At two drums that night, the sound of artillery suddenly rang out about a mile outside the official barracks. When it came to Tianming, it was the thieves who left a piece of paper, saying that they were allowed to live in Shicheng, exempt from food and clothing, and heard about the court, and forgave them for their crimes. After reading it, all the generals thought that this was a delaying tactic by the thieves and could not believe it. But Stone City is dangerous, and you can't rush into it. Xiang Zhong asked a sergeant in the army who was good at drawing maps to draw a topographic map of Shicheng, and then marched together in six ways according to the terrain. It was agreed that on the 12th, officers and men from all walks of life would send a small number of elite soldiers to test the attack first, to find out the truth and the truth of the thieves, to find out the terrain, and then to attack on a large scale on the 13th.

By the thirteenth, Fu Qiang Bo Mao Zhong encouraged his subordinates: "How many traitors can there be?" How strong will they be! We should move in quickly to destroy them. ”

The officers and armies of all walks of life divided their troops to attack Shicheng according to the original plan. Before the war, it was agreed that when you heard the sound of artillery, you would attack, and when you saw smoke rising, you would return.

Fuqiang Bo Mao Zhong urged his 4,000 elite cavalry to reach the foot of the Gun Rack Mountain from Mutougou, and grabbed the mountain all the way, and won a lot. The enemy retreated, and Mao Zhong led his troops in hot pursuit, braving the flow of arrows and flying stones to capture three mountains in the north of the mountain and two mountains in Shanxi. Fu Qiangbo's nephew Mao Hai is even more in the lead, and no one is invincible. Sun Tzu Mao Kai opened his bow and shot arrows, and the arrows were not missing. And Xiang Zhong and other generals also conquered the mountain peaks east of Shicheng, and the officers and armies of all walks of life joined forces, approached Shicheng, and broke through the east and west gates of Shicheng, capturing countless people. The officers and soldiers marched forward bravely, and the traitors fled in fear. Seeing that the great work was done, suddenly the fog rose, and the military post mistakenly thought that it was raising smoke, but ordered the attack to stop. The rebels took the opportunity to gather the remnants and fight to the death. Mao Zhong led his troops to hold on to the thieves alone, from morning to night, he had experienced more than ten battles of all sizes, and all the bows and arrows were exhausted, but he still fought hard. At this moment, misfortune happened: Fu Qiangbo, who was charging into battle, was unfortunately hit by a stray arrow and retreated to the middle of the mountain and died. The sky fell on the star, and the poor old hero died at the hands of thieves, and he was seventy and five out of seventy. Fu Qiangbo's nephew Mao Hai and grandson Mao Kai desperately stepped forward to save the old hero, Mao Hai died in battle, Mao Kai jumped on a horse to kill the enemy, and was caught by a traitor.

The ferocious traitor actually cut off his fingers and split his forehead, and asked, "See if you can shoot arrows again?" Mao Kai was proud and unyielding, and finally died heroically.

At this time, Lu Jian led more than 1,000 Zhuang Lang soldiers to fight with Xiang Zhong. Hearing that Fu Qiangbo was killed in battle, Liu Yu was also surrounded, and the army wanted to retreat. Lu Jian knew that it was most important to stabilize the morale of the army at this time, "Avenge Fu Qiangbo!" He roared, took the lead, and struck the enemy. The brave and combative Lu Jiajun shouted and followed. When the menacing traitor saw that Lu Jian led the Lu family army to fight bravely, he was in chaos. Just when Lu Jian took the lead and rushed into the enemy formation, a stray arrow hit Lu Jian's thigh, and then a flying stone smashed into his waist. Lu Jian didn't care about the pain, and waved his hand to cover up. Xiang Zhong also made a quick decision and killed a retreating thousand household chiefs to show the public, and the soldiers from all walks of life turned around and fought desperately. The traitors could not resist and retreated into Stone City. Liu Yufang was rescued. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to set up regiments to surround the traitors.

That night, Xiang Zhong and others came to the tent to visit Lu Jian, and they praised Lu Jian and the Lu family army for their bravery and good fighting. Seeing that the Lu family army was brave and good at fighting, Xiang Zhongte asked Lu Jian to lead the Lu family army as the vanguard of the Chinese army. From then on, in the battle of the fourth conquest, Lu Jian led more than 1,000 people of the Lu family army to go out as the vanguard, enter the apse, and fight with the thieves almost every day, until the night returns.

