The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 22 Lure the enemy to go deep
At dusk, Yang Tong gathered a large group of mid-level generals and told them the real battle plan.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but they also took orders resolutely.

Yang Tong took a deep breath and ordered: "It's not too late, the army retreats in batches at night. The first wave is the eunuch and Shubao; the second wave is from Niu Jinda's department; Pei Xingyan, Luo Shixin and I will receive five thousand Xiaoguo." The army and the Xuanjia army are the third wave; Yang Shanhui and Yang Yuanhong each lead [-] soldiers to stay behind to intercept Dou Jiande and buy time for the retreating army. The two of you can pile up more firewood in the camp first. Burn the village to stop the enemy and lure the enemy into our encirclement."

Yang Tong, Yang Yichen and others continued to block the enemy's tactics.When fighting, it takes a lot of time to pretend to be defeated, otherwise, who would believe that the famous and famous Guoguo army would be defeated in one battle?
Afterwards, the baton was handed over to Yang Yichen. He is worthy of being a seasoned general, and various offensive and defensive tactics emerged one after another, which opened the eyes of Yang Tong and other younger generations.

Yang Tong and the others were quick-witted and courageous, but they lacked such rich combat experience, so they felt that they had benefited a lot just by listening in.

"The humble minister will go and make arrangements. Although it is a defeat, but before retreating, the last general will let this group of bastards lose their good teeth!"

Yang Shanhui, Yang Yuanhong and Su Lie went with them.

Yang Tong hoped that the strategy would be implemented smoothly, but when he thought of the pawns who were about to sacrifice, he suddenly felt a deep sense of apology.

Yang Yichen, who has been through the battlefield for a long time, understood Yang Tong's feelings at this time, and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "In war, no one is immortal. As a commander, what he wants is to obtain the greatest victory with the least casualties. These soldiers in the queen's palace will indeed be killed because of His Highness's temptation. The enemy made some sacrifices due to his plan, but more people will survive because of His Highness's plan. In front of a qualified commander, his pawns are his pawns. Under his fiddle, he uses all kinds of unpredictable tactics and strategies , Destroy the opponent! Therefore, you must have a cold heart in war."

"Thank you servant! I understand. It's just a little bit hard to let go." People's hearts are full of flesh, and Yang Tong is by no means a cold-blooded and ruthless character, and he can't be cruel like treating soldiers as pawns.Only when you settle down, you must train vigorously and vigorously. Through cruel training, the soldiers will have more chances of survival on the battlefield.

After dinner, night gradually fell.

Dark clouds cover the sky, but dense clouds do not rain, which is good for sneak attacks, but not good for pursuit.

Yang Tong secretly rejoiced: It's really a good weather, it seems that God is also helping them.

It was almost early morning, and Dou Jiande, who had come out in full force, had already led the army outside the camp.

The world was peaceful, except for the chirping mosquitoes around, there was not a single noise to be heard.

With the help of the scattered fires in the camp, Dou Jiande had roughly understood the enemy's deployment of the camp, and his heart became heavy, and he praised: "This Yang Yu is indeed an outstanding figure in the royal family. Look at the layered and scattered layout of the military camp. Well-organized; teams of patrolling soldiers are full of vigor and order; grain, grass and supplies are piled up like mountains and heavily guarded. Even if it is a night attack, our army can't take advantage of it."

Wang Fubao who was beside him agreed: "Brother is right, but the other party's experience is too weak, otherwise, we will definitely not be able to reap the benefits."

Today's situation is such that the arrow is on the string and has to be launched, and Dou Jiande raised the command to charge.

"Kill..." Tens of thousands of rebels yelled in unison, and then they split up and rushed towards their respective targets, the momentum was like overwhelming!
In an instant, the tranquility and peace of the night were thrown out of the sky.There were only about [-] people at the Sui Army's sentry post. Hearing the cry of the ground breaking that day, they hurriedly rang the alarm bell. In less than a moment, they were chopped down and stabbed by the soldiers rushing towards them.

For a while, shouts of "enemy attack..." and "meet the enemy..." came out one after another.

The entire Sui army camp exploded!

With the sound of war drums, one by one the rebels rushed into the camp like wolves and tigers. They fought hand-to-hand with the Sui army who had already reacted, and killed each other.In terms of individual combat capabilities, these desperadoes were not inferior to the Sui army.

Yang Tong looked around, and roughly estimated that the enemy had invested at least 5 people in. In terms of a surprise attack, this is a rather huge number. They had the upper hand and the superiority in numbers, and when they rushed into the camp, they had already occupied some upper hand.

