Unparalleled Concubine - v2 Chapter 1001

   Chapter 1001 Breaking the Jimen Pass

  Li Xin and others changed horses along the way and headed north. It only took more than 20 days before dozens of people arrived at Yancheng.

Yancheng is the nearest big city to the south of Jimen Pass, and it was also the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was after Ye Sheng entered Yancheng that he officially declared the destruction of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and drove the people of the Yuwen Department out of Jimen Pass. .

After the demise of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yancheng became the first heroic city in the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty. Because the Northern Zhou Dynasty was tyrannical for more than a hundred years, the state of Jin seized many benefits from Yancheng. When the emperor of Chengde, Ji Man, was still the prince, He was once sent by Emperor Wu to Yancheng to preside over the work of taking over the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The emperor of Chengde, who was only a teenager at the time, did a very good job in this matter, which made Emperor Wu very satisfied.

Since then, although Yancheng has been hollowed out by the capital, its foundation is still there. In particular, the bow and crossbow technology in the Northern Zhou Dynasty is very developed. The Ji family migrated a lot of people from the south into Yancheng, and then turned it into a heavy city in the north. .

Up to now, although the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in the capital have been very sophisticated, all the people in the army are proud of having a Yancheng bow. Needless to say, the Ye family has one, even the princes in the capital. Nobles, royal clans, basically all have one hand.

In the administration of the Jin Dynasty, the peak of the local officials was the Jinglue envoy, and then there were the prefects and prefects of the prefectures. However, Yancheng was a bit different. Starting from Emperor Wu, Yancheng and several prefectures near Yancheng. , was divided into a separate section, and it was managed by the Yanzhou Shepherd dispatched by the imperial court. This position of Yanzhou Shepherd was still held by the Ji family during the period of Emperor Wu. Until the end of the Chengde Dynasty, only people with foreign surnames sat in this position. It is directly under the imperial court and is not under the jurisdiction of anyone.

   Today’s Yanzhou Mu’s surname is Gu and his name is Gu Song. He is the elder brother of the concubine of Taikang Chaoning.

When Li Xin and the others arrived in Yancheng, the Gu Zhoumu went out of the city ten miles to greet him, and invited both Li Xin and Ye Mao into the prefecture’s house. After Mao bowed, his face was full of bitterness.

   “Mrs. Li, Duke Ye, you are here…”

Gu Song said with a wry smile: “There is news from Jizhou. Yesterday, the Yuwen Department once again stormed Jizhou, and the battle was extremely tragic. According to the news from Jizhou, most of the Jimen Pass has been broken, and the remnants of the Zhenbei Army are everywhere. Run away, most of the people in Jizhou City have fled to Yan City now, if Yuwen’s troops continue to fight, in a few days, the war will burn to Yan City!”

   Li Xin and Ye Mao looked at each other with serious faces.

   They came all the way, and they were paying attention to the news of Jimen Pass all the time, but they only knew that Jimen Pass was very difficult to guard, but they did not receive the news that Jimen Pass had fallen.

   Li Xin was still frowning, Ye Mao was already furious.

   He stared at Gu Song angrily, and said angrily, “Knowing that the battle at Jimen Pass was tragic, why did Yancheng hold its troops?!”

There are about 5,000 or 6,000 defenders in Yancheng. These soldiers and horses are of no use. However, the four Zhechong houses sent by the imperial court have already arrived in Yancheng a few days ago, which is almost 50,000. The forbidden army stayed in Yancheng to watch, not a single soldier went to rescue Jizhou.

Gu Song let out a long sigh and bowed to Ye Mao: “Master Ye, Jizhou and Yancheng have lost their lips and teeth, if the lower official could command the forbidden army, he would have led the troops to rescue Jizhou City, but the capital dispatched The forbidden army who came here does not listen to the dispatch of the subordinate officer, and the subordinate officer can’t do anything about it.”

