The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 787 Decisive Battle in Doma Town

Thick snowflakes coated the vast town of Doma with a melancholy brilliance, and the deserted snow land fell into a hazy sense of coldness and silence. The rustling wind and desolate horse neighing made people feel desolate in the atmosphere.

Yang Tong actually likes the clear and desolate plateau. He thinks that people are lonely ascetics between heaven and earth. Only when you are at the closest position to the sky can you deeply experience the tranquility in solitude.

It's a pity that this tranquility will eventually be broken by human beings who "like" to kill each other.

The chaotic seizure of cattle and sheep that Yang Tong imagined did not happen. The Tubo army commander Lun Keer obviously knew the virtues of his soldiers. It was only after the news of the formation of "helpless" that they rushed to the north.

However, Yang Tong was not disappointed either, because he used the trick of using horses, cattle and sheep to induce the greedy nature of the Tubo people a few years ago on the Xi people. The reason why they were successful before was not that the Xi people were stupid, but that they thought the animals It was because of the expense that they had no intention of guarding against the Sui army.

Now that the two armies are facing each other, they are obvious enemies. If they still rob livestock in a chaotic manner, then the Tubo people who cross the plateau are too brain-dead.

Hearing that Tubo entered the valley and moved slowly, Yang Tong gave up the idea of ​​"using profit to lure the enemy to cause chaos" and decided to fight this tough battle seriously.

Yang Tong was wearing silver armor at this time, holding a lance in his hand, and a treasure dagger hanging from his waist, which was the same color as the off-string arrow under his crotch. The white cloak fluttered in the strong wind, as if it blended with the snow.

Beside him were Niu Jinda and Wang Xiongdan, followed by [-] cavalry in heavy armor. Heavy cavalry is also called armored cavalry.The war horses are the strongest mixed Liaodong horses. The heavy cavalry are all tall, burly and brave.

This time, Yang Tong decided to adopt Yang Su's tactics when he revealed the heavy cavalry army.

Long before Yang Su, when the Central Plains army was fighting against the nomads in the north, they all adopted a battle formation in which chariots, cavalry and infantry cooperated with each other because they were worried about the fierce impact of the opponent. objects, while the cavalry stayed in the innermost part.

However, when Yang Su faced off against the Turks, he believed that the chariot formation was too important to defend rather than attack, so he directly gave up the initiative in the war to Hu Qi. Even if the Central Plains army wins, it is difficult to achieve major results. Hu Qi, who has not lost much, can quickly use the advantages of cavalry to continuously drag down and collapse the Central Plains army, and then step forward to tear the Central Plains army to pieces like a pack of wolves.

Because of the fatal shortcomings in the tactics of the Central Plains, since ancient times, few Central Plains troops have gone deep into the grasslands to fight, and most of them have fought on the border; or directly sent Hu cavalry into the country, using the main force to stand by and wait to break the enemy, and sent partial divisions to harass the enemy's rear Cutting his way of food, gradually weakening the enemy's strength, and creating opportunities for victory. However, Yang Su hated the second method of warfare, and he did not deny that it was a good strategy to defeat the enemy, but what about the losses?

How to calculate?
If soldiers, horses and common people stay in the city and let Hu Qi wreak havoc on the fields in towns and villages, will the common people have to live?If you can't even protect the people, then simply subjugate the country.

At that time, he thought that the Sui army had been raising troops for 20 years, and the Sui army had enough food, well-trained, and well-equipped, so why didn't they confront the prairie Huqi?If you don't fight Hu Qi in a dignified battle, then the Central Plains army will be at a psychological disadvantage forever and from generation to generation. He will start with him, so that the Sui army will no longer be afraid of Hu Qi, and break this mentality. shackles.

But Yang Su's idea was opposed by all the generals who went to the expedition. Finally, he used the authority of the coach to overcome all opinions, and finally implemented the tactics of cavalry against cavalry, heavy cavalry with heavy cavalry, and infantry to assist, and defeated the Turkic Ten With an army of more than [-], a major victory was achieved.

