Chapter 88: The Cruel Truth, the Collapsed Expeditionary Army

The moonlit night was silent, the song of the clouds was fluttering, and Xiang Yu stood at the head of the city, silently waiting, waiting for the alarm of the mausoleum.

Just now, he condensed the magic blue energy and let out an earth-shattering roar - "Overlord Roar" - this is Xiang Yu's famous stunt, that roar, the sound is like a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, the qi is like a torrent rushing, and the momentum is like a mountain and river shaking. There is no actual damage in the roar, but it is full of absolute shocking power.

The roar faced the mausoleum city, alarming the soldiers all over the city, and the sound wave pierced through the fluttering cloud song, reverberating fiercely and powerfully in the city, as if the entire city was trembling in Xiang Yu's roar.

Nancheng District, Beicheng District, and City Center...... In short, in all corners of the city, the people who were still awake were shocked by Xiang Yu's roar, and ran to gather at the gate of the mausoleum city with a surprised face, and the people who were not awake were also awakened by Xiang Yu's roar.

In short, Xiang Yu's roar in the city made the entire Lingcheng boil in the middle of the night, and all the people gathered at the gate in front of the Lingcheng from all directions.

Soon, more and more people rushed to the gate of the mausoleum city, and the open space behind the city gate covered with blackwood city signs stood and crowded, looking up at Xiang Yu standing under the moon at the head of the city. The gates were closed, and the one hundred and seventeen plaques lay quietly in the circle between the gates and the crowd.

The city cards lie quietly on the ground, each city card lies quietly, the black wood card is covered with mottled disaster years, and the big characters of the black gold paint flash the scorched scorched by the flames of war. Every inch, every foot, the surviving part, the broken part, and even the disappeared part are silently showing the historical fate it has endured. One hundred and seventeen city cards just lay quietly under the moonlit night, lying in the mausoleum, lying in the eyes of the other person, silent and full of sadness.

The soldiers who rushed to the city gate, the soldiers who stood crowded, most of them of course noticed the city signs that were spread all over the ground, each one was so huge, each one was so conspicuous, and every one looked so desolate, that they were all shocked and dumbfounded the moment they saw the one hundred and seventeen city cards.

However, they were more frightened by the domineering figure isolated above the city, and more and more soldiers arrived, and thousands of people crowded here, all of them saw the man standing at the head of the city, but none of them dared to question him, and none of them dared to face the only enemy. For them, that man's aura was too strong, and the man who was known as Qin Chu's strongest, Xiang Yu, his aura was too strong.

At this time, facing the tens of thousands of soldiers crowded under the city, Xiang Yu stood tall and spoke up.

"Everyone! Be quiet! Xiang Yu stared at him and didn't look at anything, just straightened his throat and yelled at the thousands of soldiers in Lingcheng.

He didn't condense the magic blue energy, nor did he tear his throat to make a sound, so the volume of Xiang Yu's words was not large, but when his voice came out, the thousands of soldiers actually subconsciously stopped the crowding and noise, everyone stood quietly, and the environment quieted down, so quiet that he could hear every syllable of the song of the clouds floating in the air.

They were suppressed by Xiang Yu's domineering, tens of thousands of people, and there was silence.

"I am Xiang Yu, the king of Chu in Longshun City on the border - Xiang Yu! He is also the commander of the anti-winning coalition forces, the man you are going to conquer - your enemy. Xiang Yu was obviously not surprised by the silence of the soldiers, and paused to continue, "I know that my appearance tonight is very sudden, but I must appear here, and I must tell you that we should never be enemies, let alone start a war—I came tonight to tell you the truth!" ”

Hearing Xiang Yu's words, everyone was shocked at first, hearing this, Xiang Yu didn't come to attack the Lingcheng at night, so what did he come to say? Is it here to negotiate? But if you want to negotiate, shouldn't you go directly to their leader, the deputy marshal? Why do you stand at the head of the city and say it to all the soldiers? What is the truth he is referring to?

At this time, the roamer had already arrived at the city gate, and the 10,000 night guards he led were also coming quickly behind. And after he saw the strange situation at the scene, he stood quietly in the crowded crowd, silently, only raised his eyes and stared at Xiang Yu at the head of the city, his eyes flickered, as if listening to Xiang Yu's words carefully, some soldiers around him recognized him, and immediately nervously wanted to open up and shout at him, and even salute, but were blocked by roaming and stretching out his hand, signaling them not to be alarmed. So the soldiers had no choice but to retreat silently, leaving a slightly more spacious space for their senior lieutenant in the crowd.

