The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 84
Kill the tiger pass!

I only heard the sound of shouts like landslides and earth cracks, and the sudden soldiers of no less than six thousand were like wild horses running wild.Stepping on the corpse of his companion on the ground, he rushed towards the Killing Tiger Pass fiercely, shouting some incomprehensible words.

Shibi Khan was sitting in the middle army, his face was very ugly. It has been 23 days since the siege began, and he still couldn't break through the pass city in front of him. Let him remember Su Dingfang's entire name firmly.

The initial ambition has long since faded away, and now Shibi Khan is only worried about killing the tiger!angry!hatred!regret!
The tenacity of the defenders was beyond his expectation. Although he used local materials to fill a slope with earth and rocks to make up for a certain height, he continued to kill and wound the vital forces of the defenders in Guanzhong, but so far, killing the tiger Although the pass was about to be broken several times, at that last point, the Turkic warriors were forced back by the Sui army.

This feeling made him feel itchy, and in the days that followed, he continued to heighten and widen the slope, attacking day and night.

And his strong attack during this period also brought great damage. In addition to the initial loss and the 7 people killed by cannibalism, in the past 20 days, Shibi lost about 6 people at the Tiger Pass Sagittarius, but Shibi found that he couldn't be happy at all.His strategy can only be said to be half successful, because half of the 6 people who died were Turkic people and half were Tiele people. This was also to appease the Tiele people. Some tribes have opinions, not all Tiele people.However, the result of killing eight hundred "enemies" and harming himself by one thousand made him extremely annoyed.

On the other hand, the successive failures in the siege also greatly shaved his face and made him feel very depressed and embarrassed. Although he was prepared, when things really happened, the pressure of failure was still unbearable for him. Shibi Khan even began to waver in his proposed strategy. Is the strategy of using the Killing Tiger Pass to weaken the Tiele people outweighed the gains?
But now that he was riding a tiger, he could only bite the bullet and go up.

In the tiger-killing city, Su Dingfang's tall and straight figure appeared again. He looked at the Turkic army swarming below the city, and raised his Mo Dao with a calm expression. Suddenly, the eyes of the Sui army were all focused On top of his Mo Dao.When the Turkic cavalry came about two hundred paces outside the city, a cold light flashed in Su Dingfang's eyes, and he swung down his raised right arm fiercely.Only a thunderous roar resounded through the city: "The Rolling Log!"

The Sui army worked together to lift huge logs and put them down along the city wall.

The rolling log rolled down the slope, rolled among the Turkic crowd, blood and flesh flew everywhere, screams resounded across the field, a simple ladder was hit, and the ladder was broken instantly.

One after another, the rolling logs smashed into the crowd, and the screams kept coming. The great fear caused the morale of the Turkic army to drop, and many Turkic soldiers turned around and ran away. The sword was behind the formation, and nearly a hundred Turkic soldiers who had escaped from the formation were cut down to the ground.

The Turkic army had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to charge forward. As the Turkic army advanced forward, a bow and arrow battle broke out between the two sides. On the other hand, the dense number of people prevailed, and the arrows from both sides were like dense rain, weaving a black arrow net in the sky. The Turks suffered heavy casualties, and the Sui army also suffered casualties.

The battle gradually became bloody and brutal.

Su Dingfang saw the battle in front of him very clearly. Although the enemy's siege weapons continued to hit the top of the city, and Turkic soldiers began to kill the city, he knew that the situation was not out of control, and the situation was still within his control. Army casualties are also normal, there is no war without casualties.

Moreover, these days the defenders of the city are all young and strong soldiers picked from Liu Wuzhou's rebel army. Compared with the regular army, they are indeed slightly inferior, but war is often the best place to temper a strong army. After the panic and fear of the first few days, the blood has gradually come out, everyone has transformed into a strong soldier, and the blood has been played out one by one. Whenever a Turkic climbed up, several soldiers immediately formed a team spontaneously, fierce He rushed over and directly stabbed the opponent to death with his long lance. The battlefield is the best training camp, which is more profound and bloody than any training.

When all the Turkic troops in this wave of offensive died under the city, Shibi had no choice but to order the troops to retreat.

At this time, the tall and burly Khan Shibi was really unable to get off the tiger.

What he hadn't figured out was that the blow he thought would kill him didn't work.

Besieged Killing Tiger Pass for nearly a month.

He actually failed to fight, which once again allowed him to see the strong defense skills of the Central Plains people. He felt that this time, it was more difficult to fight than when the soldiers encircled Yanmen. As long as the terrain here is really not conducive to the deployment of the army, He could only engage in refueling tactics and let a group of powerful troops go to die. Although they filled in a long and flat slope, they finally fulfilled the Sui army. It can save hundreds of thousands of lives.

Back then, 30 riders traveled southward, and the momentum was overwhelming.There are more than [-] cities in the two counties of Yanmen in Pomayi, and Yang Guang was almost captured alive by him, how magnificent it is.

