The song of the clouds fluttered in the wind, echoing in every corner of the city. The movement is magnificent, the melody is melodious, as if it has always belonged to this city and this land, like a harmonious background music, calmly and naturally integrated into this world, and into the hearts of everyone in this world.

Except roaming.

Roaming on a white horse, standing on an army assembly point in the mausoleum, watching a group of big men in armor, bears and tigers, standing or standing, all immersed in this music fluttering in the wind, silent contemplation, a complex and affectionate expression.

Only roaming, listening to the music fluttering by, but the expression did not change, the whole person just rode on horseback with a silent expression, holding a new green apple in his hand, chewing, while staring at these soldiers who listened to the music and had subtle emotions...

A day earlier, this piece of music had suddenly drifted into the mausoleum, which had been occupied and garrisoned by 250,000 troops from the roaming band. Although it was sudden, when the music reached people's ears far away, no one was surprised, but felt natural, naturally listening to the melodious music in the ears, feeling cordial and harmonious.

Because that song is the Song of the Clouds, it is the most famous song in the land of Qin and Chu that everyone here has listened to since childhood-the Song of the Clouds.

The Song of the Clouds is a song composed by the best musicians in the country - the musicians of the Gao clan when the Qin and Chu countries were founded thousands of years ago, and the song integrates the eternal meaning of the Qin and Chu countries and the simple and kind feelings of the Qin and Chu people, and every tune and every note seems to be imprinted with the breath of the Qin and Chu countries, in order to praise the eternal harmony and tranquility of Qin and Chu.

It is precisely because of the beautiful meaning of this song of clouds and the sound of the song that the song of clouds has been loved by people for thousands of years, and it is a piece of music that every generation of Qin and Chu has listened to since childhood. People regard it as the song of belonging to Qin Chu, and when they hear it, they hear the most primitive and purest voice of Qin and Chu, and when they hear it, they can find the firmest sense of belonging in their hearts.

Of course, roaming can't be heard, and he is not a native of Qin Chu, he traveled here only three years ago, was conscripted into Yingzheng's army, and then was constantly promoted to the rank because of his outstanding talent and strength, and then became today's rich and handsome...... So of course he didn't have any emotion when he listened to this cloud song, he just felt that this music was plain and atmospheric, and it sounded good.

But everyone was immersed in the music, with a solemn face and a full sense of emotion. He felt that it was inappropriate for him not to be sad with him, so he silently chewed the green apple with affection......

In fact, at the beginning, when this song of clouds came from afar in the wind, there were still cautious and keen people who expressed their doubts, and immediately put forward their opinions to Roaming, and should find out the source of this music. However, the two teams of soldiers who were sent out to the city to investigate the source of the music have not returned, and almost two hours have passed, and no news has been sent back, and not only that, but even the two teams of men and horses sent out to investigate the city have also disappeared.

Roaming on a white horse in the army assembly area, although he was silently chewing green apples with a calm face, he was already very suspicious in his heart, he expected that this song of the clouds was not an accidental sound, and there must be someone outside the mausoleum who was deliberately singing...... And the person who plays the song is likely to be Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's forces...... If this is the case, it proves that they are still stationed near the mausoleum, and if so, why should they abandon the mausoleum? …… When I think about it, everything is a question, as for what they are doing this for? Of course, roaming can't guess, and he doesn't bother to think about it anymore, anyway, all this is just his guess out of thin air, and there is no basis.

And when the army sent to investigate did not return for a long time, the song of the clouds has never stopped fluttering in the mausoleum, and after two hours, those who were initially suspicious have gradually forgotten their doubts in the melodious song of the clouds, and recalled the good old days.

Listening to the song of the clouds, these soldiers who were born and raised on the border of Qin and Chu gradually became nostalgic, and in their eyes and hearts, they couldn't help but recall the happiness and bitterness of their previous lives, missing those old people who had not been seen for a long time, or the elderly parents at home, or the brothers and sisters who were close to each other, or the friends who sang the same song, or the beautiful women who loved each other...... And where are they now, and are they okay now?

