The mouth of the valley at both ends was blocked by boulders rolling down from the cliff, and then countless torches appeared on the mountainsides on both sides, and the figures under the torches were longing, as if there were infinite people and horses.

Meng Huojun was terrified, and he was at a loss for what to do in the valley.

"Shoot the arrows!" With Qiong Ying's coquettish shout, arrows rained down on the mountainside, and skulls and huge burning fireballs rushed down. The soldiers of Meng Huojun who were crowded in the valley were shot by the rain of arrows and turned their horses on their backs, and their flesh and blood were smashed by the wooden boulders, and the flames from the fireballs burned Meng Huojun to the point that they screamed and scurried around.

Meng Shu looked at the scene in front of him and was completely overwhelmed.

Meng You grabbed Meng Shu and said urgently: "Big brother, come with me, I know there is a path here!" Immediately, he pulled Meng Shu towards the thorn bush on the left, and through a thorn bush, the entrance of an underground dark river appeared in front of him. Meng You said urgently: "You can escape from this valley by going down the river for a few miles from here. Then he ordered a lot of dry wood at the entrance to be thrown into the river, and then a group of people took off their armor and threw away their weapons, and jumped into the dark river.

A group of people drifted with the flow, and the sound of the tragic fight gradually faded away, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but an indescribable sense of failure and frustration came to their hearts.

……

It was dawn, and the valley, which had been noisy all night, fell silent. The Wuxi barbarian army opened the mouth of the valley, and then Ma Chao led thousands of horsemen into the valley to search, and soon after, Zhang Lang and Zhu Rong walked into the valley surrounded by all the soldiers and soldiers.

A tragic scene in the valley. The morning mist covered the valley, and everywhere there were traces of burning, and smoke curled up; The entire valley was filled with the corpses of Meng Huojun, layered on top of each other, making people's scalps tingle, and more than 10,000 barbarian troops were all hiding here; Thousands of Han cavalry searched back and forth between the corpses, and Ma Chao saw Zhang Lang coming, and immediately greeted him.

Zhang Lang, how could he know that Meng Shu would escape at night? In fact, the reason is very simple. When Meng Huo discovered the movements of Shamoke and King Duosi, he must have been very frightened, so he gave up and trapped Qin Zang County. If Qinzang County is abandoned, then retreating west is the inevitable path. Therefore, Zhang Lang laid an ambush on the path west of Meng Huo in advance. In fact, Zhang Lang made two preparations, one was to ambush in the west to wait for the rabbit, and the other was to give the order to attack the Wuxi barbarian army, the Zhurong army and the Duosi Wang barbarian army, if Meng Shu did not flee the western front tonight, the army would storm Qinzang County this morning.

No matter what choice Meng Shu makes, the fiasco is already doomed, and the difference is only in the size of Zhang Lang's losses.

Zhang Lang asked Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, did you find Meng You's body?" ”

Ma Chao frowned and shook his head, "I didn't find it." These two men seem to have disappeared out of thin air! ”

Wang Yi said in disbelief: "This place is surrounded by water, how can they escape?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said he didn't know.

Zhang Lang looked at Zhu Rong, "Zhu Rong, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Rong looked around and thought, "The ground of our Nanzhong is a lofty mountain, and there are countless caves under the ground, I doubt that they have drilled into the nearby caves!" ”

Zhang Lang felt that what Zhu Rong said was reasonable, and said to Ma Chao: "Let the soldiers search carefully to see if there are any caves or other places." Ma Chao promised, turned the horse's head and went down. Thousands of Han warriors expanded the search, and a moment later, a female soldier joined the search.

About half an hour later, a female soldier came and reported: "General, Queen, we have found the entrance to an underground river over there, and there are many abandoned armored horses near the entrance. Zhang Lang immediately said, "Take us over." The female soldier immediately led the group to the entrance of the underground river. Sure enough, the crowd saw that many armors and a dozen war horses had been abandoned at the entrance.

Zhu Rong turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to take a closer look at the clothes and armor left on the ground, his expression moved, and he immediately turned to Zhang Lang and said, "General, this is Meng Shu's armor!" ”

Zhang Lang asked, "How can you be sure?" ”

Zhu Rong said: "Meng Huo's armor is very special, I will never misidentify it." ”

Zhang Lang frowned, took a few steps forward, and looked at the underground river in front of him, "It seems that they escaped from the underground river through guò!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly said: "I will immediately lead people to chase after me!" ”

Zhang Lang shook his head, "I can't catch up." Turning his head to Ma Chao, he said: "Meng Qi, you immediately lead the 30,000 war horsemen here to Dongnong Mountain, if you have the opportunity, you will capture Dongnong Mountain, and if the enemy army is already prepared, withdraw immediately!" ”

Ma Chao hugged his fists and promised, turned the horse's head and galloped away.

……

Zhang Lang stayed behind to bring the cave master to clean the battlefield, and he returned to Qinzang County with the rest of the soldiers.

There was silence in Qinzang County, with only occasional cries coming from some portals; The doors and windows of every house were closed, and only the Han army and the barbarian army under Zhang Lang were seen on the street, and not a single common person was seen; All the soldiers carried out Zhang Lang's military orders well, and no one harassed the residents in the city.

The group went straight to the lobby of the office. Zhang Lang sat down at the top, and the rest of the people stood at the bottom of the hall.

Zhang Lang said to everyone: "This battle to quell the chaos is far from over!" originally thought that last night was a battle, but I didn't expect Meng Shu to escape! It seems that Meng Huo's lair must be smashed directly! ”

Zhu Rong said: "Meng Huo's nest is in the west of Dongnong Mountain, if you want to go straight to Meng Huo's nest, you must first take Dongnong Mountain." ”

Shamoke came out and said: "General, let's let the Wuxi barbarian army attack Dongnong Mountain!" Zhang Lang pondered: "Although your Wuxi barbarian army is strong, but Dongnong Mountain is steep and abnormal, only you Wuxi barbarian army I am worried that I will not be able to catch it!" In this way, the 30,000 wolf poison soldiers of Qiong Yingshuai will cooperate with the King of Wuxi to attack Dongnong Mountain, and the commander of the attack on Dongnong Mountain is your King of Wuxi! Shamoko was excited, and his heart couldn't help but feel like a confidant. Shamoke pressed your chest, and said confidently: "Within three days, I will definitely take Dongnong Mountain!" ”

"Good! If so, I will make you the second best general in the south after Zhu Rong. ”

King Duosi, Vulture Bone and others are extremely envious.

The vulture bone said unconvinced: "General, I am confident that the vine armor soldiers under my command will not lose to the Wuxi barbarians of Shamoke, please let your subordinates go to attack Dongnong Mountain!" ”

Shamoke was greatly annoyed when he saw that the vultures were coming to grab the merits, and shouted: "Vulture bones, those vine armor soldiers of yours are just rattan armor, the field battle is acceptable, what is the ability to attack the city?" Let you fight, but it will only delay the progress of our army! The vulture bone was also very angry, and said unceremoniously: "Shamoke, you were still Meng Huo's accomplice before, and now who knows if you have really surrendered?" If you are asked to attack Dongnong Mountain, who knows if something will happen?! ”