- Qin Chu Neiguo, Lingcheng.

When she first saw Lingcheng, Mulan felt that there was something wrong here. There is no noise, no noise, no cooking smoke, not even ruts and horseshoe prints on the road, just like a dead city.

Mulan looked down at the road surface, there were actually ruts and hoof prints, but those marks were too old, as if the city had long been empty.

Along the way, Hua Mulan deliberately bypassed the city and advanced, even at the expense of taking some more roads, she had already entered the inner country of Qin Chu, and she couldn't give the other party any chance to discover her whereabouts.

However, Lingcheng is something she can't get around, this is the pass of Qinchu's inner country, from the city to both sides are stretching mountain gorges and rivers, there is no feasible place, so her way must pass through Lingcheng.

Hua Mulan walked towards the mausoleum city with light steps, the city gate was open, and she walked in directly, during which the rhythm of her walking did not change at all, as if she was just taking a natural walk, but there was a slight alertness in her eyes.

It's not a normal city, and she's certainly very prepared to deal with anything, and she's not going to let "others" see her preparations......

However, when Mulan walked into the city, she saw people—she didn't expect to see people, to be precise, she didn't expect to see "such" people......

On the street directly in front of Mulan, an old woman in a shabby cloth dress was holding a broom, slowly sweeping the dust from the street. The scorching light of the afternoon fell straight down, and a glimmer of bright light overflowed from the eaves of the wooden building on the street, embellished on the wrinkles of the grandmother's contemplation of the vicissitudes of time, looking calm and harmonious.

Mulan looked at the prospect in front of her, and the alertness in her eyes was slightly relieved. She folded her eyes and looked to both sides, and found that there were also people on the streets on the left and right, and on the street on the left, two old men were working together to carry a bucket of water that had been picked up from nowhere, their tired eyes were astigmatized and out of breath, but the sound of tired wheezing made people listen to it plain and steady.

On the street on the right, seven or eight children were playing happily under the care of an old couple, hugging and chasing each other, and their feet were not stopping, and there was always a childlike laugh coming out of their mouths, and that laughter was joyful and warm.

Hua Mulan finally relieved the vigilance in her eyes, this is not a dead city, there is no danger, it is a very harmonious city, but there are fewer people, and it seems to be too quiet. So she relaxed and hurried forward with a calm face.

Walking towards the city, Mulan found that it was indeed very peaceful, but she had already adapted to it, and perhaps this was the unique feature of this city. But as she had walked through four or five of the main streets with this tranquility, she found a strange problem: almost all the people of the city were children under the age of ten or old people over fifty, and there was not a single adult!

This strange sight made Mulan can't help but be alert again, there was not a single adult on the way, this is also too strange, is there no adult in this city? Is this really the case, so the city is exceptionally quiet?

At this moment, the tranquility of the mausoleum suddenly seemed a little bleak and bleak in Mulan's eyes—this was the "tranquility" without the vitality and enthusiasm of adults.

"Sure enough, there is still something wrong with this city......" Mulan's face was suspicious, and her pace slowed down unnaturally, she looked around, planning to find a city person to ask about the situation in the city.

However, at this moment, directly in front of Mulan, at the fork in the street, a patrol army appeared. Without hesitation, Mulan subconsciously flashed towards the alleyway next to her, avoiding the sight of the patrol army that was about to be projected.

"Why did a patrol army suddenly appear, I had been ...... before" Mulan hibernated in the alleyway, frowning and thinking, the situation in this city seemed far more complicated than she imagined.

Mulan just kept lying in the alleyway, wanting to escape the patrol of the patrol army and come out again, however, at this moment, she felt a strong aura slowly walking towards the alley where she was lurking!

- Qin Chu, Merlin City.

Han Xin stood quietly surrounded by super soldiers and magic guide soldiers, his expression was grim, and he didn't say a word. He clenched the spear in his hand, the bright silver tip of which was stained red with blood.

In front of Han Xin, a huge super soldier mecha collapsed to the ground, the super soldier's operating system was still stopping, his limbs kept trembling, and the diamond diamonds on his arms were still spinning violently, but he could no longer stand up.

Nine obvious holes appeared in the chest of the fallen super soldier - they were made of complete steel! The dark holes seemed to overflow with incredible fear. Scarlet blood was flowing along the edge of the hole, the blood of the battlefield commander!

Even if it was 10,000 times over, that battlefield commander would not believe that the super soldier's sturdy body would be broken by such a simple and pure attack. So he recklessly stayed in the iron protection of the super soldier, charged on the battlefield unscrupulously, provoked Han Xin unscrupulously - and then used his life as a bargaining chip to witness the defense limit of the super soldier.

Han Xin coldly looked down at the super soldier in front of him who could never stand up, silently suppressing the tremor of his wrists. Of course, the defense of the super soldier is not weak, and the reason why Han Xin was able to break it in one move was because of his strongest stunt "Peerless Spear", but despite this, Han Xin's wrist was also under a lot of pressure.

