Northern Xinjiang, Jizhou City.

Because in the past two years, it has been war-torn and occupied by the Xianbei people for a period of time, Jizhou, which was originally quite good, has been scarred at this time, and most of the people in the city have also left and retreated to a farther place in the pass.

Since the formation of the Zhenbei Army, most of the military needs of the Zhenbei Army have come from Jizhou, and this city does not need to pay any taxes to the imperial court, nor does it need to serve the imperial court, as long as it can supply the daily needs of the Zhenbei Army.

During Ye Ming's period, this Jizhou city was once very prosperous, and the number of people was only a little worse than that of Yanzhou City.

However, at this time, except for a few scattered soldiers, there were basically no ordinary people in the city.

Ye Mao, the Duke of Chen Guogong of the Great Jin Dynasty, sat on the wall of Jizhou City, quietly looking at the north.

He was still wearing armor, his hair had clumped, and although his face had been washed, he could see a lot of bruises with the naked eye, and the armor on his body was also scarred, and many traces of being nailed out by feather arrows were clearly visible.

In the past few months, he took the recruits recruited in Jiangbei, hard support, in just a few months has been a hard fight no less than ten times, of which Jizhou once again lost, Ye Mao can only lead these "Zhenbei Army" to escape to the vicinity of Yanzhou City and Xianbei Department, to the recent period, these Xianbei people can not take advantage, only slowly withdrew from Jizhou, back to the Guanwai.

But even so, the entire northern Xinjiang was also attacked and harassed by these Xianbei people, and they took away more than 10,000 people, not to mention 20,000 people, and robbed countless goods.

This is a relatively normal phenomenon, even when the Zhenbei Army and the Yunzhou Army were both guarding in northern Xinjiang, these Xianbei people did not "fight the autumn wind" near the border pass, but the people who were taken away at those times were generally hundreds of people, and this time it was directly over 10,000.

Ye Mao could only barely resist the Xianbei people's soldiers, and he was powerless for this situation.

He sat on the city wall of Jizhou and had been in a daze for a whole day.

No one dared to disturb him, and it wasn't until the sun was setting that a general from the Chen Guogong Mansion slowly walked to Ye Mao's side, squatted down, and said softly: "General, the barbarians won't come today......"

Saying that, he looked at the wound on Ye Mao's body, and said with some reluctance: "Also, the injury on your body is not good, the doctor said that you can't cover your armor anymore, you better take it off quickly, so that you can recuperate......"

This person was also an old man of the Zhenbei Army back then, he squatted beside Ye Mao, his eyes were slightly red: "If you drag your body down, the pillars of the northern frontier will fall ......"

Ye Mao was staring at the north side in a trance, and when he heard this, he twisted his neck and glanced at the general, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Why are big men crying, I have my own body, it's okay." ”

At this time, Ye Mao had at least three or four arrow wounds of more than an inch on his body, all of which were simply bandaged and not treated again, which was slightly more serious than Li Shuo's injuries in the attack on the capital, that is, he was extremely talented and his body was extremely strong, otherwise he would have fallen down at this time.

Ye Mao stared at the north again, and only after seeing that the sun was almost on the ground, he supported himself and wanted to stand up.

Seeing this, the general next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

Ye Mao is nine feet tall and weighs more than two hundred pounds, and this family general just supported him, and used all his strength.

"It seems that the Xianbei barbarian will not come today, let the brothers strengthen their vigilance, and if there is any movement, notify me immediately."

Because this newly recruited "Zhenbei Army" has basically not undergone much systematic training, there are not even a few qualified scouts, and there is no ability to go out of the city to detect the movements of the Xianbei people, so Ye Mao can only use this most primitive method to guard the city wall of Jimen Pass day by day.

In the past few months, he has lost at least twenty pounds.

The general of the family supported Ye Mao and said: "General, according to the news from the imperial court, the Yunzhou army is almost in Yunzhou at this time, and when the Yunzhou army returns to Yunzhou, the pressure on our side will be greatly reduced, and the general does not need to guard the city wall every day......"

In the past few months, in addition to the Jimen Pass being attacked and harassed by the Xianbei people, Yunzhou City, which has only 20,000 or 30,000 people left, will naturally be patronized by the Xianbei people, but fortunately, the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 Yunzhou troops in Yunzhou City are all veterans, and they can't defend the city, and the Xianbei people can't do anything about them in a short time.

However, the border towns and ordinary villages near Yunzhou City have suffered great disasters, and in the past few months, the people near Yunzhou City have suffered the most damage, and the Yunzhou army is not enough to defend Yunzhou City, and they are powerless about the suffering of the surrounding people.

At the mention of the Yunzhou Army, Ye Guogong was angry and scolded angrily: "This group of bitches raised them rushed to the capital with their tails wagged, what happened? They didn't even see the walls of the capital, so they rolled back in disgrace! ”

"The next time I see Chongwu, there is also a kind of Xuantong that old thing, Lao Tzu must break their legs!"

Ye Mao was furious and scolded the farmer all the way.

After returning to his residence in Jizhou, someone helped him take off the armor on his body, and the arrow wound behind him was not well recuperated, and he was stuffed in the armor for a long time, which was already inflamed and had a tendency to suppurate.

Ye Mao had a fierce personality, and he didn't care about this, so he picked up his wine glass and drank, and after the old doctor who was in charge of treating his injuries helped him change the gauze on his body, he waved his hand again and again: "General, this wound on your body is about to appear, if you drink again, this wound and decay will not be cured anyway." ”

Ye Mao put down the wine jug stupidly and snorted: "Damn, the itch in my back is unbearable, how can I endure it without drinking a few sips of wine?" ”

However, he was not a reckless man, and after hearing the doctor's words, he stopped drinking, endured the wound, and asked the doctor to change his gauze.

The old doctor uncovered the gauze, looked at the injury behind him, and shook his head again and again: "General, you can't cover your armor again tomorrow anyway, this wound will suppurate if it worsens, and then you can only use a knife to rip off the nearby flesh and blood, you will have to suffer more, and it may not be cured......"

Ye Mao saw the sweat on his forehead, and snorted, his voice was like thunder: "What nonsense, the Xianbei barbarians will come at any time, I don't cover my armor, do you want to shoot them naked to death?" ”

"Change your medicine is, Ye is a person who lives and dies, and Mr. Lao doesn't bother."

When the old doctor heard this, he shook his head helplessly and sighed: "The old man has been practicing medicine all his life, if an ordinary person doesn't listen to the doctor's advice like this, the old man will turn around and leave." ”

Speaking of this, the old gentleman looked at Ye Mao's sore back and sighed: "The general's injuries were all carried down for the people of Jiangbei. ”

Every time he changed the dressing, it was a torment, Ye Mao frowned the whole time, and his forehead was sweaty.

After changing the medicine and re-bandaging, although Ye Mao didn't say a word, he was already sweating all over his body.

The old gentleman glanced at Ye Mao, let out a long sigh, and turned around after prescribing the medicine for internal use.

Ye Mao found a robe to put on his body, looking at the already dark sky outside, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Not long after he sat down, a general of the Guogong Mansion ran over in a panic and knocked on Ye Mao's door.

"Grandpa, someone has come to Jizhou and wants to see you......

Ye Mao rubbed his head a little tiredly, frowned, and said, "Who?" ”

"It seems to be...... People from the Yunzhou Army. ”