"This is the first formal military conference since the Coalition Revolution."

In the tent of the commander of the Chu-Han coalition army, Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, Liu Bang, the king of Han, Zhang Liang and Hua Mulan, as well as the two leaders of the Hundred Beast Legion, Long He and Ji Bu, all sat among them, with serious expressions.

The first person is Xiang Yu, the commander of this coalition, who stood up, and his burly body naturally exuded a condensed domineering aura. The lion-like head frowned, looked around at everyone in the camp, and then said in a deep voice: "Military affairs cannot be delayed, I will say it directly...... There are a few important things that need to be told to you at the moment. ”

Hearing Xiang Yu's words, everyone's eyes were slightly condensed, sure enough, something happened in the battle situation.

"Let's start with two small things." Xiang Yu said, "This time to capture Lingcheng, in order to achieve the fastest marching speed and the greatest combat efficiency, I only brought three-quarters of the military strength of the Hundred Beast Legion into the inner country first, and the plan went smoothly as scheduled, and we did occupy Lingcheng in the shortest possible time - the military town of the inner country of Qin and Chu, the hinterland of war." ”

"But after capturing Lingcheng, with the less than 10,000 troops of the Hundred Beast Legion, it is impossible to defend the city, and the Hundred Beast Legion itself is not good at defending the city. Therefore, at the same time as we raised our army to attack Lingcheng, I issued several other orders, ordering Zhong Liwu, who remained in the border city, to send 100,000 troops to the front line in five batches to support us after we sent out the army. To this day, three groups of troops totaling 60,000 have arrived in Lingcheng and are stationed on the periphery of Lingcheng. ”

Hearing this, Mulan, who was standing quietly on the side, nodded slightly. Xiang Yu is worthy of being the most outstanding general in Qin and Chu, who can decisively send troops when the situation changes, take Lingcheng with lightning speed, and occupy the battlefield advantage; Without losing long-term considerations, the main forces were assembled in batches, and at the same time the defense of the mausoleum and the border city were grasped.

"Another thing, it's actually not a serious matter, but everyone here should be very concerned...... Xiang Yu slowed down for a moment, and then continued: "Zhong Liwu sent someone to send back the news - Han Xin left the border city alone before his injuries healed, and he didn't know where to go. ”

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone present obviously changed, what Xiang Yu said was good, it was about Han Xin, and it was indeed what they cared about. Long and Ji Bu have worked with Han Xin all year round, and they all have a lifelong friendship, Zhang Liang and Han Xin are even more brothers, as for Mulan, they were also rescued by Han Xin once in Julu Canyon - Han Xin escaped before he recovered, which is indeed worrying.

"Zhong Lifu's original words said that Han Xin left Longshun City alone without leaving a word, he thought that Han Xin might have been frustrated and did not admit defeat, so he rushed to the front line......" Liu Bang, who was standing beside Xiang Yu, looked at everyone's worried eyes and said, "But the messengers who delivered the message have come, and we don't have the slightest trace of Han Xin, so he definitely didn't come to Lingcheng!" ”

"Don't come to Lingcheng...... So where will Han Shin go? Long Ji asked, and the same doubts appeared in the eyes of the others.

"Wang Zhaojun......" Zhang Liang's eyes condensed slightly, and he subconsciously said, "Brother Xin must have gone to find Wang Zhaojun!" ”

"Yes, that's our guess." Xiang Yu said, "Han Xin has a deep affection for the Frost Princess of the Beiyi Ice Clan, and the two also have a marriage contract...... Even if he was seriously injured and had to leave, he must have gone to find Wang Zhaojun......"

"Yes...... But in the past three years, so many changes have taken place in the inner country, will the Beiyi Ice Field, where the Beiyi Ice Clan live, also be implicated......" Ji Bu thought for a while and asked worriedly.

"Hmm......" Liu Bang said with a silent expression, "My intelligence network found out that just about two months ago, the Beiyi Ice Clan announced their submission to Yingzheng's regime - this is a historical change in the past thousand years. As the most independent race in Qin and Chu, the Beiyi Ice Clan has never bowed to the core power of Qin and Chu for a thousand years, but now they have surrendered - there must have been many unknown things happening during this time! ”

"Where is the Frost Princess now?" Zhang Liang asked.

"I don't know." Liu Bang replied.

"Even King Han, you don't know the information, so where can Han Xin find her! This...... Alas, why is Han Xin so impulsive this time, he ...... before he recovers from his injuries" Long He frowned and said with a worried expression.

