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After dark, Xiang Yu was also very puzzled.
Originally, Xiang Yu thought that the battle on the south wall where the Qin army was in charge of attacking must be very tragic.
After all, in Xiang Yu's eyes, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is stronger than that of Han Xin's Qi army and Liu Bang's Han army.
In addition, Xiang Yu's hatred for Qin made him come over to take charge of the defense of the South Gate.
But on the first day today, after a day of fighting, the reality made Xiang Yu a little confused.
The fierceness of the Qin army can never be called fierce. The momentum before the attack was not small, but after the attack really started, the Qin army seemed very weak.
Typical 'thunder loud, rain little'.
After the first day of defending the city, the Chu army on the south gate had only suffered more than a hundred casualties.
The Qin army that attacked the city had about two to three hundred casualties. Such casualties were simply dispensable for the Qin and Chu armies.
"What kind of medicine is sold in Qin Jun's gourd?"
Xiang Yu couldn't figure it out.
Afterwards, Xiang Yu received battle reports from Xiang Liang and Zhong Limei from the east and west gates.
"The defenders of the East City Gate lost more than 650 people on the first day, of whom more than 150 were killed, more than [-] were injured, and at least [-] enemy soldiers were killed.
The West City Gate defenders lost more than 680 people on the first day, of which 600 were killed, more than 180 were injured, and almost [-] enemies were killed. "
"Well, not bad."
Xiang Yu nodded slightly after reading the battle report sent back by Xiang Liang and Zhong Limei. He was quite satisfied with such a record of defending the city.
The defenders of the city, after all, have the right time and place, and the casualties are much smaller than those of the siege.
If not, there would be too many soldiers from the Qi and Han armies besieging the city outside the city, especially their archers, who are counted in tens of thousands.
The Chu army guarding the city fought against the enemy's arrow rain throughout the city.
It can be said that more than 90.00% of the casualties of the Chu army on the first day were shot by archers from the Qi and Han armies.
"Is there any movement in Beicheng?"
Xiang Yu asked again.
The three armies of Qin, Han and Qi attacked the south, east, west, and three directions of Pengcheng respectively, and there was no single soldier in the north to attack the city.
The typical tactic of encircling three ques and one, but just in case, Xiang Yu arranged for general Yingbu to sit at the north gate in person.
"Go back to Your Majesty, everything in Beicheng is safe."
"Ah."
On January [-], the second day after the siege, the Qi and Han armies launched another fierce attack.
Both the Qi and Han armies attacking the city and the Chu army defending the city suffered heavy casualties.
As the sky darkened, another day of bloody battle ended.
The three armies retreated with gold, each went back to lick their own wounds, and waited for tomorrow's dawn before fighting again!
The three armies of Qin, Han, and Qi attacked Pengcheng for five consecutive days, but they did not go to the other side.
The offensives of the Qi army and the Han army on both sides have been very violent for five days. The Qi army even killed the city wall at one point, although they were finally driven down by the Chu army.
In just five days, the Qi army suffered 8000 casualties, and the Han army suffered more than [-] casualties.
But Pengcheng is as solid as gold.
As for the Qin army, the five-day siege resulted in less than 2000 casualties.
Even, on the fourth day, Xiang Yu really didn't want to stay at the south gate, so he simply transferred Xiang Liang to the south gate, and Xiang Yu personally sat at the east gate to respond to the Qi army.
However, although Qin Jun's offensive has always been weak.
But Xiang Yu didn't dare to be careless. There were a total of [-] Chu soldiers and [-] young adults at the south gate, and Xiang Yu never withdrew a single soldier from the beginning to the end.
The five-day high-intensity siege made the soldiers on both sides of the Qi army and the Han army a little overwhelmed.
Reluctantly, on January [-], the sixth day of the siege, Han Xin and Liu Bang had to stop the siege and let the soldiers rest for a day.
"Your Majesty, you can't fight like this. If you continue to fight like this, even if you take down Pengcheng, we will suffer heavy casualties."
On the side of the Qi army, there was a Qi general who couldn't stand such heavy casualties every day, and said to Han Xin.
In fact, Han Xin also disliked this way of attacking.
Han Xin was always resourceful in war, and he liked to win at the least cost.
During the five-day siege, Han Xin had been watching the city, and his face had long been not very good-looking.
However, Han Xin didn't think of a good way for a while, except for a strong attack.
Siege?No, that would be too long.
If the time really drags on for a month or two, Han Xin is worried that there will be cracks in the alliance of the three families of Qin, Han and Qi.
Once the alliance of the three of them is broken, they will not be able to completely destroy Xiang Yu.
When the time comes, keeping Xiang Yu alive will surely be a serious concern to him in the future.
Xu Feng's Qin State is far away from here, so he doesn't have to worry about the impact of Xiang Yu's survival.
But Han Xin and Liu Bang can't do it. If Han Xin wants to get the Huaibei land in Pengcheng, Xiang Yu must die.
Similarly, if Liu Bang wanted to get the land of Jiangdong in Huainan, Xiang Yu had to die.
As long as Xiang Yu is still alive, Han Xin and Liu Bang will never be able to completely control Pengcheng and Jiangdong.
In fact, Xiang Yu's influence in these two places is too great.
In the minds of Pengcheng people, Xiang Yu is a great hero. Of course, the heroes who came out of their family must fully support them.
In the eyes of Jiangdong people, Xiang Yu is the only hope to rebuild the Chu State and reproduce the grand occasion of the Chu State, so he is naturally loyal.
