The Chu army's mobilization quickly reached Wang Buxu's ears.

At this time, Wang Buxing was sitting in Xiangyi waiting for news about Guan Ying's attack on Suiyang.

"A large number of troops from Xue County go south? Langya County and Donghai County troops go west? Sishui County and Jiujiang County go north?" Wang Buxu looked at the movements of the Chu army marked on the map and couldn't help but frown.

What is Chu Jun going to do?

Are you planning to completely disarm and defend Pengcheng to the death?

It makes no sense.

With their surroundings lost and only Pengcheng left, how long can they hold on?

How long will there be enough food for?

At this time, shouldn't we attack from all sides, disperse the Han army as much as possible, and then use other methods to wear down the Han army bit by bit?

"Yes, all counties and counties are mobilizing, and corvees have been recruited in many places to transport supplies. The destination is indeed Pengcheng, but because there are so many people recruited, the scouts can't figure out how many people they have mobilized for a while.

." Peng Yue said.

It’s not that there are no statistics, it’s that the statistical results are simply inaccurate.

Adding up all the mobilized troops in a county, the final result is that some counties mobilized more troops than they had known garrison troops.

It is not impossible for this situation to happen, but if it has happened in four or five counties, the probability is too small.

Moreover, behind the information, there is another piece added.

Most of those mobilized were elites, while the newly recruited ones stayed behind in various camps to take over defense.

This situation is also normal. When large-scale troops are mobilized, it is difficult to judge an accurate number of people with the naked eye.

At this time, we can only make rough calculations, that is, at a glance, we can estimate how many people have signed up.

The error is so large that even seven or eight people standing scattered could be mistaken for ten thousand people.

"Where is Suiyang?" Wang Buxian asked, staring at the map closely.

"There is no news from Suiyang. They have sealed the city, and the news cannot get in or get out. But according to the last intelligence that came out, the Suiyang defenders should be ready to defend to the death." Peng Yue

said.

"Yeah!" Wang Buxu nodded slightly and continued to frown and think.

Suiyang's public opinion offensive was not successful because there were ruthless people in the Chu army.

First, the city was closed, and then other public opinions were used to resist, making those emotional people struggle, and then they were dealt with quickly to protect people's hearts.

It was after Guan Ying realized that the public opinion offensive could not play a decisive role that he began to prepare for a strong attack.

The Han army today is no longer the Han army it was a year ago. The accompanying craftsmen immediately rushed to the front line after receiving the order. With the help of the soldiers, they collected enough wood in one day.

Then using the assembly line model, enough siege equipment was built in three days.

The time for Guan Ying's siege plan is tomorrow.

"Your Majesty, the Chu army should be preparing for a decisive battle!" Xiao He reminded.

decisive battle?

Wang Buxu looked at the map again. Chu troops from all directions were rushing towards Pengcheng.

In the past, the practice was for the soldiers and horses to move forward before food and grass were used, but this time the Chu army did not care.

After the troops were assembled, they hurriedly set off with only enough food and grass needed for the road, while their own food and grass were slowly transported behind.

This means that they are relatively anxious to gather, probably because they are worried that after Guan Ying defeats Suiyang, he will quickly attack Pengcheng.

Therefore, they must gather all the troops and deploy them in place before Guan Ying arrives in Pengcheng.

This was to prevent the Han army from launching a sudden attack while the Chu army was gathering in this chaotic stall.

As for grain and grass, there is no need to worry about this. There is a lot of grain and grass near Pengcheng.

The intelligence also confirmed this. Pengcheng was vigorously collecting grain and grass from the surrounding area, apparently preparing for the assembly of the army.

"It's interesting!" Wang Buxuan suddenly laughed.

The Han army was not afraid of a decisive battle; on the contrary, what they hoped for most was a decisive battle.

In terms of hard power, Wang Buxian has not been afraid of anyone in the past year. In terms of generals, Wang Buxian now also has expanded capital.

The Chu army hoped for a decisive battle, but it got its wish.

Only by fighting decisively as soon as possible can this war be ended at the minimum cost.

As for saying that more people will die in the decisive battle, that is inevitable and indispensable.

If everything is considered to avoid death and reduce death, then forget about unification.

Wang Buxu is very clear about this, so what Wang Buxu cares about is that he doesn't want people to die where they shouldn't, instead of thinking about whether people should die when they need to fight.

"Your Majesty!" Xiao He couldn't help being surprised when he saw Wang Buxu actually smiling.

Don't be careless at this time.

The Han State and the Han Army did have the strength to crush the Chu State, although much of it was potential.

Although Xiao He was still a minister of Chu not long ago, now, he does not want Han to fail.

He also didn't want to be inactive and thus fail to save Liu Ji.

"Your Majesty, the Chu army must have realized that they were unable to defeat our army, so they wanted to turn their passivity into an initiative and gather elite troops in Pengcheng to deal with General Guan's main force with absolute superiority. If General Guan fails, the Han army will be defeated this time.

The offensive has failed. Your Majesty must not be careless. You should mobilize troops from home to support General Guan, or speed up the other two groups to move closer to Pengcheng. You must narrow the difference in strength between the enemy and ourselves in a short period of time. Only in this way can we win the decisive battle.

Win!" Xiao He said quickly.

After listening to Xiao He's suggestion, Wang Buxian was a little surprised, but everything was within reason.

Smiling slightly, he responded: "Xiao Xiang is worrying too much. The decisive battle is not a trivial matter. How can I be careless?"

"Then, Your Majesty, who were you before?" Xiao He was stunned for a moment, and he didn't care. Why were you so happy before? Are you teasing me?

"That's really nice. A decisive battle as soon as possible will help the Han Dynasty unify as soon as possible, and it can also reduce the scope of the war to the area around Pengcheng, so as not to affect the people in other places." Wang Buxu said.

"..." Xiao He was speechless. Can he get to the point?

"It's a war! Actually, that's all..." Wang Buxuan continued to say with a smile.

"..." Xiao He wished he could hit Wang Buxi to death. How could he die if he didn't show off?

That's all. If you open your mouth, the ancestors will be so angry that they will jump out of the coffin to settle the score with you.

Wang Buxu saw Xiao He's expression of wanting to refute, but he didn't care about it and said to himself: "It's just that both sides are trying their best to drag the war into a situation that is beneficial to their own side. It is easiest to do this.

What matters is strategic arrangements, battlefield arrangements, etc. As the saying goes, if you have the right time, the right location, and the right people, the one who cannot win is mediocre."

"Didn't the Chu army want to place the decisive battleground in Pengcheng? It gathered heavy troops to defend it, and it was the capital of Chu State. The morale of the army and the people was there. If they went to attack alone, they would naturally encounter Chu soldiers and civilians who were strong-willed to resist. However, they were not as good as him.

The intention..."
Chapter completed!