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  Chapter 202 200【Offensive and defensive】

  There were too many enemies and the Lion Mountain was too small. Huang Yao took the initiative to shrink the line of defense and only guarded the critical points above the half-hillside, preventing Zhu Xieyuan's 28,000 officers and soldiers from fully deploying.

   "Hey, there is a treasure here," Chen Fugui, the captain of the army, shouted, "Mr. Whistle, I found a treasure!"

   Xiao Zongxian reprimanded with a sullen face: "The officers and soldiers have already attacked the mountain, why are you messing around?"

  Chen Fugui picked out a rock the size of an egg, and that part of the mountain wall was smashed down. He said excitedly: "Mr. Whistle, this is meteorite from the sky. It can be used as a magical weapon for the town."

   "Really?" Xiao Zongxian raised his head curiously.

   "I have been blacksmithing for more than ten years, and I can still admit my mistakes?" Chen Fugui was a blacksmith. "The older generation of blacksmiths said that there are a lot of meteorites in the southwest of Fengcheng, and tens of thousands of houses were destroyed during the Zhengde period."

   This must be a rumor. The real situation is that there was a meteor shower in the eighth year of Zhengde. Some of the meteors hit the county town and ignited residential buildings, burning more than 20,000 houses.

  Hu Dinggui ran over from the side: "Meteorite from the sky? Let me see, let me see!"

   "Go back, so you can guard your part!" Xiao Zongxian immediately scolded.

  Hu Dinggui said with a smile: "The officers and soldiers have just started climbing the mountain, and it's still too early to climb up. When the time comes, we'll have to go all out and do our best."

  Chen Fugui also smiled and said: "That's right, can the officers and soldiers attack?"

   These Datong soldiers are really not afraid of death. Facing the siege of nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers, they can still chat and laugh.

  Hu Dinggui, an orphan tenant.

  Chen Fugui, a craftsman from generation to generation.

  They have gained a new life, and they no longer want to live the old days. If the officers and soldiers want to take away their fields, they must first take their lives.

  …

  Mountain.

  Zhu Tongyi drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, the bandit Zhao wants to divide our land, do you agree?"

   "No!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

   "If you want to divide our land, you have to fight with them!" Zhu Tongyi shouted vigorously.

   "Fight, fight!"

  Zhu Tongyi is actually not a big landlord, but a descendant of King Ning and grandson of King Jianding Zhu Jinlian, a dignified clan of the Ming Dynasty.

  He originally also had a title (Lieutenant of Fuguo), but he voluntarily gave up and took part in the imperial examination as a commoner. Historically, he will be elected next year. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he was a Jinshi, and in the last year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to Li Ke to Shizhong.

  A person who can give up his title to take the imperial examination will naturally join the army to serve the country when encountering rebels, and regards this as an opportunity to get ahead.

   It is the three thousand township braves under his command, most of whom are children of rich families, small landlords and self-cultivating farmers.

  In ancient times, information was very limited. Although Zhao Han had spread the "Datong Ji" in Nanchang, he had already written about the policy of dividing land. However, some people deliberately misrepresented and spread false rumors. The small landlords and self-cultivating farmers in the counties of Nanchang Prefecture all thought that the rebels were going to rob them of their fields.

   In these places, Zhao Han developed peasant associations in advance and tried hard to promote land policies, but most small landlords and self-cultivating farmers did not believe it.

   "Follow me to attack the mountain!"

  Zhu Tongyi led his team to rush up the mountain, behind him the village warriors were like a rainbow, and they vowed to protect their land to the death.

  About 6,000 to 7,000 officers and soldiers began to attack the mountain from all directions—because of the terrain, there were too many people to deploy, and it was the limit for 6,000 to 7,000 officers and soldiers to fight at the same time.

   "Rockfall!"

  Xiao Zongxian shouted loudly.

  Hu Dinggui and Chen Fugui hurriedly commanded the soldiers to push the stone down the slope.

  One boulder knocked over at least five or six officers and soldiers, and eight boulders went down, killing and injuring more than 50 people. Such scenes appeared in many places on the mountain.