After that, the Sui army let go of their defenses and no longer regarded Hu Qi as an invincible existence.Under the leadership of famous generals such as Yang Shuang, Yu Zeqing, He Ruobi, Han Qinhu, Yu Juluo, etc., the Sui army, which had unloaded its ideological burden, took the initiative to attack and won brilliant victories one after another. With the help of Sheng, the Great Sui Dynasty time and time again dismembered the Turkic Khanate extending to Liaodong in the east, Central Asia in the west, Hanhai in the north, and Hexi in the south.

"My lord, the divine sculpture is here." Shui Tianji, also in silver armor, said suddenly, holding a saber in her hand.

Yang Tong looked up, and saw the huge golden eagle flying in circles. The golden eagle chirped a few times in the air, and flew out in an arc. Said: "The Tubo army is charging towards our army."

"Your Majesty, the last general invites you to fight." Wang Fubao appeared behind Yang Tong like a ghost, his cold eyes flickering with terrifying murderous intent.

Hearing that the Tubo army did not fall into the trap, not only was Wang Fubao not disappointed, but he was a little more excited to look forward to it. Although the tough battle was cruel, the tough battle was full of enthusiasm, and it could even promote the name of the Ninth Army.

"Sure." Yang Tong nodded slightly.

"I will go at the end." Wang Fubao saluted, and rushed to the south with more than a hundred personal guards.

"..." Yang Tong, guarded by thousands of Asura guards, rode forward with Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, Yang Qinfang, Du Ruhui, and Liu Rengui, and boarded the rear army watchtower together.

Niu Jinda and Wang Xiongdan also led the heavy cavalry to follow slowly.

"Woo, woo, woo..." Following Wang Fubao's departure, the bannermen blew their horns, and the low-pitched sound of the horn sounded on the grassland. This was the sound of the horn before the war.

The [-] soldiers of the Ninth Army were divided into the Central Army, the left and right wings, and the Banner Army on the vast grassland south of Doma Town. Guo Jun, the entire battle stretches for several miles.

Thousands of large flags were scattered on the front line, and the strong wind blew the flags. The soldiers of the Sui army who were ready were high in morale and murderous. Even the war horses seemed to feel the tension before the war, shaking their heads, lowering their heads, neighing and snorting.

At this time, the earth began to tremble, rumbling horseshoes came from the south, and all kinds of desolate sound waves approached from far and near, touching the heart.With the desolate sound, a wave of black shadows rolled up.

Holding a telescope, Yang Tong looked into the distance and saw a cavalry force rushing towards the Sui army like a torrent on the vast grassland in the distance.

Smiling to Du Ruhui who was beside him, "The news scouted in front is true. The [-] Tubo army has finally entered the 'hub'. It's not in vain for my emergency deployment."

I heard that the Tubo army was dispatched in full force, and they were not tempted by cattle and sheep, but waited for the livestock in Doma Town to be driven away before marching slowly, so he also quickly changed his tactics, dispatched the whole army, and hid the soldiers with banners all over the sky , This is to use the two tall natural barriers of the east and west mountains to completely wipe out the Tubo army entering the valley.

Looking back at the army behind the banner, Du Ruhui also had a cruel smile on his face: "The [-] Tubo army will be finished."

"I hope it's not [-] corpses, but [-] living laborers." Yang Tong said to himself.

"Your Majesty's request is a little too much." Du Ruhui laughed.

"It's not a little too much, but very much. The strength of my soldiers does not allow it."

Yang Tong smiled and stopped talking.

He looked up at the gloomy sky and found a mass of dark clouds rolling in the sky. He felt that a bigger snowstorm was coming.

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The distance of two miles is the best range for the cavalry to charge. The Tubo army slowly stopped when they reached this range, and quickly formed neat square formations under the command of generals at all levels.

Lun Kolce stepped forward immediately and looked at the formation of the Sui army. He knew that the Sui army's crossbowmen must be hidden in the dense army, and he also knew that the range of hand crossbows was longer than that of ordinary bows and arrows, and they were more lethal.

