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Chapter 485 Light under the Dark

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In the depths of the night sky, countless rockets shone, and their trajectories formed beautiful parabolas due to visual sluggishness.It is like a firework, like a meteor, gorgeous and wonderful.

Zhu Gaoxu took his eyes back and climbed up the gentle slope between the two limestone peaks with the light of the torch ignited by the pine and cypress branches.

When he turned around and saw the torches lit by the large number of people behind him, as spectacular as a sea of ​​fire.

Darkness enveloped the world, and all natural landscapes became hazy, but made some scenery more shocking; perhaps people always respect the unknown because of the reason.

The peaks that stood suddenly during the day were covered with shrubs and weeds, full of greenness; but at this time their huge shadows seemed to be huge monsters hiding in the darkness.

Zhu Gaoxu has been paying attention to those monsters because they are one of the few references to the night.

He led his personal cavalry and carried the fire through the low trough among the peaks here; the troops behind him also followed in the direction of the fire, and for a moment the army in the valley was like slowly surging magma.

People continued to move forward and again passed through the second valley passage between the mountains.Just like the route Zhu Gaoxu described himself, he greeted the soldiers and began to turn to the right.

There are no stars or moon in the sky, and clouds are covered with clouds in the night sky.However, as long as people look up, they will definitely be able to tell where the sky is!

Because some light is hidden under the deep darkness, but it is something that really exists.

Zhu Gaoxu and others took advantage of the difference between the sky and the mountain shadow and walked forward along a narrow valley corridor.

At this time, their marching direction should be from east to west; this is the terrain that Zhu Gaoxu understood clearly during the day, and most of them were not wrong at this time.

When he took the lead in riding his horse along the low bush forest and climbing up the gentle slope there, the scene in front of him made him even more convinced that the route was right!

A large number of fire lights appeared on the dark earth!Only the gathering army will have so many torches.The firelights in the distance were obviously the enemy's troops.

All the scenery cannot be seen clearly, including the river, but the firelight around it is extra clear.

There are several rows of lights lined up in a row. On that side, it should be the floating bridge of Wu Gaojun on Anle River (Yulong River). They are crossing the river.

Only by the boat bridge on the river can the chaotic army form such an orderly column at this time...

The route of the Han Wangjun detour is about ten miles away, and the march time should take more than half an hour.Wu Gaojun had too many troops and had not yet fully crossed the Anle River in more than half an hour.

More Han Wang soldiers climbed up the gentle slope.Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while, then raised his scabbard and shouted: Anle Water is ahead, and each unit attacks and advances!

A burst of shouts rang out in the crowd, as if responding to Zhu Gaoxu.

At night, it was extremely difficult for the army to deploy a wider horizontal formation to advance, and the troops attacked westward with parallel multi-columns!

At this time, a large number of enemy troops gradually moved towards this side, obviously to block the Han Wang army.

The two armies gradually approached, and there were shocking sounds of killing and noise from the crowds in the distance. The light of the musket flashed everywhere, with no rules at all.

Even though Zhu Gaoxu was standing on a hillside and at a high position, he couldn't figure out what the situation on the front line was.

Few generals are willing to launch large-scale attacks at night. Usually, there will only be some premeditated small sneak attacks and surprise attacks at night. The main force's decisive battle will hardly happen at night... Just like now, on a dark night, no one can control the situation.

Everything is quite chaotic, and everyone can only rely on the lower-level soldiers' respective battles and luck; then generals at all levels will temporarily lose their judgment and can only wait for the result.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes also hurt, and the firelights moved back and forth, making it difficult to tell the difference between us a little farther away.

I don’t know how long it took, a fire suddenly ignited on the river surface!Several floating bridges gradually burned, and the water in the river shone with a faint ray of scales in the fire.Wu Gao finally burned the floating bridge!

The enemy troops left on the river bank were surrounded by mountains and water, and both sides were heavy troops of the Han King's Army; as soon as the floating bridge on the Anle Water burned, the official troops were immediately trapped in a heavy siege.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered his personal soldiers to scatter ahead to persuade them to surrender.

After a long time, people shouted everywhere, "The pseudo-imperial officers and soldiers on the east coast, you are surrounded!"Put down your weapons and surrender to avoid death... The King of Han is the legitimate grandson of the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. The brothers abandon the darkness and turn to the light, so that they can protect their lives...

...Most of the people left by the government army on the east bank of Anle River surrendered one after another last night; many of them were led by the ties and dropped their weapons in an organized manner.

There were not many officials and soldiers responsible for blocking the pursuers; but because the Han Wang Army encircled the Anleshui River in time, some officials were unable to cross the river, and the number of surrenders was at least more than 20,000!

