Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and refused, and said: "Build pontoon bridges overnight, as many as possible; and build fortifications on the south bank to guard against enemy cavalry raids. Tomorrow morning, the vanguard will go first, and the whole army will cross the river!"

Zhao Ping bowed: "The last general has orders!"

Dozens of riders passed a short pontoon bridge on the north bank, and then crossed the almost empty Jiangxin Island.Or because the Lijiang River will submerge the island when the water rises, there are no houses on the island, only a dilapidated thatched hut.Then they crossed a not-too-long pontoon bridge and reached the south bank of the Li River.

On the south bank, there are cavalry activities of the King of Han army.Just as Zhao Ping reported the military situation, the enemy did not press in the direction of the boat bridge.

...After crossing the pontoon bridge, there is a large flat land to the west, with a radius of several miles.This flat land seems to be like a triangle, surrounded by the Li River on the east, west and north sides, making it like a peninsula.There are many houses in the middle of the flat land, probably a village; the four sides are mainly vegetable fields, groves and rice fields.

The battlefield may be here, this plain.It is surrounded by water in the north and mountains in the south.It seems that the two sides only need to spread out the army, confront each other, and then fight!It's like an arena.

But war is not a sport.

Zhu Gaoxu soon discovered that the focus was not on this flat land, but on the mountainous area to the south.

There is a mountain peak in the south that stretches east and west. The abrupt peak is probably the unique limestone in Guangxi. It looks hard and steep, and it is impossible to climb to the top of the mountain.However, there are several valleys between the peaks, which are dominated by wild grass and shrubs, and can be marched.

Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse straight through a valley, and found a limestone mountain in the distance further south.These peaks are arranged very neatly, like two mountain ranges, with a straight valley between east and west.

Looking to the southeast, as long as you go east from the valley, there is a large flat land.

Zhu Gaoxu quickly came to a clear judgment: this long straight valley between the two mountain ranges is almost the only retreat for the Han King's army when necessary; otherwise, the army can only retreat up the Li River.

Chapter 482 The Cannon Sounds Again

The sky was bright, and the banks of the humid Li River were shrouded in mist.Zhu Gaoxu rode a horse and crossed a pontoon bridge together with the civil and military officials of the Chinese army and the soldiers.When he looked back, he saw the figures of countless soldiers walking gradually through the white mist.

Countless torches become blurred in the hazy air; from a distance, they look like floating fireflies.

There was no sound of drums and horns. Amidst the sound of footsteps, there were "ding ding bang bang" sounds of armor and other metals hitting lightly around, coughing from time to time, and horses calling.

Zhu Gaoxu and others passed the pontoon bridge, which was the flat land on the south bank of the Li River, like a triangular "peninsula".The position of the King of Han's army is located on the east side of this plain, which is the smallest corner of the "triangle" (that is, the right side on the map).

With such a terrain, on the front line, the King of Han army needs fewer people.This is a small benefit to Zhu Gaoxu who has fewer troops.

In the easternmost corner, there is a small village with some shrubs and a bamboo forest growing nearby.To the west of the village, there is a large piece of dry land with weeds and shrubs, vegetables, and some rice fields.But the position of Zhu Gaoxu's Chinese army banner is not here, but still in front (to the west).

He led a group of people and rode westward on horseback from the main road between the dry lands, and soon came to the position of the central army.There are already many troops around, and they are setting up nearby.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the spot and observed for a while, his sight was not very clear in the mist; but yesterday, he had a clear understanding of the surrounding terrain... From the edge of the Lijiang River to the mountain peaks in the south, the frontage of this place is less than two miles wide .

If the infantry were to stand side by side to fill this place, only seven or eight hundred people would be needed in the first row.In fact, it is far from needing so many people, because there are some rice fields and small ponds on the ground, so it is not suitable to arrange people.

There will not be any generals who will arrange the soldiers densely one after another.In that case, once the front can't stand it, it will be easy to squeeze back and cause the whole army to collapse; a large dense camp cannot reinforce the front.In any large formation, there are gaps of different sizes between the large square formations of the Hundred Household Team and the Thousand Corps...so this time, the first row of the Hanwang Army's front line may not even have 500 people.

At this time, soldiers Zhao Pingping rode horses and followed the banner of the Chinese army.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Where is the main force of the enemy army?"

Zhao Pingyao pointed to the west, "There is a river mouth to the west, which is the confluence of the Anle River (Yulong River) and the Lijiang River. The Anle River is narrow, and the enemy has built many pontoon bridges. They are almost crossing the Anle River now. .”

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "The narrow and long valley extending from east to west in the south, have the troops transferred to it arrived?"

Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said: "Go back to the prince, I went in the early morning, and Yin Desheng's Thousand Corps is at the front."

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that the name was a bit familiar, so he said casually: "I seem to have heard this name somewhere."

Zhao Pingdao: "In the battle of attacking Guizhou City, Yin Desheng took the lead in climbing to the top of the city. According to the military order, he was promoted to three ranks in a row. Now he is a thousand households."

"I remembered, that general is good, brave and not afraid of death." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.He looked back and said solemnly: "We have less than 6 people in this battle, and there are at least 9 people against Wu Gao. But as long as we win, the bravery of the King of Han's army will surely shake the world and become famous all over the world. Let's work hard!"

All the generals clasped their fists together and said: "The last general is willing to be the pioneer of the prince!"

