At this time, Ye Shaobao's mental state and face were much worse than five years ago, and he didn't seem to have much strength to speak, and said slowly: "Mao'er, go out for a while, I have a few words to say with your uncle." ”

Ye Mao got up, wiped the tears on his face, bowed his head to Ye Ming and said, "The child understands." ”

Then the little grandfather pushed open the door, closed the door himself after going out, and stood quietly at the door waiting.

In this not very large room, only this pair of senior brothers with a big age difference remained.

Li Xin helped Ye Ming to sit down, and said softly: "Senior brother's day mourning, when the teacher left, he left with a smile, and there are no regrets." ”

Ye Ming pointed to the chair beside him.

"You also sit down and talk."

Li Xin sat down as he said, General Ye exhaled a breath of turbidity, and his voice was hoarse: "His old man has always been a very free and easy person, but I am not, if I could let go of blood and family affection in the early years, I would not have left the sage book and ran to Jimen Pass for decades." ”

At the beginning, Ye Sheng returned to Beijing and was trapped in the capital and couldn't move, the second and third elders of the Ye family died on the battlefield, and the fourth Ye Xuan was still young, so he could only rely on him, the boss of the Ye family, to carry the Ye family's family business.

Ye Ming is a very emotional person, his father's sudden death was a big blow to him, and after receiving the news, he grew several years old almost overnight.

Li Xin sat next to him and sighed slightly.

"Senior brother, you are also a father, Ye Mao also respects you very much, you have to take care of yourself, otherwise if something happens, Ye Mao can't help but be hit again."

Ye Ming barely smiled.

"Don't worry, my brother can't die for the time being, but if you continue to stay in Jimenguan, it won't be necessarily."

"This time I went back to Ningling's hometown, first, to guard my father's grave, but also to recuperate, otherwise I might really not be able to hold on."

General Ye smiled bitterly: "My brother's body has not been good since he was a child, much worse than his father, and it is not easy to live to the age of the sixtieth birthday." ”

Li Xin sighed slightly and didn't say anything more.

When Ye Sheng was still there, the master and apprentice talked about Ye Ming's body, and at that time, Old Man Ye was a little worried, worried that his eldest son was walking in front of him, and now although Ye Sheng took the first step, Ye Shaobao's body was ...... Obviously, it won't last long.

Ye Ming didn't continue on this topic, and after he was silent for a while, he began to get down to business.

"Chang'an, you should have received the battle report from Yunzhou City."

Li Xin nodded.

"Yes, I received it from the imperial court the day before yesterday."

"It's much earlier for my brother, and I already received this military report five days ago."

Speaking of this, General Ye frowned slightly, and sighed: "At a glance, it is drenched in blood." ”

Five or six days ago, Ye Ming had just left Jimen Pass, and he was much closer to Yunzhou City than the capital, plus he had been greeting the Xianbei people for many years, and he was well-informed on the Beidi side, so the news he received was much more detailed than the news received by Li Xin.

"The military report given to you by the imperial court should not have written casualties, but Brother Wei probably knew the casualty figures of the family, and the battle lasted for nearly three days, although the Yuwen Qigui Department suffered heavy casualties, two or three thousand strong people died on the battlefield, plus the seriously injured people, it is estimated that there are five or six thousand people, but ......"

"More people are dying in the family."

Ye Ming slowly stretched out a finger and said in a deep voice: "Although there is no accurate number for my brother, the number of soldiers killed on the side of the seed family is estimated to exceed five thousand, and if you count the seriously injured, I am afraid it will be more than ten thousand." ”

"The kind of Xuantong of the kind of family, is not a reckless stupid thing, he has guarded Yunzhou City for twenty or thirty years, has always been known for his stability, for decades, the Yuwen tribes have never dared to offend Yunzhou City half a step, and the Yunzhou army has not gone out of the border to fight with the Yuwen tribes, this time the kind of Xuantong suddenly went crazy, and directly led people to kill the hinterland of the Yuwen beggar department, and even approached their royal tent ......"

Yuwen Zhubu, to be exact, Yuwen Sibu, these four tribes were originally established by the clan of the Yuwen clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who fled north, because it was a royal family, so each of them gave themselves a king, for example, the current leader of the Yuwen Qigui Department, Yuwen Qi, is called King Mule, which means the king of the grassland.

The other three tribes, probably the same, all gave themselves the throne, of course, most of these princes did not go through the Northern Zhou court, after all, the Northern Zhou court is gone, and they can seal it as they like.

"This battle is indeed lost by the Yuwen Beggar Division."

Ye Ming said in a deep voice: "The Yuwen Begging Department is relatively small in scale among the four Yuwen Divisions, they can't afford such a big loss, and they take the initiative to ask the breeder for peace and admit defeat, this kind of victory may be regarded as a victory in the eyes of the imperial court, but in my opinion, there is really nothing to be happy about." ”

On General Ye's old face, there was a hint of anger.

"It is natural for the court to control the border army, but the affairs of the court should not affect how the border army fights, and it is obvious that Xuantong is swayed by the will of the court, so he will do such a stupid thing!"

This battle in Yunzhou City, any veteran who has led the troops for many years knows about it, and most of them will be angry.

Because there was no need to die so many people......

Li Xin also sighed and said softly: "This matter is indeed the will of the imperial court, but the planters are also anxious, so they don't have to fight like this." ”

Ye Ming snorted and didn't say anything.

Then he looked up at Li Xin and said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because of the incident in Yunzhou City that Brother Wei feels that it is much more appropriate for you to preside over the Zhenbei Army than Mao'er or Lao Si." ”

"The two of them, including Brother Wei, have much worse skills in the court than you in Chang'an, with you presiding over the Zhenbei Army, at least Brother doesn't have to worry about going out of the family."

Speaking of this, a flush appeared on Ye Ming's face.

"Northern Xinjiang has become like this, until now, I, the general of the Zhenbei Army, still haven't received any documents from the imperial court, and I still don't know what the imperial court is going to do!"

He looked up at Li Xin and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an, you tell Brother Wei, what is Your Majesty going to do?" ”

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "What else can you do, naturally you have to expand your territory." ”

"The southwest has been pacified, there has been no war in the imperial court for five or six years, and the household department is piled up like a mountain of money and grain, of course Your Majesty will have some other thoughts."

"In fact, he's been thinking about it for years."

General Ye's face changed.

After a while, he had to accept this fact, took out a wooden box from the table next to him, and handed it to Li Xin.

"This is the seal of the general of Zhenbei."

Ye Shaobao's voice was a little hoarse: "It was supposed to be handed over to you at the Zhenbei Army Camp, but my brother is in a hurry to return to his hometown, so I can only give it to you here." ”

He looked up at Li Xin and took a deep breath.

"Chang'an, in the future, the Zhenbei Army will be entrusted to you, and I have no other requirements for my brother, just ask you for one thing."

Li Xin took the wooden box, bowed his head and said, "Senior brother commands." ”

Ye Ming's face was serious.

"No matter what the attitude of the imperial court is, the Zhenbei Army can't do the stupid thing like the family army!"