Chapter 353: Hebei Makes Waves

Sun Xiaozhe stepped up the monitoring of Tongguan, but after a few days there was no abnormal movement, in order to test the situation in the pass, he also specially organized several feints, but the defenders of Tongguan struggled to repel. After the trial, Sun Xiaozhe was disappointed to find that no matter whether the news of the Guanzhong rebellion was true or not, the combat effectiveness and morale of the Tongguan defenders had not been affected in the slightest.

This is a really discouraging finding.

But Sun Xiaozhe still has enough expectations for this, a rebellion of 100,000 people is not easy to quell, and even if it is pacified, it will inevitably kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800, and the combat effectiveness and morale of the army will continue to decline in the protracted war. Maybe as long as you wait for another half a month, the Tongguan garrison will change.

However, the news of the rebel victory in Tongguan did not wait, but waited for another extremely exciting news.

Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, sent the most powerful eunuch to Tongguan and captured and killed the veteran of a hundred battles, Ge Shuhan, who was like a pillar of the country.

At the first time he learned about this, Sun Xiaozhe thought that this was a rumor specially created by ** in order to paralyze the Great Yan Army, but the news of Ge Shuhan's death was finally confirmed, and his head was hung at the head of the west city of Tongguan Guancheng, and the details sent over could easily confirm the matter.

Sun Xiaozhe was really overjoyed, Ge Shuhan was like a difficult old fox, forcing him to not enter, and his legs couldn't. And now, the one who got rid of Ge Shuhan for him turned out to be Li Longji, who was the son of the Tang Dynasty. This sudden incident cannot but be said to be an unexpected joy for the Great Yan Army.

Next, Gao Xianzhi took charge of Tongguan, and the armament of Tongguan remained the same. Sun Xiaozhe's expected collapse not only did not appear, but also the defense tended to be more and more perfect, and more than ten small guan cities located south of Tongguan were gradually strengthened.

Of course, these are likely to be superficial phenomena, whether the morale of the military spirit of the ** has been affected by the killing of the main general and the change of generals in the battle, I am afraid that only by fighting hard can we see the results. So, Sun Xiaozhe calmed down and planned an attack on a scale that was better than any previous one.

The main goal of this attack is not to take Tongguan, but to use a feint to attack the front of Tongguan to attract all the ** main forces, but take advantage of the weakness to attack the heavily guarded Hedong City and take it in one fell swoop.

Located fifty miles north of the Yellow River, Hedong City was another important point between Hedong Road and Guanzhong, which the Yan army had previously controlled. However, with an absolute superiority of troops, the ** in Hedong completely annihilated the Yan army that attacked Hedong City in one fell swoop.

Due to the sufficient preparation, it is not easy to take Hedong City directly, but it is much easier to attack the west with the sound of the east. However, although the strategy is good, you still have to use your own stupidity to cooperate.

In order to achieve this goal, Sun Xiaozhe specially suspected the soldiers and made the posture of the main force of the army moving south to break through the defense line. But ** seems to be slow to react and does not make a corresponding placement.

In the process of Sun Xiaozhe's arrangement, a fire in Tongguan City attracted his attention, although he didn't know the inside story, but this was enough to explain why the ** reaction was so slow.

It turned out that there was an internal conflict, and Gao Xianzhi was caught in the whirlpool, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to make decisions independently.

After getting this judgment, Sun Xiaozhe did not hesitate anymore, and immediately ordered that the whole army should be put into battle, and the battle to attack the Tongguan defense line was just the curtain coming.

At the beginning of the war, Sun Xiaozhe was still mainly confused, and made most of the people move south, intending to break through the gap in the southern mountains and enter Guanzhong in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, ** finally reacted in the case of continuous loss of cities and lands in the south, and at least one-third of the more than 100,000 troops gathered in Tongguan were transferred to the south. However, this was far from Sun Xiaozhe's expectations, and his goal was to transfer at least more than half of the Tongguan army.

The continuous siege of more than ten passes in the dozens of miles south of Tongguan, the Yan army continued to appear, concentrating on attacking a little, making the local ** fall into a difficult situation of relative disadvantage and exhaustion.

However, despite the repeated defeats in the south, the ** gathered in Tongguan no longer sent a single soldier to the ground. This made Sun Xiaozhe fall into unprecedented torment, if ** is still not fooled, maybe his plan will have to be changed halfway, but in this way, whether he can successfully take Hedong City, there is little hope.

As soon as An Qingxu made progress, he saw Sun Xiaozhe's sad face, so he came to him and sat cross-legged.

"Why is the general sad, An just got ten jars of good wine from Luoyang, why don't you get drunk together?"

If it was before the war, Sun Xiaozhe did not refuse to drink and get drunk together, but now that the future is uncertain, how can he have the heart to drink and have fun? Looking at An Qingxu's appearance that he has nothing to do with himself, he can't help but smile bitterly again and again.

"King Jin Guo has the demeanor of an ancient famous general, the battle does not change in front, the work and rest are as usual, and the end will be ashamed of himself!"

Sun Xiaozhe's words are neither yin nor yang, which is really ironic. But An Qingxu smiled and stretched out his half-naked arm full of black hair.

