Chapter 673 Yiling’s sudden change (Part 2)

Li Yunshu never dreamed that Li Fang would come. He seemed to realize something and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to take him to his inner tent.

"What are you doing in such a mess?"

As soon as they met, Li Yunshu scolded him, feeling heartbroken and annoyed by the reckless behavior of his nephew, who was actually a child.

Li Fang was kneeling down, "Father, please listen to your child's words."

Although Li Fangzheng has been adopted, he still calls Li Yunshu his father. "Father, the child is not reckless, the child comes from something big."

"Wait a minute!"

Li Yunshu walked to the door of the outer tent, looked out, and instructed his personal soldiers, "I have family affairs, no one will see you!"

He pulled down the curtain, then walked back to the inner tent, and whispered: "What's the matter?"

"Father, the child is now the captain of the Northern Tang Army."

"You... joined the army, when? Why don't I know?"

"The child joined the army last year and was stationed in Hanzhong. Now he is a lieutenant."

Li Yunshu knew that the difficulty of the Anxi Army was entirely due to military merits and abilities. The army generally had low military positions. Zhao Chongyi and others had been promoted to generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but when they returned to Northern Tang Dynasty, they were still just a general of the Central Army. The son had only been in the army for more than a year, so he wanted to be promoted to lieutenant. Dreaming! Unless it is.

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Thinking of this, he was not anxious, sat down, looked at his son and said, "Tell me the truth, what's going on? What are you doing here?"

Li Fang had been trained in the intelligence hall before coming. He knew that speaking too quickly would arouse his father's disgust and he had to do it step by step.

"Father, I have indeed joined the army. I was originally stationed in Tongguan. Not long ago, our army was transferred to Hanzhong, and I also came with me. Now there are 200,000 troops gathered in Hanzhong, and Li Guangbi has been appointed as the Marshal of the Conquest South."

"Two hundred thousand army!"

Li Yunshu was shocked. He knew that the general garrison in Hanzhong was 50,000, and suddenly it increased to 200,000. Needless to say, Li Qing'an was going to really attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Recently, there has been a lot of rumors, and it is basically the Northern Tang Dynasty to attack Xiangyang. Now it seems that it is actually an all-round attack on Northern Tang. The situation is not good! He began to stir up trouble in his heart.

"Sanlang, then what are you doing here?"

"Don't you know yet! General Zhao Chongyan has led tens of thousands of troops to Huangbai River Valley, which is very close to his father."

"What!"

Li Yunshu jumped up in shock, and he widened his eyes, "What did you say? Zhao Chongyan has arrived."

"That's right! The child is here with the army."

Li Yunshu was a little panicked. He looked out the map and pointed to Huangbai River Valley and asked, "Tell me quickly, where is Zhao Chongyi's army?"

Li Fangzheng shook his head, "The child is the scout of the Northern Tang Army. Does my father think I will say it?"

"you....."

Li Yunshu sat down powerlessly, he stared at the youngest son blankly, and after a while, he asked in a low voice: "To be honest, are you here to persuade me to surrender?"

"I just want to ask my father one thing, is my father now a Tang army or a rebel?"

Li Yunshu was shocked all over. He understood his son's meaning. Chang'an was the Tang army and Chengdu was also the Tang army. There was no saying of surrender. It just depends on which court you support. From an emotional point of view, Li Yunshu was from Chang'an. Of course he supported Chang'an, but Li Heng treated him well.

Li Yunshu has always believed that his deportation had nothing to do with Li Heng, but was Yu Chaoen's unauthorized act. This was his subconscious and also a kind of self-paralleled state. The dignified Yiling Lord was demoted. How could Li Heng'an not know? The arrogant baby fish once pointed at his nose and cursed: "Do you know why you are unlucky? Because you are promoted by Gao Xianzhi."

Perhaps this is the fundamental reason, Li Yunshu knew it very well, but he was unwilling to face it and unwilling to admit it.

Li Yunshu already understood the purpose of his son coming, which was to surrender. He also knew that although the Southern Tang Dynasty had a large number of troops, it was actually vulnerable. Moreover, there were eunuchs like Yu Chaoen in charge of military power. The only famous general Gao Xianzhi was forced to leave because of the emperor's suspicion. How could they compete with the famous Northern Tang army?

Now the Northern Tang is ready to launch a large-scale attack on the Southern Tang. The Southern Tang is in a desperate situation. What else can he remember?

It’s not impossible to surrender, but who should I surrender to? Zhao Chongyan has a good relationship with him, but it would be a bit like asking him to surrender to Zhao Chongyan.

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Unless he is at a desperate situation.

Li Yunshu's mood is understandable. This is just like changing jobs in later generations. Although the new company looks good, his immediate boss is his former colleague, which is a bit unbearable in terms of face.

At this time, Li Fang was taking out a letter and handing it to his father solemnly. Li Yunshu took it and glanced at him. He immediately stood up. The envelope read: General Tiance, the governor of Anxi, Li Qing'an, and General Li Yunshu, General Yiling.

His hands trembled a little. This was the handwritten letter from Li Qing'an to him! He opened the envelope with trembling hands, pulled out the letter paper inside, looked carefully, and then looked at it again, for fear of missing a word.

