The eastern part of Liangzhou is mountainous, the altitude is high, surrounded by the mountains at the junction of Xianqin and Luoyang counties, forming a rare plain river valley, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the water is murmuring. The local people of Hanyang call this place the Xi River Valley, which means quiet and peaceful.

There are two rivers in the valley that flow from northwest to southeast from different directions. After leaving the river valley, the two rivers meet with the Weishui, and then stretch more than 200 miles to the east to flow through Chencang, and flow into the main channel of the Turbid River.

Therefore, there are only three entrances and exits in the entire closed and flat river valley.

However, it is such a paradise place, but at the moment it is full of noisy noises that are extremely unsatisfactory. Tens of thousands of war horses galloped and neighed in the river valley, and the angry roars that erupted from the mouths of both sides of the battle soared into the sky.

The clear water that flowed out of the river was dyed red, soaked in the sacrifices made by countless hot-blooded children.

It all started 10 days ago.

Ten days ago, Dong Zhuo, the commander of the right and the general of the captive, captured the rebel stronghold of Longxian County, and led the army to join Yan Yi, who was temporarily stationed in Chengji County.

Yan Yi didn't think much about it at the time, he saw that the distress letter was stamped with Dong Zhuo's general seal, so he didn't suspect him, and hurried to the rescue with five thousand armored horsemen under his command.

Prior to this, Yan Yi and Dong Zhuo had an average relationship, and they had only met a few times. He doesn't like Dong Zhuo's arrogance like a bandit, and Dong Zhuo is not right-minded and ambitious.

But at the moment, the matter is urgent, and both of them are working for the imperial court, and personal grievances are put aside for the time being, and saving Dong Zhuo and tens of thousands of soldiers under him is the top priority.

After Yan Yi gathered his soldiers, he ran all the way with 5,000 armored horsemen, without resting on the way, and rushed directly to the place mentioned in the letter.

However, after Yan Yi arrived, there was no sound in the quiet deep forest. Mo said that tens of thousands of Han soldiers and soldiers and the Qiang rebels who came to attack didn't even look at a single person.

Could it be that Dong Zhuo has already been poisoned?

The thought popped into Yan Yi's mind, but he quickly shook his head. Although Dong Zhuo has an arrogant temperament, his skills and means are far beyond the reach of others. Besides, Dong Zhuo still has a large group of henchmen and dead soldiers under his hands, and with them on his side, it is impossible for the rebels to damage Dong Zhuo's hair.

What about the man?

Just as Yan Yi was tearing his jaw and thinking about it, the sound of three or two bangs suddenly sounded in the outer part of the forest, and then the sound of shouting and killing shook loudly, and countless rebels came out from all directions and came together.

"Donkey grass, fooled!"

Yan Yi gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice, so many rebels appeared in the blink of an eye, how could he not know that he had stepped into the trap set by the enemy.

The general's seal is extremely important, a symbol of status, and the fact that the rebels can use this to lure him into attack is enough to tell. Now it seems that there are only two possibilities: either Dong Zhuo was captured by the rebels and robbed of his general seal, or he colluded with the rebels and complied.

Either way, the situation is not encouraging.

"Let's go!"

Yan Yi yelled, wanting to retreat north to Chengji. Since Dong Zhuo is not here, then they must stand out as soon as possible.

The rebels apparently expected this, and had already set up heavy forces to cut off the retreat route to the north.

Yan Yi failed to succeed in several attempts, and the rebels deliberately lured them into the deep forest, just to prevent them from taking advantage of the charge.

The heavy armored cavalry has great lethality, and its weakness is also obvious, and it is quickly consumed, and it cannot withstand long-term combat.

There was no way to retreat to the north, so Yan Yi could only take his soldiers to fight and retreat, preparing to go south to find Gai Xun to join up, and then do other things.

But he didn't know that all of this was in the calculation of the strategist surnamed Li.

Tens of thousands of rebels pursued and besieged them all the way, and for them, this group of armored cavalry under Yan Yi was too much of a hindrance.

Charging in the plains, Yan Yi was not afraid of these rebels at all, but now he was fleeing in the mountains, and the restrictions of the terrain made the heavy armored cavalry lose its greatest advantage.

The rebels pursued more than 50,000 people, and there was no chance of victory at all.

Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood.

Yan Yi comforted himself and his subordinates like this, and fled for a few days, from running on horses at first, to later simply abandoning horses and walking on foot in the mountains.

Dozens of catties of armor are draped on the back of the horse, and there is a soldier who is also wearing heavy armor on his body, and if this continues, the war horse will have to die of exhaustion sooner or later.

It was precisely because Yan Yi understood this that he later gave up riding a horse and ran away. The terrain limited them, as well as the speed at which the rebels could pursue.

Along the way, I slept in the open air, and when I was hungry, I picked some wild fruits along the way to satisfy my hunger. At night, just find a cave and rest. They should be glad that it is not winter, or they will freeze to death in the mountains.

On this day, Yan Yi led his soldiers down the mountain and entered the Xi River Valley.

As far as the eye can see, among the green grass, there are many small flowers blooming.

The cool mountain breeze blowing from the northwest made the soldiers feel refreshed and refreshed. They lie on their stomachs by the river, slap their faces with water, or dip their whole heads into the river, enjoying their new life.

God lived up, and finally survived.

In the past two days, the Qiang rebels have not pursued them again, and they do not know where they have gone.

Of the 5,000 soldiers under Yan Yi, there were less than 2,000 left in the bloody battles again and again.

"Where is this?" After eating the two wild fruits, Yan Yi cheered up and asked the deputy general beside him, he had never heard of such a place in Hanyang County.

It has been ten days since the day I came out of Chengji County.

"General Hui, this place is called Xi River Valley, which is a natural river valley formed by mountains...... Xu Lin talked eloquently, and also told Yan Yi some folk legends about this Xi River Valley.

After a general understanding, Yan Yi beckoned the resting soldiers to set off on the road again. The rebels of Liangzhou are ravaging, and as long as they have not yet reached Hanyang City, they cannot be taken lightly.

Xu Lin followed Yan Yi and pointed ahead: "General, when we get out of this river valley, before it gets dark, we will be able to reach Hanyang County." ”

Yan Yi nodded, and when he went back to regroup, he would definitely wipe out all the rebels.

However, when they were about to reach the exit, on the plains of the river ahead, there stood a large crowd of black people, wearing scarves and showing their right arms, all dressed as rebels.

At the same time, the sound of heavy footsteps and the low clatter of war horses sounded in the rear.

Donkey grass stuff!

This curse popped out from between Yan Yi's clenched teeth, and after he took a deep breath, he finally understood. No wonder the Qiang people have disappeared in the past two days, and they have been waiting for them here for a long time.

Both the way to and the way back were sealed by the Qiang people, and in this battle, there was no life.

Yan Yi's face showed a rare fierce look, and under the condensed eyebrows, his eyes were even more resolute. He pointed the spear in his hand at the tens of thousands of rebels in front of him, and roared into the sky: Miscellaneous people, come!