In the river valley, the two groups of people who suddenly encountered each other were a little dazed, and they didn't expect to encounter enemies in this place and in this situation.

And as soon as they reacted, the soldiers of the Wei army, who were on the weaker side, were busy withdrawing and retreating, and the Qi army on the south side of the valley was also busy chasing after them with weapons.

This Wei army only had more than 100 soldiers, and it was a small team led by Li Ya, because their task was to find suitable places to be stationed and build cities in the river valleys, so they did not carry too much armor, only basic weapons such as swords and bows.

On the other hand, the Qi army on the opposite side had hundreds of soldiers as far as the eye could see, and as they began to pursue north along the river valley, more and more Qi soldiers poured out in the forest, and the number of soldiers seen alone exceeded that of thousands of soldiers, which shows that there must be a rather hidden nest of thieves near the left to hide a large number of soldiers.

Li Ya and the others were not familiar with the terrain here, and they retreated in a hurry at the location where they encountered the enemy before, because they were worried that they would lead the unknown number of enemy troops to their temporary camp with little strong protection, so except for a few soldiers who broke away from the team and rushed to return the letter, the others did not retreat by the same route, but retreated all the way north along the Qinshui River Valley under the leadership of Li Ya.

As they fled, they looked back and shot, trying to push back the enemy who was getting closer and closer. However, since the main task of their trip was not to fight, and the arrows they carried were not many, a dozen feather arrows per person were quickly exhausted. The enemy's counterattack was much more violent, and the arrows behind him were like locusts, and if they fell behind the slightest they were about to fall to the ground, more than 20 soldiers had already fallen in the valley.

Seeing that the river valley in front of him was narrowing, and the enemy in the rear was becoming more and more menacing and chasing closer and closer, Li Ya secretly complained in her heart. He touched the empty Hulu behind him, and angrily untied it and threw it by the river, feeling a little regretful in his heart that he had carried too few arrows before leaving the camp.

However, it is too late to regret it now, even if they want to stop and kill the enemy now, with their state of being completely unarmoured, they are afraid that they will be shot by the enemy before they have time to engage in hand-to-hand combat, unless the enemy also gives up shooting......

With a thought in his mind, he hurriedly motioned for his men to throw their bows on the ground, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Wait and so and so on, and so on!" I implore the general to spare his life, and he will tell the Wei army all about it! I beg the general to spare his life! ”

Seeing this, the Qi army who was chasing after the road showed hesitation, although it was not yet convinced, but also slowed down the frequency of shooting with the bow, but the speed of the pursuit still did not slow down, and more than 100 apprentices in front of them roared while striding after him: "If the Qiang thief descends, quickly abandon his weapon and lie on the ground, otherwise there will be no forgiveness!" ”

At this time, Li Ya and the others also ran to the narrowed pass of the river valley in front, so they all untied their swords and squatted on the ground with their heads hugged at their signals.

"Where did you and the thieves wander into the country? Who will be the unification thief? Is Binh Duong still guarding? ”

This Qi army has been lying in the valley for a long time, and there is relatively little contact with Yining City, and it does not know much about the enemy situation on the west side of Heishui Ridge.

"Tell the general, we are the commander of the Great Wei and Tang Princes, and we came from the south of the Heishui Mountains and entered this river valley just to ...... Take the life of the dog! ”

Although Li Ya held his head in both hands, he had been peeping at the enemy general's location with a side eye, and when the distance between them was closer, he first confused and attracted the attention of the other party with a trembling tone, and then suddenly burst out, grabbed the saber and slashed at the enemy general.

The enemy general was caught off guard, and at such a close distance from each other, his neck was deeply cut by the blade in Li Ya's hand, and blood gushed like a spring in an instant, and he died violently on the spot. The other Wei soldiers were also waiting for this moment, grabbing their sabers on the ground and fighting with the enemy soldiers.

"These Qiang thieves are so treacherous, they are deceitful!"

The soldiers of the Qi army in the rear were ashamed to see this, and they rushed up again when they were busy, and some people wanted to draw their bows to shoot the enemy again, but both sides were already in a mess, and it was inconvenient to use bows and arrows for a while, so they could only put away their bows and rush forward with knives.

Although Li Ya and his entourage were still weak, but because of the close distance with the enemy and the short contact, they also killed back and forth for a while, and a group of people fought and retreated, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy army had not yet attacked and encircled, and retreated into the river valley pass in the rear, and the enemy army was also limited by the terrain and difficult to hug up, so Li Ya and his party firmly choked the pass and repelled the enemy's momentum several times.

However, Li Ya and his party also suffered heavy casualties, and there are only more than 50 people left in the more than 100 people, and almost all of them have been injured. After several frustrations in the enemy's advance, they retreated some distance back and began to shoot at them with their bows. Li Ya and the others had no choice but to avoid the pass again, dragging their injured bodies and continuing to flee north.