"So what do we do...... Send someone to him? Ji Bu paused, looked at Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, clasped his fists and said, "King Chu, King Han, the last general is willing to ask for his life to find Han Xin!" ”

Xiang Yu frowned slightly, waved his hand to veto, and then let out a long breath and said, "You don't need to go to him, Han Xin's own decision is to let him go by himself—and we can't spare time to care about him." Now, we have a more serious situation to face, and that's the single most important reason I've summoned you here today—"

"Half an hour ago, I received the latest report from the scouts - a large number of troops suddenly appeared in Qianjiangling, east of Xianyang, divided into three routes, and marched towards Lingcheng, roughly counting the number of people, at least 200,000!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed significantly.

"Ying Zheng...... He's finally shot! Xiang Yu clenched his palms into fists, and his deep voice echoed in the tent.

"Based on the speed of the enemy's army, it will be there in less than twenty days—a real big battle is about to break out," Liu Bang continued with Xiang Yu's words, "We must be ready to face the battle!" ”

"200,000 troops...... Ji Bu's pupils shrank, and he said worriedly, "Even if all our reinforcements arrive within the next twenty days, the total army will be 110,000...... In terms of numbers, we lost twice as much! ”

"And these 200,000 are by no means all the troops of Yingzheng, there should still be more than 100,000 Praetorian Guards in the Xianyang Imperial City." Liu Bang said in a deep voice, "We don't have any advantage in terms of military strength, but we must find a way to resist this first round of enemy attacks!" ”

The huge difference in numbers is actually something that everyone can imagine, in the three years that this city and the internal country information were blocked, Ying Zheng must have made a lot of preparations, just by virtue of his national recruitment of adult manpower, he can increase a large number of troops! But what everyone didn't expect was that Ying Zheng would be so arrogant, and as soon as he made a move, he would be a strong expedition of 200,000 troops, and this move was obviously to directly launch a frontal collision with their main force!

"As Liu Bang said, we must resist this battle, Lingcheng, as the hinterland of the war in Qin and Chu, determines our advantage in the entire war, and we must defend it!" Xiang Yu frowned and said.

"Now that the big war is imminent, we need the whole army to be put on combat alert, so I have the horn of the battlefield sounded; At the same time, in order to make up for our shortcomings in high-end combat power, I have also sent people to issue a heroic assembly order to most areas in Qin Chu's territory, summoning Qin Chu's powerful and powerful ......"

"But despite this, we are at a disadvantage in this battle...... Moreover, the leader of this 200,000-strong army will be the killing god Bai Qi who once terrified the entire Qin and Chu countries! This battle is very difficult to fight, but we must persevere, and at this moment, what I want is your advice on this war. ”

As the words fell, Xiang Yu glanced at everyone sitting with a serious gaze, and everyone was obviously lost in thought.

Long Ji and Ji Bu raised their eyes slightly and glanced at Xiang Yu, indicating that they didn't have any good suggestions, this battle of hundreds of thousands of troops came too suddenly, and for a while, they couldn't figure out any countermeasures at all.

At this time, Liu Bang suddenly turned his eyes to look at Mulan, who had been standing quietly on the side, and asked out loud, "Does Miss Mulan have any opinions?" You are from Tang Cao, you have a lot of experience, and you must have unique advice. ”

Hearing this, Hua Mulan subconsciously raised her cherry-red pupils, looked at Liu Bang, and then looked at the others, and then said: "I don't know much about military affairs...... But I've always been guided by the idea that we don't focus on solving problems on the most intuitive obstacles – I don't think we need to focus too much on this battle, or even on the frontal battlefield, because our most important enemy is Yingzheng! ”

"Jumping aside from all other obstacles, we have to deal with this most important enemy – there should be many ways – at least not just a head-to-head encounter."

“…… Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and I don't know much about military matters. Mulan finished her words lightly, and then looked at everyone silently.

"What do you mean...... There are some special ways we can deal with Yingzheng – for example, decapitation? Long Ji thought about Mulan's words, and then spoke.

"Hmm......" Mulan bowed slightly.

"No-" Liu Bang immediately denied, "The decapitation operation will not work, I have seen Yingzheng's guards when I returned to Xianyang Palace alone, he has not used the Praetorian Guards, but there are several high-end combat power of the guards, among which there is also a Fusang Sword Saint Miyamoto Musashi has been guarding in Xianyang Palace...... This kind of method, Ying Zheng himself had already done it to Xu Fu three years ago, how could he himself fall into it, there must be a lot of precautions, even if we use the Return to the Source Order to break into Xianyang Palace, the result will be that there will be no return! ”

Hua Mulan's eyes widened slightly, and she didn't say anything more, as she said, she didn't understand the military, and she didn't have any better advice.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

At this time, Zhang Liang kept his head down and stared in deep thought, while Xiang Yu looked at him sideways for a long time, then looked at him and said, "Do you have any suggestions for the ovary?" To tell the truth, what I want to hear most about today's military discussion is actually your opinion, and I often hear Liu Bang praise you for your unborn intelligence and meritocracy in conversations, which makes me look forward to it, so I would like to know your opinions. ”

"The King of Chu has won the award, and the ovary is an idler, and he is not a sage who is not in the world, but according to the King of Chu's question, he should know everything in his decision." Zhang Liang nodded slightly to Xiang Yu, and then said in a loud voice.