At this time, the entire battlefield fell silent, and the attack of the besieging army stopped. Han Xin's unexpectedly strong attack killed their battlefield commander in an instant, and there was absolutely no command on the battlefield, and now, they were at a loss when they lost their command.

The remaining forty-nine super soldiers and a large number of magic guide soldiers surrounded Han Xin, but no one moved. According to common sense, when the commander is assassinated, the soldiers should do everything to eliminate the enemy who killed the commander, but that person is only the acting battlefield commander, not their real commander, and after seeing the power that Han Xin burst out at that moment, none of them dare to act rashly.

In fact, at this moment, Han Xincai is really the end of the crossbow, he fought hard with the super soldier before, causing a violent muscle strain to his arms, and then forcibly used the strongest skill to stab the hard body of the super soldier, although he defeated the super soldier, but his hands can no longer fight.

Zhang Liang, who was suspended in mid-air not far away, stared at Han Xin's situation here with serious eyes, ready to rescue at any time, those ordinary soldiers couldn't see it, but he could see the subtle tremor of Han Xin's wrist clearly. He knew that Han Xin was just holding on. Mozi in the distance also turned his gaze to this side, the shrinking thrusters on his legs had cooled down, ready to charge at any time to rescue.

The situation was frozen in dead silence for more than a minute, and then, I don't know which soldier stepped back first, and then, thousands of soldiers and siege engines retreated backwards, and the siege army, which was still fierce before, retreated as quickly as the tide of iron armor.

The huge battlefield suddenly became wider.

Han Xin watched the retreating enemy troops, and it was not until they disappeared out of sight that he finally relaxed, the soles of his feet weakened, and he fell backwards, lying on the hard ground, and then gasped heavily: "It's finally over." ”

"It's far from over......," Mozi said in a heavy tone, coming from behind, "It's just the beginning!" ”

Hearing Mozi's voice, Han Xin sat up from the ground with a hard support, he had too many doubts in his heart, now that the war was over for the time being, he could finally question Mozi. However, before Han Xin could ask, Mozi had already spoken.

"Now, do you believe it?" Through the dark blue eyes of the machine man, Mozi looked at Han Xin with a deep gaze and said.

Han Xin looked at the Shen Li Organ Man Mozi with complicated eyes, and was noncommittal, just calmed his voice and asked silently, "Why?" ”

"Marshal Bai Qi...... Your Majesty...... Why did they attack the Organ City? This is the city of His Majesty's own rule! ”

"Unless we resist his rule—" Mozi's eyes flickered, but his voice was as heavy as a stone falling into the depths of the sea.

And Han Xin, and Zhang Liang, who had just stepped into the void and flew there, were obviously shocked.

"Resist the Emperor's rule...... This ......" Han Xin stared at Mozi, who couldn't see the expression, and his voice trembled unconsciously, "...... This...... Isn't this a rebellion! ”

Resist the rule and stand on your own feet in the city, this kind of crime is to uncover the flag and rebel!

No wonder, no wonder His Majesty and Bai Qi want to send strong troops to directly attack the city, in the face of the city forces that resist the rule, what else can be done except forcibly attack the city...... In this way, all the doubts and confusions can be explained.

Except for one point -

"Why do you want to resist domination?" Han Xin stared at Mozi and asked, "What are you leading the people of a city to do this kind of conspiracy and rebellion?" ”

"For everyone to live!" Mozi's deep voice rose word by word, "For the whole city to survive!" We must hold this line of defense in the city of organs! ”

As soon as these words came out, Han Xin and Zhang Liang couldn't help frowning and looking at Mozi, obviously not knowing what he meant.

"Sure enough...... You don't know, do you......" Mozi slowly raised his head, and his tone unconsciously became sad, "Yingzheng's policy of ruling the country after he became emperor...... You don't know, do you......"

"Policy? Is there anything wrong with the policy? Han Xin asked with a puzzled look, "I have also witnessed the political documents received by the border city over the years, and I have never heard of any problems...... It is written in the political document that Your Majesty has governed the country very well in the past three years......"

Mozi didn't answer, just silently, silently took out a stack of golden folds from his arms, and handed it to Han Xin, "It's useless to say more, this is Yingzheng's political document issued in China...... See for yourself......"

Han Xin glanced at Mozi suspiciously, then took the fold and slowly opened it. However, when he carefully read the lines of ink on the fold, his expression completely froze, and his whole heart also underwent earth-shaking changes.

"Brother Xin...... Are you okay......" Seeing Han Xin's expression change greatly, Zhang Liang asked out loud.

Han Xin didn't speak, just quietly spread his hands. Zhang Liang then picked up the golden fold in Han Xin's hand with doubts in his eyes, read it carefully, and when he saw the content of the fold, his expression also changed faintly.

"Yunjing calendar 1125, the twelfth month of Yin, the edict of Qin and Chu in the country of one hundred and twenty-one cities, pass on the emperor's decree, change the national policy, build a new ......" Zhang Liang silently read the reform documents in his hand, most of them were only slight changes to the original national affairs, but in the back, the content of the political documents suddenly became terrifying.

