The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 994

Solved the Tang army stronghold deployed by Li Shimin outside the city. Xue Wanjun had brought 40 soldiers of the Sixth Army outside Chengdu, Li Jing also led [-] soldiers of the Tenth Army, plus Su Dingfang's [-] Beizhen Army and Yang Yichen There are [-] miscellaneous soldiers, [-] young Taihe soldiers and Liao people, as well as heavy soldiers and slave soldiers. The Sui army outside Chengdu has reached as many as [-].

With the arrival of various armies, the time is ripe to encircle Chengdu City. Following Yang Tong's order, 40 troops took their positions, completely encircling Li Shimin's only remaining Chengdu City.

In order to use the hands of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty and war methods to eliminate the powerful forces such as the Guanlong nobles, the Kanto gentry, the southern gentry, the local tyrants in Jingzhou and Yizhou, etc., Yang Tong missed the opportunity to destroy Tang time and time again. The puppet Tang Dynasty lived for five more years.This also made Li Yuan and his son the disaster stars of the big family. They are like Conan in the comics. Wherever they go, the big forces there will be wiped out.Now that Yang Tong's goal has been achieved, it's time to kill the donkey.

The 40 Sui troops outside the city of Chengdu were in their positions, and tens of thousands of large tents stretched for tens of miles without boundaries. From north to south, there was a world full of banners, swords, and armor everywhere.

Judging from Yang Tong's layout, it is obvious that he is not going to follow the encirclement three Que one mentioned in the Art of War.

Surrounding the city is actually a psychological tactic, which means that when one's own side is attacking the city, the city should not be surrounded to death. If the city is really surrounded to death, the enemy army in deep siege will feel that they will die anyway after seeing no hope of survival. Anyway, it is a death, it is better to die fighting, maybe you can survive in the end, facing this kind of army, even if the attacking party wins in the end, the loss will not be small, but if you leave a gap, the enemy Leave a hope.When the enemy sees that there is a way to escape, the will to fight will collapse and they will scatter like birds and beasts.In this way, when they escaped from the city, they have changed from a warrior to a sheep at the mercy of others, which makes it easier to conquer them.The most brilliant part of this trick is to use the strong concept of survival of human beings. As long as there is hope of survival, they will become extremely fragile.

The reason why "Wai San Que Yi" has been tried and tested repeatedly is because of the characteristic that things must be reversed when they grasp the extremes.Wasn't the Caotou King stomping his feet and rebelling just because he was desperate?

Of course, Yang Tong also knows this reason. The reason why the city of Chengdu is encircled is more to create a great psychological deterrent to the soldiers of the Tang Army in the city, and to encourage the soldiers of the Tang Army who are not determined to "surrender will not be killed" and "if they do not resist, they will not be killed." Kill" and other slogans to give up resistance and become deserters, so as to achieve the goal of reducing casualties on both sides.

The Chinese military tent located outside Mingdemen, the south gate of Chengdu, is a large camp covering an area of ​​ten acres. The small tents on the left and right sides of the front tent each have dozens of civilian officers sorting out various documents and information.

In the middle tent, Yang Tong and dozens of generals stood in front of the huge sand table of Chengdu city. This is the consistent style of the Sui army. Whenever they attacked some key cities, they would make corresponding city sand tables in advance so that they could carry out battles during the war. Reasonable arrangements.This sand table of Chengdu City was made by military craftsmen based on the map provided by Han Zhi. Some key lifangs and strategic locations are marked in red, making it clear at a glance.

"There are more than [-] Tang troops in the city. According to the division of combat power, fighting spirit, and equipment, they can be divided into five classes. The first is Li Shimin's [-] red armor troops and [-] thousand cavalry troops; followed by [-] troops. The Long Live Army, the so-called Long Live Army is mainly composed of Li Shimin's direct descendants, Qing Qiang and young adults, and the other part comes from elite soldiers from various armies; the third class is the [-] new army headed by Li Yuan; The deserters who were defeated or returned from the battlefield, the fifth rank is the newly recruited recruits." Holding an iron swinging stick in his hand, Yang Tong personally explained the defense of the city to the generals: "These [-] warriors are responsible for their duties. , the Red Armored Army guards the palace, the Thousand Cavalry Army guards the gates of the squares, the Long Live Army is responsible for the security of the city, and the rest are responsible for the defense of the city of Chengdu."

