Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to evacuate the Nanhukou, and the infantry army also escorted the prisoners, took away the wounded soldiers on both sides, and retreated one mile one after another, and the fighting stopped a little.

The hazy sun has reached the westerly position of the sky. The civil and military forces of the Yujin Temple sent people to the Houshan Dam and asked the baggage team to deliver food. Under the arrangement of the Chinese army, the baggage soldiers and miscellaneous servants came down in an orderly manner with food boxes and buckets. In each hundred-household team, there are about eight or nine to more than ten miscellaneous soldiers, waiting for the soldiers of each team.

Zhu Gaoxu and the generals sat cross-legged by the war horses, eating the same thing. A dollop of rice on a cabbage or cabbage leaf with a few pieces of pickles and a small piece of boiled Sichuan bacon on top; The sergeants took out spoons from their waist pockets and wiped them clean and ate them, and they carried a lot of small tools, knives, flints, spoons, and other things.

"Pour some cool, dry water." Qu Neng handed over the cowhide water bag and shouted.

Countless soldiers squatted or sat on the ground, burying their heads in eating. The people on the side of the hillside, while eating a few bites, looked up at the situation in the distance, like a deer drinking water.

At this moment, a horse rushed over from between the camps, dismounted and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, the enemy army on the side of the Yujin Temple is approaching, and the number is extremely numerous!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu stood up and said, "Governor Qu and General Liu, you look at the situation in Nanhukou. General Wei and I went to the Chinese army. ”

"The last general will wait for the order!"

Zhu Gaoxu put down the vegetable leaves and led a group of people to ride north.

They rushed to the Yujin Temple, and before they reached the place, they saw many official and military formations, slowly marching eastward. On the side of the leftover temple, there is a section of the hillside below the Sajin Dam that is relatively steep; Further down there is a large gentle slope with fruit trees, some sparse small trees that have not grown, and dark green grasses.

The entire slope is more than a mile deep, and even if the official army reaches the bottom of the hillside, it will not be a matter of time and a half if they want to attack it from above.

Zhu Gaoxu saw many soldiers on the side standing up and watching. He cried out: "Let the brethren finish their lunch!" ”

He still sat on his horse and watched, glancing from time to time on the plain. After a long while, he suddenly turned his head and asked, "Who was the first general to enter the infantry formation of the official army in Nanhukou before?" ”

A moment later, among the cavalry soldiers who had dismounted and stood on the ground, a descendant who was estimated to be less than twenty years old stood up, not tall, with a national character face and sharp faces, he hugged his fists and said: "Rao Qiyuan, the general of the cavalry guarding the general flag of the last general, will fight in the south in the morning, and the last general will rush to the front, and the king of Han will win!" ”

Zongqi's face was a little red and nervous, but his voice was loud and energetic.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Rao Qiyuan, you did a good job, I remember this name." ”

Rao Qiyuan was praised, his expression was even more excited, his speech was a little slurred, but his voice became louder and louder, "The last general is a person from Wudu City in Guizhou (Xi Shui), I didn't expect to be able to enter the enemy's formation...... before"

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand, directly interrupted Rao Qiyuan's self-introduction and battlefield feelings, looked directly into Rao Qiyuan's eyes and said, "Do a good job, you can always win with this king." ”

Zhu Gaoxu himself did not dare to guarantee that he would always win, but if he lost, he would definitely be doomed, and if he did so at that time, no one would care about his nonsense.

This later life may not believe Zhu Gaoxu's words, but he was infected by his eyes and believed in the firmness in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes...... Zhu Gaoxu will use his hands very hard when he helps others, and he often looks into the eyes of the other party when he speaks.

So much so that Zhu Gaoxu rode away from here, and Rao Qiyuan still looked at him.

At this time, below the Yujin Temple, the first line of the official army had reached the edge of the slope, about a mile away. The cavalry was behind the infantry formation, and the heavy artillery was pulled in front of the formation, as if it were setting up artillery.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Several cannon shots rang out, and the huge boulder flew into the air, fell to the steep slope, and rolled down the barren grass.

The cannon was silent for a moment, and then more loudly rang out.

"Ahh A scream came from not far away, and Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to see a sergeant lying on the ground, his face covered in blood, and the rice grains and vegetable leaves were scattered all over his face. The surrounding sergeants surrounded him and helped him up, but the sergeant's body had long since limp and did not move.

The expressions of the people who could see it changed dramatically. This kind of stone bullet does not have a killing area, but it has a long range and still has a deterrent effect.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, and said in his heart: Hongwu cannon. Only that kind of cannon can easily fire more than a mile.

The craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty was unique, and the fire gun was a little behind Annan before; But the casting technology is very exquisite, except for the Ming Dynasty, there is no place else that can imitate the cast steel cannon. Zhu Gaoxu looked at the crack of the Hongwu cannon after the explosion, and felt that the fracture did not look like cast iron, but a bit like steel, and the Ming artillery caster had special skills.

It's a pity that there are no Hongwu cannons in the Han army, and it is not very convenient to carry them on long-distance marches.

