Meridian Valley, one of the ancient roads of the Qinling Mountains, the valley is 660 miles long, the north mouth is said, in the south of Xi'an Prefecture 100 miles of Chang'an County; The south mouth is said to be noon, in the east of Hanzhong Mansion one hundred and sixty miles of Shiquan County.

The six roads of the Qinling Mountains, the Meridian Valley is the most dangerous, Gao Yingxiang knows this, and Li Zicheng also knows this, but they don't know that Sun Chuanting is using tricks to trick them.

People always have such and such greed, some people are greedy for money, some people are greedy for sex, some people are greedy for food, some people are greedy for power, and some people are greedy for everything, that is called insatiable greed, of course, there are also people who are not greedy in the legend, that is called desireless.

There may be people who have no desire, but Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng are not this kind of people, they also have greed, Gao Yingxiang was not the kind of person with strong greed, but when the strength of his subordinates swelled, coupled with the instigation of a nephew with super greed, his greed came up.

When the emperor, the seventy-two concubines of the three palaces and six courts, the glory and wealth are inexhaustible, this idea is very beautiful and very good, but when you don't have the ability, you can only think about it.

Like Gao Yingxiang, when he was selling horses for a business, he didn't even think about becoming an emperor; After becoming the leader of the peasant army, he may occasionally think about being the emperor, but he only thinks about it, and it is purely a dream; When he became the leader of the 72nd Route Peasant Army, and his subordinates were "strong and strong", this idea finally became a kind of greed, he really wanted to be the emperor!

Historically, he crisscrossed Huguang and Hanzhong for a while, and also chose to go north from the Meridian Valley and attack Xi'an, because according to Guanzhong, he was the king and finally ruled the world, and many dynasties came in this way.

That time, it was because of Li Zicheng's instigation, or Sun Chuanting's plan to lure the enemy, or his own thoughts are unknown, but this time he did fall for Sun Chuanting's plan to lure the enemy.

When Zhang Bin was still fighting fiercely with Zhang Xianzhong in Ankang, Gao Yingxiang had the idea of claiming the king according to Guanzhong, and resolutely led the main force into the dangerous Meridian Valley.

This meridian valley is not only dangerous, but also famous for its twists and turns, in ancient times, there was no mountain gravel, a machine for digging holes and building roads, and the road was built by both hands, and it was not easy to build a road out of the reckless Qinling Mountains, and it was impossible to build this road as spacious and smooth as the road on the plain.

The difficulty of the Meridian Valley is completely beyond Gao Yingxiang's imagination, the path that twists and turns in the valley is already the best section of the road, many of them are around the mountain to come a few circles, high and low, ups and downs, up and down, it is simply life-threatening.

If it's just people and horses, it's better, no matter how high and low, the road is still a road, it's just a little difficult to walk, but the problem is that the army marches not only people have horses, grain and grass are also essential, this kind of mountain road driving, its hardships can be imagined, even if he brings most of the horse-drawn flatbed carts, but also don't think easy, there are many uphill places are extremely steep, horses can't pull the car at all, and you have to organize people to push, what's more, some places the slope is too big, the things on the flatbed are not stable at all, you must tie a tight, Otherwise, the brush will fall down, and if the rope is not enough, you will have to be carried up first, and then the carriage will be pushed up, and then loaded onto the carriage to continue to move forward, and the hardships can be imagined.

At this time, Gao Yingxiang didn't have the heart to think about the dangerous problem at all, because the road in this meridian valley was too difficult to walk, he was just a man and a horse, he was so tired that his hands and feet were weak, and how tired his soldiers were, you can imagine, and it was not just a matter of tiredness, because the mountain road was difficult to travel, and the marching speed of the army was also quite slow, walking for five or six hours a day, it was already good to be able to travel fifty miles, and sometimes when encountering too difficult sections, one day could only travel twenty or thirty miles.

What's more serious is that in order to move forward lightly, he only brought a total of half a month's grain and grass, that is to say, if he can't get out of the Meridian Valley within half a month, then everyone will have to go hungry!

In this case, he had to urge the army to move forward with all his might, and he didn't dare to rest for a moment, and his soldiers were getting more and more tired as they walked, and they were getting more and more tired, and it was not surprising that they were tired of cramping their hands and feet, and there were many who couldn't hold on even while walking, and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, and even rolled down the hillside, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

At this time, in a valley less than fifty miles from the exit of the Ion Wu Valley, Sun Chuanting was leading a group of generals to carefully inspect the terrain.

He looked up at the steep cliffs on both sides, and finally showed a satisfied look on his face, this place should be the best ambush location within a hundred miles from the valley mouth, the valley here is long and narrow, and most of the ends are cliffs, as long as there are enough soldiers in ambush on it, the peasant army can be shot to collapse by just firing arrows, and there are branch valley roads on both sides of the valley, which can be completely hidden, and when the thieves enter the valley in the middle, they will rush out from both ends, surround the thieves inside, and catch turtles in an urn!