Besides, Fu Qiang Bo Mao Zhong grew up in the lineage, knew the border situation, from the captain to the general, after many battles, bravely killed the enemy, and was feared by the enemy. He caressed his soldiers and was strict with military discipline, and he died in battle at the age of seventy-five. When Ming Xianzong heard the news, he was extremely shocked, mourned and sighed, gave a funeral, posthumously presented Fengtian Yiyun Xuanli Wuchen, and specially entered the Ronglu doctor, Zhuguo, posthumously gave Fu Qiang Hou, and was called Wuyong, and his descendants were hereditary earls.

Emperor Chenghua sent eunuchs Huai En and Huang Ci to discuss with Bai Gui, Cheng Xin and others in the court and the university Shi Peng to discuss how to send the Beijing army to reinforcements. Peng Shi said: "Full four out of the attack, the edge is indeed unstoppable, but now has retreated into the stone city in order to protect itself, our army has besieged the stone city layer by layer, and the trapped beast will be captured sooner or later." ”

Cheng Xin retorted: "How do you know that Xiang Zhong can capture the fourth full life and doesn't need reinforcements from the Beijing Division?" ”

Peng Shi said: "Xiang Zhong has formed a siege momentum, the Beijing division set off today, when can he get to Stone City?" ”

Cheng Xin said: "Next spring. ”

Peng Shi said: "Even so, the reinforcements can't save the fire from far water." The outcome of the battle was determined this winter, and when Stone Town was conquered, reinforcements were still on the way. ”

Cheng Xin was furious when he heard this, and said: "If Xiang Zhong fails, he will behead Peng Shi and Xiang Zhong, and then go out to Shicheng." ”

Peng Shi didn't care about Cheng Xin's anger, and immediately decided that the reinforcements did not need to set off, and Xiang Zhong was fully responsible for the battle of Stone City.

At this time, Xiang Zhong's recital was also sent to Beijing. Not only did he think that the Beijing army was fragile and inadequate, but he was also worried that the DPRK and China would send another general, but on the contrary, he had an extra layer of restraint in his decision-making. Xiang Zhong said that the army he mobilized and the volunteers he recruited numbered more than 23,400 people, which was enough to extinguish the thieves. In order to use the excuse of sealing the generals living in Beijing, Xiang Zhong pointed out in particular: "This autumn is particularly cold, and if we transfer officers and troops in Beijing and various places, not to mention the long distance, I am afraid that the river will freeze at the beginning of winter, and the thieves will have to flee far away." On September 19, he decided to lead the army to advance to Shicheng in separate directions, first camping one or twenty miles away from Shicheng, each with beacon fire and cannons, and meeting each other, forming a siege posture against Shicheng. Then cut off its water source, burn its weeds, choke its main road, and recruit its assistants, so as to reap all the merits.

It was during this time that a comet appeared in the Taidou star position. Many people in the DPRK said that it corresponded to the Qin land, and this time it was unfavorable. Qintianjian Lingtai Lang Bei Lin also made a special mistake for this matter, saying that the use of troops was against the time of heaven. This kind of public opinion has not only caused psychological pressure on the Jingshi but also on the army far away in Guyuan. The more critical the moment, the more it shows the unusual tenacity of the doers. Lu Jian said to Xiang Zhong: "When Li Sheng was in the Tang Dezong, he crusaded against the rebellious Zhu Zhu, and some people said that it was not conducive to the use of troops, but Li Sheng insisted on marching into the army, defeated Zhu Zhu, and recovered Chang'an, which shows that the way of heaven is not against people's will. Xiang Zhong was very happy.

The armies of all walks of life surrounded the stone city like an iron barrel, and approached the thieves' lair. Man Si saw that the official army had seized the water mouth, and felt panicked, and fought bravely down the mountain several times to seize the water mouth, how could Xiang Zhong personally stand under the arrow stone wearing armor, and the arrow stone shot down like raindrops, Xiang Zhong was not afraid, personally supervised the battle, and did not take half a step back. Clothes do not untie the armor, horses do not unsaddle, sleeping in the open for more than 60 days, and have fought more than 20 battles, Xiang Zhong sighed with self-reproach: "I was ordered to ask for a thief, but I have not succeeded for a long time, and I am willing to die." Seeing Xiang Zhong like this, everyone fought bravely and competed for the lead.

