Author: Magic Prince

But it was said that by the time Xiang Yu led his troops to the front line, it was already mid-September of the second year of Zhongping. The troops led by Han Sui and the troops commanded by Zhang Wen fought several times. Each side had its own victory or defeat, and no one could win.

There was no way, but generally speaking, Zhang Wen suffered the greater loss, mainly because the tactics adopted by Han Sui were very effective.

The rebels led by Han Sui included part of the Qiang people and a large part of Liangzhou soldiers and civilians. The troops were mainly composed of light cavalry and supplemented by infantry. Although Han Sui's rebels claimed to have a strength of 100,000 people,

However, during the actual battle, the number of people participating in the battle was not so large. He divided the light cavalry into multiple parts, and launched separate attacks and plunders in multiple places at the same time. When encountering weakly defended places, he would fight.

They would take detours in places that were more tightly defended, but once they discovered that the large troops led by Zhang Wen were coming, they would quickly flee, leaving Zhang Wen's main troops exhausted.

The troops led by Zhang Wen were mainly infantry, including heavy infantry and strong bows and crossbows. If they were fighting on a frontal battlefield, the combat effectiveness of these infantry would definitely be overwhelming. The rebels led by Han Sui

It is impossible to beat it with weapons and equipment.

However, Han Sui was well versed in guerrilla warfare tactics. He had lived and worked in the Liangzhou area for many years. He was very clear about the advantages of the Qiang and other minority nomads, and these troops fully utilized this advantage in his hands.

, when the enemy retreats, we advance, when the enemy advances, we retreat, hit and run, and retreat when we take advantage. This simply gives Zhang Wen a chance to deal with him head-on.

Of course, it would be difficult for him to continue to make progress if he did this. As long as Zhang Wen held on to the city, his attack would not be able to capture the important cities of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But dragging the Eastern Han Dynasty like this seemed to be what he wanted to see. After all, as a

The first thing the rebels have to do is to survive first, and then survive better. At this time, the rebels have basically controlled most of the areas in Liangzhou. All they need to do is to stabilize the situation so that they can have enough

time to completely digest the control of Liangzhou.

As for what happened next, of course it was just a matter of taking it one step at a time. In essence, Han Sui had no ambition to overthrow the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty and become the emperor himself. He also knew in his heart that given his background and strength, that was simply not the case.

It is impossible to accomplish something. Even if one day the emperor dies and the Eastern Han Dynasty is destroyed, then there will be more people in the world who want to be emperor. At this time, the emperor is not considered a favorite at all, but

It's a huge trap.

It is precisely because of such a clear self-understanding that Han Sui always insisted on his own tactics when fighting the Eastern Han army. The purpose was to delay the Eastern Han army's attack on his Liangzhou area to the greatest extent. He only

If he wants to completely gain control of the Liangzhou area and become a powerful enough local warlord, this is the best situation and the best result for him.

However, Zhang Wen's mentality was obviously different. Just like the emperor was very eager to put down the rebellion during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Lu Zhi was brought back and punished by the emperor after a little delay, because even these rebels were not enough.

They directly threatened and overthrew the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but their existence itself was a great satire on the royal power of the Eastern Han Dynasty and a mockery of the emperor. The emperor could not tolerate these rebels having room to survive, and they must be brought down quickly and strictly.

They have to kill them, otherwise everyone in the world will follow suit, and things will be in trouble.

Therefore, whether it was Zhang Wen or Zhang Wen's subordinates Yuan Pang, Zhou Shen, Dong Zhuo and others, they all knew that if the confrontation with Han Sui's rebels continued like this and dragged on, Han Sui's side would only become stronger and stronger.

And they may end up being dismissed by the emperor at any time like Huangfu Song before.

However, Zhang Wen's entire army was not monolithic. On the contrary, there were many disharmonious factors from the beginning.

Zhang Wen first led his army to station in Chang'an, and then sent someone to summon Dong Zhuo with the emperor's edict. As a result, Dong Zhuo did not go immediately after receiving the edict, but delayed his arrival for many days.

Zhang Wen blamed Dong Zhuo for this, but when Dong Zhuo answered Zhang Wen, his attitude was extremely arrogant and bad, as if he didn't take Zhang Wen seriously at all.

Sun Jian happened to be here at that time. He was a deacon in Zhang Wen's army. Zhang Wen specially sent a letter to the emperor to bring Sun Jun here. Sun Jian fought bravely and fiercely. He had repeatedly put his own life aside during the Yellow Turban Rebellion and established a

A lot of credit.

Seeing this, Sun Jian came to Zhang Wen and whispered to Zhang Wen: "Dong Zhuo was not afraid of being guilty but spoke arrogantly. He should be killed according to military law for not coming when called on time."

Zhang Wen thought for a long time and then said to Sun Jian: "Dong Zhuo has always enjoyed a great reputation in Long and Shu. If we kill him now, we will have no support for the westward expedition."

Sun Jian said: "You personally lead the royal army and are powerful in the world. Why do you rely on Dong Zhuo? Looking at Dong Zhuo's conversation today, I don't want to listen to you. Being rude is the first crime.

In Bian Zhang, Han Sui had been committing mischief for more than a year and should be punished in time, but Dong Zhuo said not to do so. He frustrated the morale of the army and doubted the officers and soldiers. This is the second crime.

Dong Zhuo accepted an important task without any merit in the war, and when he was summoned, he hesitated to move forward. Instead, he was arrogant and conceited. This is the third crime.

Famous generals in ancient times, when leading troops into battle, would decisively kill those who violated military discipline to show their majesty. Therefore, Rang Ju killed Zhuang Jia and Wei Jiang killed Yang Gan. Now you have mercy on Dong Zhuo and do not kill him immediately. It is inevitable.

It will cause harm to the military prestige."

However, despite Sun Jian's painful presentation of the pros and cons, Zhang Wen was still hesitant. In the end, he still could not make up his mind to deal with Dong Zhuo through military law, so he said to Sun Jian: "For the time being, you should go back to the camp, lest Dong Zhuo will doubt you."

After leaving the tent, Sun Jian couldn't help but shake his head and lamented that Zhang Wen was too indecisive.

As shown in this incident, although Dong Zhuo was recruited by the emperor many times to participate in the extermination of the Xiliang rebels, his personal performance was always unsatisfactory and he always seemed to have scruples. However, in view of Dong Zhuo's relationship with the Qiang people,

Due to the complicated relationship between them, it is difficult to say that Dong Zhuo did not have some plans of his own in his mind.

On the other hand, it can also be seen that Zhang Wen's troops seemed a bit hesitant when he was in charge. He wanted to use Dong Zhuo's original strength in the Liangzhou area, but he was unable to completely make Dong Zhuo surrender to his management.

Finally Xiang Yu arrived with his elite troops. Dong Zhuo became more enthusiastic at this time. He personally went out of the camp for dozens of miles to welcome Xiang Yu's arrival, and had a pleasant conversation with Xiang Yu along the way, almost like a close friend who had forgotten his years.
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