The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 786 The Value of Doma Town

After Yang Tong issued the combat order, the Sui army camp was in full swing, preparing for the expedition.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Fubao took a map, and Yang Tong briefly introduced the topography of Doma: "My lord, the Doma Canyon is a grassland that is fifty miles long from north to south. The interesting thing is that it is large in the middle and small at both ends. After ten miles, it began to narrow to both ends. The narrowest part of the whole canyon was about four miles, which was where our camp was located. And the town of Duoma was in the middle, about fifteen miles away from us in the extreme north, about 20 miles away from Tubo. The camp is more than 20 miles away."

"What's the situation in Doma Town?" Yang Tong asked.

"Doma Town is in a state of chaos, with a total population of less than 20. There are more than [-] Qiang, Di, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, and Tiele tribes living in it. They live a fishing, hunting, and nomadic life. In the past year, under mutual balance and constraints, no one can destroy the other." Wang Fubao said with a smile.

"Is there such a thing as going south and going north to loot?" Generally speaking, the people living in the two villages are full of fierceness and banditry. There are all kinds of people, and it has been the same since ancient times. Yang Tong does not believe that these tribes are kind and peaceful.

As expected by Yang Tong, Wang Fubao nodded and said: "When the end is coming, there are still four tribes gathering more than 3000 young and strong men to go north to loot. After being destroyed by the first emperor, although the four counties of Heyuan, Xihai, Shanshan, and Qiemo were established, due to civil strife, the four counties were useless. Therefore, it has been in chaos for a long time without government management and the law of the jungle.”

Yang Tong nodded slightly. Before the Sui Dynasty, the rule over the four prefectures in Qinghai was weak, so that Murong Fuyun, who was like a bereaved dog, easily took it back. If it takes more than ten years, I am afraid that Tuyuhun under the rule of Murong Fuyun will rise rapidly to become the overlord of the Western Regions just like in history.

"That's right." Du Ruhui nodded and said, "I also heard that the nearby herdsmen are often poisoned by Doma Town, and no one dares to herd herds in the hundreds of miles of grassland. If our army eliminates the harm for the people, it will win the support of the herdsmen in the west of Heyuan."

Yang Tong nodded and said, "Xingyan, Lao Niu, you two lead the first army of [-] soldiers to destroy the obstacle of Duoma Town, and then bring the cattle and sheep as military pay."

"The last will obey."

"The two generals don't fight too hard, especially when the cattle and sheep are coming, you must let the Tubo scouts see." Du Ru added with a dark smile: "Duoma town is full of bandits, and they have looted the surrounding ministries for many years. The accumulated wealth should be quite a lot. Taking livestock as an example, based on five head per person, there are at least 25 head of livestock in the whole town. Faced with this astonishing wealth, even if Cole is not tempted, the tribal leaders under his command must be too. Let him send troops, which will give our army a chance to defeat the enemy."

"Here." The second general replied loudly.

"During the blizzard, the power of the crossbow is greatly reduced. If Tubo sends troops, it will be a tough battle without any fancy things to play." Yang Tong turned his gaze from the snowflakes swept by the gale to Wang Fubao: "General Wang, the soldiers of the Ninth Army have no problem?"

Wang Fubao worked hard to form the Ninth Army of the Great Sui Dynasty, but since its establishment, the Ninth Army has never fought any decent wars. In order to defend the Tang Army and Tuyuhun, they could not participate in the civil war at all. Down to ordinary soldiers, everyone is holding their breath, everyone wants to fight a good battle, in the name of the Ninth Army.If he didn't give up this opportunity to the Ninth Army, Yang Tong would feel that he was unfair and owed something.

"Of course there is no problem. If Lun Keer gathers an army of [-] to go north, the general will definitely wipe him out." Wang Fubao laughed loudly. He is not afraid of how many troops the enemy has or how strong he is. The only thing he is afraid of is that there is no battle. When Yang Tong entrusted him with this task, he immediately beamed with joy.

"Xing Yan, Lao Niu, after the two of you destroy Doma Town, you will divide [-] soldiers into the rear of the Ninth Army." Yang Tong said again.

"Here."

"The sage gives an order!" All the generals couldn't wait to say.

"The First Army is attacking, and the Ninth Army is preparing for battle." Yang Tong ordered.If it is said that the battle at Jishiguan only cut a few pieces of Tubo’s flesh, this time it directly hit the vital point of Tubo. After this battle, the Sui army occupying the main road of Doma will be in an active position in the war, and can send troops to Tubo at will. everywhere.

