Stay calm in times of crisis

Author: Magic Prince

Stay calm in times of crisis

Sun Jian led 2,000 cavalry and headed east quickly. He was eager to achieve a military exploit, and a greater military exploit than Xiang Yu. Therefore, regardless of whether his soldiers and horses were too tired, he headed towards Han Sui's grain transport team east of Chencang.

An attack was launched.

When the news that Chencang City was captured came out, Han Sui's grain transportation team panicked. Because the entire transportation line was quite long, Han Sui's grain transportation team was also divided into several batches. Maybe the previous team had just transported them.

When the grain is transported to the troops on Han Sui's front line, the grain transportation team in the rear of Xiliang will set off again. Then there may be a grain transportation team in Chencang in the middle, and there are two more grain transportation teams between the east of Chencang and Han Sui's front line troops.

Food team.

At this time, the two grain transport teams that happened to be between Chencang and Han Sui's front lines were a little panicked, because the fall of Chencang meant that their rear security was not guaranteed. Although the grain transport teams would be guarded by a considerable number of soldiers,

, but a larger proportion is the logistics supply team. The transportation capacity in this era is relatively low. A large amount of food transportation requires a large amount of manpower to complete, and these logistics teams basically have no combat capabilities. Once intercepted by the cavalry,

The kill will collapse almost immediately.

So at this time, there are only two choices before the food transport team. One is to continue to move forward, but in this way, you must always be prepared for attacks from the rear. Whether it is the soldiers or the logistics soldiers of the food transport team, they are mentally exhausted in this state.

Everyone will be highly nervous, and the forward speed will definitely be greatly affected. More importantly, the soldiers and logistics teams will be more tired because of this. No matter whether the enemy will take the opportunity to launch an attack, they have to be on guard at all times, and they can't even sleep well at night.

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Another option is to stop advancing, find a place where the terrain is relatively conducive to defense, and then build fortifications on the spot, taking advantage of the terrain and number of people to stand firm first, so that the soldiers and logistics teams can recover from the initial panic.

Recovery also allows the enemy to look for opportunities after their vigor has declined after capturing Chencang. This option can preserve the strength of the grain transportation team to the greatest extent. After all, there is enough food security. As long as the grain transportation team strengthens its defense, it still has a chance.

of fighting strength.

But if this is the choice, Han Sui's frontline troops will get into trouble sooner with their rations. Of course, if the grain transport team rashly advances and is directly destroyed, then the frontline troops will not be able to get the food.

Therefore, in this case, the two grain transport teams under Han Sui made a relatively correct decision, that is, to let the rear grain transport team immediately stop advancing and find a nearby place with mountains and water.

Set up camp and build fortifications, especially fortifications such as those to resist cavalry charges.

The food transport team walking in the front seized the time and traveled through the night to meet Han Sui's front troops as soon as possible, and then Han Sui temporarily solved the food problem before sending back reinforcements.

It is said that these Qiang people and the border soldiers in the Xiliang area have lived in turmoil for generations, so their military literacy is generally relatively high, and they will be more likely to make the best decision when encountering sudden changes.

The correct choice, if it were a peasant uprising army like the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that everything would be in chaos by now, and there would be no way for the generals like Han Sui to calm down and make the best decision under adverse circumstances.

Decisions that benefit the overall situation.

After the news came that Chencang City had been breached, the grain transport team at the back immediately made adjustments, first letting the logistics troops speed up and walk in front, while the escort soldiers walked in the rear to be ready for attacks from the rear at any time.

They found a small valley near the Wei River. Although it was not a good defensive terrain facing mountains and water, it could at least be faced with the Wei River on both sides and with soft river mud on one side.

It is not suitable for cavalry charges, because the feet of war horses are easy to get stuck when running on top, and they cannot use all their strength, and the impact speed and impact force will be greatly reduced. The defender only needs to deploy a large number of resisting horses on the other side to guide the cavalry from

If you charge in the soft mud of this section of river beach, you can resolve the impact from the cavalry to the greatest extent.

There is no doubt that this idea is great, and the execution skills of these troop transport soldiers under Han Sui are also very good, and they can defend themselves in place in a very short period of time.

When Sun Jian arrived with two thousand cavalry troops, he was surprised to find that he did not find the troop transport team that he had imagined had been separated and fled. Instead, he found an enemy camp near the Wei River.

, after a little investigation, he understood that this camp was the Han Sui Army troop transport team he was looking for.

At this time, Sun Jian was also very angry. In his opinion, he arrived too late. He should not have rested for a moment after capturing Chencang City. As a result, it gave Han Sui's troop transport team time to learn the news and prepare.

But to be honest, when Sun Jian led his army to attack Chencang from the north, he had already made his cavalry troops run around for a long time without getting enough rest. The reason why Xiang Yu didn't seem so tired was because of Sun Jian's luck.

It was not good enough either. When heading towards Chencang from Chunhua, Jinghe and Qishan in the north, they encountered a wave of landslides. Although there was no danger and no casualties were caused, Sun Jian had to take his troops to detour through several hills.

Originally, the road to the north that Sun Jian took was more difficult than the road to the south that Xiang Yu took. Logically speaking, it was normal for him to lead his army to Chencang later than Xiang Yu. However, he was very competitive and unwilling to lag behind Xiang Yu.

So when encountering a landslide and having to take a detour, he had no choice but to urge the entire army to advance faster. As a result, when Sun Jian led his army to Chencang, although he was only a little behind Xiang Yu, the entire army was actually very tired.

At that time, if he had to directly lead the army in pursuit, he was afraid that the whole army would be overwhelmed. So at that time, it was completely correct for him to choose to rest for a night. However, at this time, he regretted letting the soldiers and horses rest for a night.

He didn't even think about it. If he hadn't had that night's rest at that time, he was afraid that the two thousand people would have been too tired to run.

Even if they catch up with Han Sui's troop transport team, they won't have much combat effectiveness left.

It's just that the deal is now done. The troop transport team has already relied on the terrain to build a defense. It's useless to regret it. Sun Jian had to suppress the uncomfortable feeling in his heart and discuss with his soldiers how to destroy the troop transport camp.

Defense.

Although Sun Jian was very impatient at this time, he was still a veteran with rich combat experience, so he was not carried away. He realized that the defense of the troop transport team was very targeted, specifically targeting cavalry charges.

, after all, the Qiang people and the Han people in Xiliang also know the cavalry very well, they know the advantages and disadvantages of the cavalry, and they also know how to deal with the enemy's cavalry charge.

Under this situation, Sun Jian really had no other solution at the moment. After discussing with his soldiers, he could not find a good way to defeat the enemy at the first time.
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