Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 74
Let's say that Sun Jian, as the vanguard, led the army to attack Linwei City. Although this place is not so easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as Han Sui gives enough troops here, it will be extremely difficult to capture in a short time.

Sun Jian stationed troops a few miles outside Linwei City and sent people to investigate the situation of the guards in the city. As a result, when the spies told Sun Jian that there were not many defenders in the city, Sun Jian did not really believe it. He even suspected that either the spies did not do their job well, or It is that Han Sui has some ulterior motives, but whether he believes it or not, this tough battle must be fought.

Sun Jian personally led the army to the city, and sent people to yell at the defenders on the top of the city, saying that they were cowards and did not dare to come out of the city to fight, but the defenders in the city did not talk to them at all. They were too close, and they shot arrows on the city wall, killing many people who shouted, so Sun Jian had to give up the method of provoking generals, and fully deployed the siege.

The siege battle lasted for three consecutive days. Sun Jian directly ordered the soldiers under him to attack the city, not only during the day, but also at night. He divided the soldiers into several groups and fought all day long. Launching an attack, facing Sun Jian's determination to take down the city, his soldiers were also encouraged and continued to launch an attack. In the process, the losses were also very heavy.

The next day was the most intense moment of fighting between the two sides. Not long after many places were captured, they were reoccupied by the defenders, and then the attackers took them down again after a while. Both outside and inside the city walls were already littered with corpses.

Finally, in the evening of the third day, the gate of Linwei City was breached. Sun Jianjun personally led the army to drive straight in, but encountered fierce resistance from the defenders in the city again. In the end, Sun Jian still completely occupied Linwei City by virtue of his superiority in strength. down.

The defenders Han Sui deployed in this city were not too many, but they were not too few either. His main purpose was to kill and injure as many vital forces as possible on the attacking side, and at the same time hold on for as long as he could.

The news of the fall of Linwei City reached Han Sui's ears, and he felt a little surprised. Obviously, he did not expect that Sun Jian would be able to capture Linwei City so quickly, although he knew that the fall of Linwei City would happen sooner or later. , but he was a little caught off guard so quickly, but this should not be enough to affect the overall situation he arranged.

The next Tianshui City will be a key location with huge influence. He has deployed a lot of troops in Xi County and Ji County, which are located in the southwest and northwest of Tianshui City respectively. There are many mountains and hills in these places. Large-scale marches will become very difficult. Whoever can make better use of the terrain will be able to take the initiative in this battle.

On Sun Jian's side, he didn't have time to celebrate after taking down Linwei City, so he quickly made the decision to continue attacking westward and go straight to Tianshui City, but at this time one of his lieutenants came out to try to stop Sun Jian, He said to Sun Jian: "General Sun, don't be too anxious. Han Sui's thieves are very powerful, but there are only so few defenders in Linwei City. If you think there must be something wrong, you should report the current situation to Commander Zhang. , it will not be too late to make further calculations later.”

Sun Jian's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he replied with a bit of anger: "Commander Zhang ordered me to be the vanguard, so he should have the right to do things cheaply. Now that Han Sui's traitor has been beaten back again and again, on the other hand, our army is fighting every step of the way. Winning, morale is high, there is no reason to stop at this time, if it is true, it will definitely delay the opportunity of the battle."

"General Sun, please think again!" The lieutenant general wanted to say something more, but he saw Sun Jian waved his hand directly, indicating that he could step back. Seeing that Sun Jian's attitude was very firm, the lieutenant general must not listen to his opinion, so So he had no choice but to back out.

In fact, Sun Jian can be regarded as a courageous and resourceful person, but after this person gets older, it is inevitable that he will sometimes become stubborn, and some past experience will sometimes become the scourge of failure, and sometimes Sun Jian will There is a kind of blind confidence in himself that prevents him from making the most correct decision.

Sun Jian only sent someone to tell Zhang Wen the victory report of taking Linwei City, but he didn't wait for Zhang Wen's approval, and then he only let the army rest for a day, and then led the army out of Linwei City to the west, heading straight for Tianshui City. go.

Unlike Linwei City, Tianshui City is almost built along the Wei River. Tianshui City is located in the south of the Wei River. Although it is not far from the Wei River in a straight line, it is actually built in a valley with mountains on both sides. There is also a mountain in between.

If you want to attack Tianshui City, you have to enter this valley. The whole valley runs east-west, with Maiji entering the valley in the east, and deep into the valley in the west, and there are mountain roads leading up and down to Ji County and Xi County. The Xiliang cavalry deployed are hidden in these valleys, and they can go to support Tianshui City at any time, or lead the attacker into the mountainous terrain with more complicated terrain. At that time, it will be very difficult for the opponent to retreat, and it is easy to He was flanked back and forth and made dumplings.

However, when Sun Jian had already led his army on the road to attack Tianshui City, the news of the capture of Linwei City also reached Zhang Wen's ears. Zhang Wen called Xiang Yu and Dong Zhuo to discuss the situation and wanted to hear their opinions on the next strategy. What ideas, he especially wanted to hear Xiang Yu's opinion.

Xiang Yu heard that Linwei City was taken down very quickly by Sun Jian, but he didn't show the slightest surprise. Xiang Yu thought for a while, and then said to Zhang Wen: "Although General Sun is brave, he can easily take down Linwei City. , it must be Han Sui deliberately letting it go. This is probably a trick to lure the enemy. General Sun has rich combat experience, and it will not be so easy for China and Han Sui to trick him. Now that Linwei City has been obtained, our rear army should also follow up. .”

"A trick to lure the enemy? How did General Xiang see this?" Zhang Wen's mind hadn't turned around for a while, and he couldn't figure out the reason. "What if General Sun really falls for this trick?"

Xiang Yu smiled slightly, and said to Zhang Wen: "If General Sun really fell for the trick and rashly led his troops to attack Tianshui, then he must lose his troops there!"

"General Xiang is serious?" Zhang Wen asked.

"It's absolutely true!" Xiang Yu replied with certainty.

Zhang Wen turned his eyes to Dong Zhuo who was on the side again, but saw that Dong Zhuo didn't look at Zhang Wen very much, which made Zhang Wen feel a little unhappy, but he didn't show it. Instead, he smiled at Dong Zhuo and asked Dong Zhuo carefully about Xiang Yu. What do you think of the statement.

But Dong Zhuo said, "Hmph! That kid Sun Jian has always thought highly of himself, so he must be going to stumble this time. I knew Han Sui a little bit in the early years. He is cunning and unpredictable, and his schemes are not ordinary people!"

Hearing what Xiang Yu and Dong Zhuo said, Zhang Wen already had a calculation in his heart, so he also ordered the whole army to march towards Linwei City. Going west along the Weihe River, both sides are mountainous, the difficulty of marching is indeed very high, and there is no way for large troops to march quickly.

When Han Sui retreated before, he also retreated in batches in an orderly manner, and because his troops were mainly Xiliang cavalry who were good at fighting in the mountains, a large part of them directly hid themselves when they retreated. Entering the mountain, waiting for the opportunity to kill and come out at any time.

After much deliberation, Zhang Wen decided to let Xiang Yu take his elite cavalry to the forefront, either to prevent Sun Jian from rushing westward, or to help Sun Jian deal with Han Sui's rebels.

Xiang Yu took the order, so he led his elite cavalry with less than 1000 men, and went straight to the front.

(End of this chapter)