In an instant, the three gates of the South Camp were opened, and the [-] army rushed towards Duoma Town with the momentum of arrows.

"Woooooooo..."

Due to the strong enemy's invasion, the ministries of Duoma Town reached a consensus to unite with the outside world. The outposts they sent found that when the Sui army was marching southward in the storm, the Sui army had already killed less than five miles to the north of the town, and everyone lost their souls. Take a risk, and quickly sound the alarm horn.

"The Sui Army is here!"

The shepherdess grazing on the valley grassland was pale, trembling, and closed her eyes resignedly.

"Rumble..."

A burst of earth-shattering sound of horseshoes suddenly passed by the sheep, and they didn't even look at the shepherdesses.

After a long time, the shepherdesses opened their eyes and looked at the Sui cavalrymen who were rushing towards the group of tents with horror on their faces. They didn't know whether they should be grateful or wept bitterly in anger.In this war, the people in Doma Town are probably the most innocent!But the northern and southern herdsmen who were looted by them before were not innocent ordinary herdsmen, but they didn't live in harmony with each other because of their innocence. It can only be said that good and evil will be rewarded in the end.

Although the Doma ministries were very nervous, because the north and the south had been ignoring them, they gradually fell into the slack of "the wolf is coming". Now they were warned, but it was too late for a large scale, and soon the Tai Sui cavalry directly rushed into the town full of camps. .

"kill!"

Pei Xingyan took the lead, leading [-] personal guards, and rushed straight to the Doma cavalry who had just assembled about a thousand people, and the two sides immediately fought to one place.

Afterwards, a large number of Sui cavalry arrived, and a small group of Doma cavalry couldn't help feeling chills when they saw the overwhelming Sui cavalry. The total population of their town was less than 6. The young and strong have been greatly reduced, and the hastily formed Doma coalition army has only about [-] people. Going up to fight against the huge, fierce and brutal Sui army, I am afraid it will be death. The current coalition army turned around and fled without hesitation.

However, when this group of cavalry turned around, the other allied forces followed suit. The Sui cavalry behind them straddled their horses and chased them down. Even though some not weak cavalry fought back, they were blocked by the rout and could not move.

This caused the soldiers of the two mentalities to collide with each other, and they were chased and killed by the numerous and brave soldiers of the First Army, constantly beheading these Doma young men who had been doing evil for many years.

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When the Sui army was eliminating harm for the people, Lun Keer, surrounded by hundreds of generals, patrolled the northern camp.

The Tubo camp is stationed at the south valley mouth of Doma Valley and on the west bank of the Yellow River, more than 30 miles away from the Sui army camp. The structure of concentric circles radiates outward. The outermost circle is Subi, Fuguo, Pengyu, For the Dangxiang, Bailanqiang and other tribes, the middle circle is the army of Tubo's own tribe, and the innermost is the soldiers of the commander Lun Keer's headquarters. The core is his big tent.

In addition to people, there are more than 50 cattle and sheep in Tubo, only 50% come from the Tubo headquarters, and [-]% are from Tuyuhun, Subi, Fuguo, Pengyu, Dangxiang, and Bailanqiang. With the move of Langri Zanpu's strategic focus westward , These cattle and sheep also moved westward one after another. In order to prevent the Sui army from sneaking, Lun Kerr directly placed more than [-] cattle and sheep in the military camp.

The entire camp had no walls or fences, but he sent [-] soldiers to patrol the valley day and night, relying heavily on patrols, so that not setting up fences was also a traditional habit of nomads. Over time, a patrol system was formed.

If they were on the vast prairie, this patrol-based defense system would naturally have no problems, and the prairie had enough wilderness for them to camp, so in order to prevent fires in the strong wind, they spread their camps extremely wide, with large tents. The distance from the large tents is very far, even if a large tent catches fire, the strong wind will not sweep the flames to the surrounding tents.Another advantage is that it is convenient to travel. Once the enemy invades, cavalry can be provided everywhere, and there will be no confusion.

But this style of camping cannot be arranged in mountainous areas with complex terrain.

