The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 807 The Holy Lord's Oral Order: The General Must Pay Attention

At Jishi Pass, another tragic fight finally came to an end. Lieutenant General Zhou Shao stood on the pass and watched the Second Tu coalition forces recede like a tide.In the past few days, he has weakened a lot, but Jun Lang's eyebrows have a little more calm temperament than before.

Zhou Shaoze is the youngest son of Zhou Faming. His father, Zhou Faming, was the governor of Jiangxia during the Daye period. After Xiao Xian's rebellion and the Jiangdu Rebellion broke out, he sent his three sons to sit in Mianyang, Yong'an, and Qichun counties, waiting for help. The Southern Sui Dynasty court of Yang Tan asked him to send troops to take over, but Yang Tan could not protect himself, and Wang Shichong's eyes were on Li Mijun, who was close at hand, so he had no soldiers to send. With no food and no reinforcements outside, he had no choice but to surrender to Xiao Xian, and later to the Sui Dynasty along with him.

The Zhou family has been studying water warfare since Nanliang. Zhou Faming and his elder brother Zhou Fashang were both famous naval generals of the Sui Dynasty. During the battle of Yang Jian and Yang Guang’s expedition to Goguryeo, both brothers served as naval generals. Zhou Faming returned to the Sui Dynasty Later, he was first appointed by Yang Tong as the prefect of Jiangxia, but he was 63 years old after all, and his body was not as good as before. Since the fall of the Lin Shihong regime, there has been no war in Jingzhou Jiangxia, so he submitted his resignation many times, and Yang Tong agreed. Please, let him enter the Luoyang Academy, serve as a bachelor of the Martial Arts Academy, train admirals for the Sui Dynasty, and continue to shine for the Sui Dynasty.His eldest son, Zhou Shaode, and his second son, Zhou Xiaojie, were both generals of the navy. They fought against Feng Ang in Jiaozhou with Zhang Zhenzhou and Qin Qiong. Zhou Shao followed his father to Beijing and became a general in the Xuanjia army. Assist Li Shimo.

Although he had fought with Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong before, most of the battles were on the water, and the fights were more tactical, not too intense, far less cruel and bloody than it is now. Already a bit more of a titan demeanor that was not there before.

However, since the Holy Majesty led the main force to leave, the Second Tu coalition army has gone crazy, attacking Guancheng day and night. The army has little time to rest, which fills him with worry.

But today, it was the second day after Li Shimo asked him to guard the gate alone. He didn't ask him how to guard or fight, and the pressure in his heart was still great.At this time, seeing Li Shimo walking to the Guancheng for inspection, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The last general will see General Li."

Li Shimo motioned to be polite, and asked with a smile, "How does it feel to be the general?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhou Shao pointed to the corpses everywhere outside the pass, and the black earth after the blood had dried up, and said with a wry smile: "Return to the general, although the last general also led troops to fight in the south, he has many years of combat experience. But I never thought that the war could be so brutal and cruel. I never thought that the foreign people would be so tough and tenacious. Looking back on the battles fought in the south in the past, it will feel like a play at the end. "

Li Shimo said with a smile: "This is considered good. The battle of Mayi led by the Holy Majesty and Li Shangshu back then was tragic. From the beginning to the end, more than 30 troops were buried outside the Killing Tiger Pass. Think about it, how many times?" How spectacular is a hundred thousand corpses?"

Zhou Shao asked: "The general also participated in that bloody battle?"

"Participated, I was a general at the time."

"The Holy Majesty has commanded countless brilliant battles, but everyone says that the Battle of Mayi was the battle of our Great Sui Dynasty to re-establish the military spirit and lay the foundation. It is of extraordinary significance and far-reaching impact. It’s really a pity that this kind of bloody battle happened.” Zhou Shaoze is only 27 years old this year, and he is eager to make contributions with his own ability, eager to participate in hearty battles.

"What's so regrettable?" Li Shimo shook his head and laughed,

"The great battle in Mayi is rare in a hundred years. The key is that our army won, and the general will not be one of them. Can you not regret it?" Zhou Shao said sadly.