   “Ye Guogong has anger in his heart, and he shouldn’t spread it on the lower officials…”

Ye Mao’s face was flushed with anger, and he was about to have a seizure. Li Xin frowned and said, “This is the end of the matter, and it is useless to hold you accountable. Ye Mao, you are now wearing armor, and I will each take 20,000 people out of the city to Jizhou. If the Jimen Pass is not broken, we will go to help Jimen Pass, and if the Jimen Pass is broken, we will gather the remnants of the Zhenbei Army and the wounded, and bring all the people who escaped from Jizhou to Yancheng.”

   Having said that, Li Xin looked at Gu Song again, frowned and said, “Gu Zhoumu, Yancheng is ready to fully accept the wounded and civilians in Jizhou, and urgently summon a group of doctors to make proper arrangements.”

Speaking of this, his voice became a little more serious, and he said solemnly: “Don’t be stingy with money and food, you can spend as much money as you have in Yancheng. If you don’t have money or food, you will borrow from those rich households, if anything happens , I will be in charge.”

Taifu was a first-class emperor, or an imperial teacher. In addition to Li Xin’s own status, although he did not have the position of “director of northern Xinjiang”, but when he opened his mouth to speak, Gu Song was still agitated, and immediately lowered his head and said: “Xiaoguan obeys orders, Xiaguan will do it now!”

Gu Song was the eldest brother-in-law of the Emperor Taikang. He also entered office in the Taikang Dynasty and slowly made his fortune. He knew better than anyone else the ability and formidableness of this Li Houye. Even if Yancheng was not under his control, the four members of Zhechong House were still in charge. The military power is in hand, if someone dares not to listen to him, this imperial master of the court will cut someone without blinking!

   After saying these words, Gu Song immediately went down and went to work according to Li Xin’s instructions.

   Li Xin and Ye Mao put on their respective armors and prepared to lead their troops to Jizhou to rescue the Zhenbei Army.

After putting on the armor, Ye Mao glanced at Li Xin and said silently, “Uncle, just leave me to do this kind of thing, you give me two Zhechong Manor, and I can do it in two or three days. it is good.”

   This Duke Ye’s face was pale.

   “Let’s go together.”

  Li Xin’s face was also a little ugly. If Jimen Pass fell, then even if the Zhenbei Army was not defeated, there would probably not be a few people left, which means that the Ye family’s family might not have much left.

   More importantly, the Jimen Pass was broken, and the North did not know how many more people would die.

  The two uncles and nephews, after putting on their armors, each led about 20,000 people from the four Zhechong houses in Yancheng. They started from Yancheng and ran towards Jimen Pass.

  Not far along the way, you can see Dajin people in ragged clothes everywhere on the road, and occasionally some soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, with their injured or disabled comrades, fleeing from Jizhou to Yancheng.

   Li Xin and Ye Mao looked at each other, and both of them understood.

   The Jimen Pass, which the Ye family had been guarding for more than 40 years, was almost gone.

   Ye Mao lowered his head and remained silent.

   Li Xin scolded a **** and gritted his teeth: “The people of the Zhong family are too outrageous. At this time, they are still defending Yunzhou City, and Jimen Pass is like this. They should send troops to support them anyway!”

   Having said this, he turned back and gave a low drink to the guards behind him.

   “The copy will be ordered.”

“From now on, let’s break it into pieces, take the commander’s camp as a unit, spread out, and rush towards Jizhou. On the way, I meet the people of Dajin and the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, and they will be sent safely. When you come to Yancheng, if you encounter Xianbei people, if you are not ten times more than the enemy, you will avoid it and not fight!”

   Having said this, Li Xin turned his head and glanced at Ye Mao, and said, “Ye Mao, you lead 20,000 people, quickly rush to Jizhou, gather the remnants of the Zhenbei Army, and investigate the situation at Jimen Pass!”

  Ye Mao sat on the horse and was silent for a while before lowering his head to respond.

   “The last general, follow the order of the general…”

   (end of this chapter)