Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 89
The troops led by Sun Jian are actually quite elite. They have achieved good results in the battle with Han Sui before, so their combat effectiveness is actually very strong. The actual combat capability of an army does not entirely depend on this army. There are many important factors affecting the number of soldiers in the army and the quality of weapons and equipment.

For example, the morale of the soldiers, whether the composition of different arms is reasonable, whether the geographical environment of the battlefield is conducive to the combat unit, whether the general’s on-site command is appropriate, and the weather conditions during the battle. However, various factors may lead to unexpected situations in the final combat results.

Originally, the main advantage of Sun Jian's elite cavalry unit was its rich experience and very good combat discipline. This is very similar to the cavalry unit under Xiang Yu's command, but compared with Xiang Yu's cavalry unit, its combat capability is still inferior overall. Some, on the one hand, because Xiang Yu's personal ability to rush into battle is stronger than Sun Jian, on the other hand, because Xiang Yu has a strong ability to seize and create opportunities, and his battlefield command ability is unsurpassed. The right one is also where he really widened the gap with other generals.

Now facing Han Sui's interception in front and the fierce attack of pursuers in the back, these elite cavalrymen under Sun Jian inevitably felt a little afraid. panic.

However, he is still able to make correct judgments and commands in this very critical situation. The more critical the juncture, the less he can panic. If he panics, the enemy will take advantage of it, and his combat power will be greatly reduced. So Sun Jian roared loudly and ordered the whole army to go forward bravely and just charge forward. In fact, although they were charging forward, they were actually retreating with all their strength.

As for the flanks being attacked by the enemy, within a short period of time, Han Sui's troops rushing down from the mountain could not overwhelm Sun Jian's elite cavalry. Rush creates time.

Those Sun Jian's troops who were completely surrounded were unable to retreat at this time. They had to fight to the death or surrender. The cavalry under Sun Jian were also very brave and fearless. Most of them were unwilling to surrender. Seeing that they could not escape Under such circumstances, he chose to fight to the death, which also caused a lot of damage to Han Sui's pursuers, and also created opportunities for other troops to retreat.

On the battlefield, it can be achieved that when faced with an extremely unfavorable situation, the soldiers under him will not disperse on a large scale, even if they retreat, they will retreat in an orderly manner, instead of all soldiers falling into chaos and madness, causing A lot of friendly damage, the generals and troops that can do this are very good.

Most of the generals may be as brave as gods of war on the advantaged battlefield, but they suddenly change their appearance on the headwind battlefield, becoming invincible to anyone, and the truly powerful generals are those who can He is as brave as a god of war on the battlefield, and he can still display his strength, even the most powerful combat ability, even in the face of headwinds or even desperate situations.

Of course, Sun Jian's army is still not as capable as the army led by Xiang Yu in a desperate situation against the wind, just like the cavalry led by Xiang Yu was surrounded and intercepted by many Qiang cavalry Under such circumstances, he was able to break out of the encirclement, complete anti-encirclement and anti-kill, and beat the opponent to flee.

Sun Jian and his cavalry charged bravely, but it seemed that there were more and more enemy troops around. Obviously a large part of Han Sui's main force was here, and their number far exceeded Sun Jian's imagination. Except for breaking through with all your strength, there is no chance of counterattack at all. In fact, in this situation, even if Xiang Yu comes, there is a high probability that there is not much to do.

When the gap in the number of soldiers reaches a certain level, especially when there is not much difference in the individual combat capabilities of the two sides, it is not so easy to turn the tide against the trend.

The nearly 2000 elite cavalry brought by Sun Jian lost more than half of them after this battle. In the end, Sun Jian was relatively lucky to escape, but all his men were already defeated, and the morale of the whole army was very low. After converging, they were barely able to engage in some frontal combat with Han Sui's pursuers.

The battle has been fought from morning to night, from outside Yunwu City to nearly a hundred miles away, but because Sun Jian's troops have been fighting tenaciously, so if you look at the battle damage, it is actually reasonable. Sui's own troops also lost a lot, and after dark, Han Sui's pursuers were also very tired, so they retreated.

When Sun Jian returned to the city of Lanzhou a few days later, seeing wounded soldiers and soldiers with low morale urging them to surrender, Sun Jian himself felt very uncomfortable. After calming down, he himself had to admit that this failure It was related to his overly impatient mentality, so he began to try to calm down his heart, but it seemed that this was a difficult thing to do.

Sun Jian had no choice but to use drinking to temporarily suppress his painful feelings, but for drinking, first of all, he needs someone to drink with him, otherwise he would just be drinking alone. On the contrary, the more you drink, the more uncomfortable you will feel. Secondly, drinking alcohol is only a stopgap measure. Alcohol can numb your feelings in a short period of time, but the uncomfortable feeling will not subside when you wake up afterwards, so you may need more wine to achieve the previous effect.

Therefore, the way to use alcohol to relieve emotions can only be used occasionally, and if you rely on it, the harm is not small.

A few days later, Sun Jian found out that Han Sui's troops hadn't chased him, but his previous attack was tantamount to scaring the snake away, and it was impossible for him to attack by surprise again, but then again, Han Sui's With the defensive arrangement, Sun Jian was unlikely to succeed in the surprise attack, but he was a little too confident.

As most of Sun Jian's troops successfully crossed the river, he finally remembered Xiang Yu. After thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to send all his ships to Xiang Yu's side to help his soldiers cross the Yellow River. At that time, Xiang Yu was indeed much behind Sun Jian in terms of shipbuilding speed. Seeing that Sun Jian took the initiative to send the boat to help him cross the river, he was also very happy. He heard that when Sun Jian led the army to attack Yunwu City and returned in defeat, A faint smile could not help showing on the corner of his mouth.

Xiang Yu thought that Sun Jian was really angry with him, and wanted to take the lead to win the first prize for himself, but he was not strong enough, and he overestimated himself and underestimated his opponent Han Sui.

Recently, Xiang Yu has judged from some information about Han Sui that Han Sui is actually a very powerful commander. A wise man is not a general.

(End of this chapter)