However, Tubo did not have crossbow making skills, so naturally there would be no crossbows. If the Sui army was equipped with a large number of crossbows, even if the Tubo archers were placed together, they would not be able to cause damage to the Sui army. After all, the difference in range is not archery. able to make up for.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Lun Cole complied with people's hearts and went out in a blizzard in an attempt to use the weather to make the opponent's crossbow arrows unable to exert their due power.However, he still planned to send an army to attract and suppress the crossbows of the Sui army.

"Sarkozy." Lun Cole shouted sharply.

A burly and strong ten thousand commander came out and said: "I am willing to serve the general."

"Did you see the armor, sword, spear, and horse on the opposite side? They are all good things, especially the Mingguang armor is in our Tubo. A set of cavalry armor can be exchanged for [-] good horses. Now the Sui army sent it to the plateau. It’s gone.” Lun Ke’er slowly drew out his saber, pointed at the Sui army and said, “I’ll let you fight the first army. If you don’t die, I’ll give you three sets of armor. As for the iron armor and weapons, you take [-]% first.” .”

Like nomads, they have no shortage of cattle, sheep and horses, but silk, porcelain, tea, salt, and ironware.

Compared with the northern nomads who had communicated with the Central Plains for hundreds of years, the just-rising Tubo was poorer.An iron pot is a symbol of wealth in Tubo. It is even more remarkable if a Tubo warrior has a solid and intact iron armor. It is not only a life-saving thing, but also a symbol of status.

However, due to the limited terrain, it is difficult for the Tibetans to even obtain an iron pot, let alone armor.The more than 3 Sui soldiers in front of them are not people, but wealth, but [-] pieces of exquisite armor and countless sharp weapons.

The Tubo army with high morale was even thinking of grabbing a few more trophies.

At this time, when they heard that Cole promised to pick up [-]% of the weapons after the battle, many generals looked at Sarkochi, full of envy and jealousy, wishing to replace him.

Sarkochi grinned, "Thank you General for giving me this opportunity."

Lun Cole waved his saber, "Go to war!"

"Yes!"

Sarkochi returned to the front and yelled loudly: "Boys, since the Sui army dared to kill and go to the plateau, they must be prepared to be killed. Today, these Sui people must know how powerful I am. Go up to me!" , Kill all the Sui people, and their sturdy armor and sharp weapons will be ours."

"Kill all the Sui people, and their sturdy armor and sharp weapons will be ours."

"Kill all the Sui people, and their sturdy armor and sharp weapons will be ours."

Ten thousand elite Tubo soldiers were roaring on their horses with excitement like beasts, looking at the neat lineup of the Sui army, their eyes were full of greed.

"Woo--" With the sound of the low-pitched horn in the Tubo formation, the Tubo phalanx composed of [-] elite soldiers suddenly mobilized, with momentum like a rainbow, like a rushing flood, shouting and shouting, sweeping towards the Sui army. and go. . . . .

As the main general of this battle, Wang Fubao was standing on the command tower in front of the Banner Army. When he saw the Tubo cavalry rushing towards him, he couldn't help but sneered.

Enemy tactics are simple and obvious!

He planned to use [-] fine cavalry to disperse his army formation, and then the army would cover up and kill them. This is also a tactic used by nomads.

"Shoot according to the original plan." Wang Fubao ordered to the bannermen around him.

General Huben Lang, who was in charge of commanding [-] crossbowmen, saw Zhou Zhan's flag and shouted sharply, "Get ready to shoot!"

Ordinary crossbows would indeed fail in this storm, but what about large crossbows?

Nature is not afraid of these storms.

. . . .

Just when the first wave of offensive was still about a mile away from the Sui army, Lun Keer gave the order for the general attack. He pointed his saber forward and shouted loudly: "The whole army presses down and tears the damned Sui army apart."

"Woooooo."

The horn of desolation sounded, and the [-] army launched an offensive at the same time, like a black wave, surging towards the north.

