Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 42 Darkness Chen Cang
A day later, Xiang Yu and Sun Jian each brought and selected 2000 elite cavalry. Xiang Yu brought a total of 1000 soldiers and horses when he came, of which there were only 200 elite cavalry. He used these 200 as the core and selected another thousand soldiers. With 800 light cavalry, Dong Zhuo said to Xiang Yu after seeing the cavalry selected by Xiang Yu: "General Xiang's vision is really vicious, and he picked good horses!"

"War horses are of course important, but a good driver is also inseparable from displaying combat effectiveness." Xiang Yu replied.

Dong Zhuo walked slowly to Xiang Yu's side, and patted the horse he was riding with his hands. "Although your war horse is not bad, it seems to be a bit old. I have a good horse that is as black as ink, and I can give it to the general."

Hearing this, Xiang Yu came to Dong Zhuo's place. Dong Zhuo ordered someone to pull out the steed. Xiang Yu saw that the horse was very handsome, so he jumped on the horse's back. Xiang Yu didn't panic, no matter how the black horse tossed, he could sit on its back steadily, then Xiang Yu swung the whip, and the black horse galloped out in pain. He rushed out, and after an hour, he saw Xiang Yu's horse returning, the black horse had already been tamed by Xiang Yu.

"It is indeed a good horse! Then I, Xiang Ji, would like to thank General Dong for his kindness."

"I don't want to say thank you. You see me, what's the relationship between us! I only hope that General Xiang will be successful, riding this black horse to be invincible on the battlefield."

Xiang Yu rode the black steed Dong Zhuo had given him, and led out two thousand elite light cavalry. He thought that since the spear he was using was called the Thunder Spear, then the black steed might as well be called Ben Lei.

Xiang Yu rode Ben Lei, carrying a thunder gun, and walked in front of the army. Xiang Yu's army was walking from the south along the small roads on the north side of Zhongnan Mountain, Shouyang Mountain, and Taibai Mountain. unhappy.

On the other hand, Sun Jian led two thousand elite light cavalry of his choice, and traveled from the north through Chunhua, Jinghe, and Qishan. The Chen Cang before Sanguan can be combined into one army, or they can act separately.

It is said that Dong Zhuo also led an army to station in Huaili in Fufeng County. Han Sui led his army to plunder Mei County, Fufeng, Wugong, Qian County, Zhouzhi and other places. After entering Huaili, it is Xianyang, the capital of Qin Dynasty, after Huaili, and Chang'an is not far to the right.

However, Han Sui's troops were mainly light cavalry, and the number of infantry was very limited. Even with siege equipment, it would be very difficult to attack Dong Zhuo's army that was completely retreating in Huaili City, unless Dong Zhuo led his troops out of the city to send them.

Originally, after Han Sui had been besieging for a period of time, he hadn't gained much, and he was ready to lead his army back temporarily, and wait for Dong Zhuo's large army to leave the city before looking for an opportunity to annihilate them, but at this time he found that Dong Zhuo seemed to be unable to sit still in the city. Maybe it was because of the food shortage in the city, or maybe because he couldn't bear it anymore, Dong Zhuo actually opened the city gate and led the main force out of the city to fight.

Han Sui was also very cunning. When Dong Zhuo led his army out of the city, he was not in a hurry to launch an attack, because it was relatively easy for Dong Zhuo's troops to return to the city at this time. After Dong Zhuo led a large army out of the city, Han Sui So he ordered to send a unit to fight Dong Zhuo head-on, and then divide the troops on both sides to find an opportunity to cut Dong Zhuo's back, and then attack from both sides.

Sure enough, Dong Zhuo went out of the city for quite a distance in the way Han Sui expected, and then Han Sui ordered his troops to march out from both sides. The main force conducts a double-team attack.

Dong Zhuo led the army to fight hard. The soldiers could only stick to their positions, and it was almost difficult to fight back effectively. Han Sui's army was mainly light cavalry. It was easier for him to chase Dong Zhuo's army, but Dong Zhuo's army could not catch up with Han Sui's army. After Dong Zhuo's troops lined up and waited for Han Sui to charge, Han Sui had no way to take advantage of it.

This stalemate battle lasted for a whole day, and both sides suffered losses. The next day, Han Sui ordered to continue the siege of Dong Zhuo's position. He retreated back, but because Han Sui led his troops to block Dong Zhuo's army from the city, Dong Zhuo could only retreat southwards towards Eyi.

Originally, Han Sui wanted to take advantage of the situation and continue to pursue Dong Zhuo, but even though Dong Zhuo's army was retreating, they still maintained a pretty good formation. The chances left for Han Sui were not too many. Han Sui also withdrew after that.

Dong Zhuo's troops continued to retreat to the east for dozens of miles. At this time, Han Sui led his army to surround Huaili City again, and began to order people to build siege weapons, preparing to break through the city gate before Dong Zhuo's main force came back. Looted the city.

Of course, all these actions of Dong Zhuo were in the original plan, and he and his soldiers also implemented the strategy very well, deliberately selling the loopholes first, so that Han Sui would continue to focus his attention and main force on Huai Li. , thus gaining enough space and time for Xiang Yu and Sun Jian's surprise attack troops.

Let’s say that Xiang Yu’s army had already passed through Mei County at this time, and the spies seemed to have discovered the supply troops of Han Sui’s army, but Xiang Yu did not plan to launch an attack at this time, but continued to carefully hide the whereabouts of the troops, and walked in the direction of Chen Cang in the starry night go.

When Xiang Yu and Liu Bang competed for the world, Liu Bang really listened to Han Xin's words and used a trick of building plank roads to hide Chen Cang. On the one hand, he burned the plank road leading to Hanzhong, and then sent people to rebuild the plank road to confuse Xiang Yu. In fact, he secretly led the army to detour and attack Chen Cang, occupying the important place in Guanzhong.

Now Xiang Yu is also preparing to sneak into Chencang. The position of Chencang is very critical. As long as he occupies this place, he can successfully cut off the long logistics supply line of Han Sui's army from Liangzhou to Guanzhong. At that time, Han Sui's troops can be locked in Guanzhong. , Come out and close the door to beat the dog.

Xiang Yu didn't know the situation on Sun Jian's side, but in his opinion, although Sun Jian was not very good at martial arts and his character was average, he should have relatively rich combat experience. Expose your whereabouts.

It is said that something went wrong on Sun Jian's side. When crossing Qishan, his troops were not concealed well enough and were discovered by Han Sui's spies. Fortunately, Sun Jian found out in time and rode his horse to kill Han Sui himself. The spies were beheaded, so that the troops were not exposed in advance.

At this time, Xiang Yu and Sun Jian's marching progress is actually similar, and it is very likely that they will lead their troops to Chencang at the same time.

(End of this chapter)