The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 952 The Stars Fall
As the influence of the Sui Dynasty on neighboring countries continued to deepen and grow, the violent institutions that shouldered the responsibility of territorial integrity and national security inevitably needed new forces to integrate into the army. This process involved screening, friction, criticism, motivation, discipline, and recognition. , There are punishments, there are rewards... Whether it is a recruit or a veteran, or a coach or general, they need to undergo high-intensity training and severe tests in the melting pot all the time in order to become a qualified soldier of the Sui Dynasty.Therefore, the phrase "a barracks made of iron, soldiers of flowing water" is also valid when applied to the army of the Sui Dynasty.

Compared with ordinary soldiers and low-level military officers, Yang Tong has stricter requirements for commander-level generals. He not only requires them to win battles, but also requires them to win battles in different environments. Worry about the future and go to the battlefield, and provide everyone with an actual combat battlefield. Therefore, the generals above the division level of the top ten legions are extremely mobile. Let’s say Zhou Shaofan. Not long ago, he was the deputy general of the Fourth Army and participated in the suppression of seven clans and five surnames in Liaodong The private army, but now he is in the Seventh Army, and has become Yu Chigong's lieutenant general.He put down the binoculars to watch Shunzheng City, and said to Yu Chigong, who was supervising the battle beside him, "General, some soldiers of the Tang Army have withdrawn from the city!"

Hearing this, Yu Chigong's eyes flashed brightly, and he ordered: "General Zhou, take a team of troops to cruise around the city. If the soldiers of the Tang army escape from the city, you don't have to surround them, just follow behind and shoot. Just kill."

"The general will follow orders." Zhou Shaofan nodded with a smile. This method is the best and most puzzling rogue tactic of the Sui Army. Naturally, he will not feel unfamiliar, and immediately arranges scouts to patrol the city. Once a soldier of the Tang Army leaves the city , and passed on the horn so that other armies could chase and kill them in time.

"The crossbowmen continued to suppress the Tang army on the city, and ordered the crash vehicles to hit the city gate with all their strength, within a stick of incense, they must be smashed open!" Yu Chigong gave another order.

After receiving the order, the school lieutenant who was in charge of directing the crashing of the city gate sent two more crash vehicles to let the slave soldiers crash into the city gate one after another.

"Roar..." The slave soldiers exerted all their strength, pushing and crashing the car to hit the city gate again and again. Earth and rocks swished down from the city wall, and the thick city gate began to make harsh sounds, with crack marks all over the city gate. both sides.At a certain moment, the overwhelmed city gate reached its limit, and there was a loud "bang", and it fell into the city in an instant.

The school lieutenant who took the lead led the slave soldiers who had thrown down the car and rushed into the city brandishing their weapons.

"These idiots really don't know how to live or die." Yu Chigong saw that group of people directly killed in without warning, and angrily cursed loudly. What if the city gate is blocked?
Hastily ordered to make amends: "The former army will follow me into the city, and the rest will continue to suppress the defenders on the city."

At the gate of the city gate, the captain and his slave soldiers had just killed the Tang army near the city gate and were about to continue to advance, but they were greeted by rows of Tang army crossbowmen who had been waiting for a long time.

"Fire the arrows!" Looking at the enemy soldiers rushing in with a knife, Changsun Anye waved his hand excitedly, and all the arrows were fired instantly. Before the slave soldiers who had just rushed into the city gate had time to cheer, they let the dense crowd The rain of arrows shot them all, and the captain who rushed to the front died the worst, falling to the ground like a hedgehog.

Yu Chigong, who had already rushed to the rescue, shouted bitterly: "Suppress the crossbow arrows severely!"

"咻咻咻~" The soldiers of the Sui army on horseback raised their crossbows and poured arrows at the assembled Tang army.

"Puff puff puff~" The formation of the Tang army that had just assembled was broken up in an instant, following in the footsteps of the slave soldiers, Changsun Anye's complexion changed drastically, and he shouted loudly: "Spread your wings!"

"Don't worry about them, shoot me hard! I want to see how many of them will block the arrows."

Following Yu Chigong's order, someone immediately stepped forward with shields to seize the city gate, and others used the shields of the front army to pour a dense rain of arrows into the enemy army.

The lethality of the Liannu within a short distance was terrific. More than 300 Liannu were spread out in three rows, forming an absolute suppression of the Tang army surrounded on both sides of the city gate.

"withdraw!"

Seeing that the city gate could not be defended, Changsun Anye was very unwilling to retreat into the city with the remaining soldiers, Yu Chigong sneered, took off the crossbow from his horse, and shot an arrow at Changsun Anye.

