Chapter Ninety-Eight: Rumors

"General, you must know that Tianshui is already in danger now, if my guess is correct, there will be a great enemy in Tianshui within seven days, and if you don't make a choice, it will be too late."

"A great enemy in seven days? Who is it? ”

Liu Hu asked.

"Daqin's iron cavalry is already in Jincheng County, three hundred miles away, and the distance of three hundred miles is enough for two days, do you think Liu Taishou can hold this heavenly water?"

"What! Geumseong-gun! How do you know about this? ”

Liu Hu couldn't believe what the other party said.

"One of my relatives lives in Jincheng County, my relative escaped from the city with great difficulty, this is what he told me, now Jincheng County has been heavily guarded, all occupied by Daqin's army, and this time Daqin's envoy came to persuade him to surrender too much, I'm afraid it is to report the news."

"Ahh Is this serious? ”

"Do I dare to deceive the general in such a big matter?"

"Whew!"

Liu Hu sat there struggling in his heart, and after a long time, he stood up suddenly.

"Okay, Tianshui is in danger now, I, Liu Hu, must stand up, I'll go and contact my soldiers, once Daqin attacks, I will take the opportunity to take down Liu Yuan, and then I will be loyal to Da Zhou, and Da Qin won't dare to do anything to me."

Liu Hu finally made up his mind.

"That's right, as the so-called wealth and danger are sought, this is a great opportunity, general, I swear allegiance to you."

"Okay, Brother Shi, don't worry, as long as I succeed, you will be the first hero."

"I, Shile, who is a hero or not, don't care......... I'll go and contact my subordinates, and when the time comes, I'll take Tianshui with the general. ”

The two of them raised a glass together.

In Jincheng County, a general sat upright in the big tent, and in front of him was the messenger who persuaded Liu Yuan to surrender.

"General Wang, Liu Yuan is stubborn, it seems that he can only use force."

"Well, I've been ready for a long time......... Then Liu Yuan didn't doubt you, right? ”

This person was none other than Wang Qian, one of the youngest generals in Great Qin today.

"General Wang, don't worry, I have absolutely not revealed the slightest information about the general."

"Well, that's good, the use of soldiers is about the speed of soldiers, and if the news is revealed, it will not be beautiful if the other party has defense."

"Then when will the general send troops?"

"Naturally, the sooner the better, but there are still some weapons that have not yet been built, and we will set off as soon as the weapons are completed!"

When it came to this incident, Wang Jian was on fire, not only was there no weapon overnight, but he couldn't even find the furnace for smelting iron, and there was no trace around, as if these things disappeared out of thin air, and what was even more strange was that in addition to iron, those gun handles and knife handles were not damaged at all, this matter made Wang Jian puzzled, the only clue was the young man who was riding a horse, but unfortunately let him run away.

"Pass my order, the army will prepare immediately, and send troops to Tianshui in two days!"

Wang Jian passed the order, and everyone began to get busy.

Within Tianshui, there were rumors in just two days: Liu Yuan betrayed the Great Zhou, the imperial court had sent a large army to exterminate Liu Yuan, and there was about to break out in Tianshui.

As soon as the news came out, the whole Tianshui suddenly boiled, and all the people trembled, they were just ordinary people, and they didn't know much about the general trend of the world, and they had heard of the seven princes and kings, but in their hearts, they were still the people of the Great Zhou, they planted the land of the Great Zhou, and they ate the grain of the Great Zhou, and now Liu Yuan betrayed the Great Zhou, which made them extremely puzzled.

I don't understand it, this has nothing to do with them originally, but the Great Zhou sent troops to attack Tianshui, so it has a lot to do with them.

"Third brother, I heard that Da Zhou has sent 100,000 soldiers to attack Tianshui, and now it is on the way, it won't take long to reach Tianshui, let's run!"

"The north is the desert, and the south is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, run? Where to run? Did you run? ”

"So what do we do? None of us will be better if the army kills us! ”

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"the child, hurry up and pack your things, let's take the child and go to Anding County to join the eldest sister!"

"Ahh Anding-gun! That's more than 400 miles, how can we get there! ”

"I'm going to go far away, and I won't be able to go when I don't go, hurry up, don't talk nonsense!"

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"Father, it is rumored outside that Liu Yuan betrayed the Great Zhou, and the imperial army's army is about to attack Tianshui, what should we do?"

"Alas, Liu Yuan has long been dissatisfied with Da Zhou, and secretly sneaked around with Da Qin, this time it's over, son, we are all people of Da Zhou, we must not betray the court, I am old, I can't go, you hurry up and leave Tianshui with your wife and children!"

"How's that going to work? We're not going anywhere, what does Liu Yuan's rebellion have to do with us? ”

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"Mother, let's go, Liu Yuan rebelled against the imperial court, Tianshui will fight immediately, you can't stay here."

"Son! Mother can't walk, you can go by yourself! ”

"Say what? Let's go to the dock fort of the king of Tianshui County now, he is the king of the Great Zhou County, the Great Zhou army will not attack him, and I heard that he will have food and drink as long as he goes to him, let's go to him first to hide. ”

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The undercurrent in Tianshui City is surging, some people choose to flee from Tianshui, some people can only rely on their fate, and some people heard that Liu Yuetian can give shelter there so they choose to defect, the whole Tianshui is panicked, not only ordinary people, but Liu Yuan's army is also unstable, although these people are loyal to Liu Yuan, but at the same time they also think that they are the people of the Great Zhou, Liu Yuan rebelled so what should they do? Besides, most people are just eating dinner when they are soldiers, and no one wants to fight, because war means death.

There has been no big war in Tianshui in recent years, and there will be some small conflicts when the horse bandits and the army of Tibet come to grab grain during the autumn harvest, and now there is a sudden news that the Great Zhou sent 100,000 troops to attack Tianshui, which is a 100,000 army! As far as Tianshui is concerned, how can people and centaurs confront others?

That is, in a day or two, Liu Yuan's army began to have soldiers fleeing, these people were all lone soldiers, and they ran into Funiu Mountain to find Fu Jian while they were not paying attention, and some of them also rode green horses with weapons.

"Who is spreading this rumor?"

Liu Yuan slammed the table and yelled angrily.

"My lord, we've searched the whole city, but ...... I can't find the source of this rumor! ”

The leader of the hidden guard stood in front of Liu Yuan, sweating profusely, and his body was like a sifting chaff.

Wang Meng: They are all beggars, and it is not easy to spread some rumors! And no one can find out about their heads.

"This is a rumor, this is a rumor.........! Immediately bring me men to the city gate to arrest me, and tie up all those who want to leave Tianshui on the spot............ Also, Liu Cong, you immediately lead the Praetorian Guard to show me the army, and kill me as long as you find someone running away, and kill them until they are afraid of doing it! ”

Liu Yuan yelled,

"An army of 100,000! Hmph, I really look up to me Liu Yuan, it seems that someone must be deliberately spreading rumors to disturb my military morale, who is it? Big Zhou? Or Daqin? ”

Rumors are like a flood, once they spread, there will be a chain reaction, those ordinary people Liu Yuan doesn't care, but the army can't do it, once the rumors are not stopped, his army may mutiny.

"Pass my order, from today onwards, Tianshui City will begin to implement a curfew, you can enter the city, if you want to go out of the city, you must have my order, if you don't kill it."