All the generals looked at each other when they heard the words.

"Your Majesty." Without waiting for the generals to ask, Yang Yichen, who has a strict personality, couldn't help asking: "The Red Armored Army is in charge of the imperial city, and the Qianqi Army is in charge of the square gate. I can understand. The old minister has no doubts. But the duties of the Long Live Army and various miscellaneous soldiers , did you get it wrong?"

"Yes, my lord, the doubts of the backing king must also be the doubts of the generals." Li Jing glanced at the generals who nodded one after another, and then said to Yang Tong: "The strongest defense line of Chengdu City is the moat and the two inner and outer walls. , Li Shimin should put the more elite Long Live Army on the city in order to obtain great results. If he puts the miscellaneous soldiers here who are not strong in combat power and fighting spirit, will he not want the city?"

"I didn't rebel, that's how Li Shimin deployed it." Yang Tong said with a smile, "He was afraid that the general who led the army would rebel against him at a critical moment, so he had to firmly control the Long Live Army and not allow others to touch him. The secondary position closer to him is above. Although the experience and morale of the miscellaneous soldiers are very weak, but the source is too miscellaneous, he is afraid that there are our soldiers inside, so he sent them to guard the city gate."

"Fuck!" Xue Wanche couldn't help cursing: "I'm dying, and I'm still fighting."

Xue Wanjun next to him slapped him hard on the back of the head, and the helmet made a "pop" sound, and Xue Wanche's head was tilted by the third brother. When he straightened his helmet, he happened to see the bright moon beside Yang Tong. Only then did he realize that there was a woman here, so he quickly shut his mouth.

"It can't be said to be intrigue." Yang Tong couldn't help laughing, he smiled and stretched the stick, pointed it on the outer city outline on the sand table, and said: "Chengdu City is the city that Li Yuan ordered Zhang Changxun and Li Yuanji to follow the standards of Daxing City. After construction, the whole city can accommodate 200 million people. This is a big city second only to Daxing City. The city outline is as large as Luoyang City. The key is that this big city just climbs on the plain like this. , can attack from all directions. If Li Shimin sends heavy troops to guard the thirteen gates, and we also attack these [-] key points, his [-] soldiers are enough, but we are on the active offensive side, how can it be possible to follow Li Shimin's strategy? How about using the same routine? We can completely avoid the heavily defended city gates, and attack each section of the city wall, using nest vehicles, siege ladders, and row ladders to send soldiers to the city wall, and then attack on both sides. It would not be enough for him to send [-] more soldiers, so he also knew that the moat and the inner and outer city walls could not be defended, so he shrunk the defense line and concentrated the elite soldiers around the Taiji Palace. As for these miscellaneous soldiers who are not strong in fighting, Going to the Taiji Palace will not help, and they will even take the lead in escaping when the battle is stalemate, causing the entire army to collapse. So instead of letting these miscellaneous soldiers of unknown origin make trouble and harm the elite soldiers, it is better to let them consume us on the periphery Army arrows."

"What the Holy Majesty said is very true. The biggest role of miscellaneous soldiers is to make trouble for oneself. Li Shimin has learned to be smart." All the generals laughed out loud.

"I think there is another possibility." Yang Yichen couldn't help saying when he saw the generals laughing.

"You say."

"First let the miscellaneous soldiers confuse the public, so as to achieve the goal of arrogating the enemy's military spirit. When the whole army thinks that the Tang army is no longer a concern, then use the elite soldiers to fight back." At this point, Yang Yichen turned to Yang Yichen. Tong said: "Once our army is caught off guard, it is even possible to use the Red Armored Army to launch a surprise attack on our army commander."

"Huh?" The generals stopped laughing when they heard this.

"It's possible, please don't be careless." Yang Tong nodded in agreement. Li Shimin is a very gambler. In history, Dou Jiande had hundreds of thousands of troops, but he was beheaded by Li Shimin outside Hulao Pass. , this time, it is very likely that he will do this to himself.

