Chapter 115: Face
And at the same time that Ye Yunyi rushed to Suizhou with one person and one sword, he didn't want Ye Beijiang to return to the state and county of Chudu alive, so he also sent his cronies to Ye Beijiang with private troops.
There are a total of thirteen states in the Chu State, three states under the jurisdiction of Qingyun City, one state in Xihai Dongtiancheng, and nine states that are truly relatively independent, except for Kaiyun Feng County, which was pitted by himself to stand on his side, and in addition to Xu Tingwei, who just returned with 30,000 soldiers from Lanze County, who just supported Qingyun City and did not come back for a while, there are seven states and counties.
And Wan Duan secretly controlled Suizhou County, so there are still six states left that may make a move against Ye Beijiang, but the three states that were directly controlled by Chu Capital before, there are already two of them After Qingyun City defeated the Yan State in the first battle of Chu State, they completely returned to the imperial court.
So at present, the four states will take action against Ye Beijiang, and there will definitely not be many people they will bring, but it will not be too few. After all, most of the commanders and generals in the army have an inseparable relationship with Yebeijiang, and if you want to get rid of these state and county guards who are related to Yebeijiang, then the troops that can be mobilized in these four states can only be about 10,000 people. The four states combined, that is, an army of forty thousand.
And compared with the 50,000 troops of Yunfeng County, Ye Beijiang's side has an advantage. However, what Ye Yunyi is afraid of is that these states and counties will not send troops as openly as they seem, and they will inevitably hire some killers or assassins halfway. This is also why Ye Yunyi has always followed Ye Beijiang's side.
But now, what is even more dangerous is that the uncertain factor of Suizhou County, if you look at it according to the secret letter of the Dark Pavilion, Suizhou County is under the control of Wanduan, and Suizhou County also has 30,000 state and county defenders, and Wanduan can be mobilized with the help of the county guard.
And once these 30,000 join, then it will not be just 40,000 that will do it against Ye Beijiang, but 70,000, 70,000 against 50,000, and Ye Beijiang is destined to have little chance of winning. This is also one of the reasons why Ye Yunyi will go to Suizhou County alone.
If Wan Duan really sent 30,000 from Suizhou to intervene, he would be in Suizhou on the way he went, once he met them, presumably with Wan Duan's heroic character, he would definitely not meddle in Ye Beijiang's side, but 'play' with Ye Yunyi like a cat catching a mouse, until he met his inner expectations.
In fact, just as Ye Yunyi guessed, Wan Duan did not let Suizhou County send troops to ambush Ye Beijiang, but waited for Ye Yunyi's arrival. Ye Yunyi guessed Wan Duan's thoughts, but Wan Duan thought through Ye Yunyi's thoughts, and could only say that this time Ye Yunyi was on the third layer, and Wan Duan was on the fifth layer. And which states and counties are in the first tier.
Not long after Ye Yunyi left, it was just dawn, and the shopkeeper of the inn where Ye Yunyi lived got up to prepare breakfast, but he saw the dark blade lying in the inn, which directly frightened him and startled Ye Beijiang.
Ye Beijiang, who rushed downstairs, looked at the corpse of the dark blade, and the secret way was not good, because he had seen the clothes of this dark blade, and when he was in Qingyun City, he was wearing such clothes when he took them back to the city to help them turn the tide of the battle. And the people wearing these clothes have a lot to do with their son Ye Yunyi.
So Ye Beijiang hurriedly ran to Ye Yunyi's clothes, and by the time Ye Beijiang arrived at Ye Yunyi's room, the room had already become empty, leaving only the letter on the table.
Ye Beijiang was a little afraid to open Ye Yunyi's letter, but when he thought that Ye Yunyi might be in danger at this moment, if he didn't open it, it would be impossible to know where Ye Yunyi was now, and finally Ye Beijiang opened it directly.
After reading the whole letter, Ye Beijiang's whole person was not good, the letter did not say where Ye Yunyi was going, but only mentioned that there were some other things to deal with, so that Ye Beijiang would not march again for the time being, and would wait for the arrival of Yun Linshu's army here.
And the thing that can make Ye Yunyi go in person at this time is not an hour. Although he knew, Ye Beijiang felt that he was powerless, and he had held the army for more than ten years, but in the end, he felt empty and powerless.
Coming downstairs with the letter, the shopkeeper had already recovered from the panic, knowing that the dead dark blade in front of him must have something to do with Ye Beijiang, and Ye Beijiang They came from Qingyun City, so the shopkeeper reacted quickly, I am afraid that someone is not good for Ye Beijiang.
"Guest officer, I know that you are good people, I know a small road, where do you go quickly, and I look at your appearance, you are not an ordinary person, you are from Qingyun City, or the pro-army of our military god, thank you for guarding Qingyun City all these years, we ordinary people have only lived some stable days, I am a bad old man and there is nothing that can help you, you go quickly, you can quickly reach Chudu from the trail" The innkeeper said in a panic.
Although what the shopkeeper said was very true, but he couldn't just go like this, this game Ye Yunyi had already laid out, let him complete the last step now, he had paid so much for the Chu State over the years, and there were countless battles large and small, almost every day he witnessed the death of his brothers around him.
And now that this group of wolf ambitious guys in the state and county actually dare to do it, then they don't need to be unaccustomed to them, don't they want to see if they, the commander of the defenders of the Chu State, have become sick cats? Then I will tell them today, even if I am ready to retire, it does not mean that my tiger has no teeth.
"No, shopkeeper, in this case, go find some firewood, this dead brother is here to deliver the news, he died here, I can't let him be abandoned in the wilderness like this, I want to cremate him and bring him back, trouble the shop."
The shopkeeper looked at Ye Beijiang in surprise, like Ye Beijiang, he saw it for the first time in his life, in the face of danger, not thinking about how to run, but because he was afraid that the brothers he sacrificed would not be able to rest in peace.
"Okay, wait a minute, there's a lot of firewood outside, I'll go find it for you", since Ye Beijiang is not afraid, the shopkeeper is also out of the way, once the fire is lit, the big smoke will inevitably attract the attention of others, and what is even more dangerous is that at this moment, who is afraid that they are already very close to this place.
When the shopkeeper walked out, Ye Beijiang came to the dark blade that had been sacrificed, looking at the tragic situation of the other party, he was sure that he was still struggling when he died, this time let him clean up this stall for Ye Yunyi. This may be the habit of their Ye family, when they come out, they take their brothers with them, and whoever dies first will hand over their descendants to the living brothers.
This is Ye Yunyi's brother, and it is obvious that this person came with a letter, and the secret box he was holding on his body is the best proof, which also proves from the side that Ye Yunyi must have received a letter from this dark blade when he left, and there were other changes, so he left ahead of schedule, so Ye Beijiang was ready to cremate this sacrificial dark blade, and then bury it well. This is when he was in Qingyun City, he saw that Ye Yunyi dealt with his brothers like this.