Yu Bin died, just as Li Zicheng did not let go of Luo Rucai and He Yilong, Liu Xiyao did not let go of Yu Bin, he carried Yu Bin's head to Wang Deren to lose his sincerity.

"Brother Liu, rest assured, your merits, brother will report to Yang Shuai, this time the prime minister has mobilized a total of 150,000 troops to aid Zhuxian Town, as long as we hold Lushan, we will definitely be able to avenge Cao Cao and Ge Liyan."

Wang Deren and Liu Xiyao are also old acquaintances, they are all from rogue backgrounds, and they used to be under Gao Yingxiang, but they didn't look up and look down, so they spoke very casually.

"Where is Yang Shuai's soldiers? I saw it clearly at the head of the city, there were many cavalry out of the battlefield and fled to Luyang Pass, Tian Jianxiu had 30,000 military horses, and there were 70,000 or 80,000 troops in the Nanyang area, Brother Wang wouldn't think that with these 2,000 people in your hands, you could hold Lushan? ”

Liu Xiyao was obviously still a little afraid of Li Zicheng, and he was not excited about Wang Deren's official wish, but was afraid of Tian Jianxiubu, which was only more than 100 miles away from Lushan County.

"Horse back? Wasn't he forced out of Xinyang by Li Zicheng? The prime minister made a bloody investment to him this time, and crowned him as the Duke of Pingguo, Lao Tzu didn't believe that this dog day was not moved, and we didn't want to defend the county seat, Lushan was stuck on the official road to Kaifeng, and the prospect of the fourth guy had already led troops into Lushan, but our army didn't have much grain here, and I don't know how much food there is in the city now? ”

"Uh...... Li Zicheng took hundreds of thousands of people out of Heluo, and almost requisitioned all the grain in Xuzhou and Nanyang, and there were only 1,500 stone of grain on this side of Lushan, and there were more than 1,000 catties of medicine. ”

Hearing that Li Xingzhi lured the horse back with the position of duke, Liu Xiyao felt a little relieved, and hurriedly reported the surplus grain from the treasury.

"There are 5,000 soldiers in my brother's hands, and more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians, this bit of food can't bear so many of our men and horses, so let's do it, Brother Liu, you take the military horses of your headquarters to escort the prisoners to Yang Shuai in Yuncheng, and Lushan will hand it over to your brother."

This time to break through Lushan, the Jingbei army captured a total of nearly 7,000 peasant troops, considering that Lushan is a place where enemies are on both sides, Wang Deren still ordered Liu Xiyao to take the surrendered army to Yuncheng.

"In this way, the brother thanked the king."

Liu Xiyao is desperate for Lushan, but he sold Tian Jianxiu's henchman Yu Bin, if Wang Deren is defeated, can he still have his own good?

After capturing Lushan County, Wang Deren immediately moved to Lushan to join Jing Si, who was arranging a defensive line in Lushan.

Lushan is also called Pingding Mountain, about 80 zhang high, stretching for more than 40 miles, the place is in the transition zone of the mountainous area of western Henan and the Huaihe Plain, the north is the Kei Mountain, the middle is the eastern section of the Waifang Mountain and the low mountain such as the Luoshan Mountain in the north of Luyang Pass, the south is the eastern section of Funiu Mountain and the rest of the veins.

Although Pingdingshan is not as dangerous as Luyang Pass, it is better than the rugged official road, with mountains on both sides.

Luyang Pass is only more than 100 miles away from Zhuxian Town, and Zhuxian Town is only about 200 miles away from Lushan.

Wang Deren and Jing Si were not stupid enough to dig trenches along the more than 40-mile-long mountain road and bury sharp piles to lay out the defense line, but chose to build a temporary ring fortification with civil engineering at the foot of the main peak of Pingdingshan, and arranged artillery positions on the rear hill, in addition to ordering the people accompanying the army to directly set up roadblocks on the official road.

