When the news of the 300-headed tree outside Taiyuan City reached Donghuluchuan, Ren Liang was taken aback, and then realized that his situation was getting worse and worse.

He knew that the person surnamed Qin was all the way to him, and they were all thieves, but they were just wearing a layer of official skin, and sooner or later they would have to rebel.

I didn't expect that the person surnamed Qin would turn back so quickly, and his methods would be so brutal, and he directly hung the heads of the Sanpin and three hundred officers and soldiers outside Taiyuan City.

Such a high-profile act will inevitably provoke a fierce counterattack from the officers and soldiers, and it will not be long before the imperial army will be annoying.

He didn't know if the surnamed Qin could keep it, he only knew that he was in trouble.

Before starting a war with the officers and soldiers, the surnamed Qin would definitely take the three cliffs and the East Hulu River to sacrifice the sword to get rid of the troubles in the south.

The surname Qin is no longer what it used to be, but now he has a lot of firearms, and Lou is annoyed to test guns and cannons at two ends in three days, and the sound of cannons can be transmitted far away to Tieshigou Mountain.

Although the big village of Donghuluchuan is steep, but the wall of the wall erected by logs can not resist the artillery, if the opponent has more than ten artillery, it only takes one day to bombard, and the wall will definitely collapse.

Ren Liang, who realized that something was wrong, hurriedly strengthened the sentinel and strengthened the defense facilities, and ran to the bottom of the three cliffs to discuss countermeasures with Wang Gangbao Wu.

Wang Gangbao Wuzheng was very happy and drank wine in the cottage to celebrate.

In their opinion, the person surnamed Qin provoked the imperial court, and it would definitely be destroyed in a short time.

As soon as this henchman is eliminated, they can sit back and relax, and the three cliffs are dangerous, so the officers and soldiers are too lazy to come to them for bad luck.

When Ren Liang came to discuss countermeasures with them, the two of them didn't think so at all.

They have seen the artillery of the Ming army, the kind of tiger squat cannon can also shoot scattered shells at close range to kill and injure the charging enemy, and the Fran machine gun can hit a little farther, but the solid cannon is very small, and it can't set off any wind and waves.

The Hongyi cannon is very powerful, but the three cliffs are steep, and the Hongyi cannon of thousands of catties cannot be transported at all.

At most, the surnamed Qin brought up a few tiger squat cannons and small Francophiles, and these small cannons posed no threat to the three cliffs.

As long as it can survive ten days and half a month, as soon as the imperial army arrives, the person surnamed Qin will retreat.

After seeing the attitudes of these two people, Ren Liang knew that these two fools were completely unreliable.

He could only pray for the army of the imperial court to arrive soon.

……

On February 27, Ren Liang did not receive the news that the imperial army was heading south, but he waited for someone surnamed Qin.

According to the report of the spies, the leader surnamed Qin led about 600 people, transported a few small cannons, and had already crossed the Tieshigou Mountain and was heading towards the three cliffs.

Ren Liang immediately ordered all the horses and horses and waited quietly on the east bank of the Donghuluchuan River.

If he had the opportunity, he would immediately kill him and attack the surnamed Qin on both sides of the three cliffs.

Compared with Ren Liang's nervousness, Wang Gangbao Wu did not panic at all after learning the news.

Although the last time Emperor Guan's army pursued Jiannu, Wang Gangbao made five cheap mistakes, led his troops to set up an ambush, but was killed by the other party, so that their subordinates now have less than 500 capable fighters.

But the three cliffs have already prepared countless rocks and rolling logs, even if there are two or three thousand people, they will not want to attack it.

After receiving the news that Ren Liang led his troops down the mountain, Qin Chuan asked Luo Daniu to continue to lead the camp to the three cliffs first, and he only took a hundred red-clothed attendants to the East Huluchuan.

Seeing that Qin Chuan only brought so many people, Ren Liang didn't kill him, but just waited quietly by the river.

"Let the master be in charge, don't come unharmed." Across the river, Qin Chuan clenched his fists and smiled.

Ren Liang hugged his fists and saluted back: "Lord Qin, don't come unharmed." ”

"Ren is in charge, Qin Mou will make it clear, Qin Mou has already been on a bar with the imperial court, and it won't be long before he has to fight with the imperial army, at this juncture, the three cliffs and the East Hulu River, Qin must take it."

"Ren is in charge, Qin is a person who loves talents, and when Qin takes the East Hulu River, I hope that Ren is in charge of the family for the sake of your brothers, so as not to stain Qin's hands with more blood."

Hearing his words, Ren Liang smiled, and said with his fists clenched: "Thank you Lord Qin for your kindness, but Lord Qin is already difficult to protect himself, and Ren doesn't dare to get on this boat that capsizes at any time." ”

"Hahahaha, on the boat, there is still a glimmer of life in the things of Ren Dangjia and Donghuluchuan, but if you don't get it, it will be ten deaths."

"Ren is in charge, you should think carefully, Qin still has something to do, so I won't accompany you."

As he spoke, Qin Chuan pulled the reins of his horse and left unhurriedly with the red-clothed attendant.

Ren Liang frowned slightly, stared at his back fixedly, and didn't look away for a long time.

……

The so-called three cliffs, that is, three towering peaks standing side by side, Wang Gangbao and the five others of the village are built on the main peak in the middle.

