Zhu Xianzhen, that is, the ancient battlefield where Yue Fei and Jin Wushu fought back then, a tragic offensive and defensive battle was underway.

The open space under the entire Qinglong's back was covered with dense corpses and various torn military flags, and the battlefield was full of smoking craters and weapons, and one after another war horses that had lost their owners roamed around the battlefield, making bursts of sad screams from time to time.

Liu Zongmin, the former battalion commander of the Chuang Army, has launched a frantic offensive against this strip-shaped high ground more than two feet high since he led the army to the back of Qinglong.

It's just that the defense line of the Jingbei Army is really strong, and the back of the Qinglong is stuck between the canals, and Liu Zongmin rode lightly, carrying only 300 large and small artillery, so he did not advance an inch after a few days of fierce attack.

"Leader Liu, you can't fight anymore, the Shandong army's defense line is tight, let's wait for the arrival of the main force of King Chuang before enterprising."

Hao Yongzhong, is an old man who followed Gao Yingxiang to raise troops, at first he served as the flag bearer in the army, and was later promoted to the leader because of his courage and good fighting, so the peasant army called him Hao Shaoqi.

"Hao Shaoqi, you are also an old man who followed the old king to start an incident, how can you be so afraid, although our army has suffered a lot of casualties, but most of them are new homeless people, let's attack one more day, the materials of Shandong thieves will consume a little more, and if you don't break Zhuxian Town as soon as possible, Li Xingzhi's guy looted the gold and silver in Luoyang Kaifeng, aren't we busy in vain?"

Liu Zongmin thinks very highly of himself, he has always regarded himself as the first military general of the breaking army, this time he attacked Zhuxian Town with a full 100,000 troops, including 50,000 elite camps, if it is blocked by this two-zhang high earthen hill, then don't be laughed at by the leaders of the peasant army of the various departments of the breaking army.

"But ......."

Hao Shaoqi also wanted to persuade him, the reason was that the defense line of the Jingbei Army had been in operation for a long time, not only was the earthen hill full of strong piles, a large number of antlers were arranged, and three trenches were dug under the earthen hill.

The peasant army stormed for seven days, carrying nearly 20,000 casualties of the cannon fodder army, but it was only enough to fill two trenches, and the last trench was under the earthen hill, that is, it was about three zhang wide under the noses of the defenders of Qinglong's back, and it was about three zhang deep, and if it wanted to break through, the casualties would only be greater, and Hao Shaoqi did not want to take the elite soldiers to smash the defense line of the Shandong army.

"General Liu, General Hao, Li Xingzhi regards himself as the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, compares himself to the imperial court, and treats us as thieves.

Gu Junen, a staff officer of the army, had a trace of ruthlessness on his face, and put forward the idea of driving the people to attack the fortifications, Gu Junen is a native of Zhongxiang, Hubei, and knows the art of war and strategy, and after Li Zicheng established the Xinshun regime in Xuzhou, he defected to Li Zicheng; After joining the army, it was suggested that Li Zicheng first take Heluo, then Shandong in the east, and Shaanxi in the west, forming a confrontation between Cao and Yuan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Li Zicheng thought it was true, and this time he sent Liu Zongmin as the vanguard, so that Gu Junen could praise Liu Zongmin for military affairs.

"Uh......, King Chuang has just changed the Yuan system, and it is the time to win the hearts of the people of the Central Plains, and we will follow the example of the previous to drive the people to attack the fortifications, which may damage the prestige of my King Chuang!"

Hao Shaoqi was shocked, he didn't expect that this Xiucai, who had just joined the army, would be so ruthless, this method was much more vicious than his own thief for many years.

"Mr. Gu's plan is very clever, Wu Ruyi and Ren Jirong, you will each unify a thousand cavalry, and first recruit all the townspeople of Zhuxian Town, and I will see how the so-called Henan Admiral treats their people?"

Liu Zongmin laughed, and regardless of Hao Shaoqi's questioning, he gave the order categorically.

"The last general will be ordered."

Wu Ruyi is a small beggar picked up by Gao Yingxiang, the former king of Chuang, among the fleeing victims. After Gao Yingxiang's death, he was mainly responsible for Li Zicheng's daily life, and later responsible for the management of the old camp of the Chinese army.

Ren Jirong is also Li Zicheng's personal soldier, because of his bravery, Li Zicheng is deeply trusted, and he is transferred out of Liu Zongmin's army, which also means to guard against Liu Zongmin's too much power.

Soon, more than 5,000 people in Zhuxian Town who refused to leave their hometowns were driven to the Qinglongbei battlefield by the peasant army.

Zhuxian Town as Luoyang Cao transport important place, water transport is particularly developed, there are more than 30,000 people in the town, Wang Zhong in Zhuxian Town when the defense line, has issued three military orders in a row, that is, strictly order the people in the town to move north.

Most of the people who feared the war still cooperated with the imperial decrees, but there were also a large number of people who could not leave their homeland and refused to leave their hometowns and leave the places where their ancestors had lived for generations, and even though the Jingbei Army repeatedly ordered them, there were still thousands of people who remained in the town after the peasant army arrived in Zhuxian Town.

"Eat his mother, drink his mother, the king of Chuang is not paid, open the door early to worship the king, discipline the size is happy, you go yours, anyway, Lao Tzu is not leaving, the court? …… What court? Can the imperial court believe it? We only believe in King Chuang, and King Chuang has meat to eat when he comes. ”

In the Central Plains, the reputation of the imperial court is not as good as the army, the king does not take a stitch from the people, and does not want the people to pay food and taxes, but they did not expect that the army that claims not to take a stitch from the people is really not to take the needle and thread, and the others are all taken away, it is really not necessary for the people to pay food, but you must carry the food at home to join the army.

Now, the people who had been begging for a living on the canal a few days ago were escorted to the line of defense of the Qinglong back by their hopeful invasion army, and they were ordered to fill bags full of dirt into the trenches under the Qinglong's back.

The silence was broken after an hour, and as the horn sounded again in the peasant barracks, the second and new second towns, as well as the newly formed Gao Jie and Jiang Xiang departments, which were seizing the time to rest, once again plunged into a tense battle.

The peasant army's offensive was obviously more fierce than before, and in the desolate sound of the horn, the officers and men of the Jingbei Army on the back of the green dragon saw thousands of peasant troops marching out of the barracks.

Unlike the previous attack, this time the peasant army drove the captured people of Zhuxian Town to fill the trenches with mud.

The Jingbei army guarding this was a little nervous, because they found that the people who were driven over were dense and could not see their heads.

The frightened people were driven by the peasant army in batches to press on the Qinglong back line, the older of them digging the soil, and the younger ones holding sacks to pick up the soil, and then handing it over to the young Zhuang who was responsible for filling the soil when the soil was full.

"Prepare to fire!"

The governor of Henan, the general of the fourth town, and Li Xingzhi's hardcore confidant Wang Zhong reluctantly put down the clairing mirror in his hand and took a breath.

His task is to hold the two strategic places of Luoyang and Kaifeng, and to hold these two places, he must hold Zhuxian Town, for which he can only be ruthless.

Otherwise, Li Zicheng tasted the sweetness. will drive the people to attack Luoyang, and maybe they will attack Jingshi in the future, these days, human life is not as good as lamp grass.