The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 761
In the north of the two mountain passes of Jishi Mountain and Xiqing Mountain in Heyuan, there is a huge camp, with dome tents stretching for dozens of miles. The Liangfei River stretches for hundreds of miles, but the spears stand upside down outside the camp, the trenches are full of barbed wire, the flags are clear inside the camp, the six armies are orderly, and everything seems to be in order, even if you only stay here for one night, But every detail has been considered very carefully. This is also the biggest difference between the regular army and the miscellaneous soldiers when camping, because they know that a complete defense system can save their own life and then save a family in a sudden war, so No one is negligent.

There were more than 6 Sui troops in the camp, except for the first army led by Pei Xingyan and Niu Jinda, which included [-] Xuanjia troops, [-] Qiang soldiers, and [-] Shurawei.In addition, there are [-] slave soldiers. These slave soldiers built the official road from Lintao to Heyuan in Xiqing Mountain. Due to the coming of the war, they were all recruited by Yang Tong as soldiers. They have built roads for several years in the most difficult environment, and because of the temptation of a Sui nationality, these people are very obedient. These people who have survived to this day are undoubtedly capable people. Once weapons are issued to them, they will definitely be A sharp dagger that pierces the enemy's heart.

In order to confuse the Tubo and Tuyuhun allied forces in Shannan, Yang Tong not only built the big camp into a huge camp of 20 people, but also used Dong Zhuo's trick of entering Luoyang to let the soldiers leave the camp quietly at night and enter the camp the next day, giving the enemy a kind of massing The illusion of hundreds of thousands of troops.

In addition to the army here, Wang Fubao led [-] main forces to station in Doma, and Li Shimo led [-] soldiers to deploy at Liangshan Pass in the south. Behind the camp, Wuhai, Jishi, Fuluochuan and other cities became important logistics areas. The county soldiers who were recruited took care of them.

As the army came to Heyuan County, it also indicated that the war was about to start, causing all kinds of important information from both the enemy and ourselves to fly to the Chinese army's tent one after another.

On an eagle tower at the highest point of the barracks, two eagles that flew here from the southeast circled around several times and landed slowly on the tower. A soldier beside him took a look, then rushed down the tower without saying a word, and said loudly to the wooden house below: "There are two first-level intelligence reports."

According to the urgency of the incident, the development trend and the degree of possible harm, Tai Sui's intelligence is divided into seven levels, which are marked with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple. The first level is red, which is the highest level. Represents the most urgent information.

Shura Wei, who was waiting in the wooden house under the pagoda, took the two red mailboxes. After taking out the information, he quickly wrote down the code, and translated the contents of the information according to the page numbers and text positions of "Historical Records" and "Anthology of Emperor Shengwu's Poems". Then a school lieutenant With a few Asura guards, they escorted the information to the camp of the Chinese army.

At this time, in the large tent of the Chinese army, Yang Tong was discussing the military situation with Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, Yang Qinfang, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Du Ruhui, Liu Rengui, Wang Xiongdan, Yang Feng and others.

Yang Tong looked at Liu Rengui, who was in charge of intelligence collection and analysis, and asked, "Is there any latest movement of the Second Tu coalition forces in Shannan?"

Langri Zanpu, like Songtsan Gampo in history, was quite ambitious and capable. This time, he sent Prime Minister Shang Nang to lead an army to help Li Tang fight. While developing the people's livelihood with confidence, he directly led the army to seize the Tuyuhunnan area, plundering a lot of resources and population. During the war, he joined hands with Murong Xiaojun, who was already coveted for the Khan throne, and killed Murong Fuyun, who was "pro-Sui". Successfully supported the puppet regime in Tuyuhun. If it hadn't been for the alliance between Li Tang and Tubo to see Tubo's strategic plan in advance, and let Wang Fubao lead the army to Heyuan, I am afraid that the vast lands such as Heyuan and Xihai, which are sparsely populated, have already fallen into the hands of thieves. .

The current location of the Sui army camp is the intersection of Qing, Tibet, Gansu and Shu. Its strategic position is very important. Because of the help of various Qiang tribes in Heyuan County to transport supplies, Yang Tong's march in Heyuan was very smooth. , and encountered no unexpected risks.

To the Great Sui Dynasty, whose population was greatly reduced, Tubo was not only far away, but also poor and impoverished. It can be said that it was a desolate land without the slightest value. Take it for yourself.But he didn't want a single-minded overlord to appear in the Southwest of the Sui Dynasty. The best way was to make it fall apart as before. As long as the various tribes attacked and fought each other, there would be no war in the Southwest of the Sui Dynasty. When the population of the Sui Dynasty flourished and the time came, It is not too late to occupy it again.

