The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 293 Desperate War

"His Royal Highness, Li Tang's army is less than five miles away from the camp, and the army stretches for several miles, and it seems to be coming out in full force."

A messenger rushed into the camp of the Sui army's central army and reported loudly.

"It really came."

"Slower than expected."

"It seems that Li Xiaogong made the decision after a lot of struggle."

"Your Highness, give the order."

"..."

The Sui general who had already made preparations looked at Yang Tong who was on the main seat, all of them were eager to try and high-spirited.

"All the generals are in their positions. I want to see what the number one general of Li Tang's clan can do." Yang Tong immediately stood up, with a flash of expectation in his eyes.

"Here!"

When Yang Tong led the generals out of the tent of the Chinese army, he saw that tens of thousands of Sui soldiers were ready, gearing up, eager to try, waiting for the order to fight.Many crossbows have been placed in the designated positions, ready to attack the invading enemy at any time.

Yang Tong boarded the command tower and looked at the Tang army. After waiting for a while, the sound of heavy footsteps suddenly sounded from a distance, and only heard the sound of desolate horns, and groups of Tang troops swept from afar like waves and torrents. The majestic phalanx came one by one, and the blackness seemed endless, as if they wanted to devour all living things in the Sui army camp.

"What do you think of this Li Xiaogong?"

"Very powerful!" Wang Fubao replied honestly: "Looking at the aura of this Tang army, it is really extraordinary. No wonder Li Xiaogong was able to sweep Bashu and intimidate Xiao Mian."

"That's Xiao Xian's incompetence, he didn't meet our army of the Sui Dynasty." Pei Xingyan said disdainfully.

"Haha, what Xingyan said is good! I am an elite division of the Sui Dynasty, how can I be comparable to the mere rebels? Let the Tang army experience the power of technology today."

Luo Shixin said excitedly: "Your Highness, get ready."

"Give me an order. The army will stick to the camp and let the Tang army attack. No one is allowed to fight." The Sui army's camp was also built on a small slope. Such a small advantage, Yang Tong will not let it go.

"Here!"

……

Under the handsome flag, Li Xiaogong, dressed in golden king armor and with a sword hanging from his waist, appeared in front of him on horseback, surrounded by all the generals, like an ancient king, looking extremely majestic and full of aura.Looking at the generals of the Sui Dynasty who showed no signs of sending troops, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. Yang Tong had calculated his desire to fight, and he was not willing to give up even the slightest advantage.

Looking at the heavily guarded Sui army camp, Li Xiaogong secretly sighed, he had no choice but to unsheath his sword, pointed at it, and said sharply: "Attack!"

"Here."

Dozens of war drums were beating fiercely at the same time. Amidst the dense drumming, the Tang army rushed towards the Sui army camp with shouts, like a roiling black wave, soaring with murderous aura.

The camp of the Sui army was ten miles long. The Tang army attacked the enemy camp at three points. Li Daozong led [-] troops to attack the Sui army's Zhengximen, Li Xizhi led [-] troops to attack the eastern front, and Lu Zushang led [-] troops to attack the southern front. The three armies are separated by two miles, and they can attack in separate points, and at the same time they can gather quickly.

The other [-] Tang troops were thought to be backup.

The front wall of the Sui army camp was two feet high and divided into upper and lower floors. There were wooden boards in the middle, and there were shooting holes on the upper and lower floors. Thirty thousand Sui soldiers stood up and down, holding crossbows in their hands. A board made of bamboo slices, arrows are basically stuck in the gaps when shot on it, and the enemy can be pulled out to use it when the enemy recedes. Bamboo rafts have a good effect on blocking the enemy and are easy to carry, which is easier to use than big round trees. .

Four thousand large crossbows with different ranges were deployed at the main south gate of the Sui army, which was one of the weapons used by the Sui army to deal with the attacking army formation.

