A mountain breeze blew through the valley. Sun Jian patted his warhorse and looked up at the steep mountain walls on both sides of the valley.

The valley entrance and exit sides are covered with piles of stones.

"General Sun, is the opera master up there?"

Yuwen Qi, who was following behind, looked at the unusually quiet valley top with a face full of doubt.

"The playwright wouldn't make a mistake; he's probably afraid of being noticed by the people behind him!"

As he spoke, Sun Jian looked at the scout beside him and asked, "How far are the pursuers?"

"Reporting to the general, it is still more than twenty li away from our army!" the scout replied.

Sun Jian raised his hand: "Order the soldiers to throw all their baggage, weapons, and personal belongings at the mouth of the valley!!"

Yuwen Qi was slightly taken aback: "General Sun, why is that?"

Sun Jian smiled slightly, "To get them into the valley!"

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Qi seemed to understand something, and then began to relay Sun Jian's orders.

Soon, the soldiers of the Yuwen tribe threw out all their belongings, piling them up like a small mountain at the entrance of the valley.

Meanwhile, the pursuing Tan Shihuai army caught up to within three miles.

"withdraw!!"

As the Tan Shihuai army drew ever closer, Sun Jian led Yuwen Qi and the others into the valley.

This is a valley shaped like a long-necked bottle, narrow on both sides and open in the middle. If an army wants to enter the valley from the entrance, it can only form a line of four people and move slowly forward.

Even after the Tan Shihuai army caught up with them to the valley entrance, more than half of the Yuwen troops were still slowly advancing at the entrance of the passage.

The pursuers from Tan Shihuai's army also stopped outside the valley and looked around. When they saw the mountain of supplies inside the valley, many of them couldn't help but show greedy expressions.

"Chief, do you think there might be an ambush here?" a junior leader asked the leader with a serious expression.

"No! If they had an ambush, they wouldn't have piled up so many things at the valley entrance."

They did this to try and make our troops loot, thus buying them time to escape!

Looking at the Yuwen soldiers who were still slowly advancing through the valley passage, the leader said with a confident expression.

"The leader is right!"

The leader immediately shouted, "Pass down the order! Have the soldiers clear everything from the valley entrance immediately! Anyone who dares to steal will be dealt with according to military law!"

"yes!"

The messenger agreed and then rode away.

Soon, a group of soldiers were separated from the team and entered the valley to begin clearing the supplies.

After the valley entrance was cleared, Sun Jian and his Yuwen troops entered the valley completely.

"Quick, follow me!!"

Seeing the Yuwen soldiers entering the valley, Tan Shihuai's leaders disregarded everything else and hurriedly led their men into the valley.

The valley is an irregular circle with a large area, large enough to accommodate more than 30,000 people.

Upon arriving at the center of the valley, Sun Jian looked up and saw a red flag fluttering in the wind at the end of the valley, with Xi Zhicai standing beneath it, gazing in this direction.

Sun Jian looked at Yuwen Qi and said in a deep voice, "Tell the soldiers to walk slowly when they leave the valley, and make sure to lure all the pursuers in!"

Once all the pursuers are inside, we'll be out!

"clear!!"

Yuwen Qi smiled and agreed.

Soon, the order was relayed, and the soldiers of Yuwen's unit followed Sun Jian with relaxed expressions, slowly walking out along the narrow passage.

Sun Jian, who was leading the team, also kept his speed to a minimum. He chatted and laughed with Yuwen Qi along the way, talking about all sorts of things that happened after the defeat of Tan Shihuai.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, Sun Jian was less than five hundred meters from the exit.

At the same time, the pursuing Tan Shihuai army also entered the valley one after another.

"Haha~ Warriors, charge!!"

Upon seeing the Yuwen soldiers who had not yet left the valley, the leader of the group couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Kill!"

The Xianbei cavalrymen roared excitedly and spurred their horses forward.

The shouts of the crowd echoed through the valley, reverberating in waves.

Hearing the commotion behind him, Sun Jian, who was walking in front, turned his head to look at Yuwen Qi beside him, then suddenly spurred his horse, and he and the horse galloped several meters away in an instant, before running away at an extremely fast speed.

"Uh... General Sun...?"

Seeing Sun Jian suddenly speed away, Yuwen Qi called out in confusion from behind.

Ignoring Yuwen Qi's calls, Sun Jian continued to run faster towards the edge of the valley.

As Sun Jian receded into the distance, Yuwen Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but look up at the top of the valley.

A figure was quietly watching him from above.

Xi Zhicai, perched atop the cliff, watched as Sun Jian, who had already distanced himself from Yuwen Qi, slowly raised his right hand.

"Prepare!!"

As Xi Zhicai finished speaking, a Red Ribbon Army soldier sounded a bugle, the sharp sound echoing in all directions.

At the same time, nearly four thousand Red Ribbon Army soldiers appeared behind the piles of stones on both sides of the valley, then picked up stones and came to the edge of the cliff.

"not good!"

Upon seeing this, Yuwen Qi's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly spurred his horse to chase after Sun Jian.

Unfortunately, it was too late. By this time, Sun Jian had already run four hundred meters away and rushed out of the valley.

"Why, why did this happen...?"

As Yuwen Qi galloped on horseback, he raised his head and roared loudly at Xi Zhicai above him, his face full of doubt and confusion.

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