Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to evacuate Nanhuokou, and the infantry also escorted the prisoners and took away the wounded soldiers from both sides to retreat one mile after another. The war calmed down a little.
The hazy sun has reached a position westward in the sky.
Wenwu from Suojin Temple sent people to the dam of the back mountain and asked the baggage team to deliver food.
Under the arrangement of the central army, the baggage soldiers and servants came down with food boxes and buckets in an orderly manner.
Each Hundred House team has about eight or nine to more than ten miscellaneous soldiers, serving the combat soldiers of each team.
Zhu Gaoxu and the generals sat cross-legged beside the war horses, eating the same thing.
A ball of rice was placed on the cabbage or cabbage leaves, with a few pieces of pickles and a small piece of boiled Sichuan bacon on it; the soldiers took out spoons from their waist bags and wiped them clean and ate them. Everyone carried a lot of small tools, knives, flints, spoons and other things on them.
Fill some cool and dry water.Qu Neng handed over the cowhide water bag and shouted.
Countless soldiers squatted or sat on the ground, burying their heads to eat.The people on the hillside, while eating a few bites, looked up at the distance, just like a deer drinking water.
At this moment, a horse rushed over from the camp, dismounted and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the Jin Temple are approaching, and there are extremely large numbers!"
Zhu Gaoxu stood up and said: Governor Qu, General Liu, look at the scene of Nanhuokou.General Wei followed me to the headquarters of the Central Army.
Finally, I will wait for orders!
Zhu Gaoxu put down the vegetable leaves and took a group of people to walk north.
They rushed to Shengjin Temple. Before they could reach the place, they saw many official military formations slowly advancing eastward.
On the side of Suojin Temple, there is a steep slope below Sajinba; there is a large gentle slope, with many fruit trees, some sparse small trees that have not grown, and dark green weeds.
The entire slope has more than one mile deep. Even if the government army reaches the hillside, it will not take a moment to attack it.
Zhu Gaoxu saw many soldiers standing up and watching.He shouted: Let the brothers finish the lunch!
He was still sitting on the horse's back and watching, looking at the situation on the plain from time to time.After a while, he suddenly turned around and asked: Who was the general who was the first to enter the infantry formation of the official army at Nanhukou?
A moment later, among the cavalry soldiers who had already dismounted and stood on the ground, a young man who was less than twenty years old stood up. He was not tall, with a clear face and angular face. He clasped his fists and said: "The last general is the general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's victory will be won!" In the morning, the last general rushed forward and shouted that the King of Han would 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 and looked even more excited. He was a little confused, but his voice became louder and louder. He was a native of Wudu City, Guizhou (Xi Shui). He had never expected to break into the enemy formation before...
Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and directly interrupted Rao Qiyuan's self-introduction and battlefield thoughts. He looked straight into Rao Qiyuan's eyes and said: Do it well, and you can always win with me.
Zhu Gaoxu himself dared not guarantee that he would always win, but if he lost, he would definitely be doomed. If it were then, no one would care about his boastful things.
This young man may not believe Zhu Gaoxu's words, but was infected by his eyes. He believed in the firmness in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes... Zhu Gaoxu will use his hands very hard when he supports others, and often looks at the other person's eyes when he speaks. These detailed acting skills can make people feel his sincerity and concentration, which is more effective than talking.
So much so that Zhu Gaoxu rode away from here on a horse, Rao Qiyuan still looked at him and watched him.
At this time, below the remaining Jin Temple, the front line of the official army had already reached the edge of the slope, about one mile away.
The cavalry was behind the infantry formation, and the heavy artillery was pulled in front of the formation with a cart, as if they were setting up guns.
Boom boom boom... Several cannons sounded, and the huge round rock flew into the air, landed on a steep slope, rolling down the weeds.
The sound of cannons was silent for a while, and then more loud noises came again.