Because the Domanan Valley is not only flat and small, but also has the Yellow River and its tributary, the Requ River, next to it, they had to reduce the area of ​​the camp to make the big tents closely connected. Many loopholes have appeared in traditional defenses, and they have become very dangerous.Moreover, they do not have the battalion technology of the Central Plains army, so they can only strengthen the original defense system. The most direct way is to double the number of patrols, from the original thousand to 5000, and focus on defending the magnanimous Doma Valley. The safety of the camp was guaranteed.

On Kodo's ability to become the coach of one side, it is not due to the status of Langri Zanpu's younger brother, but because he has rapidly grown into a rare general in Tubo during his years of combat career.

He knew that his army was like a harness, which had successfully trapped the Sui army. They had to fight him as soon as possible so that they could leave the plateau before the midwinter came, otherwise they would be frozen to death ; And on my own side, as long as the Sui army is dragged into the cold winter, there will be an opportunity to defeat the enemy.

But nothing will be perfect. Although Cole's plan is sound, most of the generals under his command disapprove of it.Because there is a tribe behind every general, and the reason why they raised their clan soldiers to fight was because of the wealth of the Central Plains. Everyone was quite dissatisfied with raising cattle and sheep in the camp. The key point was that Lu Dongzan's [-] troops were coming. If they participated in the war, at least half of their wealth would be lost after the war.

Looking at these generals who are constantly asking for battle, Lun Keer is really upset.Although he has a strong personality, he is not a reckless man ignorant of politics. Of course he knows the true intentions of these generals.

There used to be more than a dozen countries, large and small, and countless tribes on the Tubo Plateau. Langri Zanpu conquered and destroyed these countries and tribes one by one, creating the prosperous Tubo Kingdom. The tribal leaders also became nobles and generals of Tubo. Langri Zanpu used the benefits of war to lure these people to assist him in attacking the four fields. I don't even know I want to eat alone.

But Lun Keer also knows that public anger is hard to offend, otherwise these generals who have not benefited will think that he is partial to the [-] elite soldiers led by Lu Dongzan, and they will soon turn against him.

The current blizzard may be a godsend opportunity to send troops.

"General!" At this moment, a soldier hurriedly said: "The scout came to report that the Sui army sent [-] troops to slaughter Doma Town. They are gathering the livestock in Doma Town."

boom!
There was an uproar on the bank of the Yellow River.

This is a godsend.

"General, Doma has hundreds of thousands of livestock, and must not fall into the hands of the Sui army."

"That's right, General, the Sui army has a total strength of [-] troops. After they destroy Doma Town, they will definitely drive their cattle and sheep back to camp. If the flocks are slow to disperse, they will be slowed down. We just can Hiding from behind..."

The eyes of all the generals were shining, and they all asked for a fight.

A general said. "General, the most powerful weapon of the Sui army is the crossbow. The crossbow is the nemesis of the cavalry. Now that the sky is full of wind and snow, the power of the crossbow has been greatly reduced. So this is a good opportunity for us to disappear the Sui army and break into the source of the river."

"What General Meng said is very true." Lieutenant General Saxi stood up, saluted Lun Keer, and said, "The general of the Sui Army, Wang Fubao, knew that our army had 5 people, but he still dispatched all his troops. Blizzard, so I want to fight quickly, this just gives us a chance to wipe out everything, as long as we annihilate this army, the road to the north will be cleared, and the advantage of Jishiguan will no longer exist, and the final general is willing to lead the army to fight."

"Certainly, I will go to the Domanan Valley with your [-] troops to defeat and defend the enemy. I will lead a [-] troops and come later." Lun Keer looked at the generals and said, "Generals, if you win this battle, The cattle, sheep, and women in Heyuan belong to everyone. Please do your best.”

"The last general takes orders." All the generals happily took orders.

someone asked. "General, where is the town of Doma?"

Facing a pair of eyes full of greed, Lun Cole promised faintly: "That is everyone's first wealth."

"The general is mighty." All the generals screamed excitedly.

"I'll put the ugly words first, please remember them for me..." Looking at these generals who are about to move, Lun Cole said coldly: "Before you send troops, you must restrain your children and soldiers. , You must not rob livestock before the end of the war. Otherwise, don’t blame me for killing.”

"Yes." The generals knew that Lun Keer said the same thing, their hearts were awe-inspiring, and their excitement faded a lot.

"After the war is over, the heads of Sui soldiers will be exchanged for livestock, do you understand?"

"understood."

"Let's go if you understand."

(End of this chapter)