74.Chapter 74 The virtual is the real

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 74: Virtual and real

Let us also say that Sun Jian, as the vanguard, led his army to attack Linwei City. Although this place is not easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as Han Sui provides sufficient troops here, it will be extremely difficult to capture it in a short time.

Sun Jian stationed his army a few miles outside Linwei City and sent people to inquire about the situation of the guards in the city. When the spies told Sun Jian that there were not many defenders in the city, Sun Jian did not quite believe it. He even suspected that either the spies did not do their job well or the spies did not do their job well.

Even though Han Sui had some ulterior motives, whether he believed it or not, this tough battle had to be fought.

Sun Jian personally led his army to the city, and sent people to shout at the defenders on the top of the city, saying that they were cowardly turtles and did not dare to come out of the city to fight. However, the defenders in the city did not answer anything at all. If the people who came to shout left,

When they were too close, they fired arrows on the city wall and shot many of the people shouting to death, so Sun Jian had to give up the method of provoking generals and fully deploy the siege.

The siege battle lasted for three days. Sun Jian directly issued a death order, telling his soldiers to capture the city. They not only attacked the city during the day, but also attacked the city at night. He divided the soldiers into several groups and worked non-stop throughout the day.

Launching an attack, faced with Sun Jian's determination to take the city, his soldiers were also inspired and launched an uninterrupted attack. In the process, the losses were also very heavy.

The next day was the most intense moment of the fighting between the two sides. Not long after many places were captured, they were reoccupied by the defenders. Then not long after, the attackers captured them again. In this way, you and I continued to fight, and the city walls

There were corpses everywhere outside and inside the city walls.

Finally, on the evening of the third day, the gate of Linwei City was breached. Sun Jian's army personally led the troops to march straight in. However, they encountered a fierce blockage from the defenders again in the city. In the end, Sun Jian relied on his military superiority to completely occupy Linwei City.

Come down.

Han Sui deployed not many defenders in this city, but not too few either. His main purpose was to kill as many of the attackers' effective forces as possible and hold on as long as he could.

The news of the fall of Linwei City reached Han Sui's ears, and he was a little surprised. Obviously he did not expect that Sun Jian could capture Linwei City so quickly, although he knew that the fall of Linwei City would be a matter of time.

, but it still caught him off guard so quickly, but this should not be enough to affect the overall situation he had laid out.

The next Tianshui City will be a key location with huge influence. He has already deployed a lot of troops in Xi County and Hebei County, which are located southwest and northwest of Tianshui City respectively. These places have many mountains and hilly terrains.

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 had no time to celebrate after taking Linwei City. He quickly made the decision to continue his attack to the west and go straight to Tianshui City. However, 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 powerful, but there are only so few defenders in Linwei City. I think there must be something fishy. It is best to report the current situation to Commander Zhang first."

, it’s not too late to make calculations later.”

After hearing this, Sun Jian's face changed greatly, and he replied with some anger: "Commander Zhang has appointed me as the vanguard, so he should have the right to act expediently. Now that Han Sui's rebels have been beaten back again and again, our army is steadily retreating."

We have won and our morale is high, so there is no reason to stop at this time. If we do that, we will definitely miss the opportunity to fight."

"General Sun, please think twice!" The deputy general wanted to say something more, but Sun Jian waved his hand directly, indicating that he could retreat. Seeing that Sun Jian's attitude was very firm, the deputy general must not listen to his opinion, so

He had no choice but to retreat.

In fact, Sun Jian can be regarded as a brave and resourceful person, but as this person gets older, he will inevitably become stubborn sometimes. Some past experiences sometimes become the cause of failure. Sometimes Sun Jian will also

There is a kind of blind confidence in himself that prevents him from making the most correct decision.

Sun Jian only sent people to inform Zhang Wen about the success of Linwei City, but did not wait for Zhang Wen's approval. He then only let the army rest and reorganize for one day, and then led the army out of Linwei City to the west again, heading straight for Tianshui City.

go.

Unlike Linwei City, Tianshui City was built almost against the Wei River. Tianshui City is located to 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 and the Wei River.

There is also a mountainous area between them.

If you want to attack Tianshui City, you have to enter this valley. The entire valley runs east-west. The valley enters from Maiji in the east, and deep into the valley in the west there are mountain roads leading up and down to Ji County and Xi County. Han Sui

The deployed Xiliang cavalry is hidden in these valleys, and can go to support Tianshui City at any time, or lead the attacker into the mountains with more complex terrain. At that time, it will be very difficult for the opponent to retreat, and it will be easy.

I was attacked from both sides and made dumplings.

However, when Sun Jian led his army 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 do you think? He especially wanted to hear Xiang Yu's opinion.

Xiang Yu heard that Linwei City was captured very quickly by Sun Jian, but he did not show the slightest surprise. He only saw Xiang Yu thinking for a while, and then said to Zhang Wen: "Although General Sun is brave, he can easily capture Linwei City."

, Han Sui must have let it go on purpose. This was probably a tactic to lure the enemy. General Sun has rich combat experience, so he will not be so easy to fall into Han Sui's tricks. Now that Linwei City has been obtained, our rear army should follow suit.

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"A tactic to lure the enemy? How did General Xiang figure this out?" Zhang Wen's mind had not turned around for a moment, and he could not figure out the reason. "If General Sun really fell into this tactic, what would happen if General Sun really fell into this tactic?"

What should we do?"

Xiang Yu smiled slightly and said to Zhang Wen: "If General Sun really falls into the trap and rashly leads his army to attack Tianshui, then he will definitely lose his troops there!"

"Do you really mean what General Xiang said?" Zhang Wen asked.

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

Zhang Wen turned his attention to Dong Zhuo who was aside, but saw that Dong Zhuo didn't even look at Zhang Wen. This made Zhang Wen feel quite unhappy, but he didn't show it. Instead, he smiled at Dong Zhuo and asked Dong Zhuo about Xiang Yu.

What do you think about the statement?

But Dong Zhuo said, "Humph! Sun Jian has always had a very high opinion of himself. He must be in trouble this time. I got to know Han Sui a little in the early years. His mind is cunning and changeable, and his plans are not ordinary!"

After listening to what Xiang Yu and Dong Zhuo said, Zhang Wen already had some concerns in his mind, so he ordered the entire army to march towards Linwei City. On the one hand, Zhang Wen's army was still mainly infantry, so the marching speed was not fast.

Heading west along the Wei River, there are mountainous areas on both sides. The march is indeed very difficult and there is no way for large troops to march quickly.

When Han Sui withdrew his army before, he also retreated in batches in an orderly manner, and because his troops were mainly Xiliang cavalry who were good at mountain warfare, a large part of their troops were directly hidden when they retreated.

Entering the mountains, waiting for the opportunity to come out to kill them.

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

Xiang Yu accepted the order, so he led his elite cavalry of less than a thousand men and accelerated to the front.
Chapter completed!