When Zhang Xianzhong and others came to the foot of Shepan Ridge, they breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not go up the mountain immediately, but ordered the logistics auxiliaries to transport all kinds of important military supplies up the mountain first, then women and children, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and finally the soldiers, who stayed at the bottom of the mountain and waited for news from Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi.

Li Dingguo led his troops to set up a formation in Shepanling to prevent Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army, and Ai Nengqi led his headquarters to prevent the Ming army in Shanyin County from coming to buy time for the large army.

Zhang's army attacked the city all day, and withdrew overnight, people were sleepy and tired, they all lazily sat on the grass on the side of the road to rest, and some simply lay down and fell asleep, anyway, when the logistics auxiliaries finished transporting the military supplies, it was their turn to go up the mountain with women and children, the old and the weak, the sick and the disabled, and it was estimated that it would be an hour later.

Wei Shuangxi lay in the grass on the ridge, holding a monocular to observe the enemy's situation, seeing those auxiliaries struggling to carry all kinds of military materials, he could only sigh, he had less than 100 soldiers available in his hands, if there were many people, he dared to risk putting those logistics auxiliaries to carry military supplies up the mountain, there were nearly 2,000 people, but unfortunately they were timid, and they were all old, it was already good to let them help carry the stones and rolling wood, don't expect to kill the enemy in battle.

Fortunately, the road up the mountain is narrow and steep, only allowing about five people to go in parallel, no matter how many Zhangjia troops under the mountain are, it is useless, the force can not be deployed, as long as the stone rolling wood is enough, the road up the mountain can be blocked, he has ordered those people to go down the mountain to cut down trees desperately, make rolling wood, and there are some fixed ammunition, that is, there is not much left of the thunder, but he is confident that he can hold on until the reinforcements arrive.

When the auxiliary soldiers carrying the materials were about to reach the top of the mountain, Wei Shuangxi made a gesture, and Zhao Sanshu, who had been waiting anxiously, grabbed the logging axe in his hand and cut off the mountain vines that tied six or seven rolling logs, and those rolling logs were tied to the slope of the intersection.

Those logistics auxiliaries were laboriously carrying supplies up the mountain, and suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound, and they all looked up, all of them were dumbfounded, and their minds were blank...... What the hell is going on?

Before the people could react, the logs were already roaring, knocking them into blood and throwing them, one by one turning into rolling gourds, following the rumbling and rolling logs down the mountain, and the terrible screams were endless.

Everyone under the mountain was dumbfounded, this ...... What the hell is going on?

"What's going on on the mountain?" Zhang Xianzhong, who was commanding at the foot of the mountain, shouted angrily, now is the critical moment of competing for time with the Ming army from all walks of life, but this kind of fatal thing happened, and he was so angry that he swore to chop off the leader of the mountain range.

"Our battle flag ......" someone pointed to the mountain and exclaimed in disbelief.

After launching the first wave of rolling log attacks, Wei Shuangxi ordered someone to lower the battle flag of the Zhang Jiajun and replace it with the banner of the Ming Dynasty, he and the daredevils did not bring the battle flag of the independent battalion of the Royal Guards, and temporarily wrote the red word "Ming" on a white shirt as the battle flag, and at the same time let people light the prepared wolf smoke.

It is said that it is wolf smoke, but it is actually a large bonfire, thrown into the blue-green branches and leaves from time to time, increasing the concentration of smoke, the effect is no worse than wolf smoke, but someone has to keep throwing the branches and leaves into the fire, billowing smoke rises into the sky, plus the terrain is high, you can see it within a radius of more than ten miles.

Wei Shuangxi didn't know if the wolf smoke was useful, but the sky-high smoke should be able to attract the attention of the scouts, as long as someone came, they would know that Zhang Xianzhong's main force was here.

"What's going on?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, didn't they say that Shepanling Ridge had been occupied? How did a good one become the Ming army's?

Zhang Xianzhong, who was furious, ordered the soldiers to charge and capture the Snake Ridge, and at the same time sent his own soldiers to ask Li Dingguo, did you vote for the Ming Court as a traitor and want to trap our old Zhang?

More than 100 soldiers roared and charged towards the mountain, the mountain road is narrow, no matter how many troops can not be deployed, at most about 200 people can be put in at a time, but it will appear crowded, a few big stones or rolling logs fall down, there is no way to avoid it, the casualties are too large, and it is appropriate to invest a hundred people at a time.

More than 100 soldiers finally climbed up, when they were close to the top of the mountain, the stone rolling wood suddenly fell down, the soldiers could not avoid it, they were hit by the rolling big stones and logs and spurted blood and threw it, rolled down the mountain, and the unlucky ones were killed on the spot, the lucky ones only broke their hands and feet, and the lucky ones only suffered some skin injuries.

