The Ye family has been in the army for generations, so naturally there are many good horses in the family. Ye Mao's mount is a tall green horse, which is also of Dayuan horse blood. His qualities are not much different than the big dark horse of Li Xin. He rode his mount and rushed to the west.

Yunzhou City is in the northwest of Yanzhou. Since the Yunzhou army is going south, he can chase these Zong family troops to go west.

Ye Mao only brought twenty or thirty personal guards and ran west for almost two days, finally chasing the Zhong family army that was marching.

Ye Mao had a special status in the Great Jin Dynasty. His identity as Duke Chen, even the head of the Zong family, Zhong Xuantong, had to call him Duke in a regular manner in front of Ye Mao. After reporting his name, Zhong Wu, the head general of the Zhong family army, soon walked out of the central army and came to greet Ye Mao in person.

After seeing Ye Mao, he bowed and said, "I have met Mr. Ye."

In terms of official positions, Zhong Wu is not a general, but is temporarily in charge of Yunzhou Army. In terms of official rank, he is far inferior to Ye Mao. Although the real power of the Zong family is worse than that of the Ye family, the reputation of both families in the court and in the opposition is far superior to that of the Zong family. Therefore, when facing Ye Mao, Zhong Wu had to be polite.

In comparison, Mr. Ye was not so polite. He jumped off the horse with a dark face, grabbed Zhong Wu's front, gritted his teeth and shouted: "The only one in the entire northern border is the only one who has established the army. When you return to Beijing, how should millions of people in the north of the Yangtze River deal with themselves?!"

"Last year, my town northern army resisted the Xianbei barbarians alone, and your Yunzhou army basically did not work. Afterwards, I didn't even say a word, because you must defend Yunzhou and dare not move, and I understand you too."

"Now, your Zong family army is going to abandon the people of Jiangbei and go to the capital to be loyal ministers and filial sons?"

Ye Mao said angrily: "Today, he will betray Jiangbei and gain honor and favor. Will he have to betray the entire Jin Dynasty and become rich?"

"You have a family that is said to be in harmony with the country, is it such a law of mercy?"

After a while, Zhongwu's face looked a little unfavorable. He reached out and pulled his clothes back from Ye Mao's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Ye, this is the military affairs of my Yunzhou army. Although my husband has a respectable status, he seems to have no right to control my Yunzhou army?"

"Restrain your mother!"

Mr. Ye opened his mouth and sweared, gritting his teeth: "If my grandfather was still alive, just with your current words, he would be able to cut you with one knife. My mother, this land of Jiangbei was defeated by him with his life. What if your family members say they abandoned it?"

Zhong Wu was spitting all over his face by Ye Mao. His face did not change. He wiped the spit on his face with his sleeve. Then he looked up at Ye Mao and said slowly: "Mr. Ye, I naturally understand what you said. For generations of my Zong family have been stationed in Yunzhou for more than 40 years. Why are you willing to give up Yunzhou City?"

"But... the emperor's order is hard to violate."

Zhong Wu Moran said: "The imperial edict received by our troops was that all 100,000 Yunzhou troops were returned to Beijing to serve the king. I have violated the imperial edict and brought only 80,000 people back to Beijing, leaving 20,000 people to station in Yunzhou."

"Twenty thousand people?"

Ye Mao remained angry: "Twenty thousand people can defend the Xianbei barbarians!"

"Can't hold on."

Zhong Wu glanced at Ye Mao and said, "But in addition to our Yunzhou army in the northern border, there are more than 20,000 troops in Yanzhou City. In addition to your remnants of Zhenbei Army, there are about 50,000 people in total. Although so many people still cannot stop the Xianbei people, as long as they work together, they can always block them."

Ye Mao's face suddenly turned gloomy.

"The blood of Zhenbei Army is almost dry. Now the remnants of Zhenbei Army in Yancheng are either injured or disabled. How can you have the attitude to say what you want them to go to the battlefield again?"

Zhong Wu took a step back, then looked up and down at 10,000 Ye Mao, his voice a little hoarse: "Indeed, my Yunzhou army went south to serve the king this time, but this time, I was a little sorry for the people of Jiangbei. This is the selfishness of the Zhong family, but your Duke Ye rushed to our army from Yancheng to block the road. Could it be that he had no selfishness?"

The Zhong family and the Great Jin Dynasty shared the same weal and woe.

The so-called "sharing weal and woe" means that since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Zhong family has guarded the borders for the Great Jin Dynasty. The two families have been married for generations. In the past 100 years of the Great Jin Dynasty, there have been two queens of caste. To this day, many of the two families are cousins, and they have long been separated from you and me.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the one who is least willing to see the imperial court change its surname is the Ji family, except for the Ji family.

Because of "sharing weal and woe", the Ji family will disappear, and the Zhong family will also disappear.

This is why the Zong family would rather abandon millions of people in Jiangbei than return to Beijing to serve the king.

Zhong Wu said that Ye Mao had "selfishness", which also said that the friendship between the Ye family and Li Xin was also said.

He felt that Ye Mao came all the way to stop him, but his purpose was not simple. He might have come to stop the Yunzhou army for the sake of the general of the Southwest Army under the capital.

Ye Mao was already straightforward, but after hearing this, his anger surged. He stepped forward and punched Zhongwu hard in the abdomen, and then cursed: "Your grandma!"

Ye Mao's fist power was much heavier than Li Xin. After his punch, he lie on the ground with a blue face, his body arched into a shrimp, his hands covered his stomach, and he twitched on the ground.

When the personal guards around Zhong Wu saw that his general was beaten, they immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist. The tip of the sword shining with cold light immediately pointed it at Ye Mao.

Duke Ye remained calm and still looked at Zhongwu lying on the ground coldly, cursing.

"I'm here to stop you for the people of Jiangbei. You think everyone is like you are growing a family!"

"Where are you going to be a soldier who guards the country? You are clearly politicians in the court!"

After saying this, Ye Mao got on the horse angrily and turned away.

The dozens of personal guards of Zhong Wu actually watched the murderer who beat his general and left, and no one dared to come forward to stop him.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhong Wu slowly came to his feet. He was covered in sweat on his forehead and sat on the ground in a mess. While rubbing his stomach, he smiled bitterly: “I remember being punched by Li Changan last year, and then Ye Mao again this year. How unfair I am.”

Everyone is in it.

Why didn’t Zhong Wu want to lead troops to stay in Yunzhou, and didn’t he want to defend the country? But the imperial decree in the capital had already come down, and his father was struggling to support the capital alone. He knew very well that the war in the capital determined the life and death of many people.

This includes the entire family.

For the sake of the family, he had to go back.

Zhong Wu recovered for a long time before slowly standing up from the ground. He looked at Ye Mao's direction away, touched his stomach again, and murmured to himself: "I feel a little more comfortable when I was punched by this guy."

After saying this, the general Zong slowly spoke: "Transfer the order of this general and leave another 10,000 troops to stay in Yunzhou."

"The rest are with me to come to Beijing to serve the king!"

...

On the other side, Duke Ye from the Yunzhou Army was angrily riding his horse and leaving the Yunzhou Army camp. Now he wants to return to Yanzhou and arrange defense in the northern border as much as possible.

After all, the news about the Xianbei people would not be very well-versed. It is estimated that the news of the Yunzhou army leaving will not reach them in one month.

Now is the time to fight every second.

Ye Mao rode on his horse and walked on the official road back to Yancheng. Halfway through, there was a team of horses running towards him.

The leader of the horse team only had one left arm. After seeing Ye Mao, the one-armed man was overjoyed and shouted loudly at Ye Mao.
Chapter completed!