Chapter 291: Surrender!

If we say that Li Yun before still had some lucky ideas, he hoped to gain a foothold in the chaotic times.

Even if the imperial court could continue to control the situation, he would not mind being a local lord under the banner of the imperial court.

Now, Li Yun’s thoughts are very different.

It’s not just the world that’s corrupt, but also the Wu Zhou Dynasty and everything old and filthy about this era!
The sky is covered with dark clouds!
Since entering Luzhou, Li Yun has witnessed too many tragedies. He saved some of the people, but he did not have time to save most of them!

In the ditch beside the official road in Luzhou alone, Li Yun saw more than one naked female corpse after being raped and murdered.

If these disasters could be entirely attributed to the rebels before, it now seems that the Wu Zhou court, at least the Wu Zhou officials who had contact with Hou Liang and the decision-makers of the court, should bear at least 50% of the responsibility.

And even more!
Now that the world has come to this point, we can no longer just get by.

This heavy rain completely extinguished Li Yun’s remaining desire to survive.

the next day.

After a night of fighting, most of the rebels in Luzhou City were killed, and the rest surrendered.

The leader Hou Liang was torn to pieces by Li Yun’s men, and his head was hung on the city wall of Luzhou City. A notice was posted at the foot of the city wall, bitterly listing the crimes he had committed.

However, Li Yun still did not write about the connection between the imperial court and Hou Liang.

After all, he had no hard evidence to prove this matter, and now was not the time to turn against the court.

Before the corrupt Wu Zhou Dynasty completely collapsed, Li Yun still wanted to use this chicken to lay his own eggs.

After fighting all night and being caught in the rain, Li Yun slept until noon the next day. When he got up, Zhao Cheng was already outside the door. After seeing Li Yun, Zhao Cheng immediately stepped forward and said, “General, the rebels in Luzhou City have been cleared out, but there are still many rebels in Luzhou.”

“It may take some time to clean it out.”

Li Yun rubbed his brows, looked at Zhao Cheng, and said, “There is no rush for this matter. I will give you a month. You will stay in Luzhou to support the defeated troops returning westward and clean up Luzhou.”

Zhao Cheng nodded first, then suddenly sighed and said, “Unfortunately, no matter how thoroughly Luzhou is cleaned up, the general may not be able to control it for a while.”

Li Yun smiled dumbly and said, “This is already within the territory of Huainan Dao, and you still want to control this place?”

He sorted out his thoughts and continued, “Later, we have to deal with the Jiangnan issue first. As for cleaning up the rebels, it can be regarded as enforcing justice for the people and eliminating harm for the people.”

“It doesn’t have to be about making a profit.”

“Moreover.”

Li Yun looked at Zhao Cheng and said, “At least we have left a good reputation. The people of Luzhou should be grateful for our kindness.”

In times of chaos, although the most important thing is certainly military force, the hearts of the people are also extremely important. Whoever wins the hearts of the people will win the world.

In most cases, it is not the case that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, but rather the winner is the king and the bandit loses.

Zhao Cheng nodded and said, “I’ll make a note of it.”

Li Yun looked at Zhao Cheng and continued, “I will only stay in Luzhou for three days. The rest is up to you. After you finish your business in Luzhou, lead your soldiers to Wuzhou.”

Zhao Cheng was stunned, then looked at Li Yun and whispered, “General, we have gathered too many defeated troops. If the court investigates this, I don’t know how to deal with it.”

“If someone from the court really has the nerve to ask you.”

Li Yun said expressionlessly: “Just tell them that General Su’s troops have been completely wiped out. We did not accept the defeated troops. We are only here to take the Jiangnan people home.”

“By the way…”

“We wiped out a rebel army that conquered three states in a row.”

Zhao Cheng quickly bowed his head, clasped his fists and said, “I understand!”

“Go and do your work.”

“Yes!”

Zhao Cheng turned around and left without hesitation.

Li Yun returned to his room and opened the documents that Meng Hai sent from Yuezhou and Wuzhou.

These are relatively more important things.

The reason why Li Yun could not stay in Luzhou for a long time was because time was urgent. He had to return to Wuzhou as soon as possible to get the troop explosion issue on track.

Only when he has 10,000 people under his command is he qualified to speak loudly to the court.

Just like that, two more days passed. On the eve of Li Yun’s departure for Luzhou, a letter was delivered to Li Yun. After receiving the letter, Li Yun only read it once and became a little excited. He immediately stood up and strode out.

“Meng Qing!”