"This one is not too bad. If our army destroys the two countries in the first battle and conquers the southwest in the first battle, wouldn't it be famous in history." Speaking of this, Li Shimo himself was excited.

Since ancient times, this nation, whether it is a gentleman of integrity or a villain of treachery, has always paid attention to a righteous name, even if it was devastated during its lifetime, it must strive for a reputation after death.

If he wins this battle, as the key guard of Jishi Gate, can he not engrave the three characters "Li Shimo" deeply on the history books?

However, Jishiguan is also fighting very hard now. Li Shimo pressed his hands on the cold railing of the tower and looked at the enemy camp from a distance. What kind of conditions did Pu agree to Murong Xiaojun to make the Tuyuhun people work so hard? In the past six days, the Tuyuhun people lost at least 4000 soldiers outside the customs. Langri Zanpu can make the monarchs of other countries work so hard for him , it is a bit cunning, no wonder the Holy One insists on getting rid of this person."

Zhou Shaoze's mind also returned from his longing for the future to the war in front of him. He frowned and said, "General Li, although our army's casualties are far less than the enemy's, our soldiers are extremely tired under the enemy's harassment day and night. , if it continues like this, sooner or later it won’t last. Why don’t we write to the Holy One for support.”

Wang Fubao had expected that Jishi Pass would be the main attack direction of the enemy. Before the war came, he asked Li Shimo to mobilize the surrounding shepherds to build the pass city quite firmly, but the time was too short, and many auxiliary defense systems had not yet been built. After all, the strength is not as good as a complete city, and it is also because the passage in front of the pass is narrow, and the enemy's superiority in strength cannot be reflected.

"Jishi Pass is the gateway to Heyuan, Xihai, Lintao and other inland areas. Its strategic position can be called the four passes of Guanzhong and the eight passes of Luoyang. Once we ask for support, the Holy One will definitely send troops to support it. But the strength of the Holy One is not comparable to that of the enemy. It has the upper hand, and Doma, where the Holy Majesty is located, has a higher terrain and a harsher climate than here, and the army will be affected even more. If we send troops back to help and fail to wipe out the main elite soldiers of Tubo, the whole plan will be seriously affected."

Li Shimo said solemnly: "It's hard to get the current situation now. If Langri Zanpu and the whole country of Tubo are brought to the battlefield, once the western battlefield fails to achieve the established results because of supporting us, the opportunity determined in the first battle will be lost." Once destroyed, Langri Zanpu and Tubo soldiers will leave the battlefield and return to Tubo. In the future, if our army wants to destroy the enemy, we can only go deep into the territory of Tubo to fight. It will be difficult to settle Tubo. In this way, our Sui Dynasty will fall into the quagmire of protracted war, which will be detrimental to the country. For the future, no matter how hard we are, even if we wipe out the defenders, we will not give the Holy One the slightest bit. Trouble, you have to persevere to the end. Otherwise, you and I will be Da Sui's sinners."

The confrontation between the two armies is always full of irresistible and avoidable accidents, so it is a special test of a general's adaptability and decision-making ability. In this regard, Li Shimo obviously far exceeds Zhou Shaoze. When faced with difficulties, he chooses to solve them by himself , rather than adding trouble and variables to the long-term plan.

"The general is very considerate, and the last general is ashamed." Zhou Shao nodded, but even so, if we continue to be harassed by the enemy like this, our soldiers may not last long.

Back then, Yang Tong left them [-] elite soldiers and [-] slave soldiers here, as well as a broken crossbow to guard the city, but after so many days of fighting, the crossbow and arrows were exhausted, and they lost the deterrence of this big killer. The Second Tu coalition forces attacked the city so recklessly.

This caused great casualties to the defenders, and there are less than [-] soldiers alive and capable of fighting.

This is not to say that they have already killed more than 1 people, but that human strength is limited after all, and there is always a process of recovery after exhaustion. Take an archer as an example. Forty to fifty bows, but if there is not enough time to recover, the number of bows will drop sharply the next day. If continuous high-intensity combat is carried out, both arms will be permanently damaged, and Lang Rizan Pu obviously had such an idea, not only harassing them day and night, but also using the lives of a large number of Tuyuhun soldiers to consume the arrows and strength of the Sui army.

