Chapter 610: Besieged on Four Sides

Not long ago, the Chu army camped.

In the Chinese army camp, Xiang Yu discussed with Long Ju with an extremely ugly face.

"What are the casualties and losses of our troops?"

He couldn't even describe this battle in terms of casualties, because there were basically no casualties.

This was also the first time he encountered that after hundreds of thousands of troops fought, there were no corpses on the battlefield.

Because the vast majority of the Chu troops who were temporarily forcibly recruited surrendered!

This is simply unheard of and a disgrace!

After hearing the question, Long Ju also replied with a dejected look,

"Your Majesty, Yu Ziqi and Zhongli Mei have reported that we have lost more than half of our 40,000-strong front army in this battle."

Most of the people lost this time were the Chu troops that the two men had temporarily recruited.

Their minds were not firm to begin with.

It was originally meant to be consumed, but who knew that the Qin army would be so cunning that they would directly persuade them to surrender during the battle!

This has never happened before.

It actually worked!

Xiang Yu was already numb at this time. He now removed the tens of thousands of core elites who had followed him back from the Battle of Pengcheng.

The others were nearly 100,000 peasants recruited by Yu Ziqi and Zhongli Mei.

But now, they have directly lost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan!

Such losses, if they were purely battle losses, would not be unacceptable to Xiang Yu.

Because generally speaking, he can rely on such losses to cause equal or even more damage to the enemy!

However, now they have lost so many people, and the Qin army has gained so many people!

As one goes and the other goes, the strength has changed, not to mention the support of people!

But he couldn't think of a way to deal with it. He could only ask his direct descendants to attack early tomorrow morning!

After the two sides fight, let other Chu troops make up the place!

"Okay, I know, you can go down first."

"By the way, tell Yu Ziqi and Zhongli Mei to take good care of their soldiers."

The two men were stationed in a camp outside the city as a flank.

Long Zhu nodded with a heavy expression and then left.

After the other party left, Xiang Yu returned to his tent with some dejection.

Yu Ji began to take care of him as always.

Feeling Yu Ji's gentleness, Xiang Yu sighed heavily and said,

"Yu Ji, how do you think those untouchables dare to disobey the king?"

He still couldn't figure out how those people dared to do such a thing on the battlefield!

Yu Ji was startled for a moment, but she didn't know what happened yet. She just heard that Xiang Yu had been defeated for a while.

So he smiled and said,

"People are always ignorant, they must be deceived."

"Your Majesty, just let them know your majesty."

The ignorance of the common people is a common understanding shared by almost all nobles.

After all, the other party is short-sighted and illiterate in writing.

Even the nobles of Great Qin thought so.

This was also the ruling strategy of most kings since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.

It's just that there is such a weirdo as Zhao Lang.

Hearing this, Xiang Yu nodded in agreement and said fiercely,

"That's right, you just have to coerce them! Only then can they be driven by them honestly!"

"Come here, send an order to those Yu Ziqi and Zhongli Mei. Those untouchables are not allowed to distribute food tonight!"

Eat less, and these people will have no other thoughts.

As long as some food is provided tomorrow morning, the battle will not be delayed.

Normally, the army only eats one or two meals, only in times of war, in order to maintain physical strength.

Depending on the time of the battle, two to three meals are guaranteed.

In any case, it is better to have a decision than to be confused and have no direction, and Xiang Yu's mood is slightly lifted.

Under Yu Ji's service, she slowly relaxed.

Soon, messengers went to the camps on both sides to deliver the news.

In Yu Ziqi's camp, the Chu troops were gathering together listlessly.

They were a little regretful that they didn't run away.

They didn't want to work for Xiang Yu in the first place, they were just forced to do so.

When they were captured, there was almost no resistance in front of the Chu army.

A slightly younger Chu Jun whispered to the Chu Jun next to him,

"Brother, what should we do tomorrow?"

"If my parents are there, we can't really do anything."

With today's lesson, even their soldiers want to learn it, and the generals will not let what happened today happen again.

I'm afraid there will be more of those supervising teams.

The brother on the side sighed slightly when he heard this. In fact, he had nothing to do.

No different than when they were on the battlefield, everyone felt warm and followed the others without any problem.

Just when he was about to say something, their centurion suddenly came over and said with a bit of indifference,

"Our army did not fight well today, and there is no meal for the evening!"

After saying that, he left silently.

After hearing this, the morale of the Chu troops, who were already tired and hungry, suddenly became even lower.

But no one resisted, and they were treated like this usually.

When there is no military operation, one meal a day is common.

Anyway, just don’t move much in the camp.

The entire camp entered the dark night in this lifeless atmosphere.

They have resigned themselves to their fate and are just waiting to go to the battlefield tomorrow, where they will either be killed by the Qin army or by the Chu army's supervising team.

The two brothers were the same, waiting numbly for dawn.

At this moment, Chu Jun, the younger brother, seemed to hear something, climbed up and said to his brother,

"Brother, listen."

"It seemed like there was singing and laughter."

My brother also noticed the movement outside at this time.

He stood up and looked outside, and saw piles of bonfires burning in the direction of the Qin army.

Those familiar songs and cheerful laughter came from there.

Seeing this scene, the two brothers couldn't help but glance at each other, their eyes reflecting the light of the bonfire.

They can endure the darkness if they have never seen the light.

But now, the light is just around the corner.

As an elder brother, Chu Jun hid himself and glanced around, then looked at the night, took a deep breath, and whispered,

"Brother, do you dare to come with me?"

The younger brother's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately.

The two waited for it to get dark and moved towards the edge of the camp without any hesitation.

There is a wooden fence surrounding the camp. It is not buried deep, but it is easy to loosen.

Just as the two brothers were about to take action, suddenly, a figure appeared in front of them. It was a Chu soldier.

The two brothers quickly took up arms, because as long as the other party spoke out, if they were discovered, they would be dead!

But before they took action, the Chu soldier said,

"Can you take me with you?"

The brothers were stunned for a moment, then nodded.

The three of them worked together and soon a hole was loosened in the wooden exhibition. As long as they passed through, they would be outside the camp!

As the younger brother, Chu Jun was the first to get in, but the hole seemed a bit smaller.

The younger brother was stuck in the middle,

"Push me over!"

The younger brother said regardless at this time.

All he could see now were the bonfires.

My brother and another person gave me a cruel push, and suddenly, there was a muffled sound in the night sky.

The wooden fence in front of him suddenly fell down, but fortunately his brother escaped in time.

Looking at the smooth road in front of them, several people stood up in confusion, wondering what was going on.

They didn't dig too big a place.

But they saw dark shadows like them standing next to this large section of wooden fence.

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and my brother woke up the quickest and said,

"run!"

In an instant, countless black shadows ran towards the Qin army from the Chu army camp.

At this time, the night was already deep.

In the camp at Gaixia, Xiang Yu suddenly woke up, sat up and asked,

"what sound!"

Yu Ji on the side also woke up, but she looked confused.

Xiang Yu arrived directly outside the camp at this time and heard the sound of Chu songs coming from all directions.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the camp, and soon Long Ju came over and reported back,

"Your Majesty, there are nine out of ten sergeants from Yu Ziqi and Zhong Limei who defected at night!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu couldn't help but stand on the spot.