After realizing Sun Xiaozhe's trick, Gao Xianzhi ordered the southbound division to concentrate on rescuing Shangyangguan, and only need to succeed, not fail, if not, he will come to see him.

This is not because Gao Xianzhi is strong, but he is sure that Sun Xiaozhe will never be able to take Shangyang Pass if he only uses his feint strength and will to fight, so he only needs to use a partial division to fight with the defenders of Shangyang Pass to do internal and external attacks, and he can easily achieve his goal.

……

The development of the situation was just as Sun Xiaozhe expected, and several generals who had always been at odds with him cried in front of him, and begged him to leave a little blood for his subordinates.

If it were the past, Sun Xiaozhe would definitely agree to their request to buy people's hearts. But this time it's a big deal, and I can't care about buying people's hearts. And how can these people be easily bought? Rather than spend time and effort to buy, it is better to let them die in battle!

Sun Xiaozhe sighed.

"Right now, it is the critical juncture of my Dayan's life and death, all the departments are fighting bloodily, and they are all ready to become benevolent...... Isn't sacrificing one's life for the country just seeking benevolence and reaping benevolence?"

"You, you, Sun Xiaozhe, you little concubine...... No, the ...... of the concubine"

In the Youzhou army, Sun Xiaozhe's origin is known to everyone, and his mother has an affair with An Lushan all the year round, and all the generals are very disdainful of it, and secretly take it as a joke. But as Sun Xiaozhe's status in the army continued to rise, and when the Great Yan Dynasty was established and he was also the deputy commander of the army, few people dared to humiliate him so much in person.

Today, he was also forced by Sun Xiaozhe's high-sounding rhetoric, and a veteran of the Youzhou Army couldn't help but scold.

This scolding was exactly what Sun Xiaozhe couldn't ask for, but he saw that his face was suddenly as cold as frost, and he reprimanded coldly:

"If you insult the commander and disobey the military order, do you know what crime you should receive?"

"Lao Tzu doesn't care what you do, today I want to scold you for being a concubine......"

Sun Xiaozhe laughed loudly and waved his right arm vigorously.

"Where are the left and right armorers?"

"The last general!"

"This person ignored military orders, insulted the deputy marshal, spread rumors to shake the morale of the army, and pulled out to show the public!"

The four armorers suddenly agreed, and with lightning speed, they pushed the veteran to the ground, stripped off his armor in front of the generals, and then dragged him out alive......

"Sun Xiaozhe, if you dare to kill me, His Majesty the Emperor will not agree, I will sue the Son of Heaven and let you die a good death...... Ah......h

Screams came from outside the tent, apparently stopped by beatings. The generals in the tent stared wide-eyed, and no one dared to speak. Originally, these people came to Sun Xiaozhe to ask for guilt, but they didn't want to be played by Sun Xiaozhe.

Not long after, a bloody head was mentioned in the tent by the armor sergeant, and a cadre of generals did not recognize it, secretly sighed, and couldn't think of the blink of an eye, a person who was jumping around had become a ball of dead meat.

In this regard, no one dared to question Sun Xiaozhe's military order, and desperately urged his soldiers to fight to the death.

Of course, not everyone honestly kept their mouths shut, and some of the bold ones still questioned that more than eighty percent of Sun Xiaozhe's descendants were standing still, asking him to give a reasonable explanation.

Sun Xiaozhe did not respond with murder this time, but said indifferently: "The reason why they are holding their troops still now is to wait to attack Tongguan, which is high in the city and deep in the pool, and how can the casualties be weaker than you at that time?"

The battle outside Shangyang Pass lasted for ten days, but the result was much more than Sun Xiaozhe expected, ** showed amazing combat effectiveness here, and after a rough count of men and horses, it lost more than 30,000 people.

Among them, the loss of Youzhou elite accounted for more than thirty percent.

Sun Xiaozhe had a headache, and his heart was also dripping blood, he just wanted to take advantage of the siege battle to kill those generals, but he didn't want to lose even the elite soldiers. There are only so many men and horses in the Youzhou army, and if they lose a little, they will have a little less.

But that's fine, only if the acting is realistic, will Gao Xianzhi be fooled. After all, if the Tang army had suffered heavy losses in this battle by killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of its own losses, the result would have been unpredictable if the Tang army had not sent people to help if the offensive against Shangyang Pass had been intensified.

On the evening of this day, someone suddenly sent a secret letter, and Sun Xiaozhe smiled after hearing the shock.

……

"Xianggong, although the first battle of Shangyang Pass killed 30,000 enemies, but ** suffered heavy losses, if you don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it. ”

Since the death of Ge Shuhan, Che Bi He is still valued by Gao Xianzhi, but if he has military intelligence, he must be consulted. Along with Qi Bihe, Gao Xianzhi also valued Huo Ba Guiren, since this person killed Ge Shuhan with his own hands, he has become the object of hatred and hatred of the Hexi soldiers, eager to skin him and eat his flesh.

But somehow, Gao Xianzhi still trusted such a notorious person

Seeing that Gao Xianzhi's face was expressionless, Huoba Guiren did not say anything, so he followed Qi He and said tentatively:

"In my humble opinion, the traitor Sun Xiaozhe intends to Tongguan, if we move south, I am afraid that it will be in the hands of his people, according to detailed information, at least half of the rebels are still standing still, and the signs are unknown!"

