The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 801
The war lasted until the afternoon, and the Tubo army gradually couldn't support it. It was divided into small pieces by the soldiers of the Sui army with high morale, and many Tubo soldiers began to flee. The enemy divided and outflanked, and fell into heavy siege, giving them the feeling that the Sui army seemed to have soared ten times or a hundred times at once.

Since the war, even Xiangxiong soldiers have joined the war. Naturally, the number of soldiers of the coalition led by the Sui army will not increase, but because the soldiers of the Sui army have successfully wiped out a group of trapped beasts and joined the stubborn battle. Give the Tubo soldiers the illusion that the number of enemy troops has skyrocketed.

Under the desperate protection of his personal guards, Datsan Gampo blazed a trail, left the battlefield in embarrassment, and joined Lu Dongzan. They watched the Tubo army gradually, and closed their eyes in pain.

Defeat like a mountain!
They were completely defeated.

Although the outcome of a battle doesn't mean anything, and the Sui Dynasty couldn't destroy Tubo all at once, but this battle exhausted all of Tubo's elite soldiers. Their 15 troops from the Eastern battlefield The elite soldiers, together with the [-] elite soldiers lost at Jishiguan and the [-] in Lunkeer, lost [-] successively. The [-] soldiers led by Langri Zanpu himself were still a small group of soldiers, but all of them were the entire wealth of Tubo.More importantly, this battle gave Xiangxiong Kingdom confidence. In the future, these people will no longer be afraid of the power of the Tubo people, just like the Sui army. After a series of defeats, the Tubo soldiers will also have a strong sense of frustration in their hearts. , lost confidence in Zanpu, and was full of awe of the Sui Dynasty...

Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, Lu Dongzan suddenly knelt on the ground, buried his head deeply in the soil stained with the blood of Tubo warriors, and wept bitterly.

He suddenly raised his head, with tears streaming down his face, he raised his hands high, and cried out to the snowflakes flying in the sky: "God! Please have mercy on the Tubo warriors...every mistake is mine Wrong, if you want to punish, punish me, Lu Dongzan..."

this moment!
Various emotions such as unwillingness, loss, guilt, remorse, and despair permeated Lu Dongzan's whole heart.

Why did Tubo become the enemy of the Sui Dynasty?
Isn't it because of Talu Dongzan?
It was he who was unwilling to be humiliated after returning from Luoyang... He used unparalleled eloquence to convince Zanpu, civil servants and military generals with eloquence.

Tubo monarchs and ministers were defeated by him and bewitched by him, which opened the door to be enemies with the Sui Dynasty and also opened the door to defeat.

At this moment, he finally realized.

He felt that he was Zhao Kuo who was talking about war on paper. No, Lu Dongzan was not qualified to compare with Zhao Kuo at all, because Zhao Kuo was able to support himself for 46 days when the food was cut off and there was no reinforcements outside. He can't even do it for half a day. What's the reason?
It is because he has not even commanded a battle involving tens of thousands of people. Take today's war as an example, any general commander with combat experience in the Sui Dynasty would not be like him. Under the situation of chasing troops later, you still have to take the initiative to attack and go to a decisive battle with the main force of the enemy. This is a big mistake of not knowing yourself; I didn't know how many soldiers and horses the Sui army had. They simply and arbitrarily believed that the Sui army was not suitable for the plateau climate, and arbitrarily believed that the morale of the Sui army was not high, so they brought a tired army to fight.Therefore, he is not as good as Zhao Kuo, who has fought hard for more than 40 years.

At most, it can only be compared with Ma Di who lost the street pavilion.

Like Ma Di, he is very smart. He was praised too much since he was a child, which made him arrogant and arrogant. However, he has talent but lacks enough opportunities to practice. From the beginning, he was assisted by an assistant Langri Zamp himself has never made a decision on any major event, so he arrogantly thinks that he can do everything.

And the result of his arrogance and ignorance is that tens of thousands of Tubo warriors were sacrificed, and Tubo's thriving national fortune was sacrificed.

"Prince, General Geer, retreat quickly, retreat to the east and join Zanpu." Meng Zhong, who was soaked in blood, rushed over with more than a thousand remnants of defeated soldiers, and anxiously urged them to evacuate.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The big drum of the Sui army's comprehensive counterattack was rumbled, and the sound of the drum shook the sky and the earth. The morale of the Sui army soldiers and Xiangxiong soldiers was high.The Sui army and Xiangxiong soldiers followed for dozens of miles, killing and killing the Tubo defeated army, with their corpses piling up like mountains and blood staining the ground.

The snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger, covering the sky and covering the earth, and the sky and the earth have become gray.Even a thin layer of ice formed on the Yellow River, but it couldn't cover the land on the bank.Just because the independent battlefield went east, the corpses of Tubo soldiers were thrown all the way, and there were countless puddles of blood everywhere on the ground.

. . . . . . .

It will be dusk.

