It was confirmed that the main force of the rebels was in the Tongbei Mountains, and it was possible that Wei Yuqi, who had been operating as his old nest for several years and had no idea about the Red Eyebrow Sect, naturally saw that the final victory was right in front of him.

While personally urged the main army to continue to attack the city and capture the village, he also formally ordered Chen Hai to lead his troops from Nanzhang Prefecture to head north and join them to make up for the shortage of troops in front.

In Wei Yuqi's view, although the main force of the 50,000 Xiyuan Army is enough to defeat the rebels, if the rebels scattered into the deep mountains and forests of Qintong Mountain, if they want to expand the results of the battle, the more soldiers they chased out, the better.

At this time, Ge Tong, Ding Shuang, Cao Shan and others led the first group of 5,000 civil warriors to Nanzhang Prefecture to meet with Chen Hai.

Chen Hai led his troops to go first, and Fan Chun, who stayed in Qintongguan, overcame all kinds of difficulties as much as possible and continuously transported his carriages and horses to the canyon west of Qintongguan. He waited for Ge Tong, Ding Shuang and Cao Shan to lead the first group of civilians to reach Qintongguan to gather. He had just used this group of carriages and horses to travel, and arrived at Nanzhang Mansion four days later than Chen Hai and the others.

For Min Yong, who has only been in the formal training for half a month, this kind of marching speed is already considered fast enough.

Of course, these Min Yongs were directly recruited from mines, quarries and logging farms opened in Taohuawu North. Not only was they very disciplined, but Cao Feng and Cao Shan and his son had also taught martial arts among them for a long time, and their foundation was not bad.

After formally training the civil warriors, in addition to the two veterans from the Seventh Capital and hundreds of soldiers, Chen Hai also equipped them with thousands of sets of soldiers reserved by the military armor shop first. Later, Dong Pan also sent thousands of soldiers. After Ge Tong, Ding Shuang, and Cao Shan led these civil warriors to Qintong Pass, Fan Chun had all the remaining soldiers and armors.

Under Chen Hai's order, Ge Tong had already incorporated all the more than 100 guards left by Taohuawu into this group of civil warriors. Even though these civil warriors were still very limited in combat, they were sure to follow Chen Hai's orders and firmly enter the battlefield when necessary.

There will be more civil warriors coming one after another, but Chen Hai has no time to wait any longer. He ordered Fan Chun's son Fan Cheng to lead the 500 elite guards of the Fan family to be the vanguard and lead the way first. He led more than 10,000 soldiers from the Seventh Capital to the central army.

Chen Hai also organized more than 40 elite disciples of the Taiwei Sect of Hexi, including Cen Yunfei and Chen Qing, and five thousand Min Yong as reserves, as reserve forces, and followed the main force northward.

With a large number of carriages and horses coming in, Chen Hai and his team moved north a lot faster.

The rebels seemed to realize that Chen Hai's troops were extremely threatening. From the first day after Chen Hai and his men left Nanzhang Mansion and drove north, small groups of rebels continued to harass them from the two wings Chagu.

These small rebels were weak and were not enough to pose any effective threat to Chen Hai and the others. However, they rushed out of the mountains like moths to the flames, with the intention of slowing down Chen Hai and the others' advance northward.

The more small moves the rebels made, the more they could see that the long-planned decisive battle between the Red Eyebrows and the rebels in the Tongbei Mountains was about to begin. Chen Hai became more determined and was not disturbed by the small amount of harassment of the rebels, and pushed the army to advance north at full speed.

Thirty or forty spirit birds monitored every grass and tree in the two winged mountains day and night, and more than 15,000 generals and soldiers firmly advanced northward. Every day, they would be closer to the main force of the Xiyuan Army led by Weiyu Futures.

On the sixth day, Chen Hai led his troops to the periphery of Zuojin Valley. There were as many as 1,000 Hexi Liang horses exhausted on the way, and countless damaged supplies were unknown.

At this time, Chen Hai had entered the northern mountainous area of ​​the Qintong Mountains, and the gorge was becoming increasingly narrow.

Fortunately, Fan Cheng led the forward to move faster, like a storm suddenly swept past, and the rebels caught off guard. Only a small group of soldiers lurked in the mountains on both wings, and had no ability to destroy the roads that Chen Hai and the others were traveling.

The mountains on both sides are like halberds and swords, piercing the sky, and the rebels' swaying whistles can be seen piercing the edges at any time.

In front is Zuojin Valley.

The rebels knew that the small harassment could not slow down the advancement speed of Chen Hai's troops, so they formally organized troops to break out from the deep mountains on both wings and rushed to Chen Hai and the others to occupy Zuojin Valley. At this time, they had already used the dangerous terrain at the entrance of the southern valley to lay the troops, trying to stop Chen Hai and the others from entering Zuojin Valley.

Chen Hai took the lead in the first and second battle camps, first rectified the formation on a grass slope outside Zuojin Valley, and seized the time to chew jerky meat. Each person also took an extra elixir to nourish qi and blood.

Passing from Zuojin Valley is the largest mountain dam basin in the deep mountains on the northern foot of Qintong Mountain.

The official calls this basin the Tongbei Mountains. Although there are mountains and ridges everywhere in the basin, compared with the surrounding mountains and steep mountains, there are 300 miles of Tongbei Mountains, and the terrain is much smoother, with rivers and lakes, and a warm and humid climate, which is also conducive to farming and nourishing the population.

The northern population of Qintong Mountain is also the most prosperous, with villages and villages. Dayan set up Tongbei Prefecture here and seventeen counties under it. It is full of troubles from thieves and bandits all year round, and the local military and clan and village brave forces are also relatively strong.

