When Wang Ji left Youzhou City, most of the troops he brought were cavalry, and when he set off, he carried enough supplies and provisions, so there was no shortage of rations and materials in Wang Ji's army.

The unfavorable condition is that Wang Ji has to go two days later than Biqiu Xiu, the situation in Youzhou City is particularly chaotic at that time, people and horses from all walks of life are busy looting, the entire Youzhou City has been washed in blood, Wang Qi's troops only participated in the pursuit of the remnants of the Biqiu family, and did not join the action of looting civilians, but the aftermath was handled by Wang Ji himself, so when he got the news that Biqiu Xiu had fled Youzhou City, the time was already delayed for two days.

Therefore, as soon as Wang Qi got the news, he immediately discussed it with Wei Qian, and set off overnight with his troops.

Under normal circumstances, two days can be a long way, and if Biqiu Xiu is a cavalryman, he will probably flee to Bingzhou. However, the more favorable conditions are that the entire Youzhou territory is covered by heavy snow, the road is difficult, and the speed of the march is not fast at all, which shows that Biqiu Xiu has not yet gone out of the scope of Youzhou, as long as Wang Qi struggles to catch up, he can still catch up.

Wang Ji didn't have to worry about chasing and losing Biqiuxiu, those clear and disorganized footprints on the snow seemed to have told Wang Ji the direction he should go, and Wang Ji didn't even need a guide to easily distinguish the direction of Biqiuxiu's escape.

There is no doubt that this road leads to Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou, it seems that Biqiu Xiu has already eaten the scales and is determined to go to Cao Liang, Wang Ji must intercept Biqiu Xiu and Biqiu Zhong in Youzhou anyway, and prevent them from setting foot in Bingzhou for half a step.

The heavy snow not only affected the escape speed of Biqiu Xiu, but also affected Wang Qi's pursuit speed, the road was slippery in the cold weather, the war horse kept skidding on the road, and the speed was naturally not raised.

It's just that the good news is that they are getting closer and closer to Biqiu Xiu, and those messy footprints can be seen, these traces were left not long ago, and they are only about half a day away from Biqiu Xiu, and if they work harder, it is estimated that they can catch up with them within a day.

Wang Ji immediately ordered the army, at all costs, to increase the speed to the limit, and be sure to catch up with Biqiu Xiu as soon as possible.

However, as I walked, some soldiers came to report that there was a fork in the road ahead, and there were no footprints on the road leading to Yanmen Pass, but a large number of footprints were found in the direction of Zhongshan County.

After Wang Ji got the report, he immediately went to the front to check, and sure enough, he saw no traces on the road to Youzhou Pass, but found a large number of footprints in the direction of Zhongshan County.

Could it be that Biqiu Xiu was suspicious and wanted to lead Wang Qi to give up the pursuit in the direction of Bingzhou? For a while, Wang Ji didn't dare to make a decision easily, and if he made a mistake in judgment, it was likely that Biqiu Xiu would escape.

However, it is more difficult to change the traces on the snow, and it is easy to cover up those traces on a small scale, but it is not easy to hide the traces for tens of miles or hundreds of miles.

Therefore, Wang Ji judged that Biqiu Xiu turned around and fled in the direction of Zhongshan County, which is true, and he also captured a lot of Biqiu Xiu soldiers along the way, these Biqiu soldiers could not see the hope of survival, and they escaped in the middle of the night, with them providing clues, naturally Wang Qi's guess was not false at all, Biqiu Xiu really fled to the southwest.

It's just that Wang Qi is a little puzzled, since Biqiu Xiu wants to defect to Bingzhou, why did he suddenly change his route to Zhongshan County, could it be said that Lu Zhao, the general of Zhenbei in Jizhou, can take him in?

This is obviously impossible, Lu Zhao is a close confidant of the Sima clan, and if Biqiu Xiu goes to Jizhou, it will be equivalent to throwing himself into the net.

Wang Ji didn't know that the two cities of Lingqiu and Pingshu had been ceded to Bingzhou by Biqiu Jian, and these two places no longer belonged to the Sima clan but belonged to Cao Liang, but even if Wang Ji didn't understand his intentions, he didn't delay his trip at all, and after determining the direction of Biqiu Xiu, Wang Ji urged the army, accelerated the speed, and pursued all the way.

Seeing the figure in front of him, Wang Ji was overjoyed and immediately led his army to pounce, but as soon as they came closer, they were attacked by a fierce arrow attack, and the cavalry who rushed to the front were hit by arrows one after another, and fell headlong on the snow.

This is Biqiu Xiu deliberately taking advantage of the terrain here to ambush Wang Ji's pursuers, the road here is narrow, and the cavalry cannot carry out a large-scale attack at all, so Biqiu Xiu took the lead here and blocked Wang Ji's army.

Apparently Wang Ji's army did not expect to be attacked, and there was a certain amount of confusion, and many of the cavalry turned their horses and ran back, trying to dodge the arrows of the Biqiu army.

Wang Ji immediately stopped these soldiers, because Wang Ji knew very well that along the way, the Biqiu army was seriously reduced, according to the confessions of the captured deserters, the Biqiu army had already run out of food, and could only rely on killing horses to satisfy hunger, and in the end even the war horses were killed, and now the whole army was hungry and cold, which was not enough to support the fierce battle.

However, such a narrow terrain was not suitable for cavalry attacks at all, and the cavalry became a burden, so Wang Ji simply ordered the horses to be abandoned, and let the cavalry attack from the ground, along the ridges on both sides, to attack the position of the Biqiu army.

The two sides fell into a fierce battle, but no matter in terms of the number of personnel or combat effectiveness, Wang Ji's army still occupies an obvious advantage, along the way, they don't have to worry about filling their stomachs at all, sufficient supply of grain and grass, so that Wang Ji's men and horses have maintained high morale and strong combat effectiveness, at the beginning, the Biqiu army can also rely on the danger of the terrain to carry out some defense, but as the position is constantly broken through, they can only retreat step by step, the dangerous terrain to the other side.

In this way, Biqiu Xiu's situation became unfavorable, he was defeated and retreated, and the soldiers around him were constantly dying, and the number of people was getting smaller and smaller, and in the end, the entire valley was covered with countless corpses of the Biqiu army, and even the snow on the ground had been dyed red.

Biqiu Xiu sighed, it seems that he is really cornered, this nameless valley may be his burial place.