The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 76
Kill the tiger pass!

There is food and soldiers in the city!
Su Dingfang and Xue Wanjun guarded the city and fought fiercely with the Turks here.

At this moment, blood was flowing on every stone outside the city, every inch of ground under the city wall was red, and there were countless puddles of blood.

The Turkic army has been attacking day and night for three days and invested tens of thousands of troops. However, although Shahuguan is full of traces of war, it is still as stable as Mount Tai.

Su Dingfang's tall and thin figure stood tall on the wall, and he looked at the Turkic people retreating outside the city indifferently.

Xue Wanjun said: "General Su, there are so many Turks."

"After killing one and one less, there won't be many in the future!" Su Dingfang replied.

No matter how many Turkic troops there are, it is impossible to coax them up in the canyon, but the Shahu Pass is a first-class fortress in the world, and the Turkic people who lack effective means cannot conquer it.

"I don't know what's going on with your Highness?"

"A mere Liu Wuzhou, how can he be an opponent of an upright teacher?" At this moment, hearty laughter came from behind the two of them.

When the two turned their heads, they saw Li Jingyun walking calmly and step by step.

"Master Li! Is Liu Wu Zhou finished?"

"It's over!" Li Jing looked outside the city and said with a smile: "It seems that the Turkic people have also learned how to use soil to fill up the uneven valleys. Let's go to Guancheng to discuss matters!"

Li Jing brought the two generals and a group of young generals to Guancheng. After briefly introducing the war in the south, he explained Yang Tong's plan again.

Everyone's blood boiled immediately.

Su Dingfang said: "How do we do it?"

Li Jing laughed: "You continue to defend the city."

Xue Wanjun said: "Then my lord..."

"I was thinking, can we eat all these 30 Turkic people?" Li Jing said solemnly.

Everyone gasped, Li Jing's appetite was bigger than His Highness's!

"Can you?"

"The plan is right, it may not be impossible!" Li Jing smiled and took out a roll of maps, spread them on the table, found the location of Shahuguan, and then moved northwest along the route to a place called Hulukou, saying: "From the killing From Huguan to Hulukou, there is a canyon that is six miles long, with mountains on both sides of the canyon, and a random stone can kill people."

"It's just that this section of the canyon can hold less than 30 people. So, what I mean is that after a certain amount is consumed by killing the tiger pass, after all the enemy troops have entered the valley, they will block their back road with wood and stones, and finally use rolling wood and beating stones and The fire wiped it out."

Su Dingfang said: "We will guard the gate, what if we run away at the end of the day?"

"So, you can't guard the gate to death. You have to give him a feeling that he is about to be broken. When the number of casualties reaches a certain number, he will not be able to retreat. He is the Khan of the Turks, and the Turks What he believes in is that the strong are respected. If he loses his troops and retreats with nothing to gain, not to mention being unable to explain to his tribe, it will even shake his Khan's prestige. Therefore, he must break through the Killing Tiger Pass and return with some gains .”

Su Dingfang nodded, and asked again: "But do we have enough weapons and food?"

"Don't worry!" Li Jing said with a smile: "When His Royal Highness left Taiyuan, he had ordered Lord Wang Wei to transport 30 dans of grain, winter clothes, and military equipment from Taiyuan to Mayi. It is estimated that it has already reached Loufan Pass."

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Kill the tiger outside the pass!
Shibi Khan withdrew the white wolf banner ten miles back and stationed on the more open Zihe Plain.

After all, closing the several-kilometer-long passage, but more than 300 steps wide, with mountains on both sides and a river in the middle, is too narrow. For the 30 Turkic army, this passage is less than ten miles Even soldiers and horses are difficult to line up.

Inside the big tent.

All the leaders of the accompanying troops were present.

Sibi Khan sat high in the middle, his sharp eagle eyes coldly swept over everyone in the tent.

Sisi river wind penetrated into the tent, just like Shibi's eyes.

All the Turkic noble officials were a little uneasy.

"Yang Tong attacked Dingyang Khan (Liu Wuzhou) and killed my people, and now people stop me from going south. Tomorrow, our army must take down the Killing Tiger Pass!"

One word is finished, and everyone is silent.