The war on the main battlefield has long since ended, and there are Sui soldiers cleaning the battlefield everywhere. They use stretchers to carry wounded soldiers and corpses, escort prisoners of war, count horses and weapons and equipment, and many crossbowmen are collecting iron arrows from honeycomb crossbows. It costs [-] yuan to build one iron arrow, and [-] yuan to shoot a thousand honeycomb crossbows. No matter how powerful the country is, it can't afford this kind of crazy consumption, so collecting iron arrows is a post-war Second only to the important task of searching and rescuing the wounded.

At this time, thousands of torches have been lit in the camp, illuminating the drowsy camp like daylight. The soldiers of the Ninth Army who stayed behind and the soldiers who returned to the camp one after another did not rest, and hurriedly used stretchers to take their own casualties The soldiers carried them back to the camp, and there was a busy scene everywhere.

In the big tent, more than a dozen sticks of butter wax were already lit. Du Ruhui, Xue Wanshu, Li Mixia, King Xiangxiong, and more than a dozen civilian officials and skilled craftsmen were studying something in front of the armor piles handed over to the Tubo army.

At this time, a soldier shouted from a distance: "The Holy Majesty is here."

Everyone hurriedly turned around, only to see Yang Tong striding forward surrounded by dozens of soldiers from the Xuanjia Army, who was covered in blood. Du Ruhui hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Your Majesty!"

"See the Holy One."

"Exemption." Yang Tong waved his hand and asked Du Ruhui, who was in charge of the casualties of his own personnel, "Keming, how are the casualties of our army?"

"Returning to the Holy Lord, our army has more than [-] casualties, of which more than [-] soldiers were killed." Du Ruhui finished speaking, and then explained: "This is the number on the main battlefield. The Tubo soldiers are already terrified, and there should be nothing on the way of pursuit. casualties."

"I know." Hearing this number, Yang Tong heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Thanks to the honeycomb crossbow, the Tubo forwards were caught off guard. Otherwise, our casualties would have increased by at least [-] percent."

The crowd took it for granted.

The honeycomb crossbow showed great power, annihilating one-third of the enemy's troops in just a few rounds of firing, which contributed a lot to this great victory.

soon.

Niu Jinda also came back, and he bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, this great victory has caused heavy casualties in Tubo, only 4000 people escaped in the end, our army captured more than [-] people, and the remaining [-] people were killed in battle. No wounded soldiers."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard the words "uninjured soldiers". The Tubo soldiers were all wearing leather armor. Under the attack of the Sui army, the wounded soldiers were probably seriously wounded. Why did they come here?It must have been stabbed to death by the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield.

"In addition, the horses, weapons, bows and arrows were seized, and according to the style of the Holy Majesty's foreign war, the corpses of the Tubo people were built in the north of the battlefield. " Niu Jinda said again.

Yang Tong smiled and nodded. He is not an extreme nationalist, and he also supports national integration, but the problem is that other people are not only ungrateful, but treat Sui as fish.

What can he do?

We had no choice but to use the six arts of a gentleman to destroy the ferocity of the foreign race, and then use loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith to educate them. This is the best way to make them obedient, singing and dancing.

Otherwise, no one will listen to your babbling.

"Send the results of Jishiguan, Duoma Town, and today's battle to the headquarters of the Sanmi Mountain Silk Road Alliance, and let the permanent representatives of the member states bring the news back to the country, so that the people of all countries know that Tubo is not so terrible. In front of my Great Sui army, Tubo is nothing..." Yang Tong instructed.

"Holy Majesty is wise!"

Du Ruhui immediately understood Yang Tong's meaning. After these three wars, Tubo's elite soldiers were exhausted, and the myth of being invincible and invincible fell to dust. Xiangxiong, Big and Small Bolu, and Nuguo, which have been suppressed by Tubo for a long time and are submissive countries, will respond to the call of the Sui Dynasty and start to move once they hear that Tubo has suffered a disastrous defeat in the East. revenge.And this method of "strengthening with strength and using barbarians to control barbarians" is actually the second step of the strategy against Tubo before dispatching troops.

"King Xiangxiong." Yang Tong said to Li Mixia: "The friendship between our two clans can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Now, you have traveled thousands of miles to help the war. I feel the sincerity of the Xiangxiong Kingdom. I hope that the two of us Human beings can take the lead to elevate the friendship between the two races to an unprecedented height, and the two sides will work together to eliminate all those who dare to destroy the peace."

"Thank you Saint Khan for your attention. I, Xiangxiong, am willing to follow the orders of Tai Sui from generation to generation. Saint Khan will have orders in the future, and I, Xiangxiong, will definitely be loyal to the end." If it was said before, Li Mixia just wanted to borrow Tai Sui The prestige of preserving the country, fighting for oneself, and discarding it when it is used up, but at this moment, it is revered and feared, without the heart of resistance or use. The strength of the Sui army and the excellent weapons really make people feel desperate. I dare not have the idea of ​​being an enemy.

