Pengcheng, the camp of the Chu army.

Xiang Yu was listening to the spies report,

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

"Outside Longju, Yingbu has no messenger to break through, I'm afraid..."

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

The Chu army outside, without Pengcheng as a fulcrum, might not last long.

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

"Explore again, send people to pretend to be ordinary people, go out from the city gate that Qin Jun let go, and must get in touch with Long Ju and Yingbu!"

The spies left immediately.

After the spies left, Xiang Yu only felt a deep worry, and asked involuntarily,

"Ya father..."

As soon as he said it, Xiang Yu stopped.

Fan Zeng is currently being held in prison by him.

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

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

When they followed their uncle and father, Xiang Liang, they sometimes faced bad situations.

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

It was he and his uncle who led the soldiers to fight.

But now, he could feel that there was an invisible net around Chu Jun, tightly enveloping them.

Then push them back little by little.

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

Xiang Yu breathed out at this time, hesitated for a while, and then prepared to walk towards the place where Fan Zeng was imprisoned.

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

At this moment, a figure hurried in and shouted repeatedly,

"Yu'er, Yu'er!"

Seeing the person coming, Xiang Yu immediately replied,

"Little uncle, why are you in such a hurry?"

The person who came was naturally Xiang Bo, who was originally placed behind the city by Xiang Yu, but when the other party was transporting food and grass, he was trapped here.

Uncle Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, then said anxiously,

"Yu'er, there is not much food and grass in the city, only enough for half a month, you need to prepare early!"

Xiang Yu froze for a moment, and said,

"how so?"

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

But there should be more in the future.

Xiang Bo smiled wryly at this moment,

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

"As early as more than half a month ago, no military rations entered Pengcheng!"

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

He did remember that the spies reported it back then.

It's just that there was enough food and grass at that time, so he didn't care.

But I didn't expect that such a problem would appear now!

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

Looking at Xiang Yu's expression, Xiang Bo on the side felt some small thoughts in his heart again.

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

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

Gritting his teeth, Xiang Bo said,

"Yu'er, little uncle wants to tell you something."

Xiang Yu nodded, and replied very patiently,

"Uncle, but it doesn't matter."

Now Xiang Bo 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 soldier hurried over and told,

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

"How to deal with it?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu's face turned cold, and he said without the slightest hesitation,

"At such a time, if you dare to shake the morale of the army and betray the king, you don't have to tolerate it!"

"Drag to the top of the city and behead it for public display!"

Xiang Yu thought that there was no problem with this disposal.

No matter which army it is, deserters will be executed.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Chu Jun took the order to leave, Xiang Yu turned his head, looked at Uncle Xiang again, and said,

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

At this time, Uncle Xiang was staring blankly at Chu Jun who was leaving. He only came back to his senses when he heard what Xiang Yu said.

"Ah? Ah!"

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

"Ah! By the way! Yuer, you see that you have lost weight these days, uncle just wants you to pay attention to your body."

Hearing Uncle Xiang's caring words, Xiang Yu couldn't help being moved. Now, probably only the little uncle cares about him, so he replied,

"Uncle, don't worry, nothing happened to your nephew."

After comforting Xiang Bo, Xiang Yu quickly said,

"Uncle, get ready for these two days, we are going to break through."

"Go back to Wuzhong and regroup!"

Of course he himself understands that in the case of insufficient food and grass, the only way to go is to break through.

Wuzhong is Xiang's lair, where there are still a lot of food, grass and weapons.

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 finishing speaking, 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 faces escorted a group of Chu troops wearing common people's clothes to the top of the city.

All the Chu troops around couldn't help looking over.

They naturally understood what was happening.

A Chu soldier said loudly,

"Defector! Die!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand fiercely.

The other Chu soldiers swung their swords without hesitation!

All of a sudden, people's heads rolled on the city wall.

Seeing this scene, all the Chu soldiers felt a little relieved.

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

"Defectors in this battle will die! And their families will be affected!"

"Whoever obeys orders will be rewarded!"

"Yu Ziqi, if you sit in the rear, you will be rewarded and given a title!"

Xiang Yu rode his horse and said loudly.

At this time, absolute authority must be established!

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

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

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

This is the degree of reward and punishment!

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

"Overlord wise!"

The morale was a bit sluggish just now, but it rose almost immediately!

Xiang Yu nodded and left satisfied.

In the army, he is invincible!

It's just that Xiang Yu didn't see it, but the defenders on the city wall looked puzzled.

They stood high on the city wall these days, and they could see the camp of the Qin army.

Others actually eat three meals a day now!