Otherwise, if he came to play like this now, he would only die faster.First of all, the Sui army's reaction ability, fighting will, weapons and equipment are not comparable to Dou Jiande's mob; secondly, the soldiers of the Great Ten Legion are all veterans who have survived a hundred battles, and the concept of lions fighting rabbits with all their strength has penetrated into the hearts of every soldier. In the soul, and the stories of "losing Jingzhou carelessly" and other gutter overturning stories spread in the army, so the soldiers would not make jokes about their own lives.If Li Shimin came with the Red Armored Army to decapitate the Sui Army coach, he would probably be shot as a hedgehog before he got close.

But since Yang Yichen mentioned it, Yang Tong naturally couldn't ignore it. Out of the heart of being careful and making no big mistakes, he ordered: "After you go back, tell the generals under your command to be more careful."

"Here."

"The [-] Tang troops in the city are nothing to worry about for us!" Yang Tong said slowly, "What I'm thinking about now is how to conquer Chengdu City with the least cost, and how to avoid heavy casualties among the people in the city. If you have any ideas, please speak up.”

Li Jing cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the art of war says: First, attack the enemy, secondly attack the enemy, secondly attack the army, and then attack the city. I feel that before attacking the city, we should attack the heart first. On the one hand, we can make the soldiers shout around the city and on the other hand use Feitian Shenzhou spread leaflets in the city, and issued a stern warning to the Tang army defending the city: as long as they put down their weapons, the court can let the past go, but if they dare to take advantage of the chaos to burn, kill and plunder the people in the city, they will kill all the people in the city."

"Exchanging kindness with power is indeed the best choice." Yang Tong nodded, and then asked Du Fuwei, who was hesitant to speak: "General Du has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Du Fuwei cupped his hands and said, "The last general doesn't know what to say."

"Speak it, say it." Yang Tong encouraged with a smile. Du Fuwei, a general born in a wild way, can become the overlord of a party in an era where grass head kings are everywhere, and he can persist until the end. This is the best proof of his true skills. ; His commanding ability is not as good as that of the orthodox generals. If the two armies confronted each other head-on, he would definitely not be able to fight those generals, but if it was a guerrilla war, Yang Tong dared to say that more than [-]% of the generals in the account would be easily defeated by him.

"It's like this." Du Fuwei said quickly: "When the last general was in Jianghuai, unlike Shen Faxing, who had the support of his family, and Li Zitong, who had the support of a Jiangnan family, but the whole army could not plunder the people, and lived in poverty. , This also prompted the general to attach great importance to the enemy's supplies, so before the siege, two thousand elite soldiers were specially assigned to protect the supplies in the city. Grain and grass materials can also prevent the materials from being robbed by the rebellious army, and later the generals will further subdivide them, some specialize in protecting warehouses, some specialize in arresting important people, and some specialize in arresting rebels who harm the people."

"Your Majesty!" Yang Yichen praised: "General Du is very clever. If we arrange it this way, we can not only quickly stabilize the city of Chengdu, but also prevent important people from escaping. I suggest setting up such an army immediately. General Du is none other than him, who made him rich in experience."

"Haha!" Everyone laughed.

"The minister reconsidered."

"It will be reconsidered at the end."

"..."

"General Du, since everyone has recommended you, I shall accept everyone's invitation." Yang Tong drew out a command arrow and said to Du Fuwei with a smile, "You select [-] soldiers from the Tenth Army and take full responsibility for this matter." ;I will give you another [-] flying soldiers, you can assign them to the sky above important targets in advance, and when the city is broken, they will drop from the sky immediately."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty will surely live up to your great trust." Du Fuwei stepped forward and took the command arrow respectfully.

"My lord, I have a trick, maybe I can let the Tang army in the city kill them by themselves." Fang Xuanling cupped his hands.

Yang Tong smiled and said, "What clever plan does Xuanling have, come and tell me quickly."

"Although Li Shimin now has an army of [-], most of these soldiers are from Yizhou. Your Majesty can find some family members of the Tang army to write letters, and then let the flying army drop over the barracks."

