Chapter 86: Rebel reinforcements, straight through Eagle Hawk Valley

The next day.

On the ramp, an army of about twenty thousand was marching windingly.

Raising bursts of dust, like a black giant python.

Walking at the very front was Bai Guwu, riding a tall horse, clad in mottled armor, with a pair of sharp eyes under his helmet, examining the road ahead, and cursing: "With several times the strength of the Imperial Court, plus the momentum of successive great victories, how could they still be defeated?"

"Niu Shounian, Xin Zhenghui, they are truly complete trash!"

Mentioning those two names, the fire in Bai Guwu's chest burned even brighter.

He couldn't understand why, with heaven's time, geographical advantages, and human harmony all occupied, those two pieces of trash from the Shanggui aristocratic family could have lost?

"Who says not?"

Liu Feng snorted coldly and echoed: "The opposing commander was just a little brat with no reputation, and they could still lose so miserably?"

If the one sent was a commander at the level of the Twelve Great Generals or the Twenty-Four Commandery, Liu Feng could understand and accept it.

Those people had been famous for a long time and were indeed very powerful.

But to be defeated by a kid who hadn't even reached adulthood, and to be defeated so thoroughly, was truly incredible!

Chen Yuankang smiled contemptuously and said disdainfully: "Just because they were born into the Shanggui aristocratic family, they were entrusted with important tasks and Shanggui was entrusted to them..."

"The result is truly useless!"

If those guys had been a little more promising, they wouldn't have needed to labor to rescue them...

"How many li is it from here to Shanggui?" Bai Guwu turned to look to the left and asked.

"Reporting to the Lord, there are still more than forty li!" Ji Su Du quickly scanned the map and replied.

"Faster, faster!"

Bai Guwu nodded, immediately raised his volume, and ordered: "We must reach Shanggui today and annihilate the Imperial Army in one fell swoop!"

"Never give them a single chance to counterattack!"

The distance of more than forty li could be covered in three hours of forced marching.

Bai Guwu urged them not because he was in a hurry to rescue Niu Shounian and the others...

But because he was aiming to annihilate the Imperial Army!

Previously, Mo Zhengxi had retreated to Linwei after a disastrous defeat and refused to fight, but now the commander had been changed to Chen Yan, which was the perfect time for a decisive battle...

One battle could settle the universe!

"General Bai, ahead is Eagle Hawk Valley!"

Ji Su Du reined in his horse and reported: "The gullies are crisscrossed and extremely long and narrow, should we take a detour?"

Eagle Hawk Valley lay on the only way from Tianshui Commandery to Shanggui.

Steep mountains rose on both sides, and in the middle was a long, narrow, and winding path, with deep valleys and giant gullies, and undulating terrain.

"Detour?"

"Detour my ass!"

Bai Guwu was displeased upon hearing this and hummed: "Taking this detour would probably mean walking more than a hundred li extra, right?"

Forcing a march of two hundred li would not only delay the time to reach Shanggui until at least tomorrow noon.

Moreover, it would consume I don't know how much military grain...

How could it be cost-effective!

Ji Su Du saw that Bai Guwu was extremely firm, but still advised: "But the terrain of Eagle Hawk Valley is too dangerous..."

"If the Imperial Army sets an ambush here, I'm afraid we'll be in bad luck..."

It wasn't that he, Ji Su Du, was deliberately singing a different tune...

But this place was too suitable for an ambush!

Once that was the case, I'm afraid this army of twenty thousand would...

"Heh!"

Bai Guwu snorted coldly and said playfully: "If that Chen Yan were a famous general of the Imperial Court, we would naturally be cautious, guard against him, and take a detour to rescue Shanggui..."

"But this kid just won a battle by luck, and he won against those pieces of trash!"

Between the lines, it was all confidence and contempt.

Bai Guwu was not unaware of how dangerous Eagle Hawk Valley was, and he was not blindly arrogant.

Besides looking down on Chen Yan, there was another more important reason...

Even if that brat had thought of setting an ambush in Eagle Hawk Valley, he had to have enough troops, right?

Could he take them out?

"Right!"

