Chapter 379: Rumors
Meng Weijun didn't say what he was worried about, but Qi Maungbi could understand it.
Although Xue Cheng has 150,000 people, there are too few elites, most of them are rabble, whether they can hold the city under the strong attack of Chu and Song, Meng Weijun does not know, and Qi Maungbi also does not know.
Although the King of Qi sent 50,000 Qi troops to Xue Cheng, most of these Qi troops were troops near Xue Di, and many of them were still elite soldiers of Xue Cheng.
Meng Weijun watched on Xue Cheng for a while, and then returned to the mansion with the doorman.
Back in the mansion, Meng Weijun immediately asked his doorman, "Is there any news from the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei?" โ
The Three Kingdoms are in Qi, Xue Di is the front line of the war, and it is extended in all directions, and it is handed over to various countries, so Meng Weijun will naturally not sit still, and it is the right thing to contact various countries.
Meng Weijun's disciple Gongsun Hong responded: "Your Majesty, the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei have not yet expressed their position, and the king has sent envoys to the three kingdoms to lobby, but the three kingdoms are all vague, neither sending troops to attack Qi, nor willing to send troops to help Qi. โ
"Even the State of Wei, which is the best with the State of Qi, only wrote a letter to the King of Chu, and then there was no follow-up."
Meng Weijun showed a hint of melancholy, the Three Kingdoms did not express their position for a long time, there was no big problem for Qi Guo, but it was a big problem for Xue Di.
Shengzi is in Pinglu, not far north of Xuedi, but because of the Wei State, he can't easily leave Pinglu, let alone lead the army south.
At this moment, the only reinforcement that Meng Weijun could refer to was the Qi army in Jucheng in the east.
A few days later, Xue Chengzhong, Tian Wen's mansion, in a room in a small courtyard.
Cai Qiong deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Brother Chen, this is news from the Chu State. The king wants us to spread rumors in the city as soon as possible. โ
Cai Qiong is Tian Wen's doorman, a doorman who can enter and exit and take a car. After Xue Cheng was besieged, Cai Qiong was ordered to go out to find out the news, and then came into contact with Chen Zhen.
Chen Tong took the silk book handed over by the other party, read it for a while, wrote down the contents, and said to the other party: "Okay, hard work." Brother Lao Cai spread the news to the others, and ten days later, we acted together to spread the rumors throughout the city within a day or two. โ
Chen Tong was originally a down-and-out scholar from the Chu State, who accepted the recruitment of the Chu State three years ago, and then was ordered to bring several people to Tianwen. Three years have passed, and through his efforts, a year ago, because of his ability to do things, he was appreciated by Tian Wen and became a first-class guest.
And Chen Tong is also the person in charge of Xue Di.
Cai Qiong responded: "No! โ
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Ten days later, Xue Cheng.
Ren Shan was originally Xue Jun's person, and a few years ago, Chen Zhen wanted to install spies in Xue Di, so he asked Xue Jun for a few people, and this Ren Shan was one of them.
Ren Shan was originally from Xuecheng, and returned to his hometown again, and soon integrated into Xuecheng.
After three or four years of peace, just over twenty days ago, Xue Cheng broke the previous peace. Because of the attack on Qi by the state of Chu, Xue Gongtian Wen recruited all the men in Xue City, and then reorganized and enlisted in the army to defend the city, and Ren Shan relied on his small wealth in the place where he lived, so he became a military commander and commanded the four neighbors nearby.
Yesterday, Ren Shan received news from other spies of the Chu State: The King of Chu has an order, and there are rumors about it.
And Ren Shan received the news that Xue Jun was about to return with the support of Chu and Song, and was immediately overjoyed.
Today, when Ren Shan was ordered to inspect the urn in the city, he saw a big man with a meaty face walking in a ten-foot-deep ravine beside him, and he was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Isn't this a gou?" โ
When Gou Dai heard someone calling him, he immediately raised his head, saw that it was Ren Shan, and suddenly said, "It turned out to be Brother Ren!" โ
Ren Shan saw that the Qi soldiers on the left and right were far away, and immediately asked, "Brother Gou, why don't you go to be a gangster and be here instead?" โ
Gou Yan smiled: "You don't know this, Xue Gong ordered the people to be conscripted, and the livestock were conscripted." I was worried that all the dogs in the family would be levied by Xue Gong to kill and eat meat, so I used some money to become a soldier who specially explored the tunnels outside the city. And because he was good at treating dogs, he was promoted to be the chief, with ten people and more than forty dogs. โ
In order to prepare for the tunnels, it is not enough to rely on people to listen to the urns, it is also necessary to dig some tunnels in the city, and then dig holes in the ground and put dogs in the holes. After all, one cannot listen to the urn all the time twelve hours a day, but a dog can stay in the cave all night, listening to the low movements.
Ren Shan naturally knew the news that Gou had brought with him, because the more than forty dogs in his hands were scattered around this small half of the city wall, plus he traveled extensively and was a righteous person, so Ren Shan came to him on purpose.
More importantly, Ren Shan knew that this ancestor was also a nobleman of the Xue State, because the Xue State had been occupied by the Qi State for more than a hundred years, so that most of the nobles of the Xue State had fallen and become ordinary people. And now the nobles of Xue Di are mostly Qi people.
Ren Shan saw Gou pulling his dog, and immediately sighed: "You are lucky!" You don't have to go to the wall to fight. โ
Gou Dai smiled when he heard this.
Seeing this, Ren Shan shook his head again, lowered his voice and said, "I heard a news from others, I heard that the King of Qi has been entangled by the King of Yue, and the reinforcements from Jucheng will not be able to come in a short time. And I heard that Xue Jun, who fled to the Chu State, has received the support of the Chu and Song Kingdoms, and the two countries have gathered 400,000 troops to besiege Xue Cheng, preparing to expel Xue Gong from Xue and restore the Xue State! โ
"Xue Jun returns, Xue Guo restores!" Gou was stunned.
Before he came back to his senses, Ren Shan had already finished inspecting the urns nearby and was leaving...
At the same time, in another corner of Xue Cheng, a man in tattered clothes said to another man with yellow muscles and thin muscles: "Have you heard? Our Xue Cheng is about to change the sky again, I heard that Xue Jun is back, and he has also brought back the armies of Chu and Song. โ
The yellow-faced and thin-skinned man said angrily: "What if Xue Jun comes back, when Xue Jun was in Xuecheng, my ancestors were poor families in Xuecheng for generations, and they just barely survived." Now that Xue Gong is in charge, I am still a poor family barely living, Xue Jun Xue Gong, what is the difference between us! It's not that you should pay taxes and pay taxes, you should be poor or you should be poor! โ
The man retorted, "How can this be the same! We owe Xue Gong money, but we have never owed Xue Jun money, if Xue Jun drives Xue Gong away, don't we just have to pay back? โ
Meng Weijun has money and food, but he has raised thousands of people just as a guest, and he also has Xue Cheng's army, plus sending money and food to other celebrities in Qi State, these are extremely expensive and food-consuming, so where does his money and food come from, neither the money and food given to him by the King of Qi, nor the flood. The entire Xue Di was the source of Meng Weijun's money and food, not only collecting taxes and rents to do business, but also specializing in usury in Xue Di and charging rich interest.
Baili Xue Di, the rich Xue Di, has achieved the great reputation of Meng Weijun.
The latter came to his senses and said with great joy: "Good, good, I hope Xue Jun can win a big victory and drive away Xue Gong..."