"Fang Shangshu's method is good." Yu Chigong said excitedly: "When General Yao and I were arranging refugees, we met many family members of soldiers from the Tang Army, and we specially arranged them in one place, so I will arrange this. "

But Yang Tong didn't express his opinion in a hurry. If it's just like this, it's completely unnecessary, because as long as the army surrounds Chengdu for a little longer, the morale of the Tang army in the city will loosen by itself, and there is no need to deliberately do anything. Obviously not Fang Xuanling's main purpose.

"Writing family letters is just one of them, and if it is airdropped, it may not fall into the hands of the correct soldiers, so this is just a way to talk about nothing. I mean, just find some family members to write and write. The main thing is that we write in the tone of family members. : Tell the soldiers of the Tang army in the city that only they can turn in a head of the Red Armored Army, Thousand Cavalry Army, and Long Live Army. It can bring the head of the chief general, and even add an official to the rank." Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, giving the impression that he was a gentleman with a moist jade and a handsome demeanor, but he said something that was not a gentleman: "Then, we will Give an order to the generals of the Sui Army in the city, let them take the lead in killing the Red Armored Army, Thousand Cavalry Army, and Long Live Army, as long as someone starts, I believe others will follow suit."

"Since Fang Shangshu mentioned this point, let me add it." Du Ruhui also said: "The Red Armored Army is in the imperial city, and it is more difficult to kill. It may be better to offer a higher reward. But the more than 8000 youths in the Long Live Army Qiang is young and strong, but they are not in the imperial city, so we might as well focus on this group of people."

"Ke Ming's method is much better than mine!" Before Yang Tong could speak, Fang Xuanling praised him highly: "In this way, you can provoke the soldiers of the Tang Army and Qingqiang soldiers, even if Li Shimin and Qingqiang Chief He Yuegu understood that this was our army's countermeasure, but too many soldiers underneath were killed, and the two could not stop the conflicts that intensified step by step. The trust that is not much will be completely lost. Even if the two do not turn against each other, it is impossible to work together. In this way, the difficulty for our army to defeat the enemy will be greatly reduced. In my opinion, just directly target Qing The Qiang soldiers won it."

The generals looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui with a look of horror.

The method of provoking disputes between soldiers of the two ethnic groups is not only effective, but also impossible to resolve.The best way is to separate the soldiers of the two races, but Li Shimin only has one Chengdu city, how can he divide it?
Putting themselves in their shoes, everyone realized that it was him, so they could only recognize him.

That is to say, Li Shimin seems to have found a strong support for himself, but it also created conditions for the Sui Dynasty to counter intrigue.

"Let Xuanling handle this matter." Yang Tong said.

"Here!" Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded.

……

"Your Majesty, there is an envoy from Tang Dynasty asking to see you." At this moment, Yang Qinfang walked in with a strange expression.

"It's all like this, Li Shimin still sent an envoy? Is there a mistake?" Luo Shixin's words also represented the aspirations of everyone.

"It's okay to meet you." Yang Tong said indifferently, "Let him in."

Yang Tong, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yang Yichen, Li Jing and others thought it would be Yang Tong's uncle, Xiao Yu, but in the end, it was a pink and cute girl in colorful clothes with a double bun. Girl, look at her pink appearance, she is not even ten years old, and her whole body is dripping wet, I don't know where she came from.

"Princess Yongjia of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shu, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty." Facing a group of powerful generals of the Sui Dynasty, the little girl Li Shu was fearless and solemnly saluted.

"..." Everyone looked at this little girl speechlessly, feeling a little bewildered.

"Princess Yongjia, Li Shu?" Yang Tong thought for a while, and then suddenly realized, isn't Princess Yongjia the daughter of Li Yuan, Princess Fangling?No wonder he was so bold, he dared to come to Da Sui's side at a young age.

Speaking of which, this princess of the Li Tang imperial family was the pioneer of extramarital affairs. Compared with Princess Gao Yang who simply stole the monk, this princess who stole her nephew and niece and son-in-law is undoubtedly more sturdy.