——Outside the mausoleum city on both sides are stretching mountains, although there are no strange peaks and steep, but the mountains up to 100 miles stretch into groups, the mountains are full of lush forests and grasses, the breath is leisurely, the environment is quiet and pleasant, but it also becomes a quiet atmosphere of the forest.

And the mountains and forests are the world of beasts.

Xiang Yu's Hundred Beast Legion was stationed in the dense and hidden mountains and forests, guarding each other, and the town covered the whole mountain. Ji Bu, the leader of the Black Rhino Regiment, was personally on duty to prevent any suspicious people from invading the mountains and forests.

That's right, after withdrawing from the Lingcheng, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang led the army and the old and weak people in the city to retreat to the rolling mountains on the periphery of the Lingcheng. The Hundred Beast Legions were scattered and stationed in the mountains and forests, while the 100,000 troops and the people of Lingcheng who had been transferred from the border cities were all placed in the deep valley behind the mountains and forests.

At this moment, Xiang Yu stood at the highest point of the mountains, looking at the smoke wafting from the south and north of the Lingcheng from a distance. And Liu Bang sat quietly next to him, but he was looking into the distance.

At this time, Ji Bu walked briskly from under the mountain forest and rushed to Xiang Yu's side.

"Report to the King of Chu, the King of Han, the two enemy troops who tried to invade the mountains and forests just now have been taken down by me and the Kuiwolf Legion, all alive, a total of three hundred and eighty-two people, and now they are taken into the valley behind the mountains and forests, and are under the care of the army." Ji Bu clenched his fists and said to Xiang Yu, "King Chu, look, what should you do with these people?" ”

"Treat those who are injured, let them stay if they are not injured, and give them food on time every day so that they can live safely......"

"The subordinates know......," Ji Bu said, preparing to leave.

"By the way......" Xiang Yu suddenly looked sideways and stopped Ji Bu, "What's going on there?" ”

"Everything is fine, under the organization of Long Ji, those hundreds of musicians took turns playing the 'Song of the Clouds' in the mountains and forests, using organ megaphones to synchronously amplify, and the music fluttered for dozens of miles, covering the entire city of Lingcheng." Ji Bu replied, "Within ten days, the music will continue, and there should be no problem." ”

"That's good." Xiang Yu listened to Ji Bu's words and said in a deep voice, "You must fulfill your duties, lead the Hundred Beast Legion to guard the mountain and forest defense line, protect the safety of those hundreds of musicians, and never let the enemy invade the mountains and forests to investigate!" ”

"Don't worry! King of Chu. The mountains and forests are the world of beasts, and in the mountains and forests, it is impossible for any class of troops to compete with our Hundred Beast Legion, and we will definitely guard the defense line of the mountains and forests! Ji Bu said firmly, clenching his fists.

"Hmm...... Also, what is the result of the heroic assembly order issued by Qin Chu with all our faces? Xiang Yu suddenly asked.

"According to the orders of the King of Chu, the assembly order has been issued, and it is estimated that the news has spread to most places in Qin and Chu......" At this time, Ji Bu's voice became slightly depressed, "However, no powerful strong people appeared, and no reply was received...... All in all, nothing came of it......"

"Okay, I know, you go first......" Xiang Yu said. So Jibu gave a military salute and turned to leave.

After Ji Bu left, Liu Bang suddenly said quietly: "Now that Qin Chu is in deep civil strife, it is difficult to gather any more powerful people...... Let's give it our all. ”

"Well, of course I've thought of the worst...... If the two of us use our real strength, it will be enough to fight with Yingzheng's strength...... Now, the key is whether Zhang Liang's strategy can be effective and whether the 250,000 army can be solved safely. ”

At this point, Liu Bang moved his eyes to look at Xiang Yu and said slowly: "I ask you a word from your heart, do you really believe in Zhang Liang's strategy?" ”

"To be honest, I don't know much - Zhang Liang's plan is very special, and it does not conform to the general idea of marching and fighting, he himself has lived for more than 20 years, and it is the first time he has gone out of the world, let alone experienced a real war. Although, he studied under Jiang Shang and learned a lot of strategies to make sense......," Xiang Yu paused for a moment, and said in contemplation, "But I'm afraid that reading 10,000 books is different from traveling 10,000 miles after all, and this strategy may encounter unpredictable accidents......

