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Chapter 12
Shanxi Province
Tongzhou, Xi'an Prefecture

Baishui County Government

Lu Xiangsheng sat in front of the hall with a dignified face and listened to the statement of the peasant army.The past few days of traveling and fighting made his originally fair face darker, but it became more angular.

"So, the two of you don't know where Wang Er led the crowd?"

"The little one really doesn't know, the little one was also forced to rebel! If you don't follow him, Wang Er will kill our family members. We have no choice! Please forgive me, my lord!"

"What about you?" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes stopped on the other person.

"I don't know the little one, but the little one once heard them say that if the rebellion fails, they will run to the mountains and occupy the mountains as king."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hands and ordered the two of them to be escorted down.

After leaving the capital, Lu Xiangsheng first went back to the Daming Mansion to recruit [-] soldiers, and marched all the way to Shaanxi.

Although Wang Er's rebellion was small in scale, its impact was very bad.In recent years, Shaanxi has experienced successive years of drought, severely reducing grain production, and the living space of farmers has been squeezed repeatedly. Coupled with the increase in salary from the imperial court, it has made it even more difficult for them to breathe.Wang Er's rebellion was like a spark thrown into a pile of straw. Many places responded one after another, and it was about to start a prairie fire.

Since Lu Xiangsheng entered Shaanxi, he hadn't had a moment of leisure. Although he didn't encounter any decent resistance, these rebels often fled when they heard the news. If you come to this county, I will run to that county.I'll come out after you leave.Under such a situation, logically speaking, it is difficult to completely wipe out these peasant armies.

But Lu Xiangsheng made the most correct decision, if you run, I will chase.If you run into the mountains, I will search the mountains.If you go to another county, I will search the city.They will not stop until the leader is killed, while ordinary people will be sent back to their hometowns.In this way, he gained the nickname "Lu Yanwang" among the peasant army.

At this time, only the last and largest share remained: Wang Er
Wang Er was born in a poor peasant family, and this person's talent value is very high.He is tall and muscular. Although he is a solid farmer who earns his living by plowing the fields, he prefers to practice martial arts and exercises whenever he has time.Even his younger sister was influenced by him, dancing guns and clubs with him, humming and haha.As the saying goes, people who work hard will live up to the sky.Official corruption and natural disasters have reached the point where "weeds are exhausted and people eat each other."Now is the perfect time to rebel!
He contacted Zhong Guangdao from the next door village and asked this intellectual who had studied for several years to be his military adviser.The two hit it off immediately, and in order to increase the momentum and success rate of the rebellion, they colluded with Yang Fa, the Baishui county government servant, and Wang Gao, the Pucheng official, to attack the official warehouse, open the warehouse to release grain, and quickly gathered hundreds of victims.More and more victims followed him voluntarily, or were coerced, and followed him to attack towns and villages in Baishui and Chengcheng, fight the rich and help the poor, and kill corrupt officials.For a time, responders gathered.The government sent local troops to encircle and suppress the peasant army, but not only failed to wipe out the peasant army, but even some officers and soldiers rebelled.

When Lu Xiangsheng led his army to arrive, he had gathered thousands of people, occupied Baishui County, and was planning to attack other counties.

After receiving the information from his subordinates, Wang Er knew that the trouble was coming.Lu Xiangsheng's troops are different from the local officers and soldiers in the past. They are well-equipped and neatly lined up.He knew that fighting would be death. In order to preserve his strength, Wang Erye sneaked out of the county town with dozens of confidants through the north gate of the county town. When the peasant army in the city woke up, they found themselves surrounded.Lu Xiangsheng's troops only chanted the slogan of surrender but not killing twice, and the peasant army, which had lost its backbone, surrendered.

Lu Xiangsheng captured Baishui without bloodshed, but searched all over the city but could not find any trace of Wang Er.There was the scene of the interrogation of the two small leaders of the Peasant Army just now.

Lu Xiangsheng ordered people to find the map, stared at the map and pondered for a while, and made a decision after obtaining the consent of Liu Yuanbin, the supervisor of the Yongwei Battalion.

"Go to Huti Mountain immediately!"