"Don't worry." Li Shimo turned his eyes from the worried Zhou Shaoze to the outside of the city, and said with a sneer, "Tubo and Tuyuhun are countries composed of various tribes. Their soldiers come from each tribe, and the general is also the leader of each tribe. The reason why they can be united together depends on the personal prestige of Zanpu, Great Khan, and the strength of the headquarters to suppress them. The citizens of this kind of country are full of animal nature. They are not only ruthless to the enemy, but even more ruthless to their own people. Zanpu and the Great Khan are weak, and the ministries disobey orders at least, and stand on their own. Similarly, once a tribe becomes weak, it will be annexed by the surrounding strong. Therefore, the leaders of the ministries cherish their troops very much and are quite afraid of them. Fighting a tough battle, when the loss is unbearable for them, even if their Zanpu and the Great Khan forcefully persecute them, they will not be able to send them. This is the case for one country, let alone two countries. So their desperate This way of fighting won’t last long at all. Otherwise, the ministries of the two countries will stop fighting.”

"It should be that the Holy One made a big move, which forced Langri Zanpu to attack us crazily. And there must be good news coming from the Holy One. The longer we support here, the greater the pressure on the Holy One. Small, the time to break the two countries is not far away. The difficulties in front of you can be called the last madness."

Zhou Shao nodded his head. According to the intelligence obtained by the elaboration, all Tuyuhuns were dispatched this time, and all young and strong men who could fight were bet on. Naturally, their number of troops was much larger than before. After this battle, no matter the result Whether he wins or loses, Tuyuhun is almost useless, Murong Xiaojun is so desperate, I don't know what he thinks.

Now I only hope to support myself until Ertu runs out of food and grass. As for Yang Tong, Zhou Shaoze doesn't have too much expectation in his heart. It's not that Yang Tong can't fight, but that the weather is too bad and the troops are equal. However, the Sui army may not be able to kill the Tubo people who have adapted to this climate with lightning speed as before.

Originally, troops could be drawn from Lintao and Hanyang, but Li Shimin saw the two Tu coalition forces fighting lively, and sent a large number of troops to the border ready to move, like a wolf, waiting for an opportunity.As a result, Lintao and Hanyang had no soldiers to help.Looking back, it is really depressing to think about Jingzhou and Yangzhou, which have a serious surplus of troops.

Of course, this is not to say that Yang Tong is not good at deploying troops. Firstly, the Second Tu coalition forces came too suddenly and violently. It is estimated that people have retracted a long time ago, which will miss this good opportunity. In addition, the army of the Sui Dynasty has always been a blitzkrieg that wins more with less, so the first army and the ninth army are enough.

On the other hand, even if the troops in the direction of Jingyang can arrive in time, these troops lack the necessary time to adapt to the plateau environment, and their physical strength must be very high. The burden caused serious consequences to the Sui Dynasty.In Yang Tong's impression, the battle of Dafeichuan was defeated like this.

Although generally speaking, the defeat of Dafeichuan was due to Guo Daifeng, the large-scale occurrence of altitude sickness also frustrated Xue Rengui's plan to attack the Tubo army by surprise, turning the surprise attack into a confrontation. Guo Daifeng did not follow the order.

What Yang Tong wants to do is actually exactly the same as Xue Rengui's, that is, use the First and Ninth Armies adapted to the altitude sickness to fight a surprise blitzkrieg to annihilate the main force of Tubo, and then use a small group of troops to directly attack the empty troops. Slaughtering all the ministries of Tubo, there was no time for him to wait for the army far away in Jingyang.But this style of play, when there are multiple battlefields in the battle, it is inevitable that there will be a distinction between primary and secondary, leading to the dilemma of insufficient troops on the main battlefield.

"General Li, the Holy Majesty has sent a good news." At this moment, a soldier rushed over with a travel-stained messenger.