Gao Xianzhi responded in a low voice at this time:

Indeed, Sun's intentions are obvious. Three days ago, a certain had already sent a letter to inform Ma Xuanren that Tongguan's support for him could only be this, and he was asked to defend the city with all his might. Ma Xuanren's reply made it clear that the city is in the people, and the city is ruined and the people are dead. ”

Che Biga was worried, and he saw this clearly, but if he didn't do anything, wouldn't it be another decision?

"** may not have to sit back and wait to be beaten, why not wait for the opportunity to take the initiative to attack and catch the rebels off guard?"

Huo Ba Guiren's eyes lit up, and he was obviously very interested in this proposal, and he also very much agreed.

"When the old minister Geshu was there, he strictly ordered not to allow a single soldier to leave Tongguan. The brothers have long been suffocated, and if they can take the initiative to go out and kill a few thieves, they must all rush out. ”

In this regard, Gao Xianzhi was noncommittal, he knew that Ge Shuhan's order must not be to fear the enemy and cowardice, but to use the army in a serious way. If it weren't for Ge Shuhan's painstaking operation for more than half a year, Tongguan would not have the scale it has today.

Whether or not it is the right time to send troops depends on the specific performance of the rebels.

The opportunity happened to come unexpectedly two days later, with frequent battles and frequent movements between the rebels' various units. Perhaps it was because Ge Shuhan had not allowed ** to take the initiative to go out of Tongguan for half a year, and the vigilance of the rebels gradually ceased to exist.

An infantry of 5,000 men moved north to the bank of the Yellow River, which was a dead-end terrain, and unless the river was crossed by ferry, there was a high saka to the east, so the only way out was to the south.

Gao Xianzhi specially sent the Qibi He Department and the Huoba Guiren Department to ambush together, and with 20,000 people fighting 5,000 people, he already had the advantage in numbers, plus the surprise attack, it was not easy to win.

The battle was soon over in two hours, with three thousand men slaughtered in one battle, and all the rest were scattered. Moreover, there was an unexpected harvest in this battle, 30,000 stone of grain was captured, and it turned out that this group of people and horses was secretly receiving 30,000 stone of grain.

The food supply in Tongguan has always been tight, there is no big war in peacetime, the vast majority of people are always hungry, and even if there is a big war now, only the battalions that can eat are specifically involved in the battle.

Due to the tragic war in the south, after each vicious battle, five or six out of ten survivors were ridiculed, so the army did not know when to ridicule, which was a severed head.

At the time of such a shortage of food, 30,000 stone corn was suddenly seized, and even Gao Xianzhi, who was not smiling on weekdays, showed a look of surprise, and promised to personally go to the table to ask for credit for Qibi He and Huo Ba Guiren.

However, Qi Bihe refused, the last general picked up a cheap advantage this time, if he asked the Son of Heaven for credit because of this, wouldn't it be unfair to those ** soldiers who fought to the death in Shangyang Pass?

Seeing this, Huoba Guiren also expressed his attitude to Gao Xianzhi, "Your Majesty also agrees with General Qibi, this ambush is a bargain, and you should not take credit!"

Gao Xianzhi originally admired Qi He very much, but now he saw that he was not proud of his merits, and even refused to ask for credit with a great sense of the overall situation, and he couldn't help but be impressed by him.

As for the relationship between this person and Qin Jin, Gao Xianzhi gradually "forgot" little by little. To be honest, if Qin Jin hadn't chosen to mutiny for self-preservation, his impression of this person would have been good. Especially Qin Jin's attainments in military training, he can achieve the point of ordering and prohibiting, and I am afraid that no one in the world can stand out.

It was precisely because of the rebellious heart of Qin Jin that Gao Xianzhi intentionally or unintentionally suppressed Qin Jin, and also acquiesced to Yang Guozhong and the Son of Heaven to suppress him.

Unlike the unpredictable Qin and Jin, Qibi He is obviously much simpler, and after this person was born in a famous family, his ancestor was Tiele Khan Qibi He Li, and later returned to the Tang Dynasty to be the Duke of Liangguo and became Taizong's right-hand man, and the Qibi family became prominent in the Tang Dynasty.

If it weren't for Empress Wu's reign, the Qibi family would have been implicated by the clan and all of them would have been convicted, maybe Qibihe's life would have been a different story.

It is also the door that should not be dusted, once there is a suitable opportunity, it will really stand out like a cone in the bag. However, this Qi Bihe has never been proud of this, and when he mentioned several major battles in Xin'an, Shaanzhou, and Hongnong, he always mentioned Qin Jin with his mouth closed, claiming that he was just a pawn. If it weren't for Qin Jin's strategy and command, there would have been no big victories again and again.

Of course, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, what he said was just self-humility. Including Gao Xianzhi, he thinks the same. Qin Jin was only a county lieutenant in Xin'an County before, and he had never been in contact with swords and soldiers, even if he was really talented, if there was no such general as Qi Bihe, I am afraid that there would not have been those few big victories.

This is also one of the reasons why Gao Xianzhi attaches so much importance to Qi Bihe.