The rewards and treatments given to him by Li Qing'an made him feel relieved. At the end of the letter, Li Qing'an promised to transfer his family in Shuzhou away. In this way, what else can he worry about?

He raised the letter paper and asked his son proudly, "Have Zhao Chongyi read this letter?"

"The letter was given to the King of Zhao directly. General Zhao knew that the letter was written on him, but he had never shown it to him."

"Well! He hasn't seen the best."

Li Yunshu felt relieved, and his mood immediately became lighter, and he smiled and said, "How can Zhao Chongqi ask me to help him? Did he say anything?"

When Li Fang saw that his father finally agreed, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Yes! General Zhao is dictating, I remember it firmly. General Zhao said that no matter what, he should lead the baby fish out of the city."

"Turn out of the city!" Li Yunshu frowned slightly. How should he lead? He had to grasp the baby's weakness.

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Yiling is a county and the capital of Xiazhou. However, Yiling County is not large, with only tens of thousands of people in the county. With the surrounding rural population, the entire Yiling County population is less than 100,000.

However, Yiling had many troops stationed, with an army of 20,000. Yu Chaoen ordered his adopted son Yu Baobao to be the commander of Yiling and command the Yiling army.

The 20,000 troops were stationed in Xialao Town, except for the 5,000 troops, all of which were stationed in Yiling County.

The county town was always very peaceful, but these days it suddenly became chaotic. Tens of thousands of refugees flocked to Yiling, helping the elderly and the young, making Yiling County in chaos. Most of these refugees were military families, and Yu Baobao dared not drive them away too fiercely. His adoptive father also wrote a warrant to give them food and ask them to return to Shu as soon as possible.

It sounds simple, but it is not easy to do. When these refugees arrived in Yiling, they seemed to have entered Shu. The belief in supporting their escape disappeared and they relaxed suddenly. Many people were sick. Nearly half of them were even more afraid that the road to Shu was difficult and they were unwilling to travel west again. They had to stay in Yiling. It was neither right to drive nor stay, which made the baby fish in a mess.

What annoyed him even more was that these immigrants were talking about how powerful the Northern Tang army was, and they were all the main forces of the Anxi Army. The Southern Tang army would definitely be wiped out and advised his soldiers to escape quickly, which made the army panic and the morale was severely sluggish.

In the afternoon, a news came that the fish baby could not bear it. A battalion of five hundred soldiers guarding the North City Gate, led by the captain, fled collectively. Only then did he realize that it was a huge mistake to let these refugees enter the city.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise, and the teacup on the table jumped up by him. He ordered in anger: "Send the order to the three armies, if anyone dares to incite the morale of the army, he will be killed immediately!"

Baby Yu could no longer sit still, so he immediately turned over and went to the city to patrol the city with a knife. If someone was shaken by the morale of the army, he would commit suicide in person.

Yiling was originally small, and nearly 20,000 refugees rushed in at once, making the county town dirty, smelly and chaotic. Almost all empty houses were full, and many people had nowhere to live. So they set up sheds on the streets and occupied the streets, making the originally empty main street narrow and crowded, with sewage flowing and smelling.

Although Yu Baby was not a eunuch, he had been pampering since childhood. The dirty and messy environment made him unbearable. He covered his mouth and nose, walked through the shanty town and walked to the open space. When the air was fresher, he said to his deputy general Jiao Degui hatefully: "I can't stand it. How could the old man let these troublemakers escape back? What should I do?"

Jiao Degui was the deputy general who was arranged by Yu Chaoen to assist Yu Baobao. Although he had no ability, he was a soldier and could lead a little army. However, he did not expect that Yu Baobao was young and had a great desire for power. He controlled all military power and made him Jiao Degui a decoration.

Jiao Degui smiled bitterly, "Young Marshal, this is pretty good. More than 30,000 people came, but only more than 10,000 were left in the end. I think it is difficult to get out of the prison town. How can Li Yunshu deal with so many refugees going to ask for food?"

"He can't handle it and get out!"

When talking about Li Yunshu, Yu Baby looked disdainful, "To be honest, I'm not at ease to let him guard the food!"

"After all, he is the lord general of Yiling appointed by the priest, so it is not good to squeeze him away. It is best to ask the old man to persuade the priest to issue an order to transfer him away."

"You're right!" Yu Baobao curled his lips and said, "Tomorrow I will write a letter to the old man and ask him to tell the emperor, so that I can't worry about that person all day long."

At this moment, a soldier suddenly rushed over, "General Yu! General Yu!"

"Why are you running so fast? Do you want to be reincarnated?"

Baby Yu scolded him, "What's the matter?"

The soldier ran forward and panted, "There is thick smoke rising from the direction of Xiazhuo Town, for some reason!"

"ah!"

The fish baby was shocked, and he urged the horse to run towards the west city tower. Jiao Degui hurriedly followed him.

The two of them turned over and dismounted in the west city and ran to the top of the city in one breath. There were already many soldiers on the top of the city. Everyone was looking out to the west. The fish baby rushed to the battlement and looked west. Sure enough, there was a rolling smoke rising from the direction of the Xiazhuo Town. They could see thick smoke at fifty miles apart, and they could see thick smoke at fifty miles apart. You can imagine what kind of fire had happened.

"What the hell happened!"
To be continued...