"Pfft." The arrow crossed a distance of more than ten feet in an instant, and sank into the back of Changsun Anye's head. Half of the arrow came out of his mouth and fell straight down.

"The great general shoots!" the Sui army officers and soldiers howled excitedly.

"Stop flattering, go to the city, and take down the city gate first!" Yu Chigong laughed and cursed, commanding the soldiers to fight for the tower, and at the same time sounded the horn to order the follow-up army to enter the city for support.

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The soldiers of the Tang Army on the city were so overwhelmed by the rain of arrows outside the city that they couldn't lift their heads. When the horn of the Sui Army sounded, the rain of arrows outside the city finally stopped. However, Duan Zhixuan's face was extremely difficult. He was different from the soldiers who breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that the cessation of the arrow rain outside the city meant that Changsun Anye failed to stop the Sui army, causing the city gate to fall into the hands of the Sui army.

"Kill!" Just as Duan Zhixuan was about to turn back and go down the city, the Sui army had already rushed up the stone steps. The soldier shot down one piece.

"Soldiers, follow me to kill!" Duan Zhixuan dragged his spear and rushed towards the unsteady Sui army.

The crossbow arrows were able to pass through the relatively narrow city, and their power was greatly weakened. The soldiers of the Sui army who had already killed quickly put away their crossbows, drew out their swords and fought hand-to-hand with the Tang army. The people were in charge of the attack, and they cooperated very tacitly. In just a moment, they killed a blank area and gained a firm foothold.

"Get off!" Duan Zhixuan, who was horrified to see the Sui army's strength and perfect coordination, knew that once the opponent stabilized, more soldiers would come up.The steel gun in his hand turned into an afterimage, and slammed it fiercely on the armor of a Sui soldier, only to hear a muffled sound, the soldier was hit by this blow, his body rose from the ground, and hit the battlement heavily On, screamed and fell down.

"Kill!" The soldiers of the Sui army who cooperated in the battle showed no fear at all, and did not show anger or fear because of the death of their comrades in battle. A soldier swung the Tiger Roaring Sword horizontally, and chopped towards Duan Zhixuan.

Hearing the crisp sound of "ding", Duan Zhixuan only felt his hands lighten. Duan Zhixuan could hardly believe his eyes. His steel spear was forged with thousands of tempers, and now it was easily cut off by a soldier.

What he didn't know was that the protruding front section of the Tiger Roaring Saber has the effect of gathering force, and the smooth and concave rear section has a miraculous effect of boosting power. , so it is very powerful.And the soldier in his eyes is actually Yuchi Gong's second son, Yuchi Baoqi.

Although Yuchi Baoqi is young, not only has he inherited his father's fierce bloodline, but he has always been a soldier by his father's side, receiving his father's advice every day, so his martial arts are three points better than his elder brother Yuchi Baolin.

"Pfft~" Just when Duan Zhixuan was distracted, Yuchi Baoqi's saber had arrived again, Duan Zhixuan instinctively avoided it, but the armor on his chest was cut by the opponent's saber, and bright red blood gushed out.

"Go to hell!" Duan Zhixuan stabbed Yuchi Baoqi's throat with the half of the spear in his hand.

There was a sound of "dang", but a soldier stepped forward and blocked Yuchi Baoqi's stab with a small shield in his hand, and when Yuchi Baoqi raised the saber in his hand, Duan Zhixuan felt his right hand go cold, A heart-piercing pain spread all over his body, but his wrist had been severed.

The other main attacking warrior cut off Duan Zhixuan's left hand with his sharp eyes; at the same time, Yuchi Baoqi's saber pierced Duan Zhixuan's body with a "pop", while the other two fighters blocked the surrounding Tang troops.

"Ho ho~" Duan Zhixuan opened his eyes angrily, blood gushed out of his mouth, and his throat roared like a beast.

Yuchi Baoqi gave a cold cry, and with a strong arm, the saber that had been pierced into Duan Zhixuan's body was stirred up, and at the same time, it kept moving forward against Duan Zhixuan's body.Then he pulled out his saber violently, kicked Duan Zhixuan fiercely on the chest, and knocked down the soldiers of the Tang Army behind him.

"Kill!" Duan Zhixuan raised his arms that lost both palms, let out a low growl, and looked at Tang Jun around him with a begging look.

However, all the soldiers of the Tang army looked ashen.

The bravery and ruthlessness of the Sui army was beyond their imagination. Duan Zhixuan was also a good general with good martial arts skills in the Tang Dynasty, but now he was killed by several small soldiers. The soldiers of the Sui army were full of fear. Coupled with the broken city gate and the death of the main general, the already low morale was even lower.

