In the depths of the night sky, countless rockets shone brightly, and their trajectories formed beautiful parabolas due to the sluggishness of vision. Like fireworks, like shooting stars, gorgeous and wonderful.

Zhu Gaoxu withdrew his gaze and climbed the gentle slope between the two limestone peaks by the light of the torches lit by the branches of the pine and cypress trees. When he turned his head to look, he saw a large number of people behind him lighting torches, like a sea of fire.

Darkness shrouded the heavens and the earth, and all the natural landscapes became hazy, but some scenes were more shocking; Probably people are always more in awe of the unknown.

During the day, the peaks that rise abruptly are overgrown with shrubs and wild grasses, and they are full of green; At this time, their huge black shadows seemed to be huge monsters hiding in the darkness.

Zhu Gaoxu has been keeping an eye on those "monsters", because these are the few references at night.

He led his own cavalry through the valleys between the peaks of this side with fire; The men and horses behind also followed in the direction of the firelight, and for a moment the army in the valley was like slowly surging magma.

The people continued on their way, again through a second mountain valley pass. As Zhu himself described the route, he beckoned to his entourage and began to turn to the right.

There were no stars or moon in the sky, and the night sky was covered with clouds. However, if one looks up, one can tell where the sky is!

Because there is some light, hidden under deep darkness, but it is something real.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others took advantage of the difference between the sky and the shadow of the mountains, and walked along a narrow valley corridor. At this time, the direction of their march should be from east to west; This is the terrain that Zhu Gaoxu has clearly understood during the day, and most of the time he has not made a mistake at this time.

When he rode his horse down the low bush and up the gentle slope over there, what he saw in front of him convinced him that he was on the right track!

On the land of the dark night, a large sparkling fire appeared! Only the army gathered together will have so many torches. The fires in the distance were obviously enemy troops.

Everything is not visible, including the river, except for the fire.

Among them, there are several lights lined up in columns, and that should be Wu Gaojun's pontoon bridge on the Anle Water (Yulong River), and they are crossing the river. Only the boat bridge on the river can make the rebel army at this time form such a neat column......

The roundabout road of the Han Wangjun was about ten miles, and the marching time should have been more than half an hour. Wu Gaojun had too many men and horses, and he had not completely crossed the Anle Water for more than half an hour.

More Han soldiers climbed the gentle slope. Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while, then raised his scabbard and shouted: "The front is An Leshui, and all departments are attacking and advancing!" ”

A shout rang out from the crowd, as if in response to Zhu Gaoxu.

At night, it was extremely difficult for the army to deploy a wide horizontal formation to march forward, and the various divisions attacked westward in parallel multi-way columns! At this time, a large number of enemy troops gradually moved to this side, apparently to block the Han army.

As the two armies approached, there were earth-shattering sounds of killing and the noise of the crowd in the distance, and the light of the firecrackers was flashing everywhere, and there were no rules at all. Even though Zhu Gaoxu was standing on a hillside and in a high position, he could not figure out what the situation was on the front line.

Few generals are willing to launch a large-scale attack at night, and usually only some premeditated small sneak attacks and surprise attacks occur at night, and the decisive battle of the main force almost never happens at night...... Just like now, on a dark night, no one can control the situation.

Everything is quite chaotic, and the only thing that everyone can rely on is the individual battles of the low-level soldiers and luck; Then the generals at all levels will temporarily lose their judgment and can only wait for the result.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes also hurt, and he saw that the firelight was moving back and forth, and he couldn't distinguish between friend and foe in a little distance.

I don't know how long later, a fire suddenly broke out on the surface of the river! Several pontoon bridges gradually burned, and the water in the river glowed faintly in the fire. Wu Gao finally burned the pontoon!

The enemy soldiers and horses left on this side of the riverbank, one side against the mountain and the other facing the water, both ends were heavy soldiers of the Han army; As soon as the pontoon bridge on the Anle Water burned, those officers and soldiers fell into a heavy siege in an instant.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered his own soldiers and scattered to the front to persuade him to surrender.

After a long time, people shouted from everywhere, "Puppet Emperor officers and soldiers on the east bank, you are surrounded!" "Put down your weapons and surrender to avoid death......" "The king of Han is the grandson of the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and the brothers abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but their lives can be guaranteed......"

…… Most of the men and horses left by the officers and soldiers on the east bank of Anle Water surrendered one after another last night; Many of the horses were carried by generals, and their weapons were dropped in formation.

Originally, there were not too many officers and soldiers who were responsible for blocking the pursuers; However, because the Han army outflanked the bank of the Anleshui River in time, some officers and soldiers failed to cross the river, and the number of surrendered was at least more than 20,000!

The pontoon bridges of the officers and soldiers on the Anle Water no longer exist at this moment. Only some charred wreckage remained on the riverbank, and the boats and planks in the middle of the river had long since been washed up on the Li River.

