The rebel army crossed the edge of the Kunyun Mountains and continued to trek through the mountain roads, recovering from the mountains on the Keetsu side to the east and marching westward. Soon they were on the way to the last leg of the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

To the east of the center of Yanchuan County, near the Kunyun Mountains. The rolling hills are lush and green, and the scattered villages are dotted around the stream, making it seem peaceful and distant.

Compared with the six major prefectures and counties that are relatively rich in the central region, the eastern part is distributed with mountains and hills, and the population is much sparse, and it is located in a dangerous area.

There are signs of chaos in the world, but Yanchuan County is quite peaceful, only the local bandits and thieves are fighting fiercely in the rich central region, making it a miasma.

The hilly and mountainous areas in the east are not rich because of the small grain production, the government is not rich, and the population is small and it is not easy to recruit soldiers, so no one pays attention to it here, and it seems to be quiet.

However, the appearance of a heavily armed and well-equipped cavalry shattered the peace in the eastern part of Yeoncheon County.

"It seems to be an official army, run!"

In Yanchuan County, everyone knows that the officers and soldiers often cooperate with bandits and bandits, and some of them are even more ruthless than the officers and soldiers.

The people who saw the fields working saw the murderous cavalry that appeared in the distance, and after being stunned, they immediately dispersed in panic.

This group of cavalry was gorgeously equipped, and the bayonets and swords shone with cold light.

They were the scout cavalry of the rebel army Li Wusuo's department, and they were ordered to reconnoiter the enemy in this area.

Seeing the people who had lost their hoes and fled in all directions, Li Cunyi, who was already a hundred generals, couldn't help frowning.

Li Cunyi gestured behind him, and more than twenty taciturn cavalrymen rode their horses at a gallop towards the fleeing people.

In just a few moments, the fleeing people were surrounded by cavalry, and there was no escape.

Seeing these cavalry full of murderous aura, the terrified people knelt down one by one and begged for mercy, begging these officers and soldiers to give them a way to live.

In this chaotic era where human lives are like mustard, the unarmed people, whether they encounter the army of the imperial court or the rebel army, are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they appear weak and powerless.

Li Cunyi slowly stepped forward, saw these people trembling like chaff, and talked to them as pleasantly as possible.

Li Cunyi, a former soldier of the empire, has experienced countless battles in the army, and now the killing intent inadvertently revealed makes people feel heavy pressure.

"Everyone, get up, we are imperial officers and soldiers, and we will not kill innocents indiscriminately." Li Cunyi spoke slowly, they were originally the elite soldiers of the empire, and now no one would believe them if they were pretending to be officers and soldiers.

"Please spare us."

"We will give you our food and money."

The people kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, and they turned a deaf ear to Li Cunyi's words, and they were indeed frightened.

After all, in the local officials and soldiers, for the sake of war achievements, they often kill innocents indiscriminately, and the people are naturally afraid when they see them.

Li Cunyi saw that he was talking pleasantly, which made these people not react in the slightest, and his face was also cold.

"If you want to kneel, then kneel, then I'll have to go to the village to have a look." Li Cunyi snorted coldly and threatened.

Seeing that Li Cunyi was angry, these people stood up one by one in a hurry, standing there with low eyebrows and ears, and they didn't dare to come out.

"What's the name of this place?"

Li Cunyi ignored these frightened people, and set his eyes on a scrawny farmer.

"Shunyi, Shunyi Village."

This crop man was stared at by Li Cunyi uncomfortably, and he stammered when he spoke.

"Which county is under its jurisdiction?"

"We belong to Taizhou County."

After Li Cunyi heard this, he took out a sheepskin map from a leather pouch on his waist and looked at it carefully.

"This should be it."

After Li Cunyi inquired again, he determined the location here, indicating that they had walked out of the Kunyun Mountain Range and officially entered Yanchuan County.

The rebel army has gone through ups and downs, and there are many complaints in the army, if it weren't for Yang Qi's prestige being too high, he would have been suppressed by him.

After determining the location here, Li Cunyi inquired about the surrounding situation again.

Li Cunyi judged that there was no threat here.

After they reconnoitred for a while, they sent someone to report to Li Wu behind, and Li Wu led the main army to this area.

In order to be cautious, a radius of twenty miles around them was within the scout range of their scout rangers.

For this reason, Li Wu also deliberately added many elite veterans to the scout team to improve the scout's reconnaissance ability.

After receiving reports from various scout teams that there was no large-scale enemy situation around and it was very safe, he led his troops to camp in the edge of Kunyun and Shunyi Village.

Shunyi Village is just a small village with a population of more than 200 people, and Li Wu and his family only rested here for one night.

At night, he received Yang Qi's order to occupy Taizhou County.

Early the next morning, they moved to Taizhou County.

There was only a local garrison of more than 100 people stationed in Taizhou County, which was almost immediately defeated, and Li Wu and the others easily occupied this place.

Compared with Shunyi Village, which is short of food and clothing, the government treasury of Taizhou County has the tax grain that has just been collected, and it is relatively rich, so they finally let them eat a mouthful of hot rice.

After they left Ansan County, they have been in the Kunyun Mountains, and after successive victories, they expanded their army to more than 20,000 people.

Moreover, now that they have experienced danger, the rebel soldiers are tired, and the people and horses are too tired to withstand the toss, and now they urgently need to rest.

Yang Qi and the others had not yet arrived, Li Wu on the one hand ordered the troops to seize the time to rest in Taizhou County, and at the same time sent scout rangers to inform Yang Qi of their news, ready to respond at any time.

In order to prevent this location in Taizhou County from being known to the imperial army and sending troops, Li Wu sent his own scouts to block the passage and news.

The next day, Yang Qi had a meal with the generals of the rebel army in an antique restaurant inn.

Near the lake, there was also a large abandoned boat moored and turned into a restaurant, which is said to be the most expensive place in the area, but due to secrecy, the banquet was not chosen there.

According to one general, until the rebel army came to the city, the county officials were still arguing whether the officials were here or not.

However, after the arrival of the army, the gates of the city were opened by someone, and the political debate over whether to surrender or not came to an end. The generals laughed, and the person who spoke was drunk by a group of people, and soon became drunk.

In the small county of Taizhou, there are surprisingly many drinks. The soldiers dug up batches of wine jars hidden in the cellars and sent them to the army to be rewarded.

He also bought a lot of pigs and sheep from the nearby market village. Yang Qi ordered the camps to be repaired for a day, and each battalion took turns to drink and eat meat. The next day, the camp was pulled out and marched towards the goal.