Although it was a group of Zuihou who collapsed and escaped from the camp, the Khitan soldiers basically had horses. In the process of escaping, four legs are always faster than two. Therefore, they soon overtook the townsmen and servants, who had fled one step earlier, and galloped along the official road, in the direction of the state with a fast horse.

Looking back at the camp that was gradually moving away and was already billowing with smoke at this time, the initial panic of the Khitan soldiers running at the front slowly calmed down. In their opinion, it seems that the defenders of Yuguan do not have any cavalry, even if the other party has cavalry, their own camp is still three miles away from Yuguan, plus they have a first-mover advantage on their side, even if the other party sends cavalry to chase after them, it will be difficult to catch up with them. What's more, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 foot soldiers and servants on the road behind him, and the enemy army will have to spend a lot of time just capturing prisoners, where can they take care of themselves. As soon as they thought of this, some Khitan soldiers even began to think about changing their escape routes, no longer running to Laizhou in one go, but stopping in Runzhou or Qianzhou halfway, resting for both horses and people, and replenishing their own supplies -- everyone fled from the camp in a hurry, and there was basically nothing else except the weapons in their hands and the war horses they stepped on.

He hurriedly ran out of about ten miles and twenty miles, and looked back to see that except for the dust raised by his own horses, neither his own foot soldiers nor the imaginary enemy pursuers were nowhere to be seen. These Khitan soldiers gradually calmed down, and one by one they no longer urged their mounts, but controlled their speed within a suitable range, so as not to step off their horses and run out of strength. After all, this place is still about 20 miles away from the nearest Runzhou Haiyang City, and if you don't control the horsepower well, you will not reach Haiyang yet, and you will wear out your mount. If that's the case, I'll have to walk to Runzhou or even come to the state.

The road from Yuguan to Runzhou is dominated by mountains and hills, and the official road between the two cities passes through the hills and high slopes along the terrain. About 20 miles away from Yuguan, there is a place called Gushan Pass. The terrain here is more steep than the previous section, and two slightly tall peaks stand on both sides of the official road, the width of the middle is only 100 steps, but the length is more than a mile. It is said that such a dangerous terrain is suitable for ambushes, and these Khitan defeated soldiers should be cautious and find out the surrounding situation before moving forward. However, at this time, they were in the midst of defeat, and although they were far away from the battlefield, their thoughts were still to rush to Runzhou or even Laizhou as soon as possible, and they had neither time nor heart to investigate. Second, in their subconscious, they always think that the southern army lacks horses and cannot organize a decent cavalry army at all, even if some cavalry rushes to set up an ambush in front of them, facing the huge cavalry army of 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry on their side, the result is just a mantis arm blocking the car, and in the blink of an eye, it will be trampled by their own iron cavalry. As a result, these Khitan cavalry, who were eager to flee for their lives, rushed into the narrow mountain passage of the Gushan Pass without any scruples - including a few generals and veterans who were worried but were coerced by the brigade and had to move on.

After the defeated Khitan army entered the mountain pass, the road was relatively calm, and they were about to rush out of the mountain pass on the other side, but they still did not find any trees and boulders blocking the road, nor were they attacked in any way. This made those generals and veterans who were still a little worried gradually relax their minds, dispelled the idea of turning around on their own or restraining their subordinates not to enter the mountain pass for the time being, and continued to follow the brigade through the mountain pass.

Just when the defeated Khitan soldiers thought that this place was safe and sound, all their worries were to scare themselves, and they would soon be able to set foot on the road of a horse and a flat river, dozens of Khitan soldiers who rushed to the front suddenly let out an exclamation, and then disappeared in front of everyone's eyes with people and horses, followed by the neighing of war horses and the screams of knights - there was a pit ahead. …,

Seeing this, the Khitan cavalry that followed tightened the reins again and again and tried to stop. It's just that when the incident happened suddenly, although the speed of the knights' horses was not fast, when they realized that the situation in front of them was not right, they were already very close to the pit, and it was very difficult to react and really stop in just a few steps. Second, the Khitan cavalry running in front saw the pit, but the cavalry who followed behind didn't know what was happening in front of them, and they were still rushing forward at the original speed. Therefore, after the first Khitan soldier fell into the pit, dozens of horsemen fell into the pit because they could not stop their horses or pushed them.