Lun Keer couldn't see the Sui army behind the sky full of banners, and thought it was the usual fancy of the Central Plains people, so he believed that his biggest advantage was the large number of people, and he would not send troops little by little to compete with the Sui army with strong armor and sharp blades. Fight for consumption, so as not to be defeated one by one by the opponent. Only when the army is all killed can you give full play to your own advantages.

The aura inspired by the 5 army is really amazing, but these Sui troops are all selected elites, and the most enemy troops have been fought. A mere [-] people are not enough to scare them.

The [-] crossbowmen in front were calm and calm, and watched the Tubo forward who was coming aggressively with a playful look.

Two hundred feet.

180 feet.

150 feet.

Hundred feet...

The forward general Sa Keqi knew that his side was going northward against the wind, and with the strength of Tubo riding a bow, he could not let the arrows play a role in the strong wind, so he simply adopted the traditional tactics of suppressing the opponent with momentum, blood, and bravery. Waving uneven weapons and screaming, the speed is getting faster and faster.

Sa Keqi, who was rushing forward, waved his spear and looked excitedly at the approaching Sui army. The row of swordsmen standing in front of him could not stop the attack of the Tubo warriors. The ridiculous Sui people would blame themselves for their ignorance. And paid for it!

However, at this moment, the sitting horse sank suddenly, and Sarkochi quickly pressed his palm on the horse's back. His burly body jumped up from the horse's back lightly and flexibly, and landed firmly on the ground.

After Sa Keqi was safe and secure, he dropped his spear and fled to the east, so as not to be trampled to death by the horses that came after him. At the same time, he looked at his beloved horse, only to find that the ridiculous thing that the horse stumbled happened to him like this. On a Tibetan warrior with superb riding skills?

When Sa Keqi looked at the ground, he suddenly found that there were pots the size of bowls all over the ground, distributed in an irregular manner on the grass, and his horse stepped into a pit, causing the horse to stumble.

What do I say?

Sarkochi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly thought of something, and his face changed drastically. He finally understood the purpose of these pits, and just wanted to stop his subordinates, but it was too late.

I saw a galloping horse at high speed set foot on the grass full of holes in a rush.

"Xi Lv Lv~" Amidst the neighing of war horses, the imposing army stumbled one after another.

The fighting charge of each horse was too fast. After the front hooves fell into the pit, the momentum remained undiminished. Under the action of inertia, the rear hoofs turned forward and fell on their backs. The warriors who were thrown out danced and danced in arcs The thread was thrown forward from the air, and before he could stand up, he was trampled into a pulp by the second, third, and fourth horses that followed.

Then the second horse fell into the pit ahead, threw its owner out as before, and was trampled to death by the second, third, and fourth horses...

Sarkochi just watched helplessly as the warriors of the clan rushed into this piece of grass that was densely covered with pits.

The whole army turned on their backs without any attack, and warriors with excellent riding skills could jump off the horse in time like him, but they were not as lucky as themselves, and they were quickly defeated by the horses behind. trampled to death.But more people broke their necks directly when the horses fell to the ground, or were crushed to death by the horses facing upwards.

The army he brought out moved forward at high speed in this way, like a huge wave encountering an invisible reef, the invisible reef was safe and sound, and the giant romance bloomed!
"Ah ah ah..."

Sarkochi, who had been watching this spectacle from the sidelines, saw the heroic clansmen die one by one, only felt depressed, and roared angrily: "Despicable Sui people, what kind of heroes are diggers?" A hero? Have the ability to single out!"

"Fire arrows!"

Looking at the Tubo people who wanted to get out of the horse pit, Wang Fubao on the command tower flashed a cold light in his eyes.

The Tubo army was more than 20 miles away from here. When the news of the Sui army's attack on Duoma Town reached Lun Keer and other generals, the battle was over.The time it took for them to dispatch troops plus the more than an hour of their stay... It took about two hours in total, which was enough for the Sui army with a large number of people to dig these traps.

