Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 38 Procrastination
But he said that by the time Xiang Yu led the troops to the front line, the time had come to mid-September of the second year of Zhongping. The troops led by Han Sui and the troops commanded by Zhang Wen fought against each other several times. There was no way around it, but generally speaking, Zhang Wen suffered a greater loss, mainly because Han Sui's tactics were very effective.

Among the rebels led by Han Sui were some Qiang people and a large part of Liangzhou soldiers and civilians. The troop composition was mainly light cavalry, supplemented by infantry. However, there were not so many people participating in the actual battle. He divided the light cavalry into multiple parts, and launched attacks and looting on multiple places at the same time. Where the defense is relatively tight, they will take a detour, and once they find that the large troops led by Zhang Wen are coming, they will flee quickly, which makes Zhang Wen's main force exhausted.

The troops led by Zhang Wen are mainly infantry, including heavy infantry and strong bows and crossbows. If it is said that the battle is on the frontal battlefield, the combat effectiveness of these infantry is absolutely overwhelming. The rebel army led by Han Sui It is unlikely to be able to fight with the weapons and equipment.

However, Han Sui is well versed in guerrilla warfare tactics. He has also lived and worked in the Liangzhou area for many years, and he is very clear about the advantages of the Qiang and other minority nomads, and these troops have fully utilized this advantage in his hands. , The enemy retreats and advances, the enemy advances and retreats, if you fight, you will run, and if you take advantage, you will retreat. It simply gave Zhang Wen a chance to take him head-on.

Of course, it will be difficult for him to continue to make progress if he does this. As long as Zhang Wen sticks to the city, it is impossible for him to attack the important cities of the Eastern Han Dynasty. For the rebels, the first thing to do is to survive first, and then to survive better. At this time, the rebels have basically controlled most of Liangzhou. All they need to do is to stabilize the situation so that there is enough It's time to completely digest the control of Liangzhou.

As for the following things, of course, it is just a matter of taking one step at a time. Essentially, Han Sui has no ambition to overthrow the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty and become emperor himself. Impossible things, even if one day the emperor dies and the Eastern Han Dynasty perishes, there will be more people in the world who want to be emperors. At this time, the emperor is not considered a sweet pastry at all. It's a huge trap.

It is precisely because of such a clear self-awareness that Han Sui always insisted on his tactics when fighting the Eastern Han army. The purpose was to delay the Eastern Han army's attack on his Liangzhou area to the greatest extent. If he wants to completely gain control of the Liangzhou area and become a local warlord with sufficient strength, this is the best situation and the best result for him.

However, Zhang Wen's mentality is obviously different. Just like the emperor was very eager to put down the rebellion during the Yellow Turban rebellion, Lu Zhi was brought back by the emperor to punish Lu Zhi for a little procrastination, because even these rebels were not enough at all. To directly threaten and overthrow the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but their existence itself is a great irony of the Eastern Han royal power and a mockery of the emperor. The emperor cannot tolerate these rebels having room to survive, and must be quickly and strictly They need to be killed, otherwise people all over the world will follow suit, and things will be troublesome.

Therefore, whether it is Zhang Wen, or Zhang Wen's subordinates Yuan Pang, Zhou Shen, Dong Zhuo, etc., they all know in their hearts that if they continue to confront Han Sui's rebels like this, Han Sui's power will only grow stronger. And they may end up being dismissed by the emperor at any time like Huang Fusong before him.

But in fact, Zhang Wen's entire army is not monolithic. On the contrary, there have been many discordant factors from the very beginning.

Zhang Wen first led his troops to station in Chang'an, and then sent someone to summon Dong Zhuo with the emperor's edict. As a result, Dong Zhuo did not go immediately after receiving the edict, but delayed his arrival for many days.

Zhang Wen blamed Dong Zhuo for this, but when Dong Zhuo answered Zhang Wen, his attitude was extremely arrogant and bad, as if he didn't take Zhang Wen seriously at all.

Sun Jian happened to be present at that time. He was a deacon in Zhang Wen's army. Zhang Wen specially wrote to the emperor to bring Sun Jian. Sun Jian fought bravely and ferociously. A lot of credit.

Seeing this, Sun Jian came to Zhang Wen's side and whispered to Zhang Wen, "Dong Zhuo is not afraid that he is guilty but speaks arrogantly. He should be killed according to military law for the crime of not answering the call on time."

Zhang Wen thought for a long time, and then said to Sun Jian: "Dong Zhuo has always enjoyed a great reputation in Long and Shu. If you kill him now, you will have nothing to rely on for the westward crusade."

Sun Jian said: "You lead the royal army yourself, and you are powerful in the world. Why do you rely on Dong Zhuo? Seeing Dong Zhuo's conversation today, he doesn't want to listen to you. Being rude is the first crime.

Bian Zhang and Han Sui have been acting mischievously for more than a year, and they should be punished in time, but Dong Zhuo said no, depressed the morale of the army, and doubted the soldiers, which is the second crime.

Dong Zhuo's acceptance of important tasks without any merit in battle, and his lack of success in summoning him, and his arrogance and arrogance are the third crime.

Famous generals in ancient times, leading troops to battle, all decisively beheaded those who violated military discipline to show their majesty, so there were things like Rang Ju beheading Zhuang Jia and Wei Jiang killing Yang Gan.Now you are merciful to Dong Zhuo and don't kill him immediately. This will inevitably cause losses to the army. "

However, despite Sun Jian's painful presentation of the pros and cons, Zhang Wen was still hesitant. In the end, he was still unable to make up his mind to deal with Dong Zhuo.

After Sun Jian left the account, he couldn't help shaking his head and lamenting that Zhang Wen was too indecisive.

As shown in this incident, although Dong Zhuo was recruited by the emperor many times to participate in the extermination of the Xiliang rebels, his personal performance has always been unsatisfactory, and he always seems to have scruples. It's hard to say that Dong Zhuo didn't have some plans of his own in mind.

On the other hand, it can also be seen that Zhang Wen's commander seemed a little indecisive. He wanted to use Dong Zhuo's original strength in the Liangzhou area, but he couldn't completely make Dong Zhuo submit to his management.

Finally Xiang Yu came with his elite soldiers. Dong Zhuo was much more enthusiastic at this time. He personally went out of the camp for dozens of miles to meet Xiang Yu's arrival, and talked happily with Xiang Yu along the way, quite like a confidant who forgot his years.

(End of this chapter)