The floating bridges of the Guanjun on the Anle Water no longer exist.Only some burnt wreckage remained on the banks of the river, and the boats and wooden boards in the middle of the river had already been washed to the Li River.

But what was replaced was the floating bridge of the Han Wang Army.Last night, some of the forwards' men and baggage teams demolished the floating bridge on the Li River overnight and rowed the boat to Anleshui to build a new boat bridge.

Teams of people on the bridge are slowly crossing the river.Some people surrendered to the army with dejected heads, while others were tired soldiers of the Han Wang army.

On the small side of the Taiwan Strait, there are crowds of teams everywhere, including heavy artillery loaded with wooden carts.

The enemy was in a hurry last night and threw away a large amount of baggage. The dozen Hongwu cannons were also thrown away and were picked up by the Han Wangjun.

Zhu Gaoxu rode a horse and stopped by the Anleshui River, watching the untidy armored and lifeless surrendered soldiers.He knew very well that with a little reorganization, the Han Wang Army would add more than 20,000 troops!

These military households are familiar with the army and have experience in marching and fighting. The key is that they are both Han people and Ming army, and there is no fundamental conflict with Zhu Gaoxu, the Prince of Ming... After the Han Wangjun occupied the territory of the Guangxi Provincial Administration, the Guangxi family members were all local, and even the process of persuading them to join the Han Wangjun could be eliminated.

Ordinary sergeants are easiest to incorporate.As long as Zhu Gaoxu appoints the military generals and then pays military salaries, he may be able to be brothers in less than a month...

The troops crossed the Anle River one after another, and walked several miles northwest to the city of Yangshuo County.

Zhu Gaoxu did not order the main army to enter the city, but he ordered the battalions to select places outside the city to repair them.Most of the people are still a little confused, and it takes time to restore order and take a break.

Zhu Gaoxu selected another guard commander and ordered him to occupy Yangshuo County and be responsible for the surrendered troops; then ordered civil servant Hou Hai and others to stay and be responsible for the surrendered troops to be registered and registered.

After lunch, the generals from various departments came to the camp where the Central Army Banner was located and reported to Zhu Gaoxu about the status of the troops.

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

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

He pondered for a while, and suddenly said to the generals around him: This battle was not over before completely eliminating Wu Gao's army.Half an hour later, the entire army set out to advance north!

Zhao Ping took the lead and clasped his fists and said: The last general will get the order!

Other generals also followed suit.

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More than twenty miles northwest of Yangshuo County, there are crowds on the official road lined up in a long queue.

Most people were exhausted, looking at the north from time to time while walking. Guilin Prefecture, the governor of Guangxi, was the end of the journey and hope.

When the army stopped and stopped and rested, the crowd became even more noisy.

Countless soldiers were talking about their generals’ names and team names, and there were soldiers in charge of contact riding horses to ask and shout. The road was filled with people.

The official army was retreating while trying to reorganize the already chaotic troops.

The official army ended in failure during the entire day of war yesterday.The number of casualties they suffered from in battle formations is far less than 10%, but such a large-scale battle will obviously not be so easy once it is defeated.

In one night, Wu Gao lost more than 30% of his troops!

The lost forces not only included the rear guards, some people who did not have time to cross the river, but also more people who were missing.

Because the fierce battle had just ended and the army was too chaotic, and the atmosphere of darkness and defeat spread, countless soldiers were separated on the road and took the opportunity to escape.

Wu Gao cannot accurately grasp how many people the official army is now, and it is estimated that there are less than 60,000 people!

The failure of a battle caused Wu Gao's troops to directly turn from advantage to disadvantage... But the most serious problem was that morale was greatly weakened and the soldiers' physical strength did not have a chance to recover.

At this time, Wu Gao looked haggard and he rode his horse to patrol the people on the official road.

Looking at the despairing faces, Wu Gao had to clearly realize that he had no chance to compete with the Han Wangjun.

Unless there is any way to restore morale and confidence, and give the officers a little recovery for at least one or two days... but this is almost impossible.

Married man!The generals... Several generals came towards us.

Wu Gao held his fists and returned the greeting. There was no expression on his wrinkled face. He said: After this battle, I was already at the gate of hell with one foot, and my military career was over.

The expressions of the generals in front of him suddenly became a little dim.

Wu Gao then said: But I still hold military power at the moment, because the matter has not been completed yet... I have to take everyone's remaining troops to the Jiancheng of Guilin Prefecture as much as possible. This is the only way out for our troops at present!Then I tied myself up and apologized to the Lord, and died without any resentment.