The main force under the command of Wang Ziyong encountered the stubborn resistance of the defenders in the battle to conquer the county town of Lan, and paid some casualties before entering the city, but this loss was nothing to the people's army.

After the capture of Lanxian County, there was no need for the leaders to explain what to do, and the people's troops of each battalion were happy to liquidate those landlords and old wealthy profiteers, but the harvest was not much, and many trenches were rolled up and ran away in advance, leaving only an empty mansion.

Under the leadership of Qiu Yousheng, Wang Ziyong still allocated more than half of his troops to sweep away several large granges built by the eight families outside the city.

The scumbags of the family guarding the Grange collapsed and ran away after only a few resistances, and the civilian army did not chase and kill, they were too busy to move away the large number of iron ingots and iron ore accumulated in the village.

"Big brother, I found out, most of the big families in the city are hiding on Panlong Mountain with Widow Guan."

One of Qiu Yousheng's brothers hurriedly came to report that the rich and big families in the city had almost run out, and Wang Ziyong and other people's troops had not reaped much benefit, of course, they had to check that Qiu Yousheng and his brothers were all from Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi, and they were also familiar with the local snakes, and it was more convenient to inquire about the news than the scouts of the people's army.

"Big brother, about ten miles ahead is Panlong Mountain." Qiu Yousheng pointed in front of him and said, by the way, explain the identity and background of the widow, a beautiful woman who is very good at making money, most of the business in this Lan County is the industry under her name, although it is not richer than the eight families, but it can be regarded as the richest woman in Lan County, and there are several mines she mined on Panlong Mountain.

Wang Ziyong nodded, named the names of several leaders, and asked them to lead their brothers up the mountain to see if they could catch the widow Guan and the old landlords and force them to hand over their property.

It didn't take long for several leaders who led people up the mountain to flee back in embarrassment, two of them still had arrow wounds on their bodies, and they suffered stubborn resistance from the landlords and old profiteers halfway up the mountain.

"The most hateful thing is that the widow of Naguan still arrogantly said that as long as the people's army has the ability to capture Panlong Mountain, she and all the landlords and old profiteers on the mountain will be willing to submit and donate all their assets, and I will be angry......" A wounded leader snorted angrily, he just couldn't stand the stimulation and personally waved his army to attack the mountain, and was injured by a cold arrow.

"Let's go, let's see." Wang Ziyong frowned and said, what does this ghost woman have to rely on to dare to say such a big thing? He wanted to see if this Longshan was really so difficult to attack?

Surrounded by all the leaders, Wang Ziyong led the army to the foot of Panlong Mountain, looked up, and couldn't help but show a solemn expression on his face.

Panlong Mountain is actually not very steep, a step paved with bluestone slabs leads straight to the top of the mountain, there is a slide road that is artificially trimmed across more than ten meters, with this slide, the iron ore mined on the mountain is transported to the bottom of the mountain, the time cost is shortened a lot, and it is very convenient.

You can climb the mountain directly along the slightly steep stone slope without climbing the stone steps, but there are several fortifications reinforced with large bluestone fortifications and cement built on the mountainside, which are condescending and hold the passage of climbing.

One side is condescending to defend, the other side climbs the mountain and attacks, the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious, and it is not surprising that the people's army who attacked the mountain paid a lot of casualties and failed to take Panlong Mountain, it is really difficult to fight, I did not see the corpse of the people's army lying on the hillside, and the broken and damaged weapons and equipment were also thrown to the ground, which shows that the previous battle was quite tragic.

"Go, fetch me all the Franc cannons at the head of the city."

Seeing the corpses of the soldiers lying on the ground, all the leaders were full of anger in their eyes, if it wasn't for the difficulty of attacking the mountain, they would have already waved their troops to attack, although Wang Ziyong was also extremely angry, but he was still calm, forcibly attacking the mountain, the casualties would be heavy, there was artillery bombardment cover, it should be easier to fight.

In order to speed up the march, the people's army threw away the bulky guys such as the Franc cannon and the earth cannon, but there are four old and bulky Franc cannons on the head of the county seat of Lanxian County, which can be transported over to bombard for a while, and try to attack a few rounds, anyway, there is still some time, according to the scouts, Qin Liangyu's folding pole army and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army are still four or five days away from here, and it is not too late to delay for a day to run, and it will take a lot of time to carry and bury a huge amount of iron ingots, iron ore and other military supplies.

Under the persecution of the people's army, the people of Lanxian County took great difficulty to carry four old and cumbersome Franc machine guns down the city, put them on wooden shelves, put them on ox carts, and pulled them to the foot of Panlong Mountain.

After the people's army set up the Franc machine gun, banged and banged at the mountain, the gunners of the people's army were all improvized, not to mention the accuracy, all the bullets fired were solid iron bullets, some of the iron bullets did not know where to fly, and some of the shells smashed on the mountain wall, the wall of the fortress, smashed out a small hole, and the gravel was fired everywhere.

Under the cover of artillery fire, a civilian army shouted and launched an attack on the mountain, while the soldiers guarding the fortress threw rocks and rolling logs, and returned fire with bows and arrows, and the earth-shattering roar and rumbling cannon sound were mixed with a few gunshots.

There are muskets on both sides, but the muskets of the people's army are obviously more, and the ping-pong is happy, as for whether the family in the fortress is hit, it is difficult to say, but some of the small leaders of the people's army who commanded the attack were shot and fell from time to time, anyway, the battlefield was quite chaotic, and the leaders of the people's army such as Wang Ziyong did not notice these small details.

In the shooting holes of the fortress, several family members wearing black household uniforms are holding one-way binoculars to observe the battlefield, searching for small boss-level targets, and there are several family members holding guns waiting to be fired in several shooting holes next to them, and the muskets in their hands are all the latest style, equipped with rear-loading rifles, this latest type of musket, in addition to the snipers of the hunter battalion can be equipped, only Lu Hongniang's Phoenix Legion is equipped with more than a thousand.

Zhu Jian dug several big pits in Taiyuan Mansion, and in addition to secretly ordering the red master Lu Jian to secretly send a large number of people to mix in and prepare to fish in troubled waters, he also secretly dispatched a lot of fine muskets and a large number of grenades and explosives to come over, and also transferred several groups of hunter battalion snipers who were still practicing to be commanded by an instructor.

Zhang Yaowu, the head of the Red Gang Branch, sat on the top of the mountain, and the military advisor Li Fengcheng personally came to the first-line fortress to command the battle, he didn't want to expose the strength of the party too early, scare the people's army away, did not use a large number of muskets, artillery and grenades, but just let a few groups of snipers take advantage of the chaos to release cold guns and snipe important targets, and the sporadic gunshots made Wang Ziyong and other leaders of the people's army mistakenly think that the family guarding the mountain did not have a few muskets, so they were assured to attack boldly.

Zhang Yaowu stood in the fortifications on the top of the mountain, holding a monocular and looking down at the battlefield, his mouth kept scolding, if it wasn't for the order of the Son of Heaven, he would have ordered more than a dozen Franc machine guns to bombard the mountain, taking advantage of the chaos of the people's army and then killing down the mountain with one blow, plus the five hundred elite soldiers who were ambushed nearby, attacking inside and out, they would definitely be able to defeat the main force used by the king himself, but the holy order was difficult to disobey, he could only endure it, and the emperor was playing a big chess piece.