Chapter 0034: Going Upstream
At the city gate, hundreds of cavalrymen swarmed in, holding swords and looking ferocious. It seemed that these people had survived hundreds of battles and had fought all the way to the present. They didn't know how many people they had killed. The ones in front of them were just a few hundred yamen runners or palace soldiers, so how could they take them seriously?
Pang Jue waved the sword in his hand and rushed forward first. The sword was swung, but unfortunately the opponent had no time to react and the sword cut across his shoulder. The enemy let out a scream and fell down holding his right arm. The weapon in his hand had already fallen to the ground.
"Kill!" Li Yu took the Great Xia Dragon Bird from the hands of his personal guards and slashed it with a knife. There was almost no enemy in front of him that could match him.
The defenders of Yichuan City never expected that Li Yu would be so crazy. Faced with hundreds of cavalrymen, these people turned around and fled without hesitation. No matter how strict the orders from above were, these people would not step forward to fight the enemy.
"What a bunch of useless people! No wonder he can travel thousands of miles without being defeated." Cen Wenben looked at the scene on the long street and immediately let out a long sigh. Li Yu had won, and he was not happy. This meant that he would have to follow Li Yu south and live a wandering life. This was not what Cen Wenben wanted to see, but he wanted to leave here, but it was impossible. It was a pity that he had all kinds of strategies, but at this time he had no way out.
"Mr. Cen, we can leave now." Li Yu rode on a yellow horse and appeared downstairs with a smile. He looked at Cen Wenben and said, "It's just right. The moonlight is nice today. You and I can talk on the boat at night and go directly to Luoyang."
"If the young general says he wants to go to Luoyang, I'm afraid no one in the world will believe him!" Cen Wenben felt dissatisfied and couldn't help but said loudly: "If I were a general, I would never go to Luoyang or Ruyang, but go upstream to confuse the enemy."
Li Yu was stunned at first, then he laughed and said, "Sir, you are smart. You even know my next plan. You are indeed a smart person. Sir, please get on the horse."
Cen Wenben looked unhappy. No matter how he explained, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape the reputation of a thief from now on. He saw Yang Ruoxi and Yang Qing'er, escorted by two maids, heading towards a carriage not far away. He immediately sighed and could only follow the two soldiers down the restaurant, get on a warhorse, and head towards the dock in the south of the city.
There were hundreds of ships docked at the pier in the south of the city, large and small, densely packed. It was indeed the pier on the Yi River. All the ships from dozens of miles around were docked here. Li Yu looked over with the firelight and saw that most of these ships were large ships.
"These ships probably belong to aristocratic families, or at least powerful people around the Yi River. Now that you have seized their ships, I'm afraid they won't let you go." Cen Wenben glanced at Li Yu.
"As if these people will let me go if I don't rob them. Sir, the world is about to be in chaos, and many people with ulterior motives are thinking of starting a rebellion. Duke Chu is the instigator, and I want to turn the Central Plains upside down and make those people with ulterior motives show up earlier. In this way, the imperial court's troops will not focus on me, Li Yu." Li Yu shook his head and said, "The more trouble I make here, the more troops the imperial court will mobilize, which will cause emptiness in various places, and someone will definitely start a rebellion."
Cen Wenben looked at Li Yu with a hint of horror, and couldn't help saying, "Do you want to provoke a war in the world?" He didn't expect that Li Yu actually thought so. In this case, chaos in the world is inevitable.
"There is no other way to stay alive. Sir, the world will be in chaos sooner or later. Li Yu has no other ability and can only think about staying alive. Sir, even if there is no Li Yu, there will be others." Li Yu shook his head .
"What can you do with your four hundred cavalrymen? The world will be in chaos sooner or later, but before that, can you survive?" Cen Wenben obviously looked down on Li Yu .
"The South lacks cavalry. There are relatively few aristocratic families in the South, and there are countless bandits and tyrants in Nanyang and Xinye. When one side is suppressed, many elite soldiers will join in." Li Yu shook his head.
"Is it really like that?" Cen Wenben looked at Li Yu, but his gaze fell on a warhorse in the distance. There was nothing else on the warhorse, but two boxes. Cen Wenben could guess what was in the boxes.
"Of course it is." Li Yu nodded without thinking, and said seriously: "Sir, you are most familiar with the Nanyang area. When you know the current situation, it is said that there are many bandit problems in Nanyang. What do you think?"
"There are many bandits. It may be difficult for the Major General to defeat these bandits and seize these forces! I think the Major General's plan will definitely not be so simple." Cen Wenben shook his head. He absolutely believed that Li Yu would not be so simple. It was impossible for him to just want to obtain the power of the chaotic soldiers in Nanyang.
But Cen Wenben didn't think about what Li Yu would do next. Perhaps no one could guess. Cen Wenben suddenly felt a little curious at this time.
"Let's go, sir." Li Yu did not say anything else, but made an invitation gesture to Cen Wenben. Cen Wenben shook his head helplessly and could only follow Li Yu onto the boat.
The boat moved slowly out of the water gate. Four hundred elite soldiers and war horses boarded the boat together. There were still many boats and bamboo rafts in the river. Li Yu took a look and nodded to Pang Jue beside him. Pang Jue immediately ordered people to go down to the river. A moment later, the boats docked at the dock left the river bank one after another, followed behind the army, and slowly disappeared in Yichuan City.
"Hey! Aren't you going to the other side?" As the boat moved slowly, Cen Wenben suddenly realized that Li Yu's troops were not heading to the other side, but were going upstream. He looked at Li Yu and couldn't help but said, "General, you are going upstream, are you trying to get away from the pursuers behind you?"
"I'm afraid that Yuwen Tianbao hasn't crossed the Luo River yet. If he wants to chase me, it will probably take at least two days. He is a cavalryman, and I am also a cavalryman. It is not an easy task to chase me." Li Yu shook his head. What he needed was not only to jump out of Yuwen Tianbao's encirclement, but to completely eliminate Yuwen Tianbao and teach Yuwen Shu a lesson.
"Then what do you want to do?" Cen Wenben looked at Li Yu on the side and hesitated.
"Destroy Yuwen Tianbao." Li Yu said seriously: "Only in this way can we make arrangements calmly, what do you think, sir?"
"Flood the army?" Cen Wenben couldn't help but say, "General, you are really brave, but the Yi River is wide, so the possibility of flooding the army is relatively small!"
"There are always places with narrow water surfaces, and some places are even good places to deploy troops." Li Yu said confidently.
