At Jishi Pass, when Langri Zampu once again led a large army to attack, Li Shimo was already well prepared. As far as the eye can see, the entire Jishi Pass is full of traps, and there are artificially dug bowl-sized pits, and once the galloping horses' hooves fall into it, they will undoubtedly break.

As the general of Jishi Pass, Li Shimo also realized the importance of Jishi Pass, so he built Jishi Pass in Liangshankou before the arrival of the Ertu coalition army. His commanding ability and personal strength may not be strong, but he is well-educated, well-read in military books, and proficient in various famous battle examples, so he is one of the few good generals in the Great Sui.

When Yang Tong defeated Langri Zampu and led the main force to the west, Li Shimo saw that Langri Zampu reorganized the army and selected and promoted generals to base the vacant positions, knowing that the enemy army would have no time to fight for a while and a half, but if the other party came again, it would be a thunderbolt, so let the soldiers go out of the city and make all defensive preparations.

Jishi Mountain on the left side of Jishi Pass, west inclined mountain on the right, is one of the important gateways of the Northwest Plateau to the south and north, once this pass is broken, from Jishi Pass to Liangfeichuan will be a horse Pingchuan, the entire Heyuan County will be reduced to a battlefield, in the face of the cavalry of Tubo, it will be impossible to defend, and the fire of war will soon be able to burn to the southern fortress of Xihai County. So the importance of this barrier is self-evident.

However, the place where Jishi Pass stands is too tricky, sandwiched between two mountains, the north of the pass is a wide grassland, and the south of the pass is a narrow natural pass, which also means that the enemy in the south cannot use large-scale troops against this pass. Even if Lang Ri Zamp has a million soldiers, the number of troops that can be put into the battlefield at most is 10,000 at most, and it is a dense lineup, as long as the soldiers in the city aim slightly, the arrows will definitely hit the enemy.

In the face of such a hedgehog-like barrier, Langri Zampu just cleared those traps, filled in the traps and ravines, it took two full days, and the fatal thing was that there were more than a dozen powerful army-breaking crossbows on the shut, and this steaming thing was enough to make people feel terrified just by placing it there, revealing a spear-like crossbow arrow.

In fact, the direct lethality of this broken army crossbow is not much, in terms of the number of the Ertu coalition army, it is not unbearable, but every time it is fired, it will always cause a bloody storm, a powerful cross crossbow arrow can cut several leather armor-wearing Ertu coalition troops in half, the shock it causes, can break the morale of the coalition army, countless soldiers just look at the huge broken army crossbow and cross arrows in the city, and there will be unspeakable fear in their hearts, and there is only one thought left, that is, 'The Sui army has such a terrifying weapon, How will this battle be fought? ’

Therefore, Li Shimo relied on more than a dozen army-breaking crossbows that gave birth to psychological shadows for the coalition forces, and easily blocked the coalition forces outside the pass.

In just three days, the coalition forces had some contradictions because of the life-and-death battle.

That afternoon, after a day of fighting, a Tuyuhun general voiced his dissatisfaction in Murong Xiaojun's big tent: "Great Khan, it's not that I want to destroy the anti-Sui alliance, it's just that I don't understand. Why should we listen to him Langri Zampo? Our soldiers fight hard every day, what are we for? ”

"Yes, Great Khan. These days, we are all angry, and we have lost more than 10,000 soldiers. ”

"With the addition of Murong Kunji's 3,000 people, we have a total of more than 12,000 people, but we have to be ridiculed by the Tibetan barbarians, and even forcibly take our military rations, why does he Langri Zampu treat us like this?" Murong Xiaojun's clan brother Murong Ce blushed and shouted angrily.

The resentment in the hearts of many generals also erupted because of today's tragic damage.

Faced with the questions of the generals, Murong Xiaojun, who had a gloomy face, did not give an answer, in fact, he was more unhappy than anyone else. He can see that Langri Zampu, the brother-in-law, is uneasy and kind: on the one hand, he uses the Sui army to consume Tuyuhun's strength; On the other hand, in the name of unified deployment, Langri Zampu combined Tubo and Tuguhun grain and grass into one place, and let his henchman Niang Shangzhen serve as the grain supervisor, which is fine, but the supply scope of these grains and grasses is not only on this side, but also on the western battlefield, which is full of Tubo's army, and the place is also Tubo's place, that is to say, Langri Zampu is to take more than half of Tuyuhun's grain and grass to raise Tubo's army, once consumed, Tuyuhun will also bear half of the military rations.

