Chapter 37 Xiang Yu sends troops

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 37 Xiang Yu sends troops

Since Xiang Yu was recently awarded the title of General Fenyong and became the governor of Hedong County on behalf of Dong Zhuo, some people in the court believed that Xiang Yu's achievements were not worthy of such a reward. The emperor recently issued an edict to re-examine those who had been awarded the title for their military exploits.

If those who are under review are found to be incompetent, they will be dismissed immediately. Of course, this is actually because the ministers are afraid that these generals with military exploits will gain too much power, so they deliberately let the emperor issue an edict. Of course, if the person being reviewed understands the rules,

If they are willing to pay some financial price, they can turn a blind eye.

Although Hedong County does not appear to be large in area, its strategic location is extremely important. Dong Zhuo was originally the governor of Hedong County, but because Dong Zhuo was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, not only was he unable to make meritorious deeds,

Instead, many men and horses were lost. Fortunately, Xiang Yu and his army arrived in time and Dong Zhuo was able to save his life.

After returning to the court, the emperor was of course dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's performance. Lu Zhi in front of him was sent back for trial because he delayed the attack. Dong Zhuo suffered a huge defeat in front of the Yellow Turban Army. How could he not have a point?

Punishment, but Dong Zhuo was also quite cunning. He knew that he would lose something, but Xiang Yu had also made considerable military achievements, so he petitioned the emperor to give his position as governor of Hedong County to Xiang Yu.

The emperor was originally very hesitant about this. After all, Xiang Yu seemed too young and was born in white. Although he had achieved some military exploits, he did not seem to be qualified for this important task. However, Dong Zhuo tried his best to boast that Xiang Yu was smart and brave enough to shoulder this important task.

There must be no problem. The most important thing is that in order to achieve this goal, Dong Zhuo also secretly sent people to send a lot of property to Shi Changshi, so that Shi Changshi could say a few nice words in front of the emperor.

Shi Changshi collected Dong Zhuo's belongings and gathered together to discuss. They finally came to the conclusion that compared to Dong Zhuo, a cunning guy, Xiang Yu was younger and more in control. Hedong County was a very important military area.

, it is also an important position in guarding Luoyang, the capital. Xiang Yu has outstanding ability in commanding the army, but he is born in white, which means that there is not much support from other forces behind Xiang Yu. After analyzing the pros and cons, Shi Changshi decided to do it.

As a favor, he said some nice things to Xiang Yu in front of the emperor, and finally the emperor agreed to Dong Zhuo's request.

In Dong Zhuo's view, Xiang Yu had been with him for several years after all, and the relationship between him and Xiang Yu was quite good. In his opinion, Xiang Yu's temper suited him well, but he also saw that Xiang Yu was not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also capable of general control.

Bing Dazhan was mature beyond his years, and also had a lot of ambition. To a certain extent, Dong Zhuo admired and feared Xiang Yu's attitude.

He gave the governor of Hedong County to Xiang Yu. On the one hand, it was a favor to Xiang Yu. Anyway, if he didn't give it to Xiang Yu, it might be difficult for him to continue to sit down in this position. In addition, he also wanted to see Xiang Yu gain more power.

What will his performance be like after that? No matter what, Xiang Yu comes out from himself. No matter what height he can reach in the future, he can at least be regarded as half of his own people. People like Xiang Yu are not as good as others.

If he stays around and becomes a potential disaster, it is better to let him go. Maybe it will be more beneficial to Dong Zhuo in the future.

It can be said that Dong Zhuo's actions on the one hand show that he has a very vicious vision and can see that Xiang Yu is really not a thing in the pool. On the other hand, it also shows his considerable political wisdom. This political wisdom is actually mainly due to his early years in

It was tempered by decades of love and killing between the Xiliang border area and the Qiang people.

Just like the relationship between Dong Zhuo and the Qiang people is very complicated. His reputation among the Qiang people is very high, but on the other hand, he is a Han official after all, so when the Qiang people rebel, he has to rely on

Defeat the Qiang rebels to establish meritorious service, and gradually accumulate prestige and strength step by step in the process.

This time, the Qiang Beigong Boyu rebelled again, and even roped in the then Liangzhou governor who was engaged in Bian Yun and Liangzhou in the Korean treaty, so that they also joined the rebels. Originally, Dong Zhuo thought that a good opportunity for him to make contributions came again.

