Tossing and turning all night, when Sun Xiaozhe appeared in front of the generals, his eyes were blazing again. He spent the whole night reworking his plan from beginning to end, and finally came to the conclusion that there was at least an eighty percent chance of winning.

And on the volatile battlefield, the eighty percent chance of winning can basically be regarded as a sure victory. With this understanding, Sun Xiaozhe is no longer entangled in the power struggle within the Great Yan Dynasty, although An Qingxu is rude and stupid, but after all, he is not fat meat to be slaughtered, after he joins forces with Yan Zhuang's old thief, most of the court situation is under control, and it can be said that there will be no major changes within half a year. Half a year of peace is enough, enough for him to end his western expedition perfectly.

The rudimentary map was laid out on the desk in front of him, and Sun Xiaozhe's fingers continued to wander along the lines of varying thicknesses. Each line of unequal thickness represents a road, and the difference in thickness is the difference in importance. Eventually, his fingers landed heavily in one place.

The generals surrounding Sun Xiaozhe on both sides all shouted.

"Shangyang Pass?"

Shangyang Pass is located 30 miles south of Tongguan, controlling the connection between Tongguan and Shannan East Road, and can be regarded as the southern gateway of Tongguan, and the defense line of Tongguan is a vital link.

"Is the marshal going to attack Shangyang Pass?"

"Although Shangyang Pass is also considered to be narrow, but after all, it is not as good as Tongguan Pass, rather than wasting troops on the details, it is better to concentrate on conquering Tongguan in one fell swoop......"

"Conquer Tongguan, do you want to fill in your life? The Tang Dynasty has an inexhaustible number of fugitives to fill in your life, do we have it? Let my Dayan control the string people be sent to death senselessly?"

In the time when Sun Xiaozhe was silent, several generals were fighting each other, some agreed with Sun Xiaozhe's move to point out at Shangyang Pass, and some people objected, thinking that Shangyang Pass was not worth the time and effort.

Sun Xiaozhe watched coldly, the current Western Expedition army is not monolithic, it seems that it will take some time to purge the opponents, but this war can also kill two birds with one stone to borrow all the opponents and completely get rid of them.

The most taboo in the army is that the upper and lower levels cannot be united, and the cronies of the little cubs from the Duan family were also placed in the army by An Lushan. These people have never played an active role, they only know how to dismantle the platform from behind, and if they don't kill these nasty flies one by one, maybe one day they will be annoyed by them and lose their level. When a big war is approaching, there is no room for the slightest mistake, and sometimes a small mistake can cause the entire battle situation to erode.

Thinking of this, Sun Xiaozhe's determination to purge his opponents was even stronger. He suddenly thought of the ** who was separated by a wall from himself, would Ge Shuhan to Gao Xianzhi also have his own troubles?

He had no doubt that there would be, and even more. Maybe Ge Shuhan lost his life sadly in this complex power struggle, a veteran who had been fighting for the Tang Dynasty for half his life ended up like this, Sun Xiaozhe really felt sad for those Tang generals.

The quarrel between the generals became more and more serious, and Sun Xiaozhe had to come forward to stop it.

"Okay, don't fight. The battle has been going on for seven days, ** is still unhurried, now let them know that it hurts, the men and horses attacking Shangyang have been arranged, and the battle of Shangyang Pass will officially begin early tomorrow morning. ”

Sun Xiaozhe made the final decision as the deputy marshal, and those who opposed it did not dare to oppose it in public, and everyone said that the temper of this deputy marshal was no worse than that of King Jin.

However, those people were no worse than the officials of the Tang Dynasty.

After the meeting, Sun Xiaozhe specially reconvened a group of his cronies and assigned tasks to each person in detail.

Everything revolves around Shangyang Pass and Hedong City. It can be said that Sun Xiaozhe placed most of his descendants in Hedong City, fifty miles north of the Yellow River. As for Shangyangguan, most of them relied on a cadre who supported the son of the Duan clan.

"The marshal wants to control Hedong City, and the general has no opinion, but the people and horses in Shangyang Pass are not our people, isn't the marshal afraid that they will get in the way?"

Sun Xiaozhe laughed:

"Doing something out of it?" just gave a certain reason to kill them. Just obey the orders obediently, if not, don't blame Sun for being ruthless. ”

Several brain-wielding generals immediately realized that Sun Xiaozhe already had a plan to eradicate dissidents, and his eyes suddenly lit up with excitement. They had been waiting for this moment for a long time. The army of the Western Expedition is nearly 200,000 people, which is roughly the same as the number of **, of which there are about 100,000 people and horses who went south from Youzhou, and the remaining 100,000 are collected along the way.

Those who are attached to the ** are nothing, what a cadre values is 100,000 Youzhou veterans, if all of them are controlled in the hands of King Jin, even Emperor An Lushan of Dayan will have to look sideways.

It's a pity that although An Lushan was blind and confused, he was not completely confused, and mixed a lot of sand into Sun Xiaozhe's bottom.

These people are all unpleasant to look at An Qingxu, but they are all people who have followed An Lushan for many years, regardless of their qualifications and prestige, they are not what Sun Xiaozhe can say and dispose of.

However, the fact that Sun Xiaozhe could not handle it arbitrarily did not mean that Tang Jun could not dispose of it arbitrarily.