"You must have a lot of confusion in your hearts right now—why did Liu Bang and I invade the Mausoleum City alone at night? Why is the familiar song of the clouds fluttering in the mausoleum? Why was it that when you came here ten days ago, the city was empty? Why are we giving this city to you? Even why did Liu Bang and I raise troops to rebel against Yingzheng's regime! Xiang Yu faced thousands of soldiers and continued to say in a deep voice, "Now, I will tell you everything, and then, what to do—it's up to you to decide!" ”

Everyone was shocked and silent, they listened to Xiang Yu's words, and felt as if they had been covered up and deceived by something.

"I have investigated, and you yourself know that the 250,000 people in your city were all recruited by Yingzheng from more than 120 cities in Qin and Chu three years ago, and since then, you have been gathered in Qianjiangling, and Bai Qi is in charge of training."

"The training in the barracks is very strict, in order to quickly go out of the army, you have not only undergone a huge training, but in the past three years, you have never left Qianjiangling!"

That's right, Xiang Yu was right, and thousands of soldiers listened to Xiang Yu's words, and their hearts became more and more silent.

"In the three years that you have been stationed in Qianjiangling, completely cut off from outside news, what happened to the country of Qin and Chu - do you know? Have you ever thought about it? Xiang Yu's eyes were deep and solemn, and he said slowly, "The current Qin Chu is already a remnant country on the verge of collapse, and the regime and the national system all exist in name only!" ”

"How is that possible! You are talking nonsense! "That's right! You are crazy, our country is so good, how can you say that it will be ruined! "Crazy! You're a lunatic! Sling the bull! Hearing Xiang Yu's last words, the soldiers exploded at once, and the previous silence completely collapsed, as if there was a string that had always been tight to break Xiang Yu's shocking remarks, making their crowding of 250,000 people stretching a few streets uncontrollably boiling, even Xiang Yu's domineering spirit was not afraid, and he only opened his mouth to refute and scold.

"Quiet! Listen to him. ”

This time, it was not Xiang Yu who spoke, but roaming in the crowd, he had been listening to Xiang Yu's words quietly, thinking of all the strange details that he had noticed in Lingcheng since the troops were dispatched from Qianjiangling, until they settled in Lingcheng, and in the ten days since...... He suddenly felt that Xiang Yu's words should be listened to. And he knew that the soldiers wanted to hear it too, and the soldiers were far more interested than he wanted to hear it, because they had been very concerned about their homeland and their families for so long. What Xiang Yu is saying now is related to all this, but the soldiers' self-control is too poor, and when they hear the news that they are too shocked, they can't suppress their excitement at all...... That's why the army needs to be commanded, and Roaming is now fulfilling his duty as lieutenant commander - helping soldiers to live up to their easily blinded sanity.

After the roaming stopped, the 250,000 people who stretched out gradually stopped the noise, and the environment suddenly quieted down again.

Xiang Yu, who was standing high above the city, glanced at the man standing in the crowd from a distance who stopped the 250,000 soldiers with a word, and did not say anything, paused and continued:

"I know you can't believe it...... That's why we gave up the entire mausoleum to you, avoided the war, and let you calm down first...... And now, ten days have passed, and I have decided to come here to tell you all this—I know that there is no evidence, so I have brought these ......" Xiang Yu said at the end, his gaze slowly moved to the city sign laid on the ground.

Following the traction of Xiang Yu's gaze, the eyes of hundreds of thousands of people also subconsciously looked at the city card, the city card that they had ignored before.

"This ...... How so? How could the city card of Anlin City be here? ”

"Fubi City...... My hometown...... Why, why is the city card scorched......"

"How could the castle badge of Nocheng be broken like this? Who did this! ”

"My ...... Is there a city sign in my hometown? ”

"Yancheng...... My hometown...... Wait, there are also Hegu City, Quanya City, Pigeon City...... Why are there so many city cards? ”

Shock, unimaginable shock. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were about to boil again in an instant, and the people standing in front were only shocked when they saw the city signs spread all over the ground, while the people behind saw such a huge reaction, and they were all desperately crowded to see the situation in front.

And the roaming also stood quietly in the crowd, staring at the dungeon card...... His gaze was obviously much calmer, he was not Qin Chu's person in the first place, and there was no city card in it that could arouse his emotions. But there was a look of doubt in his eyes.

"How did you get these city cards?" Roaming raised his head, stared at Xiang Yu, and said quietly.

Hearing the sound of roaming, the soldiers all subconsciously quieted down, and then, they also reacted immediately, yes, how did Xiang Yu get these city cards?

For a city, the city card has a pivotal significance. It is equivalent to the face of a city, which is deeply embedded in the high part of the city wall, and no amount of storm can shake its firmness in a city, unless it is removed by manpower...... And under any circumstances, it is impossible for people to take down the city card of any city at will, it is a matter of the dignity of a city - something that the whole city will not agree to!

But now, the truth is right in front of you—the one hundred and seventeen city cards lie quietly on the ground, with countless broken and scorched marks. If this is the case, how can people think about the story behind it?