After observing carefully for a while, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered You Zhaiwen to lead 5,000 archers to climb the left cliff and ambush, ordered You Dai to lead 5,000 archers to climb the right cliff to ambush, ordered You Shilu to lead 10,000 foot soldiers to ambush the branch valley road on the left side of the valley, and ordered Hou Gongji to lead 10,000 foot soldiers to ambush the branch valley road on the right side of the valley, and he took You Yangkun and led 10,000 foot soldiers to directly block the road to the exit, so that the thieves could not get out of the Meridian Valley.

Gao Yingxiang didn't know that Sun Chuanting had been "waiting for a long time" at the mouth of the valley, and he led the army to rush for twelve days, and finally came to the front of the valley.

According to the book of soldiers, this kind of dangerous geography should be closely investigated before passing, but at this time, Gao Yingxiang no longer has the energy, and his soldiers are even more exhausted, who still has the strength to climb the cliffs on both sides to investigate, besides, such terrain is everywhere in the Meridian Valley, they have walked no less than ten places, there is no problem, why should they be afraid?

At this time, Gao Yingxiang even showed a relieved smile on his face, according to the scout's report, the valley mouth was less than fifty miles away from here, and besides, there was a calm outside the valley, and not a single Ming army had been seen!

He had even thought about it, led the army to rest in the valley for a day, and then he rushed out of the Meridian Valley and rushed to Xi'an City, surrounded by groups in all directions, it was a fierce attack, and he took the largest city in this pass in one fell swoop!

It's a pity that his dream is only one step away from being shattered, and he doesn't even know that the valley in front of him is a ghost gate, and even without giving any order, he just led the army to step in, as if walking on a broad road.

At the beginning, there was nothing abnormal, and this valley of more than ten miles long was also a relatively easy section of the Meridian Valley, and even within an hour, Gao Yingxiang had already come to the mouth of the valley.

More than 100,000 troops, spread out on the rugged mountain road for more than 10 miles long, this valley is almost just the more than 100,000 troops into it, Gao Yingxiang just led the forward to the valley mouth, the rear wing of the peasant army just entered the valley, it was at this time, the cliffs on both sides suddenly fell without warning "rain".

This rain is not an ordinary drizzle, nor a storm, but a rain of arrows and rockets!

"Ah, there's an ambush!"

"Ah, it's a rocket!"

"Raise your shield, raise your shield, raise your shield quickly!"

Countless panicked howls suddenly sounded in the valley, and some people were directly nailed to the ground by rockets, and they couldn't even make howls.

Gao Yingxiang heard the howl behind him, and he couldn't help but feel the dead souls and ambushed!

He subconsciously looked back at the cliffs on both sides, and sure enough, countless officers and soldiers were stretching their bows and arrows, throwing arrows down round after round, as if the arrows didn't need money.

At this time, the valley was already in chaos, and some people had even rushed towards him on horseback.

He hurriedly ordered: "Quick, herald, everyone, don't care about the grain and grass, rush forward, rush forward." ”

After that, he took the lead in striking his horse and rushed forward, as if he was running for his life, not like he was charging.

Unfortunately, he was desperate after rushing out for less than a mile, and the corners in front of him were full of horse rejection forks, which he could not pass at all, and the slopes on both sides were also full of officers and archers, and if he rushed up, he would have to be shot into a hedgehog.

What to do?

He reined in his horse, thought about it urgently, and then ordered: "Quick, everyone turn their horses and retreat!" ”

Although there was also a rain of arrows in the valley, there was no horse fork, he was wearing armor, but he was not very afraid of the rain of arrows, and it only took about a quarter of an hour to beat the horse and run out of the valley behind.

At this time, he didn't care about the life or death of his subordinates, and he escaped first.

It's a pity that as soon as he turned the horse's head, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing behind him, You Shilu and Hou Gongji had already led the army out of the back of the valley, and the back road was also broken!

He watched all this in a panic, gritted his teeth at the end, took his personal guards and a few cronies and generals, abandoned his horses, and climbed up the hillside of the valley mouth, this section is the only place where there are no officers and soldiers to intercept it, as long as he can climb over a few mountains, he can also escape!

As soon as he ran, thousands of people immediately followed, and for a time the slopes of the valley mouth were simply full of thieves, and the valley mouth was blocked by dense war horses, and the thieves in the valley could not get out of the blockage, so they could only watch in despair as the officers and soldiers rushed up from behind and captured them one by one.

Seeing this scene, Sun Chuanting hurriedly ordered: "You Yangkun, quickly lead five thousand foot soldiers to catch up, and you must not let the thief chief Gao Yingxiang escape!" ”

You Yangkun was stunned when he heard this, and he was embarrassed: "My lord, the general of the army must protect the safety of the adults, this army is in chaos, I ......." ”

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he roared angrily: "Shut up, don't go quickly, if you let the thief chief Gao Yingxiang run away, I only ask you!" ”

When You Yangkun heard this, he had no choice but to surrender his hand and lead his foot soldiers to chase him up the hillside of the valley mouth.

