Chapter 16 One general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies

The rain came and went quickly. In less than half an hour, the clouds were closed and the rain stopped. The sky started to open its eyes again, but it caused great trouble to the entire grain transport team. The soldiers and civilians who were wet with the rain were trembling coldly, and Yang Guang also yawned several times.

This is not the biggest annoyance. After the spring rain, the originally dry road is wet by the rain, and when you step on it, it will bring a large piece of mud. When the vehicle is pressed, it will be a deep trace. If you accidentally fall into the mud. Fortunately, the ground has not been completely poured and the wheels are not deep, which greatly slows down the speed of the convoy.

"Prince, you have a rest." Zhang Heng advised Yang Guang while pushing the car hard.

At this time, Yang Guang was no longer as handsome as before, and his whole body was covered with mud. In order to speed up the driving speed, Yang Guang dismounted and pushed the car forward. The soldiers who used to be used as surveillance and protection of grain had to join the ranks of pushing the cart under the leadership of Yang Guang. Although there were inevitably some complaints in his heart, the prince was the same and calmed down. With the help of the sergeant to push the cart, the speed of the grain cart was not as slow as that of the snail before it rained.

"No, if I stop, how can I make the soldiers willing to push the cart? It is related to the food and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops? If it delays reaching and affects the morale of the army and leads to a great defeat in our army, what is the face of me going to see my father?"

"Prince, how could the army not have stored food? It would not be a big deal if the food and grass were separated for three or five days. If the prince was exhausted, how could he be worthy of the emperor and the queen's explanation?"

"Needless to say, let alone three or five days, I will not delay the arrival of food and grass for a day." After Yang Guang finished speaking, he continued to push the grain truck with his head down and encouraged the people next to him.

Just when Yang Guang's grain transport team was in trouble because of the rain, Dou Rongding's army, who went to Liangzhou to rush to rescue, was in a dilemma of lack of water. Dou Rongding's father Dou Shan was a Taipuqing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his uncle Dou Chi was a Shangzhu Kingdom of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now he is the Grand Tutor of the Sui Dynasty. Dou Rongding's wife is Princess An Cheng, the elder sister of Yang Jian, the current Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

The Dou family is simply a fan family of the prince-consort family. Dou Rongding has no other strengths except for his grand appearance and three beautiful beards. He devoted all his energy to the decoration of lavender, facial hair, and other appearances, and was ashamed of doing his job properly. This time he rushed to Liangzhou, but took advantage of the relationship between the Dou family but took office as the marshal. It is impossible to say that it was Yang Jian's mistake in using people.

Yang Jian actually knew how capable his brother-in-law was. In order to avoid Dou Rongding's mistake, he specially transferred both Changsun Sheng and Shi Wansui to Dou Rongding. These two people, both literary and military, were the most outstanding talents among their peers. Before leaving, he asked the Grand Tutor Dou Chi to instruct Dou Rongding to listen to Changsun Sheng's opinions more when marching and fighting.

The attack on Liangzhou was Abo Khan who had retreated last time. Yang Jian thought that Changsun Sheng and Shi Wansui would not be able to fight against Abo, which was equivalent to giving him credit to his brother-in-law. However, Yang Jian really underestimated Dou Rongding's stupidity. It was fine if Dou Chi did not give any advice. In this request, Dou Rongding refused to listen to Changsun Sheng's advice and went against each other everywhere. Finally, he brought the 30,000 army to the death of Gaoyueyuan, north of Liangzhou.

Gaoyue was originally a undulating sand dunes with endless waves and undulating water around it. Although it is not summer yet, the water consumed by sergeants every day is indispensable. How to garrison troops in a waterless place?

When Changsun Sheng saw the troops set up camp in Gaoyueyuan, he was shocked and hurried to the head coach's tent and said to Dou Rongding: "Master, this is a Jedi, it is not suitable to station troops."

Dou Rongding looked at Changsun Sheng, stroked his beard on his chest, and scolded majesticly: "You are just a small general of chariots and cavalry. You are not going to be killed and born after hearing this. I am about to station troops in such a Jedi! When Abo comes, he will lead his army to defeat them immediately, so why not?"

