Bright Spring

At this moment, Wu Gao, as the commander-in-chief of the army, did not issue any more military orders. He was just observing the overall situation of the battlefield.The large battlefield of 10,000+ people on both sides stretched for several miles from the north to the south. Obviously, Wu Gao was unable to issue specific military orders to the various ministries.At this moment, the frontline battlefield can only rely on generals everywhere to be in charge of tactics.

"Drive!" Wu Gao suddenly snorted, turned his head and said, "The smoke is too much, let's go ahead and have a look."

A group of guards rode their horses around him one after another, and the horse team left the position of the central army and ran straight to the east.

Wu Gao and the others passed through the gap between the large infantry formation and the cavalry standing on the ground leading horses. The further east they walked, the louder the killing sounds and loud noises became, almost deafening.

All over the land are fighting, and the defeated troops are retreating westward.The generals nearby were yelling and cursing loudly, trying to regroup the scattered soldiers.

In the thick smoke in the air, occasionally the solid bullets of the bowl-mouthed guns were thrown out, flying far away.The personal soldier reminded Wu Gao to be careful.

On such a battlefield, there are rivers and mountains on both sides, so it is difficult to flank.There are a lot of people on both sides, and for the time being, there are enough power and brave teams to reinforce the front line, and fierce | battles are continuing everywhere.

Chapter 483 Shame and Humiliation

On the smoky vegetable field, rows of officers and soldiers marched side by side.The faces of the enemy soldiers who were less than ten steps away on the opposite side were already very clear, and their expressions seemed to be a little distorted.People opened their mouths and yelled, as if they were angry and full of fear.

"The King of Han is our king..." the rebels shouted.Even officers and soldiers can recite this word!Because everyone has heard it once.

The killing and shouting in the crowd were so loud that it was deafening.It's like everyone is trying to shout.

After a while, the first platoons of the two armies met hand-to-hand!Immediately, there were various screams around, as well as the "bang bang dang dang" sound of the spear hitting the shield.

The people couldn't stop at all, the shields at the back were almost attached to the backs of the soldiers in the front row, no matter whether the people in front were willing or not, the crowd pushed forward and continued to advance!Someone stumbled and fell to the ground, and then couldn't get up again, and his body was trampled on repeatedly.The soldiers on the ground couldn't die for a while, they were screaming so loudly.

"Bang! Bang..." The shield directly collided with the shield.The spears in the back row stabbed forward through the gaps between the people. Someone was pierced in the side chest by the spear, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground, shouting loudly.The spear and shield soldiers in the front row could no longer stab anyone with their long spears. Some soldiers simply discarded their long weapons and drew out short blades such as waist knives and iron hooks, and hacked at the front through the shield.

The arrows "swish" in the air, like locusts raging, they are all heavy arrows thrown from behind.The soldiers in front were not afraid to move, and whether they hit the arrow or not was all due to luck.

The place where the two armies met became more and more crowded and chaotic, and people struggled and shouted in a pool of blood.On the side of this group of infantry was a paddy field, and some officers and soldiers were squeezed into the paddy field.The bow on the edge of the rebel camp | The crossbowman gave up the projectile and shot the arrow directly at the people in the paddy field!

"Ah!" There was a scream in the paddy field, and a sergeant fell forward with an arrow in his vest.With a heavy armor on his body, he threw himself straight into the water, and with a "plop", the muddy muddy water splashed in all directions.

Under the surface of the water, it was full of mud. The officers and soldiers in armor threw away their weapons, got stuck in the mud and struggled to walk back.On the front side is a dense formation of rebel enemy soldiers, and the officers and soldiers in the fields are slow and unwilling to rush forward, and they all walk behind without exception.

Shot in the water|Many people were killed, their bodies mixed in the mud, but many also retreated from the fields.More officers and soldiers jumped into the field and retreated.

The queue at the back was squeezed back by the chaotic soldiers in front, and after a while, the entire phalanx collapsed!Some people walked back first, and then a large number of soldiers fled and collapsed!

There was a burst of celebratory shouts from the rebel crowd. When people opened their mouths and shouted "Ah" in unison, the end sound rose, and suddenly it was like a high-pitched ballad.

Crowds of rebels chased across rice fields from dry land.At this time, a group of hundreds of human rights warriors from the western government army advanced head-on, and reinforcements came up.

"Bang bang bang..." The officers and soldiers couldn't help but shoot a row of sharp guns, the smoke filled the air and the flames flickered.A rebel sergeant rushing forward trembled all over his body, his chest was hit by the arrows from the sharp gun, and two or three splashes of blood splashed from under the leather armor. Both the shield and the gun fell to the ground, and he fell down screaming. go down.

But the rebel soldiers rushed forward crazily, and some even ignored the queue completely, shouting and running up to meet the sharp guns and firecrackers.The sergeants of the officers and soldiers who had just fired their sharp guns had no time to change their weapons and fired a second salvo, and they directly intended to withdraw from both sides.

Some rebels in front of the rebels rushed to the front in an instant!The officers and soldiers holding sharp guns and firearms were like holding fire sticks, they could hardly withstand the charge of the infantry, and they were killed crying for their fathers and mothers.

At this time, the officers' gun shield soldiers and spearmen in the back row rushed forward in unison, and the two armies were fighting for a while.The chaotic rebel soldiers at the front were stabbed with blood by dense spears, some fell to the ground, and were stabbed by countless knives and guns, dying bloody and bloody.

A few gongs were heard from the east, and the infantry of the rebel army retreated one after another amidst the generals' yelling and cursing.

