Chapter 595: Destroy the Chu Army Tonight!

Pengcheng, the camp of the Chu army.

Xiang Yu was listening to the spies' report.

"Your Majesty, in the three directions surrounded by the Qin army, there have been signs of increasing troops in the past few days."

"And outside Long Ju, Ying Bu has never had a messenger break through. I'm afraid..."

The spy didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant.

The Chu army outside may not be able to hold on for long without Pengcheng as its fulcrum.

Xiang Yu frowned, waved his hand, and said to the spy,

"Explore again, send people disguised as common people, go out through the city gate opened by the Qin army, and be sure to get in touch with Long Ju and Yingbu!"

The spies immediately took orders and left.

After the spies left, Xiang Yu felt a deep worry and couldn't help but ask,

"Yafu..."

Just as he said it, Xiang Yu stopped.

Fan Zeng is currently in prison.

Looking at the empty tent, Xiang Yu felt powerless for the first time in his heart.

He is not afraid of enemies on any battlefield or on the surface. Even if he is besieged now, he is not discouraged.

When they followed their uncle Xiang Liang in the uprising, they sometimes faced bad situations.

After all, not all Chu nobles were obedient from the beginning.

It was him and his uncle who led the troops to fight it out.

But now, he could feel that there was an invisible net surrounding the Chu army, tightly wrapping them.

Then push them back little by little.

This was the case with the previous failure in the Battle of Julu, and this is also the case with this Battle of Pengcheng.

Xiang Yu took a breath at this time, hesitated, and then prepared to walk towards the place where Fan Zeng was imprisoned.

Now, no one can give him advice except Fan Zeng.

At this moment, a figure hurriedly walked in and shouted,

"Yu'er, Yu'er!"

Xiang Yu saw the person coming and immediately replied,

"Uncle, why are you so anxious?"

The visitor was naturally Xiang Bo, who was originally placed in the city behind by Xiang Yu, but the other party was trapped here while transporting grain and grass.

Xiang Bo took a breath, and then said with a bit of anxiety,

"Yu'er, there's not much food and grass in the city. It's only enough for half a month. You have to make preparations early!"

Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment and said,

"how so?"

He knew that there was only enough food and grass left in the city to last the army for about a month.

But there should be more in the future.

Xiang Bo smiled bitterly at this time and said,

"The spies have already reported that there have been a lot of bandits in the Chu region recently, and those bandits seem to be crazy. The entire grain road has been blocked."

"More than half a month ago, no military rations entered Pengcheng!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He did remember that the spy had reported it.

But there was plenty of food and grass at the time, so he didn't care.

But I didn't expect that this kind of problem would occur now!

For a moment, Xiang Yu's face looked a little ugly.

Xiang Bo looked at Xiang Yu's expression and had some thoughts in his heart again.

Now the Chu army seems to have reached a desperate situation, and Xiang Yu is also isolated and helpless.

This seemed to be a good opportunity to persuade him to surrender. After all, he didn't want Xiang Yu to die.

Gritting his teeth, Xiang Bo spoke out,

"Yu'er, my uncle has something to tell you."

Xiang Yu nodded and replied very patiently,

"Uncle, it doesn't matter."

Now Bo Xiang is the only person he can trust, and he doesn't have much to rely on.

Xiang Bo took a deep breath and said,

"Yu'er, actually..."

At this moment, a Chu army hurried over and reported,

"Your Majesty, a group of deserters who wanted to blend in with the people were caught in the city today."

"How to deal with it?"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu's face turned cold and he said without any hesitation,

"At such a time, if you dare to shake the morale of the army and betray me, there is no need to tolerate it!"

"Drag him to the top of the city and behead him in public display!"

Xiang Yu believed that there was no problem with this decision.

Regardless of the army, deserters were punished by death.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the Chu army took the order and left, Xiang Yu turned around, looked at Xiang Bo again, and said,

"Uncle, what did you want to tell me just now?"

At this time, Xiang Bo was staring blankly at the Chu army leaving. When he heard Xiang Yu's words, he came back to his senses.

"Ah? Ah!"

"That, that, uncle just wants to tell you..."

"Ah! That's right! Yu'er, you see you have lost weight these days. My uncle just wants you to take good care of your body."

