However, Xiang Yu's army pursued him fiercely and was so overwhelming that he surrendered general Peng Yue and was beheaded.
Liu Bang had no choice but to continue his retreat and dispersed with Wei Bao, Zhang Er and others to escape. Xiang Yu's army chased the Han army to Suishui River east of Lingbi City in present-day Su County, Anhui, and killed more than 100,000 Han troops.
Liu Bang and the remaining coalition forces of the princes were unable to escape. Countless people jumped into the Suishui River and drowned. The Suishui River was blocked and cut off. Because there were no boats to cross the river in a hurry, Liu Bang's entire army was captured.
Xiang Yu's army surrounded Liu Bang and his remnants on three levels. As they were gathering to annihilate them, a strong northwest wind suddenly struck, flying sand and rocks, uprooting trees and overturning houses. The sky was dark for a while, and the Chu army's camp was in chaos.
Liu Bang took advantage of this opportunity and escaped with only about 10 cavalry. However, he was soon chased by the Chu general Ding Gong. He kowtowed to Ding Gong and begged for mercy. After promising huge profits, Ding Gong let Liu Bang go and led the remaining defeated soldiers back to Linzi to defend.
Liu Bang's family was not so lucky. On the way to escape, he kicked his children. After that, except for Qi Ji, who was always with him, they were all captured by the Chu army and put in prison.
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After Li Feng received the secret report from the Falcon Dragon Guard, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
As a husband and father, Liu Bang's performance is worse than standing up in critical moments and risking his life to judge his food.
At this time, Lu Pheasant must have completely given up on Liu Bang, but Shen Shiqi and she became a pair of fateful mandarin ducks. No wonder Lu Pheasant kept cuckolding Liu Bang later, and even made Qi Ji a human piggy.
For a moment, Li Feng even wanted to ask the Falcon Dragon Guard to snatch Qi Ji over so that he could have a taste of the bending dance and earn some achievement points for himself.
But after thinking about it, I forgot about it. There are too many people around Liu Bang watching, and a hard grab will sacrifice a lot of dragon guards, which is not cost-effective.
Moreover, Qi Ji was exposed a little too much and had given birth to a child, which did not suit Li Feng's taste.
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The Battle of Pengcheng was Liu Bang's biggest defeat since he raised his army.
After this battle, all the princes and kings saw the power of the Chu army again, and they were all afraid of Xiang Yu.
King Bao of Wei saw that the Han army was gone, so he took advantage of his illness to visit his relatives and returned home, cut off Hejin, and rebelled against the Han and attached himself to Chu.
Zhang Er believed that Liu Bang had deceived him, so he used this opportunity to rebel against the Han and make peace with Chu.
When Xiao He learned that Liu Bang's army was defeated, he immediately mobilized the old, weak and young people in Qi to join the army and defend Linzi to prevent the Chu army from attacking. Zhou Bo, Guan Ying and others also led the remaining troops back to Linzi one after another. The Han army was able to recover and the overall situation was stabilized again.
After Xiang Yu defeated the 600,000-strong army with 30,000 troops, he originally wanted to annihilate Liu Bang's army in one fell swoop. However, due to his own serious damage, he had to stop advancing after regaining the lost territory and agreed to the peace requests of various princes.
This time, the princes from all walks of life were willing to offer horses, money and food in order to survive. The Chu army gained much more than they had expected. In addition to the ransom paid to the Qin army, more than half of it was left.
"Father, these people are really cheap, I can't do it without beating them." At the celebration banquet, Xiang Yu was in high spirits and had great martial arts skills. He felt proud that he couldn't express his excitement.
"The nature of these snobs is like this!" Fan Zeng sighed: "But in this way, our power to overthrow the Qin Dynasty has become much weaker. How will we fight against the Qin army in the future?"
"It doesn't matter, replace Yu Ji and Xiang Zhuang, and we will slowly deal with the Qin people."
"I hope so. Send someone to contact Han Xin, hand over the money with one hand, and hand over the person with the other."
"Well, let Zhong Limei go alone. He will be on good terms with Han Xin and will be able to successfully complete the mission."
"What are you going to do with Liu Bang's little family?"
"Lock it first and deal with it later..."
In Hangu Pass, Han Xin was overjoyed when he received Xiang Yu's reply: "The development of the matter is indeed as expected by your majesty. The six countries of Shandong and the Chu army were in a mess, but I, the Qin Dynasty, reaped the benefits."
Bai Zhan: "In this way, the day when we can fully regain the world is not far away."
Su Du smiled and said: "The Chu army was completely annihilated by me, but in turn, I beat the six Shandong countries until they cried for their fathers and mothers. Calculating this, doesn't it mean that I can easily wipe out the six Shandong countries?"
Han Xin: "That's exactly it."
Thinking about it, I’m a little excited!
So the three of them wrote to Li Feng overnight, asking for Li Feng's permission. After receiving Xiang Yu's things, they immediately organized a large army and went east to attack the various princes and reunify the world.
After seeing Han Xin's request for war, Li Feng immediately refused, saying that he would just accept Xiang Yu's supplies and postpone the dispatch of troops.
The two of them are in different positions and 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 a pleasure to attack cities and forts.
But from the perspective of Li Feng, the Emperor of Qin, he had many things to consider.
The most practical problem is that the current national strength does not allow it, there is no money, no food, and even not enough manpower.
Many people have no idea about war. I won’t talk about other things here. I will give a very simple example.
If 200,000 troops are sent out, each person needs to eat one kilogram of rice per day. According to the price of RMB in later generations, one kilogram of rice is about 2.5 yuan. Then the 200,000 troops will need at least 500,000 yuan to eat just one day. This does not include weapons and ammunition.
, military pay, horses, transportation costs, etc., in total, if the army goes out for more than a month, it will be an astronomical figure.
When the Chu and Han wars were over, the prices of food and daily necessities would only be more expensive in the 21st century.
Now after several large-scale defensive battles, coupled with military rewards, daily consumption, ordnance production, appeasing the people, restoring production and other expenses, the money and food accumulated in the Bashu land for many years have been used up.
In addition, the recently ordered construction of the Awarding Platform and the Tower of Heroes requires grandeur and tallness, and is also a hugely expensive project. This does not include the schools that are currently being built one after another.
The fourth edict issued by Li Feng to govern the country was to build schools in every county and village in Daqin and implement literacy campaigns.
But judging from the current progress, due to funding problems, even the counties near Xianyang are not fully covered. Thinking of this, Li Feng has a headache.
Although Guanzhong has a profound cultural background, it has been devastated by wars and the people's lives are very difficult. Li Feng really can't bear to put the pressure and cruelty of war on them.
What's more, if you don't have people's hearts attached to you, and you don't let others see the benefits, and you ask others to fight with you, even if you are forced to agree by force, if you don't say it with your mouth, you will already be confused in your heart.
At this stage, without accumulating a certain amount of capital, it is okay to fight a defensive battle, but if we want to take the initiative to attack, we really have more than enough ambition but not enough power.
Throughout the dynasties, when princes fought for hegemony, the leader's upper lip touched his lower lip, and that was it.
But in fact, it also depends on which class you sit in.
It's okay if you are a member of the lower class rebelling.
Just turn over the table and cut down everyone, go after the landowners and tycoons, grab money, food, and women, and then treat the people better again and re-divide the profit pie.