In the middle of the camp, there is a five-foot-high command tower, from which you can see all directions of the camp. At this time, Yang Tong is on the tower, watching the overwhelming Tang army.

As the commander-in-chief of this battle, Yang Tong did not interfere with the specific operations, he just coordinated the operations. Although the Tang army was coming aggressively, he was very relaxed. He knew that it would not be difficult to defeat the Tang army.

Pei Xingyan and Wang Fubao each had [-] Sui troops and [-] slaves, and they themselves commanded [-] elite soldiers, nearly [-] more troops than the other side. The right time, place, and people are the Sui troops who have the absolute upper hand and have powerful weapons. In hand, it would be an anecdote if Tang Jun could not be defeated.

The surging Tang army was getting closer and closer. They carried thousands of ladders and rushed towards the Sui army camp. The Tang army charged very fast, and the shield soldiers lined up in formation. The siege army behind.

There were overgrown weeds outside the camp, and the Tang army rushed forward. The thousands of people rushing to the front suddenly wailed and fell to the ground one after another. They stepped on the barbed wire scattered in the grass.

Tribulus terrestris has been widely used in the Warring States period.After the Qin and Han Dynasties, barbed caltrops became a commonly used defensive device in the army. In addition to being deployed around roads, defensive areas, and cities, when troops were stationed in camp, they were also deployed around the camp.Caltrops have four protruding iron thorns, three inches long, and one of the thorns faces upwards when they hit the ground. There is a hole in the center of the caltrops, which can be connected with ropes for laying and harvesting.

What the Sui army used to deal with the Tang army were just common-standard barbed caltrops. All the barbed caltrops used to deal with foreigners had been tempered in a highly poisonous environment.But even so, it still caused huge damage to Tang Jun.

When the Tang army was in a mess, a rain of arrows fell, and a large number of Tang troops were killed by the arrow clusters from the barracks like mowing grass.

Feathered arrows flew across the barracks, and howls sounded one after another. Tang Jun fell down continuously, and rounds of flying arrows fell from the sky in an orderly manner, harvesting the lives of Tang Jun soldiers like raindrops.

The war has entered a brutal stage.

But regarding this scene, instead of being angry, Li Xiaogong showed a slight smile. Being able to figure out the defense of the Sui army camp so quickly, even knowing the barbed wire, shows that the defense of the Sui army camp is nothing more than that.It's just that the barbed caltrops were placed hundreds of steps away, which made him suffer a lot.

"Lay the wooden planks." Li Xiaogong ordered loudly after his eyes fixed.

"promise!"

After the military flag was waved, [-] Tang soldiers carried planks to pave the way for the three-way attacking army. Dozens of planks were soon laid out to prevent the Tang army from being assassinated on the ground. In order to avoid the assassination on the ground, the Tang army stepped on the plank road. Although there were shield soldiers in front of them, but the infantry shields could hide ordinary bows and arrows, how could they hide the strong crossbow?Catapult?

The Tang army was as dense as a colony of ants, paving the vast field outside the Sui army camp along the stone road.The caltrops could no longer harm them, but they couldn't hide from the stone formation above their heads. Hundreds of boulders whizzed down from the sky, rolled over among the Tang army crowd, blood and flesh flew, and screams resounded throughout the field.

Huge stones smashed into the crowd one after another, and screams kept coming. The fear caused the morale of the Tang army to drop. Many Tang soldiers turned around and ran away, but Li Xiaogong was already prepared. Nearly a hundred soldiers of the Tang army who escaped from the formation were chopped down to the ground.

Tang Jun had no choice but to bite the bullet and charge forward, following Tang Jun's approach.

Yang Tong, who had been standing on the command tower, raised his mouth slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Ready to launch the crossbow."

"Here!"

As the captain waved the flag, the soldier in charge of the operation released the winch, and there was a dull sound accompanied by a muffled sound.

