The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 796

In order to save labor and defend effectively, the Tubo camp was much smaller than before, and it was built by the lake. Relying on the huge lake as a natural barrier, it resisted the enemies from the east and the north.

Tubo, who had been marching for several days, went to bed as soon as night fell in order to deal with tomorrow's battle.Suddenly, a desolate and majestic horn sounded outside the camp.

The sound of the horn sounding "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".When a group of soldiers rushed out of the camp, there was not even a shadow of a ghost.

"What's going on?" Lu Dongzan, who was discussing the military situation with Dazan Gampo, Nong Zhunbao, Drepung Nasheng, and Ba Dianzebu, rushed out of the central army tent after hearing the news.

"Return to the general, the Sui army is blowing the horn outside." A centurion replied.

"Be careful."

"Of order." The centurion responded and left.

"It's so early?" Lu Dongzan frowned, and it was only Xu time, but the daring Sui army had already begun to harass. What if we did this all night?

After thinking about it, he said to the generals around him: "General Bu has worked hard tonight, everyone should rest early."

"Obey." The generals dispersed according to the order.

The generals had just returned to their sleeping tents, took off their armor, and were about to fall asleep, when the horns outside the camp sounded again.

Dazan Gampo raised his sword and went out of the tent in a panic, but he missed again. He roared angrily, "What the hell are these Sui troops trying to do?"

Lu Dongzan said with a wry smile: "Prince, don't get angry. This is the strategy of the Sui army to exhaust the army. The purpose is to make us sleep well tonight and not have the energy to fight tomorrow's battle. If the prince is angry and sends troops, it will hit the Sui army trick."

Dazan Gampo pointed at the soldiers running out one by one, frowned and said: "General Geer, although General Bu led [-] soldiers to guard, but look, the soldiers dare not sleep at all, do you have any way to deal with these Sui soldiers?" Army? Or, we simply send an army to ambush all around."

"This is a tactic that cannot be solved. If we send fewer people, we will never return; if there are too many, we will return without success; if the whole army goes out, it will be in the hands of the enemy." Lu Dongzan shook his head helplessly.

The initiative was in the hands of the Sui army, and even if they wanted to fight back, they had no choice.The Sui army obviously wanted to use this method to consume their energy and physical strength. The problem is that there are few soldiers, even if they don't sleep all night, it will not have any impact on the main force of the Sui army.And they have no effective way to counter it.

"Damn..." Dazan Gampo said angrily.

"The advantage of our army is that it has enough troops. In addition to General Bu's [-] patrolling guards, there are [-] soldiers." Lu Dongzan pondered for a while, and said: "We will draw another [-] people and divide them into two teams. One team will be in the camp first. Martial law, another team will be replaced after two hours, and the rest of the team just need to sleep peacefully."

At present, the Tubo army followed Lu Dongzan's method. Nong Zhunbao led [-] soldiers to watch the night outside. There were two groups of soldiers on guard inside. The other soldiers felt safe. When the horn sounded again, everyone didn't care about continuing to sleep .

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the horn sound to be silent again.

This continued until Haishi, when Lu Dongzan finally felt relieved and fell into a deep sleep.The two patrols inside and outside no longer took the horns outside seriously, and the time came to midnight amidst the intermittent horns.

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"General, the Tubo barbarians have become numb." Cheng Chumo, who led the team to blow the trumpet again, slipped back into the jungle where Wang Xiongdan was.

At the beginning, it was very exciting, but after Tubo didn't respond, he felt like a fool singing a solo show.

"Another way." Wang Xiongyan said.

"In what way?"

"Look..." Wang Xiongyan pointed around.

Cheng Chumo took a closer look and found that the dry manure of cattle, sheep and horses was piled up here, and hundreds of soldiers cut a large number of branches from the bushes several miles away and dragged them here by horses.Suddenly said: "The general plans to change to smoke?"

"That's right." Wang Xiongdan stared at the burning camp in the distance, and smiled wickedly: "We are in the upper hand in the Tubo camp, so we wake up Xun with thick smoke, and insist that they can't sleep tonight."

Cheng Chumo said: "Ordinary smoke, I'm afraid it won't make them alert?"

"When this kind of tree has no bright light, it produces a lot of white smoke, and the smoke is extremely smelly."

"Is it poisonous?" Cheng Chumo was even happier.

"It's non-toxic, but if it's you, can you believe that the stinky smoke burned by its enemies is non-toxic?"

Cheng Chumo was discouraged all of a sudden, and said dejectedly, "Of course not."

"That's enough." Wang Xiongdan said to Ma Hua and Cheng Chumo: "Before the smoke is released, I plan to send a surprise soldier to sneak into their northern camp from the lake, and then set fire to their horse stables at the right time. Let the startled horse charge into the camp."

Ma Hua nodded and said: "When the smelly smoke comes together, the enemy army will be in chaos. It is indeed a good way to burn the camp with surprise soldiers. You can change to a water-based brother to lead the team."

Wang Xiongdan laughed: "Speaking of the nature of water, of course I must be the one, and of course I must be the leader of the Raiders."

"The general is the chief general of our army, how can he take such a big risk?" Ma Hua and Cheng Chumo were shocked.

"There's no need to argue. It might not be possible to be a real brother. If something happens, I can't make a quick decision. I am good at swimming, and I know when is the best time. If I go, I will definitely succeed." Wang Xiongdan said solemnly. Said: "I will take two hundred brothers to go. After an hour, you will release the thick smoke."

"Be careful, General." Seeing Wang Xiongdan's insistence, Ma Hua and Cheng Chumo had no choice but to agree.

