The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 491 Withdrawing Lu's Troops
late at night!The camp of the Tang army, which was supposed to be quiet, was screaming and killing, and the Sui army charged forward like a dark tide!
Continuous wars have filled the entire barracks with a strong smell of blood. If you look at your feet in the light of the fire, you will find that it is full of blood, and you will also find that the entire land has been dyed brown, completely losing its original color. color!

In the big tent!

Li Shimin paced back and forth with a heavy heart. He saw the situation in the front camp and was worried in his heart.

This situation also reminded him of Xue Wanjun's attack on Xiangwu County. In that battle, the tens of thousands of elite Tang troops were frightened by Xue Wanjun's brutal act of filling up the city wall. With a little bit of resistance, he finally gave up Xiangwu, a major logistics center.In the past, Li Shimin always thought that the defenders who escaped deliberately exaggerated in order to shirk their responsibilities. Now, when he witnessed Yang Shanhui's onslaught at no cost and the slave soldiers' reckless performance, he believed that the commander of the Sui Dynasty was really A county lunatic, Xue Wanjun is a lunatic, so is Yang Shanhui...Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong are even more so, the reason for all this is that they have a lunatic emperor.

Facing the fierce and desperate offensive of the Sui army, no matter how many tactics he had, it was useless. In fact, he had seen the strategy of the Sui army, which was to capture his barracks at any cost. Although the intention of the Sui army was obvious, but He could do nothing about it, he could only watch the battle become intertwined, and then, following the rhythm of the Sui army, he used his life to block the two gaps in the north and the south, and then let the soldiers take turns to rest and take turns to meet the enemy. There is no other way.

Suddenly, a gust of blood-smelling wind made the candlelight flicker. Looking up, it was Liu Wenjing who walked in with a bitter face, and said to Li Shimin, "Your Highness, Yang Shanhui is crazy, and these Sui soldiers are also crazy. It's not a test at all, nor is it to consume our army for tomorrow's battle, and it is clear that we will break up our camp tonight. The open space in front of the camp and the place where people can be released are already full of people, and there is no strategy at all."

In the confrontation between the two armies, there is generally a process of testing the enemy's strength, in order to understand the basic situation of the enemy's combat power, number, morale, arrows, etc.!For example, when attacking a battalion, you will generally test the defense of the enemy camp, and then determine the specific siege strategy. Only in this way can you formulate the most reasonable and effective combat plan, so that you can choose the focus of attack during the battle. This will not only improve the efficiency of the attack, but also maximize the To avoid excessive casualties on one's own side as much as possible... But this time, Yang Shan broke the rules from the moment he fired the crossbow!As soon as he came up, he attacked Tang Jun at all costs.As the commander-in-chief of an army, Yang Shanhui's style of play is undoubtedly the most unwise and stupid move. This is extremely irresponsible to the Sui Dynasty, to Yang Tong, and to the soldiers under his command!However, the Sui Dynasty had many soldiers, excellent equipment, and sufficient horses!But I have to say that his desperado-like style of play can give full play to the advantages of the Sui Dynasty's national power. Anyway, it doesn't matter even if he kills all, the rear will provide endless support, but the Tang army is so powerful. side?Regardless of whether the Tang Dynasty had the capital, even if it did, the far water cannot save the near fire.

"The monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty were a group of hooligans, a group of desperadoes, starting from Yang Tong, without exception." Li Shimin said angrily.

"Rogues are not scary, but they are powerful!"

Liu Wenjing smiled wryly and said that since the end of the Battle of Bingzhou, Yang Tong has been blackmailing Li Tang, causing the emperor to pay for his most promising daughter. Isn't this a hooligan act?But so what, isn't all of this caused by repeated military defeats, and isn't the chief culprit that caused the army's repeated defeats to be the Li Tang court headed by Li Yuan?
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and found that Liu Wenjing's words were quite reasonable. He waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about it! Let's get back to business. Now I know that the Sui army will break through our army's camp even if it is filled with human lives. I also know that our method of alternating truces cannot last for long, but I have nothing to do, which is really helpless."

Liu Wenjing pondered for a moment, then said, "Your Highness, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not." "It's okay to say it, Xiangguo." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."