Listening to Uncle Xiang's caring words, Xiang Yu couldn't help but feel touched. Now, I'm afraid only his uncle cares about him, so he replied,

"Don't worry, uncle, nothing happened to my nephew."

After comforting Xiang Bo, Xiang Yu quickly said,

"Uncle, be prepared in the next two days, we are going to break out."

"Go back to Wuzhong and regroup!"

Of course he himself understood that when there was not enough food and grass, the only way to break out was to break out.

Wuzhong is the home base of the Xiang family, and there is a large amount of food, grass and weapons there.

As long as some more soldiers are recruited, Xiang still has the ability to fight!

Xiang Bo nodded with a complicated expression at this time.

After saying that, Xiang Yu left here and walked towards the city gate. He wanted everyone to know the fate of the betrayer!

At the city gate.

A group of Chu troops with stern expressions escorted a group of Chu troops wearing civilian clothes to the top of the city.

All the Chu troops around him couldn't help but look over.

Of course they understood what was happening.

A Chu soldier said loudly,

"Defector! Die!"

After saying that, he waved his hand fiercely.

The other Chu soldiers swung their swords and chopped them off without hesitation!

In an instant, heads were billowing on the city wall.

Seeing this scene, all the Chu soldiers felt sad.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded from the air,

"Those who defect in this battle will die! And their families will be affected!"

"Those who obey orders and have merit will be rewarded!"

"Yu Ziqi, if you serve in the rear, you will receive a reward and a title!"

Xiang Yu rode on his horse and said loudly.

At this time, absolute authority must be established!

Otherwise, if escape becomes common, the Chu army will be defeated without a fight.

He has read so many military books, and this is still clear.

So he not only punished the defectors, but also took the opportunity to reward a group of people to boost military morale!

This is the measure of rewards and punishments!

Sure enough, seeing this scene, the surrounding Chu troops shouted,

"The overlord is wise!"

The morale, which had been a little low just now, almost immediately increased!

Xiang Yu nodded and left with satisfaction.

In the army, he is invincible!

But Xiang Yu didn't see it, but the defenders on the city wall looked incomprehensible.

They were standing high on the city wall these days and could see the Qin army's camp.

Others actually eat three meals a day now!

Regardless of whether they eat well or not, it is better than their two meals a day, and in order to save food and grass, they only eat half full these days.

More importantly, they could also see the Qin Army's wounded barracks.

There are pieces of light-colored curtains that are very conspicuous.

Look, all the wounded soldiers of the Qin Army can receive excellent treatment.

As for the Chu army, there was not a single seriously injured soldier.

This is not a good thing, because the seriously injured soldiers were abandoned!

Now, he is watching his former companions beheaded by his own people, even for escaping.

Some of them felt the same way in their hearts.

After these law enforcement Chu troops left with the corpses, everyone began to clean the city wall in silence.

If the blood is not washed off, it will soon stink.

In silence, a young defender said to his corps commander,

"Dad, why did they..."

The captain glared at the other party and said,

"Call the corps commander!"

The young defender curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said,

"Captain, why are they running?"

"You're too timid."

Defectors die, this is military law, there is nothing to say.

The corporal looked around and saw that they were the only ones on this section of the city wall.

Then he replied,

"Isn't there nothing they can do? They will die anyway if they stay here! No one can save them if they are injured."

"Either he will die in the hands of the Qin army, or he will die in the hands of his own people."

"If I can run back by luck, I can still save my life."

"Now that I have a few acres of land at home, I can still survive. Do you think you can run away?"

When he said this, the captain looked closely at his brothers, looking a little nervous.

After hearing the words of the corps commander, the other defenders realized something, no matter how slow they were.

For a moment, the entire air fell silent, leaving only the sound of other teams washing the city wall.

The young defender was even more confused. He did not expect that his words would actually cause such a situation!

What they say now can be big or small.

If someone snitches on him, both father and son may not survive!

Just when the string everyone was holding on to was about to break, a voice sounded from the side,

"What are you doing standing there? Clean this place quickly!"

The corps commander came back to his senses at this time, turned around and saw that it was his commander, and immediately replied,

"Got it, boss!"

"What are you doing standing still!? Get to work quickly!"

Everyone then started doing things again, and no one mentioned what happened just now, as if the other party didn't exist during this period.

