In order to break through Xianyang City as soon as possible and send troops to rescue the upper county city, Fusu ordered his soldiers to step up the attack. Under the command of Han Xin and Meng Tian, ​​60,000 troops divided into two waves to attack the city in turn, but the Qin army defending the city was completely

With a desperate fighting style, they often completely exposed themselves to the arrows of the Fusu Army's crossbowmen, cutting their weapons into the bodies of the Fusu Army who came to attack the city, and fought to kill the Fusu Army.

The offensive was repulsed. But now Fusu had no way out. He could only let the soldiers attack with all their strength, hoping that the morale of the defenders in the city would be shaken by the constant killings.

But Fusu still misjudged the power of the Qin army composed of ordinary people. When they faced death, they had to use all their strength to find a way to survive for their relatives in the city. In this way, the two sides fought bloody battles.

For several days, the city was full of mutilated corpses, but Xianyang City still stood there.

Fusu also thought of other ways to break the city besides attacking by force. However, unlike Sanchuan County, there are no other trails leading to the rear, nor is it like Hangu Pass where you can fly down from the mountain. Fusu even tried

The method of digging tunnels was used, but water was dug out outside the city. Obviously, it was not possible to dig a tunnel that could lead to the city.

In the past few days, Fusu looked at the topographic map around Xianyang City and tried his best to find a way to break the city. In desperation, he could only let the soldiers rush up and attack, hoping to find a breakthrough and then attack the city. This resulted in

Now the army has lost more than 10,000 people, and many people have lost the ability to continue fighting because they were too seriously injured. Watching the soldiers continue to fall, but he has no clue at all, Fusu's heart becomes even more anxious.

. He tried Zhang Liang's idea, asking the recently surrendered Qin soldiers to go to the city walls to persuade them to surrender, but Ziying was already prepared. Now the people who defended the city and his family were in Ziying's hands. As long as he dared to surrender or fought without care,

Not only is his life difficult to save, but his family members will also be killed with him. So even if the people below to persuade them to surrender are their former friends or even relatives, they still use weapons to talk to them, just because there are more relatives in the city.

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After these days of fighting, Han Xin also began to have doubts about whether he could take down Xianyang City. What he saw in front of him was no longer a city, but as if what he saw in front of him was a fortress built by countless soldiers and civilians. No matter how he attacked, he would not be able to defeat it.

Unable to make them waver in the slightest was his biggest headache. If he met these people on the plains, even if there were 100,000 people, Han Xin would be sure to defeat them with 20,000 to 30,000 people, because from the equipment to

The training of the Fusu Army was much higher than theirs, but this kind of siege warfare did not rely on equipment and daily training, but on endurance and firm confidence. Obviously, the defenders in the city were inferior on these two points.

It was so powerful that Han Xin had no choice but to do anything. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered his troops to withdraw their troops and wait until the next day to attack again. Then he came to Fusu's tent and reported to him the situation of today's battle.

As soon as he walked outside, he heard Fusu's anxious voice coming from the main tent: "What did you say? There is not much food left?" Fusu lowered his voice, but Han Xin could still hear clearly.

"Hasn't our army always had enough food and grass? How come this happened now?" Obviously Fusu didn't want others to know, so there were no guards around the main tent with his own soldiers. Without Fusu's permission in the army,

Originally, no one would approach his big tent, but Han Xin had to come every day to report on the battle situation, and he was used to it, so he heard the news that Fusu didn't want to spread.

Driven by curiosity and responsibility, Han Xin walked to the tent door and listened attentively. He only heard a voice inside: "Prince, originally our army was not worried about the lack of food and grass, but you just collected the fifty thousand soldiers a few days ago.

The reduction of soldiers greatly increased the consumption of the army. In addition, Shangjuncheng was besieged and the food and grass there could not be transported, so now there is really not much food in the army." It turns out that in order to enable the soldiers to fight with all their strength, support was provided.

Su Suijun did not bring much food, and the subsequent food and grass depended on people sent from Shangjuncheng. In the past, because Fusu used a steady and steady approach, the food transportation went very smoothly, so Fusu did not put it away.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Han sent troops to attack Shangjun this time. Although he could not capture Shangjun, it made it impossible for the grain and grass in the city to be transported to Fusu. This was an effect that Zhang Han himself did not expect to benefit his own side.

Fusu asked: "What about the grain stores in Shangdang, Sanchuan and other counties that I captured? Don't they all have a lot of grain in those places?"

The man gave a bitter smile and said: "The prince opened a granary to store grain after taking the city. More than half of the grain was given to the people in the city, and only a small amount of grain went into our army's granary. And if it weren't for these few

I’m afraid our army won’t be able to survive the city’s food supply.”