Changsun Sheng's grade was too different from Dou Rongding. No matter how anxious he was, he was helpless. He just stepped out and a burst of laughter suddenly came from behind Dou Rongding.

"The little general of the chariot dares to show off in front of the commander and insult himself."

"That's right, what he said was to withdraw 300,000 soldiers in one word was just a boast of himself. Otherwise, why would the emperor not be promoted to his post? If he could withdraw 300,000 Turkic troops alone, what else would we do?"

"Changsun Sheng is just a boastful person. He dared to station 30,000 soldiers in the Jedi and fight against 100,000 Turkic people. That is the real hero."

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Dou Rongding smiled when he heard this. His official position was first-class. There were more than a dozen people around him who were higher than Changsun Sheng. Birds of a feather flocked to each other. Most of these people were playboys among the children of aristocratic families. Everyone disliked Changsun Sheng.

This is not only because Chang Sun Sheng repeatedly raised opinions on Dou Rongding during the march, Changsun Sheng was incompatible with the children of those aristocratic families when he was in the imperial guards. When those children were applying makeup, Changsun Sheng was studying military books and practicing archery techniques, which seemed independent and special. Later, he shot two shots and retreated to the 300,000 Turkish army with one word, and gained fame. Many people of course also think that others can't do anything. Only by desperately destroying Changsun Sheng can they feel at ease.

Just after Dou Rongding's army camped in Gaoyueyuan for a day, Abo's army also rushed to Gaoyueyuan. Seeing that the Sui army was stationed in the Jedi, he was immediately overjoyed and commanded the army to fight with the Sui army. The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day. Although Abo's army had many, he did not get any benefits. At this time, the Great Sui army was composed of imperial guards and government soldiers. The annual training of government soldiers must reach March, and the imperial guards were all composed of recruiting troops. The armor and weapons were not comparable to the Turks. If they had the same force, the Turks would not dare to fight at all, and they often retreated.

The losses caused by fighting against the Turks on the first day were much greater than those of the Sui army. The next day, Abo immediately changed his tactics and only surrounded the Sui army with light cavalry. He did not fight. He sent camels to transport a large amount of clear water from behind. Every time the Sui army attacked the Turks, they fled in a panic. The Sui army was still in a hurry in the first few days, thinking that the Turks were just like this. However, as the clear water they brought gradually was used up, they could not get any supplements. The army couldn't help but panic.

Dou Rongding wanted to command the army to fight against the Turks several times, but Abo's victory was decided and he did not fight against Dou Rongding at all. He just relied on the fast horse and kept avoiding the real and the weak. The Sui army had only 10,000 cavalry with 30,000 troops. Without the support of infantry, the Sui army would never dare to let 10,000 cavalry fall into the 100,000 Turkic army, and had to fight on a small scale. Although many Turkic people were killed and killed and injured every day, compared with the 100,000 Turkic army, Abo didn't care at all.

A few days later, even the water in the commander's tent was gone, and some soldiers had already fallen down due to thirst. Dou Rongding himself was also hungry and thirsty, and secretly told his subordinates to slaughter war horses and drink blood to quench their thirst. As soon as the news spread, the soldiers who were so thirsty that their throats were almost smoking also followed suit and secretly slaughtered horses. Some precious cavalrymen suddenly turned into infantrymen.

"Kill!" Shi Wansui's spear was stabbed out one after another. Several Turkic people screamed and covered the place where Shi Wansui stabbed. They opened their eyes wide and fell down with their eyes closed. In a blink of an eye, they were stepped on into flesh paste by the iron hooves of both sides.

This is the seventh day of fighting with the Turks. Shi Wansui has all his skills but no one can do it. Every time he goes to fight, the Turks avoid it. Today, Shi Wansui has become arrogant and only takes a thousand of his confidants and subordinates to bite the Turks' defenders tightly. He is the one who is fighting left and right, and is the one who is the one who is in a state of slack.

Shi Wansui was already General Yi Tong when he was under Yang Yong. Later, he was promoted to General Shangdao, but he made a big mistake in Qi. He often bullied the local area and raped and killed the daughter of a local gentry. If Yang Yong had not protected him, Shi Wansui would have to be exiled as a garrison. Although Yang Yong had protected him, his position as General could not be saved and was demoted to General Yi Tong.