"Because...... These cities have been broken...... What I brought here is the city card of the city that Qin Chu has destroyed, these cities are broken, the people in the city, your family members are dead or killed, the farming and pasture fields in the cities are also deserted, and the operation of the country has long been stopped-now Qin Chu has lost the whole country, and the walls are in ruins-and the culprit of all this is the emperor of the dynasty who ordered you - Yingzheng! Xiang Yu had a calm face, and said the last words almost with a roar.

Everyone, all the people who heard Xiang Yu's words, fell into a deep shock, they couldn't believe it, they couldn't believe it, they couldn't believe everything Xiang Yu said, they couldn't believe what they saw in front of them.

But their subconscious minds are silently reasoning out their thoughts, if as Xiang Yu said, the strangeness that they have discovered these days, the doubts they have made over the years, have all been explained, and everything has been explained. The scars on the castle plaque lying still on the ground seem to have withstood the marks of a sword tear and a baptism of war...... All the logic is cleared, all secretly figured out - it's just that they don't want to admit it, they can't believe it!

"Impossible...... No way...... No way! "There were soldiers shouting, and shouting and shouting turned into a roar.

"It won't be like this...... Your Majesty is a good emperor...... He killed Xu Fu and saved our country...... All my family members died at the hands of Xu Fu, and only me and my sister were left...... It is because His Majesty killed Xu Fu and reorganized the government that we have a good life......" Some soldiers grumbled and told their unbelief.

"How is that possible? We are soldiers personally recruited by His Majesty, we serve the country, and we are loyal. Your Majesty won't do this to us! Some soldiers opened their eyes angrily and desperately denied it.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible...... Before we leave home, everything is fine, you! You! You are deceiving the people! There were also soldiers struggling with emotions and frantically retorting.

But, all of this will not help.

Although they don't want to believe it, they can't believe it, and they try their best to force themselves not to believe it...... But the truth is right in front of you.

Roaming in silence, silent, allowing the soldiers to scream, complain, and struggle almost like madness. Even as the deputy commander of the First Army, he can't do anything now, and he can't do anything anymore.

Xiang Yu was also silent, he knew that for these soldiers, all this was too difficult to accept, but ...... Sooner or later, they will have to face it, and sooner or later they will have to accept it.

"Xiang Yu! A rebellious minister! You must have forged these city cards for personal purposes, right? It must have been forged by you! For the sake of realism, you also deliberately scarred them...... It must be all your ill-intentioned and intriguing intentions...... Thou hast slandered our saints, and thou hast deceived us! Everything is your conspiracy. Others refused to believe it and struggled desperately, with their red eyes open, trying to explain by all means.

But at this time, before Xiang Yu could speak, a heavy voice appeared—someone knelt on the ground—it was the night defense commander who led the troops to guard the gate of Lingcheng tonight.

After hearing the soldier's words, he almost collapsed and fell to his knees on the broken city sign that read "Yancheng". He pressed his hands tightly against the huge city plaque, deeply caressing every wound on it, and at the same time, with tears streaming down his face, he said in a mournful voice—"It's true...... These city cards are real......"

"My father is a famous old carpenter in Yancheng, and when I was a child, he was commissioned to renovate the city plaque in Yancheng...... I remember...... I remember...... This is the city sign of Yancheng, and it also has the name I secretly engraved when I was a child......"

He cried out in a broken voice, tears pouring from his eyes and dripping down the scarred city signs, gradually breaking everyone's heart.

Hearing the final words of the night defense commander, the last layer of stubborn defense in everyone's hearts also collapsed - countless soldiers, 250,000 soldiers all over the city collapsed to the ground like a mountain, painfully accepting this extremely cruel reality.

Roaming quietly standing in the crowd of people who were in a broken mood, listening to the shouts and hesitations of the city, his heart began to tremble, as an outsider, his heart finally trembled at this moment.

And Xiang Yu is still continuing, he knows that the truth is cruel, but he must use this cruel truth to wake up all the soldiers, can't, resolutely can't have any illusions about Yingzheng, the emperor.

"After Ying Zheng recruited you to Qianjiangling and transferred me and Liu Bang to the border city, he launched his bloody plan, he sealed the news of the inner country, sent Bai Qi to attack the cities of the inner country one by one, forcibly expropriated all the resources in the city, and forcibly requisitioned all the adult men and women in the city as laborers to build the Afang Palace - none of the one hundred and seventeen cities were spared, and now there are only four cities where Qin Chu still exists safely! All of us have mistaken Yingzheng! That's right! He killed Xu Fu! However, he is a cruel and cold-blooded existence than Xu Fu! He didn't think about governing the country well at all, he was just using his power as emperor to sacrifice the entire country as a sacrifice for his dark ambitions! ”