Successfully subdued the Lintao Qiang tribe, Yang Tong got another 5,000 soldiers, this Qiang tribe lives between the mountains and the grassland, in addition to being good at riding and shooting, all are experts in climbing mountains and mountains, which is very suitable for the steep Bashu battle, but the next is to fight on the plateau, so Yang Tong temporarily incorporated them as archers. When the Sui and Tang wars broke out, it would not be too late to give full play to the characteristics of their mountain warfare.

After settling down the Qiang people, it also means that there are no worries about the westward expedition, but there are still many things to consider.

With the fighting style of the Great Sui, if you want to fight, you must take the annihilation of the enemy's main force and the division of the country as the first purpose, rather than making a small fight. It's just that the snowy plateau environment is harsh, and it is really difficult to fight. At the beginning, the battle between Sui and Tuyuhun was a hearty classic example, Yang Guang concentrated superior forces, adopted the tactics of relentless pursuit and encirclement on all sides, defeated Tuyuhun several times, and wiped out the main force of Tuyuhun in just a few months, and achieved the strategic goal of destroying the country, but also quickly withdrew the army from the plateau, so as not to encounter heavy snow on the plateau, but unfortunately people are not as good as the sky, and the heavy snowfall in the midsummer of July caused the triumphant division to freeze to death tens of thousands overnight.

The Sui Dynasty fought a decisive battle with Tuyuhun on the plateau last year, but as a result, many troops still froze to death, which was the Western Regions Alliance, and if they died, they died. But now they are all Great Sui soldiers, and there is no room for carelessness.

In the camp of the Chinese army of the "Shengshang ......", Du Ruhui said: "This expedition is not better than before, the biggest feature is to fight in the alpine zone, heavy snowfall in July and August is normal, this changeable climate has a great impact on our army, so in this battle, we had better play our army's fast, accurate, and ruthless combat style as before, annihilate the Tuyuhun and Tubo armies with thunderous momentum, and strive to withdraw the main force from the plateau before the arrival of winter." ”

"Not bad." Yang Tong deeply agreed and asked, "Since Keming mentioned it, there must be a countermeasure, tell me your opinion." ”

"Whoa." Du Ruhui bowed, then walked to a map of the territory made of silk silk, sketched two places on the map with charcoal, and then said: "According to the information sent by General Wang, the enemy army is in one place, a total of fifteen people, their soldiers are divided into two routes, and the soldiers in the area of Doma are the Tubo army, the number of which is about 50,000; The other enemy army is the allied army of the two countries, numbering about 120,000, and the commander is Langri Zamp, who is currently marching in the direction of the mountain pass of Jishi Mountain and Xilian Mountain. Judging by their army, the enemy's main direction of attack was in the east, and the west was only auxiliary. General Wang has 30,000 elite soldiers in Doma and is geographically advantageous, as long as he is careful and vigilant, even if the other side adopts the strategy of attacking the east and the west, it is not worrying, so the focus is on the eastern battlefield. ”

"The enemy in the east is the soldiers of the coalition army, and there are 60,000 troops on the Tuyuhun side, but because the new khan Murong Xiaojun ascended to the throne by unjust means, there are many people in the Murong Xianbei clan who oppose him; And the Dangxiang Qiang people, because of the Tuyuhun in recent years, the extreme pressure and the gradual dislike, plus its main force was exhausted last year, so the 60,000 troops, many and weak, have a natural fear of our Great Sui Xiongshi, but their numbers are there, and they are all good at riding and shooting, and it is still possible to fight a tailwind battle, so it is also not to be underestimated. ”

As for the 60,000 Tubo army, the combat strength is unknown, but the Tubo army has been crisscrossing the plateau for many years, and it is also a division of a hundred battles, and its combat power and morale must not be bad. However, at its peak, the army was only 150,000 people, and at present, in addition to the two battlefields in the east and west, there are 40,000 people who were taken to Yizhou by the prime minister, which shows that Langri Zampu has mobilized all the people and horses that can be mobilized, as long as we destroy one of them, it will be a break for Tubo, and if the army into Shu is annihilated again, presumably the opposition forces within Tubo will rebel. When the time comes, we only need to adopt the strategy of 'dividing, dividing, and supporting', and Tibet will surely fall into a fragmented internal strife like the Turks. ”