"Om~"

The world was instantly filled with a huge buzzing sound, and the [-] spear-like cross arrows of the [-] crossbows almost instantly passed through a distance of [-] steps, and hit the Tang army hard. among the army.

The shields in the hands of the shield soldiers did not help Tang Jun escape from the nightmare. Those five-foot-long sharp arrows bombarded the shields with violent force. Arrows, many shields shattered directly, even if there were none, the sharp arrows piercing through the shields were enough to kill Cao Jun behind the shields.

"Puff puff puff~"

"Ugh~"

In the sound of a series of sharp weapons tearing the body, the entire army was like a field being peared. Hundreds of soldiers of the Tang Army did not even respond, and their bodies were torn apart. Some corpses were still intact, but many more It was directly torn off by a huge force, and when I looked down, I gasped, and a large area was covered by blood mist.

One after another screams could be heard in the blood mist, but this time, at least tens of thousands of Tang soldiers were swallowed by that terrifying arrow.

Looking at the messy land, not to mention the Tang army, even the Sui army brought by Pei Xingyan and Wang Fubao was stunned. It was the first time they saw the domineering power of this kind of crossbow.However, the five armies of the Sui Dynasty took it for granted. They had seen it many times when they were in Goguryeo, but they also had the same expression for the first time.

"Continue to shoot arrows! You won't have cubs if you keep them, shoot as much as you want..."

The general in charge of the crossbow formation continued to give orders in a high voice.

Big arrows poured out like a torrential rain, the earth shook and dust flew up, and an endless stream of Tang troops were directly strung on the ground, which was horrible.

The shield shattered all over the place, blood splashed everywhere, and endless wailing resounded throughout the world. The tragic scene of being shot by a huge arrow scared the charging Tang Jun back again and again.

Li Xiaogong's pupils shrank violently, looking at the big arrows that were still shooting violently, he said angrily, "What is this?"

"Your Highness, it seems to be a kind of powerful crossbow. A big arrow can penetrate the bodies of five or six people." A general picked up a cross arrow as long as a big gun and rushed over in fear: "Short fork Like a knife, it can cut a person in half."

Looking at the flesh and blood on it, Li Xiaogong gasped.

"Your Highness, with this weapon in hand, the enemy army is not enough to kill as many people as possible. Will our army withdraw?" Looking at the changing Tang soldiers, a general asked quickly.

Li Xiaogong's expression froze, he gritted his teeth and said, "Break the whole into parts and continue to attack, I want to see how much he Yang Tong has."

"promise!"

The shield soldiers were unable to form an formation, and the defense of the Tang army was immediately reduced. The arrows from the bows and hand crossbows poured out again, and the soldiers of the Tang army kept falling. big camp.

Some shield soldiers had just gathered together, and the crossbows were aimed at them and fired immediately. The cruel cross arrows shattered their thoughts. After the attack lasted for about half an hour, [-] to [-] soldiers of the Tang army were killed or injured by the big arrows and ordinary arrows. Under attack.

"Brother! You can't fight any more. This is simply death." Li Daozong retreated from the front line.

After Li Xiaogong frowned, he finally sighed dejectedly, "Retreat."

"Here!"

With the reverberation of the golden bell, Tang Jun, who was lucky enough to escape, heaved a sigh of relief. The big arrow was too terrifying, and he quickly retreated like the tide.

Yang Tong had already noticed the retreat of the Tang army, and the time was ripe for a counterattack, so he ordered: "Beat the drums, and the cavalry will attack."

"dong dong dong dong"

Amid the sound of war drums, [-] Turkic cavalry charged from the front to Li Tang Zhongjun, who was retreating in an orderly manner. When all the Turkic soldiers were dispatched, the Xuanjia Army, which had been preparing for a long time, followed behind the Turkic slaves and rushed out.

The [-] Xiaoguo army attacked the left and right wings of the Tang army!

Pei Xingyan and Wang Fubao each led [-] cavalry around the battlefield and killed the Tang army camp.

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