Wei Yuqi dared to lead his troops to directly enter here, and it was also clear that in Tongbei Prefecture, he could not only obtain food and grass supplies, but also recruit local military equipment and civilians to fight with the army.

No matter how strong the refugee rebels are, they cannot capture all the seventeen counties in Tongbei in such a short time.

Chen Hai decided to lead his troops to capture Zuojin Valley, and a big factor was also to value the potential of Tongbei Prefecture, north of Zuojin Valley.

They occupied Zuojin Valley and controlled the key passes in and out of Tongbei Prefecture. After receiving the remnants of the Xiyuan Army, they further integrated the military and civilian prefectures that had not been lost. The brave men and women in the villages could form a confrontation with the rebels in a short time. If time delays, the situation will inevitably tilt towards them.

If they were blocked from Tongbei Prefecture, the rebels would not only eat up all the 50,000 main forces of the Xiyuan Army, but also conquered a county in Tongbei Prefecture, and the rebels' strength would be increased by one point.

There are millions of refugees and rebels, and it is true that they are still chaotic at this time. However, they can get sufficient supplies to rest in Tongbei Prefecture, so that more elite Red Eyebrow Cult members can be better incorporated and integrated into the rebels. It may only take three or five months for this rebel army to become elite and become a confidant in the heart of the Great Yan Empire.

At this time, Wei Yuqi led the main force of the Xiyuan Army, who had already passed through Tongbei Prefecture and entered the mountains to the north to pursue the main force of the rebels. Even so, Chen Hai's troops were only four hundred miles away from the main force of the Xiyuan Army.

Surrounded by Sun Buhui, Man Nu Tie Kun and others, Chen Hai drove his horse forward and rode up a mountain ridge. He saw that the southern end of Zuojin Valley was less than a thousand steps wide, and the mountains on both sides were thousands of feet high, and there were high cliffs locking towards the entrance of the valley, as if a natural portal was standing on the southern end of Tongbei Prefecture.

At this time, not only were there 20,000 to 30,000 rebel soldiers piled up in the narrow valley entrance and set up a large number of obstacles, but there were also crowds of people on the high cliffs that slopped towards the valley entrance.

Fan Cheng led the vanguard to the outside of Zuojin Valley as soon as possible. He tried to lead his troops to directly attack the rebels at the entrance of the valley. However, before he could approach the entrance of the valley, rocks and wood fell down on the dangerous ridges on both sides. The momentum was like thunder, and he was forced to retreat. At this time, he was guarding the outside of the gorge to guard against the enemy's situation.

"Emperor Chen Du, this rebel seems to attach great importance to us!"

Surrounded by several guards, Fan Cheng rushed up the mountain and met with Chen Hai, pointing to the gorge several miles away and said.

Chen Hai remained silent. Logically speaking, the rebels should put them in their "pockets" so that more of the main forces of the Xiyuan Army could be captured in one place, rather than exposing their traces. He was in a hurry to dispatch troops and generals to block them from Zuojin Valley.

The biggest possibility is that the rebels have realized the "unusual" of their troops.

How is this possible?

The more than 10,000 generals and soldiers of the Seventh Capital have been closed in Fujiaoling for half a year. Even the other generals and soldiers of the West Garden who were training in Xiyuan would never think that the combat power of the Seventh Capital is stronger than that of them. Why did the rebels pay special attention to them?

Seeing Chen Hai fall into deep thought, Fan Cheng asked again: "What are we going to fight next?"

When Fan Cheng saw that Chen Hai was only leading the first place, and the second battle camp was the first to arrive outside the gorge. He hoped to take a rest on the relatively flat slope outside the valley entrance, and wait for the elites of the nine battle camps to advance to the valley entrance and launch a resolute offensive against the rebels.

The seventh city quickly advanced northward, and the Ninth Battle Battalion pulled a long dragon on the gorge that was more than 30 miles long. At the same time, it was necessary to beware of arrows and stones shooting from the mountains on both sides, and the formation was a bit loose.

At this time, Chen Hai led the generals of the two battalions to form a formation at the entrance of the valley, but neither of them recovered. Logically speaking, after the seventh century 10,000 soldiers entered the gentle slope to reorganize the formation, it would be more safe to consider the attack. However, the spirit birds flying into the blue sky could see a large number of bandits wrapped in black scarves gathering quickly in the mountains on both sides of the wings.

Obviously, the rebels did not expect their advancement to be so fast, and were catching up every minute and every second to gather troops to Zuojin Valley—

"You will lead your troops to attack Xiling at this time."

Chen Hai couldn't wait for Zhao Rong, but Tu Ziji rushed over from behind to meet him. Now, even if it took an hour, the situation of the war would have different evolutions. Moreover, when the rebels gathered intact from the two wings of mountains, even if they could capture Zuojin Valley, they would have to pay a considerable price. At that time, they might lose the meaning of occupying Zuojin Valley.

He didn't know why the rebels attached great importance to them, and how the rebels knew the details of the Seventh General, but he was sure that the rebels' response in Zuojin Valley was also very hasty, and he still had the opportunity to fight quickly.

Chen Hai directly ordered Fan Cheng to lead the elite Fan clan soldiers to attack from Xiling, which was relatively gentle on the left.

There are high cliffs in that mountain that are approaching the entrance of the valley, as if a giant tiger with blood-swallowing the sky is about to ruthlessly swallow the people and beasts entering Zuojin Valley.
Chapter completed!