It was because of this that Han Xin was forced to use his least favorite tactics to storm a big city like Pengcheng.
But the results of the five days told him that such a strong attack was not advisable.
"Do you have any good ways to break the city as soon as possible?"
Han Xin asked the generals of his opponents.
"This……"
None of the generals in the Qi army had a good idea.
This is the case with the Qi army, and the same thing is happening with the Han army.
The current Pengcheng is just a stone in a latrine, which is smelly and hard, leaving the Qi and Han troops with more than 30 troops nowhere to attack.
"How about the casualties on the Qin army's side?"
At this time, Han Xin, besides wanting to conquer Pengcheng the most, also began to be wary of the Qin army.
Because, Han Xin knew that once he captured Pengcheng and digested several counties in Huaibei, he and Xu Feng would have a battle in the north.
At that time, whoever wins and loses will decide who is the Lord of the North.
In Han Xin's view, in this era, whoever becomes the lord of the north will be able to unify the world.
After all, in this era, most of China's major populous cities are concentrated in the upper and lower basins of the Yellow River.
There are not many cities in the south with a large population.
Therefore, at this time, Han Xin was not very wary of Liu Bang, and began to focus on Xu Feng's Qin army.
"My lord, our spies cannot get too close to the Qin army, and there are Qin army's scouts patrolling the periphery.
However, our scouts watched from a distance, and the Qin army's siege never stopped.
But compared to our side, it is definitely not as good. "
General Qi replied.
"We must break the city as soon as possible, and send someone to send the letter written by this article to the King of Han."
Immediately, Han Xin sent a letter to Liu Bang.
Han Xin told Liu Bang in the letter that our brothers are now on the same front, and we have to break through Pengcheng as soon as possible. You can't stay strong.
In addition, we also have to be wary of Qin Jun. Qin Jun is now different from what we think.
We have to send people to put pressure on Qin Jun, and we can't let Qin Jun steal and play tricks, keep our strength!
After Liu Bang received Han Xin's letter, he thought about it, and it was indeed the case.
Afterwards, Han Xin and Liu Bang sent envoys to get close to this side, and they wanted to stay in the Qin army to watch the Qin army fight.
Xu Feng sneered at this, and directly drove Rang away.
By the way, Xu Feng asked the Han envoy to bring a message back to Liu Bang that it was time to deliver the third batch of money and food.
If it is not delivered, I will withdraw my troops and stop attacking the city. If you don’t pay it, you can figure it out.
After Liu Bang received Xu Feng's reply, he cursed angrily.
Between the alliance of the Qin, Han and Qi families, the rift began to widen rapidly.
In the end, Liu Bang compromised and sent someone to send the third batch of money and grain, [-] gold and [-] shi grains, to the Qin Army camp.
Xu Feng counted the time and let the Qin army continue to attack the city before it was time to completely tear his face.
But whether it is Xu Feng, Han Xin, or Liu Bang, they all know very well at this moment that their covenant will not last long, and maybe at some point, they will tear their faces apart.
Therefore, Han Xin and Liu Bang also began to make some arrangements in secret.
On January 22, after the three coalition forces rested for two days, Xu Feng, Han Xin, and Liu Bang re-ordered to attack Pengcheng.
The siege continued until the end of January, and the Chu army in the city suffered a lot of casualties and gradually showed signs of being exhausted.
But on January [-]th, the three coalition forces continued to attack the city.
Suddenly, Xiang Yu led [-] Chu cavalry, rushed out from the west gate of Pengcheng, killed the attacking Han army by surprise, and the Han army retreated.
After this defeat, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties, the morale of the Han army plummeted, and the soldiers did not want to attack the city anymore.
Seeing this, Liu Bang was also shocked. The morale of the army has always been a big deal.
For this reason, Liu Bang had to order that the Han army stop attacking the city.
Liu Bang stopped attacking the city, so Xu Feng naturally stopped, and Han Xin had to stop afterwards.
"Haha, this king has already said that, their so-called three allies are nothing to worry about."
Xiang Yu couldn't help laughing when he saw that the three coalition forces gave up attacking the city again, and said to the generals.
Although the Chu army was in the city, although the casualties were not small, the morale of the Chu army was always high. After this victory, the morale of the Chu army was even higher.
"My lord, Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"
Han Xin was in the Qi army, looking at the cheering soldiers of the Chu army on the wall of Pengcheng, his expression was dignified.
In February of the seventh year of Qin II, the three coalition forces still surrounded Pengcheng, but they never attacked the city again.
Han Xin no longer had any hope of taking Pengcheng by force.
As for the siege, Han Xin never held out hope.
If he led the army himself, he would choose to besiege. ,
But now that the three of them have joined forces to besiege Pengcheng, it's like leaking everywhere.
Han Xin didn't believe in Liu Bang, let alone Xu Feng.
Subsequently, Han Xin began to plan ahead.
He sent an order to several Qi armies who were attacking Xue County and Langya County in the north and Donghai County in the east, telling them to speed up their offensive and capture these places as soon as possible.
Even, for this reason, Zhang Han, who has been sitting in Linzi City, quickly led the army south after receiving a letter from Han Xin.
In February, half of the time passed in the blink of an eye, and the three coalition forces never attacked Pengcheng again.
The situation was so weird that it lasted for more than half a month.
Xu Feng, Han Xin and Liu Bang, each with their own ghosts, are planning their own plans in private.
Chapter 198
198 The Qin Army All-out Attack