Immediately order all the soldiers and horses to chase in the direction of Huti Mountain.This time he only brought [-] soldiers and horses from the Yongwei Battalion. First, the cavalry is highly mobile, but thousands of peasant troops still need to be guarded.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng's military intuition was very accurate, and Wang Er and others fled all the way to Huti Mountain after they left the county seat.The place was chosen by the military adviser Zhong Guangdao. In his words, Huti Mountain is an important traffic route connecting northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong.The terrain is dangerous and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.Entering can cause chaos and chaos in the pass, retreating can guard the main road and block the road for robbery.

As early as a month ago, he ordered people to set up a camp on the mountain and stocked up a lot of food and grass.A group of people rushed all night without stopping, and finally arrived at the foot of Huti Mountain.

"Brother, drink some water." Wang Er's younger sister, Wang Yue'e, handed him a water bag.

Wang Er took a few sips from the water bag, looked at his sister's slightly haggard face, and said distressedly:

"Yue'e, I made you suffer."

"I'm not bitter, but I can't kill all those dog officials! If it weren't for those people, my parents wouldn't starve to death!" Wang Yuee said through gritted teeth.

Wang Er looked back at the dozens of dejected brothers, feeling a little dazed.The road of rebellion is not easy to walk, bullying landlords and gentry is almost the same, and the regular army of the imperial court is like a mess.

Zhong Guangdao at the side saw Wang Er's emotions, and comforted him:
"Second brother, retreating at the moment is only a stopgap measure. We still have a chance. It is impossible for the troops sent by the imperial court to stay here for a long time. The terrain of Huti Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. After passing this hurdle, the world's second largest Where can't brother go?"

"Is this true?"

"really!"

Zhong Guangdao's words rekindled Wang Er's fighting spirit!Sweeping away the depression just now, he shouted to the brothers behind him:
"Brothers, cheer up, we are about to enter the mountain! The sergeant said that this mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the officers and soldiers will definitely not attack. After the limelight, we will go to the rich and prosperous place in Guanzhong to eat his mother." Grab his mother! Find a few more girls to satisfy the brothers!"

"it is good!"

These people who escaped with him were all diehards who followed him to kill officials and rebel. They had no choice but to follow him, so they had to go up the mountain together.

Forty miles away on the official road, Lu Xiangsheng galloped in front of the team on Wuming Ji with a stern expression.They have discovered the traces left by Wang Er's escape.

In the evening, they arrived at the foot of Huti Mountain.

Zhou Yuji dismounted from his horse and observed the ground for a while, then came to Lu Xiangsheng and bowed to report: "My lord, judging from the horseshoe footprints left at the scene, Wang Er and the others should have gone up the mountain. Shall we attack?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the sky and ordered:

"It's getting late, order the soldiers to set up camp around the mountains, bury pots and cook food. Let them know that we are coming."

"Yes!"

Soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion began to pitch tents around the foot of the mountain and lit a bonfire.I have to say that the flint on the engineer shovel is really easy to use, and it can be ignited by rubbing it on dry grass.After a while, there was a curl of cooking smoke all around.

It was gradually getting dark, and after Wang Er went up the mountain to settle down, he fell asleep on a simple bed.He was so tired that he hadn't closed his eyes for a moment since last night.But not long after falling asleep, he was woken up by his brother Liu Xiaoshan's cry.

"Second brother! Second brother! Officers and soldiers are chasing us."

"What?" Wang Er got up in a panic, touched the steel knife beside the pillow, and asked hurriedly, "Where is it?"

"At the foot of the mountain."

Wang Er slapped him across the face, cursing: "Then what's your fucking name? You didn't hit me again."

After speaking, he walked out angrily, leaving Liu Xiaoshan covering his face silently.

Wang Er went out to find the sergeant Zhong Guangdao and asked about countermeasures.

Zhong Guangdao said calmly: "The terrain here is steep, and the officers and soldiers don't know our position, so they must not dare to attack rashly. We can break through at night."

Wang Er nodded in agreement, and summoned all the brothers.

"Brothers, I think everyone already knows that the officers and soldiers are catching up. We have no way out, and I will lead all the brothers to break through tonight! If we can survive, we will eat delicious food and drink spicy food. Go together!"

"Okay! Second brother! We will follow you!"

"Fight them!"

The crowd was excited, wishing they could rush down and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.

Until a person shouted in a panic:
"Second brother! Liu Xiaoshan is gone!"

(End of this chapter)