The Rift Valley is located in the northeastern part of the mountain range. Enter from outside Chenguan Town near the mountain range and head southwest. You can reach it by walking about 70 miles.

This place name does not refer to the collapse and cracking of the road, but to describe a narrow road between the two highest peaks in the northern section of the Hengduan Mountains.

The road is five to six feet wide and more than ten miles long, with gentle slopes on both sides.

On the morning of the sixth day of October, the day after Pei Yue led his people into the mountainous area, a group of more than a hundred Daliang soldiers appeared at the entrance of the rift valley.

They were very cautious and did not rush into the rift valley. They lurked at the entrance and watched for a long time.

After about a stick of incense, the group of soldiers began to move forward, carefully observing the hillsides on both sides along the way.

Halfway up the mountain on the left, several people were hiding behind dense trees, looking at the more than a hundred people below.

The woman had two swords hanging at her waist, and she held a long bow with horns in her left hand. Her right hand was resting on the string. She had no arrows, but she was just taking a false aim at the leader of the more than one hundred Liang soldiers.

The burly man in his thirties next to her was her confidant, and he said with a hint of anger: "Girl, it seems that someone in Kyoto has betrayed us, otherwise these thieves would not know how to take the Rift Valley road.

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The woman didn't take it seriously and said: "A waste like Pei Rong is naturally unreliable. I asked you to lead his people through the Rift Valley just for this moment. Uncle Yu, don't be angry. You have been following me for so many years. How could it be that you have followed me for so many years?"

Do you still care about being betrayed?"

Uncle Yu bared his teeth and said, "Even so, we can't let those wastes go."

The woman shook her head and said: "It's just a head, it's a trivial matter. Aunt Leng, are you right?"

Behind her stood a nearly 40-year-old woman, who was Aunt Leng who was supposed to go south with the Qibao Pavilion caravan. Who could the pale girl next to her be if she wasn't Peach Blossom?

Aunt Leng knew that Taohua had never experienced such a tense and solemn atmosphere, so she reached out to hold her cold palm and said to the woman: "Girl, why does Qibao Pavilion turn against us?"

According to the woman's previous plan, after she found the peach blossoms from Green Willow Village, she would cross Qishui and hide in Baima Town, and then follow the caravan from Qibao Pavilion all the way south. After setting off from Baima Town, Aunt Leng, who was extremely experienced in the world of martial arts, quickly

They quickly realized something was wrong. The caravan was moving too slowly, and the government's inspections were much more intense along the way.

After arriving in Yongzhou City, the caravan settled in Yungui Tower. The leader told Aunt Leng that they would stay here for a few days and had a business to deal with.

Aunt Leng agreed, and then quietly left with Taohua and the coachman early the next morning, and escaped as soon as the city gate opened.

After that, it was an extremely arduous journey, bypassing the eyes and ears of the government and the Beijing camp, and returned to the Hengduan Mountains yesterday.

The woman frowned slightly when she heard this and said: "Qibao Pavilion and us have always had a relationship of interest, and there is no deep friendship. Judging from your description, they didn't dare to make things happen, so they didn't hand you over directly.

If you give it to the government, you'd probably still give it half-heartedly and let the government or the capital itself discover your plan."

Uncle Yu sneered: "Qibao Pavilion has given us food and grass for more than half a year, are you not afraid that we will throw this evidence into the palace?"

The woman sarcastically said: "Of course the mastermind behind the scenes is not afraid. He can at most throw out a few of his big shopkeepers and fine him three drinks and the matter will be settled. Do you still expect the emperor to chop him down? We, Liang, are like these

Emperors, one after another, like to play the art of balance the most, and fairness and justice are not as important as the balance of the court."

Uncle Yu's voice was full of murderous intent: "It would be great if I could rush into the palace and kill this dog emperor with one knife."

Taohua let Aunt Leng hold her hand, listening to these people's bold and straightforward remarks, her round eyes widened with confusion and fear.

The woman put down the long bow with horns, looked back at her, and said with a smile: "Hey, little girl, call me sister."

Taohua shrank in fear.

Aunt Leng smiled and said: "Girl, this child has been scared these days and doesn't dare to speak."

"It doesn't matter."

The woman signaled Aunt Leng not to be nervous, and then said to Taohua: "Do you want me to teach you martial arts? Once you learn it, you can kill people. You can kill anyone who bullies you."

Taohua shook her head vigorously and plucked up the courage to say, "As long as the young master is here, he will protect me!"

The woman's eyes darkened slightly, and she said without any doubt: "In the future, you will not have any young master, only your mother and us."

Aunt Leng was afraid that Taohua would say something outrageous, so she stopped her and said to the woman: "Girl, I shouldn't have left in a hurry, otherwise Fang Rui wouldn't have..."

The woman shook her head and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you. Fang Rui himself is not careful in his studies and his mind is not pure. He cannot blame others for his capsize in the gutter."

Aunt Leng said with some worry: "Fang Rui knows a lot of things in the mountains, and he also knows two trails that can go around behind us."

The woman pondered: "Even if Wang Pingzhang knew about this, even if he sent an extra team of people to die, he still wouldn't be able to escape our sentry. Uncle Yu, is there anything unusual in the next two days?"

Uncle Yu replied: "Don't worry, girl, everything is fine."

The woman nodded, looked at the group of Daliang soldiers who had walked far away and were about to approach the exit of the rift valley, and said in a deep voice: "Instructions to go down and prepare to meet the enemy."

"yes!"

After a while, most of the troops from Daliang Jing camp finally appeared at the entrance of the rift valley. It looked like there were about two thousand people.

Chang Si was in the center of the team, followed by dozens of soldiers and generals from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.

He thought of a similar method to Pei Yue, selecting more than a hundred elites from more than two thousand people, and then asked them to go out to explore the road and kill enemy spies on the spot. Not only that, he also got a

I took a road map and passed through the canyon in front of me. More than ten miles ahead was the thief's lair.

Although the terrain in front of him looked a bit dangerous, Chang Si didn't take it too seriously. It was the suggestion of his confidants to let the front team explore the way.

From Chang Si's point of view, he was just afraid that the bandits would run away upon hearing the news, and he didn't care if the other party had the courage to ambush and attack.

If that were to happen, that would be the situation he wanted to see.

They are just a group of bandits, why should they fight against the elites of the Beijing camp?

When most of them reached the middle of the rift valley, a sudden change occurred. They could only hear countless loud rumbling sounds. Thunderous boulders rolled down the mountainside in front and behind. In the blink of an eye, sand and rocks flew and dust filled the air, blocking their way out and retreat.

die!

"Don't panic! Form up in formation to meet the enemy!" Chang Si had a sneer on his lips, but a touch of excitement arose in his heart.

However, no bandits rushed down from the slopes on the left and right, and they were greeted by the heart-wrenching sound of bowstrings.

Arrows rained down from the sky like locusts.

Chang Si's eyes changed drastically. He looked at the bandits with bows and arrows on the mountainside on both sides. In addition to panic, endless absurdity arose in his heart.

These thieves actually have nearly a thousand longbows!

Arrows rained down like rain. The soldiers of the Western Camp of the Beijing Army had neither heavy armor nor shields. They were blocked in this five or six mile long canyon and became living targets.

Screams and calls for help echoed through the sky. Chang Si could not organize an effective counterattack at all, and watched helplessly as his soldiers fell into a massacre of arrows.
Chapter completed!