From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 973

On the morning of December 22, just after dawn, Zhou Yuan and Li Yu'an led 800 soldiers of the elite camp and rode lightly to Haizhou at the fastest speed.

Six spies of the Divine Bird led the way, passing messages back and forth, and constantly reporting the whereabouts of the island bandits.

As Zhou Yuan expected, the target of these two thousand elite island bandits was not Seoul, but Huangzhou.

Zhou Yuan's supply line came from Yizhou, Dingzhou, Anzhou, Pyongyang, and Huangzhou. The other party obviously wanted to cut off the supply line, defend Seoul, force the Han army to retreat, and buy more time.

Yes, the island bandits didn't think about winning, they just wanted to delay time, the longer the better.

So Zhou Yuan couldn't indulge them this time, he had to use the power of thunder to completely destroy the other party.

Haizhou was not far away, not to mention that the island bandits were already on their way north, Zhou Yuan only needed to go directly west to intercept them.

"I don't want to wear it..."

Li Yu'an complained a little. Seeing Zhou Yuan putting on light armor for her, she said shyly: "I have deep internal strength now. I can form an invisible air wall at any time. Even flintlock guns can't penetrate it, let alone those crossbows and old-fashioned muskets."

Zhou Yuan said: "It's better to wear it than not to wear it, just in case."

Li Yu'an said: "But it's uncomfortable. I'm used to wearing thin clothes. Anyway, I'm not affected by cold or heat."

Zhou Yuan glared at her unhappily and said: "Why are you like a child? You have to coax her to put on clothes..."

This sentence made Li Yu'an laugh. She raised her arms and cooperated with Zhou Yuan obediently. She smiled softly: "You should worry about yourself. Your kung fu is far behind."

Zhou Yuan said: It's different. I've experienced so many wars, and I have a keen sense of the dangers of the battlefield. I know how to protect myself. "

"But you lack experience after all. If you get into trouble, this armor can save your life."

Li Yu'an smiled and said, "There are only two thousand people, and they are little monkeys from the island pirates. Can they put me in trouble?"

Zhou Yuan looked serious and said in a deep voice, "We must develop rigorous habits, especially on the battlefield. Any disaster caused by negligence is difficult to bear."

"Attitude is very important."

Li Yu'an raised his eyebrows and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Put on light armor and continue marching. The horses are not stopping. When they reach the designated target location, it is already late at night.

In the deep night of winter, there is no moon, it is dark and silent, and the world seems to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Zhou Yuan and others seem to be shuttling in the abyss, but they have seen sporadic fire ahead.

The spy of the Divine Bird whispered, "There is a fire in the open space ahead, but it is only their external guards, in four directions, a total of about a hundred people."

"Their main force is camped in the woods. If there is any movement from any side, they will have time to react and will not be caught off guard."

Zhou Yuan looked ahead and saw that there were only about thirty people at this guard point by the faint light of the fire. As long as they were dealt with, the army could quietly approach.

"Sister Virgin, I'm afraid these thirty people will depend on you."

Zhou Yuan suppressed his voice and said, "You have unparalleled magical powers, only you can deal with them quietly."

Li Yu'an smiled lightly and whispered, "No problem, leave it to me."

Her figure floated out like a ghost, without any sound, because the speed was too fast, the firelight couldn't even illuminate her clearly.

Li Yu'an quickly moved forward and slapped out with a palm, and the snow on the ground was directly lifted up, extinguishing the fire directly.

The sky and the earth turned dark in an instant. Before the island bandits could react, they heard the sound of breaking through the air.

It was snow, bean-sized snow particles suppressed by pure internal force, wrapped in internal force, like bullets, accurately hitting the throat of the island bandits and penetrating directly.

One person fell down, and in just a few breaths, nearly thirty people were killed.

Li Yu'an waved her hand, and the rhyme of Tao permeated, and the green light overflowed.

This was a unique signal between her and Zhou Yuan.

And Zhou Yuan was almost dumbfounded, this... This was too much of a dimensionality reduction attack.