But besides Langri Zanpu, the leader of Tubo, Shangnang, Lunkeer, Ludongzan, Thonmi Sangbuza, Zhisai Dangru Gongdun, Niangchi Sangyangdun are all capable ministers and famous generals, even if there are not many people in the Central Plains Compared with them, these people are well-known in Tubo. Among them, Thonmi Sangbuza is good at governing the country, Lun Keer is good at the art of war, Zhi Saidang Rugongdun and Niangchi Sangyangdun are good at charging, and the most powerful one is Da Xiang Shangnang, this man has both civil and military skills, and he is good at governing the country and leading the army, but he is best at strategic layout. Thanks to his long-distance and short-term attack, the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal, and splitting and disintegrating, Tubo was able to fight in such a short period of time. , from a large tribe to a plateau overlord.

As long as these people are still there, even if Langri Zanpu is defeated by Tai Sui, he will still be able to wipe out the forces that oppose him. Therefore, in this battle, not only must the army be defeated, but also the generals. Only in this way can the established strategy be completed .

"Returning to the Holy One, the eastern army of the Ertu Allied Forces has retreated to the Guoluo Mountain area south of the Yellow River. It seems that they are frightened by the mighty momentum of our army and are planning to use defensive techniques to delay the decisive battle until the cold winter." Liu Rengui Said.

"We have spent so much time running to Heyuan, not to confront him, to eat ice and snow." Yang Tong shook his head, and asked again: "What's the climate and environment here? Did you find out clearly?"

"Return to the Holy One. After Weichen took over the information, he sent out scouts and asked the old local herdsmen many times." Liu Rengui replied respectfully: "They all said that this is the junction of mountains and plains, and the weather changes greatly. The time is still bright and bright, but in a blink of an eye, there will be strong winds and heavy rain. It is summer, and there will be heavy rains in business operations. However, our soldiers are all elite soldiers. Whenever there is a downpour, they will fight in the rain drills, so the rainstorm has little impact on our army's combat power."

Yang Tong asked curiously again: "Then what has the greatest influence?"

Liu Rengui said, "It's hail."

"Liu Shijun is joking, how much influence can ice and snow have?" Wei Fengwu, who joined the army for the first time, said with some disapproval.

"The queen doesn't know that the hailstones here are completely different from the hailstones you imagined." Liu Rengui said solemnly: "It is said that when there is a downpour, hailstones the size of eggs will often fall from the sky and fall on the open grassland. Above, there is not even a place to hide. Once hit, you will be seriously injured or even killed. The exaggeration is that in the fifth year of Daye, that is, the autumn of the first emperor's extermination of Tuyuhun, the hail that fell here was as big as the head of a newborn baby. As a result, thousands of herdsmen died, tens of thousands of livestock died, and all crops were wiped out, so the herdsmen here regard hail as the number one disaster.”

"Hail the size of a head may be an exaggeration, but it must be very big." Yang Tong said with a smile: "It seems that every commoner here will be equipped with an iron helmet and an iron shield. Take them all with you, so as not to be hurt by the hail.”

Everyone in the big tent laughed.

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Although this kind of crazy hailstorm is terrible, it is not common. According to the old herdsmen, it was the only disaster they encountered in their lives in the fifth year of Daye, and when the hailstorm fell, not every piece of grassland It’s all there, like the rain in the dog days, where it’s raining like crazy, but the other side of the street is dry and dusty.”

Yang Tong nodded slightly, this is a bit similar to convective rain, except that convective rain mostly occurs in low altitude areas, so the disaster in the fifth year of Daye should be an accident.

"Jokes are jokes, but we can't be careless. We invite some old herdsmen who are familiar with the local climate to come to the camp to listen to them. This is called being prepared." Yang Tong instructed.

"Here." Liu Rengui bowed his hands and obeyed.

Yang Tong thought for a while, and then said, "We have been in Heyuan for three days, and we have transferred the forces of the Ertu Allied Forces to this side with false tactics, but the fake ones are fake after all. To avoid long nights and dreams, I decided to march overnight to join Wang Fubao, and then use the absolute superiority of the troops to defeat the Tubo army on the West Road. Then I sent a part of the army to go south, to take the capital of Tubo, and lure Langri Zanpu to rescue me. The teacher intercepted halfway."

"Your Majesty, our main purpose is to annihilate Tubo's vitality, and it doesn't matter whether we occupy the city or not." Du Ruhui said, "I believe that when the West Route Army is defeated, Langri Zanpu will march westward, so this army The partial division only needs to pretend to go south, and then turn around and attack the enemy with the main force from south to north to further expand the results of the battle. As for the territory of Tubo, it is up to Zhang Xiong, Nuerguo, and the opposition forces within Tubo to fight for it. We don't need to be inside Waste too much military power, so as not to fulfill certain forces."

"This is a good way. It allows us to concentrate on attacking the more than [-] people headed by Langri Zanpu." Yang Tong is not a self-willed person, after a little thought, he chose to follow the good example.

