《周书·列传·卷三十二》
况且他们造谣说大军打了败仗，东方的强寇即将来到，如果以轻骑前往，老百姓认为真的是这样，就更加使百姓沮丧。
且其诈言大军败绩，东寇将至，若以轻骑往，百姓谓为信然，更沮兆庶之望。
Moreover they spread rumors saying the great army was defeated, the eastern raiders were about to come, if you go with light cavalry, the people would think it was true, which would even more discourage them.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 且其诈言大军败绩，东寇将至，若以轻骑往，百姓谓为信然，更沮兆庶之望。 Updated: 况且他们造谣说大军打了败仗，东方的强寇即将来到，如果以轻骑前往，老百姓认为真的是这样，就更加使百姓沮丧。 [/INST] Moreover they spread rumors saying the great army was defeated, the eastern raiders were about to come, if you go with light cavalry, the people would think it was true, which would even more discourage them.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 且其诈言大军败绩，东寇将至，若以轻骑往，百姓谓为信然，更沮兆庶之望。 Updated: 况且他们造谣说大军打了败仗，东方的强寇即将来到，如果以轻骑前往，老百姓认为真的是这样，就更加使百姓沮丧。
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Moreover they spread rumors saying the great army was defeated, the eastern raiders were about to come, if you go with light cavalry, the people would think it was true, which would even more discourage them.
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