"The handsome man wants to borrow a knife to kill someone?"

"It's obviously a ...... to drive the tiger and devour the wolf"

Sun Xiaozhe rubbed his temples, his subordinates' minds were very transparent, and they had already guessed the ultimate goal from just a little information they revealed. That's fine, so he won't have to talk a lot.

"The handsome man is good at scheming, and he justifiably gets rid of those cowards who only know how to move their mouths and dare not use force. ”

Sun Xiaozhe also recognized this point, no matter how much anyone opposed him, in the end he could not refuse the combat order, otherwise it would be tantamount to giving up the reason to kill.

As for how many of these people will be left after the war, it will be up to fate.

At dawn the next day, the Yan army launched a fierce attack on Shangyang Pass. However, when Ge Shuhan was alive, he attached great importance to the defense of Shangyang Pass, and in more than half a year, he not only strengthened the city defense, but also sent his most effective cadre Ma Xuanren to personally garrison this place. After Gao Xianzhi took over Tongguan, he understood Ma Xuanren's ability, and still appointed this person as the guard of Shangyang Pass, and sent an additional 5,000 men and horses as a backup.

Because of this, the Yan army's attack on Shangyang Pass was extremely difficult, and in just one morning's siege battle, the total losses of each division exceeded 7,000 people.

This number was only a small number for an army of 200,000, but it was unbearable for the commanders of the battalions.

It's only been a morning, and who knows how many more days it will take, if it's this kind of battle loss every day, then I'm afraid that the whole army will be wiped out before Shangyang Pass is captured.

……

Tongguan!

"Report, Shangyang Pass Ma Xuanren urgently asked for help, and tens of thousands of rebels besieged Shangyang Pass......"

Gao Xianzhi's brows jumped suddenly after receiving the report, Tongguan had just died of the marshal and the supervising army, and the military spirit was in a period of instability, Sun Xiaozhe suddenly attacked, and his heart was self-evident, that is, to take advantage of the opportunity to take a big advantage. He gritted his teeth, of course this advantage cannot be taken advantage of by Sun Xiaozhe, but Sun Xiaozhe's real goal, he is definitely not Shangyang Pass.

Shangyang Pass is the pivotal place of Guanzhong and Shannan East Road, and it is also the southern gateway of Tongguan. In fact, the war has been unfolding for ten days, and Gao Xianzhi has always been sitting in Tongguan with the main force, although the southern Guancheng is frequently in emergency, he still only sent one division to fight the fire.

In fact, the result was as Gao Xianzhi expected, most of the rebels' inevitable battles were feints, and both sides were happy to wave their flags and shout, but there were not many big battles that really killed the red and saw the blood.

Until today, Sun Xiaozhe chose Shangyang Pass, where the city is high and the pool is deep, and the soldiers will be fierce, and his intention is a bit intriguing.

Shangyang Pass is not an ordinary pass, and its specifications are only one level lower than Tongguan, if you want to make a feint here, I am afraid it is not as easy as elsewhere.

But no matter what, Gao Xianzhi decided to wait and see for a day. Ma Xuanren, the general of Shangyang Customs, is Ge Shuhan's right-hand man, who has fought hundreds of battles with the Tubo people in the west of the Longyou River, and has a duel with Sun Xiaozhe's rebels, and he will not easily let the other party bargain.

If Sun Xiaozhe wants to gnaw the hard bone of Shangyangguan and not break a few teeth, it is a fantasy.

Sure enough, the rebels' first day of attack began to weaken and even perfunctory after losing thousands of men. This was the case for three days in a row, and even Ma Xuanren was not in a hurry to send messengers for help three times a day. In the early morning of the fourth day, the situation changed again, and the rebel offensive suddenly became extremely strong, and there was even a momentum to storm the city at the cost of human lives.

Ma Xuanren actually sent four groups of people to ask for help in one day.

Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but be confused and embarrassed. Although he knew very well in his heart that the other party might be willing to ...... at the cost of his life

In fact, he had already made a judgment on this war, Sun Xiaozhe wanted to use Shangyang Pass as a bait to attract the main force of **, and then wait for an opportunity to sneak attack Tongguan. But isn't such an obvious intention a little too low-level tactically? He suddenly stood up from his couch.

"The real is the virtual, the virtual is the real!"

It seems that even if Sun Xiaozhe can't take a big bite of meat, he has to eat a small bite.

Shangyang Pass cannot afford to be lost, once lost, the southern part of Tongguan will be completely exposed to the threat of rebel troops, and the communication between Guanzhong and Shannan Dongdao will also be completely cut off. This means that all the contacts between Chang'an and Huaixi, Jiangnan and other places will have to detour to Shuzhong.

I don't know how many miles away this detour, I am afraid that if the news of Chang'an wants to be sent to Huaixi Jiangnan, it will not take half a year to work, and it will be a matter of no thought. What's even worse is that the grain in the south of the Huaixi River can be transported to Shannan East Road, and then transferred from Shannan East Road to Guanzhong through Tongguan, although the cost is higher than that of the Grand Canal, and the consumption is also high, but after all, it can be used for Guanzhong litigation materials.

But once you want to make a detour to Shuzhong, it is difficult for Shu to go to the blue sky, let alone transport grain.