Time goes by day and doesn't end just because one party isn't ready.

In the blink of an eye, it came to October of the first year of the Han Dynasty.

After this month, it is the beginning of the new year.

However, during this period, there is not such a lively Spring Festival.

The surplus food in the people's homes is not allowed, and it doesn't seem to mean so much to them.

It's nothing more than yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

It's all a day, so why bother?

The Hanchu controversy has now entered a new stage.

Pengcheng!

At this moment, no one can be happy.

More than 300,000, nearly 400,000 troops gathered here.

The number of troops has long exceeded the number of Pengcheng itself.

And with so many soldiers and civilians, every day is a huge drain.

What made them even more desperate was that since the beginning of the war, the Chu army did not seem to have received a single piece of good news.

The first to receive it was that more than half of Jibei County was lost, and the county magistrate surrendered to the Han State.

Then the Han army divided its troops and sent Linzi County and Jiaodong County with a large number of surrendered Chu soldiers from Jibei County.

By mid-September, the two counties had also been lost.

Then, on the premise that the troops were transferred, Han Xin actually requisitioned more than 100,000 troops on the spot, although the speed was a little slower, but the process of occupying Surabaya County was extremely uncomfortable.

There was almost no decent resistance everywhere, and the Han army had not even come under the city walls, and the soldiers and civilians of the Chu State in the city were waiting for the Han army to come and receive them.

And the biggest heroes here are Wu Yi and others.

These vassals from the state of Chu acted as the forerunners of the Han army, constantly contacting the officials of various counties, coercion and temptation, or other methods.

Anyway, these fooled officials have lost the heart to resist.

It's completely helpless, and I can't bear it at all.

Most importantly, there were no soldiers in the city.

Most of the soldiers were taken to Pengcheng, and the rest were transferred to the west, leaving behind only a lack of the number of old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Wu Xinjun, Peixian has lost ......"

"Zhuyi has also lost ......"

"There are also Xiangxian and Dangxian ......"

"A report came from the rear, and a large number of signs of Han army scout activities were found near Xiapi......"

"Uncle, I can't wait like this......" Xiang Yu said anxiously.

"Don't mess with yourself!" Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Yu, hurriedly reassured, and then looked at Xiang Liang again, and said: "Today's urgency, we should ensure that we do not lose our chances, and at the same time order Donghai County to recruit troops to resist the Han army, forcing it not to attack with all its strength, at least to keep Donghai County, once Donghai County is also lost, then we will completely lose the opportunity to continue fighting." ”

"Father, we watched the Han army capture one city after another of us, but there was little desperate resistance in various places, the reason is that we gathered all the main forces in Pengcheng, but the main force has not been able to collide with the main force of the Han army, the Han army is taking advantage of our emptiness to attack all over the place, if we don't fight, our grain and grass will be exhausted!" Xiang Yu said angrily.

This battle was fought very aggrieved, not ordinary aggrieved.

The state of Chu lost a large number of counties in the blink of an eye, but the Han army did not pay any price for it, how could he not be aggrieved?

And the offensive of the Han army also had a huge impact on the Chu army assembled in Pengcheng.

Since it was the army that was assembled first, the grain and grass were brought in later.

The faster and closer ones brought the grain and grass, but the farther ones were not so lucky.

Most of them only transported the first batch of homes and then disappeared, and the grain and grass behind them were naturally gone.

Surabaya County has transported a little more because of Han Xin's strategy, but how much more?

There are nearly 400,000 troops and more than 200,000 people.

600,000 mouths are waiting to eat, and the granary that was originally piled up like a mountain can now see the bottom.

"Is it possible to go out and fight to solve the problem at hand? Do you know that the Han army is waiting for us to go out now, otherwise, why did the main force of the Han army in the middle of the road, on the premise of having more than 300,000 people, only advance less than 200 miles in two months? ”

"The Han army is playing with us in Yangmou, he is not afraid that we will see through their strategic intentions, but he is afraid that we will sit too steadily!" Fan Zeng hated iron a little.

"Afraid we're sitting too steady? What does it mean? Xiang Yu was a little stunned.

He's not stupid either, though in some ways it's not as good as it could be.

But the problem is that Xiang Yu knows very well that according to the current situation, if the Chu army does not fight, the scope of control will be further reduced.

This means that they will have less and less food and grass.

Now it is relying on inventory and supplying it around Pengcheng.

If there is no outside supplement, how long can these people carry it?

If they don't fight, they may not be defeated, but when the food and grass are exhausted, it is impossible for them to even want to fight.

And if you fight, there is still a glimmer of life, what if you can break through the encirclement of the Han army?

What if we can defeat the main force of the Han army?

What if we can turn defeat into victory?

For Xiang Yu, if you don't fight, you are waiting for death, and if you do, everything is possible.

"You're right, but have you taken into account how many of the nearly 400,000 troops in Pengcheng are native to Pengcheng? It seems not an exaggeration to say that the hometown of the 300,000-strong army has become the land of the Han Dynasty, right? These people are now demoralized, that is, relying on the city to defend, the old man is still worried that they have no will to fight, and pull out to fight a decisive battle with the Han army who are good at field warfare, what do you think are the chances of winning? Fan Zeng asked directly.

Fan Zeng's words made many people stunned, even if they didn't understand it before, they suddenly remembered this question now.

The Chu army has nearly 400,000 people, and no matter how much it is mobilized, including Donghai County, there are less than 600,000 soldiers that can be recruited when it is fully counted.

And this is already a bankrupt fight, and it is also the most ideal situation, and the reality is absolutely impossible to have such a smooth situation.

The Han army rarely attacked the city, and most of the time, they preferred to capture the city by surprise, cutting off the grain route, and encircling.

prefers the tactics of encircling points to weaken the strength of the enemy army, and increases the defensive pressure in the city through public opinion, which eventually leads to the collapse of the defenders.

And how many people were there in the Han army?

The Middle Route Army was personally commanded by the King of Han, commanding nearly 350,000 troops, and these 350,000 were gathered all the elites of the Han army, and the Han army was the most capable of fighting here.

The Northern Route Army was the Han army that changed from the surrender of the 150,000 Qin army led by Wang Li (after the transfer of 50,000 in the middle route), and Wang Li recruited another 100,000 surrendered troops, so there are now 250,000 people.

The Southern Route Army is not famous, but after the main force was transferred, it was surprising to take Han Xin in the entire Surabaya County peacefully, and now, Han Xin recruited and surrendered troops by himself, and his strength has reached 200,000 people.

Even if there are only 100,000 people who can be used to go north, how many people are there in the Han army?

700,000 people!

Nothing more, no less!

There are more people than you, soldiers are better than you, food and grass are more abundant than yours, the territory is bigger than yours, and the strategy is more superb than yours.

Beat!

It is the field battle that the Han army is best at.

Don't fight!

The Han army surrounds you, cutting you off food and grass, and you have no strength to fight.

The most important thing is that as the Han army occupied more and more land, the policy gradually began to be implemented, although the Chu army strictly controlled these news, but it still spread in private, which also directly led to an irreversible depression in the morale of the Chu army.

So, Xiang Yu couldn't stand it anymore.

"It's not fighting, it's not fighting, so what are we gathered here for? Waiting to be trapped to death by the king? ”