The messenger sent a letter to Li Shimo: "Three days ago, the Holy Majesty took the strategy of luring the enemy deep, and led Lun Ker's 5000 troops into Doma Town to wipe them out; Army, Lu Dongzan led [-] soldiers and fled in embarrassment. After joining forces with the [-]-year-old army, he was ambushed by General Wang Xiongdan, leaving less than [-] people to flee to Jishiguan. I believe it will not be long before the news will come Pass it to the Tubo camp."

"Let me take a look." Li Shimo's eyes flashed with surprise, he grabbed the letter and read it carefully, but found that it was not a translation of Yingxin, but written by Yang Tong himself, and it was stamped with a jade seal. He hurriedly asked in a deep voice, "Why is it written by the sage, not Yingxin?"

"After the Holy Majesty and the army wiped out Lun Keer, they broke through the Tubo camp, but that night, they were hit by a man-made mudslide flood, and all Xinying died." The messenger said with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty, are they alright?" Li Shimo turned pale with astonishment, his voice trembling.

"The Holy Majesty was aware of the enemy's sinister intentions in advance, and withdrew from the barracks first. The army did not suffer any losses. The torrent of mud and rocks only submerged the supplies in the camp. We retreated in a hurry, and Xinying had no time to rescue them...The divine statue of the Holy Majesty and the three The condor is fine, but except for the Holy One and the Empress, everyone can’t order it... so I can only send someone to deliver the information.” The messenger said this, and then described in detail what happened these days.

"Even Xinying couldn't be rescued, which shows how dangerous it was at that time. Fortunately, God bless the Holy Majesty and God bless the Sui Dynasty." After hearing the messenger's statement, Li Shimo and Zhou Shao broke out in a cold sweat.

After a long time, Li Shimo took a deep breath and asked again, "What is your Majesty's decision now?"

The messenger hurriedly said: "The Holy Majesty appointed General Wang Fubao as the Grand Marshal of the Luoxie Road Marching, and his deputy General Niu Jinda and General Su Wu commanded [-] troops. They set off in the early morning of the day before yesterday and pointed directly at Luoxie; the Holy Majesty also led the army to set off at the same time. , is coming this way... By the way, the Holy Majesty also asked the humble official to send an oral order to General Li."

"Please tell me." Li Shimo said hastily.

The messenger said solemnly: "The sage said: the general must pay attention."

"The general will understand." Li Shimo nodded solemnly.

"That's great." Zhou Shaoze waved his arms heavily and said excitedly, "As soon as the Holy Lord's army arrives, it will be able to form a corner with our army, so that the enemy can't take care of both ends. On the day the Holy Majesty arrives, this battle will be won!"

Li Shimo asked Yang Tong's news to be announced in the army to boost morale, but he knew that the battle at Jishiguan was about to enter the worst time of the battle.This oral order brought by Yang Tong through the messenger also refers to this meaning.

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At the same time, the coalition army camp outside Jishi Pass presented a joyous scene.

"Brother, judging from today's battle, the Sui army in the city is at the end of its strength. As long as our army attacks once or twice, we can break through Jishi Pass!" Murong Xiaojun in the camp said excitedly to Langri Zanpu: " As soon as the city gate is breached, our army can drive straight in and deliver a fatal blow to Yang Tong from behind, at the same time, we can also send out a surprise army to attack Lintao and other Hexi lands, making it impossible for the Sui army to look at each other."

"Yes, this battle is really not easy." Langri Zanpu sighed and nodded, but his heart was very bitter. Although there was hope of breaking the city and victory was far away, the price Tubo paid was too heavy.

Ever since the defensive strength of Jishiguan was greatly reduced, Langri Zanpu had keenly guessed that the main force of the Sui army was no longer here, but rushed to the western front battlefield - Tubo portal Doma, so he continued to fight day and night Attack Jishi Pass, but the pass has not yet been broken, but Lu Dongzan has the sad news that Lun Keer's entire army has been wiped out.

