The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 818 Night Attack
The Northern Camp in some areas was just an appetizer for the Sui army. After annihilating the stubborn enemy troops, they broke into the hinterland of Tubo like locusts crossing the border, and massacred the surrounding tribes indiscriminately. Anyone who came, regardless of gender, age or age, was massacred. This was not only Yang Tong's order, but also something that a single army had to do. You will be attacked and harassed endlessly by the enemy before you can get enough rest.

As for the spoils of war, that is something to consider before retreating. If, like the greedy nomads, they take whatever they see during the war, then this army that goes deep into the enemy's territory and carries a heavy load will lose its sharpest strength. Mobility is not far from defeat.

As the commander-in-chief of the first army, Wang Fubao understood this very well. He would never allow the soldiers to bring an extra sheepskin. In a word, everything except the necessary things would be destroyed.

The generals staying in Tubo thought that the Sui army would advance step by step, as in the legend, and after defeating the defenders of the Beidaying camp, they would have to rest for a day or two, and then wait for their Tubo army to gather and go to the door to fight. Although nervous, he seemed a little leisurely. It wasn't until the lunatics of the Sui army killed them that they didn't feel good.He began to intimidate and coerce weaker tribes to join the army, intending to start a decisive battle with the Sui army and curb the brutal momentum of the Sui army.However, the Sui army did not give them a chance to rectify, and the company concentrated its superior forces and chased them down for three days.

It wasn't until Longkoduo, the younger brother of Langri Zanpu, the defender of Wangcheng, led [-] elite soldiers to help the battle, that the momentum of the Sui army was slowly suppressed. The two armies faced each other on the bank of the Jiqu River, preparing for a decisive battle. .

But all the elite Tubo soldiers were taken away by Langri Zanpu, and Longkodo only had [-] elite soldiers guarding the royal city, and the young and strong warriors gathered from various ministries only had more than [-] people.

The tribes in the east and northeast of the Jiqu River Valley were either wiped out or fled in all directions. As a last resort, he had to urgently recruit Tubo warriors. Almost all Tubo men who could hold weapons went to the battlefield.A total of [-] people gathered.

This is not as simple as a man who controls the strings. Except for children under ten years old, nomads, even old people aged five or sixty can go to the battlefield with weapons.

This afternoon, the two sides had a large-scale battle in the wilderness. It was originally a lush green grassland. The criss-crossing corpses and blood made the ground lose its original color. The billowing smoke in the distance was emitted by burning corpses. Even if you are far away, you can smell the inseparable smell of meat in the air.

Teams of Sui soldiers wandered back and forth among the corpses all over the ground, dragging away one after another. Judging from this posture, it was enough to show that the winning side was the Sui army.It's just that in this tragic fight, the tens of thousands of Turkic slave soldiers who were the main force of the battle died a lot even though they were well-equipped.

Wang Fubao led the generals to patrol the battlefield slowly. A head full of gorgeous hair was particularly dazzling in the afterglow. It was the head of a Tubo.Looking around, Wang Fubao found that there were not many such dead bodies.

He couldn't help sneering: "Even this kind of old man who is not a threat even if he takes up a weapon is on the battlefield. It seems that the Tubo people are in a hurry. As long as this battle is over, the Tubo country will surely perish."

"Commander, although we won this battle, we also lost more than 3000 slave soldiers. For an army like ours that penetrated into the enemy's territory, this is not a small number. There will be one thing that is unknown at the end." Su Wu was a little puzzled Said.

"Tell me." Wang Fubao smiled.

Su Wu said: "I think we can erode the enemy's strength little by little, and then wait for Prince Subi, Nong, Ba, and Cai Bang to raise their troops and let them fight the civil war by themselves. Why do we have to fight this kind of bloody battle with the Tubo people?"

"How long will it take?" Wang Fubao asked back.

"A month or two."

"Why don't I want to use the barbarians to control the barbarians? But we can't wait so long." Wang Fubao sighed and continued: "The longer the time drags on, the more forces will be involved. I can accept a divided Tubo, but if the Xiangxiong Kingdom If China, Daughter Country, Big and Small Bolu, and Nibhara also intervene, then the border of our Great Sui Dynasty will become extremely complicated. After the country is established and accepted the rule of the Great Sui, the external forces cannot use the war to amplify themselves and become the new overlord."

