After the defeat of Gucheng, Guan Xiong's general army guarding Gucheng led his cronies to look for a dangerous trail along the mountainside to Zizhu Mountain, where the kingdom coalition army was blocked, and the current river valley area is basically under the control of the enemy coalition army, and Guan Zongbing can only go all the way to the sheep intestine trail and hide his whereabouts, because Marshal Tian Long organized a small column to pursue the whereabouts of Guan Zongbing all the way, wanting to achieve the goal of killing them all. Because if General Guan can break out of the siege and join the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom who came to the rescue, it will be somewhat unfavorable to the continued attack of the coalition forces on the Cuizhu Kingdom. Guan Zongbing has been at the forefront of the war for a long time, and he has rich combat experience and a full understanding of the geography of the river valley.

The Empress Dowager of the Cuizhu Kingdom and the Prime Minister of the Imperial Court Miao Cheng hurried to the valley city on the way to the rescue, and were blocked at the mouth of the Cuizhu Valley by the general Suclaw assigned by the coalition army, because the continuous march of the kingdom army caused the soldiers to be very tired, if you do not judge the situation, and fight hard with the army of Suclaw at this time, it will be defeated, so the queen mother and the Prime Minister Miao Cheng discussed, decided to retreat as advance, simply retreat to the mouth of the Zizhu Valley, and stationed the army in a col that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that the soldiers can temporarily rest, and then wait for the opportunity to break through, Go and fight the coalition led by Tian Long, repel the enemy army, and defend the river valley.

After the kingdom army was stationed in Zizhu Mountain Pass, the Queen Mother and Prime Minister Miao Cheng were very clear about the current situation, and it can be said that the imperial court was pouring out of the nest to defend the Xuantan River Valley, and if they did not take effective measures to reverse the situation as soon as possible, so that the enemy's coalition army would roll up troops after breaking through the valley city, not only the river valley would be lost, but it would also cause the danger of the kingdom being destroyed. Because in order to boost morale, the young king also went to the army, although the young king did not play a role in the domination of the war at all, but he was the only one who could represent the entire kingdom and be present on the battlefield to boost morale. Therefore, the Queen Mother and Prime Minister Miao Cheng could only be cautious based on the current situation, and they decided to arrange refined sentinels in the jungle at the height of Zizhu Mountain, on duty day and night, to grasp the movements of the Suclaw army, and on the other hand, Prime Minister Miao Cheng personally led a few elite soldiers to patrol along the mountain to find other ways to break through. The Queen Mother was in the camp to protect the young king by dealing with any unexpected situations that could arise at any time. Because the enemy army has occupied an effective breakout mountain pass, and Marshal Tian Long's army will definitely lead the coalition army to rush to this side as soon as possible after breaking through Gucheng, the only way for the kingdom army to find another way to break through is at present.

Guan Xiong led several of his personal soldiers after the defeat of the valley city, like a lost dog day and night, along the towering mountains by the river valley, crawling towards the direction of Zizhu Mountain, along the way through hardships and dangers, Marshal Tian Long appointed the pursuers from time to time on the mountainside sheep intestine path back and forth, Guan General had to lead a few of his deserters to hide in the cave that could not be found during the day or climb to the top of the mountainside lush towering trees, not daring to make any sound. Only at night do you dare to get out and walk carefully on the path, when you are hungry, you can only pick a few wild fruits to fight your hunger, and when you are thirsty, you can drink the flowing water of the mountain stream.

As the general soldier of the kingdom to defend the city, Guan Xiong can speculate on the enemy's method of using troops, the kingdom army did not rush to the valley city in time to rescue, and must have been blocked by the enemy coalition army at the mouth of the Zizhu Valley where the kingdom army must pass, so they must bypass the mountains around the river valley, and finally bypass the mouth of the Zizhu Valley in order to walk down the mountainside and avoid the enemy's sphere of influence, so as to meet with the kingdom's army, otherwise they will become a prisoner of the enemy if they are not careful, and the final outcome is that the corpse is separated and the head hangs at the city gate.

Prime Minister Miao Cheng circled in the jungle of Zizhu Mountain to watch the terrain with the arduous task of finding a way to break through, because the mountain range of Zizhu Mountain is long, and the only way to reach the Xuantan River Valley from the capital of the kingdom's imperial court is the only way, if you climb to the top of Zizhu Mountain from the valley col, and then bypass the enemy army in the mountain pass from the other side of the mountain range, this is not feasible at all. Not to mention the sniping after the enemy found out, the pampered young king was not able to endure the hardships of climbing mountains and mountains, and there was no way to go with him with food, grass and horses. Prime Minister Miao, who was getting thinner and thinner, suddenly felt that he had fallen into a low point in his life. Thinking of the great trust placed in him by the deceased old king and the high hopes placed on him by the queen mother, Prime Minister Miao Cheng could only sigh while continuing to explore in the mountains and forests, hoping that a miracle would appear to solve the current predicament.

It was noon in early autumn, and Prime Minister Miao continued to explore in the mountains and forests with a few elite soldiers, when suddenly dark clouds rolled in the sky and thunder roared. Prime Minister Miao knew that a heavy rain was coming, because considering the safety of the kingdom army entrenched in the mountain col and the mother and son of the Queen Mother, Prime Minister Miao had to hurry back from the jungle to the camp. If the rain breaks out and lasts for a long time, the flood that collects from the high mountains will cause devastating damage to the garrison stationed in the flat area of the mountain pass.