All in all, in the battle with the Sui Dynasty, Tubo had lost more than 20 elite soldiers, and his reputation as a victor was completely ruined. After that, he faced not only the powerful enemy of the Sui Dynasty, but also the Sui Dynasty. There are also opposition forces that are ready to move. I am afraid that Tubo will not be able to recover in the next [-] years.After the victory of this battle, on the one hand, we must use force to clean up the domestic opposition forces, on the other hand, we must find a way to annex Tuyuhun, and make up for Tubo's losses with nearly a million people from Tuyuhun. The Sui Dynasty has divided into courts to fight against the court, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect itself. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Tubo is completely hostile to the Sui Dynasty. Judging from Yang Tong's performance over the years, this is a person who must take revenge. How could it be possible to sit back and watch Tubo? recover?If you add forces such as Zhang Zhung and Daughter Kingdom, it will be even more difficult for Tubo.

"Zanpu, something is wrong!" At this moment, a guard rushed into the big tent in panic and shouted in panic.

"What's the matter? What's the point of being so flustered?" Langri Zanpu snorted angrily.

"Yang Tong personally led the allied forces of the Sui Dynasty and Xiangxiong to defeat General Geer..."

"What? General Gale also lost?"

Before Langri Zanpu could speak, Murong Xiaojun, with a stiff smile on his face, interrupted the soldiers anxiously. Since he boarded the Tubo boat, he had no way out, but he still held the goal of defeating the Great Sui Dynasty. Fantasizing, so I endured the displeasure in my heart time and time again, and let the soldiers of Tuyuhun serve as the siege soldiers, but so many sacrifices, in exchange for Tubo's successive defeats.

He doesn't need to guess now, he also knows that the main force of the Sui army is coming.

"Exactly!" The soldier glanced at Langri Zamp, who was breathing fire, and said in fear, "General Geer and the prince only have a few thousand soldiers left to flee here."

"A [-] army, only a few thousand left?" Langri Zanpu's eyes widened in disbelief. He knew before that Lun Ke'er was wiped out by the Sui army, but he, like Lu Dongzan, believed that he was hit by the Sui army. As a result of the ambush, even if the Sui army won, they would at least lose tens of thousands of troops. In this way, even if Lu Dongzan, who has [-] troops, could not win, he would still be able to contain the main force of the Sui army in Doma. .

However, he didn't expect that Lu Dongzan would lose so badly. What made him even more frightened and anxious was that Xiangxiong's soldiers had also come. With Xiangxiong at the beginning, could the soldiers of Nuerguo and Xiaobolu be far behind?Will the opposition forces in Tubo help him resist the armies of various countries?
"Brother, now..." Murong Xiaojun came back to his senses, and looked at Langri Zanpu with a bitter face, "What should we do now??"

"Do everything you can to attack Jishiguan, and then send troops to Heyuan and Lintao to force Yang Tong to negotiate."

Langri Zanpu stared at Murong Xiaojun, gritted his teeth and said: "You should know that everyone has no way out now, this battle must be won before Yang Tong returns, otherwise we will all be exhausted when Yang Tong returns." Die here. Even if you are lucky enough to pass this level, you will suffer from the destruction of the country."

"Okay..." Murong Xiaojun resisted the urge to turn his face.

A sense of regret arises spontaneously.

Even if he killed Murong Fuyun, he could have surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. Why did he become obsessed with ghosts and believe in this crap?Well now, I can only die with this bastard.

Langri Zanpu hurriedly said to the soldiers beside him: "Send people to Chengdu, let Shang Nang bring back our army immediately, and come to help Jishiguan." After thinking about it seriously, he then ordered: "At the same time, ask Li Tang sent troops to relieve our pressure, otherwise, all covenants will be void."

Tubo is already in a desperate situation of internal and external troubles, and everything should be state affairs. Now he only hopes that after hearing the news, Niang Shangnang will bring [-] elite soldiers to support him as soon as possible.As for Li Tang Dynasty's previous promises, and whether he took his threats to heart, Langri Zanpu couldn't take care of them all.

"I obey!" The soldier agreed without hesitation, and immediately turned and left.

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