They have been fighting for three days, and it has also shown them how tough the city defenses of the Central Plains are.

Although Shahuguan is not as tall and strong as Daxing, Luoyang, Taiyuan and other important cities, the terrain here is narrow.

Between the two mountains, there is a six-mile passage with a width of more than [-] steps, and the pass city is five feet high. Especially after emergency repairs and reinforcements, five pass fortresses are connected, making the Killing Tiger Pass a triple-five. Off, this is more difficult to play.

With such a narrow terrain, only a few thousand people can be accommodated at most.This special terrain completely limits their numerical advantage.

Immediately, the generals and leaders talked a lot, but none of them could think of a way to attack the city. After all, it was easy for them to pass the pass when they came, but that was because the pass city was dilapidated at that time, and there was only a very small group of soldiers guarding the pass.

Shibi's eyes fell on Tong Luodu, who was from Tongluo Department.

"Batu Tengjin, you are a famous warrior on the grassland, you are a leopard on the grassland, and you will be the vanguard when we tackle key problems tomorrow, how about it?"

Tong Luodu is fifty years old, tall and burly, very brave.But at this time, his reaction was not positive, he shook his head directly and said, "The terrain of Killing Tiger Pass is high and dangerous, I don't think a strong attack is the best strategy. Why don't you find another way!"

Shibi Khan said coldly: "I have 30 Turkic cavalry, and I surrounded Yang Guang with no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the earth. If it wasn't for that bitch Yicheng, Yang Guang would have been captured by us long ago. Now I The Turks are stronger than they used to be, how can they be intimidated by a mere wall of five feet?"

Tong Luo remained silent, expressing his dissatisfaction with Shibi Khan.

At this time, Yi Shibo, the chief of Xue Yantuo's tribe, got up and said, "The Sui army has seized the opportunity and is waiting for work. Our army is not prepared enough. If we continue to storm the pass, it will only cause more casualties." He persuaded Bi Kehan ​​to say , "Great Khan, I agree with Tong Luodu's suggestion and find another way."

The chief of the Khibi tribe, Khibi Yago, also had the same attitude.

For a while, the chiefs of Tiele's tribes all said that they wanted to change their way.

Shibi Khan's eyes turned cold, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Tiele people have always been rebellious and impermanent.

Moreover, Tiele's tribes rebelled more than once.

In the second year of Emperor Kaihuang, Sha Bolue sent troops to invade the Sui Dynasty. When he went south, the Tongluo and Pugu tribes rebelled under the instigation of the Sui Dynasty, forcing Shabolue to withdraw his troops hastily.

In the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang, Datou Khan of the Western Turks took advantage of the killing of the Turkic Dulan Khan and took the opportunity to occupy Mobei. Tongluo and other Tiel tribes then attached themselves to the Western Turks.

In the second year of Renshou, Tie Le's tribes were dissatisfied with Datou Khan's oppression. Taking advantage of Datou Khan's defeat by the Sui army, they rebelled one after another and surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. .

In the following year, Chuluo, the Western Turkic tribe, succeeded to the throne and carried out brutal revenge on the tribes of Tiele, killing hundreds of chiefs of the tribes of Xue Yantuo, thereby forcing the tribes of Tiele to rebel.

A few years ago, the Tie Le tribes promoted Qibi Yage as Yi Mozhen Mohe Khan, and Xue Yantuo's Yi Shibo as Yi Xi Xiao Khan.Later, the Shekui Khan of the Western Turks became stronger, and in the seventh year of Daye they canceled the Khan and returned to the Shibi Khan of the Turkic Turks.

Although the strength of Tiele's various tribes is not as good as that of the Turks, they are very strong, and Shibi Khan should also be afraid of three points.This time all the ministries came, but everyone did not completely obey Shibi Khan.

Especially in the previous three days, all the people who attacked the city were Tiele people, and everyone lost a lot of soldiers and horses, so they were even more dissatisfied.

"I don't believe that I can't conquer the Killing Tiger Pass with only 2 people. It is impossible to choose another way!" Looking at the leaders of Tiele's tribe, Shibi Khan's heart was full of murderous intent.

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(End of this chapter)