The army's infantry marched forward.After a while, the ranks of the rebels turned into a column, followed by some disorderly soldiers who did not form a rank, and the large group of people ran directly between the phalanx behind.The newly arrived rebel phalanx stopped, the front row of soldiers holding firecrackers squatted on the ground, and the second row behind stood. Ten steps away, the two rows of rebel soldiers fired in unison!

There was a burst of gunfire as dense as fried beans, and many people fell down in front of the officers and soldiers. Some people's shields fell to the ground, screaming endlessly.The lead bullets flying in the gunpowder smoke also penetrated some wooden shields.

... From the banks of the Lijiang River to the valleys to the south, the battle on the entire front is still going on, and the battle has lasted from morning to afternoon.But in fact, before noon, Wu Gao had already come to a judgment, a conclusion that made his hands and feet shudder: this battle has been defeated!

Wu Gao has been walking around on the battlefield, paying attention to the development of the battle.

He found some signs, the power and bravery team of the official army and the reinforcements in the rear have been constantly stepping forward for reinforcements, and the rate of depletion of troops is much faster than that of the rebels!Apart from this, another sign is that the battle line is slowly moving to the west.

These phenomena can prompt Jiang Yinhou to draw a clear judgment based on experience: the defeat is irreversible!

Although the time for the army to collapse is far from coming; but if it waits until that time, the entire army will face a catastrophic situation of being disintegrated, hunted down, and powerless to resist.

Last year, Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, fought in Chengdu.Xue Lu did not give up even when the whole army collapsed until the end... But Wu Gao believed that in the war last year, the signs of defeat must have appeared in advance before the army completely collapsed.

Perhaps, Xue Lu was not experienced enough to detect such signs in advance; perhaps, Xue Lu was reluctant to admit defeat and had been waiting for the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.But as a result, Xue Lu devoted all his troops to maintain the front line, and finally the whole line collapsed.

Wu Gao also didn't want to face the outcome of defeat; no general was willing to accept the humiliation and unwillingness of defeat!

For a defeated general, the thought of being ridiculed by the soldiers, looked down upon by his colleagues, and even worried about being punished by the court is unbearable.

And Wu Gao was even more unbearable, because he thought of the evaluation of the world: the Marquis of Jiangyin is mediocre and embarrassing, leading an army of [-], almost twice the strength of the rebel army, and was defeated!

Wouldn't it be a shame and a shame for the Marquis of Jiangyin, who has fought all his life, to come to such a conclusion? !

Sitting on the horseback, Jiang Yinhou was silent for a long time, and the white hair on his temples seemed to grow a lot in a day.

But he had to face the reality: almost within a radius of thousands of miles, it was difficult to have reinforcements from the army.And as long as the rebels spend until tomorrow, the reinforcements from Pingle Mansion will arrive, and the rebels will increase their troops by more than 1 people again!

Wu Gao's scouting horse also discovered another military situation: Sheng Yong's rebel army in the south, a cavalry has gone north alone and is approaching the rebel army of the King of Han, with only a few days left to travel.

Therefore, after the battle of Yangshuo fell into an unfavorable situation, Wu Gao could no longer see any opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

He is still hesitating, because no matter what the outcome of the battle is, whether the whole army is wiped out or not, his own situation is actually the same.After this failure with more hits and fewer, Wu Gao's career in command of the army is probably coming to an end.

But Wu Gao couldn't do it, he only cared about his own safety; the lives of more than 9 brothers weighed more heavily on him and made him worry even more. Those were all soldiers under Wu Gao's command, how could he be relieved?

At this moment, the most sensible thing to do as a general is to gradually shrink the line of defense until it gets dark, and then take advantage of the darkness to withdraw the troops in an organized and slow retreat... In the future, the truly knowledgeable colleagues may understand his decision of the Marquis of Jiangyin Bar?You will understand that this is the best choice for a general after defeat!

... The sky finally gradually dimmed, and the surrounding scenery became more and more blurred.Dark night is always a very favorable factor for the defeated party.

The sound of firearms and noise in the distance continued, and the rebels must have felt the advantage of the battle.They will not stop attacking just because night falls, but will choose to fight overnight!

Because after the truce and rest for one night, the losing side can reorganize the broken troops into an army, the army organization is restored, and the physical strength of the soldiers can also be rested, so as to regain some combat effectiveness; so the next day will become a battle. new campaign.This is obviously not the result that the rebels, who are seeing victory, would like to see.

Wu Gao summoned most of the generals, and said cautiously: "We have already lost the battle."

Sure enough, the generals were in an uproar, and soon some people objected, advocating to continue fighting!Because the official army has not completely collapsed, it seems that there is still hope of victory.

Wu Gao's expression turned cold, and he said: "This commander is the general of the army! This battle can no longer continue, we should first retreat slowly towards the Guilin Mansion; and then rely on the city wall of Guilin City to repair our troops and restore our fighting strength before we can fight again. "

"Marshal..." A general's eyes widened, and there was an unwilling pleading in his eyes that were flickering with fire.

Wu Gao raised his hand decisively and pressed it down, stopping his request, and said firmly, "Unless you launch a mutiny! Otherwise, you must obey the commander's order and prepare to withdraw!"

After he finished speaking forcefully, he calmed down and said in a persuasive tone: "Guilin Mansion is surrounded by water and mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can't wait until we lose everything before leaving. We must save some energy and insist on retreating to Guilin Mansion." At that time, our army will be considered alive!"

All the generals finally clasped their fists one after another and said: "The last general will wait for your order!"

Wu Gao couldn't help turning his head, looking at the north.It was pitch black over there, just like the way of fleeing in defeat, it would never be easy.

Chapter 484 The Competition Under the Night Sky

"Wu Gao is leaving!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said.