When Han Xin heard this, he secretly thought that if there was a shortage of food in the army, the sergeants would inevitably be hungry. By then, the morale of the army would be a trivial matter, and it would only lead to a mutiny. Because the attack on Xianyang in the past few days has made many soldiers feel depressed.

There is resentment, and if we can't keep our stomachs full, this army may fall apart overnight.

At this time, Fusu in the tent took a deep breath and asked: "According to your estimate, how many days of food will the army have enough for now?" The man thought for a moment and then said: "It should be less than three days.

That's enough." Fusu continued to ask: "If each person's food is reduced by half, they can last for five or six days?" "Yes, but this will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction among the entire army." The man said worriedly.

Fusu smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Just do as I say. Maybe Xianyang City will be destroyed in five or six days, and then we won't have to worry about food issues." The man listened to Fusu's tone.

He was determined and had no choice but to accept the order and leave. Although Han Xin had a lot of doubts in his heart when he heard this, he knew that now was not the time to ask Fusu, so he left there, hoping to see Fusu later and tell him the battle report.

But Fusu fell into deep thought in the tent. He knew that he had indeed made a mistake by taking in those tens of thousands of horses, but now that he had made a big mistake, he could only carry on. After the man left,

Then he said softly: "I hope this despicable method can really solve the urgent need of the moment. Otherwise, you will die in peace."

Knowing that there was not much food in his army, Fusu was even more eager to capture Xianyang in a short time. So in order to stimulate the morale of the army, Fusu personally rushed to the front to attack the city. This move could separate Han Xin and Han Xin.

Meng Tian, ​​Zhang Liang and others were scared to death. They hurriedly ordered the most elite soldiers in the army to surround him to protect him from the crossbow arrows shot from the city top and the wood and rocks thrown from the city head. Although this made the generals

They were frightened, but it really inspired the whole army to fight to the death. Seeing Fusu rushing forward as a prince and a general, the soldiers were so moved that they completely forgot about their own life and death.

Ignoring the oncoming arrows and stones, they rushed forward bravely, and soon set up ladders one after another on the city wall. Countless soldiers climbed on the ladders towards the city wall. Although the Qin army at the top of the city

The arrow rain was very dense, but it still allowed them to break through the blockade pulse and reach the city wall.

Because of Fusu's personal risk-taking action, the army actually set foot on the city of Xianyang for the first time. This not only surprised Fusu, but the morale of the army was also suddenly shocked. However, although there were only a few soldiers on the city,

However, because the number was small and scattered, they were quickly killed and thrown down by the Qin army. But this was already a great breakthrough. As long as one person could reach the city, there would soon be a second one.

When the third person goes up, the city wall will no longer be able to withstand Fusu's army.

Although everyone understood this truth, the day still passed, so the tidal offensive of the Fusu Army temporarily stopped, and the Qin Army at the top of the city also breathed a sigh of relief. Today was the first time that they had a problem that they could not

It feels like being able to defend this city wall.

When it was time to eat, the soldiers found that their rations had suddenly been reduced by half, and they were very puzzled. However, because the day's fighting was so fierce and everyone was exhausted, they didn't take it seriously. I guess it was the grain officer who gave him the food.

It was a mistake. Everyone ate in a hurry and fell asleep.

But when they came back from the bloody battle the next day and found that the food was still only half of what it was before, the reckless ones among them couldn't help it anymore and complained to their generals one after another. Those generals themselves also wondered why the food was only half. At this time, they could only

He first appeased everyone's anger, and then raised it with Zhang Liang, who was in charge of logistics.

When Zhang Liang heard about this, he didn't dare to neglect it and hurriedly went to find the grain official. The grain official had been ordered by Fu Su, and he only said that it was his own negligence and promised that such things would not happen again in the future, so Zhang Liang believed him.

If so, he and the other generals explained it to the soldiers. When the soldiers saw that it was the military advisor who came to explain in person, the soldiers followed his advice and endured it for another day.

The third day was another bloody battle, and hundreds of people had already attacked the head of Xianyang City. Perhaps in just one or two days, Xianyang City would be captured. Just after the soldiers returned to camp happily, they saw

The food was still halved, but now everyone stopped eating and gathered together in front of Fusu's tent to complain to him.

Han Xin watched them come to complain in front of the instigator, and felt that they had found the wrong person. Unexpectedly, Fusu was furious after hearing this, and immediately said that he would investigate the matter thoroughly, and soon brought the grain officer Wang Hou in.

Interrogation in the tent. All the sergeants were waiting outside the tent, waiting for Fusu to give everyone an explanation.

"Prince, now the soldiers are all resentful. What should we do?" Wang Hou asked uneasily as soon as he entered the tent. On the way here, he saw all the soldiers staring at him. He was really scared.

These soldiers who did not have enough to eat would eat themselves alive to satisfy their hunger.
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