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

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

There are pieces of light-colored curtains, which are very conspicuous.

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

However, the Chu army did not have a single seriously injured soldier.

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

Now, watching his former companion be beheaded by his own people, even if it was because of escaping.

They also have some empathy in their hearts.

After the law enforcement Chu army left with the corpse, everyone began to clean the city wall in silence.

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

In the silence, a young defender said to his corporal leader,

"Father, why did they..."

Wu Zhang glared at the other party and said,

"Call Wuchang!"

The young defender curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said,

"Captain, why are they running away?"

"It's too timid."

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

The corporal looked around. They were the only people in this section of the city wall.

Then he replied,

"Aren't they helpless? Anyway, staying here is dead! No one can save you if you are injured."

"Either he died in the hands of Qin Jun, or he died in the hands of his own people."

"If you can run back by luck, you can still save your life."

"Now the family has a few acres of land, but they can survive. Do you think you can run away?"

When he said this, Wu Zhang looked closely at his brothers, with a nervous expression on his face.

Hearing the corporal leader's words, the other defenders realized something no matter how dull they were.

In an instant, the whole air was quiet, only the sound of other teams washing the city wall remained.

The young defender was even more stunned. He didn't expect that his own words would cause such a situation!

What they say now can be big or small.

If someone informs, both father and son may not survive!

Just when the tight string of everyone was about to break, a voice sounded from the side,

"What are you doing there? Hurry up and clean this place!"

The corporal leader came back to his senses at this time, turned his head and saw that it was his boss, and immediately replied,

"Got it, boss!"

"What are you doing in a daze!? Hurry up and get to work!"

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

It's just that Wu Zhang didn't realize that Shi Chang looked at him with something 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.

In the entire camp of the Qin army, even if it was fighting, there was a sense of vitality.

Soon, night fell.

The corporal began to arrange the night watch.

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

At this time, Wu Zhang said calmly.

The others all looked at each other nervously, and said something, just after today's words.

They dared to let the other party be on duty alone, so it would be strange if they could sleep!

After a long time, another young man whispered,

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

"We all listen to you!"

Hearing this, Wu Zhang's eyes lit up,

"really!?"

The others nodded quickly.

At this moment, the corporal took a deep breath and said,

"I want to vote for the Qin army!"

Gudong.

Even though they already had guesses in their hearts, the others couldn't help swallowing slightly!

Having already said the words, the corporal leader continued to say at this time,

"I found out clearly that the prince of Daqin is now in the Qin army."

"He's also the head of the farm! We're farmers too."

"We can see Qin Jun's appearance clearly this day."

"The other party will not treat us badly!"

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

"That's right, I've seen farmers on Zhuangzi, and they are very kind to us."

The others also nodded. The farm family didn't just start doing these things recently, they have long been famous.

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

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

"Father, when shall we do it?"

The young defender asked at this time.

Wu Zhang thought for a while and said,

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

They are the defenders of the wall, unlike the others.

There is no chance for the pretending people to escape.

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

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

"How about adding us?"

Hearing the sound, the corporal leader jumped up almost in shock, and took out his weapon without any hesitation!

If these words of theirs are spoken out, there is only one dead end!

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

The leader is the centurion!

No matter whether it is force or quantity, they cannot be opponents!

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

"Boss, I just said that this old boy has been out of order for a long time during the day."

"It seems that we don't need to do it."

Hearing this, Wu Zhang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses, and said with a bit of surprise,

"It's so long, you also..."

Shichang smiled at this time and said,

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

"If your kid hadn't admired that one so much, we would have taken you along!"

At this time, the corporal patted his boy and said,

"The boy is ignorant, offending everyone!"

"Excuse me, when shall we do it?"

The leading centurion lit up his weapon and said,

"Just tonight!"

The others nodded fiercely immediately!

At this time, the Qin Army camp.

In Zhao Lang's tent, Meng Yi was happily reporting the situation,

"His Royal Highness, this is the situation these days."

Zhao Lang was helpless when he heard that, Meng Yi would do this every night before going to bed,

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

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

"Then His Royal Highness will rest first, and the old minister will leave."

Meng Yi was about to get up and leave.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and both of them stood up very vigilantly~lightnovelpub.net~ A Qin Jun hurried in and told,

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

Both Meng Yi and Zhao Lang couldn't help but glanced at each other, it was Zhao Lang who said first,

"Command! Enter Pengcheng!"

Qin Jun didn't take the order immediately, but looked at Meng Yi.

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

Meng Yi exhaled slightly at this time, and then said,

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

"Decree! Destroy the Chu army, just tonight!"

(Ann) (to be continued)

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