"You don't have to be sarcastic, so-and-so eat, drink and have fun here, but there is one thing that has never been relaxed, the army's grain and grass have not been relaxed for a moment but supervised, you just have to win the battle in front! Yan Zhuang Lao'er just sent the battle report of Hebei Province, Shi Siming suffered a loss in Hebei, I heard that 10,000 cavalry were completely annihilated, and even I almost became a prisoner under the stairs and a ghost under the sword. ”

As he spoke, An Qingxu showed an extremely regretful expression.

"It's a pity, it's a pity. Shi Siming still had a big fate, escaped with his life and went back, and then gathered all his troops to fight back. ”

Finally, there is good news, Sun Xiaozhe's eyes are shining, and An Qingxu said it lightly, but he can wipe out Shi Siming's 10,000 cavalry, which shows that Tang Jun and Tang generals are not ordinary characters.

"Do you know which town the Tang army came from, and who are the Tang generals?"

An Qingxu's entourage had already poured him full of wine, and after a bowl of wine was gurgling, he made a pleasant sound.

"This person is not small, Feng Changqing!"

Sun Xiaozhe was immediately stunned. Who doesn't know Feng Changqing's name? Although he was completely annihilated by Cui Qianyou in Luoyang, anyone with a discerning eye knows the root cause of his defeat. It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, leading the hastily recruited market disciples, facing the battle-hardened Youzhou Iron Cavalry, it is hell to be able to win the battle!

It's just that I don't know where Feng Changqing gathered the army, and he actually annihilated Shi Siming's 10,000 cavalry in one fell swoop. This will definitely not shake the morale of the Yan army.

After pondering for a while, Sun Xiaozhe said again: "With Feng Changqing here, I am afraid that there will be repeated wars in Hebei Province, and Shi Siming may not be able to cope with it!"

An Qingxu still had a gloating expression.

"Shi Siming is defeated, that little cub has no backer, isn't it great news for us?"

Shi Siming's defeat was indeed good news for King An Qingxu's side of the Jin Dynasty, but the matter was divided into two sides, if Shi Siming's defeat was complete, it would be a big disaster for Dayan. Seeing that Sun Xiaozhe didn't seem to think so, An Qingxu poured a big bowl of wine again, and then wiped his mouth.

"As long as An goes one step further from the King of Jin and smoothly sits in the position of the crown prince, and is assisted by the general, why worry about the chaos?"

Sun Xiaozhe smiled bitterly for a while, he was self-aware, although he thought he was intelligent, but it was not to the point of winning a hundred battles. The world's major events, the way of using soldiers, often need to be based on the situation, once the opportunity is missed, maybe it is difficult to return to the sky even if it is white.

At the moment, the mandate of heaven is in Dayan, as long as Dayan does not make fatal mistakes, the fall of the Tang Dynasty should be sooner or later.

However, now that Shi Siming met Feng Changqing in Hebei Province, he was completely annihilated by 10,000 cavalry in World War I, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no situation where he will still be annihilated in World War II. However, in this way, Luoyang broke off contact with his hometown in Youzhou, and the blow to the morale of the Youzhou army was immeasurable.

Although Sun Xiaozhe did not want Shi Siming to win the battle in Hebei Province, it was never as bad as seeing him defeat so miserably and so completely. The sense of urgency followed, he understood that he had no way to retreat, if he did not break through Tongguan as soon as possible, once Feng Changqing was allowed to succeed in Hebei Dao, the Mandate of Heaven might be returned to the Tang Dynasty, and this situation could never happen.

"Please ask the King of Jin to be solemn in Luoyang, so that he will not hinder Shi Siming at this time. ”

An Qingxu was greatly dissatisfied, frowned, and said:

"Yan Zhuang and a certain person have set a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, why do you want to let him go?"

Sun Xiaozhe hurriedly waved his hand to stop, "The King of Jin must not, if Shi Siming is defeated and dies, there will be no one in Hebei Province to solve the chaos. ”

"Is it so serious? Will it be ruined?"

"What King Jin said is good, there is indeed a risk of losing the country!"

"If that's the case, I really have to be strict and solemn, leaving a glimmer of life for Shi Siming. An Qingxu was full of doubts, "Will this be a cocoon and let the tiger return to the mountain?"

Sun Xiaozhe didn't care about making fun of him for using idioms indiscriminately, and only said solemnly:

"No! As long as King Jin successfully invades Chang'an, what will Shi Siming do?"

An Qingxu nodded, "This is reasonable, as long as a certain person enters Chang'an and captures Li Longji and Li Heng's father and son, the little cub from the Duan clan is considered a fart?"

"As King Jin said, as soon as Chang'an is in Chang'an, everything will be in the bag of King Jin. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you again. ”

An Qingxu got up happily and left, and when he left the door, he turned his head and asked worriedly: "In this war, the battle is not small, what is the chance of the general winning?"

Sun Xiaozhe stubbornly stretched out his hand and gestured a six-character.

"Very good, sixty percent of the chance of winning, but it's not low, the general don't let someone down......"

After that, An Qingxu strode out, leaving only Sun Xiaozhe, who was preoccupied, to go out alone.