Liu Feng echoed: "If his grandfather, Great General Chen Hu, had come in person, it would still be necessary..."

"A mere Chen Yan is not worth worrying about!"

For Great General Chen Hu, Liu Feng admired him.

After all, this person was a true enemy of ten thousand, with superb martial arts and god-like use of troops...

But his grandson, that brat Chen Yan, Liu Feng didn't take him seriously!

"Order the whole army to forced march through Eagle Hawk Valley!"

"Before the hour of Xu, we must reach the foot of Shanggui City!"

Bai Guwu didn't want to say more, looked at the sky, and immediately gave the order.

"Lord Bai, think twice..." Ji Su Du tried to advise again.

"Hmm?"

Bai Guwu frowned, his gaze sharp, and asked back: "Are you questioning the judgment of the two of us?"

Ji Su Du's advice was blocked in his throat, turning into a sentence: "This subordinate doesn't dare!"

"Since you don't dare, why don't you go quickly!" Bai Guwu sneered and shouted.

"As you command."

Half an hour later.

In Eagle Hawk Valley.

They had already marched halfway.

"Sudu, look, it's calm and peaceful all the way..."

Bai Guwu rode on his tall horse, raised his whip, pointed to the surroundings, and laughed triumphantly: "You overestimate Chen Yan's brain too much!"

"He couldn't have thought of this at all!"

In Bai Guwu's view, Ji Su Du was purely worrying about nothing...

Did he really take that kid as some famous general of the current era?

"Yes!"

Liu Feng took over the conversation and joked: "If there was an ambush, it would have been ambushed long ago..."

"The scouts we sent out didn't even see the shadow of an ambush!"

Ji Su Du remained silent.

Vaguely, there was always a bad premonition...

I hope he was overthinking it!

Bai Guwu looked up at the sky, had no interest in teasing Ji Su Du, and said loudly: "Pass my order, accelerate the march, and pass through Eagle Hawk quickly..."

But before he finished speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from behind:

"Bang!"

A giant rock rolled down from above and smashed into the middle of the team.

Crushing several soldiers to death.

Immediately after, the giant rocks above Eagle Hawk Valley strangely broke free from their restraints one after another.

"Rumble" rolled crazily down the mountain.

"Gulu Gulu", the giant rocks wrapped in mud and gravel all the way, making a "clatter" sound wherever they went.

The soldiers who couldn't dodge were crushed into meat patties one after another, and flesh and blood splashed all over the ground.

The mighty team of twenty thousand people was cut in half by the giant rocks.

"What's going on?"

"Where did the rolling stones come from?"

"There is no earthquake here!"

"How could this be?"

For a time, the team of twenty thousand people began to discuss, and because of fear, chaos began.

There were signs of collapse.

"Don't panic!"

"Don't be chaotic!"

Bai Guwu forced himself to stay calm and made a response deployment: "Divide into two sides, stick to the wall and walk..."

Above Eagle Hawk Valley.

"Push the stone group faster!"

"Divide them in two!"

"Lord Chen Yan is still watching from the side!"

Yu Xingqing, who was supervising the battle, couldn't help but urge.

This was the first battle after surrendering, and he had to perform well.

"Is the number of rolling stones too many?"

Facing the continuous rolling stones, Bai Guwu captured the anomaly, "Liu Feng, do you feel that something is not quite right?"

In an instant, an ominous premonition rose in the hearts of Bai Guwu and the others...

"Shoot!"

Chen Yan was expressionless. When he saw the troops below being cut off and unable to look after each other, he raised his hand and waved it fiercely.

In an instant, the Qinzhou soldiers holding bows who had been ready to go shot in unison.

Arrows covering the sky poured down.

"What is that?"

"It seems to be an endless rain of arrows..."

The soldiers only felt a darkness on their heads, as if there were countless black dots, and before they could react, they were pierced by the arrows.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The screams were one after another, endless.

"It's an ambush?!"

Only at this moment did Bai Guwu have to accept this reality, and said in disbelief: "That Chen Yan actually set an ambush in Eagle Hawk Valley?!" ===== CHAPTER 87 =====