There are also soldiers who want to use the big shield in their hands to block, but they can't stop the inertia and huge impact force of the rolling wood rolling down, the shield breaks and people fly, and the adventure of the organic spirit climbs to the steep mountain wall on one side, and wants to climb to the top of the mountain from one side, but finds that the cliff is steep and slippery, and the spirit ape can't climb it, let alone people.

The first wave of attack was disintegrated by dozens of stones and rolling logs, and the second wave of attack began immediately, and the loss of hundreds of people was not a big deal for tens of thousands of troops, even if tens of thousands of people were lost, Zhang Xianzhong didn't care, all he lacked now was time.

The daredevils on the top of the mountain still greet with rolling wood, there are not many stones, but under the back mountain is an endless sea of wood, there are nearly 2,000 migrant workers who keep cutting down trees and making a large number of rolling logs, and there is no need to worry that the rolling wood will run out in the short term.

The six rounds of attacks failed, Zhang Jiajun suffered more than 500 casualties, and the people under the mountain learned to be obedient, so that the carpenter rushed to make a few thick T-shaped tree shields, and more than a dozen of them carried together, and pushed towards the mountain little by little, although it was cumbersome and laborious, but it could indeed block the smashing of stones and rolling wood, so that the soldiers who followed behind felt very safe.

Wei Shuangxi could see it clearly in the monoculars, and couldn't help cursing, asking the migrant workers to throw dry firewood and hay, piling up on the road, there were too few thunders, so they could only use fire to hold on for a while, and they could hold on for as long as they could.

However, the fire did not stop the advance of Zhang Jiajun, the hastily made big tree shield was made of a section of nailing to the trees, the trees were freshly felled, heavy and wet, not easy to burn, more than a dozen strong guys carried together to advance, like a bulldozer, the burning fire was pushed apart, although some soldiers were burned and fell, but someone behind took over, and the wall of fire laid by the daredevils was pushed away.

Fortunately, the people's army attacking the mountain had to use the cover of the heavy tree shield, and the speed of the advance was very slow, enough for the daredevils on the mountain to calmly arrange and deal with it, seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, Wei Shuangxi had to order the use of a small number of thunderbolts.

When a few smoky iron bumps fell from the sky and fell under their feet, the people's army who was advancing with a giant shield was frightened, threw down the giant shield, turned around and ran down the mountain.

Boom Boom Boom –

Several thunderbolts exploded one after another, blowing up the scattered and fleeing civilian troops, but some of them slipped and fell under their feet, and those who rolled down the mountain were spared, but they broke a little skin, covered in mud and blood, which was a little embarrassing, but it was much stronger than those buddies who were bombed.

Taking advantage of the retreat of the people's army, Wei Shuangxi ordered the migrant workers to pile dry firewood and hay on the giant shield, ignite the fire, and when the water of the wet wood was evaporated by the fire and reached the ignition point, it began to burn, and the raging fire became a wall of fire.

Under the persecution of the warlords, the soldiers under the mountain carried a huge shield and climbed the mountain with great difficulty, starting a new round of attack.

On the flat ground north of the official road, Li Dingguo's men and horses were engaged in a battle with Lu Xiangsheng's forward army.

Li Dingguo didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army to come so quickly, and his troops had not had time to build a solid defensive line, so they could only hurriedly spread out their troops and set up a dense defensive phalanx, ready to resist the attack of the Tianxiong army.

Although Lu Xiangsheng was born as a civilian official, he fought bravely, in order to block Zhang Xianzhong's escape to the north, he threw the main force to the deputy general, and he personally led the forward army to rush desperately, and finally arrived in time.

The forward army he personally led was 1,000 musketeers, 500 cavalry, and more than 200 horses loaded with ammunition, which blocked the retreat of the people's army in time, but he was not in a hurry to attack, and ordered 1,000 musketeers to line up on the official road, standing and gasping for breath and resting, and the 500 cavalry were placed on the left flank of the phalanx, with the posture of attacking the left flank of the people's army.

In fact, the 500 cavalry not only arrived two hours earlier than the musketeers, but also half an hour earlier than Li Dingguo's troops, but the people were sleepy and the horses were too small, and the terrain in front was narrow, which was not conducive to the cavalry galloping.

Cavalry is born to be the nemesis of infantry in the field, infantry can only form a formation to protect themselves, Li Dingguo even if there are many people, he does not dare to take the initiative to attack, he has some cavalry in his headquarters, but they are all drawn by Zhang Xianzhong, can not use cavalry to fight cavalry, can only passively defend, fortunately, there is a retreat from Shepanling, how can he worry, just hold on for an hour and everything will be fine.