Zhu Gaoxu also wanted to wait until the chances of winning were greater before going to war; but on the territory of Guangxi, he and Wu Gao had been hanging around for so many days, and there was really nothing he could do about Wu Gao.Now that Wu Gao is finally willing to go to war again, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't want to give up the opportunity, and is determined to seize this rare opportunity to take risks!

... The sky was bright, but it was cloudy.If it is sunny, it will be three poles a day at this moment.

The northwest wind was blowing a few days ago, but today there was no wind.A faint mist shrouded the land, but there was no wind, and the surrounding fields were dull and depressing.

But at this time, the noise from all around was getting louder and louder.Countless people on both sides formed a large formation about a mile away, looking at each other from afar.On the hazy ground, countless soldiers are like a sea of ​​people.

Wu Gao was sitting on the horseback, looking at the scenery to the east, and heard the shouts of the enemy army one after another.

Many generals gathered around one after another, and Wu Gao began to lecture: "My king's army is almost twice as powerful as the rebels. To win today, all ministries should deploy heavy troops in all directions to launch a full-scale attack on the rebels! With the superior force, we will The power and brave team that quickly exhausted the traitors will win or lose in this battle!"

Everyone stared and shouted: "The Ming army will surely win!"

The generals dispersed, and the battalions prepared for battle.Not long after, the only dozen or so heavy artillery pieces of the official army were transferred to the front, and an artillery array was set up one mile away from the rebels.

As soon as the Chinese army beat the big drum, the Hongwu cannons of the official army began to roar one after another.Light and fire erupted in the mist, and the flickering lights seemed to kick off the prelude to the war.

The two sides did not have any direct communication, but went to war directly!No one sent a fierce general to challenge, because the wars of this era have long been unruly. If they send people to challenge like the Three Kingdoms period, they will definitely be shot into hedgehogs by random arrows.

Stone bullets and iron pills flew from the air to the formation in front of the King of Han's army amidst the terrifying whistling sound.There was almost no need to aim, and most of the shells fell into the dense phalanx of the King of Han's army, and only a few fell into the paddy fields.

The screams could be heard in the distance.However, the Hanwang army's front line did not waver at all, and the shelling from a distance of one mile could not shake the rebels' position at all.

After the first dozen or so huge cannon fires, Wu Gao was immediately surprised.

Because both sides struggled in the mud and heavy rain for a few days, the strength of morale was greatly weakened, so the performance of the King of Han's army was a bit unexpected.However, Wu Gao thought that the King of Han's army had been fighting for the past two years, and perhaps his soldiers had already experienced it, so they would not be easily intimidated.

The official army has been marching in motion recently, carrying a limited number of heavy artillery, and loading them slowly; the war cannot wait until the second round of shelling.Two phalanxes composed of a thousand-man team on the left wing of the former army of the official army began to advance first.

A group of infantry on the north side of the rebel camp also began to advance, and the two sides began the duel from tentative contact.

Not long after, the King of Han's army stopped first, and many bowl-mouth guns fired a round of volleys, and the officers and soldiers returned fire with various artillery pieces that were easy to carry.The banks of the Lijiang River were suddenly enveloped in gunpowder smoke, and the noisy voices of people spread far away.

When the two groups of men and horses got closer to each other, bows, arrows and firecrackers shot at each other again and again, gunpowder smoke filled the mist, and the riverside was full of smoke.Today was originally a cloudy day, and the sky at this time was even more cloudy.

There is no essential difference in the range and lethality of the firecrackers on both sides, and the accuracy is not very good.Although the soldiers are exhausted, they are not an army that can be defeated only by fire guns, bows|crossbows; the real decision of the victory depends on the terrifying pressure of fighting face to face with knives and guns!

The left wing of the officers and soldiers has already engaged in hand-to-hand combat!There was heavy smog over there, and Wu Gao couldn't see the specific situation from a distance, but the generals in front could see it; at this time, a light cavalry from the left wing of the government army was dispatched, and the second infantry phalanx also began to advance.

Seeing this, Wu Gao knew that the left-wing forward's battle was not good.Because of this, the general in front of the official army will take the lead in dispatching the power and brave team behind to respond.

At the foot of the mountain in the south, the right-wing infantry of the government army also began to attack at this time, and the troops from all over the first front line were dispatched one after another.The generals followed Wu Gao's military order and launched an all-round attack on the rebels!

Less than half an hour after the first cannon fired, the battle on the plains intensified!

There was a large village between the two armies. At this time, a raging fire had already ignited there, and houses were burned everywhere.Black smoke billowed in the air, mixed with the gunpowder smoke and the fog on the ground, as if the entire land was shrouded in dark clouds.There was a commotion all around.

Behind those mountain peaks in the south, the sound of "boom boom boom..." also came from a valley.In the mountains to the south, Wu Gao also deployed troops in advance; he intended to break through the defense line of the rebels in the valley, and then he could outflank the rear flanks of the main force of the rebels.

He didn't need to wait for the military report on the southern battlefield, Wu Gao heard the sound of the guns, and he knew that the big battle behind the green hills in the south had also broken out!

There is gunpowder smoke floating between the abrupt peaks, and the house fires on the ground are still burning.The huge noise under the sky has not subsided in the slightest.

Wu Gao sat on the horseback without saying a word.His gray hair on the temples protruded from under the iron helmet, and the face under the brim of the hat had a dignified expression, calm and calm.