Before Prime Minister Miao returned to the camp, the heavy rain poured down, and Prime Minister Miao hurried back to the camp, at this time the Queen Mother, who knew about the flash flood, had organized troops to disperse and move to the higher mountain rocks. The torrential rain continued to grow, and the flood water that had gathered in the valley roared along the narrow ravine and rushed towards the Xuantan River. The Queen Mother and the young King huddled in the rocks, hoping for the disaster to end as soon as possible. Worried, Prime Minister Miao Cheng took several lieutenants to brave the heavy rain in the river valley to observe the development of the flash flood, regardless of his personal safety. Suddenly, the attentive Prime Minister Miao noticed that the torrent was rolling forward in the river valley, and after passing through a bushy place, the flow of the torrent had decreased significantly. After analysis, Prime Minister Miao finally believed that there must be a natural passage in this place that leads directly to a certain place, which plays a role in flood discharge here. At this time, Prime Minister Miao's long-term anxious mood suddenly brightened, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw. Prime Minister Miao Cheng led the lieutenants back to the mountain rock where the queen mother and the king lived. At this time, the mountain rain is slowly weakening, and the sound of flash floods is slowly subsiding.

The heavy rain finally stopped, and when it was almost dark, although the rain stopped, the momentum of the flash flood that had not yet ended was only slowly weakening, and the security threat to the camping mountain pass and flat valley had been lifted, and Prime Minister Miao Cheng and the Queen Mother organized troops to continue to return to the camp. Prime Minister Miao asked everyone to rest early and prepare for a breakthrough.

At dawn the next day, Prime Minister Miao Cheng found that the flash flood in the ravine had been discharged overnight, and had basically restored the original scene, Prime Minister Miao Cheng couldn't wait to lead the deputy general and a few elite soldiers to the place where the bushes were observed yesterday, and Prime Minister Miao Cheng personally took the lead in picking up the dense bushes to find, and finally found that there was a natural hole in this hidden place from the bottom of the mountain to the other side of the mountain, the cave opening was not large, but after drilling in, it was found that the inside was gradually open, and without doing two endlessly, Prime Minister Miao Cheng led them straight to the depths, After walking for about two or three hours, the cave finally led to the other side of the Zizhu Mountain Range. Walking out of this cave, there is a dense mountain forest outside, and at the end of the mountain forest is the flat land of the Xuantan River Valley. In the direction of Gucheng in the front, and through a narrow valley in the back is the border city of Mashi City, which is the country of Gangshi.

Prime Minister Miao Cheng led these people to return to the camp with invincible joy, at this time, after the arduous trek, Guan Zongbing also rushed to the camp of the kingdom army after this rainstorm to meet everyone, Guan Zongbing almost couldn't cry and asked the king and the queen mother to blame, because it was indeed not the reason why Guan Zongbing's failure to resist the enemy caused the loss of Gucheng, and the queen mother did not blame but rewarded Guan Zongbing. Guan Zongbing did not take much rest. After consulting the queen mother and the king, he assisted Prime Minister Miao Cheng to organize soldiers to repair the cave that could allow the kingdom army to break through, because the opening of the cave was small, which was not conducive to the passage of grain, grass and heavy horses.

The Suclaw army guarding the mouth of the valley has spies observing the movements of the kingdom army at any time, and Miao Chengxiang feels that if he does not do a good job of coping with it, he rashly organizes the kingdom army to break through from the natural cave If it is discovered by the Supaw, it will be counterproductive, because if the enemy knows the intention of the kingdom army, they will go to the exit on the other side of the cave as quickly as possible, and then divide the troops into two ways when the kingdom army breaks through, first hold the exit, and wait for the kingdom army to enter the cave and then send troops to block the entrance, Then all the kingdom's soldiers and horses will only be trapped in the cave and at the mercy of Su Claw, and they will become their own catastrophe.

Everything is ready, in order to drag the enemy army unconsciously, when Prime Minister Miao Cheng broke through, he sent his deputy general Lei Hong to lead a thousand elite soldiers to the mouth of the valley with great momentum, and formed a confrontation with Su Claw's army, Su Claw did not know Prime Minister Miao's intentions at all, but it was the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom that had been besieged for a long time because the river valley had been completely lost and was desperate to fight. The army of Tian Dashuai, who had obtained the valley city over there, had not yet come to respond, and Su Claw only insisted on holding the valley mouth, not allowing the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom to break through and march, and only sent archers to block it with arrows, and did not send generals to meet the battle. Here, Prime Minister Miao and the Queen Mother organized the army to break through the cave as quickly as possible, and after the army passed through the cave, they found a suitable position in the mountains and forests on the side of the Xuantan River Valley and set up camp again. After the kingdom army retreated, according to the orders of Prime Minister Miao Cheng, Lei Hong led his troops to retreat and re-encamp in the original mountain pass.

The army of the kingdom, which had successfully broken through, quietly camped in the mountains and forests opposite the Xuantan River Valley. The queen mother and Prime Minister Miao Cheng discussed that Guan Zongbing would lead a team to protect the king and queen at night and take advantage of the night to come to the border city of Gangshi City, and then the king and queen personally went to the capital of Gangshi country to meet the king of Gangshi country, the king of Gangshi country is the queen's father, and the king and queen of Gangshi were very happy to see their precious daughter who had not seen each other for many years and his son-in-law, who was the king of Cuizhu country. King Gangshi is well aware of the situation of his kingdom in this dispute, because of the special relationship between his kingdom and the Cuizhu Kingdom, if the Cuizhu Kingdom is defeated and dies, his kingdom will be in a situation of cold lips and teeth, and it will be swallowed up by the ambitious alliance of the two countries sooner or later.

The army of the Cuizhu Kingdom finally broke through from Zizhu Mountain, and quietly broke through without the enemy army knowing. At present, although the important border city of Gucheng has been lost, with the dedicated efforts of Prime Minister Miao Cheng, the kingdom's army has gradually come out of the predicament and is ready to fight to the death against the enemy coalition forces in order to defend the Xuantan River Valley.