But now, this is just a checkpoint, and it actually cost him 14 people. In addition to today's, to be precise, he should have lost half of his troops, leaving only 15 people.

"Brother, we can't fight anymore!" Ashina Tuliv, who was in charge of today's siege battle, thumped and knelt in front of Shibi Khan. He was the son of Qimin Khan and Shibi's younger brother. , powerful, brutal character.

But now, he doesn't want to fight anymore.

Shibi glanced at his younger brother who had a few arrows stuck in them, and then asked in a low voice, "How many iron soldiers are there?"

"The fight was quite fierce today, and [-] Tiele soldiers were consumed at one time, and the rest is estimated to be about [-]." Li Fu set up a grin, and the brothers had the same attitude towards Tiele. of.

fifty thousand?

Shibi thought in his heart, this number is even more!If you don't do one thing and don't stop doing it, it will be completely consumed.

And it would be too embarrassing to withdraw in such a desperate manner.

"Go home when you're done!"

"Okay!" Terry Fu set up a smile: "But I can't hold on anymore."

Shibi nodded and said: "Someone will attack, you can rest at ease!"

On the top of the city!
The elusive Li Jing appeared again. Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang, and Xue Wanjun accompanied him to patrol the city. Niu Jinda looked at the exhausted soldiers and whispered: "We have been fighting for more than 20 days, and we don't know what happened to Your Highness."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Your Highness is flexible and eclectic in using troops, he will not suffer, you just need to rest assured!"

In his opinion, among Yang Tong's direct descendants, there are quite a few strong generals, but not many truly handsome ones. Needless to say, Yang Tong, who uses soldiers treacherously, is one of them.

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Yu Chigong, and Niu Jinda are all warriors who charge into battle, and Shui Tianji will definitely retire and go home to teach her husband and children. Pei Xingyan, Su Dingfang, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche, who have the potential to be handsome, still need a lot of wars to sharpen!It's just that he found that he had lost his eye. According to Niu Jinda's performance in recent months, this is also a character with handsome potential.He is growing every day.

Niu Jinda sighed, and said worriedly: "To be honest, we really shouldn't let His Highness take this risk."

"Why?" Li Jing wondered.

"Your Highness has a far-sighted vision, and he has set up a grand blueprint for us. He is a person who truly thinks about ordinary people. He is the best monarch in our hearts, and he is also our backbone! He has always been by His Highness's side before, and everything is right. He is in charge, and he doesn't feel important at all! When he leaves, he always feels uneasy and flustered. It feels like he has lost his backbone."

"Okay!" Li Jing glanced at Niu Jinda unexpectedly, "I never thought that General Niu would be so enlightened."

Niu Jinda said proudly: "What's the matter, I like reading history now." Before, he was definitely not the material for reading, but after he came to Yang Tong's command, he was forced to read history books by Yang Tong, and he couldn't read history books at first. However, when Yang Tong showed them classic battle examples such as Flying Daggers, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Feishui in the form of stories, and analyzed the preparations before the battle, the strategies used in the battle, and the reasons for the victory and defeat, they were very happy. In love with history books.When I read it carefully, I fell in love immediately.

Li Jing was in a good mood: "I can see that our General Niu is indeed Amon under Wu. Well, I won't whet your appetite anymore. I just received the battle report from His Highness."

"How is it?" Niu Jinda was a little impatient.

"look by youself!"

Li Jing handed him the battle report, Niu Jinda read it again, and immediately felt better, "Your Highness made a move, it really is a fairy farting..."

"What do you mean?" Li Jing's hair was black.

"Be extraordinary!" Niu Jinda shook his head triumphantly. This is an allusion he learned from Yang Tong. Now that he said it, even Li Jing, who is very knowledgeable, didn't know that he was indeed extraordinary...

Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Xue Wanjun couldn't laugh or cry.

It's just that he also admired Yang Tong's great achievements. What's more exciting is that he actually hid his own army among the captives, and then put on a formation to paralyze the pace and scold the auspicious designs. To put it bluntly, it's not worth mentioning. But he just took advantage of this blind spot and beat up the Turkic Chinese Army all the way!In the battle of rushing and rushing, his unreasonable way of playing cards would be fooled by himself.

And he also boldly divided his troops to capture the Khan Court, and even with the help of Princess Yicheng, he recruited Ashina Simo and forced tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers to surrender.It is unbelievable that Yang Tong's current army is twice as large as when he went out for the expedition.

"Old Li, Your Highness has won a lot! Shouldn't we also burn this idiot?" Niu Jinda was so happy that he accidentally called out the name he secretly called Li Jing.

Li Jing didn't think it was disobedient: "Sibi's lair was taken away, and another [-] to [-] troops were lost at the Killing Tiger Pass. If there is no trace of victory, his position as Khan may not be stable. I am afraid there will be a lot of people in the future." A fierce attack, and we continue to give him the slightest hope."

"They've all gone into the valley, wouldn't it be clean if they set fire to it?" Su Dingfang on the side was puzzled.