In the face of Lang Ri Zampu's behavior, Hugh said that the soldiers under his command were dissatisfied, and Murong Xiaojun himself also had the idea of leaving.

But......

No way.

First of all, Tuyuhun's homeland is completely lost, their current territory is to rob the party, and there are many party tribes who want to turn over and be the masters, and Tuyuhun can't be suppressed by the national strength of Tuyuhun in the south alone, and needs to be suppressed by the power of Tubo.

Secondly, Murong Xiaojun seized the heir by force and killed Murong Fuyun, who had ruled Tuyuhun for decades, and Murong Xianbei had a lot of internal dissatisfaction with him, which also had to be suppressed by the trend of fake Tubo.

Third, after a war, he had already turned against the Great Sui, and the weak Tuyuhun wanted to take advantage of the momentum of Tubo.

Fourth, the Tubo army is now on the border of Tuyuhun country, if he leads the army to turn around and leave, it will be a move against the purpose of Tubo, I am afraid that the first person to be destroyed by Langri Zampu is his sister-in-law Murong Xiaojun, not to fight with the Great Sui.

To sum up, Murong Xiaojun is now riding a tiger, so he can only suppress all his dissatisfaction, and follow Langri Zampu all the way to the end. If he retreats in anger, more than half of the generals in the tent immediately turn around and go to see Langri Zamp, crying and begging to be his sister-in-law.

glanced at the high priest Sani, but saw that he shook his head, his eyes were deep, as if to say: They participated in this anti-Sui war to reap benefits, and now they have paid so much, if they retreat at this time, then they should not have come in the first place.

"Needless to say." Murong Xiaojun waved his hand, looked coldly at several troublemakers, and said, "Ben Khan said a few days ago that anyone who destroys the relationship of the alliance will be killed, have you all forgotten?" ”

"The words of the Great Khan, the last general and others dare not forget for a moment, but they are too much." When the generals were silent, Murong Ce, who supported Murong Xiaojun's ascension, said loudly.

"The matter has come to this point, and there is no advance or retreat." Murong Xiaojun's expression eased slightly, his eyes swept everyone for a week, and he said indifferently: "The Sui army is incomparably strong, it is not the power of one country to resist, only the two countries can parry one or two, if our army retreats, Tubo will be in a more disadvantageous situation, if Tubo is defeated and returns to the country." I, Tuyuhun, will definitely become the first enemy of the Sui army, and when the time comes, what should we do? ”

Counting, they are in the hands of the Great Sui, it is not the first time they have suffered a big loss, first they were destroyed by Yang Guang, Tuyuhun four thousand miles from east to west, and two thousand miles from north to south are all owned by the Sui Dynasty, after that, the Sui Dynasty at its peak fell into a collapse situation, and Murong Fuyun, the Khan of Busaba, went north again, occupied his hometown, and restored the Tuyuhun Khanate, but soon, Yang Guang's grandson Yang Tong easily defeated the East and West Turkic Alliance with hundreds of thousands of troops, intending to destroy Tuyuhun again with a great victory, and Tuyuhun led by Murong Fuyun was terrified, They retreated to the south of the Kunlun Mountains in a panic, but they were unwilling to fail, so they took in Xue Ju's son and made trouble on the Silk Road, but they were killed by Xue Wanche, Wei Chigong, and Niu Jinda with 30,000 coalition troops. When it comes to the number of troops lost in the hands of the Great Sui, Tuyuhun is no less than that of the Eastern and Western Turks

Everyone remained silent, and everyone's understanding and fear of the power of the Great Sui could be said to be deep in the bone marrow. They may have selfish intentions, but if Tuyuhun dies again, he will definitely not have a chance to turn over.

The Great Khan was right. The top priority was to work together with the Tibetans to defeat the Sui army. If we lose because of temporary gains and losses, the coalition forces will fail, Tuyuhun will definitely be retaliated against by the Sui army, and the consequences will definitely be the loss of the country. Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Sani said: "Besides, in a single battle, Tubo lost 30,000 horses and dozens of generals, and the loss of troops was more than double ours, what else do you have to say?" ”

When everyone heard this, everyone only looked at their own losses, but they forgot that on the day of the decisive battle, they were much worse in Tibet.

When I think about it, I feel much more comfortable.