Chapter 71 Continue the pursuit

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 71 Continue the pursuit

Xiang Yu led his army to join Zhang Wen and Dong Zhuo's troops who came later, and then joined Sun Jian's army. As Han Sui's army completely retreated, Xiang Yu's initial strategic deployment was basically a success, delaying and destroying Han Sui's army.

Logistics supply lines, thus forcing Han Sui to retreat with all his troops, but Han Sui's threat has not been completely eliminated, and their mission has not been completed.

The emperor's order is for Zhang Wen to lead them to completely defeat the Qiang and Xiliang rebels led by Han Sui. Obviously, it is not an easy task to do this. If the Qiang people are really that easy to deal with, these few

In the past ten years, the Xiliang border area would not have been in constant rebellion and fighting. As a defensive side, it has always been very passive.

Just like when the Han Dynasty faced the threat of the Huns from the north in the early years, it had to either defeat the Huns directly like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did, or endure their constant troubles in the border areas. The Southern Huns were also used by the Han Dynasty to check and balance

A puppet regime supported by the threat of the Northern Huns.

But when the overall strength of the Han Dynasty was strong, it still had enough military and political influence to maintain control and deterrence over the border areas. In the last few decades of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the continuous corruption of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty,

, the entire dynasty has been suffering from internal and external troubles for a long time. Who has the ability to really contain the rebellions and wars that have occurred and will occur?

Zhang Wen also knew that the task assigned to him by the emperor was very difficult, so his strategic plan was actually just one step at a time, and he did not really have any intention to take back the entire Xiliang rebel area in one go. After all, Han

The number of rebels under Sui's command has reached more than 100,000, and this number seems to be constantly increasing. It will undoubtedly be very difficult to fight Han Sui's rebels with a large number of cavalry.

If the opponent is completely defeated, then the temporary victory may be the beginning of a greater failure.

In fact, the key point is that if he wants to completely defeat the rebels, he must go deep into the Xiliang area alone. At that time, the logistics supply line will become very long. If the supply line is cut off by Han Sui's cavalry, it will be very serious.

passive.

Xiang Yu and Sun Jian were able to cut off Han Sui's supply line with a small number of troops. If Han Sui also used cavalry to cut off Zhang Wen's supply line, it would be very difficult to protect the long supply line from cavalry plunder and attack.

On the other hand, winter is coming soon. Whether to choose to continue fighting at this time has become a big question. Fighting in winter will definitely be very inconvenient in all aspects, but this inconvenience will affect both warring parties at the same time, so winter

Combat is not completely unfeasible, the key lies in how to make the opponent suffer greater losses than yourself when fighting in winter.

In any case, Zhang Wen decided to temporarily stop the march. The entire army was stationed near Chencang City and began to repair Chencang City. Xiang Yu's previous fire burned a large part of the buildings in Chencang City.

It also caused a large number of city residents to become homeless. Some of them became refugees and fled here, while others temporarily lived in some places in or outside the city.

Judging from the extent of damage to Chencang City, it is definitely impossible to repair it in a short time. There is also a lack of sufficient building materials near Chencang City, especially large trees with better wood, which need to be transported from quite far away. This also leads to

Therefore, the reconstruction of Chencang City will inevitably be a long-distance thing.

Therefore, Zhang Wen could only station his troops outside the city. Only some extremely important things such as military rations were placed in the remaining buildings in the city. Then Zhang Wen called all the soldiers together to discuss the next battle plan.

First, Zhang Wen affirmed and commended Xiang Yu and Sun Jian for their contribution to the entire army in the previous battle, and then turned his attention to Xiang Yu, wanting to know what Xiang Yu thought.

Xiang Yu stepped forward and said to Zhang Wen: "Although Han Sui has withdrawn his troops now, he behaved in an orderly manner during the withdrawal process. It can be said that there was no panic at all. Under such circumstances, it is definitely unwise to pursue hastily.

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When Xiang Yu said this, Zhang Wen showed a faint smile on his face, and seemed to agree with Xiang Yu's statement. However, Xiang Yu obviously did not finish what he said, and he quickly continued: "That's right.

As the saying goes, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, but preferring to go to the tiger mountains, I think we still have to continue to pursue Han Sui's rebels, otherwise it will be very difficult to fight them after they really let the tigers return to the mountains and return to the Xiliang area."

After Zhang Wen heard what Xiang Yu said, he couldn't help but frown deeply. Obviously, he didn't expect Xiang Yu to say this in the end. He looked at Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian noncommittally.

Dong Zhuo was obviously surprised by Xiang Yu's words, and seemed to have not figured out what to say for the time being, so Zhang Wen finally turned his attention to Sun Jian.

Sun Jian hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said: "I agree with General Xiang's statement. We cannot let Han Sui return to Xiliang easily. At least we must give him a good slap on the butt to teach him a lesson.

Naturally, I won’t dare to do it again easily in the future.”

Zhang Wen said: "But winter is coming soon, do we really want to continue fighting?"

Sun Jian replied: "The morale of our entire army is now at a high level. If we take this opportunity to kill the general, we will definitely win a complete victory. There is no need to pursue the enemy deeply. We can just accept it as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Zhang Wen asked and nodded, then turned his attention to Dong Zhuo. "General Dong grew up in the Xiliang area. If we continue to pursue Han Sui, the general must be the main force."

But seeing Dong Zhuo couldn't help laughing loudly. "Han Sui, the little boy, is not worth mentioning. Now he has fled like a lost dog. We should not be afraid. I am willing to be the vanguard!"

"Okay!" Zhang Wen shouted. "This is a good opportunity to serve the country!"

Although it had been decided to pursue Han Sui, because Han Sui's army had already retreated in an orderly manner earlier, it was still very difficult to catch up with Han Sui's troops.

Xiang Yu actually knows that his proposal is extremely risky, but his desire to fight has been ignited like a flame, and there is definitely no way to subside in a short time, not to mention that he still has confidence in his own judgment and strength.

With a considerable degree of self-confidence, hundreds of people dared to fight the Qiang cavalry before. Now that there are so many friendly troops, there is no need to fight timidly.

By the way, Bian Zhang burst into tears in front of Zhang Wen, saying that he was forced by the Qiang people. He still had a firm patriotic heart and was willing to personally persuade Han Sui to surrender in front of the battle.

Zhang Wenxin said that your acting skills are not very good, and it is too easy for others to see through, so he agreed to Bian Zhang's request and asked him to go and persuade Han Sui in person next time.

So he surrendered.
Chapter completed!