Facts have proved that nomadic soldiers who have lost their horses are nothing in front of the advanced weapons and equipment of the Central Plains Dynasty.

As Wang Fubao's order spread to the former army, dense crossbow arrows shot at the chaotic Tubo army.

Five thousand crossbow arrows shot out at the same time, and the arrows were extremely powerful, and shot into the chaotic group of Tubo soldiers in an instant.Although the crossbow arrows fired by the powerful crossbow machine were slightly deviated under the strong northwest wind, there were still thousands of people in the Tubo army ahead, and the dense crossbow arrows could finally achieve good results.Just a wave of crossbow arrows set off a blood mist in the crowd, and the sound of screams rang out.

The casualties of the former army were not without the slightest effect, at least the horse trap was filled with flesh and blood, paving a smooth path for the army behind.

When Zhou Zhan saw the Tubo cavalry galloping towards them, he said grimly, "Three-stage fire, the first row fires."

It was hand crossbows just now, but now the crossbowmen are firing bed crossbows. There are [-] crossbows in total, each with ten arrows.

Following his order, the first row of bed crossbows began to unleash their power, and the arrows flew towards the Tubo cavalry like dense rain. The Tubo soldiers with amazing riding skills hid their bodies beside the horses, but the powerful crossbows easily pierced through the men and horses. In an instant, there were screams everywhere, and people were constantly shot by arrows, and the fallen horses threw the cavalry out. The powerful crossbow arrows pierced through the wooden shields of the Tubo soldiers, and the remaining power continued to penetrate the faces and chests of the cavalrymen.

Immediately afterwards, there was another burst of clappers, and the second row of bed crossbows shot like rain and arrows like locusts, shooting at the Tubo cavalry. However, the Tubo army was also a brave and skilled soldier. Even if the power of the three-stage strike was astonishing, the Tubo army still rushed to the front of the formation regardless of losses.

At this time, the crossbowmen who had completed the three-stage attack had retreated, revealing the big killer of the Modao Army.

Su Wu, who was in charge of commanding the Sui army, shouted coldly: "The Modao army is attacking."

"brush!"

The snow-white sword came out, and the Mo Dao hand in heavy armor took a step forward. The [-] Mo Dao soldiers lined up tightly, like a copper wall and an iron wall.The soldiers in the front row inserted the handle end of the sharp Mo knife into the ground, and pointed the tip of the knife at the roaring Tubo cavalry.

The Tubo cavalry, who had escaped the crossbow array by chance, had rushed to a dozen steps away. At this time, there was no way to retreat. They could only close their eyes in despair, screamed and continued to move forward. , Blood mist filled the air.

Tubo's charge was thwarted in front of a wall of flesh made of corpses, and chaos began.

Wang Fubao ordered: "Give me an order to let the heavy cavalry attack the Tubo central army."

"Obey." The bannermen waved their flags, and the drums were beating loudly. Five thousand heavy cavalry heard the news and launched an attack from the gap to the front.

After the tragic three-fold killing move of horse pit, crossbow formation, and Mo Dao army, less than [-]% of the Tubo soldiers' murderous aura has disappeared. They were originally herdsmen from various tribes in Tubo, and they did not have the iron will of the Sui army, nor did they have complete military discipline. Defeating the enemy army with a single bang and blood, their morale will rise quickly and fade quickly. When the dream is shattered, their morale will recede like a tide.

At this time, the heavy cavalry of the Sui Army were like invincible monsters that devoured people. Corpses littered the fields and blood flowed into rivers wherever they passed, killing the Tubo army to the core. .

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wang Fubao immediately said, "The whole army goes out!"

"Dong dong dong..."

The drums of the general attack were loud, and the long-prepared Xuanjia Army and Xiaoguo Army were divided into two, and rushed out from behind the banners, avoiding the frontal battlefield, smashing through the enemy troops on both sides from the east and west sides, and then hugged each other. The Tubo army was encircled from the south, and the Tubo army, which was surrounded by the north and the south, fell apart in an instant.

(End of this chapter)