In the evening, the Liao army's main force was absent for the past two days, so they did not dare to attack rashly. Instead, they had a rare few days of rest.
After inspecting the city tower, Ye Zhe returned to the general's mansion to rest.
Early in the morning, Yin prepared hot water and a large table of food, thinking that he would come back to rest.
When Ye Zhe came back, he pushed him to take a good bath.
There are no such good conditions in the military camp. Now the weather is very hot, and we have to wear thick armor, not to mention the smell.
After taking a shower, Ye Zhe didn't put on his shirt. The wounds on his body had not healed yet and he needed to apply medicine.
"You didn't take good care of your injury when I was away. If you had changed the dressing and cleaned it on time every day, it would have healed long ago. Look at the cut on your right shoulder, it's still cracked."
While complaining, Yin took out a blue porcelain bottle from the cabinet.
"Try this. Mother sent it from Kyoto. She said my sister asked the imperial physician to make it for her. It's more effective."
In private, Ye Zhe didn't like to call Ye Jun Ming Xiuyi, and always called her sister.
Over time, Yin also started to call her that.
The family is really close.
"This medicine is indeed more comfortable to apply, it's cool and not stinging. Although my golden wound medicine is good, it hurts a lot when I apply it." Ye Zhe said.
"You are a great general, are you afraid of pain?"
Yin glared at him and skillfully picked up clean white gauze to bandage the wound.
Ye Zhe knew that she was distressed and angry, so he chuckled and grabbed his wife's hand and kissed it.
"My lady, what you said doesn't mean the general won't feel any pain, right?"
"My daughter is still here, and you don't even realize how embarrassing it is!" Yin blushed and pulled her hand back.
Ye Zhe glanced at the small couch in the inner room and found that his one-year-old daughter was sleeping soundly.
Because of the war, I didn't even have my daughter's first birthday party, and I felt extremely guilty for a while.
He stood up, looked inside, and touched his face.
When he came out, he hugged Yin and said, "You have worked hard. When the battle is over, I will take you and your mother to ride horses."
"Okay, let's eat quickly. Working in the military camp is hard every day, and it's rare to have a chance to sit down and have a good meal. But you are not allowed to drink alcohol, as your wound hasn't healed yet." Yin said with a smile.
Ye Zhe nodded, and the couple sat down to eat.
However, they had only eaten half of the meal when a servant suddenly ran in hurriedly.
"General, it's bad. The Liao army has suddenly launched a massive attack on the city. You are not here, and neither is General Yin. There is no one to make the decision, and it looks like the Liao army is about to gain the upper hand!"
"I'm afraid my brother will go to rest today. What should we do? You should go back to the barracks and don't have to worry about the family." Yin said anxiously.
Ye Zhe frowned, quickly went back to the house to get his armor and put it on while walking.
He walked to the door and held his wife's hand again, "Don't blame your elder brother. He hasn't visited his wife and children for many days. I asked him to go back today."
"Oh, it's already this late, and I'm still concerned about this? Go quickly, and remember not to get hurt again. I'll wait for you to come back." Yin pushed him.
Watching her husband leave.
On the other side, when Ye Zhe rode to the camp, the Liao army was already trying to break through the city gate again.
The situation was urgent, and a group of scholar-military strategists from Kyoto went up to the city wall to give orders.
Everyone was delighted to see him coming.
Ye Zhe checked the situation and immediately ordered his men to shoot rockets down from the city wall and then pour tung oil down.
Although such a fire attack could only last for a short while, it could quickly force the Liao army to retreat for a while.
Sure enough, the Liao army did not dare to advance rashly. Taking this opportunity, Ye Zhe ordered his men to open the city gates and led his troops to rush out.
The two groups immediately started fighting each other.
The Liao people launched a surprise attack tonight because spies discovered that the two generals who had a say in the city were not in the camp. Now that Ye Zhe personally led his troops into battle, they were unable to resist.
The Liao army had suffered many defeats recently and its manpower had been reduced, so its morale was not at an advantage. However, Nanqi had sufficient troops.
Seeing that they were no longer at an advantageous position, the Liao people began to retreat.
It was night time now, and Ye Zhe's right shoulder was injured, so his left hand was not as strong as his right hand in holding the sword, so he decided not to pursue.
Unexpectedly, just as everyone was preparing to retreat, a muffled sound was heard from the formation.
Everyone looked over and saw Yao Xu being knocked off his horse. A vanguard soldier suddenly pulled his horse's legs and chased in the direction of the Liao army's retreat.
"Catch him quickly, he stole my map with the Beiling Pass defense map on it!" Yao Xu shouted.
While struggling to get up and get back on the horse.
At this moment, two more people in the army suddenly rushed away on horseback, and the three of them ran in different directions.
At this moment, they were all infantrymen holding knives and guns. There were no shooters, and they could not react in time, so they could only watch them escape.
Ye Zhe frowned and immediately shouted, "Divide the troops into three groups and follow me to chase the rebels!"
At the command, the officers and soldiers on horseback in the front immediately followed.
Yao Xu was also skilled in martial arts, so he brought two of his trusted guards with him to follow Ye Zhe.
There were not many cavalrymen, and each team consisted of only about ten people.
When they were about to catch up, the rebel in front turned around, pulled the reins with one hand, and raised the other hand to aim at Ye Zhe and his group who were chasing from behind.
"Be careful, there is a crossbow arrow on his arm!" Ye Zhe immediately reminded everyone.
But even so, someone behind was unable to dodge and was killed instantly.
The rebels had crossbows tied to both of their arms, six arrows on each side, a total of twelve.
Ye Zhe and the others were all holding close combat weapons, and for a while they were suppressed by him and could not get close to him.
But in a few moments, only eight of the twelve people who were chasing were left.
Yao Xu rode his horse behind Ye Zhe and made a gesture behind him in a very covert manner.
Suddenly, the two guards following Yao Xu immediately took out the crossbows in their hands and shot at their comrades beside them.
Who could have expected that the people around them would do this? Two of the four people died immediately.
Two others started shouting.
Just at this moment, the crossbow in Yao Xu's hand was also aimed at Ye Zhe, but he was one step too late after all.
Ye Zhe heard the noise behind him and dodged by turning sideways.
"Master Yao, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? General Ye collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country. He sent people to deliver border defense maps to the Liao army and even wanted to kill me to silence me. Naturally, I will fight back!"
Yao Xu smiled sinisterly and waved to his guards, and the rebel who had originally run away returned and stood behind him.
The situation became that Yao Xu and his group of four were against Ye Zhe and his group of three with two cavalrymen.
"What are you waiting for? Capture the traitor alive and take his head. There will be a huge reward!"
Following Yao Xu's loud shout, the two groups quickly started fighting each other.
Ye Zhe and two cavalrymen had just finished a fierce battle with the Liao army, and both the men and horses were tired now.
However, Yao Xu and his three guards had conserved their strength and were not injured on the battlefield, so they naturally had the advantage.
So during the confrontation, Ye Zhe was more thinking about escaping and had no intention of getting entangled.
But it was obvious that the other party also noticed his intention, so they adopted a tactic of surrounding him with four people, leaving him no chance to escape.