Du Ruhui put down the charcoal pen and said with a long sigh: "The snowy plateau itself is a place with complex terrain and changeable climate, which gives us very little time to fight, and the first army lacks the necessary time to adapt to the plateau environment. Therefore, to a certain extent, the time, the people, and the only advantage is that we occupy a condescending geographical advantage, and if the other side advances steadily, it will be difficult for our army to obtain major results in a short period of time. ”

"Du Shangshu is reasonable, the climate is indeed the number one enemy of our army." Xue Wanche bowed to Yang Tong and said: "According to the opinion of the last general, our army should pick soft persimmons to pinch, if the Tuyuhun army can be defeated, Tuyuhun as the master will inevitably collapse, as long as some tribes who have enmity with Tubo are co-opted, the Tubo army will inevitably have insufficient food and grass." ”

Yang Tong said: "From the moment of view, General Xue's tactics are indeed good, but if Langri Zampu takes a defensive position against our army and drags the confrontation until winter, we can only retreat, and he will be able to eat the extremely weak Tuyuhun troops in a very short time, so as to strengthen himself." If we fight again next year, we will face an even stronger enemy. ”

Xue Wanche's face flushed, he lowered his head a little ashamedly, and said embarrassedly: "The last general is short-sighted, and he almost broke a big thing." ”

"Your thinking is not wrong, it's just that you are not in your position, and you are not in your position." Yang Tong comforted.

"Holy Lord, I have an idea for my lowly position." At this time, Liu Renliang got up and said.

"Tell me about it."

"Whoa." Liu Renliang said: "If you can instigate Zhangxiong, Xiaobolu and other countries to send troops, Langri Zampu can only withdraw troops and return to help under the enemy's back. ”

"That's a good idea." Yang Tong said with a smile: "But before the Great Sui won a big victory, those countries that were scared by Tubo responded even more, and at most Chen Bing waited and watched on the border, and would never go deep into the territory of Tubo to fight." Langri Zampu should have calculated this point accurately, and only then raised the elite soldiers of Tibet to fight. ”

Therefore, Wei Chen suggested that the saint should take advantage of the situation, avoid the real and take advantage of the false, and concentrate superior forces to attack the weakest link of the opponent. This weak link is the western battlefield where General Wang Fubao is located, as long as the enemy in the west is defeated, our army can send a partial division to attack Luosuo, and when all countries see this, they will inevitably send troops one after another to beat the water dogs. ”

Liu Renliang said unhurriedly: "Although the enemy in the east is numerous, but the terrain is precipitous, the two mountain passes are natural barriers that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, our army only needs to hold out, and the enemy army can not attack for a long time, and after there are not many losses, then the contradiction between Tubo and Tuyuhun will inevitably break out." Once the west is broken, Langri Zamp can only return to reinforcements and defense. At that time, the main force of our army will wait for work at ease and choose an opportunity to break the enemy. On Tuyuhun's side, as long as a part of Murong Xiaojun's army is annihilated, all the ministries will rebel. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, as long as the Tubo army left, Tuyuhun basically had no threat at all. Now that the main force of Tuyuhun is dead, these 60,000 miscellaneous soldiers are no match for the Sui army at all.

"Very well, that's it." Yang Tong clapped his hands and said.

At this time, Xue Wanche bowed and said, "Holy Lord, Li Shimin is like that, why don't we go too." ”

Yang Tong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Li Shimin is definitely not a person who keeps to himself, you can't go." Divide 10,000 elite soldiers to Li Shimo in the two mountain passes. ”

"The last will obey." Xue Wanche was greatly frustrated.

"Don't be upset!" Yang Tong said with a smile: "As long as there is an accident in Yizhou, I will give you the opportunity to send troops as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Xue Wanche was overjoyed.

Yang Tong nodded slightly, feeling that it was time for the shadows in Yizhou to attack.