  Three thousand Xiangyong under Zhu Tongding's command suddenly collapsed hundreds of people, and turned around to flee for their lives down the mountain.

   "The supervisory team stepped forward!"

  Zhu Xieyuan was in command at the foot of the mountain. With an order, the supervisory teams from all over the place stepped forward one after another, beheading and driving the defeated soldiers to attack the mountain again.

  Zhu Xieyuan turned around and looked at the rear, where there were five thousand reinforcements from the rebels. He also took advantage of the favorable terrain, waiting for the other party to come to rescue, and then they can be eliminated together.

   After attacking the mountain for an entire afternoon, no progress was made.

  However, the rolling stones and rolling logs of the mountain guards and rebels have almost been consumed.

  Two miles down the mountain, Li Zheng frowned and said, "Are we just watching Lao Huang being besieged?"

"What's the rush? This is only the first day," Fei Yinggong said, "It will take at least two or three days until the officers and soldiers show signs of fatigue before they have a chance to seize the loopholes. Let's go back to the camp and stick to it. If we stay here, we will I'm afraid that the governor will divide his troops to attack us at night."

  Seeing the rebel reinforcements retreat far away, Zhu Xieyuan felt a little helpless, these rebels were too cautious.

   Zhu Xieyuan ordered: "Notice the whole army, I will beat the drums all night, let them hear the drums not to be afraid, and sleep and rest honestly!"

   "Boom boom boom boom!"

  One watch, the soldiers on both sides were still awake, when suddenly the drums of officers and soldiers sounded from all around.

  Huang Yao ordered the soldiers to be vigilant, and all cheered up to prevent the officers and soldiers from sneaking into various important places at night.

   On the second watch, the drums sounded again.

  The soldiers on both sides were awakened, not to mention the rebels on the mountain, even the officers and soldiers down the mountain were frightened.

   In the middle of the night, the drumbeat came to mind again.

  The rebels on the mountain dare not sleep, or in other words, they are always in a state of half asleep and half awake, holding weapons and ready to go into battle at any time.

  As for the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain, they became more stable. They knew that it was their own side's drumbeat, and it should be the rebels who had a headache at this time.

   Four watch days.

   "Doo doo doo da da doo doo doo..."

  Before the sound of the drum, the charge horn suddenly sounded from the mountain. Countless officers and soldiers got up in panic.

   "Don't panic, don't panic, this is the strategy of the rebels to harass the enemy!"

   "Drumming!"

   "Boom boom boom boom!"

  No one was going to sleep tonight. When they got up the next morning, the soldiers on both sides had bloodshot eyes.

   Li Zheng and Fei Yinggong, after dawn, came again with reinforcements and watched the battle from a distance of two or three miles. They slept soundly, and they were all in high spirits.

  Today, officers and soldiers change troops to attack, and the troops that attacked yesterday can rest.

   Wheel battle, fatigue battle, Zhu Xieyuan wants to drag down the rebels on the mountain.

  Wan Huaxin, from the Wan family in Nanchang, has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

  He led more than a thousand soldiers, and began to attack the mountain desperately. If the rebels wanted to divide the fields, they had to collapse over his corpse.

  Zhu Xieyuan felt that Jiangxi military generals were useless, so he simply appointed capable gentry children to temporarily command the village braves they had recruited. Including Wang Tingshi, he also briefly obtained the command of two thousand Xiangyongs.

  Wan Huaxin's three attacks were all repulsed, killing and injuring more than a hundred Xiangyong, and faintly showing signs of collapse.

  His troops were immediately replaced, and the scholar Deng Lingui led the self-recruited Xiangyong to attack.

  One morning, there was still no progress, but the rolling stones and logs of the rebels on the mountain were really used up this time, including the materials collected overnight last night.

   Not even giving the rebels time to eat lunch, Fan Laijian, Zhang Pinyuan and other rich scholars filled their stomachs in advance, and led Xiangyong to continue their crazy attack on the mountain.

  Huang Yao said with red eyes: "Each sentry team should set aside one-third to eat and sleep. No matter how fierce the attack is at the bottom of the mountain, they must sleep! Thousands of enemies should not use it indiscriminately. Wait for the officers and soldiers to gather and kill them before throwing them away."

