"King Qin! King Qin! ”

Outside the south gate of Yecheng, a ragged man was dancing and shouting, and the people who were queuing up to enter and leave the city were stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at him inexplicably, and acquaintances immediately surrounded him: "Hey, I said that the king is crazy, what are you shouting about?" ”

"King Qin! King Qin! ”

The madman shouted to himself, the more people around him, the more energetic he shouted, and the more others listened, the more confused they became, because everyone didn't know what "King Qin" was.

Do you want everyone to give you more porridge for you, a madman surnamed Wang? So you call him King Qin?

The vast majority of the people are illiterate, so they don't understand what King Qin is, but the city gate official is different, although he is only a rough writer, but he knows what King Qin means.

"Hey!! Crazy king, don't shout nonsense! ”

"King Qin! King Qin! ”

"Hey! The more I talk, the more energetic! ”

Annoyed, the city gate official asked his subordinates to quickly blast the madman away from him, but the madman got into the crowd like a loach, and kept shouting "King Qin!" ”

finally caught it, and was about to drag it out, others hurriedly begged for mercy, and everyone thought that why bother with a madman.

Wang Madman's real name is Wang Er, he is a resident of the city, although his family is poor, but he married a daughter-in-law, and his life was good, but when his daughter-in-law was about to give birth, he had an accident and two lives, and Wang Er was stimulated by this and went crazy, and since then he has been called Wang Madman.

He said he was crazy, but he was actually half-crazy, he could understand what others said, and sometimes he could communicate with people, but his brain was broken, and he could no longer be like a normal person.

The neighbors saw that he was pitiful, and from time to time he gave him help, and the madman Wang was so full and hungry, like a beggar, and from time to time he talked nonsense, and no one took it seriously.

"Blame me? I'm here to save him! Do you know what it is... Hi! Don't shout! If the officials and soldiers listen to it, they will be killed! ”

The city gate officials who are kind and have no good retribution can't make it clear, now the official army is attacking Fangcheng, Yecheng is a grain and grass distribution center, and there are officers and soldiers everywhere.

Now that Da Zhou has changed the Son of Heaven, you are shouting "King Qin" here, don't you want to rebel?

Of course, a madman will not rebel, but who is behind the scenes must always be interrogated, and a madman will be unlucky if he says his name.

It is impossible for the city gate official to say this kind of thing in public, so he kept a straight face and asked Qingzhuang to escort the king madman away, but this person came crazy, and when he saw that there were more and more onlookers, he shouted louder:

"King Qin! King Qin! ”

"There are no heads hanging in the Hanging City, and there are no men, women, and children left!"

"All dead!"

"Bang", the king madman was slapped in the face, the gatekeeper saw that he was getting more and more disagreeable, and slapped him with his own hand to make him stop, the king maniac cried, and the gatekeeper was about to come again, but the raised hand was caught.

When I turned my head, it was a strong man in military uniform, with a very hideous scar on his cheek, and there were several people on his left and right, staring at the young man who came up around him with a bad face.

The gatekeeper only felt that his wrist was clamped by iron tongs, and he wanted to break free but couldn't move.

There were soldiers everywhere in Yecheng, and he couldn't afford to make an accident, so he could only keep saying, "Master Jun, what's going on?" ”

"Let, he, say!"

The strong man spit out three words in his mouth, and the gatekeeper shuddered for no reason when he heard the words, and let go of the madman Wang.

The madman turned around to run, but was grabbed by the strong man, and then asked in a loud voice, "You say!" What's wrong with the hanging gourd! ”

"King Qin! King Qin...."

With a "snap", the madman Wang was slapped by the strong man, and spun in place like a spinning top.

The strong man grabbed the madman again, roared and asked, "Say!" What's wrong with the hanging gourd! ”

The madman covered his red and swollen cheeks, wept and repeated, what he had just been taught, and the man gave him a lot of delicious food, and taught him three simple and easy-to-remember words.

"There are no heads hanging in the Hanging City, and there are no men, women, and children left!" "All of them are dead!" ”

The shouts with cries made the strong man feel like he had been struck by lightning, and the faces of several soldiers next to him also changed greatly, and they were at a loss, and the atmosphere at the scene became a little delicate.

They were soldiers of the Yuzhou Army, who came to Yecheng from the camp outside Fangcheng to do business, but they heard a shocking news in Yecheng many times: Something happened to the hanging gourd.

There are many family members of the soldiers of the Yuzhou Army who are hanging, and once something happens, it will be the end of the family!

The strong man pushed the madman away, turned around and was about to lead the horse, but was stopped by the fellow soldiers: "Team up!" I can't believe what this madman says, I can't believe it! ”

"Believe it or not? You've heard about it elsewhere before! Something happened to the hanging gourd! ”

"Team up! Team up! Leaving the camp without permission is a capital offense, and such rumors cannot be believed..."

