Wang Yuanji did not live up to the expectations of the head of the family, that night, the three major events that happened in the Tang Dynasty began to spread rapidly in the military camp, the Zhou army had completely occupied Hexi, the Tang army completely withdrew from Bashu, the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles occurred in Guanzhong, and the 20,000 army was attacking Chang'an, these news were incredible, but they were so real that people were confused. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When night fell, these news were only spread in a small area, but by the time the lights went out and went to bed, every barracks in the barracks was talking about these news, and tens of thousands of soldiers could not sleep, discussing the truth of these news and the serious consequences in the future.

Wang Junkuo was also distraught, unable to sleep, walking aimlessly alone in the barracks, although he promised Wang Shou an official answer before dark tomorrow, but in fact he had already made a decision when he left Wang Shou's mansion, he wanted to place his father's and grandfather's spiritual seats on the main hall of the Wang family's ancestral hall, which was the dream of their three generations, and it was the wish of his father and grandfather for a lifetime.

Wang Junkuo's thinking is relatively simple, he doesn't understand the darkness of officialdom, he doesn't know how to behave in the world, and he doesn't understand the sophistication of human feelings, if there is no letter that Wang Shou showed him, those words to him made him wake up, even if he dies, he will not understand why His Royal Highness the King of Qin will recruit him, nor will he know that he has become a betrayer in the heart of the prince, and now he understands that he is just a victim of the king of Qin and the prince in the succession.

Thinking of his loyalty, he even refused Zhang Xuan's wooing, but in exchange for such an end, it really made Wang Junkuo feel cold, although Qu Tutong treated him well, trusted him very much, and made him grateful, but this kind of gratitude among the generals could not make up for the great damage he suffered.

When he walked through the southeast camp, he was surprised to find that the soldiers were not sleeping, they were talking about something, he was very emotional, he walked through more than a dozen barracks in a row, almost every barracks was talking about things, he was a little strange in his heart, so he turned back to the two soldiers who followed him and said: "You go and listen, what are they talking about?" ”

The two pro-soldiers glanced at each other and said, "General, don't listen, we know what they're talking about?" ”

"You know that, too!"

Wang Junkuo was greatly surprised, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

"General, there is news that the Zhou army has captured Hexi and Bashu, and the Tang army has been wiped out."

Another pro-soldier also said: "There is also news that the Guanlong nobles have rebelled in Guanzhong, and the Tang army has withdrawn from Hedong County to go to Chang'an to quell the rebellion, and our Taiyuan has become an isolated city in Bingzhou." ”

Wang Junkuo gasped, how could such important news come out, and he asked anxiously, "Where did the news come from?" ”

"We don't know either, the whole army is talking anyway."

"Is our barracks talking about it too?"

"Of course it's all being passed on, otherwise how would we know."

Qu Tutong implements the system of one commander and four generals, that is, the commander Qu Tutong commands the central battalion, and then four deputy generals respectively command the northwest battalion, the northeast battalion, the southwest battalion and the southeast battalion, and Wang Junkuo is the chief general of the northwest battalion.

Now that the northwest battalion and the southeast battalion know this news, then the two battalions in the northeast and southwest must also know about it.

Wang Junkuo felt that the situation was a bit serious, although he had decided to surrender to the Zhou army, and his sense of responsibility made him feel that he should report to the commander immediately, just in front of him was the barracks of Pan Weisheng, the commander of the southeast battalion, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked the soldiers at the door: "Is General Pan here?" ”

"General Qiqi Wang, the marshal sent someone to invite, General Pan has just gone to the marshal's tent."

It is estimated that Qu Tutong is also sending someone to find him, Wang Junkuo hurriedly turned around and walked towards the central camp, walked more than 100 steps, and ran in front of a Qu Tutong's personal soldier, he knelt down on one knee and saluted, and raised the order arrow: "General Qiqi Wang, the marshal has an urgent matter to summon, please General Wang immediately go to the marshal's tent." ”

"I know, let's go!"

Wang Junkuo walked quickly towards the tent, and as soon as he walked to the door of the tent, he found that hundreds of generals had gathered around the tent, all whispering, anxiously waiting for news.

Wang Junkuo slapped his head hard, secretly scolded himself for being slow to react, he seemed to have become the last person in the entire military camp to learn the news, although Wang Junkuo's military rank is not high, only a lieutenant general, but his prestige in the army is relatively high, the generals have made way for him, Wang Junkuo walked into the big tent quickly.

The lights in the tent were bright, the coach Qu Tutong's face was full of anger, there were more than a dozen generals standing around, he bowed his head and was silent, Wang Junkuo felt the tense atmosphere in the tent as soon as he entered the tent.

"It's ridiculous!"

Qu Tutong said angrily: "Where did the news of Bashu come from? Even I, the commander, don't know that the entire military camp has spread all over the country, will the court not inform me of this kind of major event? You actually believe this kind of rumor that shakes the morale of the army, and instead of tracing the source of the rumor and appeasing the soldiers, you came to me to ask, is this the consciousness of a general of the Tang Dynasty? ”

Qu Tutong rarely gets angry, but once he is angry, it is a loud voice, which makes the generals afraid, but tonight seems to be a little different, at this time, Pan Weisheng, the commander of the southeast battalion, mustered up the courage to ask: "The commander only denies the rumors of Bashu, is it true that the other two news?" ”

"I'm not sure of the other two news!"