"Increase the national taxes and service in all parts of the country, and change the annual payment of the treasury by each city to four times, and make offerings quarterly. In addition, 10,000 adults per city were levied on a monthly basis, regardless of gender, and sent to serve in the Afang Palace construction site......" Zhang Liang's eyes gradually trembled, for no reason, he did not pay attention to the people's feelings, but simply issued cruel orders to the people - this is simply tyranny.

“…… As soon as the political document was issued, it was revealed to the world, and the 36 counties, 121 cities, and 1,000 counties in the country were immediately reformed from the holy order. If there is a disobedient person, there will be no forgiveness, and if there is a city that resists the government, it will be punished for rebellion! Seeing the end, Zhang Liang only felt that this pen and ink was as shocking as a blade...... Tyranny is tyranny at all.

"This kind of national politics ...... What does the current emperor of Qin Chu want to do...... This is simply forcing the people of the world to death! Zhang Liang asked in a calm voice with a serious expression.

"This is to force the people to death - if they obey the holy decree and listen to the political reform, no city can survive, and the forced collection of people and the continuous increase of taxes, the continuous deepening of the double coercion will only push the people into the abyss of misery."

"And if they resist the imperial government, they will be greeted by an iron-blooded army led by Bai Qi himself, attacking the city and breaking the ground, and directly collecting all the money, food and adult manpower of a city......" Mozi, the organ man, stood on the ground and let out a deep and sad voice, "Yingzheng is basically forcing the people - this country into a desperate situation!" ”

"Why...... Why...... Why the hell is that! Han Xin roared in a trembling voice, he couldn't believe it, and he couldn't understand that the emperor they supported had done such a tragic thing, "This is different from the political document sent to us by Your Majesty!" He told us that the country is prosperous, and the country and the people are safe! Let's guard the border with peace of mind, everything is fine in the country! ”

"How can he tell you the truth? Does he dare? If Xiang Yu and Liu Bang knew that he was governing the country like this, how could they be up to him? Mozi roared loudly, although the machine man was still cold and quiet, but Mozi who was in it was also emotional.

"But why don't we know anything about it! Even if His Majesty deceives us, the other news ...... Why is there no other news at all? Han Xin's pupils widened, and his eyes were full of disbelief, "It's impossible that there is no news at all!" We stayed in the border city for three years...... I don't know anything! ”

"Because he secretly blocked all the information channels between the inner country and the border city, in the past three years, I have sent countless letters to you-Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, but there has never been a reply-"

"Later, I guessed that they might have sealed the information about the border city, and all the information that could enter the ears of the border city was filtered - so I finally had to announce that I needed a Crimson Heart!"

"I expected that once Xiang Yu heard the news, he would definitely send a powerful warrior to hunt the Crimson Heart and send it to me-"

"Got it! I don't need Crimson Heart at all, what I need is someone who can break through the blockade line buried by Ying Zheng Baiqi, come to Merlin City alive, and see the truth of the whole thing for Xiang Yu - it's you! Hanshin! ”

Mozi's words were like a thunderbolt, hitting Han Xin and Zhang Liang's hearts heavily - it turned out that the Crimson Heart was just an introduction, and his real purpose was to wait for someone who had the strength to travel safely to Merlin City and see the truth of all this.

"Block the passage between the border city and the inner country......" silently thought in his heart, and at this time, both Han Xin and Zhang Liang immediately recalled the ambush soldiers who encountered when they left the border city area and passed through Yuanzi Mountain. At that time, based on the situation, they avoided the crisis that was supposed to occur, took a detour, and took a remote road to Merlin City.

At that time, they were still puzzled, who was so bold as to dare to secretly seal the only way between the border cities and the inner country...... Now you know...... It turned out that the ambush soldiers and the one who sealed the passage were their current saints!

"In the past three years...... Longshun City and Huyao City are simply a sealed living box—everything you think you see and hear—is controlled by Yingzheng and them......"

The two of them, who finally saw the truth of the inner country, fell into a deep silence amid Mozi's heavy words.

Zhang Liang is better, after all, he has been living on Fengqi Mountain before, and he has not asked about the world for more than 20 years, but Han Xin has sunk to the ground like a lost soul.

"Why...... Why on earth did Your Majesty do this? Why did the King of Chu and the King of Han send such a brutal political document without it? There is also the equalizer Empress Miyue, didn't she stop His Majesty from making such a decision? Han Xin's mouth was full of questions over and over again, roaring, his red eyes full of tears were open, and he didn't know how to face this terrible truth.

They have endured hardships and guarded the border for three years...... In the end, I was left behind by such a truth......

And Mozi raised his head, stared at the dark gray sky above, and said sadly:

"It's been three years...... It's been a short and incomparably long three...... The inner country has become a desperate situation among adults, and one hundred and twenty-one cities in thirty-six counties have fallen one after another, and now only five cities remain...... Ying Zheng ...... Our Emperor, he is about to destroy the life of this thousand-year-old country! ”