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "You! It's still not thorough enough to think about the problem. I'd better leave the final fire to His Highness."

"Why?" Su Dingfang was even more confused.

"This is the need of domestic politics!" Li Jing sighed for a long time, and said: "The country is in chaos! The Central Plains was defeated by the Wagang Allied Forces; The majesty of the Sui Dynasty has been completely consumed. His Highness has the prestige of beheading Bu Lishe, scolding Jishe, and seizing Khan Court. If he kills Shibi again! His prestige will surpass that of the Holy One. Not only will he frighten Xu Many careerists who conspire to rebel can buy precious time for the recovery of Jizhou, which is waiting to be rebuilt, which is more conducive to the future leadership."

"You mean, His Highness will be the crown prince in the future?" Niu Jinda was beaming, he didn't understand anything else, but he just listened to the words of the superior.

Seeing that there was no one around, and there was no war, Li Jing simply said: "Prince Yuande is both civil and military, and has a great talent. The first emperor also called him a born grower, and the Holy One has always paved the way for him. Unexpectedly, heaven is jealous of talents. After he left , Your Majesty intends to train King Qi."

"After the crown prince died of illness in the second year of Daye, the sage was named the governor of Yuzhou, the king of Qi. In the third year of Daye, he was transferred to the governor of Yongzhou, Henan Yin, and Kaifu Yitong. He also transferred tens of thousands of the prince's subordinates to him, but he Very arrogant, close to villains, often send subordinates to seek sensual dogs and horses."

"Concubine Qi died early, but in the end he had an affair with her widowed sister and gave birth to a son. What annoyed His Majesty the most was that King Qi actually invited a fortune-teller to his mansion to look after this woman and child. The fortune teller said that this woman will be the queen, and that the child will become the prince in the future. The more the king of Qi thinks that his destiny belongs to him, the more he will do more and more mischief."

"The three sons of Prince Yuande were regarded as obstacles by him, and he secretly practiced witchcraft, trying to get rid of them one by one. After the incident was revealed, the Holy Majesty bestowed the death of the Yuan family. Since then, King Qi's favor has been decreasing. Over the years, the Holy Majesty has been putting King Qi is with him, and he takes it with him wherever he goes. This is not a favor, but worry, for fear that he will cause trouble again."

"Among the three grandsons, Yang Tan, the eldest grandson of the emperor, is the most intelligent and precocious, and is the most favored by the sage. The sage has always wanted to make King Yan the emperor's grandson, but he hesitated. Not a descendant. Although the acting king Yang You is a descendant, he is not as smart as King Yan."

When Su Dingfang heard this, he curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said, "One was helpless against Wagang, ruining His Highness's good situation in vain; the other was suppressed in Chang'an and could not move. How could they be as smart and heroic as our Highness?"

Li Jing agreed: "At this stage, only His Royal Highness Yingwu can lead the Sui Dynasty out of the predicament. But His Royal Highness, like King Yan, is a concubine. According to the patriarchal system, the first heir should be the grandson Wang Yang You, and then the grandson. The concubine’s eldest grandson, Yang Tan, followed by His Royal Highness. If the Holy Majesty does not establish the second son, Qi Wang Yang Hao, if he instead establishes the concubine’s eldest grandson, King Yan, or His Highness, it will be inconsistent with the patriarchal clan. The eldest grandson has never surpassed the principle that the second son and the eldest grandson have a concubine grandson, and the concubine grandson has no chance."

Niu Jinda said: "According to what you say, doesn't our Highness have no chance at all?"

"It is true that there is no chance in a peaceful age, but now is a chaotic world! In a chaotic world, strength is the most important thing, and nothing else matters... As long as His Highness makes brilliant and dazzling achievements one by one, then everything will happen naturally! And This is also the fundamental reason why I want to leave Shibi to His Highness. Your Highness values ​​love and righteousness, and will never forget everyone's sacrifice."

Niu Jinda gave Li Jing a dissatisfied look, "I said, Lao Li, you made me feel uncomfortable with what you said, as if we only care about this little credit. We were promoted by His Highness to today's position one by one, not to mention one Even if there are a hundred beginnings and endings, it will not be enough to make up for this kindness."

Su Dingfang and Xue Wan both agreed!

Li Jing nodded his head. He has been poor until he was 46 years old. He thought his life would be mediocre, but at the end of his time, Yang Tong gave him another world, so he cherished this opportunity of waiting for many years more than anyone else. Speaking of the kindness of knowing you, he values ​​it more than anyone else.

Because of this, Li Jing not only worked hard to lead the troops, but also tried his best to teach the generals, with the purpose of cultivating more generals and handsome talents for Yang Tong.After all, he is a Ben Wu man!The time to play for Yang Tong is running out.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, the sound of the drum suddenly sounded like thunder, and the overwhelming Turkic soldiers rushed in like a sea tide, and the Turkic army once again launched a crazy attack on Shahu Pass.

Kill the tiger pass!The war started again.

(End of this chapter)