Ah!A scream came from a distance. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and saw a soldier lying on the ground, his face covered in blood, and rice grains and vegetable leaves were sprinkled all over his face.
The soldiers around him surrounded him and helped him up, but the soldiers' body was already soft and motionless.
People who can see their eyes have changed their expressions.This kind of stone bullet cannot be said to have a killing area, but it has a long range and has a deterrent power.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything and thought to himself: Hongwu cannon.Only that kind of cannon can easily fire for more than one mile.
The Ming Dynasty had unique craftsmanship. Previously, the muskets were a little behind Annan. However, the casting artillery technique was very exquisite. Except for the Ming Dynasty, no other place could imitate casting steel cannons.
Zhu Gaoxu saw the crack of the Hongwu cannon after the explosion, and felt that the broken place did not look like cast iron, but rather like steel. The Ming artillery casting master had special skills.
Unfortunately, there are no Hongwu cannons in the Han Wang army now, so it is not convenient to carry long-distance marches.
This place is very dangerous, so please go to the headquarters of the Central Army.Hou Hai's voice persuaded.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at him, hummed and said nothing, but he had no intention of leaving.How unlucky would it be to be hit by a stone bullet in more than one mile?
The heavy artillery of the government army roared one after another.Zhu Gaoxu ordered: Carry the bowl gun to the side and set off firecrackers!
A general was stunned for a moment, and still clasped his fists and said: I deserve it!
Even if you shoot down from the high ground, the bowl gun cannot hit that far, and it cannot reach the official army formation at all.So the general was a little hesitant just now and did not talk much in the end.
After a while, white smoke rose everywhere above the slope, and the sound of the King of Han's cannons also roared.
It doesn't matter whether it hits or not. In the depth of the Jinba, most soldiers cannot see the scene under the hillside.
It’s all necessary to make everyone think that the two armies are shooting at each other with cannons, and everyone is not just sitting here and being bombarded.
At that time, the scouts reported that the small group of infantry and cavalry of the government entered the mountains and forests north of Sajinba.
The terrain there is complex, with rolling mountains and ponds.
Zhu Gaoxu asked the army to send troops to block the attack, and set fire to the forest everywhere.
By the afternoon, there were already many thick smoke in the mountains and forests in the north, and fires occurred in many places.
Once the woods burn, they will be invincible in one day; just like the pine forest slopes in the south, a fire ignited early in the morning and is still burning now.
The army of the government army is difficult to advance from the mountains and forests filled with fire and smoke.
The official army's formation in the east was bombarded one after another, and the roaring lasted for more than an hour until Shenshi had not stopped.
At this time, the official army launched an attack from the Nanhuo again, and the large number of square formations under the hillside were still not moving.
The main force of the Han King's Central Army was in the middle of Sajinba. The government army could only attack with multiple phalanxes of tens of thousands of people. However, if the government army wanted to climb a large slope of more than one mile to fight to a decisive battle, such a decision seemed to be too risky.
Zhu Gaoxu did not order the troops to dive.The front line of Nanhukou had not collapsed, and most of the Han Wang Army had been sprinkled in the middle of Jinba without any movement.
Under the continuous bombardment of the official army's Hongwu cannon, there were casualties in the square formation of the Han Wang army.
But as the shelling continued, the soldiers gradually calmed down... People would always subconsciously follow the experience.
The cannon fired solid bullets more than one mile away, and had no accuracy. Ten cannons may not kill a person; while the Han Wang army had tens of thousands of people.
People have already recovered from their initial worries.
However, except for the fierce battle in the Nanhukou battlefield, most of the troops in the entire camp did not go up to work.People only heard the sound of cannons and the sound of killing in the distance, and the soldiers seemed a little anxious.
The sun is gradually approaching the plain horizon.
Even the generals around Zhu Gaoxu looked very irritated.They looked at Zhu Gaoxu from time to time, and from time to time they stared at the flashing fires and the white smoke rising from the hillside.