"But in the end you agreed to use his plan...... Why? Liu Bang looked at Xiang Yu's serious face and asked with interest.

"That's right, I finally decided to use Zhang Liang's uncertain strategy, and there are two reasons for this." Xiang Yu paused for a moment, and then continued, "First, this is not a normal war in itself, Ying Zheng subverted the entire Qin and Chu's life for his own selfish desires, and now he uses Qin Chu's people as an army to fight against us, he doesn't care about the life or death of those more than 200,000 people, he only thinks that they are cannon fodder to cut us down, and let us kill each other in one country - this kind of war cannot be tolerated at all!" So I agree with Zhang Liang's point of view, this war can not be fought, and as much as possible to avoid meaningless frontal wars...... Of course, I know that no matter how heavy the sentiment and morality are, there is no chance to hesitate on the battlefield where blood is raining...... But before that, if I have the opportunity, I am still willing to try Zhang Liang's strategy to avoid this fratricidal war. ”

"And the second ......" Xiang Yu said here, turning his head and staring at Liu Bang, "It is based on some personal judgments, because you believe in Zhang Liang very much, and I believe in you very much!" ”

"Well, I do believe in Zhang Liang......" Liu Bang looked at Xiang Yu, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I believe that his plan will definitely work wonders!" ”

Liu Bang said this, and his eyes couldn't help but think of the surprising plan that Zhang Liang put forward in the tent of the coalition commander that day.

"-I propose, abandon the mausoleum!"

Twenty days back, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had not yet withdrawn from the mausoleum, and Zhang Liang Hua Mulan had not yet gone to the Black Land Afang Palace, in the tent of the coalition army, Zhang Liang said this sentence with a serious face, which immediately caused the unbelievable shock of everyone present. Zhang Liang, on the other hand, calmly faced the suspicions of everyone, and said the reason for his proposal and the strategy he came up with to meet the enemy.

Zhang Liang's reason for making this proposal is, of course, to avoid a meaningless frontal war with the enemy army - "We have no need or any point to fight with these more than 200,000 troops, they are just more than 200,000 chess pieces controlled by Ying Zheng with his power and strategy" - judging from the information collected by the Han King's intelligence network, the soldiers that Ying Zheng once recruited himself had all died in the final battle with Xu Fu three years ago, and they were sacrificed by him as cannon fodder to attract firepower. Therefore, the more than 200,000 troops he can have now in his hands are probably the recruits he recruited from the interior when he ascended the throne three years ago, these soldiers are the military strength he prepared to deal with you three years ago, if we really fight, even if we can win, we will definitely suffer heavy losses, but more importantly, Ying Zheng doesn't care about the life or death of these armies, and has the right to be cannon fodder to block our way of life. Even, after he finished recruiting these soldiers, he launched a plan to forcibly conquer the cities and the people of the city, destroying the livelihood of more than 100 cities in Qin and Chu, and using so many people as slaves to build Afang Palace. So to be honest, these 250,000 troops are actually the enemies of Yingzheng! It's just that they have been trapped in Qianjiangling for three years of training, and they don't know what is happening in the outside world, and they are used by Yingzheng - these 250,000 troops would never have thought that their city and their families have been destroyed by Yingzheng - and we have to let them know the truth! ”

And Zhang Liang's so-called plan was to let Xiang Yu and Liu Bang lead all the troops and all the old and weak people in the city to leave the mausoleum together, leaving an empty city for the 250,000 enemy troops who came to the subsequent expedition.

Then they entered the mountains and forests outside the mausoleum to defend them, so as to avoid head-on battles first, and they could also use the terrain advantages of the mountains and forests to maximize the strength of the Hundred Beast Legions, forming a solid defense line to defend against the enemy's army of more than 200,000.

At the same time, before the enemy army arrived, Xiang Yu had to send people to various parts of Qin and Chu to collect the city cards of each city that was broken by Yingzheng! The more the merrier, collect them all as much as possible, and keep them for reuse.