At this time, the rear of the Qi army in the south of the river valley was once again slaughtering, and thousands of Wei soldiers rushed out of the Heishui Ridge, breaking the Qi army in the river valley, and then fought hard.

"Yes, there is an ambush for the Qiang thieves! Hurry back, help! ”

As the Wei army entered the river valley, how refreshing these Qi soldiers were to pursue Li Ya and his party before, how frightened they were at this moment. And compared to the staggering casualties caused by the fierce battle, what made them even more worried was that they didn't know what the situation was at the moment, why a large number of enemy troops suddenly entered the Qinshui River Valley?

Because these Qi army ambushes were taken more than ten miles north by Li Ya and his entourage, out of the hiding camp they originally hid and built, and were broken by the Wei army on the back road, they could not take care of both the beginning and the end, and they could only retreat in the north and south directions for a while.

Li Yantou, who led the troops to fight here, did not know the specific situation of this enemy army, and the order he received was to do his best to destroy the enemy's battle and kill and wound the enemy, especially to prevent the enemy from intercepting and blocking the lower reaches of Qinshui.

At this time, when he saw that the enemy army was fleeing in both the north and south directions, he ordered Han Baohu to lead more than 1,000 men and horses to continue the pursuit to the north, while he led the other troops to the south along the Fenshui River valley to ensure that the enemy army would not stop downstream to intercept the river valley.

The enemy army that fled to the north was about 2,000 troops, but it was difficult to regroup and organize the battle formation in the narrow river valley area, so Han Baohu led the crowd to attack all the way, and soon rushed out of the pass where Li Ya and others were guarding before.

When he saw the many corpses of robes and zes displayed in the pass, Han Baohu's face couldn't help but show sadness, because he had to continue to pursue the enemy and couldn't stay here, so he loudly ordered several soldiers: "Quickly collect the corpses of robes and zes here, and General Li Ya may have been lost here, so the corpses must be recovered......"

Before he could finish speaking, a slightly weak roar suddenly sounded among the pine branches on the west side of the mountain wall: "Lao Tzu is not dead yet!" How can you kill me......

It turned out that when the enemy's rear road was chaotic and there was no time to chase and kill, Li Ya took dozens of surviving soldiers to climb the rock and hide among the pines and cypresses.

Han Baohu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was busy climbing the rock with three steps and two steps, and when he walked into the shade of the pine, he saw Li Ya lying on a pine branch leaning out of the slope in blood, and the other soldiers around him were also lying or standing, everyone had many scars on their bodies, and there were only less than 20 people left in front of them from the original hundred-hundred, which showed the tragedy of the previous battle.

"You wait and return to the camp to treat the wounded first, and then I will lead my troops to chase and kill the thief army for a ride to avenge the death of Paoze!"

Han Baohu sent dozens of soldiers to take care of Li Ya and others, and by the way, sent some prisoners of war back to the camp, and he followed the rear of his troops and continued to pursue and kill north along the river valley.

When Li Ya and his entourage returned to the Heishuiling camp, it was already a few hours later, and Li Tai was also anxiously waiting for the battle report from the front, and he was also shocked when he saw that their personnel were so miserable, and he was busy sending a group of wounded people to the camp tent for diagnosis and treatment, while he first interrogated the prisoners who were brought back from the battlefield.

After interrogating the prisoners, Li Tai learned that the enemy army ambushed in the Qinshui River Valley was not intended to lure the enemy deep and then cut off Qinshui's men, but an ambush arranged by the defenders of Yining City to echo the city, and the scale was only two or three thousand people.

After learning this, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be just a false alarm, even if he couldn't cry or laugh, all kinds of variables can really happen in the war, and no one can say what kind of work can be done on the other side.

As the captain of the scout, Pi Jinghe was greatly ashamed when he learned that there was still an enemy army hidden in the direction of Yining City, and pleaded guilty in front of Li Tai.

Li Tai didn't complain too much about this, in fact, the value of scouts can be best reflected in the plains and wilderness, such as this kind of complex and changeable combat environment, even the most shrewd scouts can hardly guarantee that they can detect the enemy situation clearly, so the most important thing is to be able to respond in a timely and effective manner when facing the enemy.

In this mountainous environment, the most shrewd and accurate insight into the enemy's situation is the first to be seen by Li Tai. When he attacked Jinyang back then, it was also thanks to Han Guo's endowment in this area that he was able to flexibly advance and retreat in the Lishi region.

Although the current situation is a bit unexpected, it has not caused too much loss in the end, and because Li Ya and others have noticed the enemy's traces, they have eliminated such a variable and hidden danger in advance, which can be regarded as a joy.

So Li Tai went to the sick camp again to encourage Li Ya, but saw that this kid had fallen asleep after dealing with his injuries, so he praised the wounded who were still awake, and after leaving the camp, he arranged for Guo Yan to lead 3,000 soldiers to Yining City to look for fighters.