In this battle, at first glance, the official army attacked the Han Wang army; but the Han Wang army traveled more than a thousand miles to Sichuan, but in fact, the Han Wang army attacked the Sichuan official army.
Now the Han Wangjun has been shrinking on the Sajinba Heights for a whole day, waiting for the official army to attack, which is indeed a bit strange.
Zhu Gaoxu stood next to the horse, looked back and forth, and finally spoke: I have fought many battles, and from experience, defense is more beneficial than offense.So I chose Sa Jinba and stayed still first, which was to take advantage of Xue Lu.
After hearing this, many generals looked at each other, but didn't say anything.
Zhu Gaoxu continued: However, the results of defense are very small. After all, if you succeed, you can only remain undefeated. If you cannot defend, you can defeat your opponent.You have to fight back!
When the generals heard this, they gradually became vital and started to talk.Some people also volunteered to be the vanguard, wanting to attack the main force of the official army under the hillside from a high place.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at the scene at the foot of the mountain for a while, but he still did not order an attack.
He looked at the formation on the plain intently and pondered: I think that people only need to breathe when doing things.No matter how high a mountain is, you can hold your breath and make up your mind to climb up, and then you can move forward; if someone suddenly tells him halfway up the mountain that there is an inn to rest, and the momentum is relaxed, you can no longer climb...
While speaking, the orange-red sun on the field seemed to be lying flat on the horizon.
The roaring cannons stopped.Standing on the high ground, you can vaguely see the people behind the official army formation gradually moving westward.
Zhu Gaoxu immediately held the horse's back, stepped on the stirrup, and turned his head and said: Keep beating the big drum, and sending the whole army to the decisive battle. The time is coming!Victory and defeat are here!
Get order!The generals roared in unison.
There was a noise around, and many sitting squatting soldiers stood up.The shouts of the generals could be heard everywhere, and the formations began to form formations.
Dong, Dong, Dong... A loud drum sound outside the Suojin Temple was circulating in all directions.As the sun sets, the golden dam becomes more enthusiastic.
The hazy sun has reached a position westward in the sky.
Wenwu from Suojin Temple sent people to the dam of the back mountain and asked the baggage team to deliver food.
Under the arrangement of the central army, the baggage soldiers and servants came down with food boxes and buckets in an orderly manner.
Each Hundred House team has about eight or nine to more than ten miscellaneous soldiers, serving the combat soldiers of each team.
Zhu Gaoxu and the generals sat cross-legged beside the war horses, eating the same thing.
A ball of rice was placed on the cabbage or cabbage leaves, with a few pieces of pickles and a small piece of boiled Sichuan bacon on it; the soldiers took out spoons from their waist bags and wiped them clean and ate them. Everyone carried a lot of small tools, knives, flints, spoons and other things on them.
Fill some cool and dry water.Qu Neng handed over the cowhide water bag and shouted.
Countless soldiers squatted or sat on the ground, burying their heads to eat.The people on the hillside, while eating a few bites, looked up at the distance, just like a deer drinking water.
At this moment, a horse rushed over from the camp, dismounted and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the Jin Temple are approaching, and there are extremely large numbers!"
Zhu Gaoxu stood up and said: Governor Qu, General Liu, look at the scene of Nanhuokou.General Wei followed me to the headquarters of the Central Army.
Finally, I will wait for orders!
Zhu Gaoxu put down the vegetable leaves and took a group of people to walk north.
They rushed to Shengjin Temple. Before they could reach the place, they saw many official military formations slowly advancing eastward.
On the side of Suojin Temple, there is a steep slope below Sajinba; there is a large gentle slope, with many fruit trees, some sparse small trees that have not grown, and dark green weeds.
The entire slope has more than one mile deep. Even if the government army reaches the hillside, it will not take a moment to attack it.
Zhu Gaoxu saw many soldiers standing up and watching.He shouted: Let the brothers finish the lunch!