"I have similar views on this war...... I also think that we should not just focus on the battle in front of us, after all, our most critical enemy is Yingzheng! ”

"And just as the King of Chu said when you swore to the whole city before, 'No one can destroy this country, even if he is the supreme monarch', in fact, it is not anyone else who is really endangering the foundation of this country, it is the victory of the government with his own power. The 200,000 troops are only our formal enemies, not our real enemies, of course, it is necessary to deal with them, but from the overall situation, we should be more concerned about how to jump out of the situation of war and point more troops at Yingzheng himself! ”

"In other words, Ying Zheng may not care about the life or death of these 200,000 people, but we can't care less about the life and death of our own people - this is the biggest disadvantage of our battle, so I think we had better take some other ways to deal with it, and avoid this kind of meaningless head-to-head confrontation as much as possible."

"Yes, Liu Bang and I can also think of these truths you said, but this is the real battlefield in the end, and the enemy army is led by Bai Qi, with his wrist, even those soldiers can be forced out of the will to fight, in this iron-blooded battlefield, there is no more convincing existence than a harder blade!" Xiang Yu said in a deep voice, "This head-to-head confrontation is inevitable. ”

"Nothing is impossible, all that is lacking is timing and choice." Zhang Liang stared at Xiang Yu and said, "And pay attention to what I just emphasized that we must jump away from the current situation and look at the overall situation, especially to jump away from the frontal battlefield to see the essential problems, otherwise we are likely to fall into the wrong place of thinking and cause irreparable tragic consequences." ”

"There is one point, one very important point, I think we have been ignoring all of us - 'Afang Palace'!"

When Zhang Liang suddenly talked about the word "Afang Palace", everyone's expressions changed, especially Liu Bang's eyes flashed with a very heavy light and shadow.

"If you look at the overall situation comprehensively, 'Afang Palace' can almost be regarded as the core intersection of all the changes in Qin Chu in the past three years, and it is also the biggest mystery point in the whole situation - if Yingzheng has enough strategy and courage to set up such a big chess game, then I never believe that what a person like him does will be just for a palace, even if it is a palace that spans ancient and modern times!"

"Ah Fang Palace, there is definitely a very important secret hidden, and its magnitude is very likely to subvert most of our perception of the situation so far!"

None of the people present made a sound, obviously shocked by Zhang Liang's remarks.

At this time, Zhang Liang suddenly saluted Xiang Yu and Liu Bang and said, "King of Chu and King Han, in order to solve the mystery of this chess game, the ovary dares to ask for orders to go to Afang Palace in person to find out!" ”

"What the ovary said is extremely true, Afang Palace is indeed the focus that we have been ignoring." Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang, "But you please go to Afang Palace in person...... It's too dangerous! ”

"Well, this remark really surprised me, and the ovary really has extraordinary wisdom." Xiang Yu said in a deep voice, "But what Liu Bang said is right, it's too dangerous for you to go to Afang Palace like this." It's not that I don't trust you as a person, since I invited you to sit in the military council, Liu Bang and I have absolute trust in you, but you are a demon mage, and you are not good at blade battles, and many sudden situations are difficult to face, and it is really dangerous for you to go alone. ”

"I'll go with him." Mulan, who had been quietly beside her, said, "I will protect him." ”

"Ahem! Cough! When he heard Mulan's "protection", Zhang Liang coughed subconsciously, and then slowly calmed down and said, "Well, if Lan Lan accompanies me, she will be fine." ”

Seeing that Mulan was going to accompany Zhang Liang, of course Xiang Yu and Liu Bang couldn't say anything, although they were all looking forward to Mulan's powerful combat power to help them stop a heavy enemy on the battlefield, but Mulan's identity was a guest, they were not good at interfering too much, not to mention, Mulan still had to accompany Zhang Liang to visit Afang Palace.

"Of course it's good, Mulan's strength is something that everyone ......can trust," Liu Bang said, "Then the situation of Afang Palace will be handed over to you." ”

"Well......" Zhang Liang said quietly, "but before I go, I still have something to say......

"What do you have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it......" Xiang Yu looked at Zhang Liang and said to him.

Zhang Liang looked at Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and after a pause, he said slowly:

"I still want to leave this suggestion for the two of you - I propose, give up the mausoleum!"