Li Xin and others changed horses along the way and went north, and it only took more than 20 days, and dozens of people rushed to Yancheng.

Yancheng is the nearest big city south of Jimen Pass, and it is also the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

After the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yancheng became the first male city in the northern Xinjiang of the Great Jin Dynasty, because the Northern Zhou Dynasty was strong for more than 100 years, the Jin State of that year grabbed many benefits from Yancheng, when Ji Man, the son of Chengde, was still the prince, he was sent to Yancheng by Emperor Wu to preside over the work of taking over the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Since then, although Yancheng has been hollowed out by the capital, the foundation is still there, especially the bow and crossbow technology of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is very developed, and the Ji family has moved many people from the south into Yancheng, and then turned it into a major city in northern Xinjiang.

Until now, although the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in the capital have been very sophisticated, the people in the army are all proud of having a Yancheng bow, and the Ye family naturally has a hand, and even the princes and nobles in the capital, the royal family, basically have a hand.

In the administration of the Great Jin Dynasty, the pinnacle of the magistrate is the envoy of the strategy, and then down is the governor of the state capital, the prefect, but Yancheng is a little different, starting from Emperor Wu, Yancheng and several state capitals near Yancheng have been divided into a separate piece, and the Yanzhou Mu sent by the imperial court is taken care of, this Yanzhou Mu's position, in the period of Emperor Wu, is still held by the Ji family, until the end of the Chengde Dynasty, there are people with foreign surnames sitting in this position, directly under the imperial court, not under the jurisdiction of anyone.

Today's Yanzhou Mu surnamed Gu, named Gu Song, is the brother of Concubine Ning of the Taikang Dynasty, born in Jiangmen, and the brother-in-law of the son of Taikang Tianzi.

When Li Xin and the others arrived in Yancheng, this Gu Zhou Mu went out of the city for ten miles to greet him, and invited Li Xin and Ye Mao into the State Mu Mansion.

"Mrs. Li, Ye Guogong, you can be regarded as ...... here"

Gu Song smiled bitterly: "There is news from Jizhou, yesterday the Ministry of Yuwen once again attacked Jizhou, the battle was extremely fierce, according to the news from Jizhou, most of the Jimen Pass has been broken, the remnants of the Zhenbei Army are fleeing in all directions, and now most of the people in Jizhou City have fled to Yancheng, if the Yuwen Department continues to fight, in a few days, the war will burn to Yancheng!" ”

Li Xin and Ye Mao glanced at each other, both with serious faces.

They hurried all the way over, paying attention to the news of Jimen Pass all the time, but they only knew that Jimen Pass was very simple to guard, but they did not receive the news that Jimen Pass had fallen.

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

He glared at Gu Song angrily, and said angrily: "Knowing that the battle at Jimen Pass is tragic, why does Yancheng not move?!" ”

On the side of Yancheng, there are about five or six thousand defenders, and these soldiers and horses are useless, but the four Zhichong Mansions sent by the imperial court have also arrived in Yancheng a few days ago, which is almost 50,000 forbidden troops, staying in Yancheng and watching, without a single soldier to rescue Jizhou.

Gu Song sighed, bowed to Ye Mao and said: "Grandpa Ye, Jizhou and Yancheng have cold lips and teeth, if the lower officials could command the forbidden army, they would have led the troops to save Jizhou City a long time ago, but the forbidden army transferred from the capital did not listen to the dispatch of the lower officials, and the lower officials had no choice." ”

"Ye Guogong has anger in his heart, and he shouldn't sprinkle it on his subordinates......"

Ye Mao's face was flushed with anger, and he was about to have a seizure, Li Xin on the side frowned, and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to hold accountable, Ye Mao, you are now wearing armor, and I will take 20,000 people out of the city and go to Jizhou, if the Jimen Pass is not broken, then go to the aid of Jimen Pass, if the Jimen Pass is broken, then collect the remnants of the Zhenbei Army and the wounded, and take the people who escaped from Jizhou to Yancheng." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked at Gu Song again, frowned, and said: "Gu Zhoumu, Yancheng is ready to accept the wounded and people from Jizhou with all its might, urgently summon a group of doctors, and make proper arrangements." ”

Speaking of this, his voice became a little heavier, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't be stingy with money and food, you can spend as much money as you have in Yancheng, and if you don't have money or food, you will go to borrow from those rich families, and I will be responsible for anything that happens." ”

Whether Taifu is a dynasty or an emperor, coupled with Li Xin's own status, although he does not have the position of "in charge of Northern Xinjiang", but at this time he opened his mouth to speak, Gu Song still shook his head, and immediately bowed his head and said: "The lower official obeys the order, and the lower official will do it!" ”

Gu Song is the brother-in-law of the Taikang Emperor, and he also entered the Taikang Dynasty and slowly made his fortune, he knows better than anyone the ability and power of this Li Houye, even if Yancheng is not under his control, but the military power of the four Zhichong Mansion is in hand, if anyone dares not to listen to him, this Taifu of the Dynasty will cut people, and his eyes will not blink!

After saying this, Gu Song immediately went down and did what Li Xin had ordered.

Li Xin and Ye Mao put on their own armor 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 Shi, just leave this kind of thing to me, you give me two Zhichong Mansion, and in two or three days, I can do things well." ”

This Ye Guogong's face was pale.

"Let's go together."

Li Xin's face was also a little unsightly, if Jimen Pass fell, then even if the Zhenbei Army was not emptied, I am afraid that there would not be many people left, which means that there may not be much left of the Ye family.

What's more, the Jimen Pass was broken, and the Northland didn't know how many more people would die.

The two uncles and nephews, after each putting on their armor, each led about 20,000 people from the four folding mansions in Yancheng, set off from Yancheng, and rushed towards Jimen Pass.

I didn't go far along the way, and I could see that the road was full of ragged Dajin people, and occasionally some soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, with their wounded or disabled comrades, fled from Jizhou to Yancheng.

Li Xin and Ye Mao glanced at each other, and both of them understood very well in their hearts.

The Ye family, which has guarded the solid thistle gate for more than 40 years, is probably no longer there.

Ye Mao lowered his head and was silent.

Li Xin cursed a dirty word and gritted his teeth: "The people of the planting family are too disagreeable, they are still defending Yunzhou City at this time, and Jimen Pass is like this, they should send troops to support it no matter what!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned back and whispered to the soldiers of the forbidden army behind him.

"The biography will be ordered."

"From now on, break it into pieces, take the Duwei battalion as a unit, disperse, and rush in the direction of Jizhou, meet the people of the Great Jin Dynasty on the way, and the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, and send them safely to Yancheng, if you encounter Xianbei people, not ten times the enemy, then avoid fighting!"

Speaking of this, Li Xin turned his head to look 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 of Jimen Pass!" ”

Ye Mao sat on the horse and was silent for a while before bowing his head in response.

"The last general, obey the general's order ......"