The expression on Zhuge Liang's face was different from that of the high-spirited Zhou Yu, and it could even be said that it was the complete opposite, when he saw Lu Fan coming to visit the army, he expected that this person must have bad intentions and wanted to hear the news of the ancestor Liu Bei, and because of this, Zhuge Liang refused to meet him. ●⌒，

But I didn't expect that less than half an hour later, I heard that Zhao Rong came to report, saying that it was a rumor in the army that Cao Ren's henchman Ai Sauce Niu Jin was killed by the Chu army, and many sergeants said that they had seen Niu Jin's head with their own eyes.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sink in his heart when he heard this, although he didn't know whether the so-called Niu Jin's head was true or false in the army, but he knew that this time the turmoil in the army's heart would definitely reach an uncontrollable Cheng dù.

Therefore, in this case, Zhuge Liang could only come forward in person to suppress it.

He immediately ordered Zhao Rong to garrison the big tent to protect the "lord", but he took Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Zhong Xuan and others to the army to appease the army, saying that the Niu Jin head circulated in the army was actually forged by the enemy, the purpose was to disturb the army's morale and make Daqin completely annihilated, and also falsely claimed that he had just communicated with Cao Ren Guò Xin, and the straw man was now fighting with Zuo Fengyi's Ma Chao's army outside Tongguan, and he would soon be able to repel Ma Chao's army, and then immediately led the army to respond, everyone just had to wait patiently for a few days.

In the end, Zhuge Liang also reproached with a straight face: "You are all the elite of my Great Qin, and the strong pillar of my Great Qin to build the country, how can you believe the rumors and mess up your own position?" ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they all retreated, and the situation quickly stabilized, but there were still soldiers who saw Niu Jin's head who were convinced of their judgment, so they gathered their friends and quietly went to Zhou Yu's camp at night to surrender.

But Lu Fan, who was in charge of receiving the surrendered troops there, solemnly put their names on the plane. They were rewarded heavily, and at the same time, a group of more capable sergeants were selected, and they were asked to return to the Qin military camp to walk the news that Liu Bei, the Duke of Qin, had died, and walked Zhuge Liang to seize the power and keep the news of the mourning secret. And so and so on.

The sergeants still had deep feelings for Liu Bei, and one of them, Du Bo, named Wen Zheng, asked in surprise: "General, I want to know exactly if Duke Qin really died of illness?" Are you letting us spread rumors or facts? ”

Lu Fan, who only listened, said in a deep voice: "To tell the truth, Ben Jiang only inferred that Duke Qin had died, but he didn't see it in person, this time I asked you to spread the news among the Qin army, one of the purposes is to confirm whether Duke Qin is gone, alas." In fact, the heroes of the Qin Gong generation, my lord still admires him very much, and he was originally going to wait for the surrender of the Duke of Qin, let him enjoy food, clothing, rent and taxes, and enjoy his old age in peace, I really don't want him to be harmed by the ministers. ”

When Wen Zheng heard this, a look of pain suddenly flashed on his face, and then he said angrily: "General, don't worry." Even if he was broken, he would definitely find out the news of Qin Gong. Brothers. Go back with me, if you don't make some noise this time, you will definitely not be able to force Zhuge Liang to let us see the lord. ”

After that, Wen Zheng led twenty or thirty people back to the barracks, and then quietly spread the news that Liu Bei was dead, Zhuge was autocratic, and there was no mourning.

The speed at which rumors are spread in the army is definitely not weaker than the spread of gossip in the market, and Zhuge Liang has just calmed the hearts of the army during the day. In addition, he didn't expect Liu Chuanhui to say so much to Lu Fan outside the gate, and he didn't have the slightest guard against this matter, so that in less than half the night, almost all the sergeants already knew this news, except for Zhuge Liang's hundreds of personal soldiers and Zhuge Jun's personal soldiers. Mo did not express their indignation at Zhuge Liang's behavior, and they decided to petition together in the lord's tent early the next morning, asking to see Liu Bei, the Duke of Qin, to solve the doubts in their hearts.

Therefore, early the next morning, the officers and men of each battalion did not deploy defenses as usual, but gathered together in front of the Chinese military tent, shouting loudly to see Qin Gong.

Zhuge Liang didn't know why it was only one night later, and the gradually calming military spirit suddenly became turbulent again, but the noise of the sergeants made him feel a little difficult to calm down, and suddenly there was a feeling of exhaustion.

Of course, he knew that it was true that Cao Ren's three subordinates would be killed, because last night, he sent his henchmen to retrieve the head of Niu Jin that he had secretly found, and brought it into the Chinese army's tent, and also opened the two boxes that Liu Bei's personal soldier Liu Chuan had handed over to him, and recognized the identities of Chang Diao and Gao Qian, so he actually already knew that even if Tongguan could be defended, Cao Ren would never dare to send troops to meet him again, his foreign aid was all cut off, and the success rate of wanting to break through by himself was almost zero.

"I wonder when these days will end? Now that Niu Jin is dead, Chang Diao is dead, and Gao Qian is also dead, I wonder if Cao Ren is also dead? My army is exhausted here, and I am afraid that there is no hope at all, but I cannot but shoulder my responsibility to support this edifice that is about to collapse, even if I am buried in the ruins, I can only bear it silently. ”

Zhuge Liang's heart flashed with deep sadness, he already knew that Daqin had no hope, but he was still unwilling to let the lord's entrustment come to naught, and he was even more unwilling to take refuge in the man who had the hatred of taking his wife, so he was still struggling to maintain it, and in order to be able to support it, he even concealed the news of the death of the three generals from Zhong Xuan, Jian Yong and Zhao Rong.