He was still sitting on the horse's back and watching, looking at the situation on the plain from time to time.After a while, he suddenly turned around and asked: Who was the general who was the first to enter the infantry formation of the official army at Nanhukou?
A moment later, among the cavalry soldiers who had already dismounted and stood on the ground, a young man who was less than twenty years old stood up. He was not tall, with a clear face and angular face. He clasped his fists and said: "The last general is the general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's general's victory will be won!" In the morning, the last general rushed forward and shouted that the King of Han would 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 and looked even more excited. He was a little confused, but his voice became louder and louder. He was a native of Wudu City, Guizhou (Xi Shui). He had never expected to break into the enemy formation before...
Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and directly interrupted Rao Qiyuan's self-introduction and battlefield thoughts. He looked straight into Rao Qiyuan's eyes and said: Do it well, and you can always win with me.
Zhu Gaoxu himself dared not guarantee that he would always win, but if he lost, he would definitely be doomed. If it were then, no one would care about his boastful things.
This young man may not believe Zhu Gaoxu's words, but was infected by his eyes. He believed in the firmness in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes... Zhu Gaoxu will use his hands very hard when he supports others, and often looks at the other person's eyes when he speaks. These detailed acting skills can make people feel his sincerity and concentration, which is more effective than talking.
So much so that Zhu Gaoxu rode away from here on a horse, Rao Qiyuan still looked at him and watched him.
At this time, below the remaining Jin Temple, the front line of the official army had already reached the edge of the slope, about one mile away.
The cavalry was behind the infantry formation, and the heavy artillery was pulled in front of the formation with a cart, as if they were setting up guns.
Boom boom boom... Several cannons sounded, and the huge round rock flew into the air, landed on a steep slope, rolling down the weeds.
The sound of cannons was silent for a while, and then more loud noises came again.
Ah!A scream came from a distance. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and saw a soldier lying on the ground, his face covered in blood, and rice grains and vegetable leaves were sprinkled all over his face.
The soldiers around him surrounded him and helped him up, but the soldiers' body was already soft and motionless.
People who can see their eyes have changed their expressions.This kind of stone bullet cannot be said to have a killing area, but it has a long range and has a deterrent power.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything and thought to himself: Hongwu cannon.Only that kind of cannon can easily fire for more than one mile.
The Ming Dynasty had unique craftsmanship. Previously, the muskets were a little behind Annan. However, the casting artillery technique was very exquisite. Except for the Ming Dynasty, no other place could imitate casting steel cannons.
Zhu Gaoxu saw the crack of the Hongwu cannon after the explosion, and felt that the broken place did not look like cast iron, but rather like steel. The Ming artillery casting master had special skills.
Unfortunately, there are no Hongwu cannons in the Han Wang army now, so it is not convenient to carry long-distance marches.
This place is very dangerous, so please go to the headquarters of the Central Army.Hou Hai's voice persuaded.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at him, hummed and said nothing, but he had no intention of leaving.How unlucky would it be to be hit by a stone bullet in more than one mile?
The heavy artillery of the government army roared one after another.Zhu Gaoxu ordered: Carry the bowl gun to the side and set off firecrackers!
A general was stunned for a moment, and still clasped his fists and said: I deserve it!
Even if you shoot down from the high ground, the bowl gun cannot hit that far, and it cannot reach the official army formation at all.So the general was a little hesitant just now and did not talk much in the end.
After a while, white smoke rose everywhere above the slope, and the sound of the King of Han's cannons also roared.
It doesn't matter whether it hits or not. In the depth of the Jinba, most soldiers cannot see the scene under the hillside.
It’s all necessary to make everyone think that the two armies are shooting at each other with cannons, and everyone is not just sitting here and being bombarded.
At that time, the scouts reported that the small group of infantry and cavalry of the government entered the mountains and forests north of Sajinba.
The terrain there is complex, with rolling mountains and ponds.