Seeing that a thousand Sui army dared to rush into his tens of thousands of troops, Abo was furious and ordered to the left and right: "Around him, don't let them run away, kill one Sui army, reward one cattle and ten sheep."

When the Turks heard his Khan give a generous reward, the Turks were immediately energetic and stopped giving in. They surrounded the Sui army in the middle, and Shi Wansui suddenly felt that the pressure to move forward was getting greater and greater.

"General, let's go back. It's ten miles from the camp here. If we don't go back, we will be trapped here!"

Shi Wansui's spear picked up two Turks again. Looking at the big flags that represented the Turkic Khan hundreds of meters away, he added his dry lips, and then retreated and was very unwilling to accept it.

"Kill!" A Sui army roared, and the spear in his hand stabbed a Turkic man down. When he saw the sheepskin sack hanging around the waist of the Turkic man, his eyes lit up. He used the spear to lift the water bag. Regardless of the battle, he pulled out the sheepskin sack and drank it in big mouthfuls. A Turkic man next to him was overjoyed and raised his scimitar and slashed directly on the neck of the Sui army who was drinking water. The Sui army's head suddenly split, and blood gushed out from the headless corpse, mixed with the clear water in the sheepskin sack and flowed into the sand.

Shi Wansui was furious when he saw it. He took out a long arrow and shot the happy Turkic man with one arrow. Although it was hundreds of meters away, Shi Wansui's long arrow shot into the throat of the Turkic man. The Turkic man's smile had not yet been curled and he fell head-on into the sand.

"General, be careful!" Several Turkic people saw Shi Wansui holding a longbow in their hands and realized that they could get a bargain. They rushed to Shi Wansui with a fierce horse. Shi Wansui's personal soldiers hurriedly reminded him.

Shi Wansui stumbled the bowstring with his mouth, took the spear back into his hand, and his wrist trembled for several times. The silver spear tip quickly passed the neck of the rushing Turkic people. Several Turkic cavalrymen who rushed into the range of Shi Wansui's silver spear immediately fell around, falling heavily on the sand, and blood gushed out of their necks.

Shi Wansui also learned from the Sui army just now, lifted the water bags that the Turks carried around and placed them on the horse's back. Although his throat was so thirsty, he did not rush to drink them. He took off the longbow in his mouth and ordered: "Retreat the troops and try to grab the water bags as much as possible, but he is not allowed to drink water in the battle."

The personal soldiers quickly passed his orders, but Shi Wansui did not turn around immediately. He pulled out a long arrow from the quiver and shot it at the giant stalk standing in the distance. With a loud bang, the giant stalk of the Turks broke from it, frightening the Turks under the giant stalk.

"Abo is dead! Abo is dead!" Seeing the Turkic flag falling down, Shi Wansui's personal soldiers took the opportunity to scream.

Although no one believed that his Khan was dead, suddenly the Khan's flag disappeared, and the Turkic cavalry that were surrounding him couldn't help but watch back and look for the flag. Shi Wansui took advantage of the Turkic people's hesitation and led his subordinates to break out of the Turkic people's siege and return to his camp.

When he saw less than a thousand Sui cavalry stirring up his team of tens of thousands and leaving safely, Apo Khan was so angry that he cursed his subordinates and chased them desperately until the outside of the Sui army camp that he had to stop.

When he returned to the camp, Shi Wansui re-clicked his subordinates. Less than 700 people came back from more than 1,000 people. This impact caused more than 300 people to be damaged. Although at least a thousand Turks killed, they were not enough to make up for the losses of the Sui army. Fortunately, the biggest gain of this trip was to regain hundreds of sheepskins, allowing the soldiers to moisten their thirsty throats.

Changsun Sheng was very uneasy when he heard that Shi Wansui had only one thousand subordinates, and he was very upset. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Shi Wansui coming back. He patted Shi Wansui's shoulders all over the dust: "Long live, you are too reckless, you must not do this next time."