But today, seeing the sergeant in the crowd, he was afraid that he really couldn't hide anything today.

"Lord, it's not that Weichen doesn't work hard, it's really the death of my Great Qin, Weichen received the grace of the lord's knowledge, and he did his best, and then died, but it was still difficult for Weichen to realize his last wish to send the prince to the state, and Weichen was ashamed of his trust to the lord."

Zhuge Liang secretly sighed a few words in his heart, and then gently walked out of Liu Bei's big tent and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing here?" Disturbed the lord's rest, can you be convicted? ”

I heard one of the generals say: "Military advisor, we don't dare to disturb the lord's rest, but we need to ask the lord in person if there is something, and I hope Shang Shuling can allow us to meet the lord." ”

Zhuge Liang sneered: "What a bold man, Gao Xiang, as a general of Zhenbei, you are so valued by the lord, and you are like all the generals and soldiers, do you mutiny and force the palace?"

But he saw Gao Xiang arch his hand and said: "The last general is deeply affected by the lord's knowledge, so naturally he doesn't dare to have any objections, but the last general has not seen the face of the lord for many days, and he is very worried in his heart, and he only hopes to see the lord's side, so he is at ease, why should the military advisor refuse people thousands of miles away?" Could it be that the military advisor is really as suspicious as all the sergeants suspect, and then take control of the lord and the public himself, and then take over the power himself? ”

Gao Xiang's question was very sharp, and Zhao Rong on the side shouted: "Gao Xiang, you are so bold, even Shang Shuling dares to doubt it." Ben Jiang can clearly tell you that Shang Shuling is definitely not what you want to think, Shang Shuling is loyal to the lord, and heaven and earth can learn from it, whether it is Zhong Fuji, Jian Shangshu or Mi Shangshu, this can be testified. ”

"Since this is the case, then we want to see the lord, which is also a sense of loyalty, why does Shang Shuling repeatedly refuse?" Gao Xiang was still full of doubts, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Since the lord led the army here, the last general has asked to see the lord four times, but all of them have been blocked from the tent, and even the lord's own soldiers have not seen the lord, isn't this weird?" ”

Zhong Xuan sighed when he heard this, and said slowly: "It's not that you won't let you see each other, it's really that the lord is very sick.......

But at this time, Zhuge Liang said: "Since you don't believe the words of this official, let you wait to see the lord today, so that you will have doubts in your heart." ”

"Shang Shu Ling ......"

Zhong Xuan and other ministers were all surprised, and hurriedly looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously, because they all knew that Liu Bei had actually died of illness, and they really didn't know how Zhuge Liang could let them see the living Duke of Qin? Could it be that he knows how to do magic? Or did he directly inform the soldiers of the death of the lord? In this way, I am afraid that it will cause more turmoil in the morale of the military, right?

But when they saw Zhuge Liang mysteriously making a reassuring color at them, they didn't say anything more, because they knew that since Zhuge Liang dared to agree, he would definitely be sure to calm down the dissatisfaction in everyone's hearts.

They were also very curious about what Zhuge Liang could do, so they all didn't say anything more, looking forward to the next scene.

I saw Zhuge Liang order them to wait for a while, and then reflexively entered the Chinese military tent, just a moment's work, I saw Zhuge Liang push out a person from the tent, and when he looked at it, it was Qin Gong Liu Bei who was sitting in the car.

"My lord." Seeing Liu Bei sitting safely in the car, all the soldiers burst into tears and bowed respectfully.

Although Zhong Miao and the other three knew that Liu Bei had indeed died of illness, when they saw "Liu Bei" in front of them, they still couldn't help but bow down and burst into tears.

It was precisely because they knew Liu Bei's departure that they had a deeper longing for Liu Bei, so they shed more tears.

"Now that you've all seen your lord, do you still have anything to say? The lord is not in good health and cannot see the wind, if you are all right, do not hinder the lord from resting anymore. ”

Zhuge Liang's face sank like water, looked at "Liu Bei" in front of him, and said lightly.

Wen Zheng on the side saw that Liu Bei was still alive, and his mood was also extremely complicated, he tried his best to see the face of the lord, knowing that the lord was still alive, but he quietly betrayed the lord the night before, and quietly spread rumors, almost the entire army was disintegrated, now that I think about it, I am really guilty.

But he knew that since Niu Jin and others were killed and Cao Ren was defeated, then the fate of death that awaited him sooner or later, although the lord Liu Bei was still alive, but where could he give everyone hope to live?

But it's really a wonderful thing, before that, he betrayed Liu Bei in order to survive, but at this moment, his conscience suddenly found out, and he decided to protect the man in front of him with his life.

Therefore, Wen Zheng gritted his teeth, and bowed down to "Liu Bei" and said: "Lord, now that Niu Jin has been killed, this means that Cao Ren has been defeated, so the last general will build yì Our army broke through early, if the lord does not give up, the last general is willing to lead the army to the queen, even if he dies, he will definitely not regret it, please make a quick decision to avoid the annihilation of our army." (To be continued......)