Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 54
Although Han Sui's rebels still had a great advantage in numbers, they were beaten down by Xiang Yu's troops in terms of actual battlefield momentum. They could only passively defend, and the entire army was not defeated immediately. It has been quite an easy task.

With the arrival of the reinforcements sent by Sun Jian from Chencang City, the situation on the entire battlefield has become more and more tilted towards Xiang Yu's side. Finally, Han Sui's rebels began to turn from partial defeat to comprehensive defeat. However, even though some of the supervisory teams at the rear took out long knives and kept slashing and killing the front soldiers who were trying to escape, the situation soon became completely out of control. among the ranks.

Xiang Yu led his troops and the reinforcements sent by Sun Jian to charge forward and chased them for dozens of miles. He didn't know how many people were killed. He only saw corpses strewn all over the battlefield, killing them all the way. At dusk, Xiang Yu led the army back.

After this battle, it can be said that it was the biggest blow to Han Sui's rebels on the frontal battlefield. Of course, not all the main forces led by Han Sui came, but this victory was enough to bring some important and far-reaching effects. The first is to consolidate the position of Chencang City, and successfully continue to block the supply of grain and grass from Han Sui's main force and Liangzhou in the rear.

The second is that the fighting hit the morale of Han Sui's army, so that when they prepare to raise troops to attack Chen Cangcheng next time, they will think more about whether their strength is enough, and all this has actually announced that Han Sui will attack eastward The strategic intention to threaten the Sanfu area has completely failed. They can only retreat with their entire army. Although it is possible that after the arrival of the main force of Han Sui's army, Xiang Yu and Sun Jian's current military strength will be difficult to confront, but they have actually exceeded their original strategic deployment. .

It is obviously not that simple to truly and completely defeat Han Sui's army. After losing the supply of food and grass, Han Sui's main force will definitely be very anxious at the beginning. This is also the time when they are most likely to make mistakes in strategic deployment, but once this A group of troops are pushed into a hurry, and they are likely to burst out with energy beyond imagination, and Xiang Yu also knows very well what kind of potential soldiers can burst out after being cornered.

Therefore, Xiang Yu will discuss with Sun Jian about the future strategic deployment, but at the moment they still have to enjoy this hard-won victory first, and have a good drink with many soldiers.

In the central government office of Chencang City, Xiang Yu and Sun Jian were sitting on the floor at tables on both sides, and behind them were lieutenants and junior officers. At the beginning, the whole atmosphere was still a bit depressed, but as Xiang Yu began to speak some encouraging words, after everyone drank several glasses of warm wine, the whole atmosphere suddenly relaxed and became lively.

And Xiang Yu also took the initiative to toast Sun Jian, thanking him for sending troops out of the city to help in time. Sun Jian was really embarrassed when he saw Xiang Yu say that. After all, he is older, and he should actually behave better when facing juniors Therefore, he also highly affirmed Xiang Yu's bravery and superb military command ability.

At least at this celebration banquet, the relationship between Xiang Yu and Sun Jian eased to a certain extent, and Sun Jian finally began to face up to the young hero in front of him, and began to truly admit that the other party might really be stronger than himself, or even Much stronger, although there is still a trace of unwillingness deep in his heart, he has already started to do ideological work for himself, so that he will stop being angry with Xiang Yu, and should focus on the overall situation, and the two sides will work together. In order to show greater combat effectiveness.

At the celebration banquet, Xiang Yu did not say his views on the future situation. After all, all the soldiers were drunk at this time, and it was rare to forget everything on the battlefield.

At noon the next day, Xiang Yu gathered everyone together again, and this time he began to express his views on the subsequent strategic deployment at the banquet.

A considerable number of generals on both sides believed that if they could defend the siege from Han Sui's army once, they would surely be able to defend it more times. Focus on defending Chencang City with all your strength.

There are also other generals who have different opinions. They think that the Han Sui troops who came to attack the city this time are only a small part of the entire Han Sui main force. Although they have won a hearty victory, they are still far away It is impossible to cause a major blow to the entire enemy army, and the opponent is likely to underestimate the enemy this time, and will definitely make more adequate preparations if they attack again next time.

However, more than half of the people originally brought by their two troops have been lost after several battles. Although some rebel prisoners have joined the army, it is a very big question whether these rebel prisoners can really be trusted. Large-scale invasion, when faced with an enemy army that is many times larger than their own, these captive troops are likely to rebel again, and it will be very difficult to deal with this kind of thing happening on the battlefield, so they think they should just give up Chen Cangcheng, after all, their strategic intention has been achieved.

The respective supporters of these two opinions are constantly arguing, and no one can convince the other, while Xiang Yu just listens from the sidelines without any expression on his face. Sun Jian sat opposite Xiang Yu, seeing that Xiang Yu did not clearly express his opinion Therefore, he did not express his own thoughts, until finally Xiang Yu finally opened his mouth to summarize the opinions of both parties, and put forward his own views on it.

First of all, Xiang Yu believes that the ideas of both sides are reasonable. This victory has indeed won them a certain amount of time and space. In a short period of time, Han Sui's rebels will not dare to attack easily again, but once they attack again It will inevitably bring a force several times larger than this battle, so Xiang Yu believes that Chen Cangcheng cannot be defended to the death.

But where should they go after abandoning Chencang City? Xiang Yu pointed out that Dasanguan in the southwest direction can be an option, and then Longxian County in the northwest direction can be an option, or they can go back the same way, just like the one who attacked Chencang in the first place. At the same time, they can once again lead their troops to march from the Qinling Mountains and Qishan Mountains on both sides of the north and south to avoid Han Sui's main force.

Xiang Yu just put forward his own opinion, but did not make a decision immediately. After listening to Xiang Yu's words, Sun Jian didn't say anything more. The generals left with their own ideas. At night, Xiang Yu met Sun Jian alone and prepared Listen to the thoughts of Sun Jian who has never spoken.

(End of this chapter)