Gao Yingxiang's peasant army worked hard in the Meridian Valley for more than ten days, and was already exhausted, at this time, where could the physical strength be compared to the Qin army soldiers who had rested for more than half a month, and soon, the peasant army on the hillside who fled up the mountain was caught up by You Yangkun, and countless thieves surrendered on their knees in despair, but You Yangkun was getting more and more anxious, because he had not yet caught up with Gao Yingxiang, if he let this thief chief escape, he couldn't imagine the consequences.

At this time, You Shilu had already led the army to kill through the valley and rushed to Sun Chuanting, he looked at the dense human heads on the hillside next to him, and couldn't help but be surprised: "My lord, what's wrong?" ”

Sun Chuanting couldn't help but be annoyed: "Alas, thousands of calculations, I didn't count this point, the thief chief Gao Yingxiang has already abandoned his war horse and fled up the hillside!" ”

"Ahh When You Shilu heard this, he couldn't help but say anxiously: "My lord, why don't I lead the army to chase after me." ”

Sun Chuanting thought for a while, nodded heavily, and said: "Okay, I have ordered You Yangkun to lead five thousand foot soldiers to catch up, you lead your men to surround all the mountains in this area, and you must not let the thief chief Gao Yingxiang run away." ”

When You Shilu heard this, he gave up his hand and hurried away with his soldiers, and after a while, Hou Gongji also rushed over, and Sun Chuanting immediately ordered: "Hou Gongji, you are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, escorting all the prisoners into the valley to guard, and sending all the war horses to the valley mouth." ”

Hou Gongji hurriedly surrendered his hand and left, the shouting and killing in the valley slowly subsided, and batches of war horses were sent out of the valley, Sun Chuanting ordered the archers who went down the mountain to send the war horses to the outside of the Meridian Valley to concentrate on guarding, while anxiously waiting for the news of You Shilu and You Yangkun, but, after waiting for a long time, until the night slowly fell, there was still no good news, Gao Yingxiang had not found it!

Sun Chuanting was also ruthless, and he immediately ordered: "You Zhaiwen, You Dai, quickly let your subordinates prepare three days' worth of dry food, and then go into the mountain to exchange You Shilu and You Yangkun back, you search for me hard, don't come back if you don't find the thief chief Gao Yingxiang!" ”

When You Zhaiwen and You Dai behind him heard this, they hurriedly surrendered their orders and, soon, Hou Gong ran over excitedly and said: "My lord, the battlefield is almost cleaned, this time we have destroyed more than 10,000 enemies, and there are more than 80,000 prisoners!" ”

Sun Chuanting didn't have much excitement on his face, he thought about it for a while, and said with concern: "How about our casualties?" ”

Hou Gongji hurriedly arched his hand and said: "My lord, our casualties are not large, the total is less than five thousand, and most of them are wounded, and the number of soldiers killed in the battle is less than a thousand. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded, and said solemnly: "Collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers, hurry up and treat the wounded, we will rest here tonight, you lead the army to defend the other side of the valley, and I will guard this side." ”

This beautiful ambush battle is almost over now, although the results are brilliant, Sun Chuanting has no joy on his face, because the thief chief Gao Yingxiang has no news, he knows very well in his heart that Gao Yingxiang is the key to this battle, no matter how many prisoners there are, it is better to catch Gao Yingxiang alone, because he is the leader of the anti-thieves, as long as he escapes and raises his arms, it is easy to gather 100,000 anti-thieves!

Early the next morning, Sun Chuanting did not leave the Meridian Valley, because Gao Yingxiang had not been caught, he just ordered You Shilu and Hou Gongji to lead 20,000 horses to escort the captives out of the Meridian Valley for centralized custody, while he stayed at the mouth of the valley to command You Zhaiwen, You Dai and You Yangkun to take turns into the mountains to search, if Gao Yingxiang was not caught, he would not withdraw his troops!

At this time, Gao Yingxiang was hiding in a cave a few miles away, and only his henchmen Liu Zhe, Huang Long and a few personal guards were left by him, and as for the others, I am afraid that they have already been arrested by the officers and soldiers.

He used a short blade to insert a piece of dried bun on the fire and slowly roasted, the past appeared in his mind like a dream bubble, from the Ansai uprising in the first year of Chongzhen, to Chongzhen's three years into the Jin Dynasty to become the king of Chuang, and then to Chongzhen seven years was publicly elected as the leader of the seventy-two road righteous army, he moved to the five northwest provinces and even the south of Zhili, it has been a full seven years, these seven years he Jin Ge iron horse, the world, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are all frightened, and the local tyrants and squires who oppress the people are all talking about the color change.

He couldn't remember how many corrupt officials and local tyrants and squires died under his own knife, in short, it was enough.

Just as he was wandering recklessly in the memories of the past, a personal guard suddenly ran in and said in a panic: "The officers and soldiers have searched for it." ”

When Gao Yingxiang heard this, he didn't show any panic, he slowly stood up, took off the bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and said lightly: "Don't give your life in vain, let's come down." ”