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, here is a treasure," Chen Fugui, the captain of the army, shouted, "Mr. Whistle, I found a treasure!"
Xiao Zongxian scolded with a sullen face: "The officers and soldiers have already attacked the mountain, what are you messing about?"
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 Zong 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 is definitely 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 smiled and said: "The officers and soldiers have just begun to climb up, and it's still too early to climb up, and then they will have to go all out and do their 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 been reborn, and they no longer want to live the old days. If officers and soldiers want to take away their fields, they must first take their lives
Down the mountain.
Zhu Tongyi drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, the thief Zhao wants to divide our fields, do you agree or not?"
"No!" The soldiers shouted in unison.
"If you want to share our fields, you have to fight with them!" Zhu Tongyi shouted vigorously.
"Fight, fight!"
In fact, Zhu Tongyi was 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 it 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 he encounters rebellion, and regards this as an opportunity to get ahead.
On the contrary, the 3,000 township braves under his command are mostly children of rich families, small landlords and self-cultivating farmers.
?Information in ancient times was very limited. Although Zhao Han had spread the "Datong Ji" in Nanchang, he had already stated 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 his best 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 the 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 six or seven thousand officers and soldiers began to attack the mountain from all directions¡ªbecause of the terrain, there were too many people to deploy, and it was the limit for six or seven thousand officers and soldiers to fight at the same time.
"Falling rocks!"
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 at once. Such scenes appeared in many places on the mountain.
The three thousand Xiangyong under Zhu Tongyi's command suddenly collapsed hundreds of people, and turned 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.
Attacking the mountain for a full afternoon did not make the slightest progress.
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 the governor will divide his troops??
"Withdraw!"
Hu Dinggui chased 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, 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 the peppers."
"Don't talk nonsense," Hu Dinggui shouted, "Look at the right time, and throw ten thousand enemies!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Thousands of enemies exploded everywhere, and all the ministries launched a countercharge one after another, killing the brave in no time and no one dared to attack the mountain again.
Zhu Xieyuan could only give a heavy reward, and also publicized that the rebels would take away their land.
? These big landlords, small landlords, and self-cultivating farmers brought weapons to attack the mountain again, but the morale of the house slaves and tenants mixed in there was not high.
On the second day of attacking the mountain, ten thousand enemies were exhausted.
The reinforcements of Li Zheng and Fei Yinggong still watched from a distance, and did not come to help.
? That night, the sound of drums and the trumpet of the charge intermingled, making it impossible to sleep peacefully on the mountain and down the mountain.
"kill!"
On the fourth watch, officers, soldiers and rebels launched sneak attacks almost at the same time, and each gained something, but none of them achieved much results.
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 exhausted.
"kill!"
On the afternoon of the third day, the officers and soldiers finally rushed to attack, 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! ?