"General Ye, I will hold them, you run away quickly, we have two other pairs of brothers, you will be safe once you meet up with them!"
One of the cavalrymen clenched the sword in his hand tightly, ready to die.
"No, how can I leave you and run away alone?" Ye Zhe refused.
The other person immediately refuted him.
"General, if we die, we will only lose two soldiers, but if you die, we will lose a talented general. If you were not in charge of Beiling Pass, more brothers and civilians would die. Don't fight with us. Take the opportunity to escape. A hero is not afraid of the future. We believe that the general will avenge us!"
These words still moved Ye Zhe.
So when the two sides were fighting, Ye Zhe killed a man and broke out from the gap without hesitation.
Seeing this, Yao Xu immediately rode after them, leaving his guards to deal with the remaining two cavalrymen.
During the chase, Yao Xu aimed the last crossbow arrow at Ye Zhe's right shoulder.
After being hit, Ye Zhe's wound, which had not yet healed, split open again, and was stabbed by the barbed arrow. The pain made him loosen the reins and fall off the horse.
Yao Xu naturally did not miss this opportunity and raised his sword to chop.
He was in a high position, looking down at Ye Zhe, who was injured and fell, so he could only roll and crawl to avoid him.
Knowing that this wouldn't work, Ye Zhe gritted his teeth and pulled out the crossbow arrow covered in blood and flesh, then stood up with difficulty and fought.
After several rounds, he finally found an opportunity and cut the hind leg of Yao Xu's horse.
The horse fell down in pain, and Yao Xu was thrown off with him.
But in such a close combat, Ye Zhe's waist was severely scratched and the blood gushed out immediately.
He was holding the sword in his left hand and was seriously injured, so he could not withstand Yao Xu's fierce and brutal attack.
In a short while, he was at a disadvantage, and in a moment of carelessness, the sword in his hand was knocked down by Yao Xu.
Looking at the unarmed Ye Zhe, Yao Xu showed a sinister smile on his blood-stained face, and approached step by step with the long sword in his hand.
With a backhand, he stabbed Ye Zhe's thigh, making it impossible for him to stand up and run.
Finally, he put the sword in his hand to Ye Zhe's neck. At this moment, if he moved even a little, Ye Zhe would die.
At this critical moment, the sound of a sharp arrow cutting through the sky was heard.
With a dull thud, a white-feather arrow hit Yao Xu right in the back of his heart.
Yao Xu's pupils contracted sharply, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. The next second, he fell down as well.
He tried desperately to reach out and pull out the arrow behind him.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves has reached my ears.
The visitor dismounted, and what appeared before Yao Xu's eyes was a pair of women's soft-soled embroidered shoes.
"Husband, how are you?" Yin squatted down anxiously and helped Ye Zhe up.
Seeing that the wounds on his body were not fatal, his expression eased slightly.
Ye Zhe endured the pain and sat up, "I'm fine, where are my two brothers, have you seen them?"
"They couldn't hold on. When I arrived, they were all dead." Yin's voice was a little low.
Although it was expected when Ye Zhe heard the news, he clenched his fists in discomfort.
At this moment, Yao Xu, who was lying on the ground with blood at the corner of his mouth, suddenly smiled twistedly.
"They are all dead, of course. Even if you kill me, you will die!"
"What do you mean?" Ye Zhe's eyes were frighteningly cold.
Yao Xu was at his deathbed now, and he was not afraid at all, he said with a crazy laugh.
"Because the three rebels are all your men. They carry with them the letter you wrote to the King of Liao. The evidence is irrefutable. If the other two have been captured, everyone in the camp should know that you have colluded with the King of Liao in private."
"You killed me only to silence me because the truth was exposed!"
After hearing this, Yin suddenly sneered, "Master Yao really put a lot of thought into it, but it's a pity that it's all going to go to waste."
"Bitch, what do you mean!" Veins bulged on Yao Xu's forehead and he wanted to get up but he didn't have the strength.
Because of his anger, more blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"My husband was busy on the battlefield and didn't notice anything was wrong, but I had already noticed something was wrong. This rebellion was too sudden, so I asked my father and brother to go and help. The two men were killed as soon as they were caught, and the things found on their bodies were not allowed to be shown to anyone."
Ye Zhe did not have a good dinner today. Thinking that the Liao army was still defeated, the battle would be over soon. Therefore, Yin ordered people to pack up the food and send it to the army immediately after Ye Zhe.
Unexpectedly, before we could hear the news of Ye Zhe's fate, we heard that someone had stolen Lord Yao's defense map and escaped.
Because the second son of the Yao family was delayed in delivering grain before, she was wary of the Yao family. This time she thought it was too coincidental, so she immediately brought people to chase after them.
He also happened to save Ye Zhe.
"I've made it clear. You died without any confusion. Just be buried with those fallen soldiers!"
Yin's beautiful eyes flashed, and she grasped the arrow on Yao Xu's heart and stabbed it deeper.
In just a moment, Yao Xu's eyes widened and he stopped breathing.
Growing up in the frontier army, Yin is a ruthless and decisive woman who will not show mercy.
Ye Zhe said nothing. He let his wife help him up, then asked, "What do you think we should do next?"
"Now there is no time to forge other letter drawings to replace the one he ordered others to imitate you. We can only burn all the fakes. Since he said that someone rebelled, we can say that he was killed by the rebels and the Liao people," said Yin.
"But should we let him go like this after he did something like this?" Ye Zhe gritted his teeth.
Yin frowned and sighed.
"There is no other way at the moment. Yao Xu is very cautious. During the time he came to Beiling Pass, everyone in the army spoke well of him. I'm afraid that except for the two confidants he brought with him and the people he instigated to rebel, no one else knows about his conspiracy."
"Besides, you and I have no evidence, and he is the one who died. If we really make trouble, we may be bitten back. Now that your commander is injured like this, we are afraid that it will cause instability in the army. How can we cause internal trouble at this critical moment? For now, we can only deal with it like this, and we will investigate it secretly."
After listening to his wife's words, Ye Zhe calmed down a little.
For now he could only swallow his anger, but fortunately, Yao Xu had paid with his life.
Soon, the Yin family arrived and took the couple back home.
Naturally, the news of the death of the eldest son of the Yao family would be reported back to Kyoto as soon as possible.
At the same time, Ye Zhe also wrote a secret letter and secretly sent it back to the Ye family in Kyoto, asking them to find a way to pass it to Ye Jun in the palace.
Since the Yao family has been in trouble again and again, the Yao family woman in the palace is not necessarily a good person. I have to remind my sister to be more cautious.
The military intelligence was sent back to Kyoto by express horses day and night, and was presented to the emperor in just six days.
The news that Yao Xu, the eldest son of the Yao family, was killed by the rebels spread.
In the harem, when Yao Xiang heard this, she fainted immediately without even being able to catch her breath.