Although nearly 100 people fell into it, because the pit was dug so large and deep, after filling in so many people, the Khitan cavalry standing on the edge of the pit could still see the sharp top of the wooden stake placed at the bottom of the pit. The consequences of a man and a horse's flesh and blood falling on such a stake can be imagined. Most of the people and horses who fell into the pit were pierced through the heart, even if there were a few lucky people who were not poked in the chest and abdomen by the stake, they were broken and broken because of the collision, and lay at the bottom of the pit wailing in pain, begging their companions to come to their rescue. It's just that everyone is now "mud bodhisattvas crossing the river - it is difficult to protect themselves", who still has the heart to save them. Second, this pit is controlled very deeply, even if there are a few Khitan soldiers who are good-hearted or have a relationship with the injured in the pit, they do not dare to rashly go down to save people.

Fortunately, although the pit was large, it did not seal the entire road, and there were gaps of thirty or forty paces wide on each side of the pit to pass through. Therefore, after the initial panic and fright, the Khitan soldiers who were lucky enough to escape turned their horses' heads and moved to both sides, intending to bypass the pit and continue their escape journey - even if the appearance of the large pit indicated that there would definitely be enemy ambushes here, the vast majority of Khitan soldiers still subconsciously did not think about this possibility, and preferred to believe that as long as they ran through this mountain pass and rushed out of the mountain pass not far away, they would definitely be able to escape.

The wishes of these Khitan soldiers are beautiful, but the reality is far more cruel than they imagined. The Khitan cavalry, who had bypassed the pit, had not taken a few steps along both sides of the trap when a huge explosion sounded from the ear chakra. Before they could understand what was going on, they were thrown into the air with the tremendous impact of a large mine planted underground, and then they were thrown into the ground and even into a pit full of sharp wooden stakes. As the mines were detonated one by one, many heads suddenly appeared on the ridges on both sides of the official road.

"There is an ambush" - this is the idea that comes to the minds of almost all the Khitan cavalry, but all they can do is come up with such a thought. Because before they could react in any substance, the ambush on the ridge had already begun to move. With a "Hit!" Thousands of guns of all kinds were fired almost simultaneously, and grenades and explosives were thrown down the ridge as if they didn't need money. The sound of gunfire and explosions continued, and the long mountain passage was soon enveloped in gunsmoke, like an asura field in hell.

The Khitan soldiers who have entered the mountain passage are naturally nine deaths, while those Khitan soldiers who have not yet entered the mountain passage have to face a difficult choice - is to enter? Is it a refund? Or is it around?

Enter, the mountain passage in front of you is like an eighteen-layer hell that devours human life, whether you can pass through this ghost gate safely depends on whether God protects you;

If there are pursuers, how much time will it take for these pursuers to get here, and if they retreat halfway, they will encounter the enemy's pursuers head-on, and the result is also unpredictable. Even if there were no pursuers, there was no difference between retreating back to the camp with smoke billowing and flames rising and rushing through the ghost gate in front of them; …,

It is surrounded by mountains and hills, with trees and shrubs, and it is impossible to ride a horse on such terrain. For the Khitan cavalry, losing their horses was equivalent to losing their legs and struggling. For the Khitan soldiers, who had barely brought any food and water and had no knowledge of the large mountainous jungle around them, no one knew whether they would be able to get out of this jungle alive - even if the nearest city was only twenty miles away.

Although the choice was difficult, the Khitan soldiers had to make a decision immediately, because with the whistling sound overhead, clouds of smoke and loud noises began to burst out of the Khitan cavalry brigade that had stalled outside the mountain passage - the enemy did not ignore the dilemma while blocking the mountain pass, and the artillery attack that the Khitan soldiers feared the most once again fell on their heads.

Under the threat of artillery fire, the Khitan soldiers quickly made a choice. Most of them still chose to gamble on their luck and whether they were favored by God, and rode their horses to the mountain pass. A small number of people chose to abandon their horses and walk, hoping that they would not get lost, and that they would be able to walk out of the dense jungle and mountains on a pair of legs, and go to Runzhou and even Laizhou. In addition, there were some Khitan soldiers who had been destroyed by successive setbacks and had completely lost their courage, neither rushing forward nor fleeing into the mountains, but rolled their saddles and dismounted, threw their weapons to the ground, and knelt on the ground themselves, ready to be captured as prisoners with their hands tied.