Su Wu suddenly said: "The commander-in-chief is saying that Longkodo is the biggest obstacle for us to split Tubo, so we have to make a quick decision to wipe out this army?"

"This is one of them." Wang Fubao nodded and said: "Second, our previous tactics of mass killing and special killing are not surprising for nomads. The overall strength of the Sui army can't deter those forces, so we have to fight a hearty, upright and upright battle, and use the lives of the army in front of us to prove that the soldiers of the Sui army are not only ferocious, but also their overall strength is quite fierce. Tell them about this territory It belongs to my Tai Sui, the whole world can only be decided by my Tai Sui, they can take what I bestow on them, and if they don’t give it, they can’t take it.”

"It's really complicated!" Su Wu scratched his head. He would never have dreamed that a seemingly simple war would have such a meaning. After Wang Fubao's point, he suddenly understood.

"If every war must be resolved by strategy, and every country must be resolved by conspiracy, then what is the use of training so many elite soldiers in the Sui Dynasty? How long can this dominance last? So sometimes even if There are better ways to defeat the enemy, but the situation forces you to do it in the dumbest, dumbest way possible."

Speaking of this, Wang Fubao pointed to the corpses of the old people all over the ground, and said with a chuckle: "Tuban's young and elite soldiers have been exhausted by Langri Zanpu, and there are no more soldiers to fight. This kind of old pawn is sent to fight. Next, you will find that my enemy will become weaker and weaker."

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As evening approaches, the sun hangs down on the western sky like a huge fireball, releasing its last afterglow to the earth. The sky seems to be burning red, and the entire sky is stained with blood, which complements the blood on the grass. Gives a sense of poignancy.

The corpses on the battlefield were either buried or burned, and almost all of them had been cleaned up.

Although Longkodo, who was looking at the Sui army's camp, didn't know why the Sui army didn't rest and wasted energy disposing of the corpses, but he was obviously not in the mood to think about these issues at the moment.

Although many enemy troops were killed in today's war, the last elite soldiers in Tubo were also exhausted. The Sui army's bows and crossbows were too fierce. Even his soldiers were not bad, but they only rushed to the Sui army. In order to retain the elite as much as possible, all the old, weak, sick and disabled rushed to the front, but even so, the huge loss still made Longkoduo's heart bleed.

The busy Sui army in the distance didn't seem to be too prepared, but Longkodo knew that if he sent troops, he might not get any benefits. Now even the upright confrontation was defeated by the Sui army. Sneak attack, you will definitely lose.

Even if he finally defeated the inbound Sui army, there were not many warriors left, and now he just wanted to stick to it and wait for help.Because this is the kingdom of Tubo, there are still many tribes who have not yet heard the news of the Sui army's invasion. When they heard the news and came, they could exhaust the opponent just by relying on their numbers.As for the number of elites in the camp, although there were not many, the number was far higher than that of the Sui army, so he didn't think he would not survive the day when the reinforcements arrived.However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. He wants to confront the Sui army, but Wang Fubao doesn't think so.

late at night.

When the Tubo army fell into a deep sleep and the patrolling soldiers were also drowsy, a burst of horn sounds woke up Longkodo from his sleep. He hurriedly put on his armor and came to the camp with weapons. However, the imaginary battle It didn't happen, Long Kedo frowned and asked several guards: "What's wrong? Did the Sui people attack at night?"

"No, they were just blowing the trumpet, and they didn't see any sign of the Sui army." The Tubo general shook his head and said.

"Damn Sui people!"

Longkodo inspected and made sure that there was no Sui army coming, so he left cursingly. However, just as he was about to take off his armor and was about to rest, he was startled by a loud horn sound, and quickly put on his armor and went out , but still did not see a Sui soldier.

He could only roar angrily: "Endless, right?"

But no matter how much he yelled, the Sui army did not show up, and they were not good at night battles, so they could only tell everyone to be careful and go back to rest.

Unsurprisingly, the Sui people's horn rang again. Longkodo was not in a hurry this time, but put on his armor and went to watch leisurely. He had already decided not to sleep tonight.