"Those who surrender will not be killed." More and more soldiers of the Sui army came up, and a series of crossbows aimed at the soldiers of the Tang army.Yuchi Baoqi sternly said: "I'll count to three, anyone who doesn't put down his weapon will be killed! One..."

"Kill, I beg of you, kill the enemy..." Duan Zhixuan held his last breath, and let out a deep roar.

"Two!" Yuchi Baoqi ignored Duan Zhixuan and just reported the number indifferently.

"when"

Finally, under the threat of death, someone dropped his weapon, crouched down with his head in his arms, and begged to surrender.This is one and then there are two. When the soldiers of the Tang Army saw someone making an attack, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered in pieces.

"Roar~" Duan Zhixuan stared, and died out of breath.

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When the sounds of weapon collisions, shouts, and screams in Shunzheng City gradually subsided, it was already the climax of the moon.

After learning that the main general Duan Zhixuan, the deputy generals Sun Anye, Sima Cui Junsu and others were all killed in battle, Yu Chigong did not continue to kill, but after the Seventh Army soldiers took control of the whole city, he began to recruit and surrender the soldiers of the Tang Army who had no fighting intentions. People wanted to take advantage of the chaos to break out, but Zhou Shaofan, who was cruising outside the city, cleaned up one by one.

"General, the chaos and routs in the city have basically been cleared out. Our army has occupied all the strategic points in the city. General Zhou has also sent people to patrol the whole city." Yuchi Baoqi, covered in blood, came to the county mansion, looking through the Yuchi Gong reported the account.

"I see, let's go down and inspect!" Yu Chigong glanced at his son, smiled and nodded.

"Here." Yuchi Baoqi responded, turned around and left.

"Wait." Yuchi Gong suddenly stopped Yuchi Baoqi again, and grinned: "When it is dawn, besides sending this news to the Holy One, we will also send it to Lintao and Hanyang, so that Wang Fubao, Xue Wanche, and Yao Junsu will send it to them. Also happy."

"Here!" Yuchi Baoqi replied in a very speechless voice. It is a normal operation to send it to the Holy Majesty, but it is an act of showing off to the other three generals. It is obviously to stimulate those generals who have not made much progress. How can this be? Make them happy?
Yuchi Baoqi is still young, so she doesn't know that although the generals in this dynasty have a good relationship, they are also full of unyielding competition.

In this Sui-Tang confrontation, each army has its own tasks and goals. The Seventh Army headed by Yu Chigong, the Tenth Army headed by Wang Fubao and Xue Wanche, and Yao Junsu stationed in Hanyang mainly fought in the northern part of Yizhou. Each has its own attack target, unless it is a necessary coordinated operation, they are almost fighting on their own, why did Yu Chigong specifically notify other people?The reason is the competition in all aspects that exists among the generals.

In tonight's battle, Yu Chigong took the lead in breaking the deadlock and overthrew Li Shimin's major general Duan Zhixuan with a small amount of damage. Naturally, he wanted to show off.

What makes Yu Chigong feel a little imperfect is that Duan Zhixuan was not killed by himself.But having said that, this Duan Zhixuan was actually killed by his son and four small soldiers. He is not very good at martial arts, so it is not worth doing it by himself.

Thinking about it, Yu Chigong felt relieved.

In fact, Duan Zhixuan is not too weak. The main reason is that the soldiers of the top ten legions are too strong. First of all, they are elites selected from the first level, and they are very brave in themselves; During the war, he was pulled out by generals at all levels to practice every day to further improve his strength; thirdly, the weapons and equipment of the Sui Dynasty were definitely the number one in the world in this era, which made the soldiers even more powerful.So in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, these soldiers in the main battle can easily overwhelm the commander-level military attache of the Tang Army, and if they are singled out, they can even overthrow the opponent's school lieutenant.

Facing such a small team with strong combat power, advanced weapons, tacit cooperation, and high fighting spirit, let alone the flustered Duan Zhixuan, even Yu Chigong might not be able to knock down these soldiers neatly in the same environment.

Shunzheng is a county with only four counties. With the fall of Shunzheng City alone and the death of Duan Zhixuan, the main force of the Tang Dynasty in Shunzheng County was defeated. The Tang Dynasty forces in the territory are now only entrenched in Xiucheng County. Because Xiucheng County is located at the intersection of Hechi, Shunzheng, and Wudu, Liu Hongji deployed [-] soldiers here. Mingshui and Changju counties, which are adjacent to Wudu, have hundreds of counties each. Soldiers, there is no regular army.However, Changju County entered Wudu County from Shunzheng, so on the next day, Yu Chigong asked Zhou Shaofan to lead [-] fine cavalry to capture Xiucheng County, and he himself led the main force to quickly advance to Changju County. Mingshui County, which lies across the only way, can be taken easily.

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