Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 61
A few days later, Han Sui finally led his army to the outside of Chencang City. He looked at the ruins of Chencang City and fell into deep thought. At this time, his main force had all assembled, and there were three choices before him. , The first one is to withdraw the troops directly, and the whole army directly bypasses the Dasan Pass occupied by Xiang Yu. Doing so basically means that this large-scale Eastern Expedition is over.

The second option is to concentrate the main force to attack Dashanguan with all its strength. It is necessary to wipe out Xiang Yu's troops here. Otherwise, with his powerful combat ability and the key position of Dashanguan, it will be difficult for him in the future. Another Eastern Expedition poses a huge threat, but it is not without any risks.

First of all, Dasan Pass has obvious natural geographical advantages, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain around the pass is steep, which is very unfavorable for troops to deploy and attack. Quantitative advantages are not reflected, and even a strong attack may not be able to attack in a short time.

Secondly, although Zhang Wen and Dong Zhuo's troops have not yet chased them, as long as Han Sui's troops do not completely retreat to Xiliang, they will surely lead their troops to pursue them later. Of course, Chencang City has been basically destroyed. The terrain near Chencang City It is also mainly on the plains. If Zhang Wenwen and Dong Zhuo rush to pursue and fight in this area, Han Sui still has some advantages.

The third option is to leave a part of the troops to attack Dasan Pass, and most of the rest retreat westward, but not all retreat, but to rest and rectify after replenishing enough food and grass.

It is also because Chencang City was destroyed and lost a very critical strategic position, and its vicinity is dominated by plains. It is easy to be attacked by the enemy if stationed on the plains. If Han Sui's large troops gather here, then he will It is equivalent to becoming the place in that pocket, and if you retreat to the west first, let Zhang Wen and Dong Zhuo's troops enter this pocket, and then Han Sui will use the repaired troops to fight Zhang Wenwen who has just arrived and has not gained a firm foothold. Dong Zhuo, then the odds of winning will be greatly increased.

At that time, the troops attacking Dasan Pass will encircle with the main force in the west, which will definitely deal a huge blow to Zhang Wenwen and Dong Zhuo's troops.

After some deliberation, Han Sui also chose the third strategic plan. In his opinion, he does not need to really capture Dashan Pass. After all, Xiang Yu and Sun Jian in Dashan Pass are also mainly cavalry Troops, just need to block them in Dashan Pass, anyway, the terrain near Dashan Pass is not suitable for cavalry charge.

This is not only for Han Sui, but also for Xiang Yu and Sun Jian. As long as Han Sui builds fortifications on the spot while attacking, it will be extremely difficult for Xiang Yu and his troops of thousands of people to rush out.
Han Sui also heard about Xiang Yu's performance during this period of time from his subordinates, and knew that although Xiang Yu was definitely not a god-level existence like some soldiers described, he must also be a generation of military prodigy. The ability to control soldiers, and the ability to command on the spot are all very good.

However, these are all based on giving Xiang Yu a certain amount of space to play. Now that Xiang Yu is retreating in the Dasan Pass, in fact, in Han Sui's view, Xiang Yu has lost his greatest advantage and the cavalry he can rely on. He has full confidence in letting Xiang Yu Become a hero useless.

And in this way, Han Sui can concentrate on dealing with Zhang Wenwen and Dong Zhuo's troops. After all, this army is the main combat force sent by the Eastern Han Dynasty. If they can defeat them in one fell swoop, they can take advantage of the situation and fight back In one wave, the re-expedition broke into the Sanfu area in one fell swoop, occupying the imperial mausoleum of the Western Han Dynasty to force the Eastern Han court to compromise, and even further intimidate Chang'an. Although it is not true that Chang'an can be captured, it can also be used as a means of further bargaining with the Eastern Han court. capital.

It is okay to let him retreat at that time, so does the Eastern Han Dynasty need to exchange something sincere?For example, giving them enough gold and silver treasures, or acknowledging their actual control over Xiliang by the rebels.

Of course, it may be difficult to achieve the latter effect, but Han Sui believes that as long as he can give the Eastern Han Dynasty a large enough military threat, then anything is possible.

Even if the current emperor doesn't care about the safety of the tombs of his ancestors in the Western Han Dynasty, he will definitely care about the safety of his emperor's position. At that time, as long as his rebels occupy the Sanfu area for a long time, they can go further east at any time. If the momentum of conquest threatens Luoyang, then there is no fear that the Eastern Han court and emperor will be indifferent.

What I have to say is that Han Sui is not only a good player in leading troops and fighting, but also an excellent politician. He has a very thorough understanding of the corruption of the Eastern Han court and the stupidity of the emperor, just like he did at the beginning. When he went to Luoyang, when he suggested that He Jin decisively kill the eunuch to take the side of Qing Dynasty, He Jin also rejected it very decisively.

So he also resolutely rejected He Jin's proposal to keep him as an official in the capital, and returned to Xiliang, so that there were such things later. He knew very well that the Eastern Han court was very chaotic at this time. No matter whether it is a foreign relative, eunuch, or even a gentry bureaucrat, or the emperor, they only have their own interests in their eyes, and they don't care about the life and death of the people all over the world.

And to deal with such a group of extremely selfish and corrupt people, one must either give them enough benefits, or use enough force to subdue them, otherwise there is no way to truly shake their numb and corrupt inner soul.

So Han Sui either did not rebel, since he had already rebelled and became the de facto leader of this rebel army, then he was bound to do all the rebellion, to be able to threaten the rule and security of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the greatest extent, In this way, when the time comes to negotiate terms at the negotiating table, things will be much easier to handle.

He can definitely open his mouth like a lion first, put forward some conditions that are completely unacceptable to the Eastern Han court and the emperor, and then propose a condition that seems to be too much, but is obviously much better than the previous condition. The possibility of some excessive conditions being accepted will be much higher.

Of course, for Han Sui at this time, the most critical point is whether Zhang Wenwen and Dong Zhuo's troops can be completely defeated before the winter completely enters. In his opinion, the current situation is actually very beneficial to him.

Although he seemed to be the one who was forced to retreat because the food road was cut off, his own strength was not greatly affected in the process, whether it was the destruction of Chen Cangcheng, the arrest of Bian Zhang, or the All the achievements Xiang Yu and Sun Jian have achieved in the past period of time are actually just scratching an itch.

Now that Han Sui's main force has successfully retreated, the problem of military rations will be resolved soon. His core combat power is still very strong, especially when his troops mainly composed of Xiliang cavalry come to a terrain suitable for cavalry operations. In fact, as long as Zhang Wenwen and Dong Zhuo dare to chase after them, he is confident that they will pay a painful price!
(End of this chapter)