Chapter 46: The Battle of Pengcheng

But Xiang Yu's army pursued fiercely, and he was unstoppable, and the general Peng Yue was beheaded.

Liu Bang had to continue to retreat, and Wei Bao, Zhang Er and others scattered and fled, Xiang Yujun chased the Han army to the east of Lingbi City, Suxian County, Anhui Province, and killed more than 100,000 Han troops.

Liu Bang and the remaining princes' coalition army could not escape, jumped into the water and drowned countless people, the water was blocked and cut off, because there was no boat to cross the river in a hurry, Liu Bang's whole army was arrested.

Xiang Yu's army surrounded Liu Bang and his remnants on three floors, and when they were gathering and annihilating, suddenly a strong northwest wind struck, flying sand and rocks, trees were uprooted, houses were overturned, and the sky was dark for a while, and the Chu army camp was chaotic.

Liu Bang took this opportunity to break through with only more than 10 cavalry and fled, but was soon chased by the Chu general Ding Gong, kowtowed to Ding Gong and begged for mercy.

And Liu Bang's family was not so lucky, on the way to escape, he kicked off his children, and then, except for Qi Ji, who he had been taking with him, all of them were captured by the Chu army and imprisoned.

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After Li Feng received the secret report from the Falcon Dragon Guard, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

As a husband and father, Liu Bang's performance is not as good as standing up at a critical moment and fighting for his life.

At this moment, Lu Pheasant should be completely dead to Liu Bang, and judging him and her have become a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, no wonder Lu Pheasant continued to cuckold Liu Bang later, and he also made Qi Ji an adult.

For a moment, Li Feng even wanted to ask the Falcon Dragon Guard to snatch Qi Ji over, and he also tasted the taste of this waist bending dance, and by the way, he satisfied some of his own achievement points.

But forget it after thinking about it, now there are too many people around Liu Bang staring, and a hard robbery will sacrifice a lot of dragon guards, which is not cost-effective.

And Qi Ji has been exposed a little too much, and she has also given birth to children, which is not quite in line with Li Feng's taste.

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The Battle of Pengcheng was the biggest defeat for Liu Bang since he started his army.

After this battle, the princes and kings re-saw the strength of the Chu army, and they were all afraid of Xiang Yu.

Seeing that the general trend of the Han army had gone, Wei Wangbao returned to China under the pretext of visiting his relatives, cut off Hejin, and opposed the Han and attached to Chu.

Zhang Er thought that Liu Bang had deceived him, and he also used this to oppose Han and make peace with Chu.

Xiao He learned of the defeat of Liu Bang's army, and immediately mobilized the old and weak and young people to join the army, and defended Linzi to prevent the Chu army from attacking.

After Xiang Yu defeated the 600,000 army with an army of 30,000, he wanted to annihilate Liu Bang's army in one fell swoop, but because he was also seriously damaged, he had to stop advancing after recovering the lost territory and agreed to the peace of the princes.

This time, the princes from all walks of life were willing to offer horses, money and food, just to survive, and the Chu army received a huge amount of money far more than previously expected, in addition to the ransom paid to the Qin army, there was also a large part of the balance.

"Father, these people are really cheap bones, they can't do it if they don't fight." At the celebration banquet, Xiang Yu was elated, and his martial arts were not enough to express his excitement.

"These snobs are like this!" Fan Zeng sighed: "It's just that in this way, our power to overthrow the tyrannical Qin is much weaker, how can we fight against the Qin army in the future." ”

"It's okay, exchange Yu Ji and Xiang Zhuang back, and we'll slowly clean up the Qin people."

"I hope so, send someone to contact Han Xin, pay the money with one hand, and hand over the person with the other."

"Well, let Zhong Lifu go, he is good friends with Han Xin, and he will definitely be able to complete the task successfully."

"What are you going to do with Liu Bang's family?"

"Shut it up first, and then deal with it..."

In Hangu Pass, Han Xin received Xiang Yu's reply and was overjoyed: "The development of things is really as expected by Your Majesty, the six countries of Shandong and the Chu army have become a mess, but I, Daqin, have reaped the benefits." ”

Bai Zhan: "In this way, the day when we will fully recover the world is not far off." ”

Su Du said with a smile: "The Chu army was wiped out by the whole army that he beaten, but in turn he beat the six countries of Shandong to the point of crying father and mother, in this way, doesn't it mean that he can easily clean up the six countries of Shandong." ”

Han Xin: "Exactly. ”

Come to think of it, it's a little exciting!

So the three of them wrote overnight, asking Li Feng for permission, and after receiving Xiang Yu's things, they immediately organized a large army to go east to crusade against the princes of all walks of life and re-unify the world.

Seeing Han Xin's letter of request, Li Feng immediately refused, just accept Xiang Yu's supplies, and postpone the dispatch of troops.

The two of them are in different positions, and they naturally think of different things.

From the perspective of a war fanatic like Han Xin, it is natural to fight every day, and it is cool to attack the city and pull out the village.

But from the perspective of Li Feng, the Great Qin Emperor, he has a lot to consider.

The most realistic problem is that the current national strength does not allow it, there is no money, no food, and even manpower.

Many people don't have a concept of war, so I won't talk about anything else here, just a very simple example.

If 200,000 troops are dispatched, each person needs to eat one pound of rice per day, according to the price of RMB in later generations, a pound of rice is about 2.5 yuan, and the 200,000 troops will need at least 500,000 yuan a day to eat.

In the 21st century, the price of food and daily necessities will only be more expensive.

Now, after several large-scale defensive battles, plus military rewards, daily consumption, ordnance production, pacification of the people, resumption of production and other expenses, the money and grain accumulated in the land of Bashu for many years have been exhausted.

In addition, the recently ordered to be built the Fengyun Terrace and the Heroic Pagoda are required to be magnificent and tall, and it is also a huge cost project, which is not even the school that is being built one after another.

At the beginning, Li Feng promulgated the fourth edict of governing the country to build schools in every county and village in Daqin and implement a literacy campaign.

But judging from the current progress, because of financial problems, even the counties near Xianyang have not been paved, and thinking of this, Li Feng has a headache.

Although Guanzhong has a profound heritage, after several wars, the people's lives are also very difficult, and Li Feng really can't bear to put the pressure and cruelty of war on them.

What's more, the people's hearts are not attached, and they don't let the family see the benefits, so they want others to work hard with you, even if you are forced to agree, if you don't say it, your heart will already be grassy.

At this stage, without accumulating a certain amount of capital, it is okay to fight a defensive war, but to take the initiative to attack, it is really more than enough and not enough.

In all dynasties, the princes competed for hegemony, and as soon as the leader's upper lip touched his lower lip, it was done.

But actually, it also depends on which class you sit in.

If you yourself are a rebellion of the people at the bottom, it's okay to say.

Flip the table and cut down everyone, directly take the landlords and local tyrants, grab money, grab food and women, and then be kind to the people again, and redivide the interest cake.