Then, when the enemy army entered the Lingcheng, and Xiang Yu and them were guarding the mountains and forests, and the two sides calmed down with each other, they went to find hundreds of people who knew how to play musical instruments in the mountains and forests facing the Lingcheng to play Qin Chu's famous cloud song in the sky, and played it for ten days without interruption, until Zhang Lianghua Mulan and they rushed back from Afang Palace......

This is the specific part of Zhang Liang's strategy implemented by Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, from a flat point of view, this is actually not like a military strategy at all, but like a strategy aimed at the hearts of the people - but what Zhang Liang has to do is indeed to attack the heart!

Since he can't fight these 250,000 people head-on, he must solve this war by attacking the heart - Xiang Yu and Liu Bang can also know the core of Zhang Liang's strategy - he intends to awaken the true feelings of these 250,000 people for their relatives, hometown, and country, and then find a way to let them know the truth about the country and the true face of Yingzheng in the past three years!

He wants to use stratagem to dismantle this murderous ironclad hero, and even turn them into his own strength against Yingzheng!

He proposed to give up the mausoleum city in order to use this city to trap the 250,000 people who didn't know the truth!

At this time, the forces of the Xiangliu coalition army and Yingzheng were seizing the time and gathering towards Lingcheng, the core of the war.

Roaming served as the deputy marshal, and led the 250,000 troops under Ying Zheng to enter the Lingcheng first, establish city defenses, and wait for the arrival of Bai Qi.

Xiang Yu and Liu Bang led the army to guard the mountains and forests outside the Lingcheng, and scattered the mountains and forests with the Hundred Beast Legion to form a strong defense line, and ordered hundreds of musicians to use loudspeakers to play the song of the clouds in the Lingcheng day and night. They are waiting for Zhang Lianghua Mulan's return.

Bai Qixie Arthur and Zhong Wuyan led the 100,000 Praetorian Guards of Xianyang Palace to rush to Lingcheng day and night to help, intending to make peace with the roaming two armies, and break the coalition army of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang with the absolute superiority of 350,000 troops in one fell swoop.

As for Zhang Liang, he and Hua Mulan were rushing out of the black ground on two ashes, rushing to Xiang Yu and Liu Bang day and night. He has to seize the few time to tell Xiang Yu and Liu Bang about Yingzheng's real conspiracy!

Now, they don't have much time left, every moment is racing against time, and each of them has their own plans and thoughts in their hearts, and in the end, they point to this big battle in Lingcheng!

And when they were all looking at the Lingcheng where the wind and clouds converged, there was still a person lying outside the Xianyang Palace thousands of miles away.

When he woke up, he was lying on the edge of a stream in the forest

The sound of the stream was clear and melodious, permeating his ears that had been numb from a long coma, depicting the vitality of the world and letting him know that he was still alive.

Han Xin opened his eyes and saw the quiet sky above his head hidden by the foliage of trees, and sighed lightly and heavily.

He subconsciously struggled, moved his numb and sore body, sat up from the grass, and only then realized that he was covered in white bandages. Then he glanced sideways, and saw that his blood-stained light armor was hanging from a stone in the stream, and the blood was washed away by the flowing stream.

At this time, Han Xin gradually recalled, recalled that those bloody corpse demons had bitten the wounds on his body, recalled that Bai Qi had pressed him to the ground, recalled Ying Zheng's condescending gaze, recalled that he rushed into Xianyang Palace City desperately, and recalled Wang Zhaojun's last tears......

"No !!" Han Xin roared violently, his body trembled uncontrollably, he remembered, the moment he woke up, everything that had happened to him was like a nightmare, instantly overflowing his heart and filling his pupils.

"Huh...... Don't wake up from a nightmare. A familiar and old voice echoed from all directions and poured into Han Xin's ears.

He was startled, his pupils narrowed and he looked around, knowing that the sound was coming from all directions at the same time, but he still subconsciously wanted to find the source of the sound...... And, he found it.

In front of him, ten paces away, on a dense ancient tree, a man in a sackcloth cloak sat idly on the branch of the tree, playing with Han Shin's spear in his hand.

"But wake up...... Just fine."