Xiang Zhong sent troops to the city every day, burned livestock and forage, and cut off the channels for thieves to divert water. The traitor was desperate and wanted to surrender, so he invited Xiang Zhong and Ma Wensheng to meet, Xiang Zhong and Liu Yu rode to the appointment, and Ma Wensheng also brought Lu Jian and other dozens of cavalry to the front of the battle, shouting Man Si and Man Xuan to surrender quickly. The traitor saw Luo Lie from a distance and worshipped, Xiang Zhong rode forward to restrain Man Xuan and returned, Man Forty was very frustrated, and hesitated not to come out. Xiang Zhong ordered his soldiers to tie up the wood into a bridge, fill the moat and ditch with earthen bags, and attack with copper cannons and stones, causing even heavier casualties among the traitors.

One night, Lu Jian was patrolling the night when he suddenly noticed that someone had gone out of the city to get water from the spring. Lu Jian quietly set up an ambush and caught him. It turned out that the leader was Yang Huci, the mastermind of the four love generals. Lu Jian took him to the Zhongjun tent, and Xiang Zhong and the others were very happy.

"Push it out and slash it!" When Xiang Zhong saw it, he shouted.

"Slash-" the men shouted together.

When Yang Hucie saw this formation, his legs were weak with fright.

"The general spares his life, the general spares his life!"

"Spare your dog's life? Why spare your dog's life! Xiang Zhong's eyes were like torches, and he asked.

Yang Hucion kowtowed again and again, shouting for mercy.

"It is not difficult to exempt you from capital crimes, but you must have meritorious performance, if you cooperate to catch the full four, not only will you be exempted from capital crimes, but also a heavy reward." Xiang Zhong said, showed the bounty in person, and untied the gold belt hook on his clothes and gave it to Yang Huci.

Yang Huci saw that the general trend had gone, and the momentum of the official army was high, so he had to agree to surrender. promised to return to Stone City and lure Man Si into battle. Xiang Zhong asked Lu Jian to release Yang Huci.

Yang Huci returned to Shicheng, and the next day he lured Man Si out of the city to engage the official army, but Man Si was defenseless and was captured alive by the ambushed sergeants. With Yang Hucion as an internal response, Xiang Zhong led his troops to quickly attack Shicheng and captured all the remaining Kou in the city. In order to prevent future troubles, Xiang Zhong ordered his subordinates to completely destroy the stone city and carve words on the stone to record the battle exploits. He also suggested that the imperial court add a guard post in the abandoned city in the northwest of Guyuan, and after leaving the army to defend it, he led the army back.

After Mao Zhong died in battle, his soul returned to his hometown. Buried in the west mountains and rivers of Gulang City (now the tomb opposite Maojiawan in Xishan Fort of Gufeng Township), and built a cloth crown mound in the north mountain of Huangyangchuan in the southeast of Gulang City (now Maojia Dazhuang in Huangyangchuan Town), and there is a tombstone as evidence. In the decades after Mao Zhong's martyrdom, the people of Hexi remembered it and established Zhongyifang in Lanzhou and Wuyong Temple in Ganzhou (now Zhangye) to commemorate Yongzhi. In the second year after Mao Zhong's martyrdom, his grandson Mao Jun attacked the earl, had the ancestral style, married Lu Jiannu as his wife, Chenghua Zhongxi guarded Nanjing, and Hongzhi came out of Zhenhuguang at the beginning. In the thirteenth year (1 50 0), the town was changed to Liangguang, and the official was added to the prince and the prince, and he died in the third year of Jiajing (1524), and was nicknamed "Xianxiang". Mao Han, the son of Mao Jun, Jiajingzhong was in charge of the governor of Nanjing Zuofu, and later changed to the governor Caoyun.

Lu Jian came back from quelling the Manchu Fourth Rebellion, and his military prestige was greatly boosted, and the court praised his merits and awarded the governor of the capital.