Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46
Sun Jian led [-] cavalry to advance eastward at a rapid pace. He was eager to make military achievements, and he wanted to achieve greater military achievements than Xiang Yu. Therefore, regardless of whether his soldiers and horses were too tired, he headed towards Han Sui's grain transport team east of Chencang. The attack was launched.

It is said that when the news of the capture of Chencang City came out, Han Sui's grain transportation team panicked all of a sudden, because the entire transportation line was quite long, and Han Sui's grain transportation team was also divided into several batches. When the grain is transported to the army on the front line of Han Sui, the grain transport team behind Xiliang will start again, and then there may be a grain transport team in Chencang in the middle, and two more between the east of Chencang and Han Sui's front line troops. food team.

At this time, the two food transportation teams that happened to be between Chencang and Han Sui's front line were a little panicked, because the loss of Chencang meant that their rear safety was not guaranteed, and the food transportation team would have a considerable number of soldiers to guard them. , but a larger proportion is the logistics supply team. The transportation capacity of this era is relatively low. A large amount of food transportation needs to rely on a lot of manpower to complete, and these logistics teams basically have no combat capabilities. Kill will crash almost immediately.

So at this time, there are only two choices before the food transportation team. One is to continue to move forward, but in this way, we must always guard against attacks from the rear. They will be highly nervous, and their forward speed will definitely be greatly affected. More importantly, soldiers and logistics teams will be more tired because of this. No matter whether the enemy will take the opportunity to attack, they have to be on guard at all times, and they can't even sleep well at night. .

The other option is to stop advancing, find a place where the terrain is relatively conducive to defense, and then build fortifications on the spot, using the advantages of terrain and numbers to stand firm first, so that the soldiers and logistics team can recover from the initial panic. After recovering, it will also allow the enemy to look for opportunities after their vigor has declined after capturing Chen Cang. This choice can preserve the strength of the food transportation team to the greatest extent. After all, there is enough food security. of fighting power.

But if he really chooses this way, the military rations of Han Sui's frontline troops will get into trouble faster. Of course, if the food transportation team advances rashly and is directly wiped out, then the frontline troops will not be able to get food.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the two grain transportation teams under Han Sui still made a relatively correct decision, that is, to let the rear grain transportation team stop marching immediately and look for a nearby mountain and water In the places where they set up camp, they built fortifications, especially fortifications such as horse refusal against cavalry charges.

The ration transport team walking ahead seized the time and rushed all night to meet Han Sui's front troops as soon as possible, and then Han Sui temporarily resolved the ration problem before returning to aid.

Speaking of which, these Qiang people and the frontier soldiers in the Xiliang area have lived in turmoil for generations, so their military literacy is generally relatively high, and it is easier to make the best decision when encountering sudden changes. The correct choice, if it is a peasant uprising army like the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that it will be in chaos at this time, and there is no way for the generals of these troops under Han Sui to calm down and make the best decision in an unfavorable situation. Decisions that benefit the overall situation.

After the news that Chencang City had been breached, the food transportation team at the back immediately made adjustments, first let the logistics troops speed up and walk in the front, while the guard soldiers walked in the rear, ready to guard against attacks from the rear.

They found a small river valley near the Wei River. Although it could not be as good a defensive terrain as facing the mountains and the water, at least it could face the Wei River on both sides and have soft river mud on one side. It is not suitable for cavalry to charge, because when the horse is running on the top, its feet are easy to sink, and there is no way to exert all its force. The impact speed and impact force will be greatly reduced, and the defender only needs to arrange a large number of repelling horses on the other side to guide the cavalry from This section of the river beach ooze charge, then the impact from the cavalry can be resolved to the greatest extent.

There is no doubt that this idea is great, and the soldiers of the troop carrier under Han Sui are also very good at execution, being able to defend on the spot in a short period of time.

And when Sun Jian arrived with [-] cavalry troops, he was surprised to find that he did not find the troop transport team that he imagined should have been scattered and fled in chaos. Instead, he found an enemy camp near the Weihe River. After a little investigation, he realized that this camp was exactly the Han Sui army troop carrier he was looking for.

Sun Jian was also very annoyed at this time. In his opinion, he was still late. After taking Chencang City, he should not rest for a moment. As a result, Han Sui's troop transport team was given time to get the news and prepare.

But to be honest, when Sun Jian led his army to attack Chencang from the north, he had already let these cavalry troops run around for a long time without getting enough rest. The reason why Xiang Yu didn't seem so tired was because of Sun Jian's luck. It wasn't good enough either. When marching from Chunhua, Jinghe, and Qishan in the north to Chencang, a wave of landslides occurred. Although there was no danger and no casualties were caused, Sun Jian had to take his troops to detour through several hills.

Originally, the road to the north that Sun Jian took was more difficult than the road to the south of Xiang Yu. Logically speaking, it is normal for him to lead his army to Chen Cang a little later than Xiang Yu, but he was very competitive and did not want to lag behind Xiang Yu. So when encountering a landslide and had to make a detour, he had to drive the whole army to speed up. In this way, although Sun Jian led his army to Chencang, although he was only a little behind Xiang Yu, the whole army was actually very tired.

At that time, if he had to go directly to lead the army to pursue, I was afraid that the whole army would not be able to bear it, so at that time he chose to rest for a night was a completely correct choice, but at this time he regretted letting the soldiers and horses rest for the night. He didn't even think about it, if he hadn't had that night of rest at that time, his 2000 people would have been too tired to run by now.

Even if they catch up with Han Sui's troop transport team, they still won't have much combat power to speak of.

It's just that now the deal is done, the troop carrier has already relied on the terrain to make a good defense, and it's useless to regret those things. Sun Jian had to forcefully suppress the uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and discussed with his soldiers how to break the camp of the troop carrier. defense.

Although Sun Jian's mentality is very impatient at this time, he is still a veteran with rich combat experience, so he is not overwhelmed. After all, the Qiang people and the Han people in Xiliang also know cavalry very well, know the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry, and know how to deal with the enemy's cavalry charge.

Under such circumstances, Sun Jian really had nothing to do for a while. After discussing with all the soldiers under his command, he couldn't find a good strategy to defeat the enemy in the first place.

(End of this chapter)