He was good at dealing with the Qiang people, but what he didn't expect was that this Qiang rebellion was unprecedented in scale and very difficult to deal with, especially Bian Yun and Han Yue who rebelled against the imperial court. Not only did they change their names to Bian Zhang and Han Sui

, and became the actual leader of this Qiang rebel army. Under the command of Han Sui, the combat effectiveness of these Qiang people has been greatly improved, so much so that Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo seemed to use these Qiang people.

The rebels are helpless.

As the Qiang rebels grew stronger, Dong Zhuo finally realized that he seemed to be unable to defeat these Qiang people. At this time, he finally thought of Xiang Yu. In fact, it was not that he had not thought of Xiang Yu before, but he did not seem to be

I am very willing to rely on Xiang Yu's power. As mentioned before, Dong Zhuo has been dealing with the Qiang people for the first half of his life. Deep down, he believes that he knows enough about the Qiang people. He has also successfully destroyed many Qiang people before.

This is a large-scale rebellion. Although the rebels are a bit larger this time, there should be no problems.

However, the reality was that Dong Zhuo was slapped in the face again and again. Instead of successfully defeating the Qiang rebels, he made the Qiang rebels become stronger and more arrogant. If this continues, he may not be able to defeat the Qiang rebels successfully.

The law is settled.

After Xiang Yu received the emperor's edict, he began to prepare to lead his troops to join Dong Zhuo. He had only been in office for a few months, but in these short few months, Xiang Yu had already begun training.

An elite cavalry unit with more than 200 people. Of course, Xiang Yu not only trained cavalry, he also started to train various other infantry. But it is obvious that Xiang Yu has realized that cavalry will be very important in this era.

core combat capability.

The cavalry is mainly divided into two types. One is the light cavalry, which is mainly used for riding and shooting. This kind of cavalry is usually only equipped with light armor or even no armor, trying to maintain maximum combat mobility. The main weapons are bows and crossbows. Among them, in the Han Dynasty,

Crossbows are more common, and not every cavalryman can skillfully use bows and arrows on horseback. In comparison, crossbows are much easier to use.

These light cavalry will also be equipped with some melee weapons such as the Huanshou Dao, but generally they will not be equipped with long-handled weapons such as Ma Shu.

The other type of cavalry is the assault cavalry, which mainly charges. The assault cavalry is also divided into light cavalry and heavy cavalry. The armor rate of the light cavalry is also relatively low, and it is mainly known for its speed. The main target of these light cavalry is the opponent's attack.

Logistics supplies and some long-range infantry, while the armor rate of heavy cavalry is relatively high, but the corresponding speed is much slower. The main combat targets of these heavy cavalry are the enemy's melee infantry and some long-range infantry.

Throughout the hundreds of years of history of the Han Dynasty, the proportion of light cavalry, especially cavalry archers who mainly use crossbows, has always been the highest, because whether it was the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, their main enemies or threats came from

The nomadic peoples in the border areas were preceded by the Xiongnu and later followed by the Qiang, Xianbei, Wuhuan and other foreign invaders.

It is actually difficult for heavy cavalry to exert its due power when fighting against these peoples on horseback, because the opponents are basically unarmored light cavalry who are good at mobile combat. Even your heavy cavalry cannot catch up with them.

, they can drag heavy cavalry to death, so in order to compete with these nomads, they can only use light cavalry as the main combat force.

But now this situation may change. Xiang Yu is keenly aware of one thing, that is, if the main combat target shifts from nomadic peoples mainly light cavalry to warlords based mainly infantry, the world will be in chaos.

In the case of civil war, the power of heavy cavalry will gradually come into play.

Of course, Xiang Yu is not yet able to form a strong enough heavy cavalry unit, but he has already begun to prepare for this. He now has a small number of heavy cavalry units of less than twenty people. The number is too large.

The cavalry did not have enough power, and the opponents this time were the Qiang people, so these heavy cavalry had no use.

Therefore, Xiang Yu mainly brought a force composed of light cavalry, spearmen, and crossbowmen. The total number of these troops was about a thousand. They were basically trained and selected by Xiang Yu himself. Although the number was

Not much, but Xiang Yu believes that their combat effectiveness is definitely enough.
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