The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 764 Jishi Pass, a sinister project

Chapter 764 Jishi Pass, a sinister project
Early in the morning of the next day, the sky returned to its jewel-like splendor. In the early morning, Yang Tong led his troops from the barracks to Li Shimoxiu's military fortress at Liangshan Pass.

In the days before his arrival, it's not that the Second Tu coalition army never sent troops to attack the Shankou Fortress, but they were obviously numerous, but they were always suppressed by Li Shimo.

The reason, of course, is related to the fortress built by Li Shimo. Li Shimo is the son of a general. He was trained by his father Li Jing since he was a child.

When he chose a place to build the fort, the Second Tu coalition forces were still in the process of rectification, and there were so many herdsmen who came to work and contribute, so his military fort was not designed as a fortress, but was built as a city. To communicate with the Qiang people, the second is to take in the plateau people who are willing to settle here, and the third is to let the surrounding herdsmen have a place to escape from the snowstorm when the snowstorm comes.Therefore, his so-called military fort is not only suitable for living, but also has the characteristics of being easy to defend and difficult to attack.It's just that due to the lack of time and the difficulty of finding materials, only the southern city wall was built, but it was more than enough to block the Second Tu coalition forces.

The mountains outside the city stretch, and there are only a few roads for the Ertu Allied Forces to walk on. The corresponding city walls, Li Shimo built them relatively low. Attacking, for the defending side with insufficient troops, it is enough to hold these few points.For other highlands, as long as people are sent to guard them, they will be safe.

Every time the Second Tu coalition attacked, they fought against the low city walls, but they did not have large siege equipment, nor did they have large bows and crossbows. Coupled with mixed attacks and inconsistent scheduling, it was easy for Li Shimo to see the flaws, so that there were too many people The powerful Second Tu coalition forces suffered heavy casualties and fought very hard.

At this moment, Du Chuke, the new prefect of Heyuan County, came to Yang Tong with a group of subordinates, and saluted, "I see the emperor, the empress, and the imperial concubine..."

"Let's go, why don't you see General Li?" As the county guard, after Du Chuke took office, he took on the heavy responsibility of logistics, and often traveled between Chishui City and the fortress, so Yang Tong was not surprised to see him here.

"Report to the Holy Majesty, General Li is watching the enemy's situation on the tower." Du Chuke introduced: "Since the Holy Majesty agreed to fight for generals and battle formations yesterday, and before dark, the Second Tu coalition forces set up their camps in an open area ten miles away. The general feels that defending the city is the most important thing now, so he didn't come to pick him up, and he hoped that His Majesty would forgive him."

Du Chuke is the head of Heyuan's civil servants and is in charge of government affairs. Li Shimo, who is the general guard, is in charge of military affairs and is the head of the army.

"What's the point of forgiveness?" Yang Tong glanced at Du Chuke, then burst out laughing: "In front of the enemy, the most important thing is to defend the city. Unnecessary etiquette can be discarded or discarded. If General Li abandons the business No matter, come here to be holy, I really want to punish him."

"Your Majesty is wise, it's my minister who is worrying too much." Du Chuke smiled sarcastically. Although he was not a minister of the center, he also knew that Yang Tong was a pragmatic and truth-seeking person. It's just that Li Shimo was a good partner. For a while, he was a little nervous.

"Are you still used to it?" Yang Tong glanced at Du Chuke, then walked straight towards the tower.

Du Chuke was taken aback. He didn't expect that Yang Tong was not asking about the war, but caring about himself. A warm current surged in his heart, and he quickly replied: "In the first few days, there was a sign of vomiting, and I couldn't sleep well. But now Slowly getting used to it."

"It's good to get used to it." Yang Tong said, "There are a lot of troops dispatched this time. With the addition of cooks and supplies, the daily expenses are not small. We have no shortage of supplies. The key is to carry them. Now many civilians are under pressure. Heyuan is a big burden for Heyuan County, which is sparsely populated. As a county guard, you not only have to ensure that the supplies of the various armies continue, but also take care of the endurance of the local people and calm down the resentment of the people. It’s heavier than a general in battle. But don’t fall down.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I can afford it." Du Chuke bowed movedly, and then said, "However, as His Majesty said, although the people in Heyuan are actively cooperating with the imperial court in this battlefield, they are limited by the population. The pressure is indeed not small, Weichen has a plan, which may solve the problem of moving supplies."

"What plan?" Seeing that the enemy army hadn't arrived yet, Yang Tong chatted with Du Chuke.

"In addition to the Yellow River in Heyuan County, there are many rivers that run from north to south. We can learn from the Hu people's method and use leather rafts to transport supplies. A large leather raft is equivalent to a thousand-stone cargo ship. Although most of the rivers run from south to north, Most of the materials go against the current to the south, but we can use animal power to pull them along the shore. A leather raft only needs two or three peasants to take care of the cattle and horses. This can not only meet the needs of the army, but also save manpower and time. "

"This method is good. But the water flow here is mostly ice and snow melt water on high mountains. Whenever there is a flash flood, a lot of sharp rocks will be rushed into it, and the raft is easily scratched. I'm afraid it's not suitable?"

"The Holy Majesty is right, but it's all upstream, and most of the rocks are exposed on the river bed, and there are no hidden reefs. It must have a great impact on the wooden boat. If you are not careful, you will be hit, but these boulders also block the slipping on the mountain. These small rocks have been washed by the rapids for many years, and these rocks have become very round, and there are no sharp corners. You don't have to worry about the raft being torn. Moreover, the raft itself is very elastic. If you add cowhide to cover it, you don't have to worry about it at all. If it hits a rock and sinks, if we encounter a place with sharp rocks, we can also clean it up in advance, although everything is difficult at the beginning, but as long as it is cleaned up, the people will be able to transport goods like this in the future, and it can even benefit thousands of years."

