The Crescent Valley was filled with the smell of burnt barbecue.
More than 100,000 Black Jie troops and many war horses were burned into charcoal in the valley and solidified together. The scene was like hell and it is hard to describe in words.
There was lingering smoke in the valley. The ground and the stones on both sides of the valley were still a little hot. All kinds of solidified and charred corpses with unclear faces were lying in the valley. Although Feng Liancheng and Qianqigang's soldiers had cleared the road a little when passing through this section of the valley, when more than 10,000 archers led by Yan Liqiang rushed here with the sound of roaring iron hooves, many young archers could not help vomiting when they saw the scene before them, and their faces turned pale.
The large group of people will not stop just because someone vomits. Even if they vomit, they can only do it while riding on the rhinoceros horse. Even if they are vomiting, they cannot get off the horse and must continue to rush forward with the team.
To be honest, looking at the tragic scene in the valley, Yan Liqiang felt a little bit reluctant, but as the governor of Qiyun and the leader of all people, he could not be soft-hearted at this time, but had to muster the courage and morale of everyone.
Yan Liqiang summoned his true energy and rushed forward with his team on Caiyun Zhuiyue while speaking loudly. His voice rumbled in the valley so that everyone who followed him could hear it clearly. "If our Baishi Pass had been broken by the Black Jie and the seven Shatu tribes a few months ago, the scene you see now would have been the fate of countless people in Qiyun County and the northwest. The number of people killed by the Black Jie and the seven Shatu tribes would have been ten or even dozens of times the number in this valley. Your relatives, friends, brothers, sisters, and family members would have turned into charcoal and corpses in the burning and killing of the Black Jie and the seven Shatu tribes. To avoid such a scene from coming true, we can only repay blood with blood, tooth for tooth, step on the corpses of all the enemies, fight our way out, and kill them until the sky is dark. We must make our enemies tremble when they hear our names in the future. Everyone follow me and kill..."
Yan Liqiang's tongue burst out like thunder, and with a roar, the longbow in his hand shook, and the shadow of a wild python flew out from the bow, sweeping across a hundred meters, directly blasting dozens of corpses on the road ahead into pieces, making way, and then riding past.
"Kill..." Countless people roared, and they felt that their bodies were suddenly filled with strength. They were no longer afraid and followed Yan Liqiang to rush forward.
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Crossing the Crescent Valley, which is dozens of miles long, is equivalent to crossing the Qiyun Mountains. In the traditional sense, the entire western side of the Qiyun Mountains has been the territory of the Black Jie people.
It was a coincidence that just when Yan Liqiang and his archers rushed out of the Crescent Valley, there was a ridge a few hundred meters ahead. Three Black Jie cavalrymen also came out from behind the ridge at the same time. The two sides collided with each other at a distance of four or five hundred meters.
The six Black Jie cavalrymen who turned the ridge were frightened silly. They could never have imagined that they would see the main force of the Han army just after rushing over. In panic, the six Black Jie cavalrymen turned their horses around and wanted to escape, but Yan Liqiang would not allow them to run away.
Yan Liqiang drew his bow and shot three arrows. The three Black Jie cavalrymen screamed and fell off their rhinoceros horses.
The army rushed to the three Black Jie cavalrymen and stopped. The three Black Jie cavalrymen were not dead. They were just shot through the shoulder blades by Yan Liqiang and were still alive.
Looking at the large group of people rushing towards them, the three Black Jie cavalrymen looked as pale as death.
Yan Liqiang called Situ Feixing over and said, "Send someone who understands the Black Jie language to interrogate them. The three of them must be spies sent by the first 10,000 Black Jie cavalrymen who rushed out of the valley. Ask them where those 10,000 people are!"
"I understand Black Jie language, let me ask!" Situ Feixing jumped off his horse and walked over with several guards around him. He first asked the guards around him to separate the three injured Black Jie cavalrymen. One stayed where he was, and the other two were directly blocked by the guards around him and dragged away so that they could not hear what was being said. Then he muttered something to the Black Jie cavalryman who stayed behind. The Black Jie cavalryman kept his mouth tightly shut and did not speak. Situ Feixing said a few more words, but the Black Jie cavalryman still shook his head. Situ Feixing did not speak again, but raised his knife and chopped off the Black Jie cavalryman's head with one stroke.
"Drag the guy over there over here!" Situ Feixing waved to his guards, and the second Black Jie man was carried over. It was obvious that the second Black Jie man did not have the courage of the first one. Just seeing the corpse on the ground, his legs went weak and he could hardly walk at all. Situ Feixing asked a question, and the man said a lot of gibberish. Then Situ Feixing waved his hand and asked his guards to drag this man away and drag the third Black Jie man over.
This third Black Jie man was not much stronger. He was a little hesitant when Situ Feixing spoke. By the time Situ Feixing raised his knife, the Black Jie man had already knelt on the ground. Then he mumbled a lot of gibberish and pointed in a direction behind the ridge.
After he finished speaking, Situ Feixing chopped off his head with a knife, then gave his guards a look, and his guards also chopped off the head of another Black Jie man.
Situ Feixing walked up to Yan Liqiang and said, "Your Excellency's judgment is correct. These three Black Jie people are three spies from the 10,000 Black Jie people who escaped from the valley earlier. They were sent to investigate the situation in this valley. Just now, thick smoke rose from this side of the valley, and the main force behind the Black Jie people did not appear. Their leader was a little suspicious, so he sent them to see what happened here. The 10,000 people are just 60 miles away, and they are resting now, waiting for news from here..."
"Let's go and get their heads..." Yan Liqiang smiled coldly.
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The 10,000 Black Jie cavalrymen who rushed out of the Crescent Valley were resting on a grassland sixty miles away. When Yan Liqiang led his troops to rush in front of them, the Black Jie cavalrymen had no time to react at all.
The team of 10,000 people was lazy and scattered. Many Black Jie cavalrymen were sitting on the ground in groups with their horses put aside. More than half of them still had their weapons hanging on the saddles. Some were drinking water by the river, some were rummaging through the packages they brought back from the Gulang grassland, and some were eating. These 10,000 people had completely lost their formation and were not very vigilant. They seemed to have never expected that the army of the Han Empire would dare to rush through the Crescent Valley and appear on the west side of Qiyun Mountain. This had never happened in hundreds of years.
"Kill..." Yan Liqiang was the first to draw his bow. With just one arrow, he shot the head of a Black Jie man who was wearing the best armor among the ten thousand people. Then a large rain of arrows fell, covering the Black Jie cavalry who had just escaped from the arms of death.
This kind of battle can no longer be called a battle. The appearance of Yan Liqiang and his men completely broke the dam in the hearts of the Black Jie cavalry. However, after the first round of volleys, seeing a large number of people around them fall, the remaining Black Jie warriors screamed, threw away their helmets and armor, and fled in all directions, leaving behind their horses and weapons...
"Sir, leave the rest to us..." Situ Feixing shouted, and rushed towards the fleeing cavalry with a cloud of people...
(End of this chapter)