  The enemy of ten thousand people is a porcelain shell bomb, and Huang Yao only has more than two hundred bombs in his hand.

  Fan Laijian rushed up the hillside with his troops, and shouted with joy: "The rebels are gone, follow me!"

Hu Dinggui only got five ten thousand enemies, and kept reminding his soldiers: "Throw them closer, then throw them, and throw them into the crowd. Wait, wait, now, throw ten thousand enemies!" "

   Only throw one, so save some.

  The fuse of the porcelain shell bomb was ignited and thrown into the ranks of officers and soldiers.

   In seven or eight steps, we will be able to fight against the rebels. Fan Laijian seems to see hope of victory.

   "Boom!"

  The enemy of ten thousand people exploded suddenly, overturning three Xiangyongs on the spot, seven or eight were injured by the splash of porcelain, and Fan Laijian himself was injured in the waist.

   "Cough cough cough cough!"

  Nearby Xiangyong began to cough and shed tears. In fact, the scope of the impact was not large, and the chili noodles only smoked more than a dozen people.

"kill!"

  Hu Dinggui suddenly rushed out of the simple fortifications, led a team of 30 people, and headed for more than 300 villages to fight bravely. Chen Fugui, who was next to him, also threw out tens of thousands of enemies, imitating Hu Dinggui to countercharge.

  They had already taken off their leggings, and after wetting them with water, they covered their mouths and noses to prevent the impact of chili powder.

  There are pools and mountain springs on the mountain, so there is no worry of water shortage.

  Hu Dinggui stabbed one Xiangyong to death with a gun, and then cooperated with his soldiers to stab another Xiangyong to death. Before the third shot was fired, the more than 300 enemies in front of him were already defeated in a daze, and fled down the mountain screaming in horror.

  Actually, there were not many casualties for Xiangyong, he was simply scared away.

   Another scholar named Cheng Jiqing came forward with his hometown bravely to meet him, and at the same time, the supervisor team also set off.

   "Withdraw!"

  Hu Dinggui pursued and killed more than 20 steps, and after stabbing the fourth enemy, he immediately called the whole team to retreat.

"Damn it, my eyes are also smoked," one of Hu Dinggui's soldiers couldn't help rubbing his eyes and complained, the more he rubbed his eyes, the more he couldn't stop crying, "I have to tell the missionary officer and let him reflect that this thing is not good. Put pepper."

   "Don't talk nonsense," Hu Dinggui shouted, "Look at the right time, and throw ten thousand enemies!"

   "Boom boom boom!"

   Tens of thousands of enemies exploded everywhere, and all the ministries launched a counterattack one after another, killing the brave of the township and no one dared to attack the mountain again.

  Zhu Xieyuan could only give a heavy reward, and then publicized that the rebels would take away their land.

  These big landlords, small landlords, and self-cultivating farmers took their weapons to attack the mountain again, but the morale of the house slaves and tenants mixed with them was not high.

   On the second day of attacking the mountain, ten thousand enemies were exhausted.

  The reinforcements of Li Zheng and Fei Yinggong were still watching from a distance, and did not come to help.

  That night, the sound of drums and trumpets mixed with each other, making it impossible to sleep peacefully up and down the mountain.

"kill!"

  On the fourth watch, the officers and soldiers and the rebels launched sneak attacks almost at the same time, and each gained something, but none of them achieved much.

   On the third day, continue to attack the mountain.

  There are many officers and soldiers, and they can take turns to rest, but the rest time of the Datong Army is shorter.

   Both sides were exhausted, but the soldiers of the Datong Army were even more tired.

"kill!"

   On the afternoon of the third day, officers and soldiers finally rushed into the fortifications, and Hu Dinggui successfully repelled two attacks.

"team leader!"

   "Old Chen!"

  Chen Fugui, who was born as a blacksmith, was pierced through the cotton armor in his abdomen. After killing the officers and soldiers, he covered his wound and laughed: "Haha, I'm fine, I can fight again!"

  (end of this chapter)