Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 97 War Consumption

Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo had different opinions and no one could convince the other, so Zhang Wen adopted a compromise method and asked Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo to lead the navy and army respectively to attack Yunwu City from two directions.

However, although Zhang Wen tried to reconcile the relationship between the two, his arrangement not only failed to satisfy both of them, but also made them both feel more dissatisfied, because dividing the troops into two groups would lead to the dispersion of troops, so regardless of

Both Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo did not want to divide their forces, but hoped to concentrate their main superior forces to attack from one side.

After all, Xiang Yu has already taken away a large part of the elite troops, and the remaining troops still need to be divided. In this way, there will inevitably be a certain shortage of troops during the attack. Although Han Sui is not known to be in Yunwu City

How many troops there are, but since Han Sui himself is here, the number will definitely not be too small.

But Zhang Wen has no choice. He is such a person who lacks independent opinions. Zhang Wen's advantage is that he is good at handling complex interpersonal relationships. To put it bluntly, he is the kind of person who is easy to get along with. He does not offend anyone in the court and tries not to

But such a person is obviously not suitable to be a head coach. When he really needs to make a decision, he will hesitate and hesitate, causing good opportunities to slip from his hands.

Of course, all this is not entirely Zhang Wen's fault. After all, it was not him who wanted to be the commander-in-chief of counter-rebellion, but was brought up by the fatuous emperor. As for why the emperor chose him, was there really anything in the court?

Can't you find a more suitable person?

This question is not that easy to answer, because the Eastern Han Dynasty was a large empire, and it was an era in which heroes emerged in large numbers. How could there be a lack of truly talented people? But obviously there were not many truly talented people.

To be able to get actual reuse, many people with real abilities either disdain to serve in the corrupt imperial court, or are suppressed for various reasons, and will not give you the opportunity to display your personal ambitions and abilities at all. Some people around you

Just don’t allow people who are too awesome to exist! So as not to threaten them!

Under such a situation, the attack on Yunwu City was about to be launched. Dong Zhuo had actually never fought against Han Sui's rebels on the frontal battlefield, but this time was indeed his opportunity.

An opportunity to prove his strength. Since he chose to attack Yunwu City from land, he would inevitably have to confront the Xiliang cavalry attacking from the flanks. I just don't know if Dong Zhuo can still be like he was when he was young.

He drew his bow from left to right on his horse and fought with the Qiang for three hundred rounds.

Han Sui was just waiting for work. He didn't care whether Zhang Wen would attack him. Anyway, for him, this expedition did not meet his ultimate expectation, which was to invade the Western Han Dynasty imperial mausoleum and plunder the emperor.

There are many treasures in the mausoleum, and he even plans to invade Chang'an City further, forcing the Eastern Han Dynasty court to agree to his request, pay him a large amount of compensation or recognize his legal right to rule in the Xiliang area, no matter which one will make Han Han

As a result, his power further grew.

At the same time, it will also deal a heavy blow to the Eastern Han Dynasty, causing it to lose control of Xiliang and a greater part of the central government's power. Once the central government's dominance declines further, rebellions will occur in various places, which will further

Disintegrate the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In that case, the complete split of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the rise of local power and warlords will be further advanced.

However, Han Sui was not able to do this, but this does not mean that his Eastern Expedition was a failure. He just did not win enough, not that he lost. In fact, he still has the upper hand until now.

Initiative, even though he is on the defensive side now, in fact, if Han Sui wants to go out and fight Zhang Wen's main force, Zhang Wen and the others may not be able to fight him. And now he chooses to defend the city and wait for work, it's up to you

What should I do? Should you hit me or not?

Han Sui's move of retreating in order to advance is actually very clever. It can make him invincible first, and then if the situation is suitable, he can achieve greater victory and make another eastern expedition next year or in the future.

Lay a solid foundation in the land of Sanfu.

In fact, the resources consumed by Han Sui's Eastern Expedition were astonishing. After all, tens of thousands of soldiers had to be provided with logistical supplies, and the logistical supply line was still so long. In the absence of water transportation, he could only rely on men and horses.

To transport, Han Sui's troops actually relied on fighting and plundering cities and villages along the way to replenish the supply of food and grass, but even so it was still not enough.

So when Sun Jian and Xiang Yu cut off the food and grass supply to his main force, Han Sui could only order the withdrawal, because if he continued to fight, he might end up with his entire army annihilated.

The role of food and grass supply in war is really great. Sometimes it is not just that you have more troops and better weapons and equipment, you will be able to win the war. Sometimes, you either defeat the enemy or you win the war.

Victory, sometimes it is not just how much benefit you can get from winning the war.

More often than not, war is a huge loss for both warring parties. There may not necessarily be a winner, or it may be a lose-lose situation. The process of war consumes manpower and material resources and damages production capacity.

It's hard to estimate. Many times a certain side seems to have captured the city and obtained the land, but then they find that all the people here have died, no one is farming, and no one is producing. As a result, their soldiers will starve to death here.

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Therefore, war is not a simple calculation of number of people and land, but a combination of a series of very complex factors, and judging the impact of war is actually not that simple. In fact, when it comes to this point, why did Xiang Yu in his previous life never

There have been defeats, but the last defeat put him in a desperate situation?

A very important reason is that the wars Xiang Yu won did not actually obtain enough resources for Xiang Yu. Only the most important wars established Xiang Yu's status as the overlord of Western Chu. However, because Xiang Yu failed to win the war after

Build yourself a real empire through war. Many resources are consumed in the process of the battlefield and cannot be replenished. Therefore, just war does not guarantee that you will achieve continuous growth.

After winning the war, resources still need to be reintegrated and deployed to prepare a sufficient material foundation for the next war. In this regard, Xiang Yu did not do as well as Liu Bang, or even as well as many others, so Xiang Yu

He almost never had a defeat in his life, but he failed to gain enough growth from these victories. Liu Bang always lost, but his power became stronger and stronger. This has to be said to be a sad part of Xiang Yu.

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Chapter completed!