ushered in the first and final wave of desperate attacks on the high side.

Gao Fang received the news that the Ming State agreed to the surrender of the Dali Kingdom, and knew that everything was over.

Now it's not like you can surrender if you want to, Gao Fang knows that the Gao clan is already in danger of extinction.

Because the other party accepted Gao's surrender, it means that Gao's can still save zài, and as long as zài is saved, he can still occupy certain interests.

But obviously, the Duan clan, which had the full support of the Ming Kingdom, would never give the Gao clan a chance to surrender.

The Duan clan had already dedicated the lion's share of all the interests of the Dali Kingdom to the Ming Kingdom, how could it be possible for the Gao clan to get another piece of the cake that was already small?

Therefore, the Duan clan will definitely use the Ming army to give the Gao clan a fatal blow, and the so-called fast removal will never give the Gao clan this chance.

Instead of this, it is better to take the lead in attacking and fight to the death.

Before the Ming army officially entered the Dali Kingdom, it fought to the death with the Duan clan, perhaps, with the geographical advantage and the Lancang River as the boundary, forming a confrontation with the Ming army.

As long as the first round of attacks of the Ming State is withstood on the west bank of the Lancang River, the Gao family has a bargaining chip with the Ming State, and the Ming State has almost unified the world, at this time, it is impossible to pay too much price for this dispensable war, so the Gao family may still have a glimmer of life.

That's how it is.

Whether it is an enemy or a friend, whether to fight or not, is only determined by interests.

If it is really as Gao Fang thought, the Ming army was blocked by Gao's army in the Lancang River, then Baili Wuji is very likely to accept Gao's invitation to surrender and leave Gao a way to live. even took a share from the interests of the Duan clan to appease the Gao clan.

As long as the Ming Kingdom knew that the price to be paid to conquer the Gao clan by force would be far greater than the price required to accept the surrender of the Gao clan. Then, the Ming State will agree to the surrender of the Gao clan and give it the corresponding benefits.

Strength determines destiny.

Therefore, Gao Fang brazenly launched the Second Dali War.

This is a war that will decide the life and death of the Gao family, and Gao Fang has mobilized almost all the "soldiers" who can go into battle to fight with all his might.

In the First Battle of the Lancang River, Gao's rebels relied on Xu Shouren's thousands of military intelligence agency understaff. gave the Duan Imperial Court army an all-out blow, and as a result, the strength of the other was eliminated, and even the morale was greatly improved.

But there are not many standing armies in Dali in the hands of Gao Fang. There are 60,000 standing troops, and there are only 20,000 under the control of the high side.

A few months ago, in the first war, this army had already consumed nearly half. Other words. The regular army in the hands of Gao Fang is only more than 10,000 people.

But when the war was launched, Gao Fang actually organized an army of 60,000, which was claimed to be 100,000 to the outside world.

One can imagine how much water is seeping into the army of the high side.

Among the 60,000 troops, in addition to the more than 10,000 regular troops, 10,000 were government soldiers from the two towns of Yongchang and Lishui, and some were private soldiers from various tribes west of the Lancang River. But even so, it adds up to only 30,000 people.

The rest of the 30,000 people. That's some farmer who has just washed his feet.

Such a "soldier" is good at shouting and cheering, and if he really wants to go into battle, he will not do anything else except drag the regular army back.

If the battlefield shape is good, these people may also swarm and charge, but if the battlefield shape is unfavorable, it will be like birds and beasts scattering, and even cause a stampede, but instead disrupt the formation of the regular army.

Gao Fang was born in the military and led the troops under Duan Siping for many years, so he naturally knew the pros and cons, but now the family is in danger, and he can only use dead horses as live horse doctors, and arrange these 30,000 people at the forefront as the first wave of the attack on the east coast.

In fact, for a civil war, numbers do solve some problems.

Civil wars are different from foreign wars, and victory in civil wars depends largely on the backlash of people's hearts, and soldiers are all from the same source, and often those who fight against each other will meet brothers and friends.

That's why the number of people solves some of the problems.

Gao Fang just wanted to use these 30,000 people as cannon fodder to die, in his heart, human life is insignificant, what matters is his family and those tribes that rely on the Gao family, these interests are what Gao Fang has to consider.

If he didn't consider the interests of these people, then the Gao clan would not need the enemy to attack, and it would collapse from the inside alone.

Alliances are often because of interests, especially political alliances.

These tribes and the two towns of Yongchang and Lishui united around Gao Fang and resolutely made enemies of Duan Sicong, that is, because of interests, there are not enough interests, and fools do such thankless things.

And the Ming country's choice of sides has shaken the determination of these people, and the high side can only use a victory, even if it is a partial, small victory to unite people's hearts.

The regular army should have been allowed to take the lead, so that the first battle could be won to boost morale.

However, Gao Fang had already begun to find that something was not quite right with the two towns, and Gao Fang was not at ease to send 10,000 soldiers forward, because, perhaps, they would take refuge in the Duan clan in the blink of an eye.

At this time, if the losses are too large, then the high side will lose the ability to control these forces.

After thinking about it, Gao Fang could only push out 30,000 "farmers" as the first wave.

The high side does not want to rely on these 30,000 people to break through the opponent's defense line, but only wants to use these 30,000 lives to consume the arrows and ordnance of the defenders on the opposite bank.

If you can spell out some of the other party's vital forces, this is already the most satisfactory result in Gao Fang's heart.

The 30,000 peasants were not even equipped with the leather armor commonly used by the regular army of Dali, but only armed with a sword or spear. There was not a single crossbowman among the 30,000 soldiers, because the cost of the crossbow was too great, and these "soldiers" were untrained and simply could not use them.

Gao Fang ordered that the 10,000 troops under the command of Liangzhen Jiedu be the second wave, the more than 10,000 regular troops in his hands as the third wave, and the private soldiers of various tribes as reserves.

The target, on the east bank of the Lancang River, will never die.

The war began so hastily.

On the east bank, that is, the Duan defensive line, because the main force of the Duan clan was bombarded into the Lancang River with explosives by the "hooligan ruffians" under Xu Shouren last time to feed the fish, the surviving more than 10,000 troops plus the conscripted "peasant soldiers" only had the power to defend.

Because a large number of ships were lost in that explosion, the east coast had to rely on bows and crossbows for defense.

When the Gao clan launched an attack, it can be imagined how difficult it was for an attack of 30,000 people to rely on the defense of the same more than 30,000 people.

The 30,000 Gao army filled the Lancang River from the north to the south.

There are a variety of swimming methods and tools.

Let's not talk about how much combat effectiveness these "soldiers" have, but in terms of size, not an equal number of troops can defend it. (To be continued......)