But the corps commander didn't realize that the look in his eyes was somewhat meaningful.

Not long after, the city wall was cleaned and everyone returned to the same level.

Looking at the slightly different army in the Qin army camp.

Training, cooking, and even hearing their laughter.

The entire Qin army's camp was full of vitality, even when they were fighting.

Soon, night falls.

The corps leader began to arrange the night watch.

"You guys rest, I will be on duty alone tonight."

The captain said calmly at this time.

The others looked at each other nervously, and had a few words after today's remarks.

If they dare to leave each other alone on duty, it's weird that they can't sleep!

After a long time, another young man whispered,

"Uncle, we are all from the same hometown, and you take good care of us. If you have any arrangements, just tell us."

"We all listen to you!"

Upon hearing this, the captain's eyes lit up.

"really!?"

The others nodded quickly.

Only then did the corps leader take a deep breath and said,

"I want to join the Qin army!"

Gudong.

Even though they already had suspicions in their hearts, everyone else couldn't help but swallow slightly!

Having already said what he said, the corps commander continued to say,

"I have inquired clearly. The prince of Great Qin is now among the Qin army."

"He is also the leader of the farm family! We are actually farmers too."

"We can clearly see the appearance of Qin Jun today."

"The other party will not treat us badly!"

The others nodded, and another young man also said at this time,

"Yes, I have met farmers on Zhuangzi, and they are all very kind to us."

Others also nodded. Farmers have not just started doing these things recently. They have long been famous.

As for Xiang Yu's words during the day, they didn't pay attention.

It is good to have rewards and punishments, but as long as Xiang Yu rewards people close to him, you will know the credibility of this statement.

"Dad, when are we going to do it?"

The young defender asked at this time.

The corporal thought for a while and said,

"Now is not the time, we have too few people."

They were wall defenders, unlike the others.

There was no chance of pretending that the people had escaped.

We can only see if we can open the city gate directly, but if five people want to open the city gate directly, it is still impossible.

Just when a few people were thinking of a solution, suddenly a long voice sounded from the darkness next to them,

"How about adding us?"

Hearing the sound, the corps commander almost jumped up in shock, and without any hesitation, he took out his weapon!

If these words of theirs are spoken out, there will only be death!

But after they got up, they discovered to their despair that other people kept appearing in the darkness, and his body was also there!

The leader is the centurion!

Regardless of their strength and numbers, they cannot be opponents!

The commander looked at the faces of several people, smiled and said to his centurion,

"Boss, I just said that something was wrong with this old boy during the day."

"It seems we don't have to take action anymore."

Upon hearing this, the corps commander was stunned for a moment, quickly came to his senses, and said with a bit of surprise,

"Sir, you also..."

Shi Chang showed a smile at this time and said,

"What do you call me? Everyone is like this."

"If your boy hadn't admired that guy so much, we would have taken you with us!"

At this time, the team leader patted his boy and said,

"The boy is ignorant and has offended everyone!"

"Sir, when will we take action?"

The leading centurion showed his weapon and said,

"Tonight!"

The others immediately nodded fiercely!

At this time, the Qin army camped.

In Zhao Lang's camp, Meng Yi was happily reporting on the situation.

"Your Highness, this is what has happened these days."

Zhao Lang looked helpless when he heard this. Meng Yi would do this every night before going to bed.

"Meng Shengqing, don't worry, I won't run away."

Meng Yi only responded cheerfully, but he would never let go. Zhao Lang's last lesson was not long ago.

"Then your Highness, the Crown Prince, will rest first. I will take my leave."

Meng Yi was ready to stand up and leave.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, and both of them stood up extremely alert.

A Qin soldier hurriedly ran in and reported,

"General! The gates of Pengcheng are wide open! There are people fighting at the gates! There are also people shouting to welcome our army!"

Meng Yi and Zhao Lang couldn't help but glance at each other, but Zhao Lang said first,

"Send the order! March into Pengcheng!"

Qin Jun did not take the order immediately, but looked at Meng Yi.

Even though Zhao Lang is the prince, the commander of the Qin army is Meng Yi now!

Meng Yi took a slight breath at this time, and then said,

"The front army advances! The rear army marches forward!"

"Send the order! Destroy the Chu army tonight!"

(An) (To be continued)