But in its place, there was a pontoon bridge for the Han army. Last night, some of the forward's men and horses and baggage teams dismantled the pontoon bridge on the Li River overnight, rowed the boat to Anle Water and built a new boat bridge.

A group of men and horses on the bridge are slowly crossing the river. Some of them were dejected and surrendered, and some were tired soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

The small two banks were full of people, including heavy artillery in wooden carts. Last night, the enemy army was in a hurry, discarding a large amount of baggage, and the dozen or so Hongwu cannons were also thrown away, which were picked up by the Han Wangjun.

Zhu Gaoxu rode a horse and stopped on the bank of the Anleshui River, looking at the untidy and lifeless soldiers. He knew very well in his heart that with a little reorganization, the Han Wang's army would increase by more than 20,000 soldiers!

These soldiers are familiar with marching and have experience in marching and fighting, and the key is that they are both Han and Ming soldiers, and there is no fundamental contradiction with Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of the Ming Dynasty...... After the Han Dynasty army occupied the territory of the Guangxi political envoys, the military families of Guangxi nationality were all local, and even the process of persuading them to join the Han Dynasty army could be saved.

Ordinary sergeants are the easiest to recruit. As long as Zhu Gaoxu appoints the generals and then pays the military salary, I am afraid that within a month, everyone will be able to match each other......

The various units of the army successively crossed the Anle Water and walked a few miles to the northwest to reach the county seat of Yangshuo.

Zhu Gaoxu did not order the main army to enter the city, he ordered all battalions to choose a place outside the city to repair. Most of the men are still a bit chaotic, and they need time to restore order and take a break.

Zhu Gaoxu chose another guard commander and ordered him to occupy the county seat of Yangshuo and take care of the surrendered troops; Then he ordered the civil official Hou Hai and others to stay, responsible for the registration of the surrendered troops and other matters.

After lunch, the generals of the various departments came to the camp where the banner of the Chinese army was located one after another to report to Zhu Gaoxu on the situation of the troops of the various departments.

Outside the small county town of Yangshuo, it was very noisy at this time, and from time to time there were people's cheers, celebrating yesterday's victory.

Zhu Gaoxu watched the scene in the military camp in the distance for a while, but at this time he was in a very strange mood, and he did not feel the excitement and relaxation after the big victory.

He pondered for a while, and suddenly said to the generals around him: "This battle will not end until Wu Gaojun is completely destroyed. Half an hour later, the whole army pulled out of camp and continued to march north! ”

Zhao Ping took the lead in holding his fists and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

Other generals also followed suit.

……

More than 20 miles northwest of Yangshuo County, the crowd on the official road lined up in a long line. Most of the people are exhausted, and they look at the north from time to time while walking, and Guilin Mansion, the seat of the Guangxi political envoy, is the end point of people's trek, and it is also hope.

When the army stops and stops, the crowd becomes even noisier. Countless soldiers were talking about the names of their generals and teams, and the soldiers in charge of liaison were shuttling back and forth on horseback to ask questions and shout, and the road was simply full of people.

It was while retreating that the officers and troops were trying to reorganize the already disorganized army.

Yesterday's all-day battle, the officers and troops ended in defeat. Their casualties in the battle array were far less than 10%, but such a large-scale battle would obviously not be so easy once defeated.

In one night, Wu Gao lost more than thirty percent of his troops!

The lost troops included not only the rearguards, as well as some men and horses who did not have time to cross the river, but also many more who were missing. Because the fierce battle had just ended, the army was too chaotic, and the atmosphere of darkness and defeat spread, and countless soldiers were scattered on the road and took the opportunity to escape.

Wu Gao can't accurately grasp the exact number of officers and soldiers now, and it is estimated that there are less than 60,000 people!

The defeat of a battle caused Wu Gao's strength to turn directly from an advantage to a disadvantage...... But the most serious problem is that the morale has been greatly weakened, and the soldiers' physical strength has no chance to recover.

At this time, Wu Gao's face was haggard, and he rode a horse to inspect the people and horses on the official road. Looking at those dejected faces, Wu Gao had to clearly realize that now he had no chance to compete with the Han Wangjun at all.

Unless there is some way to restore morale and confidence, and give the officers and soldiers at least a day or two to recover a little...... But it's almost impossible to do.

"Handsome! The handsome ...... "Several generals came over.

Wu Gao clenched his fists in return, his wrinkled face was expressionless, and he said: "After this battle, one foot of this general has been passed in the ghost gate, and his career as a horse is over." ”

The expressions of the generals in front of them suddenly darkened a little.

Wu Gao then said: "But I still have the power of the army right now, because the matter is not finished yet...... I have to take the rest of the people to Jiancheng in Guilin Mansion as much as possible, this is the only way out for my department at present! Then I bound myself to the Holy One and pleaded guilty, and died without complaint. ”

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