What happened next was taken for granted, the Sui people repeatedly harassed until the dawn broke, Longkodo said disdainfully to the left and right: "This is a strategy for weary soldiers, don't pay attention to him, just stick to the barracks."

However, Tubo was quarreled all night, and was listless all day long. On the second night, those horn sounds came again as expected, but with yesterday's experience, the Tubo people were very calm.Because the Sui army was really just bluffing as Longkodo said, and did not attack from a single point. The Tubo people's vigilance was completely relaxed. Although there were still trumpets sounding afterwards, they should sleep.

Longkodo fell asleep a long time ago. He didn't sleep all day yesterday, and he had to guard against the Sui army during the day. He was quite exhausted, so he slept very deeply. Even if the horns were blasting outside, he didn't wake him up. .

Before dawn, Longkodo, who was soundly asleep, was finally forced to wake up.

"What's the matter?" Longkodo looked at his guards angrily, and was about to teach this unruly guy a lesson, but there were loud fighting sounds, screams, and the collision of weapons, and there was no sound in sight. Filled with blazing fire.

"The Sui people are calling in, general, let's go!" the guard shouted loudly.

"This Sui army is really despicable." Longkodo also reacted. The Sui people last night were not just trying to exhaust their troops, but made them think that the Sui people were only bluffing. Take the opportunity to attack.

Hearing the sound of fighting approaching this way, Long Keduo didn't care to say anything more, put on his armor, took up his weapon and went out.The big camp that appeared in front of them was full of flames, because most of their tents were thick with grease to prevent rain, so the Sui army could ignite them with only a little torch. The shouts of the army.

Longkodo didn't know how many Sui troops had come to kill him, but his soldiers were already in a mess, even killing each other. Longkodo knew that it was impossible to regroup, so he took his personal guards and headed towards They rushed towards the direction where there was less sound of fighting.Along the way, many rout soldiers spontaneously gathered together and fled, which made Longke have many more people.

Just as they rushed out of the camp together, the soldiers in front fell down without warning. Longkodo reined in the horse in surprise, and the horseman stood up, stopping the forward charge. Past his ears, the screams of Tubo soldiers came from behind him, but he couldn't care less.

Appearing in front of his eyes was a Sui army cavalry, led by a general holding a strange broadsword, and the coming general was Niu Jinda.

The reason why Wang Fubao let go was to prevent the Tubo people from smashing to death and causing heavy casualties to his own side, but at the same time he had Niu Jinda ambush here, and Long Keduo rushed out, but was stopped by Niu Jinda.

"Kill~" A group of Tubo people waved their weapons to kill.

"Fire the arrows!" Niu Jinda ordered coldly, and the three thousand elite soldiers behind him were divided into three rows, each holding a continual crossbow, and repeatedly poured crossbow arrows at the gate of the camp.

The Tubo army basically only wore leather armor, and the ranks were very dense. Under the rain of arrows, only screams were heard, and a large number of Tubo soldiers fell down. Three or 400 people were killed or injured in the first round of arrows.

But this damage did not have much impact on the fleeing Tubo soldiers. The crowd continued to rush forward. The second row of Sui cavalry shot a second round of crossbow arrows. The dense rain of arrows hit the crowd, and there was another scream. , the Tubo army began to be timid, their pace slowed down significantly, and their fighting spirit was rapidly fading.

Immediately after Niu Jinda waved his hand, the cavalry retreated dozens of steps quickly, and the third, fourth, and fifth rounds of arrows were shot, six consecutive shots.The Tubo army suffered a great shock. Seeing that their companions died like this, and the other party was full of armor and well-equipped, the morale of the Tubo troops was demoralized. I don't know who turned around first, and thousands of soldiers crowded together.

"Kill!" Niu Jinda swung his saber, rode his horse forward, and split the eye-catching Long Kedo in half.

"kill."

Three thousand cavalry suddenly charged at the chaotic Tubo soldiers. They brandished their swords and spears, only to kill the enemy soldiers crying, but the Sui army mercilessly stabbed them with swords and spears, killing the enemy soldiers with blood flowing into rivers and leaving their corpses lying on the ground. everywhere.

(End of this chapter)