Wang Gangbao withdrew all the people from the sentry towers along the way, intending to solidify the >>

Guarding the main peak Dazhai, as long as it is guarded for ten days and half a month, the surname Qin will retreat.

Emperor Guan's army did not encounter any resistance, and reached the main peak all the way unimpeded.

The terrain of the three cliffs is not complicated, but it is better than the word "risk".

Wang Gang Leopard Five Dazhai is built on the top of the main peak, with cliffs on three sides, and only one steep slope can go up and down the cottage.

The steep slope was only about 200 paces long, but it was very steep and difficult to walk, and the trees on the slope had long since been cut down, and the snow had been trampled into snow water, which mixed with the dirt, making the whole slope muddy.

Now, there are countless stones and rolling logs piled up on the slope, and Wang Gangbao Wu led three or four hundred men to stand on the slope, tilting his head to look at the Guan Emperor army under the slope.

Qin Chuan carefully inspected the steep slope and the cottage, then rode his horse forward and shouted towards the slope: "Wang Gangbao Wu, I will give you two a chance, go down the mountain and surrender, I can spare you from death." ”

"Hahahaha......"

Wang Gang on the mountain raised his head and laughed: "Qin Chuan, you are still talking in this empty vernacular, grandpa, I advise you to go back obediently, and wait for the imperial army to calm your troubles." ”

Qin Chuan smiled: "You have to think about it." ”

"Oh, don't talk nonsense, even if you let the horse come, if you can fight, grandpa, I will kneel down and kowtow to you."

"Okay."

Qin Chuan nodded, and then rode his horse back.

It didn't take long for Emperor Guan's army to start moving, some of them moved out the planks that were transported with the army, knocking and piecing together something, some of them went to cut down trees not far away, and some of them lined up in formation in case Wang Gang's five people suddenly rushed down.

The spies had figured out the topography of the three cliffs a long time ago, and Qin Chuan also knew that the most critical place to hit the three cliffs was this steep slope, so he had already thought of a way.

In fact, it is not a good way, because there is no ingenuity in this kind of battle, only hard topping.

The steep slope was about two hundred paces long, and the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Little Franc machine he brought with him had a range of only one hundred and twenty or thirty paces, and they could not hit that far, so they could only be attacked by letting the musketeers go up hard and suppress the enemy above with flintlock muskets.

But the hard top can be done with the help of instruments.

Seeing that Emperor Guan's army was building equipment, Wang Gangbao Wu on the mountain couldn't help laughing.

In their opinion, no matter how thick the big shield is, it will be overturned by the stones, and the large shield car can't go up the steep slope, so what else can the surnamed Qin come up with.

After half an hour, they couldn't laugh anymore.

Because they saw clearly those instruments surnamed Qin.

It was a very strange shield cart, in the shape of a herringbone, the front end was as sharp as an arrow, and it was also wrapped with iron sheets, and the planks on both sides were obliquely backwards, and the log at the bottom was inlaid with dense iron nails, about half a foot long, and when placed on the ground, it could be firmly rooted in the mud and used to fix the large shield, and there were four feet on the inside and tail of the large shield, which could also be pierced into the mud to fix and withstand the impact of stones and rolling logs.

The middle of the shield cart was empty, about three feet long at the widest point, and it could hold about seven or eight people inside, and there were several holes in the baffles on both sides of the shield cart, which could be used for lookouts and for placing guns from the holes towards the mountain.

Seeing these shield carts, Wang Gangbaowu's face became very solemn, and the four or five hundred people under his command also stirred up.

They can all see that this kind of shield cart can unload the force, whether it is a stone or a rolling log, when it hits this kind of shield cart, it will slide to both sides, and it will not make much impact, and the iron nails at the bottom of the shield cart and the four roots can firmly fix the shield cart on the steep slope and move up step by step.

Now, the group surnamed Qin has built twenty shield carts, which is enough to send more than 100 troops up the steep slope.

"What are you afraid of, no matter how delicate their shield cart is, it is made of wood, just smash more stones, and smash them all."

Seeing that his subordinates began to panic, Wang Gang pretended to be calm and said lightly.

His words worked, and the originally tumultuous subordinates gradually calmed down.

At this time, the Guan Emperor army under the mountain began to form a team, and every three musketeers with four waist knife men entered the shield cart, and then lifted the shield cart about half a foot off the ground, shouting the trumpet and advancing towards the steep slope step by step.

Among them, two shield cars were not equipped with musketeers, but with a tiger squat cannon and two gunners.

Qin Chuan sat firmly on a tree stump, looking fixedly at the twenty shield carts that were moving slowly like snails.

This inverted V-shaped shield cart is stronger and stronger than it seems, because not only is it made of silver fir wood, but there are also many iron buckles connected inside.

It has been tested many times before coming here, and when the high-speed rolling stone hits the shield car, it will quickly slide to the sides, and the side baffles can remove the impact of the stone and reduce the damage to the shield car.

Of course, if it is a large stone weighing several hundred catties, it will definitely not be able to withstand it, but a large stone of several hundred catties is not so easy to move, and the stone prepared by Wang Gangbao Wu is not more than fifty catties at all.

It was only a matter of time before the three cliffs were taken.