Li Yun shouted, “Go call Deng Yang right away, ask him to lead 200 riders and follow me out of the city!”

Meng Qing was also startled, and quickly turned around and ran to call Deng Yang. Now, Li Yun’s subordinates were still very efficient. In less than an hour, 200 riders had gathered at the gate of Luzhou City.

However, these 200 riders can only be considered as horses carrying people, and are far from being cavalry.

With Li Yun’s current organization, he is still a long way from being able to produce cavalry.

For Li Yun, who is planning to establish himself in the south of the Yangtze River, cavalry will be a pain for him for a long time to come.

However, even if they are not cavalry, these two brigades of 200 people are the elite troops under Li Yun. Although they are not good at horseback riding, they have no problem in infantry combat.

After Li Yun got on his horse, Deng Yang asked, “General, where are we going?”

“Go pick someone up.”

At this point, Li Yun paused and changed his words: “I think he should be going to pick up a family.”

“Stop talking nonsense.”

He turned his horse around and shouted, “Just follow me.”

The group rode their horses and galloped on the official road for two days. During this journey, Li Yun constantly adjusted his destination based on the messages coming and going, and finally arrived near Zongyang County in Shuzhou from Luzhou City.

After asking around, Li Yun finally arrived at the door of an inn. After he gave his name, a man soon came down from the second floor of the inn.

This man was also tall, only three or four fingers shorter than Li Yun. However, he must have just experienced a period of rapid weight loss, as there was no flesh on his face and his eye sockets were deeply sunken.

Seeing him like this, Li Yun couldn’t help but change his expression. He stepped forward and saluted, saying, “Brother Su, how come you look like this!”

The person who came was none other than General Su’s eldest son Su Sheng!

Su Sheng wrote a letter to Li Yun more than half a month ago, saying that he wanted to bring his family to look for Li Yun. However, Su Sheng was not well-informed, and his letter was delivered to Yuezhou, missing Li Yun. It took more than ten days before the letter was finally delivered to Li Yun.

Li Yun calculated Su Sheng’s current location according to the location on the letter and came to Tongyang.

Su Sheng pulled Li Yun’s sleeve, looked up at Li Yun, and did not speak for a long time.

After the two of them sat down on either side of the table in the inn, Su Sheng took a big sip of tea and said in a hoarse voice: “After I was released from the prison of the Ministry of Justice, I received a suicide note that my father sent to me before his last battle.”

At this point, he looked up at Li Yun, then lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said, “He said in the letter that he knew he would not survive this trip, and after he died in battle, the court would release me.”

“He told me that after I was released, I should not go to the battlefield to look for him, but should immediately return to my hometown, bring my family with me, and move to Yuezhou.”

At this point, Su Sheng looked up at Li Yun, his eyes reddened: “Father said in the letter that Brother Li is a trustworthy person who can ensure that the Su family will not be extinct.”

At this point, Su Sheng lowered his head and continued, “My father said that he had never given you, Brother Li, any benefits, and those manuscripts were scattered. I shouldn’t have troubled Brother Li so much, but it really is…”

“No one can be trusted.”

At this point, Su Sheng looked up at Li Yun and gritted his teeth and said, “Brother Li, although I don’t have any great abilities, I have been with my father for many years. Even if I am just a small pawn…”

Li Yun shook his head, interrupted him, and said, “Brother Su, if you say something like that, I’m really going to hit my head against it and die.”

“If the general hadn’t helped me, I would probably still be a captain in Qingyang County. Since the general thinks highly of me, no matter what happens, I will do my best to protect the Su family.”

He looked at Su Sheng and asked, “How many family members did you bring with you this time, Brother Su?”

“More than twenty.”

Su Sheng lowered his head and said, “In addition to two adult brothers, there are five underage brothers and sisters, several aunts, and my wife and children.”

Su Sheng had mentioned this Li Yun.

General Su has been idle at home for these years and has nothing else to do, but he has taken in several concubines and had many children.

Li Yun patted his chest and said, “No problem, we will set off for Yuezhou early tomorrow morning.”

“As long as I am here, the Su family will be safe and sound!”

Su Sheng was touched. He stood up, bowed his head deeply, clasped his fists and said, “Thank you, brother!”

The two sat down again and drank a few glasses of wine. Su Sheng whispered again: “My father’s remains…”

“I have sent someone to inquire about this matter.”

Li Yun looked serious.

“Once we have the news, Brother Su and I will go and bring back the remains of the great general.”

Su Sheng looked up at Li Yun, and after a long time, he silently said a word.

“it is good.”

(End of this chapter)