces and hang his head on the top of Luzhou City!”

“Post a notice!”

“Just say yes.”

Li Yun had no expression on his face.

“Killed by Li Zhao of Wuzhou!”

(End of this chapter)