"Is there no one left for Li Shimin? Why did you send a little girl?" Luo Shixin looked at this pink and cute little girl speechlessly. It's not only Luo Shixin's face, but even the Sui court's face is dull.

"Of course there are people!" Li Shu said this, as if she didn't know what to say, she just pointed her big eyes at Yang Tong who was sitting in the main seat, and after a while, she emphasized again: "There are many, many people in the city. , are you afraid?"

"Hey!" Yang Tong laughed and said, "Little girl, you must have sneaked out of the water gate, right?"

Li Shu felt a little guilty when Yang Tong pointed it out. Immediately after seeing the people around her looking at her with half-smiles, she immediately raised her chest and raised her head, "I'm here to ask for peace on behalf of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Seek peace?" Yang Tong laughed and said, "In your entire puppet Tang Dynasty, there is only one city of Chengdu left. Why are you still asking for peace at this time? What do you want to ask for peace?"

"Me!" Li Shu said proudly.

"Huh?" Yang Tong and Man Tan Wenwu were all dumbfounded, and both of them looked at the little girl with a generous expression on her face strangely.

"It's me! As long as you retreat, I will give you my marriage just like Sister Pingyang." The little girl said innocently.

Yang Tong said helplessly, "Who taught you how to speak?"

"No one taught me, I came here by myself." The little girl bit her finger and said.

"puff!"

"puff!"

"puff!"

All civil and military accounts are full of laughter.

"Which emperor gave up the world for a little girl?" Yang Tong asked with a sharp look at the audience.

"Yes, I have!"

"for example?"

"For example?" Li Shu pondered seriously, then counted with her fingers: "For example, Fu Chai, Di Xin, King Zhou You, and Gao Wei..."

"Little girl, how dare you compare the Holy Majesty with those foolish lords." Yu Chigong shouted sharply, "Don't think you are a child, you can act recklessly."

"My brother-in-law asked me, why are you so fierce?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Shu immediately made a connection.

But these words are really helpless.

"Okay, okay!" Yang Tong looked at the innocent and romantic little girl, couldn't help laughing, and asked in a harmonious voice, "Little girl, who is your mother, is she still in the city?"

"My mother died when I was born! Everyone said I was a villain." The little girl said, tears streaming down her eyes.

"Since you have no father or mother, there is nothing left to stay in Chengdu. I think you'd better get along with your sister." Yang Tong suddenly understood that this motherless girl was probably left unattended when she was a child, and she was even a child. She was bullied by her brothers, sisters, court ladies and eunuchs, so she will become rebellious and wild when she grows up. If she is taken by Li Jiancheng in the future, she will definitely be able to grow up happily in a healthy and good environment, but there are still many people in the account who are not happy. Knowing that Li Jiancheng is still alive, that's why he said it was with Li Xiuning.

Originally, Yang Tong planned to let Li Jiancheng come out to accept the surrender, so that Yizhou's heart towards Tang would be eliminated, but the series of incidents that happened after that did not require Li Jiancheng to come forward. So Yang Tong doesn't plan to arrest him from his peaceful life again.Even Li Xiuning was persuaded by himself, and went back to Luo County to guard the spirit, so as not to be in a dilemma.

"My sister? Sister Pingyang?" The little girl Li Shu seemed to be a little moved, but she seemed to be hesitant. She obviously had no impression of Li Xiuning who had been married for several years, and only remembered that she had such a sister.

"That's right, it's your sister Pingyang." Yang Tong could see from her tangled expression that she didn't seem to have any nostalgia for Taiji Palace, and she didn't have anyone particularly worth caring about.Otherwise, no matter how bold and smart a child under ten years old is, he will not hesitate to choose someone close and familiar, rather than being in such a dilemma.Yang Tong said to Yang Qinfang: "Someone send her to Luo County for Concubine Li."

"Here." Yang Qinfang responded.

Li Shu received Yang Qinfang's signal, and she left obediently as Yang Tong expected.

From the fact that this little girl ran out, everyone could see that the Taiji Palace was in extreme chaos, otherwise it would be impossible for this little princess to get out of the deep palace compound.

And the defense situation of Chengdu City is not much better.At least with Watergate, there is a serious loophole.

(End of this chapter)