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What Hu Hai and Meng Tian didn't expect was that after Xiang Liang withdrew his troops, he did not stay in Suiyang or Chen County, but coerced Suiyang, Chen Liu, and the people of Chen County, Dang County, and Surabaya Counties, and retreated directly to Jiujiang County on the south bank of the Huai River! Returned to Shouchun, the capital of the current Chu State!

In other words, Xiang Liang gave up the land of Chen County and Surabaya County, which he had fought hard to fight before, and only coerced all the people across the Huai River. It seems that he has really given up on fighting for the Central Plains!

However, Xiang Liang's move also facilitated the Black Iron's Xuanniao Army to take the opportunity to infiltrate Jiujiang and other counties.

If Xiang Liang hadn't coerced so many people, with the thick Qin accent of the Black Iron Xuanniao Army, I was afraid that he would be caught as a annihilator just after crossing the river! Now, because Xiang Liang has coerced the people of almost three counties, and among these people, there are many old Qin people who have moved from Guanzhong to various places! It just makes it convenient for the Black Iron Xuanniao Army to act! Hidden risks!

It was precisely because he knew that Xiang Liang's army had retreated to the south bank of the Huai River that Hu Hai would order Han Xin and Feng Zheng to directly deploy troops on the north bank of the Huai River to prevent Xiang Liang from crossing the river and once again lead the war to all parts of the Central Plains!

Nowadays, the weather is very hot, and it is extremely inconvenient for the army to attack! And the drought in Guanzhong also takes time, so Hu Haitong and Meng Tian have decided that they will no longer use troops against the Xiangliang rebels before the summer has passed!

Although this gave Xiang Liang time to grow up, allowing him to train soldiers and build weapons, the instability of Guanzhong would directly shake the foundation of Great Qin!

Which is more important, after Hu Hai and Meng Tian thought about it, they still felt that it was not too late to stabilize Guanzhong before using troops against Xiang Liang!

July 20 of the first year of Great Qin II!

Hu Hai, Meng Tian, and the remaining forbidden army of less than 6,000 people finally entered Hangu Pass!

For three days at most, Hu Hai returned to the center of Daqin again after leaving Xianyang for nearly a month and a half!

On the way, Hu Hai was reminded by Meng Tian that Ying Nan was the eldest princess, his eldest sister! But he didn't know each other! No wonder Li You's expression was a little strange!

However, Meng Tian didn't notice anything wrong because Hu Hai didn't know Ying Nan, after all, don't say that Hu Hai didn't know Ying Nan, I'm afraid that if he didn't accompany him, Ying Nan wouldn't know Hu Hai!

Entering Hangu Pass, Hu Hai looked at the withered and yellow earth, and everywhere was the cultivated fields that were dry and cracked due to the scorching sun and the grain that died in the fields!

There has been a great drought in Guanzhong, and it has been two full months now! Although Li Si and others tried their best to fight the drought, it was difficult for Qiao women to cook without rice, the sky did not rain, and there were only a few rivers on the ground that were about to dry up, and with the current level of science and technology of Daqin, it was obviously not enough to develop groundwater on a large scale!

Therefore, all over Guanzhong now, except for no starving to death, basically all the damned people are dead! The damned ones were also sunburned to death!

Of course, just because there are no starving people doesn't mean there aren't dead people! Every day, more than a dozen people die of heat stroke in search of water!

The surging crowd in Guanzhong gradually began to converge towards Xianyang!

All the people have one thought, that is, begging His Majesty the Emperor to be able to revere heaven and earth, worship the heavens and ancestors as soon as possible, and ask for rain at the same time! to alleviate the drought!

And the Huhai army, under the banner of Meng Tian, followed the crowded flow of people and marched all the way towards Xianyang!

On the evening of July 23 of the first year of Great Qin II!

Hu Hai and Meng Tian returned to the Bashang camp!

Li Si and the others knew that Hu Hai was not in Guanzhong, and the important ministers of Great Qin gathered in the camp of Bashang!

When they saw Meng Tian beside the emperor and the less than 6,000 people left with a large number of wounded soldiers in between, an ominous premonition appeared in the hearts of everyone, including Li Si, Wei Yi, Ying Teng, and Zhang Han, that is, something extraordinary must have happened to the emperor on his trip north!

Meng Tian returned to Xianyang, and no one got the news beforehand!

Li Si, Wei Yi and others received the news that the emperor was about to return to Xianyang, or they were conveyed by Winyi! In the entire Great Qin, after the incident of becoming a martial artist, the people who knew Hu Hai's exact whereabouts were not only Meng Tian and a group of soldiers who followed him all the way, but also won one by one!

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

There will be no idle people within twenty miles of the camp on the mountain, so there is naturally no need to avoid anything now!

"Everyone, love Qing Ping!" Hu Hai turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"I haven't seen you for almost a month, and I miss you Aiqing very much. Haha, I'm back! What is the drought situation in Guanzhong? Hu Hai's eyes flashed, swept over Li Si and the other three princes and nine qing, laughed, and then turned his voice and went straight to the topic, asking about the drought in Guanzhong that he is most concerned about now!

"Back to Your Majesty! I don't know that Your Majesty has returned from Hanguguan all the way, and you can see the people gathered in Xianyang from all over Guanzhong? ”

Although the three princes and nine kings had too many questions in their hearts, it was obvious that the emperor didn't want to mention his going north, so naturally no one dared to ask questions without opening his eyes! So after hearing the emperor's question, Li Si bowed down and replied!