"Lao Tzu wants to go back to the hanging gourd, fucking the death penalty! Lao Tzu's family is hanging on the gourd! ”

"Team up! Let's go back to the camp first! I can't say that the general wants to lead the troops back, what's the use of you going back alone!! ”

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Fangcheng, camp tents in the suburbs and fields one after another, the imperial army besieging Fangcheng camped here, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in the camp stretched for several miles, at a glance to the boundless.

As the sun set, today's siege battle ended, and Rulin's trebuchet was now at a safe distance, and smoke rose from the camp, which was the soldiers of various units making fires and cooking.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court were ordered to crusade against the rebel Yu Wenliang father and son, and the army besieging Fangcheng was mainly based on the soldiers and horses of the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion, supplemented by guest troops transferred from elsewhere, to attack Fangcheng, but Fangcheng was like a piece of iron bone, and it couldn't be gnawed no matter how it was gnawed.

Both the offensive and defensive sides are Zhou troops, and they are very skilled in the use of trebuchets and thunderbolts, and they also have a lot of experience in tunnel siege methods, so the battle has been stalemate so far, and both sides have made no progress.

But the time is on the side of the imperial court, and if it is consumed, the first thing that cannot be resisted can only be the defenders of Fangcheng, so the officers and soldiers of the Yuzhou army are not in a hurry, but now it is different.

In the last two days, there have been many rumors in Yuzhou that have been spread to the camp outside Fangcheng through Yecheng, and to the ears of the soldiers.

What is the content of the rumors, "Two Days of Hanging Gourd" and "Three Massacres in Ruyang", which made the soldiers panic after hearing it, and today, the soldiers who went to Yecheng to escort grain and grass heard more and more terrifying news:

The hanging gourd is over, it's really over, and the men, women, and children in the city have been killed cleanly by the chaotic army.

After the news reached the camp outside Fangcheng, although the governors repeatedly ordered to prohibit the spread of rumors, the news still spread in the barracks, because many soldiers' families were in Yuzhou, not in the hanging gourd but also in the nearby area, and no one was not worried about the safety of their families.

"Hey, have you heard? Say it's a hanging gourd or something... King Qin! ”

"What the hell is King Qin? Which one has the surname of the king to give? ”

"What a handout! Now Yecheng is rumored that the Qin Wang Army has come out of the hanging gourd and slaughtered the whole city!! ”

"What did you say!!"

Several soldiers who were cooking rice, hearing this amazing news, invariably exclaimed, their families are hanging, if the rumors are true, then that...

Today's siege, a few of them are so tired that they want to die or live, so they look forward to cooking now to fill their stomachs, and then sleep well, now that they hear the news, where do they still have the heart to eat, a mind turned out lively, and went around the nearby camp a few times, and when they came back, they were obviously depressed.

"What's the matter? What the hell is it saying out there? ”

The corners of the man's mouth moved, he wanted to say something but didn't say it, he grabbed the saber with red eyes and was about to walk out, so startled that the others struggled to stop him: "What's the matter?" ”

"I'm going to go back!!"

"Ouch, what are you yelling about! Let people hear it, and they can't pull it and hit a hundred rods! ”

"Fuck a hundred rods! Lao Tzu's family is hanging in the gourd!! ”

As he spoke, the man began to cry, and the other soldiers were shocked when they saw this, and asked for a long time before they came up with a reason:

There are now rumors everywhere in the barracks that a few days ago, someone made a rebellion in the name of King Qin, blocked the gate of the hanging gourd, burned and looted in the city, the women were raped first and then killed, the small ones were thrown into urns to cook, and the old ones were fed to the dogs.

Hearing this, the others also panicked, and there was a shouting and scolding, everyone turned around to look, but it was many soldiers gathered together, and confronted the governor and his subordinates, it turned out that someone wanted to leave the camp and return to the hanging gourd, and was arrested by the governor on the charge of disturbing the morale of the army.

On weekdays, no one would help this unlucky ghost when he died, but now it is different, because there is not just one, not a few, dozens, but hundreds, thousands, or even more.

"What do you want to do! All be honest! Whoever dares to spread rumors about military law will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die! ”

The governor brandished his saber and bluffed, the situation was not good at the moment, more and more soldiers were gathered, all of them were not good, he was almost unable to suppress it, but if he didn't suppress it, he couldn't do it, he could only deceive and scare.

"General! are all talking about the king of Qin over there, what's going on! ”

"Nothing! The hanging gourd is very good! This is a rumor spread by the enemy! Don't spread rumors, don't fall for them! ”

The Governor was sweating profusely, but the gathered soldiers had no intention of dispersing, and such a scene was played out everywhere else, and the camp, which stretched for miles, slowly boiled like an urn of boiling water.