Author: Magic Prince

When Sun Jian was fighting Han Sui's army, Xiang Yu finally led his thousand cavalry out of the city and headed west, leaving less than a thousand men behind to guard Chencang. The reason why it was not a thousand men was because they had attacked Chencang before.

There were still some battle losses. Although many rebels were captured, Xiang Yu did not choose to directly incorporate these rebels into his own troops.

The first problem is that although Chencang City was captured, Xiang Yu's troops are obviously at a considerable disadvantage. He has no way to ensure that these rebels will not rebel again in his absence, so imprisoning them is currently

The best way is that his combat purpose is not to reoccupy and liberate these cities that were originally captured by the rebels, because that would not be enough for his troops, and it would also affect his subsequent strategic deployment and slow down the entire attack.

rhythm.

Therefore, Xiang Yu left nearly a thousand troops to guard Chencang City. On the one hand, he was cooperating with Sun Jian's troops, and on the other hand, he was optimistic about the rebel prisoners and prevented them from looking for opportunities to retake Chencang City. For Xiang Yu,

, or for Sun Jian, Chencang City is an extremely important strategic node. Once the control of this strategic node is lost, it is likely to cause very serious problems.

The thousand cavalry led by Xiang Yu at this time were not intended to really fight far west, but to create a strategic deterrent. Not far to the southwest of Chencang is Dashan Pass. As an extremely important pass in Guanzhong, it has extremely strategic value.

Big, four hundred years ago, when Liu Bangming built the plank road and secretly attacked Chencang, it was from this Dashan Pass that he entered the Pass.

After Bian Zhang's troops were driven out of Chencang City, Bian Zhang did not forget to dispatch part of his troops to garrison San Pass. The terrain of San Pass was very dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was almost impossible for the cavalry troops led by Xiang Yu to attack San Pass.

It is impossible to do, but the rebels in Sanguan can threaten Chencang City at any time, so Xiang Yu must stay in Chencang City with a certain number of troops. At the same time, he must lead his army to walk around Sanguan for a few rounds to give Sanguan a chance.

The defenders in the pass created a certain amount of pressure, so that the defenders in the pass did not dare to come out easily.

Next, Xiang Yu reorganized his army and followed the Qianhe River northwest of Chencang City to capture Qianyang, Longxian and other places, and then temporarily stationed his troops in Longxian.

At this time, Xiang Yu heard reports from the army and learned about Sun Jian's achievements on the eastern battlefield. After Sun Jian led his army to destroy half of the food and fodder of the second supply team of Han Sui's rebels, he led the remaining army to regroup with the previous troops.

Five hundred people gathered together and launched a fierce attack on the first supply team of Han Sui's rebels. After losing many troops, they finally completely defeated the first food team and captured it.

A large amount of food and grass was obtained, and a large number of rebels were captured.

But at this time, Han Sui's return troops gradually arrived, so Sun Jian led the remaining troops of about a thousand horses and returned to Chencang City with grain, grass and rebel prisoners.

Just when Sun Jian's army was about to enter the city, Han Sui's reinforcements arrived. A thousand cavalry left by Xiang Yu in Chencang came out of the city to support Sun Jian's army. Finally, Sun Jian killed a general of the pursuing enemy army and defeated Han Sui's army.

The returning reinforcements were temporarily defeated.

But then more reinforcements arrived and camped thirty miles outside the east gate of Chencang City, ready to launch an attack on Chencang City at any time.

At this time, Xiang Yu fell into deep thought after hearing these situations. Several lieutenants around him suggested that Xiang Yu lead his army back to defend Chencang City as soon as possible. However, Xiang Yu just looked at them and shook his head with a smile.

"General Xiang, the enemy is about to approach the city. Why are our troops still lingering in this small area of ​​Long County?" said one of the lieutenants.

"Yes, Han Sui's thieves are very powerful. If we don't rescue him, Chencang City will definitely change hands in an instant!" Another deputy general also agreed.

However, Xiang Yu just remained silent. After a long time, Xiang Yu walked out of the tent, pointed at the looming mountains in the distance to the southwest and said, "Don't worry, our army won't come out until Bian Zhang's army arrives."

After hearing this, all the generals looked at each other in confusion.

"General Xiang, how do you know when Bian Zhang will lead his army to attack?"

"Humph! Of course I don't know, but I know he will definitely come back." After speaking, Xiang Yu showed a mysterious smile.

Spies would come every day to report on the battle situation in Chencang City. The less than a thousand men left behind by Sun Jianjun and Xiang Yu were unable to get out of Chencang City. There was sufficient food and grass in Chencang City, although Han Sui's reinforcements were increasing in number.

, but most of them are cavalry, and it is very difficult to capture Chencang City in a short time.

This stalemate lasted for two days. Han Sui's army built some siege equipment on the spot, and then began to launch a large-scale siege battle. The main attack directions were from the south and east. The battle was very fierce. Every time Xiang Yu

He didn't say anything after hearing the battle situation, but his lieutenant general was quite anxious.

If it were Xiang Yu in his previous life, it would be impossible for him to be as calm and calm as he is now. With his extremely impatient personality at that time, he would have been unable to restrain himself for a long time. However, the current Xiang Yu can be calm and composed, which shows that he is

There has been great growth mentally.

Finally, two days later, the spies came to report that Bian Zhang led his army out of Linwei, marched along the Wei River, passed Sanguan, and led his army to attack the west of Chencang City in a mighty manner.

"General Xiang, Bian Zhang has led his army to attack. When will we march?" Xiang Yu's deputy general asked Xiang Yu again.

Xiang Yu still shook his head. "There's no rush."

Xiang Yu's generals looked at each other in confusion again, as if they didn't understand what Xiang Yu was thinking.

It was not until another two days passed that the spies came to report that the troops led by Bian Zhang had arrived at the west city of Chencang. Han Sui's troops surrounded the entire city of Chencang. The situation was very urgent.

Finally, at this time, Xiang Yu said to the generals: "The time has come, you will follow me to fight."

The generals had been waiting for this moment for a long time, so they immediately cheered up and followed Xiang Yu out of Long County at starry night, heading south to attack the flank of Bian Zhang's army. This time Xiang Yu used night attack again, attacking Bian Zhang's army during the day.

After the city was exhausted, they waited until midnight and led the army directly into Bian Zhang's army, taking advantage of the darkness and firelight to kill indiscriminately.

As a result, when it was still dark, Bian Zhang once again took some of his subordinates with him and ran away in despair at night, leaving his other subordinates behind. So Xiang Yu led his army to charge.

When they came down and waited until dawn, the thousands of reinforcements led by Bian Zhang had turned into birds and beasts and dispersed. Then Xiang Yu did not lead his army into Chencang City, but sent his army to the west again.

Sun Jian woke up from his sleep and was quite surprised when he heard the report. Yesterday, the west gate was violently attacked by Bian Zhang's army and almost fell. However, after one night, there was only a mess outside the city, with armor and corpses everywhere.

, but the troops besieging the city in Bianzhang were nowhere to be seen.
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