"Report to Your Majesty." At this time, a captain of the Asura Guards reported outside the account: "General Shen has an urgent battle report."

Yang Tong lifted his spirits and said, "Present it."

"Here." The captain entered the account and submitted the two translated battle reports. Yang Tong read them in a hurry, and a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face.

"My lord, what happened?" Seeing Yang Yu's strange expression, Du Ruhui asked quickly.

"At a small cost, Shen Guang achieved a brilliant record no less than the Battle of Chibi in the area of ​​Luchuan and Hejiang, and wiped out more than 1 sailors and more than 5000 troops from Li Yuan's entry into Shu. More than a thousand ships The fleet of large and small ships was all burned up, and the millions of stones of grain and countless property that Li Yuan collected in Jingzhou were also buried in the river." At this point, Yang Tong glanced at Wei Fengwu secretly, and said : "Yuan Tiangang, Yuan Ziyan's father and daughter led ten thousand warriors from the Liaowang Tripartite to arrive in time. They ordered the land barracks, and then the two sides joined forces to eliminate more than 2 Tang soldiers."

"Father Yuan and his daughter have been in Shu for a long time, and what they have collected are only some small villages. Although the villages of a small size are willing to respect the Great Sui Dynasty, they are unwilling to send people to participate in the war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties. , their father and daughter actually said that the Liao King would send troops this time, and they just happened to catch up with the battle launched by General Shen, which is really surprising." Perhaps the Sui army won more than the Tang army, so Du Ruhui was not impressed by Shen Guang's victory. There were too many surprises, but the appearance of the Liaoren made him deeply interested: "The key is that the prestigious King Liao directly sent troops to participate in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This would have a great impact on other villages. As long as he is willing to step forward, he will be able to recover more. bureaucrats."

"What Du Shangshu said is very true." Liu Rengui also said excitedly: "The Liao people lived in the mountains and forests, and they lived with poisonous insects and beasts all day long. Although they are a bit barbaric, they are brave and good at fighting. Animals, refining medicines, searching for minerals, etc., the Sui Dynasty wants to prosper, and the more such talents are naturally the better. The key is that if the population of up to one million goes down the mountain, it will definitely play a role in the post-war reconstruction of the Sui Dynasty with a sharply reduced population. It plays a vital role. The Yuan family and their daughter have really made great contributions."

Wei Fengwu also heard all kinds of benefits, but she found that Yang Yu was unhappy, and she felt a little confused: "My lord, the Yuan family and their daughters are indeed doing a good job, even King Liao can say surrender."

"But do you know how their father and daughter persuaded King Liao?" Yang Tong suppressed his anger with an angry look on his face.

"This..." Wei Fengwu shook her head, of course she didn't know.

"The condition for King Liao Qinwang to send troops is to marry me. And Yuan Tiangang, an old bastard, saw that Princess Lan Xueer of Liaoren has a noble and prosperous appearance, so he agreed without authorization." Yang Tong's voice suddenly rose. It was several degrees, and everyone's eardrums were buzzing.

"Uh..." Everyone's eyes widened, looking at Yang Tong in disbelief.

"Holy Majesty, rest the wrath of thunder!" Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Feng, a Qiang man who didn't know much about the culture of the Han family, said honestly: "It took a million people back without a single soldier, and even wiped out tens of thousands of people. Tang Jun, I got another Wangfu woman for the Holy Majesty, I think Yuan Tiangang did a good job."

All the men present gave Yang Feng a look of 'you are awesome'.

In an instant, the big tent fell into an eerie silence.

"I think General Yang is right." Wei Fengwu forced a smile. In fact, she never thought that the emperor's husband would be loyal to her. After all, she had never seen a man who had only one wife since she was a child. Therefore, Fang Xuanling, who was famously afraid of his wife, also had several concubines. In her mind, she didn't have much resistance to such a matter of course.

But Yang Tong, who is the emperor, seems quite self-disciplined when it comes to women.

Except for Yin Mingyue, the rest of the women were forced in by others, Shui Tianji and Changsun Wugou were forced in by Zhang Qiu Taiyi, Li Xiuning and Xiao Yuexian were brought in by Fang Xuanling and Xu Jingzong negotiating with the enemy, As for Lu Qinghua, it was she, Wei Fengwu, who made it happen.

Now that things have happened, and it also involves national events such as the Han and Liao clans, the stability of Yizhou, the prestige of the emperor, etc., what can she do?It's really going to be vetoed, and all the consequences will have to be borne by her, and Wan Fu's accusations are not exaggerated.

What's more, there are a large group of people who are looking at the show with evil eyebrows. She doesn't want people to think that she is a jealous woman, and she doesn't want Yang Tong to lose the majesty of the head of the family and the king of the country in front of many courtiers, so she can only endure it. Depressed, I admitted it very generously.

(End of this chapter)