"This place is very dangerous, please go to the Chinese army." Hou Hai's voice persuaded.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, "snorted" and didn't speak, but he didn't mean to leave. How unlucky should it be to be hit by a stone bullet more than a mile away?

The heavy artillery of the officers and soldiers roared one after another. Zhu Gaoxu ordered: "Lift the bowl to the side and fire the cannon!" ”

A military general was stunned for a moment, still holding his fists and saying: "Order!" ”

Even if it was a downturn shot from the high ground, the bowl mouth gun could not hit that far, and it could not reach the large array of officers and troops at all. So the general was a little hesitant just now, and finally didn't talk much.

After a while, puffs of white smoke rose from the top of the slope, and the cannon of the Han Wangjun also roared.

It doesn't matter whether it hits or not, anyway, in the depths of the sprinkled gold dam, the vast majority of soldiers can't see the scene under the hillside. It is enough to make everyone feel that the two armies are firing at each other with artillery, and everyone is not just sitting here and being bombed.

Before the scouts could report it, the officers and soldiers rode into the mountains and forests north of Sajinba in small groups. The terrain is complex, with rolling hills and ponds. Zhu Gaoxu asked the right outpost of the army to send troops to block it, and at the same time set fire to the forest everywhere.

By the time the afternoon came, thick smoke had filled the mountains and forests in the north, and fires had broken out in many places. Once the forest is burned, it cannot be extinguished in a day; It's like the pine forest slope in the south, where a fire started early in the morning and is still burning. It was difficult for the army of the officers and soldiers to advance from the mountains and forests filled with smoke from the fires.

The large array of officers and troops in the east bombarded one after another, and the roar continued for more than an hour, and it did not stop until Shen Shi. At this time, the official army launched an attack again from the south gap, and a large number of phalanxes under the hillside here still did not move.

The main force of the Han Dynasty's Chinese army was in the middle of Sajinba, and the official army could only play a role if it attacked in a large number of phalanxes of tens of thousands of people; However, if the officers and soldiers want to climb a large slope of more than a mile to fight a decisive battle, such a decision seems too risky.

Zhu Gaoxu also did not order the troops to dive. The battle line in the south of the gap did not collapse, and most of the Han army's troops were sprinkled in the middle of the golden dam without dispatching.

Under the continuous bombardment of the Hongwu artillery of the official army, there were casualties in the phalanx of the Han army. But as the shelling continued, the soldiers gradually calmed down...... People always subconsciously follow experience. The cannon fired solid bullets more than a mile away, and there was no accuracy, and ten shots could not necessarily kill a person; And the army of the Han king numbered tens of thousands. People have come back to their initial worries.

However, except for the tragic battle on the battlefield of Nankoukou, most of the men and horses in the entire battalion did not go up to do it. People only heard the sound of cannons and the sound of killing in the distance, and the soldiers seemed to be a little agitated.

The sun is gradually approaching the horizon of the plains.

Even the generals around Zhu Gaoxu looked very irritable. They looked at Zhu Gaoxu from time to time, and from time to time they stared at the flickering fires and rising white smoke under the hillside.

This battle, at first glance, is an attack on the Han army; However, the Han army traveled more than 1,000 miles to Sichuan, and it was actually the Han army's attack on the Sichuan official army. Now the Han Wangjun has been shrinking on the Sajinba Heights for a whole day, just waiting for the official army to attack, which is indeed a bit weird.

Zhu Gaoxu stood next to the war horse, looked back left and right, and finally spoke: "This king has fought many battles, and from experience, defense is more advantageous than offense. So I chose to sprinkle the Golden Dam and guard it first, just to take advantage of Xue Lu. ”

Many generals looked sideways when they heard this, but they didn't say anything.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "However, the results of defense are also very small, after all, if you succeed, you can only remain undefeated, and you can defeat the opponent if you can't defend it." You have to fight back! ”

When the generals heard this, they gradually came to life and began to talk about it. There are also people who ask Ying to be the striker, wanting to condescendingly attack the main force of the official army under the hillside.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at the scene below the mountain for a while, but he still did not give the order to attack. He looked intently at the large array on the plain, and muttered, "I ponder, when people do things, they rely on their breath. No matter how high the mountain is, if you hold your breath and make up your mind to climb it, you will be able to move forward; If suddenly someone tells him halfway up the mountain that there is an inn there to rest, and the strength is relieved, he will no longer be able to climb......

As he spoke, the orange-red sun on the field seemed to be flat on the horizon.

The roaring cannonade also stopped. Standing on the high ground, you can faintly see that the men and horses behind the large array of officers and soldiers are gradually moving westward.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately held the horse's back, stepped on the stirrup with one foot, turned his head and said: "Continue to beat the big drum, give orders to the whole army, the time for a decisive battle has come!" Victory or defeat in one fell swoop! ”

"Order!" The generals roared in unison.

There was an uproar all around, and many sitting, squatting sergeants stood up. The shouts of the generals could be heard everywhere, and the formations began to form.

"Knock, knock, knock......" The loud sound of a large drum outside the temple spread in all directions. As the sun sets, the sprinkled gold dam becomes warmer.