In the mountains on the left and right, giant trees and rocks can be seen everywhere, cut off and push directly to the official road, more than 2,000 people blocked the official road for nearly three miles or so in one day, if the Shun army wants to open up the official road, either they have to forcibly attack the mountain, or they have to brave the fire of the Jingbei army to move away the obstacles stacked on the official road.

On the main peak of Pingdingshan, the Jingbei Army also hastily built several watchtowers, and looked down from the watchtowers to the left and right, and the military situation around the entire Pingdingshan was in full view.

Two miles below the Pingding Mountain, there is the official road, which passes through the mountains and winds for dozens of miles.

In order to rely on Pingdingshan to block Li Zicheng's army that may return south, Wang Deren still ordered Liu Xiyao to transport all the grain in the city to the mountain before leaving Lushan.

"Discover Shunjun!"

The standard-bearers on the hillside waved the flags in their hands one after another, and in an instant, the five thousand Jingbei troops in the first town all got out of the simple shacks, and marched forward in groups under the orders of the officers, until they entered the fortifications of the defensive line.

The Shun army came quickly, Tian Jianxiu received the news that Lushan was broken by the official army, so he hurriedly ordered Tian Hu to divide his troops into Luyang Pass, he hurriedly led the headquarters of 25,000 troops, and went straight to Lushan County.

On the fifth day of the third month of the first year of Yongli, that is, two days after the official army entered and occupied Lushan, Tian Chou, the vanguard of the peasant army, led 10,000 military horses to the foot of Pingding Mountain.

After discovering that the official road of Yamaguchi had been seized by the Jingbei Army, Tian Chou did not dare to act rashly, and hurriedly sent people to report to the Chinese army.

In the evening of the same day, Tian Jianxiu led the army of his headquarters to arrive, and after observing the terrain, Tian Jianxiu had to order all the troops to camp on the spot, and did not immediately launch an attack, the reason was that it was late, and his army and horses had run for nearly 100 miles in two days, and the men and horses had no strength to launch an attack.

Before dawn the next day, the sound of war drums resounded through Pingdingshan, Tian Jianxiu had to fight, and if he didn't storm Pingdingshan, would it be difficult to sit and watch the officers and troops strengthen the defense line on the mountain.

In order to take Pingdingshan in one fell swoop, at the beginning of the official road campaign, Tian Jianxiu took out half of his belongings, he led 5,000 troops along the slope of Pingdingshan at about 45 degrees with his subordinate general Tian Chou to attack head-on, and the general Zhang Chao commanded 3,000 troops to attack from the south of the mountain, and ordered Li Shuangxi, the fierce general of the camp, to command 3,000 troops to suppress the formation.

Fire! ”

In front of the circular position built on the mountain, the smoke of gunpowder was suddenly filled, and the deafening sound of firecrackers was incessant, and the long-range soldiers of the first town of the Jingbei Army fired the firecrackers in their hands under the command of Jing Sixia.

More than 50 small cannons of 500 or 600 catties carried by the army continued to bombard the officers and soldiers of Shun who charged up.

In mountain warfare, this light small cannon is more practical than the large general's cannon, and the cannon sprayed from the muzzle successfully retards the attack speed of the Shun army attacking upward, and the Shun army constantly falls to the ground on the hillside.

Thick smoke from guns and artillery fires filled the foothills of the small half of the flat-topped mountain, and after several rounds of shelling, the slopes seemed to be shrouded in black fog.

"Don't retreat, don't retreat, rush up, rush up!"

The front attack of the Shun army, under the command of Li Shuangxi in the rear, rushed to the mountain pass regardless of casualties, and the archers and musketeers ran to the distance of the ring fortifications and fired arrows at the officers and soldiers guarding the mountain a hundred paces away.

Even if it was fired from the top, there were still many officers and soldiers who were hit, but fortunately, the first town was well-equipped, and all the soldiers had iron helmets on their heads equipped with iron masks, so the attack of the Shun army did not cause many casualties to the officers and soldiers.