Soldiers on both sides, you cut me down and killed each other extremely tragically.

"I didn't expect the rebel army in Hebei Road to be so powerful." Qin Qiong exclaimed, this is so much stronger than the Wagang Army, which is like ants, it is simply incomparable.

"These thieves are doing rebellion. How can they do it if they don't have the guts? Moreover, there have been riots in Hebei Road for seven or eight years. After the survival of the fittest, the remaining ones are all strong and brave men." Although they don't have military discipline, they don't have a strict battle formation, but when they fight, they are absolutely desperate." Yang Tong said seriously.

At this time, the crossbowmen of the Sui Dynasty put their arrows on the bowstring one after another.

They were a mighty army of hundreds of battles in the Sui Dynasty. These archers were well-trained, not only powerful, but also extremely fast in firing arrows, twice as fast as ordinary soldiers.

They didn't panic at all against the bandits who came rushing to kill them, they used the fortifications to cover themselves, and put their arrows on the bowstrings one after another.

The soldier's arrows are big arrows, two feet long, and the arrows are very heavy. They are shot in a parabola, using their own weight, and their penetrating power is extremely strong. It is difficult for ordinary leather armor to resist, let alone bandit soldiers wearing civilian clothes.

Yang Yuanhong stared at the bandit soldiers who were getting closer and closer. When the enemy rushed into the hundred-pace line, he immediately ordered: "Shoot!"

There was a sudden sound of clappers in the camp, and the archers fired at the same time. Thousands of soldiers' arrows flew into the air and shot at the black bandit army.

Soldier arrows came whistling, and shot into the dense crowd. Immediately, blood splattered, screams everywhere, and pieces of thieves were shot down to the ground!There were countless casualties, and the thieves who were not shot were trampled to death by their comrades, howling with arrows.

The thieves raised their shields to meet each other, and the second round of arrows shot again. This time, the archers shot at the dense thieves behind the sword and shield soldiers. There was another scream on the battlefield, and the thieves rushed forward. The arrow fell down!
A few rounds of volleys immediately killed tens of thousands of people.

Seeing that the bows and arrows were too sharp, Dou Jiande saw that they were simply going to die. If this went on like this, the [-] forwards would be wiped out in half an hour. He shouted: "The Chinese army is on top!"

Instead of being easily harvested by the Sui army, it is better to use the superiority in numbers to defuse the enemy's sharp bows and arrows!As long as you get close, the advantage of the Sui army's archers will disappear.

In the dark of night, more than 2 bandit troops dressed in equipment appeared. This is Dou Jiande's elite army. They wore Sui army armor, held high wooden shields, and held spears in their hands. Charge everywhere, and the shields in their hands are exquisitely crafted, which can withstand the shooting of soldiers and arrows above their heads.

This bandit army was originally Qinghe County government soldiers, but after being incorporated by Dou Jiande, it was expanded and became his core army. It was completely different from the bandit army just now in terms of morale and combat effectiveness.

Yang Tong also discovered this unique army, which was beyond his expectation. It turned out that Dou Jiande also had this kind of well-trained soldiers. If they were popularized among the fierce bandit army, at least there would be a hundred thousand elite soldiers. Soldier.

Yang Tong secretly rejoiced that he made the right decision, not to mention this elite army, just talking about those unorganized bandit troops, in terms of individual combat capability, they are no less than the elite infantry of the Sui Dynasty.

Fortunately, I didn't carelessly underestimate the enemy's head-to-head confrontation, but used tricks, otherwise, even if I won in the end, I'm afraid it would be one of the few remaining miserable victories.

"Let's retreat!" Yang Yichen came to Yang Tong's side. He was not suitable to show up, and he belonged to the first wave of retreat.

"Servant, I want to stay and lure the enemy!" Yang Tong couldn't bear to see that the front line was in a hard fight because of him.

Yang Yichen glanced at him, pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, since His Highness insists, you are allowed to mess around. You are here, and you can indeed lead the opponent into the encirclement better! But... be careful! I know you are very skilled in martial arts, but This is the battlefield...and you are the king of Qin, the soul of the army..."

"Understood!" Yang Tong shouted: "Xingyan, Shixin, your troops rushed into the enemy's formation from left to right, rescued the soldiers who were surrounded and fought hard, and helped them retreat into Yang Shanhui's second line of defense. I led the guards by myself. Head in!"

Pei Xingyan and Luo Shixin took orders in unison.

Seeing that Yang Tong's command was determined, Yang Yichen felt relieved and led the army to retreat and set up an ambush.

(End of this chapter)