"I'm very pleased that you think so. I can also feel your sincerity, and I, Da Sui, have always reciprocated and never treated my friends badly." Yang Tong said with a smile: "The few remaining troops in Tubo are concentrated in our On the border of the Great Sui Dynasty, the country is empty of troops. The tribes are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. You can go and plunder the women, children, cattle and sheep of the Tubo people tomorrow morning. How much you can rob is up to you. It's also my gift to Zhang Zhung."

"Thank you Saint Khan for your generosity." Li Mixia was in full bloom, this kind of thing he likes to do the most.

"You can hand over the Tubo soldiers to Sui to deal with them. You can go back to the country through Tubo. Whenever you are free, you can visit Luoyang at any time." Yang Tong's eyes flashed an imperceptible coldness. Huo Shi, will never be of the same heart and mind as Da Sui, when he is strong, he will obey, once you are weak, he will rush to bite you madly, the so-called friendship can't be counted on at all, you are really strong when you are strong.

"Definitely." Li Mixia nodded again and again, and then said: "This time I came here in a hurry and marched in a hurry. Xiao Wang was not prepared enough, so he only brought a thousand catties of white jade, green jade, and black jade from Qusadana country. , and ask the sage Khan to accept it with a smile."

With that said, Li Mixia respectfully handed over a string of jade bracelets of various colors to Yang Tong, "This bracelet is made of those jade stones."

Yang Tong took it and glanced at it. It was indeed a high-quality jade. Although he couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, the texture was very similar to many jades in the palace. He knew it was a high-quality jade without thinking about it. He nodded, "Then I will be disrespectful." , When I return to Luoyang, I will ask merchant Xiangxiong to bring you some glass and colored glaze products."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Mixia was even happier, he felt that these jade stones were nothing compared to the exquisite glazed products of the Sui Dynasty.

"..." Du Ruhui looked at the joyous turtle silently, and said to himself: If you knew that glazed products come from molds that produced thousands of the same items, you wouldn't be so happy.

At this time, Li Mixia couldn't help but asked cautiously: "My lord, can I go and see that chariot crossbow?"

Li Mixia, the Sui people who asked to be present, all looked sideways. It was obvious that Li Mixia had gone too far.

Princess Xiangxiong Li Tuman also felt that her brother's request was inappropriate, so she coughed lightly to remind her brother that there are some things that cannot be asked.

But Yang Tong smiled slightly: "If King Xiangxiong is interested, you can go and see for yourself."

"Saint Khan is serious?" Li Mixia was surprised and delighted, his voice full of disbelief.

"It's true." Yang Tong said to Xue Wanshu: "Prefect Xue, take King Xiangxiong to have a look."

"My minister obeys orders." Although Xue Wanshu, who is based on the principle of not revealing his wealth, is unwilling to do everything, but the holy order has been issued, he reluctantly leads a group of Xiangxiong to leave.

. . . . . .

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, but why do you let Zhang Zhung look at the honeycomb crossbow like this? This is an important weapon for the country." After Xiang Zhung left, Du Ruhui asked with a puzzled frown.

"Do you think the Zhangzhung people can be made?" Yang Tong could feel the resentment in everyone's heart and said with a smile.

Du Ruhui thought for a while, and said with some relief: "Many exquisite mechanisms of the honeycomb crossbow are installed in the belly of the crossbow. If you don't take it apart, you don't know what parts are there; and even if you take it apart, you may not be able to make it. "

"This is one of them." Yang Tong said with a smile: "The key is that the overall skills of the Zhangzhung Kingdom are not good enough. Even if we give Li Mixia the blueprint of the honeycomb crossbow for free, they will not be able to make it. Firstly, they made it. Refined iron is not produced, and secondly, there are no skilled craftsmen. Even the most intuitive bow strings and bow arm techniques are researched on the basis of complex lance making techniques. They don’t understand all of these. There are hundreds of honeycomb crossbows Components, each component requires countless techniques, and if any link is lost, it cannot be manufactured. In addition, there is a problem of cost. A single shot of a honeycomb crossbow costs [-] catties of pig iron, and iron arrows are extremely difficult to manufacture. Only one can be successfully produced every three times, do you think Zhang Zhung Kingdom can afford it?"

"Weapons and equipment are certainly important to an army, but the key to success or failure is people. It depends on the people on both sides of the war. If the people of one side are struggling to survive, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, the generals have no fighting spirit, the courtiers are in conflict, civil and military disagreements, and the monarch is stupid. Even if you give him [-] cellular crossbows, in the end his army will be wiped out without firing a single arrow.” Speaking of this, Yang Tong said with a smile: “The cellular crossbow is a big killer, if we keep it secret, they will They will do everything possible to get the core secrets, and since that’s the case, it’s better to show it to others openly. As long as they know an arrow and the money needed to shoot it once, they will stay away.”

"Wei Chen understands." Du Ruhui nodded thoughtfully and said slowly.

(End of this chapter)