"I see, how many people have gathered around Xianyang now?" Hu Hai looked at Li Si and asked!

"Back to Your Majesty! According to the statistics of Neishi County, there are now more than 500,000 people gathered near Xianyang, and it is still increasing! Every day, countless people from all over Guanzhong gather in Xianyang! ”

As the county guard of Neishi County, Ying Teng is more familiar with this issue than Li Si!

"Is there any confusion? Can there be casualties among the people? ”

"Back to Your Majesty! The scramble never happened! The people gathered in Xianyang just to beg His Majesty to sacrifice to the sky and ask for rain, and every time they just begged to see His Majesty in Xianyang Palace Square! But there are casualties every day! The weather is very hot, and the Lieutenant Office of Neishi County has sent all the officials to appease the people, and the Bashang Daying Medical College has also sent Tai Doctor Bian to treat it, but the people are too much, and every time the people die due to the heat! ”

"Hmm!"

When Hu Hai heard Ying Teng's words, he didn't say anything, threw the reins of the black lightning to Long Xuan, and strode towards his own big tent in the camp!

Along the way, Hu Hai had already asked Meng Tian about worshipping the heavens and ancestors!

Through Meng Tian's explanation, Hu Hai realized that he had forgotten the two biggest festivals today!

At this time, whether it is the people or the officials, the worship of ghosts and gods far exceeds that of many dynasties in later generations!

However, Hu Hai has his own difficulties!

It doesn't matter if you worship the heavens and the ancestors! He could sacrifice to heaven tomorrow! However, if it does not rain after worshipping the heavens for rain, what will the people of the world think? Isn't this a big blow to your own prestige?

If it is fabricated by people with intentions, I am afraid that it will not be possible to sacrifice to the sky and ask for rain, but it will fulfill the thoughts of those who want to push themselves off the stage or oppose Qin! Gave them an excuse to play on the topic!

You must know that all parts of Guanzhong have just passed through those twenty-one word rumors.

If the sacrifice to the sky and the rain fails, and then the people who have a heart will associate the matter of asking for rain with the twenty-one word rumors, at that time, I am afraid that the surging words of the world will drown themselves immediately! Even if you have your mouth all over your body, you can't tell clearly!

The foolishness of the people is convenient to rule! Sometimes, however, ignorance can be a sword that kills those in power!

These are what Hu Hai said to Meng Tian, and they are exactly what Meng Tian is worried about!

But the current situation is that hundreds of thousands of people have gathered near Xianyang, begging His Majesty to sacrifice to the sky for rain and dispel the anger of the sky! It's okay if the emperor doesn't show up for a while, but he can't just keep showing up, right?

The emperor did not sacrifice to the sky and begged for rain, but he also had to settle down! And I'm afraid that if you don't have someone to add fuel to the fire, these turbulent people will immediately become chaotic!

Not to mention that there are more than one million people in the four places of Guanzhong who have not returned home and stayed in Guanzhong! They are also a time bomb near Xianyang today!

In the big tent, Hu Hai is on top!

All the ministers in the tent sat down in turn!

Hu Hai tapped on the armrest, pondering!

To pray for rain or not to pray for rain, this is no longer a choice question! It's an inevitable question! That is, no matter what, Hu Hai must perform a ceremony to sacrifice to the heavens, and then ask for rain!

"Are you ready for the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony?" Hu Hai looked at Ying Teng and asked in a deep voice!

"Back to Your Majesty, everything needed for the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony has been prepared three days ago!" Win Teng bowed to Hu Hai and said!

In order to appease the people gathered in Xianyang, in the absence of the emperor, Ying Teng and others had no choice but to prepare for the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky! Even if you deliberately delay the time, after more than 20 days of preparation, everything you need for the Heaven Worship Ceremony will be prepared three days ago!

Ready to fly, I had to send it!

"Well, today is the edict of Neishi County to the whole city, and I will hold a ceremony to sacrifice to the heavens in the morning of tomorrow, and beg the heavens to send rain and dew to benefit the people of my Great Qin Guanzhong!"

Sticking out the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife!

Hold a ceremony to worship the heavens early, and end it early to concentrate on fighting drought! That's what Hu Hai thinks now!

He can only beg that the God who brought him to this Great Qin can give him some face, a little rain and dew, not too much, just a few thunders and a few drops of rain, so that he can also give an account to the more than a million people in Xianyang!

Even if it doesn't rain, it's always coming, and it's impossible to hide!

If you really want to delay it until the people's grievances are boiling, I am afraid that if the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky is held at that time and then ask for rain, I am afraid that the consequences will be more serious!

All the ministers in the tent are depressed, and no one is stupid!

We all know that sacrificing to the sky and asking for rain is just a means, if the emperor really sacrifices to the sky and asks for something, God will give anything, so why bother to have that more than one million troops to suppress it everywhere?

Where is there a rebellion, the emperor sacrifices to the sky and asks for a thunder, and then God will cut a few huge thunders to wipe out all the rebels?

However, the situation is clear to everyone!

They know that they don't necessarily get rain when they ask for rain, but the people don't know it!

"Your Majesty, should I wait for the long term?" Ying Teng raised his eyes to look around, and then bowed to Hu Hai and said!

"Plans can't plan out the rain! Nowadays, the major rivers in Guanzhong have basically dried up! The people wish like this, if I don't show up again to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens and pray for rain, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to do in the future! This matter has been decided, Master Zongzheng will arrange it! ”

"The old minister obeys!"

(To be continued)