Liu Wenjing sat down and said: "I'm not worried about our army. Although Yang Shanhui's domineering style of attack is powerful, we are not helpless. At worst, we will take the method of a strong man cutting off his wrists and withdraw to the Lu family! What I am worried about is that there will be more soldiers in the Sui Dynasty Big plan."

"What do you mean by Xiangguo's words?"

"Yang Shanhui has been confronting our army here for nearly a month. During this period, there have been constant frictions, but he didn't even attack the camp tentatively! But now he has gone crazy and stormed our army's camp overnight. Doesn't your highness feel that there is a problem here? ?"

"Xiangguo means..."

"About the importance of Xiangyang, there is a record in the ancient literature that 'in terms of the world, the emphasis is on Xiangyang', which shows the strategic position of Xiangyang in the whole world." Liu Wenjing saw that Li Shimin was listening carefully, and then said: "The north of Xiangyang is Nanyang. , Runan, here is a flat river, which is a favorable terrain for cavalry to gallop freely; to the west, you can reach Hanzhong and Daxing along the Han River, and you can enter Shu along the river; It is an important point in the world, and all the main roads around it cannot bypass it. However, Xiangyang City is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on the other. It's very difficult! Today, in the Tang Dynasty, we have Bashu manpower and material resources to support Xiangyang, so it's very difficult, so Yang Tong doesn't want to fight here!"

Li Shimin understood Liu Wenjing's meaning: "Xiangguo means that Yang Tong didn't want to attack Xiangyang by force, so he used the idea of ​​luring snakes out of the cave to lure me, father, elder brother, and fourth younger brother out of Xiangyang, and then annihilated them one by one?"

Liu Wenjing nodded: "There was no movement in the Sui army before, but the Holy Majesty first marched in person and sent him to Nanyang. Yang Shanhui attacked our army like crazy. Isn't this the best proof? And Yang Tong has not yet Show up, I think he is most likely not in Luoyang, but went to Nanyang."

"That is to say, Yang Tong used our army as a bait to lure his eldest brother to come to help, and then used the well-known greed of the King of Huai'an to disrupt the Nanyang army, forcing the emperor himself to go to appease the army." Li Shimin frowned. , I feel very absurd in my heart, if Yang Tong even counts Li Jiancheng's rush to help Zhu Yangguan, it would be too amazing, right?
"Actually, it's not that difficult. Yang Tong only needs to know the faction composition of my Tang court." Seemingly understanding what Li Shimin was thinking, Liu Wenjing simply pierced the layer of paper and opened the skylight. Said: "I think the relationship between His Highness and the crown prince has been mastered by Yang Tong, and he is using this relationship to lure the crown prince and the emperor out of Xiangyang."

Li Shimin remained silent.

As long as Yang Tong knows the relationship between him and Li Shimin's dispute over the crown prince, he can follow the clues to sort out the division of forces in Li Tang's army. Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are both leading the army, and the corrupt situation in Nanyang can only be cleaned up by Li Yuan himself!Thinking about it this way, Li Shimin felt that Liu Wenjing's guess also made sense.

If this is the case, then Yang Tong and his group would be too scary!But if it wasn't for the success of the trick to lure the snake out of the hole, why did the well-behaved Yang Shanhui suddenly go crazy?This is obviously to kill my own rhythm!If this is the case on my own side, I am afraid that my father and elder brother will have a hard time, and Xue Wanjun, who regards human life as nothing, is in Shangluo County. Isn't it reasonable for him to use slave soldiers to force Zhuyang Pass?

Slaves had no status in the Sui Dynasty. In terms of treatment, they had no military pay, no pension to take when they died, and no heartache when they died. Therefore, they used the lives of foreigners to fight for Emperor Li Tang, the prince, King Jin and their hands. It is undoubtedly a very cost-effective business for the Sui Dynasty.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt that Liu Wenjing's theory could explain the origin of this inhumane war.

"I'm puzzled by these slave soldiers. Yang Tong dares to order slave soldiers like this, isn't he afraid that these people will rebel against him?" At this time, Hou Junji, who had just been replaced by Zhang Gongjin, strode cursingly. When he entered, he looked ashamed, indicating that the battle was not going well.

