The Xingyang defenders shared the same enemy with Kai, whether they were Li Yuan's personal soldiers, Li's retainers, or county officials. Under the leadership of Li Yuan and Ying Yushu, the young men recruited finally gathered their strength and defeated the enemy.

Trust is given to their companions. In this battle, they must use their utmost efforts to defend this isolated city and their homeland.

The collapse of the Qin Empire was caused by problems among the decision-makers, and the continuous riots were the trigger. While the anti-Qin princes, large and small, raised the banner of justice, they were also destroying one after another.

In densely populated cities, more people are displaced and more people are coerced into joining the rebel forces.

Peasant uprisings, from ancient times to the present, starting from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang and ending with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, wherever the rebels went, cities were reduced to scorched earth and wealth was destroyed——.

This cyclical pattern of destruction, reconstruction, and destruction has been constantly performed and repeated throughout the long history of China's feudal dynasties. When a new dynasty is established, the history books will write down the turmoil in the last years of the previous dynasty. The so-called

A group of heroes, like the stars in the sky, save the people from fire and water. When the resistance is suppressed, words such as thugs and thieves will be described with great colors by writers and writers. As for the truth of the facts, people often have to dig deeper.

There is nothing more tragic than this for human nature. After all, there are too few officials who write history like Sima Qian.

Li Yuan didn't have time to think too much about how to record it in history books. As a modern man, he just felt that my fate was up to me. Of course, my husband, my own life, and my own path must be controlled by myself.

Li Yuan was fighting tirelessly, and there was another person on this battlefield who had the same idea as him - the thief Peng Yue.

Northwest of Xingyang, flank.

Peng Yue, who had been pushed to the back by Cao Shen, was also attacking the city, but his attack was almost negligible compared to Cao Shen. Opposite Peng Yue's army, the defensive force was only a thousand men, and Xingyang ordered Fan Jia to be a pen official.

If Peng Yue really went all out, this section of the city might not be able to be saved.

The results of a feint attack without any effort and a real fierce attack are completely different. Although Liu Bang did very covertly to win over the princes, how could Peng Yue not know about it? Now that Cao Shen has taken away the limelight of the main attack, this makes Peng Yue

Liu Bang's favorability dropped even further.

Peng Yue also began to understand that if Xingyang was captured and there were any spoils, all the credit would go to the generals of the Liu clan. It would be great if Peng Yue could get a sip of soup to drink.

After receiving Cao Shen's order for reinforcements, Peng Yue looked gloomy. Cao Shen was just a general under Liu Bang. Although he commanded more soldiers than Peng Yue, in terms of status, after all, those who work for others and those who are their own bosses are the same.

Not the same.

"But a mere jailer wants my brothers to die? Do you really think that I, Peng Yue, am a three-year-old?" Peng Yue's confidence has been declining since his first meeting with Li Yuan in Daliang. Every time

He felt that his judgment was accurate, but the results were often disappointing.

This time, the same decision was faced again.

Cheng Heng, who seemed to be in danger, hid some terrible traps. As long as Li Yuan was still there, there was still the fluttering flag with the word "Li" and the sound of the passionate war drums. Peng Yue felt anxious and uneasy.

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"Forget it, I don't have the same experience as Li Xiaothief."

After unwillingly looking up at the fiercely fighting Cheng Heng, Peng Yue decided to give up. No matter how good Xingyang City was, to him, it was just the moon in the mirror. Since he was nostalgic for Xingyang, he would stay in Liu Bang's camp.

There was no need anymore. Peng Yue saw clearly Liu Bang's actions of annexing dissidents. Instead of being annexed by Liu Bang, it was better to take the opportunity to leave now. The war was still in a stalemate, and it was impossible for Liu Bang to send troops to pursue him at this time.

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North of Xingyang, Liu Bang's camp.

The Marquis of Wu'an, Liu Bang, paced back and forth impatiently, and every once in a while he sent out soldiers to inquire about the battle ahead. If it weren't for the snow outside and the cold weather, which made it difficult to drive by car, Liu Bang would have loved to go to the battlefield in person to boost morale and command.

Siege the city.

"Why hasn't Ah Shen taken the city head yet? It's been two hours?" Liu Bang trusted Cao Shen's ability. Ever since he raised his troops in Peixian County, Cao Shen had been the first to kill Liu Bang's generals and seize the flag, commanding him.

There is no doubt about his combat capability.

"Don't be anxious, Mr. Pei. With the help of Guan Ying, Marquis Jiancheng's troops should enter the city at this time." Lu Wan, Liu Bang's close friend, advised him in the tent.

Lu Wan had just escorted grain and fodder from Sishui County. He was not very clear about the current situation of Baima and Xingyang war. In his opinion, with Cao Shen and Guan Ying rushing to kill Xingyang city, which was empty and civil strife broke out, destroying the city would not be enough.

It's an easy matter. Even if the Qin general on the opposite side is more powerful, he will still end up like Li You in Yongqiu.

"Urgent report, Mr. Juye led his troops to leave the battlefield and retreat to Daze!" Lu Wan had just finished speaking when a soldier who reported the news stumbled in.

"What? Peng Yue ran away, what is he going to do?" Liu Bang was furious. He spent more time on Peng Yue than any other princes, for no other reason than to take a fancy to Peng Yue in the Daze area.

Influence, this swamp-connected area is the most advantageous main battlefield and base for Peng Yue's bandit army. No matter who wants to occupy Wei, they must first ask Peng Yue if he agrees.

Becoming friendly with Peng Yue was Liu Bang's military strategy that he had determined early on, but he did not want to fall out because of the attack on Xingyang this time. Liu Bang felt aggrieved just thinking about it.

"It's all because of Thief Li. When he enters the city, I will cut off Thief Li's head and use it as a night pot!" More than once, Liu Bang cursed and swore an oath. This shows that the resentment Li Yuan planted in his heart was

How strong.

"Pei Gong, Peng Yue left the battlefield without authorization, and our army's flanks were exposed. The army has been unable to attack the city for a long time. It is better to retreat first and reorganize the army and horses before attacking the city." Zhongjuan Zhou Bo waited for Liu Bang to vent his anger and hurried forward.

Remonstration. Being familiar with military affairs, he was more worried that the weakness of the flanks would be exploited by the Qin army. If a new force emerged from the city and blocked Cao Shen's retreat, the situation would be very bad.

"What Zhou Zhongjuan said is exactly what Zhou Zhongjuan said. Our army has been fighting for a long time and the soldiers are exhausted. However, the morale in the city is high. This battle has been successful!" Li Shang also followed Zhou Bo's advice.

Li Shang disapproved of this military operation to forcibly attack the city. In his opinion, Liu Bang only saw the lack of troops in the city, but did not take into account the climate change and the difficulty of attacking Xingyang.
Chapter completed!