Qu Tutong was obviously a little hesitant, because he knew that these two news were true, he received an eagle letter from the imperial court two days ago, knowing that the private army of the Guanlong nobles rebelled, and marched into Chang'an under the banner of 'Qing Jun's side and traitorous king', and the King of Qin was forced to withdraw his troops from Hedong County to suppress the civil strife in Guanzhong, and the imperial court asked him to stick to Taiyuan City, even if it was a year.

The news of Hexi was guessed by him, and the eagle letter said that the main force of the Zhou army was killed from Wuwei County, which increased the pressure on Longyou, and hoped that Taiyuan could contain the Zhou army as much as possible, and Qu Tutong immediately understood that only when the Zhou army completely occupied Hexi, the main force of the Zhou army would be killed from Wuwei County.

There is still silence in the big tent, the generals are not stupid, there is no news from the imperial court, it does not mean that Bashu can hold it, everyone knows that more than 100,000 Zhou troops entered Bashu by land and water, how could Bashu be able to hold it?

Everyone knows that Qu Tutong never lies, and he does not deny the other two news, which must be true.

At this time, Wang Junkuo stepped forward and said: "It's best to assemble the whole army tomorrow morning, and the marshal will refute the rumors to the soldiers in public, this kind of news is spread by the Zhou army's spies in the city, if the rumors are not refuted in time, there will be more unfavorable news spread, which will seriously affect the stability of the army." ”

In fact, Wang Junkuo knew in his heart that this must be spread by the Wang family in the army, the Wang family has many protégés in the army, and it is too convenient to spread this news, he is worried that Qu Tutong will track down the head of the Wang family, so he first pushed the source of the news to the Zhou army to spy on it.

Wang Junkuo's plan is very constructive, and it is also the only way to solve this rumor crisis, and it is also very consistent with Qu Tutong's decisive character, and he also believes that only by vigorous and resolute means can the spread of the crisis be suppressed.

Qu Tutong's face turned a little angry, and he asked everyone: "Do you have any other plans?" ”

Everyone was silent, and although most people wanted the boss to tell the truth, they also knew that if they did so, it would seriously break the morale of the army, and the commander would never allow it.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Qu Tutong said: "Let the generals outside go back to rest, and tomorrow morning, I will explain the situation to the whole army, and if I don't go back, I will be punished by military law!" ”

Everyone left the big tent one after another, and Qu Tutong waved his hand to Wang Junkuo and said, "General Wang stay!" ”

After a while, only Qu Tutong and Wang Junkuo were left in the big tent, and the generals outside the tent also returned to the barracks.

Qu Tutong stared at the map for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Jun Kuo, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Wang Junkuo snorted disdainfully and said: "With my understanding of Li Shenfu, if he can keep Bashu, I will write the words 'Wang Junkuo' upside down!" ”

Qu Tutong also sighed, "You're right, I built Jiangxia as solid as gold and built so many fortifications, and as soon as he went to Jiangxia, he abolished them all, I knew that this person was a natural compromiser, but the saint still trusted him so much, let him guard Bashu and destroy the fence!" ”

"Dashuai, forgive me for saying a disrespectful word, if the three news are true, then the Tang Dynasty is gone, what should we do?"

Qu Tutong shook his head, "I don't know, in this situation now, in fact, everyone is the same, and they can only take one step at a time." ”

"Does the big marshal think Taiyuan can hold it?" Wang Junkuo continued to probe tentatively.

Qu Tutong still shook his head, "Whether you can hold it or not, in fact, the result is not important, the key is that we have to try our best to defend the city, if we really can't hold it, then I am also worthy of the entrustment of the Son of Heaven and His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

Speaking of this, Qu Tutong waved his hand, "Let's talk about this later, I left you here to discuss with you how I should explain to the soldiers tomorrow morning?" ”

Wang Junkuo pondered and said: "The marshal is a person who can't lie, and there is no need to lie about this matter, as long as the marshal tells the soldiers that there is no news from the imperial court, and at the same time insists that this matter is a rumor made up by the Zhou army, in an attempt to shake the morale of the army, with the prestige of the marshal, the rumor crisis can basically be quelled." ”

"But this will still affect morale, and it will not fundamentally eliminate the worries of the soldiers."

Wang Junkuo said coldly: "The three things are actually true, there was such a serious crisis in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible not to affect the morale of the army, and now, does the marshal still expect nothing to happen?" ”

Qu Tutong was helpless, so he had to sigh: "Okay! Tomorrow I will explain to you according to your suggestion, and that's all we can do. ”

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Wang Junkuo said goodbye and left the big tent, and walked quickly towards his military camp, this time his steps were extraordinarily firm, Qu Tutong's statement of 'trying his best to defend the city' made Wang Junkuo finally make up his mind, he must seize his last chance.