Zhu Gaoxu asked the army to send troops to block the attack, and set fire to the forest everywhere.
By the afternoon, there were already many thick smoke in the mountains and forests in the north, and fires occurred in many places.
Once the woods burn, they will be invincible in one day; just like the pine forest slopes in the south, a fire ignited early in the morning and is still burning now.
The army of the government army is difficult to advance from the mountains and forests filled with fire and smoke.
The official army's formation in the east was bombarded one after another, and the roaring lasted for more than an hour until Shenshi had not stopped.
At this time, the official army launched an attack from the Nanhuo again, and the large number of square formations under the hillside were still not moving.
The main force of the Han King's Central Army was in the middle of Sajinba. The government army could only attack with multiple phalanxes of tens of thousands of people. However, if the government army wanted to climb a large slope of more than one mile to fight to a decisive battle, such a decision seemed to be too risky.
Zhu Gaoxu did not order the troops to dive.The front line of Nanhukou had not collapsed, and most of the Han Wang Army had been sprinkled in the middle of Jinba without any movement.
Under the continuous bombardment of the official army's Hongwu cannon, there were casualties in the square formation of the Han Wang army.
But as the shelling continued, the soldiers gradually calmed down... People would always subconsciously follow the experience.
The cannon fired solid bullets more than one mile away, and had no accuracy. Ten cannons may not kill a person; while the Han Wang army had tens of thousands of people.
People have already recovered from their initial worries.
However, except for the fierce battle in the Nanhukou battlefield, most of the troops in the entire camp did not go up to work.People only heard the sound of cannons and the sound of killing in the distance, and the soldiers seemed a little anxious.
The sun is gradually approaching the plain horizon.
Even the generals around Zhu Gaoxu looked very irritated.They looked at Zhu Gaoxu from time to time, and from time to time they stared at the flashing fires and the white smoke rising from the hillside.
In this battle, at first glance, the official army attacked the Han Wang army; but the Han Wang army traveled more than a thousand miles to Sichuan, but in fact, the Han Wang army attacked the Sichuan official army.
Now the Han Wangjun has been shrinking on the Sajinba Heights for a whole day, waiting for the official army to attack, which is indeed a bit strange.
Zhu Gaoxu stood next to the horse, looked back and forth, and finally spoke: I have fought many battles, and from experience, defense is more beneficial than offense.So I chose Sa Jinba and stayed still first, which was to take advantage of Xue Lu.
After hearing this, many generals looked at each other, but didn't say anything.
Zhu Gaoxu continued: However, the results of defense are very small. After all, if you succeed, you can only remain undefeated. If you cannot defend, you can defeat your opponent.You have to fight back!
When the generals heard this, they gradually became vital and started to talk.Some people also volunteered to be the vanguard, wanting to attack the main force of the official army under the hillside from a high place.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at the scene at the foot of the mountain for a while, but he still did not order an attack.
He looked at the formation on the plain intently and pondered: I think that people only need to breathe when doing things.No matter how high a mountain is, you can hold your breath and make up your mind to climb up, and then you can move forward; if someone suddenly tells him halfway up the mountain that there is an inn to rest, and the momentum is relaxed, you can no longer climb...
While speaking, the orange-red sun on the field seemed to be lying flat on the horizon.
The roaring cannons stopped.Standing on the high ground, you can vaguely see the people behind the official army formation gradually moving westward.
Zhu Gaoxu immediately held the horse's back, stepped on the stirrup, and turned his head and said: Keep beating the big drum, and sending the whole army to the decisive battle. The time is coming!Victory and defeat are here!
Get order!The generals roared in unison.
There was a noise around, and many sitting squatting soldiers stood up.The shouts of the generals could be heard everywhere, and the formations began to form formations.
Dong, Dong, Dong... A loud drum sound outside the Suojin Temple was circulating in all directions.As the sun sets, the golden dam becomes more enthusiastic.