"Once the thick smoke reaches the camp, the Tubo soldiers will definitely come to destroy it. If there are fewer soldiers than our army, you will destroy them easily; if there are too many enemies, retreat to the temporary camp."

After Wang Xiongdan finished his confession, You was not at ease and said: "The task of destroying the enemy is to be completed by the main force of our army. Our mission is to consume the energy and physical strength of the enemy army with a small force. As long as we can make them sleepless, it will be a great achievement." One thing; don't fight the offensive of tens of thousands of troops, do it pointlessly, understand?"

"The general will understand." Ma Hua and Cheng Chumo complied solemnly.

Wang Xiongsheng assembled two hundred soldiers. They took off their armor and put on Tubo attire. They carried dozens of bundles of firewood, walked quickly to the lake, and carried the bundles of firewood to the south slowly. After more than half an hour , they swam to the vicinity of the Tubo camp. Malong Cogen Lake is like spring all the year round, and some trees on the bank are densely branched, which can block the sight of Tubo patrols. Wang Xiongdan was not in a hurry to go ashore, and silently waited for the opportunity by the water.

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During this period, Cheng Chumo took people to blow the horn four more times, but the Tubo army didn't take them seriously any more, they should still patrol, and those who should sleep still should sleep.

But soon, billows of white smoke came from upwind, and clouds of smoke floated downwind from the Tubo camp. After a while, the morale patrolling outside began to cough violently, and the foul-smelling smoke made people retch. , Many soldiers were dizzy, weak in limbs, and felt tight in their chests due to the smoke. Some soldiers who inhaled the smoke couldn't bear it and fell to the ground and convulsed.They didn't know that this was a reaction to inhaling the smoke. They instinctively thought that the foul-smelling smoke was poisonous, and they yelled in fear.

The chief general, Nong Zhunbao, was also dizzy and nauseous from the smoke. He covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and told several soldiers around him: "Cover your mouth and nose with your sleeve, the smoke is poisonous!"

At this time, the billowing white smoke became thicker and thicker, and began to spread in a large area, so that the soldiers could not open their eyes. Many soldiers tore off their clothes and covered their mouths and noses, but it had no effect. Some soldiers who inhaled too much smoke were smoked. Fainted out, as more and more soldiers fell, many soldiers were forced to retreat.

"This smoke is poisonous, the army must avoid it, otherwise the whole army will be wiped out. Hurry up and call Jin to warn." Nong Zhunbao ordered loudly,

'when!when!when! ' Alarm bells rang throughout the camp.

Lu Dongzan had been awakened by his own soldiers, and he was terrified. His intuition told him that the Sui army must have invaded.

As soon as he got out of his bed tent, he saw that the camp was in chaos, and the whole army fled as if they were attacked by a pack of wolves.Suddenly, he saw a group of generals in disheveled clothes running towards him. The leader on horseback was Datsan Gampo, who hurriedly shouted, "Prince, what happened?"

"General Geer, the Sui army released poisonous smoke. I heard that thousands of people have been poisoned to death." Dazan Gampo really thought that so many people had died under the falsehoods of the soldiers. Looking at the soldiers in chaos, Smelling the stench of thick smoke, I instinctively thought that so many people had been poisoned to death.

"What?" Hearing this, Lu Dongzan felt a chill in his hands and feet, and when he saw thick smoke billowing from the northwest towards the camp, he immediately said: "General Bu led the soldiers to clear a safe area in the west, in case The Sui army raided; generals, order the soldiers to evacuate to the west and not to run south."

"Obey." The generals covered their mouths and noses, yelled loudly, and directed the rebel army to evacuate to the west.

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"General, the barbarians in Tubo are in chaos." By the lake, a soldier said to Wang Xiongdan.

"Let's go." The area was surrounded by smog, and the Tubo soldiers had already run away. They immediately climbed ashore and walked eastward pretending to be in a hurry.After walking a few hundred steps, they encountered Tubo rebels, but they were all wearing Tubo clothes, and it was impossible to see that they were hidden spies in the night, and everyone ran for their lives. close.

They walked all the way to the stables, pretending to be fleeing for their lives, scattered a group of rebels, took out leather bags full of kerosene and sprinkled them on the horse fodder and hay, then took the scythe, tore off the oilcloth, and just a few clicks With a sound, the fire pocket was ignited, and the kerosene sprinkled on the forage was ignited. The flames rose into the air, the fire was crackling, and the thick smoke billowed to the southeast.

"It's on fire!" Tubo soldiers shouted when they saw the flames and thick smoke billowing from the northwest.

But before they went to put out the fire, the generals of the Sui army had already drawn out their sabers and cut down the Tubo soldiers around them to the ground. The horses in the stables were frightened by the fire and fled in all directions screaming.

Seeing this, they rushed towards the tent area, and threw the torches in front of the tent onto the upper tent, instantly turning the Tubo camp into a sea of ​​flames.

"Withdraw..."

Seeing that the fire was out of control and it was hopeless, Wang Xiongtan led two hundred soldiers back along the original road.

He is a thief who has a keen insight into danger. The stables are already burning violently at this time, and the next step is the galloping horses.If they still stay here, I am afraid that everyone will be buried with Tubo soldiers.

They jumped into the lake and swam northwest with their fagots.When they fled halfway, they went ashore nearby and ran to the temporary station.

At this time, the Tubo camp was full of smoke and flames, and the horses burned by the fire neighed in horror. They were roasted by the fire, neighing in pain, planing their hooves frantically, and moved towards the surroundings like a stormy sea. run wildly.Among the dense group of Tubo soldiers who came forward to look for horses to ride fiercely, screams and wailing spread across the entire camp in an instant.

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