Shi Wansui said in a muffled voice: "So what if you are reckless? Instead of dying of thirst, it is better to kill a few more Turks." He took off the sheepskin he had just stolen from the horse and threw it to Changsun Sheng: "Give it, you can drink some too."

Changsun Sheng shook the sheepskin sac, and there was almost half a capsule of water inside. Changsun Sheng knew that it was the water that Shi Wansui led his subordinates to exchange for life. A little more water might lead to a day of living. He immediately looked at Shi Wansui gratefully, pushed away the plug on the sheepskin sac, took a sip and stopped drinking, and said, "Long live, can you give all this water to me?"

Seeing that Changsun Sheng was getting more and more arrogant, Shi Wansui nodded, and Changsun Sheng took the sheepskin bag and walked to some thirsty soldiers in the village who could not afford it, and gently poured water into their dry throats. Although a large number of horses were killed every day, the horse blood was dry, and many soldiers could not bear it. When these people smelled the smell of water, they immediately hugged the sheepskin bag tightly and drank it in big mouthfuls. In order to let more people drink the water, Changsun Sheng had to quickly snatch it away after they took a sip or two.

When Shi Wansui saw this, he realized that he had blamed Changsun Sheng for wrong reasons. He said to his personal soldiers: "Take out ten more water bags."

Although he had grabbed more than 100 water bags, only about half of them were left. After hearing Shi Wansui's order, his subordinates quickly distributed ten water bags, like senior Sun Sheng, and fed water to the soldiers who were thirsty to the ground.

Seeing that there was water, the other soldiers were also in agitation, staring at the water bag desperately, hoping to grab it immediately, but because of Shi Wansui's usual reputation, he did not dare to make rash decisions.

A voice that made the sergeant hate sounded: "Where is water? Don't drink it, keep it for the commander."

Shi Wansui looked at the person who came coldly. The person who came was Li Min, the grandson of the Grand Turkish army, Li Chong, and Li Chong unfortunately died in the battle last time when he fought against the Turks. Li Min inherited his father's title and was only twenty years old when he was the general of his father and grandfather. Li Min was born in a general, but had no talent and could only sing and dance and flattery.

Li Min had already seen the water bags on Changsun Sheng and Shi Wansui's troops, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Hurry up, bring them to me."

Changsun Sheng and the soldiers ignored it at all, and Li Min was furious: "Don't obey the military orders, do you want to rebel?"

Shi Wansui shouted loudly: "There is no water, you need blood to come here." After that, Shi Wansui took off the armor on his body and exposed his chest.

"Okay, okay, I won't see you, I'll go find the Grand Marshal." Although Li Min's position is above Shi Wansui, facing Shi Wansui's anger, he did not dare to act rashly, so he had to return to the inner camp in shame and report to Dou Rongding.

When Dou Rongding came, more than ten water bags were empty and threw them to the ground. Looking at the water bags, Li Min picked them up one by one without believing in evil, but he was so disappointed that he couldn't even pour out a drop of water. He immediately said in a frustration: "Master, Bei Zhi really saw them drinking water just now."

After this setback, Dou Rongding had restrained a lot. He was not a fool. He probably knew the origin of the water. He knew that even if there was still, I was afraid that Changsun Sheng and Shi Wansui would not take it out. Faced with this dilemma, he needed Changsun Sheng and Shi Wansui to help them break through the siege. It is not appropriate to offend these two people for the time being. He shouted: "If you don't have water, forget it."

Li Min was stunned and wanted to say something else. Dou Rongding said to Changsun Sheng with a smile: "General Changsun, General Shi, I have important matters to discuss. Please come to my tent."

"Affect the order." Changsun Sheng and Shi Wansui had to follow Dou Rongding and enter the coach's tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, Dou Rongding bowed to Changsun Sheng: "General Changsun, I regret not obeying the general's words, which made our army fall into a desperate situation. I am not willing to die. But these 30,000 loyal and brave men cannot die in vain. I hope the general will come up with a plan to save me."

Changsun Sheng shook his head. In such a Jedi, he was surrounded by the superior forces of the Turks and lacked water sources. Since Sun Wu was reborn, it was impossible to imagine in a short period of time.
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