He stood up and said in a low voice: "Pounce, be quick and ruthless, kill!"

After speaking, he rushed forward first.

Six hundred soldiers followed closely behind, like six hundred brown bears running at full speed, rushing into the forest where the island bandits were stationed.

Screams suddenly rang out.

Fire began to appear, illuminating the faces of Zhou Yuan and others.

A face full of murderous intent, a face stained with blood.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, breaking the dark world, and everything seemed to be awakened.

The bullet was suspended in front of Li Yu'an. She had no expression on her face and said coldly: "It's time for you to pay the price!"

She rushed in directly and slapped more than a dozen people away with one palm.

"Kill them all! Don't let any of them go!"

Guan Dayong roared, and so did the six hundred soldiers. The roars almost frightened the island pirates.

On the one hand, they organized people to resist, and on the other hand, they picked up muskets and shields, but... it was useless.

The scene was too chaotic. They just woke up and couldn't tell the enemy from the enemy. There were people fighting everywhere. They finally fired a few shots, but couldn't break the enemy's armor.

After all, it was winter, and even if they were traveling light, the soldiers of the elite camp wore light armor and cotton armor. The traditional The old-fashioned muskets were weak and could not penetrate the enemy at all.

Moreover, their firepower was suppressed too badly.

This was a hilly area, and this was a forest. The 800 soldiers of the Elite Battalion were too familiar with this kind of terrain. They were originally trained in mountain cross-country.

In such a place, they were like beasts, killing the island bandits like animals.

The rout was no surprise.

The island bandits, who had no power to fight back, fled in all directions.

So, the remaining 200 soldiers of the Elite Battalion began to fill in the gaps, and the island bandits who escaped were caught by them. Mercilessly hunt and kill, not one will be allowed to go.

Li Yu'an was bloodthirsty, Zhou Yuan was also bloodthirsty, and they both had hatred in their hearts.

This battle was too fast, and the outcome was decided in two quarters of an hour.

Most of the island bandits died, and only four or five hundred were left kneeling in the snow to surrender and beg for mercy.

They were terrified and desperate, and kept knocking their heads.

The leader of the island bandits also shouted in broken Chinese: "Sir, sir... we surrender, please let us go..."

Li Yu'an stood there, covered in blood.

She was also the first Killing people like this for the first time, my heart beat very fast and my body trembled slightly.

"Please spare my life..."

"We were also conscripted men..."

"We were forced..."

The leader of the island bandits cried heartbreakingly, and kowtowed with four or five hundred men. His face was covered with snow and blood, and he looked embarrassed and pitiful.

Li Yu'an's heart suddenly softened. She opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Zhou Yuan's voice appeared.

"You are soft-hearted, just because you are a human being, you can't be completely cold-blooded."

The voice was very calm. Li Yu'an looked at Zhou Yuan beside her and found that his expression was also calm.

Zhou Yuan continued: "In the face of such a situation, anyone with a conscience will be more or less soft-hearted."

"But I want to tell you, this is a war."

"The nature of this war is not a fight between you and Li Jingzhi for the throne, but... a war of aggression and anti-aggression. ”

“Such a war is a life-and-death struggle. There is no other way to go.”

Zhou Yuan raised the knife in his hand and said coldly: “They are not pitiful. They deserve to die.”

“A person who loves cleanliness cannot tolerate filth in his home. Similarly, a person who loves peace cannot tolerate them in the world.”

“So, we must clean up the filth.”

After speaking, he killed the leading island bandit with a knife.

Guan Dayong and his men rushed forward. Amid the roar, four or five hundred island bandits became a pile of corpses.

Seeing this scene, Li Yu'an clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and said: “It’s a good kill, otherwise the people of Haizhou will die with regret. I was obsessed just now.”

Zhou Yuan said: “Burn it. Fertile land. Planting food here next year will have a good harvest.”

Li Yu'an understood what he meant and said softly: “Well, everything will be fine.”