"He doesn't have to be afraid at all." Liu Wenjing shook her head, looked at Cao Cao and said, "Slave soldiers are actually not very useful for Yang Tong in the Central Plains. Two years ago, Yang Tong went to Goguryeo and used these slave soldiers to attack the city for him. The land plundering was promised at that time to these slave soldiers, no matter whether they were Turks or whoever they were, as long as they made enough military exploits, they would be granted the status of common people in the Sui Dynasty after the war. This thing is actually the household registration of the common people, which was called nationality in the Sui Dynasty. "

"What?" Hou Junjixia's eyes widened blankly: "That's it? Can you make those slave soldiers siege the city?"

"Yes! That's the thing! But there are still many tricks here, and it won't be finished in a while." Liu Wenjing nodded,

"But no matter what, it's just the household registration of the Sui Dynasty, so it's not worth a life, right?" Hou Junji was a military commander and didn't know much about state affairs.

"General Hou must not underestimate the influence of the Sui Dynasty and Yang Tong outside the territory." Liu Wenjing sighed bitterly: "Leaving aside the hostile relationship, from the perspective of the Han family, Yang Tong is definitely a national hero. It is a fact that cannot be erased, and it is not an exaggeration to go down in history."

Hou Junji nodded without hesitation. He could scold Yang Tong in other ways, but he couldn't scold Yang Tong in terms of opening up the frontier and expanding the country, otherwise, his own conscience would not be able to bear it.

"The nomads don't say that they are loyal to the emperor and patriotic. They believe in the supremacy of strength, respect the strong, and take pride in submitting to the strong. They think that they are weak, and it is normal for them to be enslaved by the strong. Yang Tong and Sui Jun, on the contrary, worship them as sacred! If it were you, if a god let you be his slave and let you work for him, as long as you don’t die, you can become the subordinate and subject of the god, can’t you do it? ?” Before Li Tang’s incident, Liu Wenjing had been sent to Turkic many times, so she had a good understanding of the customs outside the region.

"There is no need to talk about it, do it! Only a fool would not do it!" Hou Junji himself is a person who likes to take risks.

Liu Wenjing said: "These slave soldiers think the same as you. The gods in their hearts are now making them work hard, so they beat us desperately."

"..." Hou Junji felt depressed, and looked at Li Shimin with a questioning look, as if asking, "Is Liu Wenjing right?" '

"What Xiangguo said is absolutely right." Li Shimin nodded shyly. Li Tang's spy traveled outside the Great Wall as a businessman and brought back a lot of news about the Northern Great Wall and the Western Regions, so Li Shimin was very clear about all this.When their spies were doing business, even the horse thieves regarded them as uncles. The Han people are so popular and respected outside the territory. It is entirely because Yang Tong led his gang of thugs to kill them. It has nothing to do with nonsense such as Taoism and enlightenment. Now that Yang Tong is afraid of killing him, he has started to learn benevolence, righteousness and morality seriously, and is extremely honored to be able to speak and write Chinese.

Liu Wenjing asked: "His Royal Highness, judging from this posture, Yang Shanhui intends to die forever, and our army has become virtually a lone army, and we can no longer fight."

"What can Xiangguo do?"

"Abandon all the baggage in the camp, and rely on the night to join Zhang Liang!" Liu Wenjing sighed. He knew that if Li Shimin followed his words, many soldiers would be abandoned, but there was no way. People's benevolence has missed major events.

"Just according to Xiangguo's words." At this point, Li Shimin has no other choice. If this continues, Yang Shanhui will not let go of the Sui elite before he makes a move. These seemingly endless slave soldiers are enough to tire Tang Jun , These guys fight without rules, and their combat power is not as good as the carefully selected Sui Army, but these things are all based on the idea of ​​killing one person to earn money, and killing a pair to double the income. One or two is like a group of crazy people. Same, completely reckless in fighting!
What is even more worrying is that Li Shimin has no idea how many mad dogs Yang Shanhui has on hand. Even if Tang Jun's strategy skyrockets, he will kill as many of these crazy people as possible, but the next thing he will face is Yang Shanhui's authentic elite division Don't talk about resisting Tang Jun when the time comes, even if they stand still, the soldiers of Tang Jun probably won't have the strength to chop, just wait to be caught and dig mines for 40 to [-] years.

(End of this chapter)