陈仓 / Chen Cang

Hanji 942 adds a late-Han Chen Cang branch. 王国 besieges the city for more than eighty days, while 皇甫嵩 judges that its defenses can hold long enough for the besiegers to tire; the later pursuit becomes 陈仓之战.

This backfill gives Chen Cang a second strategic profile. In the older Han Xin branch it is the route where a central breakthrough becomes visible; in the late-Han branch it is a defended node whose endurance lets a commander turn time, walls, and enemy exhaustion into victory.

陈仓 / Chen Cang enters the wiki through Hanji 148-1 as the central route and battle point in 韩信’s campaign against 章邯. The episode separates the later idiom “明修栈道，暗渡陈仓” from the full operation: Chen Cang is not a magic shortcut by itself, but the place where a broader design of army reform, flank feints, and central breakthrough becomes visible.

In the source’s telling, Han Xin lets 灌婴 and 樊哙 create pressure on the side routes while 曹参 reinforces the false main-force signal. Zhang Han shifts attention toward those flanks, and the Han main force comes through Chen Cang, defeats him, and opens the route toward the collapse of 三秦压制.

Connections

• Hanji 942, 王国, 皇甫嵩, 董卓, 陈仓之战, and 坚壁耗敌式耐心 - late-Han siege and delayed pursuit branch.
• 韩信, 刘邦, and 汉中对 - strategic planner, ruler, and prior campaign diagnosis.
• 章邯, 灌婴, 樊哙, and 曹参 - commanders around the Chen Cang operation.
• 多路佯动中央突破 and 战场信息控制 - tactical pattern and information-control frame.
• 汉中, 关中, and 三秦压制 - base, target region, and blocking system.