Yang Tong nodded and said: "You can try to find a few important rivers first. If it doesn't work, you can only let the carriage run on land. You will take the lead in this matter and call on the people in Heyuan to participate. You must remember that not only We must not reduce the wages of the common people, and we must let them know that cleaning up the river is a project that will benefit the people forever, and they will directly benefit from it.”

Speaking of this, Yang Tong couldn't help thinking of a series of major projects such as Luoyang, the official road, the Zihe Great Wall, and the Grand Canal built by Yang Guang, so he emphasized: "Heyuan County is dominated by nomadic people with low education levels. , understand that there are very few people. When you build some projects to benefit the people, they have preconceived ideas and mistakenly think that you are squeezing them, and they will not understand the long-term intentions. When you do things in the future, not only must you do it, but you must Make it clear, otherwise, not only will the common people not understand your good intentions, but they will jump out and criticize you, which will eventually turn a benevolent government into a tyrannical one. Of course, you can’t rush for quick success, and you can’t slacken your supervision.”

Du Chuke hastily bowed his head and saluted: "I would like to follow the instructions of the Holy One."

While speaking, a group of people had already reached the city tower. Li Shimo was inspecting the city defenses. When he saw Yang Tong coming up, he immediately stepped forward to salute.

Yang Tong nodded and asked, "How is the situation of the enemy army?"

"Returning to the Holy One, after receiving the support of the Holy One, the enemy's [-] main force moved out of the city, and even sent troops to drown in the battle, but was repelled by the last general." Li Shimo said with a smile.

"One hundred thousand? What a grandeur." Looking at the narrow passage below the city, Yang Tong couldn't help but smile, and asked, "How many troops can the enemy send in once?"

"The terrain in front of Jishiguan Pass is narrow. Although there are many enemy troops, each time they attack the city, the number of troops that can be invested is at most [-], and no more can be used. At the beginning, Langri Zanpu tried his best to attack the city." Sending more troops, our soldiers almost don't need to aim, just shoot one arrow at a time, after suffering several losses, Langri Zanpu learned to be smart later on."

Jishi Pass is condescending, the terrain in front of the pass is narrow, the city wall is five feet high, and the city wall has an inward slope. Once the ladders of the Second Tu coalition army are attached to the city, the height difference will come out, which is almost useless.When the rolling wood and rocks on the top are lowered, they don't hit the crowd directly like before, but because of the slope, the rolling wood and stones can stay on the city wall for a while, rolling and rolling, and the power is greater. The final result is Let the enemy's casualties be countless times higher than that of the flat city wall.

Yang Tong took a closer look at the city wall and couldn't help laughing.

Li Shimo, who designed this city, really has sinister intentions. Almost every section of the city wall is a trap of fiction and reality. The purpose is naturally to further expand the results of the battle.If it was him who came to attack, he could only fight according to Li Shimo's established routine.

Yang Tong took out his binoculars and looked out of the city. Just like what Li Shimo said, there are endless camps in the distance, and you can't see the end at a glance. This is also because the terrain ahead is flat and open, otherwise, so many people would really be let go.

"Excuse me."

"The end is here." Pei Xingyan, who was watching, put down his binoculars and walked over.

"If you were Langri Zanpu, how would you fight?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"General Li's Jishiguan is too difficult to fight. If the final general is Langri Zanpu, as long as he fights for a while and sees the truth, he will turn around and look for other ways to enter the country. We only need to leave a partial division here to prevent General Li from going south. If other places can be breached, then Liangfeichuan can be directly attacked, and Jishiguan will be destroyed without attacking." Pei Xingyan said.

"Yang Feng." Yang Tong looked at Yang Feng beside him. His five thousand Qiang soldiers left with Su Wu last night, and this general of the Qiang nationality left behind himself.

"The end is here."

"I ask you, Jishiguan is obviously difficult to beat, so why does Langri Zanpu still want to beat it?" Yang Tong now plans to test him.

"He's stupid." Yang Feng spoke directly without thinking.

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, and then burst into laughter.

"Did I say something wrong?" Yang Feng looked at everyone puzzled.

"Uh...you're right." Yang Tong glanced at Yang Feng speechlessly, and then said, "But I seem to understand Langri Zanpu's intentions."

"What intentions?" The heroic Wei Fengwu desperately suppressed a smile. She felt that these generals in the army all had their own characteristics, and the way they spoke and acted was different from the people she had come into contact with before, which was very funny.

She finally understood why Yang Tong, Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, and Yang Qinfang wanted to be generals and why they didn't want to stay in the palace. Much more interesting.

"His intentions should be the same as Xing Yan said, which is to drag me here, and his main force has actually left."

Pei Xingyan asked: "Your Majesty is saying that his barracks are also empty?"

"Empty is definitely not empty." Yang Tong pointed to the densely packed camp, and said, "Their barracks run from south to north, and they can't see the edge at a glance. I don’t know. Generals, it’s getting late, and I’ll go to meet Lang Ri Zanpu to defeat the enemy’s spirit.”

"The last general obeys." All the generals obeyed.

The so-called defeating the enemy's spirit is naturally fighting generals and fighting formations.In the era of cold weapons, fighting generals is never a naive move.Of course, you must have a strong general as a prerequisite, and the most important thing Yang Tong lacks is a strong general.

"If the enemy army doesn't have [-] soldiers, we'll just burn the camp. So this time..." Yang Tong scanned his eyes and said to Li Shimo: "General Li led [-] soldiers to guard the pass, and the rest followed me out of the pass. , play by ear."

"Here." All the generals were elated and prepared one after another.

The sound of the horn for battle immediately soared into the sky.

(End of this chapter)

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